We consider the steadfast commitment of the church and the kingdom in prayer. We all need greater intensity, fervor, zeal, and passion in prayer. We consider the example of Epaphras – very likely the pastor at Colossae who is commended for laboring fervently in prayer for the church. We need to labor fervently for others in the kingdom as God as well. Let us get down on our knees and labor fervently for others and in the kingdom of God!
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We consider the distinction between the movement of the Spirit affecting our actions – that all born again children of God have – and then the Spirit directing us into specific actions of discipleship. It takes great wisdom to learn to discern the direction of the Holy Spirit, instead of being controlled with a undiscerning fervor of being affected by the Spirit, but without wisdom.
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We consider together the steadfast commitment of the early, original church and the kingdom in the breaking of bread – not just in the observance of communion, but in the consistent fellowship of inviting other brothers and sisters into their home to partake of supper and food. We need to pursue these “feasts of charity” in the kingdom as well, consistently fellowshipping together over supper, just like Jesus did.
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One of the greatest attacks against creation is Satan and science falsely so called denying that all the earth was created in six literal twenty-four hour days. We find the plain language of scripture that the evening and the morning were the first, second, and ever day – clearly denoting the Jewish 24 hour day. We consider other proofs throughout scripture that affirm creation in a full 144 hours.
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After the beauty of creation, we immediately see the attacks of that old serpent, the devil, in tempting Eve to sin. Satan sets his consistent pattern of deception in the garden of Eden to try to cast doubt for God’s people to doubt the authenticity and trustworthiness of God’s word. We need to reject these attacks of Satan and wholly trust the word of God.
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I read recently that: “We pay too much attention to the footstool, and not enough attention to the throne.” That is so, so true. We pay so much attention to this problems of this world, the footstool, and don’t look up to God’s throne as we ought. Let us lift our gaze from the turmoil of the footstool, and set our spiritual gaze upon the throne of the King of kings and Lord of lords!
Preached at Five Mile PBC (Akron, AL) on 2/8/2026.
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We contrast the similarities between Adam in the garden and Jesus in Golgotha, on the cross. Both were federal heads that represented a much larger group of their posterity. Adam had fellowship with God, but due to his sin, that fellowship was severed and driven from the garden. Jesus took those in broken condemnation and fellowship and restored them back to fellowship with God.
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“How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!” (Psalm 139:17)
How amazing and precious is it that the sovereign God of this universe thinks about me? We read earlier in this chapter that God is intimately acquainted with even the apparently mundane actions of our lives. Even our downsitting and our uprising (Ps. 139:2), God’s children getting up and down, in and out of bed, God is aware of these and every action of our lives. However, God does not just have knowledge of the events of our lives, but God is actively thinking about each of his children individually! How precious to know he’s thinking about me! And he’s thinking about you!
The sword of Goliath was probably larger than a normal size man, and was a great reminder of the Lord’s faithfulness to deliver his people from their enemies by the Lord’s sword, not by man. Goliath’s sword should have been a memorial to embolden David’s faith to trust the Lord to protect him from Saul, but he made the worst possible decision to flee to the Philistines in Gath. We should always trust the Lord to defend us against our enemies with his sword, not our own.
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When we look at the majesty of God’s creation, it is evidently seen in the heavens, in the earth, and in all creation the glory of God. Thus, it takes being willfully ignorant of the gospel of creation to deny an intelligent Creator of this universe around us. Don’t ever let anyone tell you that rocks will deny God and the biblical creation account. Rather, the stones – like all creation – cry out to the glory of its Creator!
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