Mid Cities OPC

On Sunday, October 16, 2022, Pastor Joe Troutman preached, "Putting on Heirs" from 1 Kings 1:1-10.

"Though every earthly government and institution will come to an end, Jesus Christ reigns over a Kingdom that will have no end."

1. A Double-Seasoned Saint (vs. 1-4)

1 Now King David was old and advanced in years. And although they covered him with clothes, he could not get warm. 2 Therefore his servants said to him, “Let a young woman be sought for my lord the king, and let her wait on the king and be in his service. Let her lie in your arms, that my lord the king may be warm.” 3 So they sought for a beautiful young woman throughout all the territory of Israel, and found Abishag the Shunammite, and brought her to the king. 4 The young woman was very beautiful, and she was of service to the king and attended to him, but the king knew her not.

2. Self-Exaltation of an Heir (vs. 5-10)

5 Now Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, “I will be king.” And he prepared for himself chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him. 6 His father had never at any time displeased him by asking, “Why have you done thus and so?” He was also a very handsome man, and he was born next after Absalom. 7 He conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah and with Abiathar the priest. And they followed Adonijah and helped him. 8 But Zadok the priest and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada and Nathan the prophet and Shimei and Rei and David's mighty men were not with Adonijah.

9 Adonijah sacrificed sheep, oxen, and fattened cattle by the Serpent's Stone, which is beside En-rogel, and he invited all his brothers, the king's sons, and all the royal officials of Judah, 10 but he did not invite Nathan the prophet or Benaiah or the mighty men or Solomon his brother.

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On Sunday, October 9, 2022, Pastor Joe Troutman preached, "An Altar to the Lord" from 2 Samuel 24:18-25.

"Just as Israel was under the curse of a plague, we were under the curse of eternal punishment in hell, but Jesus took our punishment on himself."

1. The Threshing Floor of Araunah (vs. 18-20)

18 And Gad came that day to David and said to him, “Go up, raise an altar to the Lord on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.” 19 So David went up at Gad's word, as the Lord commanded. 20 And when Araunah looked down, he saw the king and his servants coming on toward him. And Araunah went out and paid homage to the king with his face to the ground. 

2. Bought for a Price (vs. 21-24)

21 And Araunah said, “Why has my lord the king come to his servant?” David said, “To buy the threshing floor from you, in order to build an altar to the Lord, that the plague may be averted from the people.” 22 Then Araunah said to David, “Let my lord the king take and offer up what seems good to him. Here are the oxen for the burnt offering and the threshing sledges and the yokes of the oxen for the wood. 23 All this, O king, Araunah gives to the king.” And Araunah said to the king, “May the Lord your God accept you.” 24 But the king said to Araunah, “No, but I will buy it from you for a price. I will not offer burnt offerings to the Lord my God that cost me nothing.” So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver. 

3. An Offering Pleasing to the Lord (v. 25)

25 And David built there an altar to the Lord and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. So the Lord responded to the plea for the land, and the plague was averted from Israel.

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On Saturday, October 1, 2022, Dr. Gregory K. Beale delivered his third lecture at our eighth annual DFW Reformation Conference.

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On Saturday, October 1, 2022, Dr. Gregory K. Beale delivered his second lecture at our eighth annual DFW Reformation Conference.

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On Friday, September 30, 2022, Dr. Gregory K. Beale delivered the first of three lectures at our eighth annual DFW Reformation Conference.   "Symbols in Revelation will either sedate us, or they will shock us into the reality of our faith." mcopc.org/podcast

On Sunday, October 2, 2022, Pastor Joe Troutman preached, "An Unexpected Advance of the Gospel" from Philippians 1:12-14.

12 I want you to know, brothers, that what has happened to me has really served to advance the gospel, 13 so that it has become known throughout the whole imperial guard and to all the rest that my imprisonment is for Christ. 14 And most of the brothers, having become confident in the Lord by my imprisonment, are much more bold to speak the word without fear.

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On Sunday, September 25, 2022, Pastor Joe Troutman preached, "Saints in the Hands of a Merciful God," from 2 Samuel 24:10-17.

"Whether in bitterly hard times, or in times of great joy, it is better to be in the hands of the Lord than anywhere else."

1. Try Sorrow for Sin

2. The Lord's Choice

3. Sin's Consequence

4. The Mercy of the Lord

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On Sunday, September 18, 2022, Pastor Joe Troutman preached, "Jesus Knows What Is In Man" from John 2:23-25.

"Despite the fact that Jesus knew the sinfulness in us, he willingly died on the cross to save us."

1. Divine Knowledge: Theology 

2. To Trust, Or Not to Trust?: Anthropology 

3. Still, He Came: Soteriology 

23 Now when he was in Jerusalem at the Passover Feast, many believed in his name when they saw the signs that he was doing. 24 But Jesus on his part did not entrust himself to them, because he knew all people 25 and needed no one to bear witness about man, for he himself knew what was in man. (ESV) 

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On Sunday, September 11, 2022, Rev. Joe Keller preached, "The Life and Legacy of Abel" from Genesis 4:1-8.

1. A Fallen, Frustrating, and Futile World (Genesis 3)

2. Seemingly, a Fruitless, Fleeting, and Futile Life (Genesis 4:1-8; Ecclesiastes 1)

4 The man was intimate with his wife Eve, and she conceived and gave birth to Cain. She said, “I have had a male child with the Lord’s help.” 2 She also gave birth to his brother Abel. Now Abel became a shepherd of flocks, but Cain worked the ground. 3 In the course of time Cain presented some of the land’s produce as an offering to the Lord. 4 And Abel also presented an offering—some of the firstborn of his flock and their fat portions. The Lord had regard for Abel and his offering, 5 but he did not have regard for Cain and his offering. Cain was furious, and he looked despondent.

6 Then the Lord said to Cain, “Why are you furious? And why do you look despondent? 7 If you do what is right, won’t you be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at the door. Its desire is for you, but you must rule over it.”

8 Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let’s go out to the field.” And while they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him. (CSB)

3. Lives and World Set Free from Futility (Hebrews 11:4; Romans 8:18-23; 1 Corinthians 15:48-58; Hebrews 12:22-29; 13:15-16)

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On Sunday, September 4, 2022, Pastor Joe Troutman preached, "The Measurement of Power" from 2 Samuel 24:1-9.

"God is good, God is sovereign, and God can use even the sinful deeds of men to carry out his purposes."

1. Kindled Anger (v. 1)

1 Again the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he incited David against them, saying, “Go, number Israel and Judah” (cf. 1 Chronicles 21:1).

2. Playing at Power (vs. 2-9)

  2 So the king said to Joab, the commander of the army, who was with him, “Go through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan to Beersheba, and number the people, that I may know the number of the people.” 3 But Joab said to the king, “May the Lord your God add to the people a hundred times as many as they are, while the eyes of my lord the king still see it, but why does my lord the king delight in this thing?” 4 But the king's word prevailed against Joab and the commanders of the army. So Joab and the commanders of the army went out from the presence of the king to number the people of Israel. 5 They crossed the Jordan and began from Aroer, and from the city that is in the middle of the valley, toward Gad and on to Jazer. 6 Then they came to Gilead, and to Kadesh in the land of the Hittites; and they came to Dan, and from Dan they went around to Sidon, 7 and came to the fortress of Tyre and to all the cities of the Hivites and Canaanites; and they went out to the Negeb of Judah at Beersheba. 8 So when they had gone through all the land, they came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days. 9 And Joab gave the sum of the numbering of the people to the king: in Israel there were 800,000 valiant men who drew the sword, and the men of Judah were 500,000.

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