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  • For I Know (Job 19)

    On Sunday, August 28, 2022, Pastor Joe Troutman preached "For I Know" from Job 19.


    "Though experience may try to tell you otherwise, God has revealed that your Redeemer lives, and he has stood upon the earth."


    1. A Man in Conflict (vs. 1-12)


    1 Then Job answered and said:

    2 “How long will you torment me

    and break me in pieces with words?
    3 These ten times you have cast reproach upon me;
    are you not ashamed to wrong me?
    4 And even if it be true that I have erred,
    my error remains with myself.
    5 If indeed you magnify yourselves against me
    and make my disgrace an argument against me,
    6 know then that God has put me in the wrong
    and closed his net about me.
    7 Behold, I cry out, ‘Violence!’ but I am not answered;
    I call for help, but there is no justice.
    8 He has walled up my way, so that I cannot pass,
    and he has set darkness upon my paths.
    9 He has stripped from me my glory
    and taken the crown from my head.
    10 He breaks me down on every side, and I am gone,
    and my hope has he pulled up like a tree.
    11 He has kindled his wrath against me
    and counts me as his adversary.
    12 His troops come on together;
    they have cast up their siege ramp against me
    and encamp around my tent.


    2. Filing of Complaints (vs. 13-22)


    13 “He has put my brothers far from me,

    and those who knew me are wholly estranged from me.
    14 My relatives have failed me,
    my close friends have forgotten me.
    15 The guests in my house and my maidservants count me as a stranger;
    I have become a foreigner in their eyes.
    16 I call to my servant, but he gives me no answer;
    I must plead with him with my mouth for mercy.
    17 My breath is strange to my wife,
    and I am a stench to the children of my own mother.
    18 Even young children despise me;
    when I rise they talk against me.
    19 All my intimate friends abhor me,
    and those whom I loved have turned against me.
    20 My bones stick to my skin and to my flesh,
    and I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.
    21 Have mercy on me, have mercy on me, O you my friends,
    for the hand of God has touched me!
    22 Why do you, like God, pursue me?
    Why are you not satisfied with my flesh?


    3. What Job Knows (vs. 23-29)


    23 “Oh that my words were written!

    Oh that they were inscribed in a book!
    24 Oh that with an iron pen and lead
    they were engraved in the rock forever!
    25 For I know that my Redeemer lives,
    and at the last he will stand upon the earth.
    26 And after my skin has been thus destroyed,
    yet in my flesh I shall see God,
    27 whom I shall see for myself,
    and my eyes shall behold, and not another.
    My heart faints within me!
    28 If you say, ‘How we will pursue him!’
    and, ‘The root of the matter is found in him,’
    29 be afraid of the sword,
    for wrath brings the punishment of the sword,
    that you may know there is a judgment.”


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    42 min
  • Meritorious Mast for David's Mighty Men (2 Samuel 23:8-39)

    On Sunday, August 21, 2022, Pastor Joe Troutman preached, "Meritorious Mast for David's Mighty Men" from 2 Samuel 23:8-39. 


    "Most people desired to be remembered long after their death, but there is nothing greater than to have your name written in the Lamb's Book of Life."


    1. The Rule of Three (vs. 8-12)


    2. A Libation Unto the Lord (vs. 13-17)


    3. Thirty and Change (vs. 18-39)


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    35 min
  • From Jesus' Lips to David's Ear (2 Samuel 23:1-7)

    On Sunday, August 14, 2022, Pastor Joe Troutman preached, "From Jesus' Lips to David's Ear" from 2 Samuel 23:1-7.


    "The promise God made in the form of an everlasting covenant was a promise about the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ."


    1. The Sweet Psalmist of Israel (v. 1)


    1 Now these are the last words of David:

    The oracle of David, the son of Jesse,

    the oracle of the man who was raised on high,
    the anointed of the God of Jacob,
    the sweet psalmist of Israel:


    2. The One Who Rules Justly (vs. 2-4)


    2 “The Spirit of the Lord speaks by me;

    his word is on my tongue.
    3 The God of Israel has spoken;
    the Rock of Israel has said to me:
    When one rules justly over men,
    ruling in the fear of God,
    4 he dawns on them like the morning light,
    like the sun shining forth on a cloudless morning,
    like rain that makes grass to sprout from the earth.


