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The weekly Sunday morning message by Pastor Paul Edwards from Redeemer Church of Waterford, Michigan.

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The weekly Sunday morning message by Pastor Paul Edwards from Redeemer Church of Waterford, Michigan.

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@RedeemerPRC

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English

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Episodes

"If They Shall Fall Away" Part Two

3/17/2024
Hebrews 6:4-6 is the most often cited text by those who seek to make a case that believers can fall away from the faith and lose their salvation. But a careful reading of the text makes it clear that the author of Hebrews does not have genuine believers in view at all. An important and essential to key to the interpretation of Hebrews 6:4-9 is to understand it in its "Jewishness." How do we interpret "fall away," "impossible," and "renew them again unto repentance" in the way the first century Hellenistic Jewish readers of the Letter to the Hebrews would have understood those phrases, as well as in the way the context defines those phrases?

Duration:00:49:16

The Test and Cost of Covenant Love

3/17/2024
David is hiding in the field while Jonathan is taking the measure of Saul's attitude toward David. Over the course of a three-day festival, the covenant between Jonathan and David (made in 18:1-4 and reaffirmed in 20:8) will be tested, its cost will be levied, and where loyalties lie will be exposed.

Duration:00:46:21

"If They Shall Fall Away"

3/10/2024
Is it possible for a believer to fall away and be finally lost? Many have used Hebrews 4:4-6 to make the case that it is. But who is being addressed in these verses? What does the context of these verses reveal about what it means to "fall away" and the impossibility of being "renewed again unto repentance"?

Duration:00:50:24

Take the Longview

3/10/2024
What are you afraid of? David's fears are in the context of his immediate present circumstances. Jonathan's fears are in his concern for the future welfare of his family. Regardless of the source of our fears and anxiety, they are a condition of life in a fallen world. This issue isn't THAT we are afraid, but HOW our fears find their resolution in the blessing of the future coming King.

Duration:00:46:38

If You Could Lose Your Salvation, You Would

3/4/2024
For generations, believers who have read Hebrews 6:4-6 have debated whether or not it teaches we can lose our salvation. In this message from Hebrews we confront one of the hardest passages in all of Scripture.

Duration:00:52:04

Steadfast Love

3/3/2024
Where do you turn when there is no where to turn? This is David's predicament. He is a fugitive now, fleeing and hiding from the plots of Saul to take his life. David finds the resolution of his anxiety in the covenant of the Lord, grounded in the steadfast love of the Lord in spite of his perilous circumstances.

Duration:00:43:39

The Fatal Consequences of Quenching the Spirit

2/25/2024
In 1 Samuel 18 and 19, Saul has set himself against David (the Lord's Anointed - see Psalm 2), first secretly in chapter 18 and now publicly in chapter 19, enlisting the help of his military servants. But even as Saul is plotting against David, the overtures of God's grace are extended to Saul, culminating in the Spirit of God coming upon Saul. As a result, Saul enters into the praise and thanksgiving characteristic of "prophesying,' only to quench the Spirit's overtures one final time.

Duration:00:46:55

My Defender and Deliverer

2/11/2024
In 1 Samuel 19, the grace of God is on display in his protection of David. But of we read carefully, we will also see the grace of God in his overtures to Saul in opportunity after opportunity to repent. What happens when we repeatedly spurn God's offer of grace? God eventually withdraws his grace in final judgment.

Duration:00:49:09

Ephesians 5:11 Doesn't Mean What You Think It Means

2/4/2024
"And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them" has historically been a proof text for those looking for a command in Scripture to not associate with sinners. In this message, Pastor Paul takes us deep into the context of the Book of Ephesians to make the case that Ephesians 5:11 isn't a command to not associate with sinners, but rather not to enter into union with the unfruitful works of darkness produced by the depravity of our own hearts. Ephesians 5:11 is a call to sanctification, not separation.

Duration:00:48:26

Scheming Against the Lord's Anointed

2/4/2024
Saul's jealousy of David has now led to his scheming against David to have him killed - first covertly (chapter 18) and then openly (chapter 19). And yet even when his life is under threat, David remains blissfully content. Why and how?

