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In the midst of the darkness of the fall, God gives us the first glimpse of the light of the glorious gospel – that the seed of a the woman would crush the head of the serpent. We are thankful that the testimony of the whole Bible is that the Lamb would crush the head of the devil, culminating in the book of Revelation when the devil, the beast, the false prophet, and all the enemies of Christ finally have their heads fully crushed in the lake of fire for all eternity.

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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 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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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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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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Circumstances in life can quickly shift our priorities and to do list, and if we only view life under the sun, we will be miserable and think all is vanity and vexation of Spirit like Solomon. Therefore, we need to lift our gaze to our spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ, the joy of election, the joy of salvation by grace, and the joy of the resurrection! Lord Jesus come quickly!

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The church must remain steadfast in fellowship as well. Fellowship is directly linked to the apostles’ doctrine. We are thankful that we can have some degree of fellowship in Christ with all believers. However, the pinnacle of fellowship with Christ and others are those which we have fellowship in the gospel, fellowship of belief and joy in the apostles’ doctrine.

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In Genesis 2, we see the command of the law of sin and death; when man sins, he dies. We have to understand that all mankind is dead in sins by nature, under the curse of the law of sin and death. The only hope to be redeemed from the law of sin and death is to be given a new law – the law of the Spirit of life in Jesus Christ!

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As we chart priorities to seek the kingdom of God first and foremost in the coming year, we try to consider – what does the spiritual life for a child of God look like on a daily basis in the kingdom of God? In the kingdom, we need to be steadfast, unmovable, reliable, and consistent, in four core activities, principally the apostles’ doctrine. We consider what is the doctrine the apostles’ upheld that we are called to earnestly contend for the truth daily as well.

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