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This sermon examines the distinction between dead faith and genuine, saving faith by analyzing James 2:14-19 alongside Pauline theology. It clarifies that while salvation is by grace through faith alone, true faith is never alone but inevitably produces works of love and obedience. The speaker argues that intellectual assent to biblical truths is insufficient for salvation, as even demons believe and tremble, emphasizing that saving faith requires a personal yielding to Christ. The central message is that the authenticity of one's faith is demonstrated through practical love and care for others, serving as the visible evidence of an internal spiritual reality.

"Pride Always Pollutes" Seek • Surrender • Submit • Serve Primary Scriptures: Deuteronomy 10:12–13; Deuteronomy 30:6; Zephaniah 3:1–7; 1 Peter 5:5–11; James 4:6–10; Psalm 143:7–8. Central Truth: Pride always pollutes what grace intends to produce. This message reveals the danger of spiritual self-sufficiency and the necessity of daily dependence upon the Lord. In Deuteronomy 10:12–13, God calls His people to fear Him, walk in His ways, love Him, serve Him, and keep His commandments. Yet Deuteronomy 30:6 reveals that the very devotion God requires is something He must graciously produce within the human heart. We cannot accomplish through natural ability what only God's Spirit can accomplish through grace. The life of Moses beautifully illustrates this truth. Once mighty in words and deeds, Moses became a meek and humble servant who understood that God's purposes could never be fulfilled through human strength alone. His usefulness came not from self-sufficiency but from dependence upon the Lord. In contrast, Zephaniah 3 describes Jerusalem as rebellious and polluted. Despite possessing God's revelation, the people refused to obey His voice, receive His correction, trust Him, or draw near to Him. Their pride contaminated their ways, and they eagerly continued in corruption. By reversing the four failures of Zephaniah 3:2, we discover a powerful pattern for daily living: • Seek Him: Draw near to God, recognizing our continual need for His wisdom, presence, and direction. • Surrender to Him: Trust His goodness enough to commit our lives, plans, and understanding to His authority. • Submit to Him: Receive His correction, allowing His Word and Spirit to continually

🌎 How do we raise children who love God, embrace biblical truth, and remain faithful to Jesus Christ in a world increasingly opposed to biblical values? Raising godly children has never been more challenging. Today's children are surrounded by powerful cultural influences, social media, secular philosophies, peer pressure, and messages that often contradict the Word of God. As Christian parents and grandparents, how can we protect their hearts, establish a lasting spiritual foundation, and prepare them to stand firm in their faith? In this Bible study, we examine the biblical responsibility and privilege of raising children in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. Drawing from Scripture, we explore God's instructions to parents, the importance of a consistent Christian example, the dangers of worldly influences, and the necessity of teaching our children to discern truth from error. 📖 Key Scriptures include: - Deuteronomy 6:6–9 – Teaching God's Word diligently to our children. - Proverbs 22:6 – Training a child in the way he should go. - Proverbs 4:23 – Keeping the heart with all diligence. - Ephesians 6:4 – Bringing children up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. - Romans 12:2 – Not conforming to this world. - Psalm 78:4–7 – Passing the truth of God from one generation to the next. - Judges 2:10 – The sobering consequences when a generation fails to know the Lord. In this study, we consider: ✓ The biblical foundation for raising godly children. ✓ Why parents must be the primary spiritual influence in the home. ✓ How to guard children's hearts against worldly influences. ✓ The importance of biblical discipline, instruction, and godly example.

"How Long Will You Wait? When They Ask, What Will We Say?" Primary Scriptures: Joshua 18:3; Deuteronomy 6:16–25; Deuteronomy 9:1–3 This message emphasizes the importance of taking God at His Word, walking in the life He has graciously provided, and leaving behind a testimony that points the next generation to Jesus Christ. Through the experiences of Israel in Deuteronomy and Joshua, we discover that God's faithfulness is never the problem; the challenge is often our willingness to trust Him enough to act upon what He has revealed. In Joshua 18:3, Joshua confronts the Israelites with a searching question: "How long will you neglect to go and possess the land which the LORD God of your fathers has given you?" The land had already been promised, but the people were hesitant to take possession of their inheritance. Likewise, believers today have received every spiritual blessing in Christ, yet we can neglect to walk in the fullness of the life He has provided. Faith is more than acknowledging God's promises; it is agreeing with Him and responding through obedience. We do not manufacture His promises or accomplish His will through our own strength. We depend upon His grace and act upon His revealed truth. Deuteronomy 9 reinforces this principle as Moses calls Israel to understand today what God has promised concerning their future. Though they had not yet crossed the Jordan, they were to trust the One who would go before them. Faith embraces today what God has faithfully promised for tomorrow. Our confidence must rest in God's character rather than our circumstances, abilities, or understanding. The message then turns to Deuteronomy 6, where Moses reminds Israel that God'

