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This feed broadcasts the latest sermons and Sunday schools from Trinity Presbyterian Church (OPC) in Novato, CA. Our sermons seek to exposit Scripture, preaching Christ and the cross, and understanding the impact and demand of the Word on our lives. Church, Novato, Marin, Hankins, Sermon, Christian, OPC, San Rafael Rev. W. Reid Hankins Rev. W. Reid Hankins info@trinityopcnovato.org no no http://www.trinityopcnovato.org/2011/02/20/prophesied-grace/ http://www.trinityopcnovato.org/2011/02/20/prophesied-grace/#comments Sun, 20 Feb 2011 20:36:38 +0000 Pastor Reid Hankins http://www.trinityopcnovato.org/?p=1251 http://www.trinityopcnovato.org/2011/02/20/prophesied-grace/feed/ 0 0:38:04 Sermon preached on 1 Peter 1:10-12 by Rev. W. Reid Hankins during the Morning Service at Trinity Presbyterian Church (OPC) on 2/20/2011 in Novato, CA. Rev. W. Reid Hankins, M.Div. 1 Peter 1:10-12 2/20/11 “Who Prophesied of the Grace That Woul[...] Sermon preached on 1 Peter 1:10-12 by Rev. W. Reid Hankins during the Morning Service at Trinity Presbyterian Church (OPC) on 2/20/2011 in Novato, CA. Rev. W. Reid Hankins, M.Div. 1 Peter 1:10-12 2/20/11 “Who Prophesied of the Grace That Would Come to You” When you read a book it generally tells a story. It has some main story or plot that it is developing throughout the book. This story will usually come to some climax and resolution in the book. Of course, this is not the case with every book. Some books are an anthology. Instead of one story, they might be a collection of stories. Sometimes they are even a collection of whole books. I have some of those in my theological library; a book that collects all the books and writings of a scholar into a single big book. When you have those anthologies, the individual stories and books inside may or may not be very related. But they usually aren’t telling one main story or plot. Well sometimes when we approach the bible, we can think of like it’s an anthology. It is a book that contains within it sixty-six books written by about forty some human authors, written over thousands of years. We can think they are just loosely connected books. And yet as we’ll see today, they are more than that. This Bible tells a story. Though each book within it can stand on its own, the reason they are collected together for us is because they are also telling a larger story. It’s the story of Christ. It’s the story of salvation. It’s the story of how God redeems a people from their sin through the appearing of Jesus Christ. Of course, that shouldn’t surprise us when we realize who the author is. Yes, forty some human authors wrote the books in the Bible. Yes, they were written at different times. But this passage tells us that there was a single divine author behind all of these books. It’s the Holy Spirit. And here in verse 11, we see Peter call the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of Christ. The Spirit of Christ, has spoken through the prophets and apostles to tell us about Christ. That makes sense. And that’s what we’ll get to consider today. The focal point of this passage is about Christ revealed in Scripture. The focal point of this passage is that Christ is the focal point of Scripture. This should color our perspective on how we approach and understand God’s Word. It fundamentally is a unified story. At its core, it’s developing a main plot about the Messiah. About how the Christ would bring salvation to God’s elect. And so here’s how we’ll tackle this passage today. We’ll consider first the Christ-centered perspective of the prophets. Related to that, we’ll think about the sufferings of Christ and his subsequent glories. Then we’ll survey the Scriptures a bit to demonstrate this perspective in them. Lastly, we’ll relate this to the gospel preaching that we do today, and think about the application that has for us. Let’s dig into then this Christ-centered perspective of the prophets. Let’s begin in verse 10. Peter draws us back to consider the prophets. These are the prophets of the Old Testament, though you could certainly include John the Baptist as the last of these prophets. Prophets, of course, are people who have been given revelation from God. We see that here in this passage. Well, Peter tells us in verse 10 the subject matter of these prophets. He tells us in verse 10 that they were told to prophesy about salvation and grace. Verse 10 says “concerning this salvation.” That’s looking back to the previous verses, especially verse 9. This is the salvation that has saved us from our sins. It’s the salvation that is now awaiting Christ’s return when we will be brought to glory. This salvation is put here in terms of grace in verse 10 as well. The salvation that’s mention[...] Rev. W. Reid Hankins no no http://www.trinityopcnovato.org/2009/08/23/ask-now-concerning-the-days-past/ http://www.trinityopcnovato.org/2009/08/23/ask-now-concerning-the-days-past/#comments Mon, 24 Aug 2009 04:01:30 +0000 Pastor Reid Hankins http://www.novatoopcsermons.org/?p=458 http://www.trinityopcnovato.org/2009/08/23/ask-now-concerning-the-days-past/feed/ 0 0:40:02 Today, I want us to think about how God is describing himself in terms of history. God describes himself here as the God of history. He is the God of the past, the present, and the future. Well, of course we know that’s true, just by the fact that h[...] Today, I want us to think about how God is describing himself in terms of history. God describes himself here as the God of history. He is the God of the past, the present, and the future. Well, of course we know that’s true, just by the fact that he’s God. God is eternal, he’s the creator, and he’s in control of all things. Surely he’s in control of human history.  But this passage shows how he is especially the God of redemptive history.  That he has worked in history to save a people.  It’s in this that we find our connection with this passage, even as we see how wonderfully God has worked in Israel’s history to bring salvation to them. Sermon preached on Deuteronomy 4:4:15-43 by Rev. W. Reid Hankins during the Morning Service at Trinity Presbyterian Church (OPC) on 08/23/2009 in Novato, CA. Manuscript: Ask Now Concerning The Days Past Deuteronomy Rev. W. Reid Hankins no no