This Lord’s Day evening we are privileged to have Stan Allaby preach for us. Pastor Stan was baptized, interned, and ordained at QBC and it is always a delight to host him in our pulpit. He will be preaching on a topic of greatest importance – eternity.
Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
Old Testament
This Lord’s Day, Eliphaz continues to talk and the second half of his speech to Job, he actually speaks truth about the horrible condition unbelievers find themselves before God. He will give us five descriptions of what a person’s life outside of Christ is like. Such awareness should remind ourselves of what the Gospel has delivered us from and intensify our burden for those outside of Christ.
Mention the name “Job” in a conversation among Christians and immediately two things will likely emerge – suffering and patience.
This Lord’s Day, round two of the dialogues begin with Eliphaz offering his second speech. What we hear from him is harsh and reveals two things we must guard against – a destructive tongue that harms with words and a heart that is unteachable, set on its own ways and understanding. Both are warnings to heed if we want to be effective and compassionate brothers and sisters ministering to one another in love.
PSALM 13:1-6 – To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. How long, O Lord? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me? How long must I take counsel in my soul and have sorrow in my heart all the day? How long shall my enemy be exalted over me? Consider and answer me, O Lord my…
This Lord’s Day, Job moves in his response to Zophar to speaking to his God in the presence of all three friends – Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar. In doing so, we are once again observing a close relationship between a believer and his God in the midst of extreme suffering and misery. We learn much about prayer, ourselves, humanity, life, and our God through Job’s transparency with God.