Hillview Baptist Church
Morning Worship, September 8, 2019
John 15:1–5ESV
- 10,000 Reasons (Bless The Lord)
- Everlasting God
- Doxology
Psalm 119:145–176NIV2011
- Your Name
- Haven't You Been Good
Psalm 119:153–160NIV2011
- Scripture ReadingOpening PrayerIntroductionObedienceTwo linked stanzasExpositionI. Faith without Works
Psalm 119:155 ESV 155 Salvation is far from the wicked, for they do not seek your statutes.Psalm 119:158 ESV 158 I look at the faithless with disgust, because they do not keep your commands.Luke 6:43–49 ESV 43 “For no good tree bears bad fruit, nor again does a bad tree bear good fruit, 44 for each tree is known by its own fruit. For figs are not gathered from thornbushes, nor are grapes picked from a bramble bush. 45 The good person out of the good treasure of his heart produces good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure produces evil, for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks. 46 “Why do you call me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and not do what I tell you? 47 Everyone who comes to me and hears my words and does them, I will show you what he is like: 48 he is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid the foundation on the rock. And when a flood arose, the stream broke against that house and could not shake it, because it had been well built. 49 But the one who hears and does not do them is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. When the stream broke against it, immediately it fell, and the ruin of that house was great.”James 1:22–25 ESV 22 But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. 23 For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks intently at his natural face in a mirror. 24 For he looks at himself and goes away and at once forgets what he was like. 25 But the one who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer who forgets but a doer who acts, he will be blessed in his doing.James 2:14 ESV 14 What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him?James 2:26 ESV 26 For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, so also faith apart from works is dead.II. Faith with worksHow do we think of works?How did that Psalmist think of works?JoyousSource of knowldgeLet us look at few things the Psalmist learned from reading the Word...Psalm 119:156 ESV 156 Great is your mercy, O Lord; give me life according to your rules.God is MercifulWe often think of Gods rules as restrictive and obviously in some sense they are, however, in another, very real sense they are liberatingEx. OT dietary lawsEx. NT Christians and the treatment of women and childrenYet the restriction in the Laws is a mercyEx. Sexual lawsEx. ContententednessPsalm 119:160 ESV 160 The sum of your word is truth, and every one of your righteous rules endures forever.God’s Word is TrueChristians are often accused of being anti-truth (science)explainPsalm 119:165 ESV 165 Great peace have those who love your law; nothing can make them stumble.Peace and security are found in obedienceEternal Security?perseverance of the saintsObedience by faithPsalm 119:153 ESV 153 Look on my affliction and deliver me, for I do not forget your law.Psalm 119:154 ESV 154 Plead my cause and redeem me; give me life according to your promise!Psalm 119:155 ESV 155 Salvation is far from the wicked, for they do not seek your statutes.Psalm 119:156 ESV 156 Great is your mercy, O Lord; give me life according to your rules.Psalm 119:157 ESV 157 Many are my persecutors and my adversaries, but I do not swerve from your testimonies.Psalm 119:159 ESV 159 Consider how I love your precepts! Give me life according to your steadfast love. Psalm 119:155NIV2011
Psalm 119:158NIV2011
Luke 6:43–49NIV2011
James 1:22–25NIV2011
James 2:14NIV2011
James 2:26NIV2011
Psalm 119:156NIV2011
Psalm 119:160NIV2011
Psalm 119:165NIV2011
Psalm 119:153–154NIV2011
Psalm 119:155–156NIV2011
Psalm 119:157NIV2011
Psalm 119:159NIV2011
- Thank You
- Amazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone)
Numbers 6:24–26ESV
