Michiana Covenant Presbyterian Church

Peter Wallace
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  1. Mar 22

    Not Dead But Sleeping (Matt. 9:18-34)

    [Sung Psalm: 84] Sermon Outline: 1. Restoration (vv. 18–26) 2. Renewal (vv. 27–31) 3. Recognition or Rejection (vv. 32–34)

  2. Mar 22

    The First Commandment V: Today! Love and Obey God (Deut. 10:12-11:32)

    aith – now share in those same promises. Here in chapters 10 and 11, Moses concludes his exposition of the first commandment. He has focused on what it means to have no other gods besides Yahweh, and has repeatedly drawn us back to our need to love the Lord our God with all our heart, all our soul, and all our strength. Moses offers us our motivation for why we should love and obey God TODAY...

  3. Mar 15

    First Commandment IV: Don’t Trust Your Own Righteousness (Deut. 9:1 - 10:11)

    Before we dig into our text tonight, I want to show you how the temptations of Jesus in Matthew 4 map pretty closely to what Moses describes here in Dt 7-10. We've been using three "m's" – militarism, materialism, and moralism. In chapter 7 we heard about the temptation of militarism – "Do not say in your heart..." 7:17 that the nations are mightier and more numerous than you. Only Yahweh can defeat your enemies, So trust in God. Then in chapter 8, we heard about the temptation of materialism – "Do not say in your heart..." 8:17 – that my power and the might of my hand has got me this wealth. Remember that it was the LORD who provided for you in the wilderness - do not forget the LORD and turn aside to trust in stuff – do not love created things more than you love the Creator! You are not self-sufficient! Now in chapter 9 we hear about the temptation of moralism – "Do not say in your heart..." (9:4) – that you are morally superior to others. The only reason God is giving you the land is because he promised your fathers (v5) Do not be self-righteous! These three temptations are echoed rather clearly in Matthew 4. The first two are particularly straightforward: First, "If you are the Son of God command these stones to become loaves of bread" – this is the temptation to materialism (trusting in stuff) Dt 8 Second, "If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down, for it is written, 'He will command his angels concerning you...'" – the temptation to militarism (trusting in power) Dt 7 And then third, "All the kingdoms of the world I will give you, if you will fall down and worship me" – the temptation to moralism (trusting in self-righteousness) Dt 9-10.

  4. Mar 15

    Lord and Christ: What Pentecost Tells Us about Jesus (Acts 2:29-36)

    [Sung Psalm: 98] There are all sorts of fascinating ways in which Pentecost completes Passover. In the OT, the very structure of the two feasts makes it clear. The fiftieth day (which is what Pentecost means) is calculated from the day after the seventh Sabbath (the seventh Saturday) after Passover. So Pentecost is always on a Sunday! Seven times seven plus one – makes Pentecost the ultimate eighth day – a day associated in the OT with the new creation – with entering into the presence of God. In the OT, the sacrifices and the Law were the two great gifts of God to Israel. Passover signaled the great redemptive act of God in the Exodus – symbolized in the offering of the Passover Lamb. Pentecost signaled the entrance into the Promised Land – symbolized in the giving of the Law – the pattern of life that God expected his people to live in the Land. Acts 2 shows us how Pentecost fulfills Passover in the new covenant as well. The feast of Passover was the feast of the firstborn and of deliverance from bondage. It perfectly sets up the death and resurrection of Christ, as he, the firstborn of the Father becomes the firstborn from the dead. He is the firstfruits of the resurrection harvest. But Pentecost is not some afterthought to the resurrection. It is the fulfillment of the resurrection. As Peter says in verse 33, "being therefore exalted at the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured out this that you yourselves are seeing and hearing.} The giving of the Law was a good gift – the problem was that the Law didn't convey power to keep the Law! But the coming of the Holy Spirit changes all that!!

  5. Mar 8

    The Promise of the Holy Spirit (Acts 2:22-41)

    [Sung Psalms: 16 & 110] Have you ever wondered why preachers often use three point sermons? Perhaps it is because Peter's first sermon had three points! The first sermon preached after the outpouring of the Holy Spirit was a three-point sermon, each point demonstrated from scripture: 1. The Coming of the Holy Spirit Is the Beginning of the Last Days (from Joel 2)... 2. Jesus Was Raised from the Dead, Because Death Could Not Hold Him (from Psalm 16)... 3. Therefore the Gift of the Holy Spirit Demonstrates that Jesus Is the Christ (from Psalm 110)

  6. Mar 8

    To Him Who Is Able (Jude 24-25)

    Sermon outline: 1. Our Blessing (v. 24) a. In This Life b. In The World to Come 2. God's Blessedness (v. 25)

  7. Mar 1

    First Commandment III – Don’t Trust in Stuff (Deut. 8)

    Last time, in chapter 7, we saw that there were two poles to the temptation of militarism: there was the temptation of spiritual arrogance (God chose us because of our strength!), but also the temptation of spiritual anxiety (our enemies are too strong!) In the same way, chapter 8 shows that there are two poles to the temptation of materialism: Do you believe that God will provide? (will you remember his promises?) Or do think that you are self-sufficient (I can take care of myself – and so I forget God)? When Jesus is tempted to turn stones into bread, he doesn't focus on his hunger – he focuses on the promises of God – "man does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD."

  8. Mar 1

    The Coming of the Last Days (Acts 2:1-21)

    [Sung Psalm: 81] Passover was the feast commemorating Israel's deliverance from Egypt; but Pentecost was the feast that commemorated Israel's being brought into the land - it is a harvest feast celebrating God's provision. Some rabbis even called it "the closing season of the Passover" because Pentecost brings Passover to completion. After all, when you end the feast of Passover, where are you? In Exodus 12-13, Passover ends, and Israel is still in Egypt, awaiting the coming of the LORD - awaiting the death of the firstborn son of Pharaoh. And the timing of Pentecost is totally dependent on Passover. The barley sheaf is waved on the day after the Sabbath during Passover. (In other words, it is waved on Sunday) And then you count 50 days (7 weeks) until the day after the seventh Sabbath (in other words, Pentecost is always on a Sunday). Pentecost is the fulfillment of Passover - it brings Passover to its completion, as the firstfruits offered in Passover week come to fruition in Pentecost. But also – without Pentecost, Passover is incomplete. This will be at the heart of Peter's sermon in Acts 2...

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