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An exposition of Psalm 18:31–50, the third and final installment on this psalm, examining the fortification of the psalmist. The sermon reads this passage Christologically, understanding verses 31–50 as depicting the exaltation and present reign of Christ — his session at the right hand of the Father, his conquest of enemies, and the universal scope of his rule over all nations. Main points: - the fortification of the psalmist: the strength and protection supplied by God - the conquest of enemies: Christ's subjugation of all who oppose him - the exaltation and reign: Christ as head of the nations, praised among the Gentiles Scripture references: - Psalms 2; 18:31-50; 110 - Matthew 28:18-20 - Romans 15:9 - Ephesians 1:20-23 - Hebrews 1:3; 2:5-9 - Revelation 19:11-16 Free Grace Baptist Church — https://www.freegrace.ca Full transcript & sermon notes: https://sermons.freegrace.ca/sermons/sermon-psalm-18-the-deliverance-of-the-psalmist-part-3 Description generated by Tyrannus.ai: https://www.tyrannus.ai

Diligent, humble, teachable reading and study and hearing of God's Word is the means by which the Christian becomes equipped to stand against the deceptions of the enemy and to do the work God has called him to do.

1 John 2:15-17 The World: Our Enemy 1. What is the "World?" 2. Don't love the world 3. The nature of the world 4. Passes away

We ought to give our lives to God. We ought to serve humbly as Jesus did. We must let God judge and love our enemies.

After reminding the readers of the promise to believers of glorification and being conformed into the image of the Son of God, Paul then goes on to other promises that we should base our lives on. If God is for us, how could our enemies ever defeat us? We should live with an expectation of victory. For some like Paul, it was victory in death, but we should live with an expectation of victory. We should live with an expectation that if we need something to fulfill God's will, He will provide. If He was willing to give us His Son for our redemption, what would He withhold from us? We should live recognizing that if God has declared us not guilty, it doesn't matter what the world charges us with because God is greater than the world. The world condemning us means nothing, because Christ rose from the dead and is seated at the right hand of the Father, proving that He has overcome the world.

Joshua 10:12-14 (KJV) Then spake Joshua to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon. 13 And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is not this written in the book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day. 14 And there was no day like that before it or after it, that the LORD hearkened unto the voice of a man: for the LORD fought for Israel.

In "The Love of Giving," Mark O'Neill preached 2 Corinthians 8:8-15 at New Covenant Church on July 26, 2026, arguing that eager generosity with time, energy, and money is a reliable gauge of spiritual health, since no one can be generous and selfish at the same time. From Psalm 112 he traced the link between settled faith and an open hand: the righteous man gives freely because his heart is steady and unafraid of bad news. He then asked why Paul declines to command the collection for the saints in Jerusalem, and answered that a command cannot demonstrate love, secures outward behavior while missing the heart (Colossians 2:20-23), and leaves no room for differing resources and gifts. Paul instead sets two examples before the Corinthians: the Macedonians, whose earnestness in hard circumstances is worth praising because it displays God's grace at work in them, and supremely Christ, who though He was rich became poor so that by His poverty we might become rich. Tracing God's giving from Genesis 1, where He grants a world of yes and a single no, through man's rebellion to the gift of the Son (Philippians 2:5-8; Romans 5:10), he grounded all Christian generosity in the character of a giving God who loved His enemies. He then urged wisdom rather than recklessness: giving is acceptable according to what a person has, it begins with one's own household and relatives before moving outward (1 Timothy 5:8) while still doing good to everyone, and it is best practiced proportionately and regularly. This fairness is not socialism, since biblical giving presupposes private property, personal choice, and God rather than the state as provider. We give because He first gave to us.