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This message reviews the Tabernacle's curtains, coverings, boards, bars, and veils, showing how each points to the Person and work of the Lord Jesus Christ. The fine linen and its colours picture Christ's perfect humanity, heavenly origin, kingship, and sacrificial death, while the coverings portray Him as our sin-bearer whose glory was veiled in human flesh. The boards resting upon silver sockets illustrate the believer's security upon the firm foundation of Christ's redemption and atonement. Finally, the veil points directly to Christ: through His body being broken and His blood shed, the way into God's presence has been opened. In Christ, believers are covered, secure, redeemed, and given direct access to God.

This message was delivered during our Sunday Evening service on August 23, 2026. The text being expounded is Matthew 16:13-20. To learn more about Tabernacle or access more resources, visit https://www.tabernaclebaptistchurch.com/.

The sermon explores the metaphor of God as a master potter and humanity as clay, drawing primarily from Jeremiah 18. It emphasizes that while humans are inherently weak and imperfect, God actively molds and reshapes them through life's pressures and circumstances. The preacher highlights that brokenness or failure does not result in rejection but offers an opportunity for renewal and restoration into vessels of honor. Believers are encouraged to remain pliable and yield to God's touch, trusting His sovereign purpose even during times of correction or hardship. Ultimately, the message conveys hope that God can transform imperfections into beauty and use individuals for His glory.

The sermon examines Galatians chapter two to defend the doctrine of salvation by grace alone against the false teachings of Judaizers who insisted on adherence to the Mosaic Law. Paul recounts his journey to Jerusalem to demonstrate that his gospel authority comes directly from God, not human approval, using Titus as proof that Gentile believers are not required to be circumcised for salvation. The preacher emphasizes that mixing works with grace nullifies Christ's work and places believers back under a yoke they cannot bear. Through this historical account, the message encourages Christians to remain faithful to the gospel despite opposition and to extend grace to new believers as they grow in their faith. Ultimately, the sermon calls the congregation to bold evangelism and steadfast reliance on God's strength rather than human effort.

Pastor Decker leaves no stone unturned when discussing what God places before us as correction, as opportunity, as discipline, as help, as direction or as revelation of God's goodness and wonderful works. Learn with us as we sojourn from Genesis to Job to Psalms and the New Testament as we are left to answer the question Jesus asks us, "What do you see?" References: Psalm 107:21 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men! Mark 8:13 And he left them, and entering into the ship again departed to the other side. 14 Now the disciples had forgotten to take bread, neither had they in the ship with them more than one loaf. 15 And he charged them, saying, Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod. 16 And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have no bread.

"There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High. God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early." Sermon originally preached by Mr. Popham at the Centenary services at Salem Baptist Chapel on Wednesday afternoon 27th August 1913. There are two main points in this sermon and it seems likely that Mr. Popham continued with a third point in the evening service, but there is no record of that evening service nor of Mr. Popham's preaching on that occasion. Read by Mr. C. G. Parsons