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Paul's first full recorded sermon is a sustained gospel plea, preached in Antioch near Pisidia. He surveys Israel's favoured past, brings them to their happy day, and presents them with a pressing choice. In it all, he is pointing the Jews and the God-fearers in the Antiochian synagogue to Christ as the Son of David and the fulfilment of God's promises, and the Saviour of all who trust in him.

The sermon explores the narrative of the four lepers in 2 Kings 7 as a spiritual allegory for the human condition, contrasting the physical famine of Israel with the spiritual famine described in Amos 8. It argues that unsaved souls are in a state of hopeless starvation, where doing nothing leads to eternal perishment, while the lepers represent believers who step out in faith to receive the unsearchable riches of Christ. The message emphasizes that salvation is a free gift provided by God, requiring only a step of faith to access, rather than human effort. Furthermore, it highlights the believer's responsibility to share this good news, warning against the selfishness of withholding the gospel and the danger of unbelief, illustrated by the officer who rejected the prophet's word and perished. The tone is urgent and pastoral, urging listeners to repent and accept Christ before the harvest is over.

The sermon examines the spiritual danger of forgetting God's past faithfulness, drawing a parallel between the apostasy of ancient Israel and the modern tendency to attribute blessings to self-effort or secular ideologies. By contrasting the revolutionary ideology of Karl Marx with the evangelistic approach of D.L. Moody, the message argues that societal ills are best addressed through individual salvation and the power of the Gospel rather than political upheaval. The central theological theme, rooted in Jeremiah 2, highlights God's active remembrance of His covenant people's early devotion, contrasting this with humanity's failure to recall His deliverance from Egypt. The preacher emphasizes that while God remains attentive to His promises, His people often forsake the fountain of living waters for broken cisterns of vanity. The sermon concludes with a pastoral invitation to repent and return to God, asserting that national and personal restoration begins with individual faithfulness and reliance on divine grace.

Israel had waited 40 years to enter the land. The had grown accustomed to inactivity. Though close by , they had never been able to enter their promises.

God saves those who believe the gospel concerning His Son. Unbelieving Jewish individuals have been cut off from this salvation while believing Gentile individuals have been grafted into this salvation.

Today Pastor Wayne Sanders share from Hebrews 8 about the new covenant that Jesus Christ usured in with the New Testament. The law was given to show us how hopeless our situation was and Jesus became the mediator of a better covenant. What happened to the old covenant? Are we still subject to it? LIsten and be encouraged that Jesus is our heavenly priest interceding for us with His Father. God bless you this week!

Egypt, the mightiest power on earth (at the time), steps into the ring against God—and no weapon formed against Him shall prosper. Against the backdrop of Israel's 430 years in Egypt, Moses and Aaron reunite and bring God's message and signs to the people, who believe and worship because the Lord has "visited" them: He looks after them and cares for them, as Ruth 1:6 and James 1:27 reveal. Pharaoh arrogantly refuses to recognize the Lord and makes the Israelites' labor harsher, withholding straw while keeping the brick quota; in Exodus 5:5, even the word "Sabbath" signals the clash as Pharaoh accuses Moses and Aaron of making the people rest. A line is drawn in the sand between God and Pharaoh, a false god, and the truth is clear: lost people think and act like lost people, as 1 John 2, 1 Thessalonians 4, and Romans 1 show. Yet God's word goes forth and accomplishes its purpose, just as Isaiah 55 and 2 Timothy 4 affirm, while the coming plagues expose Egypt's gods. The message is concluded with a call to rest in Christ, our Sabbath, make time to worship on any day, and trust God, because the victory is already won.