Second Street PCA

Rev. Clayton fills Second Street's pulpit this week! His sermon is on James and John's (sons of Zebedee) request to sit at the right hand of Christ in His kingdom. It is a sermon about discipleship and humility.

This sermon talks about what is called the Gibeonite Deception. In it we see that God actually saves a group of people among those whom He has devoted to destruction out of His mere good grace. He does this by "using sin sinlessly". He uses the lies of the Gibeonites and the hubris and gullibility of the the Isrealite leaders.

1 - The Problem - not seeking the counsel of the Lord in our lives

2- There is always a right way to go from the mess you have made in life

3 - We must pray for wisdom and know the Lord in order to not be deceived by the world, the flesh, and Satan.

In this sermon we look into another aspect of spiritual warfare. 1. Jesus is a Warrior. (God has three institutions in the world: 1) government 2) the church 3) the household). 2. Our necks should be beneath Christ's feet. 3. Christ places His neck beneath the feet of His Father.

This sermon examines the covenant relationship of the Gibeonites to Israel and the ways in which it parallels the Christian's covenantal relationship to Christ and His church. We can call our God to our aid because He has promised to be on our side but He also covenants to do all things for our good and for His glory.

This sermon is based on the covenant renewal ceremony of Joshua 8. The question before is, where do we stand? We are in the valley between cursing and blessing. Choose life. Choose Christ. He is our blessing. He is our righteousness.

This sermon looks into Joshua's second attempt to defeat the city of Ai. The application for us is to see our gracious God forgiving us and fighting for us as OUR king in that even the physical wars of Israel were, at their heart, spiritual battles.

Joshua 7 is the story of God standing against Israel because of the sin of Achan. This sermon compares Rahab (the Canaanite who was to be devoted to destruction) and Achan (a son of Israel, a child of the covenantal promises). Yet it is Rahab the prostitute who inherits the promise and not the member of the tribe of Judah. This demonstrates that salvation is by faith and that faith demonstrates itself in actions.