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Midweek Devotion: Proverbs 2:6

Wednesday, May 27, 2026 Proverbs 2:6 For the Lord gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding.   In the first five verses of this chapter, Solomon extols the value of wisdom. He exhorts his son to seek wisdom with diligence. He compares wisdom to that which is considered precious in this life.   The exhortation given by Solomon to his son (and the readers of this book), therefore, is this: receive God’s word eagerly, treasure God’s commandments, inclineyour ...
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Sermon Follow-up for Sunday, May 24th, 2026

Dear Saints, Here is a summary of the application from yesterday's sermon. As you begin this new week, be encouraged as you remember our time before the Lord and consider how you might apply these observations.   Godly people keep their word, even when circumstances change. David was still bound by his promise to Bathsheba concerning Solomon. Even though he was weak and in a dangerous situation, he pursued what he believed to be right.   The promises that we ...
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Midweek Devotion

Wednesday, May 20, 2026 Proverbs 1:32 “For the waywardness of the naive will kill them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them.”   This verse is part of the conclusion to Solomon’s previous warning about rejecting divine wisdom. In this chapter, wisdom is personified as a woman crying out publicly to foolish and sinful people, urging them to repent, listen, and walk in the fear of the Lord.   But instead of receiving her instruction: the fool remains careless ...
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Sermon Follow-up for May 17th, 2026

Here is a brief summary of the application from yesterday's sermon. As you begin your new week, this material will help you apply the sermon.   Nathan’s example reminds us how important principled and faithful people are during times of crisis. Because he was grounded in the Word of God, he was able to recognize evil, act wisely, and contend for righteousness.   A believer who lives according to God’s truth develops stability and discernment. Rather than being ruled by ...
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Survey of the Westminster Confession of Faith (Chapter 18)

Survey of the Westminster Confession of Faith Chapter 18 Of Assurance of Grace and Salvation (Part 1) I. Although hypocrites and other unregenerate men may vainly deceive themselves with false hopes and carnal presumptions of being in the favor of God, and estate of salvation (which hope of theirs shall perish): yet such as truly believe in the Lord Jesus, and love Him in sincerity, endeavouring to walk in all good conscience before Him, may, in this life, be certainly ...
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Survey of the Westminster Confession of Faith (Chapter 17)

Survey of the Westminster Confession of Faith Chapter 17 Of the Perseverance of the Saints (Part  3) III. Nevertheless, they may, through the temptations of Satan and of the world, the prevalency of corruption remaining in them, and the neglect of the means of their preservation, fall into grievous sins; and, for a time, continue therein: whereby they incur God's displeasure, and grieve His Holy Spirit, come to be deprived of some measure of their graces and comforts, have their ...
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Survey of the Westminster Confession of Faith (Chapter 17)

Survey of the Westminster Confession of Faith Chapter 17 Of the Perseverance of the Saints (Part  2) II. This perseverance of the saints depends not upon their own free will, but upon the immutability of the decree of election, flowing from the free and unchangeable love of God the Father; upon the efficacy of the merit and intercession of Jesus Christ, the abiding of the Spirit, and of the seed of God within them, and the nature of the covenant ...
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Survey of the Westminster Confession of Faith (Chapter 17)

Survey of the Westminster Confession of Faith Chapter 17 Of the Perseverance of the Saints (Part  1) This chapter on the perseverance of the saints falls between chapters dealing with the order of salvation and chapters concerned with living the Christian life. In summary, we can say that this chapter teaches that the elect, due to the immutability of God's decree, will persevere, or be preserved in a state of grace, to the end of their lives and be eternally ...
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Survey of the Westminster Confession of Faith (Chapter 16)

Survey of the Westminster Confession of Faith Chapter 16 Of Good Works (Part  2) V. We cannot by our best works merit pardon of sin, or eternal life at the hand of God, by reason of the great disproportion that is between them and the glory to come; and the infinite distance that is between us and God, whom, by them, we can neither profit, nor satisfy for the debt of our former sins, but when we have done all ...
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Survey of the Westminster Confession of Faith (Chapter 16)

Survey of the Westminster Confession of Faith Chapter 16 Of Good Works (Part  1) I. Good works are only such as God has commanded in His holy Word, and not such as, without the warrant thereof, are devised by men, out of blind zeal, or upon any pretense of good intention. This subject naturally follows the previous topic of repentance. Genuine repentance must result in “good works.” The first point made here is that only God can define “good works,” ...
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