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You don't love us.

That was the cry of the people against their God.

However, God did love them - and there was a lot of proof of that love, if they were to just look around.

God loved Israel with a unique, abiding, special love - a love that was not granted to His enemies.

That will be the focus of today's sermon from Malachi 1.

Your suffering is NOT forever. There are BETTER DAYS ahead.

How do we know that?

Well consider God's servant, Job. Yes, Job cried a lot of tears. Yes, Job hurt. But in time, all those tears and pains were wiped away.

Join us for the final encouraging chapter in our short study of Job.

Job was HURTING and CONFUSED.

He asked God a lot of questions - and that was OK.

But what's NOT OK is questioning God's wisdom, as if God's actions are subject to critique.

Well, in Job 28, God responded to Job. Click to learn more.

Friends should COMFORT us, right?

Friends should ENCOURAGE us!

But what happens when our friends accuse us or make us feel worse?

In Job 3, that's just what Job's friends did. They made him feel worse.

Join us as we consider Job's response.

WHY did something terrible happen to you?

WHY are you hurting?

WHY is life going the way it is going, if a GOOD GOD is in charge?

These are timeless questions - in fact, they were the very questions asked by Job centuries ago.

But are there answers? Click to be encouraged.

Job was GOOD.

Job was RIGHTEOUS.

And yet, Job suffered HORRIBLY.

What is the Book of Job all about? Why did God permit this godly man to go through so many trials? And what does this mean for us?

Click to learn more in part one of this Old Testament series.

Israel and the Gentile nations had been fighting for a very long time.

As you may recall, Gentile nations (like Rome) had oppressed the

Israelites for centuries. There was bad blood there. And yet, in God's

time, these same Gentiles were to be engrafted into His holy family.

This was AMAZING GRACE! But it wouldn't come easy. Click to listen to

Week 3 of our series in Galatians.

Questions That We'll Answer:

A) Did God's plan of salvation always include the Gentiles?

B) Who were the 'Judaizers?' Why did they antagonize Paul?

C) Why did Paul say that (in Christ) there is neither Jew or Greek?

Speaker: Rev. Dr. Toby B. Holt

Church Website: www.fpcgulfport.org

Don't do it.

Don't water down the Gospel.

Don't pander to sinners. Don't appease goats and starve sheep. Tell people the truth.

In Romans 1, the Apostle Paul said "I am not ashamed of the gospel of Jesus Christ." We shouldn't be either. Click to listen to this convicting sermon from Dr. Holt, preached on Reformation Sunday.

God is all powerful.

There is no force greater than His.

And that means that there is nothing that can frustrate His will or purposes.

Join us for our new sermon series on the attributes of God.

God knows everything.

God knows everything that is, and everything that will be.

He does not learn. He does not grow. He is perfect in His knowledge and understanding.

Join us for Week 2 of a three week series on God's attributes.