Grounded In Grace

By Christ Church of Clarkson

Grounded In Grace is the teaching ministry of Tony Bartolucci, Minister of Preaching at Christ Church of Clarkson, New York. He has an M.A. from Phoenix Seminary and is a doctoral candidate at Whitefi... more

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February 11, 2024 Job’s Second Reply to God: When Suffering Means Surrender | Job 42:1-6
Job’s Second Reply to God: When Suffering Means Surrender | Job 42:1-6
Sometimes Suffering Means Surrender

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Introduction: Setting the Stage . . .
I. Job's Second Reply to God: When Suffering Means Surrender
   A. Job's Realization: God Cannot be Overcome (vv. 1-2)
       1. Two things that Job recognized in v. 2:
           a. God is omnipotent
           b. God is teleological
   B. Job's Recognition: Job Admits Ignorance (v. 3)
       1. Job begins by quoting what God said to him in 38:2
       2. Note again the Hebrew yada – to know
   C. Job's Reeducation: Job is Teachable (v. 4)
       1. Essential components of discipleship
   D. Job's Revival: Job Now Sees (v. 5)
       1. Revival and living the Christian life with the hope of seeing God in His glory
   E. Job's Repentance: Job Drops His Legal Case (v. 6)
       1. Does Job despise himself or does he retract his words?
       2. Two reasons why the NASB reading is to be preferred:
       3. The nature of repentance (see all of the above)
Concluding Thoughts . . .
   1. Sometimes Suffering Means Surrender
   2. God Never Gives Up on Family
   3. Experiencing God Means We Truly Know Him
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57min
January 28, 2024 God’s Second Reply to Job: The Lord of the Great and Terrible | Job 40:6-41:34
God’s Second Reply to Job: The Lord of the Great and Terrible | Job 40:6-41:34
The Almighty is Lord of the Great and Terrible

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Introduction: Reviewing God’s First Reply to Job

I. God's Second Reply to Job: The Lord of the Great and Terrible
   A. God's Charge Against Job (40:6-8)
   B. God's Challenge to Job (40:9-14)
   C. God's Character as Lord of the Great and Terrible (40:15-41:34)
       1. God is Lord of Behemoth (40:15-24)
2. God is Lord of Leviathan (41:1-34)

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52min
December 03, 2023 Job's First Response to the God of the Whirlwind | Job 40:3-5
Job's First Response to the God of the Whirlwind | Job 40:3-5
God hears the deafening roar of our silence
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Introduction

I. God's First Reply to Job: Who Are You? (38:1-40:2)
II. Job's First Reply to God: I Am Insignificant (40:3-5)
A. Job's Admission: Short of Repentance (40:3-4)
1. Verse 4 – "Insignificant" (better than the NIV's "unworthy") admits little
2. Word "Behold" (v. 4) = Heb. hen ("behold"/"see"/"look" – Also "since" or "if")
3. Job "lays his hand over his mouth" (cf. 21:5; 29:9)
B. Job's Declaration: Committed to Silence (40:5)
1. Five reasons why I interpret this passage as I do:
a. The words Job uses are ambiguous
b. Job doesn't say anything that clearly indicates he's repentant
c. God continues his correction
d. Job's attitude is quite different in chapter 42
e. Some weighty scholars agree

Concluding Thoughts:
1. God knows your heart.
2. God is long-suffering with you.
3. We ought to be long-suffering with each other.
4. Repentance begins at the Cross.
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54min
November 19, 2023 God's First Reply to Job: Not “Why” But “Who” (Part 4) | Job 39:5-40:2
God's First Reply to Job: Not “Why” But “Who” (Part 4) | Job 39:5-40:2
Tough Questions Melt in the Light of God’s Nature

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Introduction:
I. God's First Reply to Job: Who Are You? (38:1-40:2)
   A. God’s Opening Statement (38:1-3)
   B. God as Prosecuting Attorney and Judge (38:4-39:30)
       1. Job’s Finiteness: Were You There? (38:4-11)
       2. Job’s Experience: Have You? (38:12-30)
       3. Job's Ability: Can You? (38:31-41)
       4. Job's Knowledge: Do You Know? (39:1-4)
       5. Job’s Impotence: Who is Almighty? (39:5-30)
           a. Questions about the animal kingdom, continued (39:5-30)
               (1) The Wild Donkey: Independent Existence (39:5–8)
               (2) The Wild Oxen: Fearsome Power (39:9–12)
               (3) The Ostrich: Humorous Indifference (39:13–18)
               (4) The War Horse: Dark and Terrible (39:19–25)
               (5) The Hawk: Graceful Flight (39:26)
               (6) The Eagle: Life, Death (39:27–30)
   C. God’s Closing Argument (40:1-2)
Concluding Thoughts:
   1. Tough questions melt in the light of God’s nature.
   2. God delights in His creation—even in its fallen state.
   3. If God so enjoys the animal world, how much more people created in his image?
   4. If people are created for God’s glory, how much more so those of us who have been re-created in Christ!
   5. If the redeemed bring God glory, we ought to be driven to reach the lost so that they may be added to the chorus.
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57min
November 12, 2023 God's First Reply to Job: Not “Why” But “Who” (Part 3) | Job 38:39 - 39:4
God's First Reply to Job: Not “Why” But “Who” (Part 3) | Job 38:39 - 39:4
Tough Questions Melt in the Light of God’s Nature
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Introduction:

