King's Cross Church (Moscow, ID)

This is a Psalm about the perfect man, Jesus Christ, but it is also a Psalm about what that perfect Man is determined to work into His people.

The Text: “A Psalm of David. LORD, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill? He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart…” (Ps. 15:1-5)

King's Cross Church is a member congregation of the CREC in Moscow, ID. Visit our website at https://kingscrossmoscow.com.

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King's Cross Church is a member congregation of the CREC in Moscow, ID. Visit our website at https://kingscrossmoscow.com.

Follow us on Facebook: https://facebook.com/kingscrossmoscow.

The Bible teaches that all men naturally have a have high view of themselves (Prov. 16:2, 21:2, Ps. 36:2). This is why we need the Word of God and the Spirit of God so that we can see what we cannot naturally see.

The Text: “To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good...” (Ps. 14:1-7)

King's Cross Church is a member congregation of the CREC in Moscow, ID. Visit our website at https://kingscrossmoscow.com.

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Psalm 13 is a song of faithful lament and sorrow – demonstrating what faith does when the world seems to go dark.

The Text: “To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David. How long wilt thou forget me, O Lord? For ever? How long wilt thou hid they face from me?” (Ps. 13:1-6).

King's Cross Church is a member congregation of the CREC in Moscow, ID. Visit our website at https://kingscrossmoscow.com.

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Psalm 12 is about the purity and power of God’s word in the face of wicked and destructive words. God’s Word is our salvation.

The Text: “To the chief Musician upon Sheminith, A Psalm of David. Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men…” (Ps. 12:1-8).

King's Cross Church is a member congregation of the CREC in Moscow, ID. Visit our website at https://kingscrossmoscow.com.

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This is a Psalm of encouragement, but it comes in a context in which David’s friends were not being particularly encouraging. And so David models what faithful friendship and encouragement looks like, even when it looks like our enemies and troubles have the upper hand.

The Text: “To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. In the Lord put I my trust: how say ye to my soul, flee as a bird to your mountain?...” (Psalm 11:1-7)

King's Cross Church is a member congregation of the CREC in Moscow, ID. Visit our website at https://kingscrossmoscow.com.

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So we come to the end of Judges, an era of turmoil and apostasy, but still marked by God’s faithfulness to His covenant promises. And so the story ends in a sort of raw hopefulness.

We might sometimes feel like we live in a similar time of chaos and decline, but we have so much more to go on. We have thousands of years more evidence of God’s faithfulness (in the face of human sin and corruption), and we have Christ our King sitting on His throne forever. So even when foolish men seek to do what is right in their own eyes, they cannot get away from His grace.

The Text: “Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpeh, saying, there shall not any of us give his daughter unto Benjamin to wife…” (Judges 21:1-25)

King's Cross Church is a member congregation of the CREC in Moscow, ID. Visit our website at https://kingscrossmoscow.com.

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This chapter continues the story of the corruption of Gibeah and the tribe of Benjamin, with judgment falling on them and on the rest of Israel. This teaches lessons about the covenant, just war, and the difference between punishment and discipline. 

The Text: “Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was gathered together as one man, from Dan even to Beersheba, with the land of Gilead, unto the LORD in Mizpeh…” (Judges 20:1-48)

King's Cross Church is a member congregation of the CREC in Moscow, ID. Visit our website at https://kingscrossmoscow.com.

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The Bible is Rated-R, and that is because it deals honestly with the horror of human sin. This chapter is one of the darkest episodes in all of Scripture, and so it is an opportunity to look our sin straight on. 

The Text: “And it came to pass in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the side of mount Ephraim, who took to him a concubine out of Bethlehem-Judah…” (Judges 19:1-30) 

King's Cross Church is a member congregation of the CREC in Moscow, ID. Visit our website at https://kingscrossmoscow.com.

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Today we finish the first of two final horror stories in the book of Judges, final gunshots of warning to God’s people about the chaos that fills a land that turns away from God and His word.

The Text: “In those days there was no king in Israel: and in those days the tribe of the Danites sought them an inheritance to dwell in…” (Judges 18:1-31)

King's Cross Church is a member congregation of the CREC in Moscow, ID. Visit our website at https://kingscrossmoscow.com.

Follow us on Facebook: https://facebook.com/kingscrossmoscow.