    3. Plowshares Into Spears (vs. 5-7)


    5 “For does not my house stand so with God?

    For he has made with me an everlasting covenant,
    ordered in all things and secure.
    For will he not cause to prosper
    all my help and my desire?
    6 But worthless men are all like thorns that are thrown away,
    for they cannot be taken with the hand;
    7 but the man who touches them
    arms himself with iron and the shaft of a spear,
    and they are utterly consumed with fire.”


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    36 min
  • Grace for Those Who Sin Against You (Psalm 4)

    On Sunday, August 7, 2022, Rev. Joe Keller preached "Grace for Those Who Sin Against You" from Psalm 4. 


    4 Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness!

    You have given me relief when I was in distress.
    Be gracious to me and hear my prayer!


    2 O men, how long shall my honor be turned into shame?

    How long will you love vain words and seek after lies? Selah
    3 But know that the Lord has set apart the godly for himself;
    the Lord hears when I call to him.


    4 Be angry, and do not sin;

    ponder in your own hearts on your beds, and be silent. Selah
    5 Offer right sacrifices,
    and put your trust in the Lord.


    6 There are many who say, “Who will show us some good?

    Lift up the light of your face upon us, O Lord!”
    7 You have put more joy in my heart
    than they have when their grain and wine abound.


    8 In peace I will both lie down and sleep;

    for you alone, O Lord, make me dwell in safety.


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    46 min
  • For This I Will Praise You (2 Samuel 22:1-51)

    On Sunday, July 31, 2022, Pastor Joe Troutman preached "For This I Will Praise You" from 2 Samuel 22:1-51.


    "God is worthy of our praise before, during and after any hardship we might face." 


    1. I Called Upon the LORD (vs. 1-6)

    2. He Heard My Voice (vs. 7-20)

    3. The Righteous is God's Delight (vs. 21-33)

    4. Great Salvation He Brings (vs. 34-51)


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    47 min
  • The Lamp of Israel (2 Samuel 21:15-22)

    On Sunday, July 24, 2022, Pastor Joe Troutman preached "The Lamp of Israel" from 2 Samuel 21:15-22.


    "David was the lamp of Israel, but Jesus is the Light of the world, and it is through the lamp of David that the Light of Jesus shines."


    1. Put On the Bench (vs. 15-17)


    15 There was war again between the Philistines and Israel, and David went down together with his servants, and they fought against the Philistines. And David grew weary. 16 And Ishbi-benob, one of the descendants of the giants, whose spear weighed three hundred shekels of bronze, and who was armed with a new sword, thought to kill David. 17 But Abishai the son of Zeruiah came to his aid and attacked the Philistine and killed him. Then David's men swore to him, “You shall no longer go out with us to battle, lest you quench the lamp of Israel.”


    2. David's Giant Slayers (vs. 18-21)


    18 After this there was again war with the Philistines at Gob. Then Sibbecai the Hushathite struck down Saph, who was one of the descendants of the giants. 19 And there was again war with the Philistines at Gob, and Elhanan the son of Jaare-oregim, the Bethlehemite, struck down Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver's beam. 20 And there was again war at Gath, where there was a man of great stature, who had six fingers on each hand, and six toes on each foot, twenty-four in number, and he also was descended from the giants. 21 And when he taunted Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimei, David's brother, struck him down. 


    3. The Battle is the Lord's (v. 22)


    22 These four were descended from the giants in Gath, and they fell by the hand of David and by the hand of his servants.


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    26 min
  • How Shall I Make Atonement? (2 Samuel 21:1-14)

    On Sunday, July 17, 2022, Pastor Joe Troutman preached "How Shall I Make Atonement?" from 2 Samuel 21:1-14.


    "David made atonement for the sins of Saul against the Gibeonites; Jesus Christ made atonement for our sins against him."


