(From Scripture, the 1689 London Baptist Confession, and the Puritan Witness) IntroductionWhat is true Biblical faith? Our Confession of Faith, faithfully summarising Scripture, says:“The grace of faith, whereby the elect are enabled to believe to the saving of their souls, is the work of the Spirit of Christ in their hearts, and is ordinarily wrought…
Psalm 33Shout for joy in the LORD, O you righteous! Praise befits the upright.Give thanks to the LORD with the lyre; make melody to Him with the harp of ten strings!Sing to Him a new song; play skillfully on the strings, with loud shouts.For the word of the LORD is upright, and all His work…
1 Corinthians 13v13So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love. (ESV)
Psalm 84To the choirmaster: according to The Gittith. A Psalm of the Sons of Korah.How lovely is Your dwelling place, O LORD of hosts!My soul longs, yes, faints for the courts of the LORD; my heart and flesh sing for joy to the living God. Even the sparrow finds a home, and the swallow a…
The Command to Rebuild the TempleIn the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, on the first day of the month, the word of the LORD came by the hand of Haggai the prophet to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high…
Psalm 2Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD and against His Anointed, saying, “Let us burst Their bonds apart and cast away Their cords from us.”He who sits in the heavens laughs; the Lord holds them…
Haggai 2:20-23The word of the LORD came a second time to Haggai on the twenty-fourth day of the month,“Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, saying, I am about to shake the heavens and the earth, and to overthrow the throne of kingdoms. I am about to destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the nations,…
Psalm 85LORD, You were favorable to Your land; You restored the fortunes of Jacob.You forgave the iniquity of Your people; You covered all their sin. SelahYou withdrew all Your wrath; You turned from Your hot anger.Restore us again, O God of our salvation, and put away Your indignation toward us!Will You be angry with us…
Haggai 2:10-19On the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of the LORD came by Haggai the prophet, “Thus says the LORD of hosts: Ask the priests about the law:‘If someone carries holy meat in the fold of his garment and touches with his fold bread or stew…
Psalm 46To the choirmaster. Of the Sons of Korah. According to Alamoth. A Song.God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear though the earth gives way, though the mountains be moved into the heart of the sea, though its waters roar and foam, though the mountains…