Duration:00:36:16

The Pernicious Sin of Jealousy

1/28/2024
In the aftermath of David's victory over the giant of Gath there were two markedly different responses. In 1 Samuel 18:1-4, Jonathan responds with love. In 1 Samuel 18:5-16, Saul responds with jealousy and envy. What is the source of Saul's envy, but more importantly, what is the effect of Saul's envy? What can we learn from Saul about killing envy in our own hearts?

Duration:00:37:32

Chosen, Purchased, Secured

1/28/2024
From 1 Corinthians 1:9 we learn that God has "called us into the fellowship of His Son Jesus Christ our Lord." In this message from Ephesians 1, we begin to consider how God calls us and what the nature of the fellowship of His Son consists of.

Duration:00:30:42

God is Faithful

1/21/2024
God IS Faithful. Faithful is WHO He is, not merely an attribute He possesses. How has God demonstrated that He is faithful? The Apostle Paul cites several aspects of God's relationship with us that show He is faithful.

Duration:00:35:48

Bond of Brothers

1/21/2024
In the immediate aftermath of David's victory over Goliath (1 Samuel 17), the narrator gives us an intimate insight into the relationship between Jonathan and David with the words, "The soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved David as his own soul" (1 Samuel 18:1). What accounts for this unique and immediate bond between Jonathan and David?

Duration:00:37:03

Confronting the Contradictions in 1 Samuel 17:54-58

1/14/2024
There are several apparent contradictions in 1 Samuel 17:54-58: 1. Why would David take the head of Goliath to Jerusalem, which was at least 50 miles away, when Jerusalem was not the capitol of Israel at the time David defeated Goliath? 2. If David took the head of Goliath to Jerusalem in verse 54, why does he still have it when he appears before Saul and Abner in verse 57? 3. Why would David have a tent at the battle site in verse 54 when clearly he is living with his father Jesse in Bethlehem, going back and forth between Bethlehem and the battle site in verse 15? 4. Why does Saul seemingly still not know who David is, asking Abner whose son David is in verses 55-56, when he has had at least two extended interactions with him (16:17-23 and 17:31-39)?

Duration:00:44:41

The Was No Sword in David's Hand

1/14/2024
David is facing down an imposing figure who is armed to the teeth, and yet, "there was no sword in David's hand." Why? Every military strategist, ancient or modern, would see this as a colossal blunder on David's part. So why is there no sword in the hand of David?

Duration:00:52:17

The Gospel According to David, Part 2

1/7/2024
On what basis is David so confident that he can defeat the giant of Gath? He is fully aware of his own inexperience and youthfulness, but he is not looking to himself at all. He is looking to the faithfulness of the living God.

Duration:00:37:10

The Gospel According to David, Part 1

1/7/2024
In 1 Samuel 17 there are multiple voices speaking lots of words with contradicting messages. There are the words of the Philistine which has instilled fear in the armies of Israel. There are the words of Eliab which berate the shepherd David. There are the words of Saul casting doubt on David's ability to triumph against the giant of Gath. But it is the words of David that have the attention of everyone gathered in the Valley of Elah.

Duration:00:38:55

The Four Last Things: Hell: Eternal Separation from God

12/31/2023
The end and object of Heaven is the glory of God. So, too, the end and object of Hell is the glory of God. God is glorified in the just condemnation of sinners. Why is there a Hell? What is Hell? How can a good God send anyone to a place of eternal torment?

Duration:00:41:27

The Four Last Things: Heaven: God with Us

12/24/2023
The birth of the Son of God in Bethlehem's manger brought heaven down to us so that God in Christ might bring us up to heaven. From Matthew 1:23 and Revelation 21:3 we learn that just as Jesus is Emmanuel - God with us - so Heaven is God with us. Where Jesus is, there is heaven. In this Christmas meditation we consider seven things that will be true of us when we get to heaven.

Duration:00:43:16