Precepts Audio

PA482 Psalm 48:1-14 mp3 In this message, we consider Psalm 48 for the sons of Korah, celebrating Zion, the City of the Great King, at the start of the kingdom of God. The kings assemble there and are awed to be at this great city. They have heard of it, but now they see the […]

PA481 Psalm 46:1-47:9 mp3 Psalms Series 28 In this message, we consider Psalm 46, a psalm about the kingdom of God to come, focused on the time when He assumes sovereignty. God will protect His city, He will make wars to cease throughout the earth, and He will call on the world to cease its […]

PA480 Psalm 45:1-17 mp3 Psalms Series 27 In this message, we consider Psalm 45, a song of love probably originally composed around Hezekiah’s wedding to Hephzibah, whom Jewish tradition claims was the daughter of Isaiah. Indeed, Isaiah might be a good guess for the human author of this psalm. This wedding song is a symbol, […]

PA479 Psalm 44:1-26 mp3 Psalms Series 26 In this message, we consider Psalm 44, a psalm for the sons of Korah. Rotherham suggests the occasion for this psalm was the war of Israel under David against Syria and Moab, when the Edomites in the south took occasion to invade Judah while the army of Israel […]

PSA287 Balaam’s Terrible Plot mp3 In this message, Balak tries to get Balaam to curse Israel two more times. Balaam, longing for the reward this heathen king offers, tries to comply, but Jehovah simply puts a word in his mouth and he must speak the truth. Balak, furious, sends him running for his life. In […]

PA478 Psalm 42:1-43:5 mp3 Psalms Series 25 In this message, we begin the second book of Psalms, or the Exodus book. We consider the book of Exodus in the law, which in Hebrew is “These are the Names,” and speaks of the names of those God redeemed, thus being the book of redemption. The second […]

PSA286 Balaam the Unfaithful Prophet mp3 Balaam appears suddenly in Scripture in the midst of the record of Israel’s wandering in the wilderness. He is not an Israelite, but he was a prophet in relationship with the true God. However, his relationship starts to deteriorate as he is tempted by the riches and rewards of […]

PA477 Psalm 40:12-41:13 mp3 In this message, we complete our consideration of Psalm 40, wherein David pleads with Yahweh for help in light of innumerable calamities that have overtaken him both because of his own iniquity and because of enemies who hated him. In Psalm 41, David is on a bed of sickness because of […]

PA476 Psalm 39:1-40:11 mp3 In Psalm 39, David writes as ill by direct intervention of the LORD in punishment. Apparently, after his sin with Bathsheba and murdering her husband Uriah, Jehovah struck him with a terrible illness. Then, faced with wicked men who spoke kindly but planned his downfall, David spoke no word. Later, musing […]

PA475 Psalm 38:1-22 mp3 In this message, David cries to Yehovah for help in trouble, first of all because of a terrible illness he was suffering from, and secondly because of the secret plots of enemies against him. Though he had done them good, they returned for this seeking his calamity. Considering this situation, that […]