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Reid Hankins info@trinityopcnovato.org no no http://www.trinityopcnovato.org/2011/08/05/kevin-kirby-85/ http://www.trinityopcnovato.org/2011/08/05/kevin-kirby-85/#comments Sat, 06 Aug 2011 02:41:08 +0000 Pastor Reid Hankins http://www.trinityopcnovato.org/?p=1437 http://www.trinityopcnovato.org/2011/08/05/kevin-kirby-85/feed/ 0 http://www.trinityopcnovato.org/2011/02/06/introducing-trinity-blog/ http://www.trinityopcnovato.org/2011/02/06/introducing-trinity-blog/#comments Mon, 07 Feb 2011 07:20:41 +0000 Pastor Reid Hankins http://www.trinityopcnovato.org/?p=1150 http://www.trinityopcnovato.org/2011/02/06/introducing-trinity-blog/feed/ 0 http://www.trinityopcnovato.org/2010/11/20/the-lord-your-god-will-circumcise-your-heart/ http://www.trinityopcnovato.org/2010/11/20/the-lord-your-god-will-circumcise-your-heart/#comments Sun, 21 Nov 2010 07:00:19 +0000 Pastor Reid Hankins http://www.novatoopcsermons.org/?p=962 http://www.trinityopcnovato.org/2010/11/20/the-lord-your-god-will-circumcise-your-heart/feed/ 0 0:38:56 Sermon preached on Deuteronomy 30 by Rev. W. Reid Hankins during the Morning Service at Trinity Presbyterian Church (OPC) on 11/14/2010 in Novato, CA. Rev. W. Reid Hankins, M.Div. Deuteronomy 30 11/14/10 “The LORD Your God Will Circumcise You[...] Sermon preached on Deuteronomy 30 by Rev. W. Reid Hankins during the Morning Service at Trinity Presbyterian Church (OPC) on 11/14/2010 in Novato, CA. Rev. W. Reid Hankins, M.Div. Deuteronomy 30 11/14/10 “The LORD Your God Will Circumcise Your Heart” Deuteronomy is a book of law. There’s lots of law throughout this book, even in this chapter. And yet in this chapter, we also have one of the greatest pictures of the gospel in the Old Testament. In this chapter we have a promise of God’s future forgiveness and grace held out to Israel. In the midst of a future falling away, God gives the hope of a restoration. This restoration would be all about grace. Verse 6 is the climax of that grace when God promises to circumcise their hearts. It’s this restoration that I’d like us to consider today; and it’s this grace of God working on hearts that I want to reflect on today. For I believe that what we have promised in this passage is not ultimately about something for Israel according to the flesh. This passage looks beyond what God would do in the old covenant. This passage is ultimately a prediction of the new covenant. As we study about this predicted restoration and this promise of grace, we’ll find our own story here too. We too have found restoration in Jesus Christ. We too are receiving grace that changes our hearts and lives in Christ. I’m not talking about allegorizing this passage. I’m talking about understanding the ultimate fulfillment of what’s promised in this passage. So let’s begin today by setting the background for our passage. I’m going to have us primarily focus on verses 1-10 today, but the rest of the chapter helps remind us of the background to our passage. Verses 11-20 present a choice to the people. That choice is summarized in verse 15. They have the choice of life or death. They have the choice of good or evil. They can choose obedience to God’s covenant, or disobedience. One leads to life and good. The other leads to death and evil. That’s the point of verses 11-20. It’s summarizing what we’ve been studying the last few chapters. Chapters 27-29 had been telling us about the blessings and the curses of the old covenant. As Deuteronomy was recounting a covenant renewal ceremony, this part of the book had been holding out the promise of blessings and the threat of curses. The last half of this chapter wonderfully sums all of this up. They were given the law. It was right before them for them all to know and follow. And so having heard all the details about the blessings and the curses, the people were now faced with a choice. I like how verse 19 says it. Moses says, “Choose life,” that you may live. In other words, choose to follow God; choose to keep the covenant; choose the path of blessing through obedience. This is the context for the first half of this chapter. And yet in the first half of the chapter, we find something terrifying right at the start. We see that this chapter starts out predicting that one day the nation would not be faithful to God. It sees that Israel would break the covenant in disobedience. One day they would not choose life, but go the path of death. Right in verse 1 we see it presume that one day Israel would find itself under the covenant curses; they’d be in exile. They’d find themselves outside the Promised Land. They’d find themselves driven out by God, scattered among all the nations. Verse 4 sees that they might be driven by God even to the “farthest parts under heaven.” In other words, they’d literally be scattered all over the face of the earth. This is the state of Israel presumed in the first few verses of chapter 30. Of course, this is the momentum we have seen being built by Moses in the last two chapters. Chapter 28 described both the blessings and the curses of the covenant. [...] Uncategorized Rev. W. Reid Hankins no no http://www.trinityopcnovato.org/2010/11/14/bible-survey-class-%e2%80%93-thessalonians/ http://www.trinityopcnovato.org/2010/11/14/bible-survey-class-%e2%80%93-thessalonians/#comments Mon, 15 Nov 2010 06:23:18 +0000 Pastor Reid Hankins http://www.novatoopcsermons.org/?p=960 http://www.trinityopcnovato.org/2010/11/14/bible-survey-class-%e2%80%93-thessalonians/feed/ 0 0:37:13 Adult Sunday School class led by Rev. W. Reid Hankins at Trinity Presbyterian Church (OPC) on 11/14/2010 in Novato, CA. This week we discussed 1 and 2 Thessalonians. Adult Sunday School class led by Rev. W. Reid Hankins at Trinity Presbyterian Church (OPC) on 11/14/2010 in Novato, CA. This week we discussed 1 and 2 Thessalonians. Uncategorized Rev. W. Reid Hankins no no http://www.trinityopcnovato.org/2009/05/06/podcast-on-alltop/ http://www.trinityopcnovato.org/2009/05/06/podcast-on-alltop/#comments Wed, 06 May 2009 15:27:34 +0000 Pastor Reid Hankins http://www.novatoopcsermons.org/?p=358 http://www.trinityopcnovato.org/2009/05/06/podcast-on-alltop/feed/ 0