Travel Break

I will probably not be able to post anything new over the next couple days as I will be travelling to the Washington DC area to visit my brother who is in the hospital. I should be back home on Tuesday, March 13th. Regular posting should resume then.

Thanks very much to all of you who have been faithfully praying for the recovery of my brother. I appreciate it very much.

George Whitefield

After posting the previous article on George Whitefield's sermon on Jeremiah 23:6, I thought it might be prudent to post some information on Whitefield so we might all get to know him a bit better. I found this brief biography on him on a site I frequent, www.monergism.com.

"George Whitefield, used greatly of God in the first great awakening (1730s - 1740s), was a minister in the Church of England and one of the leaders of the Methodist movement. He was born on December 16, 1714 at the Bell Inn, Gloucester, and died in Newburyport, Massachusetts on September 30, 1770. In contemporary accounts, he, not John Wesley, is spoken of as the supreme figure and even as the founder of Methodism. He parted company with Wesley over the doctrine of predestination. He was famous for his preaching in America which was a significant part of the Great Awakening movement of Christian revival."

Other Whitefield resources are listed below:

• Transcriptions of sermons at Bible Bulletin Board
• Encyclopedic entry at Wikipedia
• Biography and Sermons at The Anglican Library

Feel free to post other links to Whitefield sites that you might find online in the comments area for this post

The Lord our Righteousness-Whitefield

Another sermon on Jeremiah 23:6 and specifically the phrase "JEHOVAH TSIDKENU" that is worthy of scrutiny was preached by George Whitefield. The text of the sermon can be found here at The Bible Bulletin Board. In this sermon Whitefield "proposes, through divine grace,

• I. To consider who we are to understand by the word Lord.
• II. How the Lord is man's righteousness.
• III. I will consider some of the chief objections that are generally urged against this doctrine.
• IV. I shall show some very ill consequences that flow naturally from denying this doctrine.
• V. Shall conclude with an exhortation to all to come to Christ by faith, that they may be enabled to say with the prophet in the text, "The Lord our righteousness."

The sermon is a bit lengthy, but certainly worth the investment of your time.

JEHOVAH TSIDKENU - Week 2

The Sunday morning Bible Study will again focus on Lesson 7 in our series on The Names of God this coming Sunday, March 11, 2007. At this point four articles on this topic have already been posted on this blog. The original source material for the lesson is a web book written by Don Fortner and can be found here. Please read over the material and come next Sunday morning ready to discuss it with the other men.

Enoch Walked With God

Sermon Outline from March 4, 2007 by Scott Stout

Enoch Walked With God

Hebrews 11:5-6

I. Enoch Pleased God
Hebrews 11:5 "...he had this testimony, that he pleased God."
1. Faith-Hebrews 11:6a "But without faith it is impossible to please Him: for he that cometh to God must believe that He is..."

Ephesians 4:6 " One God and Father of all,..."
Isaiah 43:10-11
Matthew 17:1-2,5
John 14:1
Acts 16:31 "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved..."
2. Fellowship
I John 1:5-7
Matthew 7:13-14
Joshua 1:7
Galatians 5:16
Romans 8:8-9
Psalms 128:1

II. Enoch Preached God
Jude 14-15
Genesis 5:18, 21-24
II Peter 3:6-7, 9-10

III. Enoch Passed Over Death
Hebrews 11:5

Genesis 5:21-22

A concise article on JEHOVAH-TSIDKENU at Blue Letter Bible can be found here. This article summarized the basics of this name of God and provides links to other resources for extend understanding including the Strong's concordance entry and other uses of JEHOVAH-TSIDKENU.

Tsidkenu Pronunciation

So how is 'Tsidkenu' pronounced anyway? I found this page in the Wikimedia Commons that is helpful. I did have to download and install the 'Ogg Codecs for Windows' from this page for the downloaded file to play in my Windows Media Player.