Using Ezekiel 22:30 as the central text, this message is a passionate call for men to answer God's search for someone willing to "stand in the gap" and make a difference in a generation marked by moral decline, spiritual apathy, and compromise. The preacher explains that in Ezekiel's day, political leaders, prophets, priests, and the people had all failed in their responsibilities, leaving a nation under the threat of God's judgment because no one was willing to stand courageously for truth. Throughout the sermon, he traces a biblical pattern showing how God repeatedly sought and found individuals such as Noah, Mordecai, Peter, Philip, Isaiah, Samuel, and Paul who were willing to obey Him when others would not. The message challenges believers to recognize that God still looks for men today who will stand in the gap for their homes, churches, communities, nation, and the world. Whether through soul winning, church service, missions, leadership, public service, or simple obedience, each man is urged to answer God's call by saying, "Here am I, send me." The sermon concludes with an earnest appeal for believers to surrender their lives to God's purpose and to develop a burden for the millions who have never heard the gospel, emphasizing that God's work advances whenever one person is willing to become the answer to His search for a faithful servant.

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After the sweeping results of the 2026 midterms, including major shifts in Congress and key Texas offices, host Josh Philpot asks Pastor Richard Caldwell whether Christians should be worried about America and how to view these changes from a biblical worldview. Pastor Caldwell says it is right to be concerned, yet reminds believers that God is sovereign over everything, this world is not our home, and politics never changes our calling to serve Christ. Drawing from Haggai 2, he warns that we must not use God's sovereignty to excuse inactivity, mentioning an unverified statistic that only 17 to 18 percent of evangelicals voted and explaining that while Christians recognize private failures in candidates, we must prioritize the common grace restraint of moral sanity in public policy over platforms that promote moral insanity. Pointing to Proverbs 21:1 and 1 Timothy 2, along with the call in Romans 13 to be submissive and peaceful citizens, Pastor Caldwell urges believers to pray for the salvation and wisdom of those in authority, including a newly elected Texas senator who claims to be a Christian while holding unbiblical views on gender, abortion, and God Himself. Finally, while agreeing that a 50-50 electorate where anti-Christian platforms thrive reflects God giving the nation over to sin as in Romans 1, Josh Philpot and Pastor Caldwell reflect on Jeremiah 9 and God's eternal purpose in Christ across America's brief 250-year history, concluding that we cannot vote our way out of a spiritual problem and must pursue prayer, evangelism, and faithful daily obedience with our hope placed in Christ rather than politics.

The sermon emphasizes that salvation is received solely through grace by trusting in Jesus Christ, distinguishing true saving faith from mere religious knowledge or works. It argues that while many claim to be people of faith, only those who place their confidence in the specific object of Jesus Christ are secure, as He is the only one capable of atoning for sin. The message highlights the necessity of repentance and the new birth, asserting that intellectual assent to biblical facts is insufficient without personal surrender and reliance on Christ's finished work. By referencing the coming judgment and the exclusivity of Christ as the way, truth, and life, the preacher urges listeners to flee to Jesus for refuge, rejecting all other paths to heaven.

What will the Lord do to bring his people to himself? Whatever it takes! This is a painful and needful mercy, by which the Lord roughly hews those who will not respond to his gentler measures. Spurgeon is dealing sternly with the souls of men in this sermon from Hosea 6, all the while having in the background the desire to see people return to the Lord. With uncompromising honesty he looks at the vain promise which disappoints divine love, as people give some indication of interest or appetite before fading away. Then he considers some of those fearful cuts which the Lord makes to bring down those sinners who resist his more outwardly tender overtures, such as particular providences, or humbling ministries, or inward troubles of soul. When you might hope that he is going to relieve the pressure, he ramps it up, reminding his hearers that to resist the Lord is to be exposed to his judgments, not least when you come before the living God at the great day. But he ends on a hopeful, pleading note. This is one of those sermons in which he loads himself into the sermonic cannon and applies the match, pleading with all who hear to come to the Lord, and urging them to take his hand, or the hand of some other Christian, and follow them to the cross where sin is atoned and peace is made. The sermon reaches a crescendo of earnest desire, and it is hard to imagine anyone not being moved by such a tender and earnest expression of evangelical affection.

Christian patience reflects trust in God's sovereign timing, love toward others, and hope in Christ's return. In this episode of Contending for the Word Q&A, Dave Jenkins examines Colossians 3:12–13, James 5:7–11, and Galatians 5:22–23. Learn how God's patience toward us shapes our relationships, why patience includes speaking the truth and confronting sin, and how the Holy Spirit strengthens believers to endure difficult seasons faithfully. For more from Contending for the Word Q&A, please visit: https://servantsofgrace.org/contending-for-the-word-qa/