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The Glory of God in the Gospel - Part 2
Pastor Tom Pennington's sermon on Romans 11:33-36, "The Glory of God in the Gospel (Part 2)," highlights Paul's spontaneous doxology, emphasizing that the gospel reveals God's glory and demands our worship. This is evident in two ways. First, the gospel showcases God's inexhaustible attributes: His profound mercy, wisdom, and knowledge, which are both incomprehensible and limitless. Second, it reveals God's unfathomable decisions (judgments) and untraceable ways. God's "judgments" refer to His eternal decrees�His sovereign plans made before creation concerning everything that happens, which humans cannot fully fathom. His "ways" are the inscrutable paths He chooses to execute these decisions, often contrary to human expectation or understanding. Pennington illustrates this with biblical figures like Abraham, Joseph, Moses, and even Jesus, whose lives unfolded in ways that defy human logic, demonstrating God's untrackable footprints. Our appropriate response to such a God, whose attributes, decisions, and methods are so far beyond us, is exclamation, meditation, adoration, and crucially, submission. We are called to accept God's sovereign right to operate as He chooses, trusting His decisions and ways, rather than questioning them or attempting to devise our own path to Him.
The Ram, the Goat, and the Little Horn - Part 1
This sermon on Daniel 8 highlights prophecy as a fundamental apologetic for God's existence and sovereignty, illustrating how God declares "the end from the beginning" (Isaiah 46). Daniel 8, written in 550 BC, precisely foretells historical events over four centuries, including the rise of the Medo-Persian and Greek empires, compelling anti-supernaturalists to argue the text was written after the fact due to its accuracy. The vision depicts a two-horned ram symbolizing the Medo-Persian Empire, which is then swiftly conquered by a male goat with a conspicuous horn, representing Alexander the Great and the Greek Empire. Despite Alexander's immense power, he was "broken" by God, and his empire divided among four generals. This segment of Daniel, written in Hebrew, offers hope and assurance to God's people, promising their survival through future persecution. The text emphasizes several implications: God's absolute sovereignty over all history, down to minute details like naming Cyrus centuries in advance; the necessity for "durable discipleship" amidst worldly turbulence; the mortality and ultimate subservience of all powerful rulers to God; the inherent fragility of all earthly superpowers; and the singular truth that only King Jesus and God's unshakable kingdom endure eternally, prompting a call to repentance and faith.
The King of Beasts - Part 3
Daniel 7 is presented as a profound prophecy revealing God's sovereignty over human history, paralleling Daniel 2. The vision depicts four successive kingdoms as beasts: a lion (Babylon), a bear (Medo-Persia), a leopard (Greece), and a dreadful, terrifying fourth beast (Ancient Rome and its future restored manifestation). From this fourth kingdom, ten kings emerge, followed by a "little horn," identified as the Antichrist. This powerful, blasphemous ruler will subdue three kings and wage war against and overpower "the saints of the Highest One" for a period of "a time, times, and half a time," interpreted as three and a half years. However, the vision culminates with the Ancient of Days (God) convening a heavenly court to judge and destroy the Antichrist and his empire. Subsequently, "One like a Son of Man" (Jesus Christ) is presented before the Ancient of Days and given an everlasting, universal kingdom, which "the saints of the Highest One" will receive and possess forever. The sermon emphasizes the certainty of God's plan, the reality and increasing intensity of evil, and the ultimate security and comfort believers find in God's unwavering sovereignty, knowing that Christ will reign eternally.
The Glory of God in the Gospel - Part 1
This sermon, "Romans: The Glory of God in the Gospel (Part 1)," focuses on Paul's doxology in Romans 11:33-36, which concludes chapters 9-11. Pastor Tom Pennington emphasizes that many Christians, as noted by A.W. Pink and A.W. Tozer, hold a diminished or "too human" concept of God, which impedes true worship. This passage, however, is intended to profoundly elevate our understanding of God. Paul's rapturous praise flows from the gospel's revelation of God's inexhaustible and incomprehensible attributes. He exclaims "Oh, the depth!" describing three aspects: 1. **Riches (of Mercy and Grace)**: God's mercy, abundantly demonstrated through Christ's sacrifice, pardons sin and casts it into the "depths of the sea," satisfying divine justice and crediting believers with Christ's righteousness. 2. **Wisdom**: God's wisdom is evident in the eternal plan of redemption, the person of Jesus Christ, justification by faith, and the secure salvation of undeserving sinners. 3. **Knowledge**: God's omniscience (knowing all things actual and possible) underpins His perfectly wise decisions in conceiving and executing the plan of salvation.
Temptations of the Digital Age - Part 3
Pastor Tom Pennington's sermon "Temptations of the Digital Age (Part 3)" asserts that while technology is not inherently new, it intensifies existing temptations, with all digital devices ultimately belonging to Jesus Christ, who dictates their use. He reviews prior points on substituting the trivial for the essential and internal sins like covetousness. This installment focuses on sexual and relational temptations. Sexual temptations include pervasive pornography�now widely accepted, especially among youth, and generating little guilt�social media adultery, and lust fostered by entertainment. Biblically, Jesus teaches that lust is adultery of the heart, an eternally damning sin requiring radical, repentant action. True Christians, transformed by the Spirit, are not enslaved to these sins but must fight them through dependence on Christ, practical steps, and God's Word. Relational temptations involve misusing speech through gossip, slander, and bearing false witness. Christian communication must be truthful, edifying, and gracious, not rotten or malicious. Perverting justice, evident in rash judgments and "cancel culture" without biblical evidence or delegated authority, disrespecting God-ordained authority, and meddling in others� affairs are also significant digital dangers.
Temptations of the Digital Age - Part 2
The sermon uses the analogy of Steve Irwin's fatal stingray encounter to warn against becoming too comfortable with spiritual dangers, particularly those amplified by the digital age, which can "pierce our hearts and destroy our lives." Building on a prior discussion of substituting the trivial for the essential, this sermon identifies four major internal temptations: 1. **Pride, Self-Love, and Self-Promotion:** Manifested through selfies, humble-brags, and online egalitarianism leading to self-proclaimed expertise, pride is presented as the universe's first sin and an abomination to God. Believers are urged to cultivate humility by not comparing themselves favorably to others, avoiding self-praise, acknowledging all blessings as received from God, regarding others as more important, serving others, and submitting to authorities and God's providence. 2. **Covetousness:** The digital age (e.g., Amazon, social media feeds) fuels this Tenth Commandment sin, which characterizes unbelievers. Christians must replace it with contentment and thankfulness. 3. **Envy:** Defined as displeasure or malice from seeing others possess what you desire, envy is exacerbated online and leads to destructive behaviors like strife, deceit, and malice. It is a deed of the flesh and incompatible with Christian living. 4.
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