How do we get the peace that the Lord promises us in the Scriptures? Where do we look to find it? Is it obtained in a set of circumstances or perhaps in spiritual growth? For the benefit of the exiled people of Judah, Isaiah pens two psalms that center on how they can have peace in the midst of invasion. In these songs we see where peace is found.

The question of Jesus’ identity is something that everybody has to answer. The world has countless theories as to who He is and Who He is not. But the truth will remain; He is the Christ, the Son of the Living God Who has come to save us from our sin.

The church is called by Paul to separate from those who are persisting in sin, but what does this actually look like? This evening we consider the subject of church discipline and what it means to be put out.

The Scriptures teach that whatever you treasure controls you, and the thing you focus on shapes you, and what you serve owns you. In light of this, the Lord Jesus teaches us to store our treasure in heaven.

As we continue looking at Paul’s instructions to the Corinthians regarding Church discipline, we see the importance of this practice for the sake of the sinner’s restoration, the Church’s health, and the Lord’s glory.

The people of Judah rejoice and celebrate, but Isaiah sees the reality of what is coming as God prepares judgement and salvation. This Lord’s Day we will see why we should be more moved by spiritual realities as spoken in God’s Word than temporal phenomena.

Paul in Chapter 5 urges the Corinthians to be faithful to the Lord by dealing with the sin in their midst. And he gives them multiple reasons why this honours the Lord.

As we continue in Corinthians, we see the danger of pride and arrogance, and the importance of being others-centred, and Christ-like.

In his effort to remind the people of God to trust exclusively in the coming of Jesus Christ, Isaiah walks around naked for three years amid the people. This was to emphasise the nakedness of hoping in Egypt-and in any other false hope. In these two chapters we will see that to be a faithful believer is to actively denounce false hopes.

As we continue our time in Corinthians, we see the importance of not making much of man and his philosophies, but to rather meditate on the truth that all things are ours in Christ Jesus.