Main Sermon Points- -1- Believers have good reason to be people of joy because of the kind of King they have. -2- Believers have good reason to be people of joy because of what their King will do.

Main Sermon Points- -1- The Lord is sovereign over all peoples and over the events of history. -2- The Lord directs all things for the ultimate good of His people and of His church.

Main Sermon Points- -1- One of the most important ways to respond to the evil conspiracies of wicked men is to pray. -2- In the face of evil conspiracies, believers must put their hope in the LORD. -3- In the face of evil conspiracies, believers can offer up specific petitions to the Lord in prayer.

Main Sermon Points- -1- Conspiracies are common in life and in the Bible because man is sinful. -2- Considering conspiracy theories can be dangerous, but it can also be faith building.

Main Sermon Points- -1- The Bible's priority on life can be seen through the basic medical principles it teaches. -2- The Bible's priority on life can be seen in the importance of everyday work. -3- The Bible's priority on life makes it clear that holiness of life is of the highest importance.

Main Sermon Points- -1- God is sovereign over all, therefore man's highest allegiance is to God Himself. -2- God has ordained a diversity of human governments with each sphere having prescribed functions, limitations, and powers. -3- Citizens, out of submission to God, are to be properly and prayerfully subject to the civil magistrates who govern them in regards to civil law and order.

Main Sermon Points- -1- When Jesus Christ had accomplished purification for sins as the Mediator, He sat down at the right hand of God the Father as King over all. -2- As the exalted Mediator King, Christ is shaking all of His creation that is opposed to His rule. -3- Every believer is called to live in a manner worthy of the unshakable kingdom of Christ that they have received.

Main Sermon Points- -1- 1. What is your only comfort in life and death- -That I am not my own, but belong - body and soul, in life and in death - to my faithful Savior Jesus Christ.- - The Heidelberg Catechisim, Question Number 1 -2- The fact that a believer belongs to the Lord determines their whole purpose in life and in death.

Main Sermon Points- -1- It is by the providential mercy of God that times of mourning are transformed into times of gospel joy. -2- It is by the saving grace of God that the Church joyfully expands from its Jewish roots to include people from all the nations of the world.

Main Sermon Points- -1- God calls His people to have a gospel vision for the world, which involves a faithful perseverance in the task He has given to them in the present. -2- Serving the Lord involves delighting in what pleases God and hating what God hates.