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Church history reminds us that God has sustained His people through persecution, false teaching, and difficult seasons. In this episode of Contending for the Word Q&A, Dave Jenkins reflects on how faithful Christians from the past encourage perseverance and biblical conviction. Drawing from Hebrews 13:7 and Hebrews 12:1–2, Dave explains how believers can learn from their examples without idolizing them and stand firm with confidence in Christ. For more from Contending for the Word Q&A, visit: https://servantsofgrace.org/contending-for-the-word-qa/

The Reformation's central concerns remain vital for the church today. In this episode of The Weekly Watch, Dave Jenkins examines biblical authority, the sufficiency of Scripture, and justification by grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone. Learn how competing authorities and spiritual experiences can contribute to doctrinal drift, why every teaching must be tested by God's Word, and how Christians can guard the gospel and stand with courage. For more from Contending for the Word, visit: https://servantsofgrace.org/contending-for-the-word-podcast/

"If Need Be, I'll Be" The truth that His light reveals, His grace removes, His goodness replaces, and His guidance renews and readies us. The message centers on the truth that God does not merely deliver His people from bondage; He brings them under His loving government so He can guide, refine, renew, and ready them for everyday mission. Drawing from Numbers 15, 1 Peter 1, and Romans 12, the sermon calls believers to keep looking to the Lord, listening to His Word, and allowing Him to govern every step rather than being shaped by the world, past experiences, or what seems right in our own eyes. A major emphasis is that trials are not meant to ruin genuine faith but to refine it. Like Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in the furnace, believers can trust that God is present in the fire and can use what was intended to bind them as part of their freedom and testimony. Peter's phrase "if need be" becomes the heart of the message: "If need be, I'll be. If You'll be with me, we'll be in it together, so others can be blessed by what You are doing in me through it." God determines the "need be," controls the thermostat, and uses every season to conform His people to the image of Jesus. The sermon also describes the ongoing work of personal revival in four movements: God's light reveals what is wrong, His grace removes what does not look like Jesus, His goodness replaces it with His own character, and His guidance renews and readies us for what He has assigned us to do. Rather than being conformed to the world, believers continually present themselves as living sacrifices so that God can renew their minds and transform them from the inside out. Ultimately, the call is to live

This sermon explores Psalm 45 as a 'Song of Loves' that reveals the Father's commendation of the Son, highlighting Christ's kingship and the grace He extends to His church. The central focus is on verse 8, where Christ's garments are described as smelling of myrrh, aloes, and cassia, symbolizing the pervasive influence of His love and the salvation He has wrought. The preacher connects this imagery to the Scottish Reformation, identifying the prisons and places of suffering endured by the Covenanters as 'ivory palaces' where Christ found joy in the faithfulness of His people. The message emphasizes that true worship involves singing the inspired Psalms, which dwell richly in the believer, rather than relying on uninspired human compositions. Ultimately, the sermon calls for a deep appreciation of Christ's royal prerogatives and the spiritual fellowship that sustains believers in times of persecution.

John 15:26 "But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:" King James Version

You should read your Bible each and every day if possible. I don't know why it is so difficult for so many people to simply read the Bible. But I do know that the scriptures are the Word of God and when we do spend time in the Bible we are reading the absolute truth and no other book can make that claim. Walk with me through this study as we search all 66 books to see what the Bible says about itself and how we can mature in the Lord.Remember when the Bible speaks -God speaks.

In Romans 1:17, Paul explains that the gospel reveals the righteousness of God, received by faith in Jesus Christ. Dave Jenkins examines justification by faith alone, Christ's imputed righteousness, and the Old Testament foundation of Paul's teaching. This sermon shows why Christian assurance rests on Christ's perfect righteousness and how believers continue living by faith through suffering, temptation, and weakness. For more from Romans please visit: https://servantsofgrace.org/category/sermons/romans-the-gospel-that-changes-everything/

During this period, Spurgeon is locked in combat, contending for the honour and glory of Christ. This sermon is situated both in the overall battle he is fighting, but also in the context of a pastoral ministry in which he is conscious of the need to feed and encourage the flock of Christ. So, having previously preached on the Lamb in glory (the previous sermon in this volume, number 2095, if you want to read it for yourself) he now wants to emphasise that this Lamb is the Bridegroom of the church, and that all our hope and happiness centres in him not only in this life but also in the life which is to come. He therefore steps through the prospect that lies before us, noting from Revelation 19 some of the events which precede the moment of marriage. He turns our attention to the marriage itself, asking how it has been brought about and what it involves. He fixes our eye upon the Bridegroom of our hearts, Jesus Christ, in his character as the Lamb of God, pushing us to recognise that this is essential to the union. Finally, he allows us to see the wife of the Lamb as she approaches her Beloved, prepared by him, for him, clothed in the white linen of her righteousnesses. It is a beautiful picture, and one which the preacher would have us ponder, not only to stir up love and faith and hope, but also to ensure that we will, through trust in the Lamb, participate in that glorious consummation.

Doreen Virtue explains how Satan uses counterfeit spiritual experiences and false teaching to draw people away from the true gospel. She addresses the New Age emphasis on feelings, distortions of God's love, and deception concerning sin, judgment, and salvation. Pointing to Christ's sinless life, substitutionary death, and bodily resurrection, she urges listeners to repent, trust in Christ, and test spiritual claims by Scripture. For more from Contending for the Word Q&A, please visit: https://servantsofgrace.org/contending-for-the-word-qa/