I. God's First Reply to Job: Who Are You? (38:1-40:2)
   A. God’s Opening Statement (38:1-3)
   B. God as Prosecuting Attorney and Judge (38:4-39:30)
       1. Job’s Finiteness: Were You There? (38:4-11)
       2. Job’s Experience: Have You? (38:12-30)
       3. Job's Ability: Can You? (38:31-41)
           a. Questions about stars and clouds (38:31–38)
               (1) Stars (31-33)
               (2) Clouds (34-37)
                   (a) Then there's the question of v. 36
           b. Questions about the animal kingdom (38:39–41)
               (1) Lions (38:39–40)
               (2) Ravens (38:41)
       4. Job's Knowledge: Do You Know? (39:1-4)
           a. Questions about the animal kingdom, continued (39:1-4)
               (1) Goats and deer (39:1–4)

Conclusion:
   1. God is bigger than we can fathom.
   2. God’s faithfulness is bigger than we can fathom.
   3. God’s work on the Cross is far-greater than we can fathom.
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53min
October 29, 2023 After Darkness, Light
After Darkness, Light | 2023 Reformation Sunday
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48min
October 22, 2023 God's First Reply to Job: Not "Why" but "Who" (Part 2) | Job 38:12-30
God's First Reply to Job: Not "Why" but "Who" (Part 2) | Job 38:12-30
Tough Questions Melt in the Light of God’s Nature
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Introduction:

I. God's First Reply to Job: Who Are You? (38:1-40:2)
   A. God’s Opening Statement (38:1-3)
   B. God as Prosecuting Attorney and Judge (38:4-39:30)
       1. Job’s Finiteness: Were You There? (38:4-11)
           a. Questions about the earth (38:4–7)
           b. Questions about the sea (38:8-11)
       2. Job’s Experience: Have You? (38:12-30)
           a. Questions about Light and Darkness (38:12-15)
           b. Questions about Unexplored places (38:16-17)
           c. Questions about the Seasons and Weather (38:22–30)
               (1) Expanse of the Earth (18)
               (2) Light and Darkness (19-21)
               (3) Snow and Hail (22-23)
               (4) Lightening and East Winds (24)
               (5) Rain (25-27)
               (6) Ice and Frost – Father / Mother Metaphor (28-30)
Conclusion:
1. Jesus Christ, as God, providentially controls all things
2. Jesus conquered the “King of terrors” (death)
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56min
October 01, 2023 God's First Reply to Job: Not “Why” but “Who” (Part 1) | Job 38:1-11
God's First Reply to Job: Not “Why” but “Who” (Part 1) | Job 38:1-11
Tough Questions Melt in the Light of God’s Nature

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Introduction: Four things that don’t happen in this first speech and the nagging question of “why?”

I. God's First Reply to Job: Who Are You? (38:1-40:2)
   A. God’s Opening Statement (38:1-3)
       1. Tetragrammaton: YHWH (v. 1a)
           a. Exodus 3 (cf. John 8:38)
       2. Theophanies and Christophanies
           a. Four reasons why this may be a Christophany:
       3. The “Whom” is YHWH — Note the “where” (v. 1b)
       4. The first of over 70 questions – key word “knowledge”
   B. God as Prosecuting Attorney (38:4-39:30)
       1. Job’s Finiteness: Were You There? (38:4-11)
           a. Questions about the earth (38:4–7)
               (1) Creation (38:4-7)
                   (a) God is the architect (4-5a)
                   (b) God is the surveyor (v 5b)
                   (c) God is the engineer (v 6)
                    (d) God’s work applauded by angels (7)
           b. Questions about the sea (38:8-11)
               (1) Birth of the Sea (38:8-9)
               (2) Boundaries of the Sea (38:10-11)

Conclusion: Three closing ideas . . .
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57min
September 17, 2023 The Fourth Speech of Elihu: God is Great and Good | Job 36:1-37:24
The Fourth Speech of Elihu: God is Great and Good | Job 36:1-37:24
“God’s Greatness and Goodness Lead the Believer to Repentance”

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INTRODUCTION

IV. Elihu's Fourth Speech: God is Great and Good (36-37)
   A. Introduction: A Prophetic Voice (36:1-4)
   B. God Is Good (36:5-25)
       1. His Goodness in Justice (36:5-7)
       2. His Goodness in Discipline (36:8-10)
       3. An Appeal to Job (36:16-25)
   C. God Is Great (36:26-37:23)
       1. God's greatness in nature (seasons)
           a. God's sovereign glory in the autumn storm (36:26–33)
           b. God's sovereign glory in the winter (37:1–13)
           c. God's sovereign glory in the summer (37:14–18)
       2. Job's inability to understand God's ways (37:19–23)
   D. Conclusion: God is to be Feared (37:24)

CONCLUSION: GOD AND THE GOSPEL

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57min
July 09, 2023 Essential Elements of a Christian Worldview | Selected Scriptures
Essential Elements of a Christian Worldview | Selected Scriptures

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INTRODUCTION

I. Epistemology (Knowledge)

A. We Must Believe Something Before We Can Know Anything

Augustine rightly observed, "I do not seek to understand in order that I may believe, but rather, I believe in order that I may understand."

A worldview is the lens by which every person views the important matters of life.

B. The Essential Role of Presuppositions

1. Touchstone Propositions

2. According to the Bible, absolute knowledge is possible

C. The Bible is God’s Word (that is our touchstone proposition, our presupposition)

II. Theology (God)

A. Why Start with Knowledge (Epistemology) and not with God?

B. There’s One God and He is Holy, Personal, Omnipotent Spirit

III. Humanity (Man)

A. Are Humans Free, or is Biology Destiny?

B. Man is Unique with Special Dignity and Purpose

1. All People are Created by God in the “Imago Dei”

IV. Metaphysics (Reality)

A. Does Life Have Meaning, Purpose?

V. Morality (Ethics)

A. There Can be no Evil Apart from an Absolute Source of Good (God)

B. There is a Universal Understanding that Some Things are Wrong (evil) - Romans 2:14-15

CONCLUSION
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57min

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