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Godliness and the Promise of Life
1 Timothy 4:7-9
Minister
Rev. J.D. Smith
Date preached
Lord's Day December 5, 2021
Verse
1 Timothy 4:7-9
Audio file
The Son who was a Sign
Isaiah 8:1-4Moreover the LORD said unto me, Take thee a great roll, and write in it with a man's pen concerning Mahershalalhashbaz.And I took unto me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.And I went unto the prophetess; and she conceived, and bare a son. Then said the LORD to me, Call his name Mahershalalhashbaz.For before the child shall have knowledge to cry, My father, and my mother, the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria shall be taken away before the king of Assyria.
Minister
Rev. J.D. Smith
Date preached
Wednesday December 1, 2021
Verse
Isaiah 8:1-4
Audio file
The Son of Righteousness
Malachi 4:2But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.
Minister
Rev. J.D. Smith
Date preached
Lord's Day November 28, 2021
Verse
Malachi 4:2
Audio file
Wrestling in Prayer
Genesis 32:24-26And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him.And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.
Minister
Rev. J.D. Smith
Date preached
Lord's Day November 28, 2021
Verse
Genesis 32:24-26
Audio file
The Catastrophic Consequences of Sin
Isaiah 7:17-25The LORD shall bring upon thee, and upon thy people, and upon thy father's house, days that have not come, from the day that Ephraim departed from Judah; even the king of Assyria.And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall hiss for the fly that is in the uttermost part of the rivers of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria.And they shall come, and shall rest all of them in the desolate valleys, and in the holes of the rocks, and upon all thorns, and upon all bushes.In the same day shall the Lord shave with a razor that is hired, namely, by them beyond the river, by the king of Assyria, the head, and the hair of the feet: and it shall also consume the beard.And it shall come to pass in that day, that a man shall nourish a young cow, and two sheep;And it shall come to pass, for the abundance of milk that they shall give he shall eat butter: for butter and honey shall every one eat that is left in the land.And it shall come to pass in that day, that every place shall be, where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silverlings, it shall even be for briers and thorns.With arrows and with bows shall men come thither; because all the land shall become briers and thorns.And on all hills that shall be digged with the mattock, there shall not come thither the fear of briers and thorns: but it shall be for the sending forth of oxen, and for the treading of lesser cattle.
Minister
Rev. J.D. Smith
Date preached
Wednesday November 24, 2021
Verse
Isaiah 7:17-25
Audio file
The Miraculous Birth of Christ
Isaiah 7:14Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
Minister
Rev. J.D. Smith
Date preached
Lord's Day November 21, 2021
Verse
Isaiah 7:14
Audio file
The Need to Cleanse Ourselves
2 Corinthians 7:1
Minister
Rev. J.D. Smith
Date preached
Lord's Day November 21, 2021
Verse
2 Corinthians 7:1
Audio file
Refusing Encouragement
Isaiah 7:10-16Moreover the LORD spake again unto Ahaz, saying,Ask thee a sign of the LORD thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above.But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the LORD.And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David; Is it a small thing for you to weary men, but will ye weary my God also?Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good.For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land that thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of both her kings.
Minister
Rev. J.D. Smith
Date preached
Wednesday November 17, 2021
Verse
Isaiah 7:10-16
Audio file
The Believer's Heritage and Righteousness
Isaiah 54:17No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD.
Minister
Rev. J.D. Smith
Date preached
Lord's Day November 14, 2021
Verse
Isaiah 54:17
Audio file
The Detriment of Unbelief
Isaiah 7:9And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah's son. If ye will not believe, surely ye shall not be established.
Minister
Rev. J.D. Smith
Date preached
Lord's Day November 14, 2021
Verse
Isaiah 7:9
Audio file
Fear, Courage and Reassurance
Isaiah 7:1-9And it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up toward Jerusalem to war against it, but could not prevail against it.And it was told the house of David, saying, Syria is confederate with Ephraim. And his heart was moved, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the wood are moved with the wind.Then said the LORD unto Isaiah, Go forth now to meet Ahaz, thou, and Shearjashub thy son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller's field;And say unto him, Take heed, and be quiet; fear not, neither be fainthearted for the two tails of these smoking firebrands, for the fierce anger of Rezin with Syria, and of the son of Remaliah.Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have taken evil counsel against thee, saying,Let us go up against Judah, and vex it, and let us make a breach therein for us, and set a king in the midst of it, even the son of Tabeal:Thus saith the Lord GOD, It shall not stand, neither shall it come to pass.For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin; and within threescore and five years shall Ephraim be broken, that it be not a people.And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah's son. If ye will not believe, surely ye shall not be established.
Minister
Rev. J.D. Smith
Date preached
Wednesday November 10, 2021
Verse
Isaiah 7:1-9
Audio file
Sanctify the Lord of Hosts
Isaiah 8:11-17For the LORD spake thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying,Say ye not, A confederacy, to all them to whom this people shall say, A confederacy; neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid.Sanctify the LORD of hosts himself; and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread.And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples.And I will wait upon the LORD, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.
Minister
Rev. J.D. Smith
Date preached
Lord's Day November 7, 2021
Verse
Isaiah 8:11-17
Audio file
Pursuing Peace
Romans 14:19Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another.
Minister
Rev. J.D. Smith
Date preached
Lord's Day November 7, 2021
Verse
Romans 14:19
Audio file
Looking for the Lord
Isaiah 8:17And I will wait upon the LORD, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.
Minister
Rev. J.D. Smith
Date preached
Wednesday November 3, 2021
Verse
Isaiah 8:17
Audio file
The Trial of Faith
1 Peter 1:6-7
Minister
Rev. J.D. Smith
Date preached
Lord's Day October 31, 2021
Verse
1 Peter 1:6-7
Audio file

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