    1. The Covenant Brings Death (vs. 1-6)


    21 Now there was a famine in the days of David for three years, year after year. And David sought the face of the Lord. And the Lord said, “There is bloodguilt on Saul and on his house, because he put the Gibeonites to death.” 2 So the king called the Gibeonites and spoke to them. Now the Gibeonites were not of the people of Israel but of the remnant of the Amorites. Although the people of Israel had sworn to spare them, Saul had sought to strike them down in his zeal for the people of Israel and Judah. 3 And David said to the Gibeonites, “What shall I do for you? And how shall I make atonement, that you may bless the heritage of the Lord?” 4 The Gibeonites said to him, “It is not a matter of silver or gold between us and Saul or his house; neither is it for us to put any man to death in Israel.” And he said, “What do you say that I shall do for you?” 5 They said to the king, “The man who consumed us and planned to destroy us, so that we should have no place in all the territory of Israel, 6 let seven of his sons be given to us, so that we may hang them before the Lord at Gibeah of Saul, the chosen of the Lord.” And the king said, “I will give them.”


     2. The Covenant Brings Life (vs. 7-9)


    7 But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Saul's son Jonathan, because of the oath of the Lord that was between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul. 


    3. The Covenant Brings Sorrow (vs. 8-11)


    8 The king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom she bore to Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the five sons of Merab the daughter of Saul, whom she bore to Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite; 9 and he gave them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them on the mountain before the Lord, and the seven of them perished together. They were put to death in the first days of harvest, at the beginning of barley harvest.


    10 Then Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth and spread it for herself on the rock, from the beginning of harvest until rain fell upon them from the heavens. And she did not allow the birds of the air to come upon them by day, or the beasts of the field by night. 11 When David was told what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done, 


    4. The Covenant Brings Joy (vs. 12-14)


    12 David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of his son Jonathan from the men of Jabesh-gilead, who had stolen them from the public square of Beth-shan, where the Philistines had hanged them, on the day the Philistines killed Saul on Gilboa. 13 And he brought up from there the bones of Saul and the bones of his son Jonathan; and they gathered the bones of those who were hanged. 14 And they buried the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan in the land of Benjamin in Zela, in the tomb of Kish his father. And they did all that the king commanded. And after that God responded to the plea for the land.


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    30 min
  • Rebellion and Reckoning (2 Samuel 19:41-20:26)

    On Sunday, July 10, 2022, Pastor Joe Troutman preached "Rebellion and Reckoning" from 2 Samuel 19:41-20:26).


    "Betrayal is an all-too sad reality of life in a fallen world. But one man's betrayal brought about the greatest joy you will ever know."


    1. Betrayed by Brothers (vs. 19:41-20:3)

    2. Betrayed by a Kiss (vs. 20:4-13)

    3. The Betrayer Beheaded (vs. 20:14-21)


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    36 min
  • "Fulfilled," and Yet "At Hand" (Mark 1:14-15)

    On Sunday, June 19, 2022, Rev. Robert Mossotti preached "'Fulfilled,' and Yet 'At Hand'" from Mark 1:14-15.


    1. The Coming of the Kingdom 


    2. Thy Kingdom Come, Thy Will Be Done


    3. The Gospel of God 


    14 Now after John was arrested, Jesus came into Galilee, proclaiming the gospel of God, 15 and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.”


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    42 min
  • The First Trial of Jesus (Mark 1:12-13)

    On Sunday, June 10, 2022, Rev. Robert Mossotti preached "The First Trial of Jesus" from Mark 1:12-13.


    1. Trial in the Wilderness (vs. 12-13a)


    12 The Spirit immediately drove him out into the wilderness. 13 And he was in the wilderness forty days, being tempted by Satan. 


    2. With the Wild Beasts (v. 13b)


    And he was with the wild animals, and the angels were ministering to him.


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    39 min

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The sermons of Pastor Joseph L. Troutman and other guest preachers, Sunday School lessons, and DFW Reformation Conference audio from Mid Cities Presbyterian Church in Bedford, Texas. mcopc.org