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Confirmation and Assurance
Judges 6:36-40And Gideon said unto God, If thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said,Behold, I will put a fleece of wool in the floor; and if the dew be on the fleece only, and it be dry upon all the earth beside, then shall I know that thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said.And it was so: for he rose up early on the morrow, and thrust the fleece together, and wringed the dew out of the fleece, a bowl full of water.And Gideon said unto God, Let not thine anger be hot against me, and I will speak but this once: let me prove, I pray thee, but this once with the fleece; let it now be dry only upon the fleece, and upon all the ground let there be dew.And God did so that night: for it was dry upon the fleece only, and there was dew on all the ground.
Minister
Rev. J.D. Smith
Date preached
Wednesday July 15, 2020
Verse
Judges 6:36-40
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Gideon
The Living Bread
John 6:51I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.
Minister
Rev. J.D. Smith
Date preached
Lord's Day July 12, 2020
Verse
John 6:51
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Bread
Providential Vindication
Judges 6:25-32And it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said unto him, Take thy father's young bullock, even the second bullock of seven years old, and throw down the altar of Baal that thy father hath, and cut down the grove that is by it:And build an altar unto the LORD thy God upon the top of this rock, in the ordered place, and take the second bullock, and offer a burnt sacrifice with the wood of the grove which thou shalt cut down.Then Gideon took ten men of his servants, and did as the LORD had said unto him: and so it was, because he feared his father's household, and the men of the city, that he could not do it by day, that he did it by night.And when the men of the city arose early in the morning, behold, the altar of Baal was cast down, and the grove was cut down that was by it, and the second bullock was offered upon the altar that was built.And they said one to another, Who hath done this thing? And when they enquired and asked, they said, Gideon the son of Joash hath done this thing.Then the men of the city said unto Joash, Bring out thy son, that he may die: because he hath cast down the altar of Baal, and because he hath cut down the grove that was by it.And Joash said unto all that stood against him, Will ye plead for Baal? will ye save him? he that will plead for him, let him be put to death whilst it is yet morning: if he be a god, let him plead for himself, because one hath cast down his altar.Therefore on that day he called him Jerubbaal, saying, Let Baal plead against him, because he hath thrown down his altar.
Minister
Rev. J.D. Smith
Date preached
Wednesday July 8, 2020
Verse
Judges 6:25-32
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Gideon
The Shulamite
Song of Solomon 6:13Return, return, O Shulamite; return, return, that we may look upon thee. What will ye see in the Shulamite? As it were the company of two armies.
Minister
Rev. J.D. Smith
Date preached
Lord's Day July 5, 2020
Verse
Song of Solomon 6:13
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Shulamite
Saved Within
Psalm 51:5-6Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.
Minister
Rev. J.D. Smith
Date preached
Lord's Day July 5, 2020
Verse
Psalm 51:5-6
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Cleansing
Obedience to God's commands
Judges 6:25-26And it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said unto him, Take thy father's young bullock, even the second bullock of seven years old, and throw down the altar of Baal that thy father hath, and cut down the grove that is by it:And build an altar unto the LORD thy God upon the top of this rock, in the ordered place, and take the second bullock, and offer a burnt sacrifice with the wood of the grove which thou shalt cut down.
Minister
Rev. J.D. Smith
Date preached
Wednesday July 1, 2020
Verse
Judges 6:25-26
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Gideon
God's constant Presence and Care of His people
Isaiah 49:14-16But Zion said, The LORD hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me.Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee.Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me.
Minister
Rev. J.D. Smith
Date preached
Lord's Day June 28, 2020
Verse
Isaiah 49:14-16
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God's Care of His People
Turning from Sin
Acts 3:26Unto you first God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities.
Minister
Rev. J.D. Smith
Date preached
Lord's Day June 28, 2020
Verse
Acts 3:26
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Sin
Confirmation, Consternation and Comfort
Judges 6:22-24And when Gideon perceived that he was an angel of the LORD, Gideon said, Alas, O LORD God! for because I have seen an angel of the LORD face to face.And the LORD said unto him, Peace be unto thee; fear not: thou shalt not die.Then Gideon built an altar there unto the LORD, and called it Jehovahshalom: unto this day it is yet in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
Minister
Rev. J.D. Smith
Date preached
Wednesday June 24, 2020
Verse
Judges 6:22-24
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Gideon
Universal Need and a Universal Remedy
Isaiah 1:18Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
Minister
Rev. J.D. Smith
Date preached
Lord's Day June 21, 2020
Verse
Isaiah 1:18
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Forgiveness and Fear
Proverbs 16:6By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil.
Minister
Rev. J.D. Smith
Date preached
Lord's Day June 21, 2020
Verse
Proverbs 16:6
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Forgiveness
Go in this thy might
Judges 6:14And the LORD looked upon him, and said, Go in this thy might, and thou shalt save Israel from the hand of the Midianites: have not I sent thee?
Minister
Rev. J.D. Smith
Date preached
Wednesday June 17, 2020
Verse
Judges 6:14
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Gideon
Judgement, Pronouncement and Eternal Consequences
Matthew 25:31-36When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.
Minister
Rev. J.D. Smith
Date preached
Lord's Day June 14, 2020
Verse
Matthew 25:31-36
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Judgement
The Danger of Sin; Safety in the Lord
Genesis 49:6O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their selfwill they digged down a wall.
Minister
Rev. J.D. Smith
Date preached
Lord's Day June 14, 2020
Verse
Genesis 49:6
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Sin
Love - Duty, Motive and Reason
Matthew 5:43-48Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so?Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
Minister
Rev. J.D. Smith
Date preached
Wednesday June 10, 2020
Verse
Matthew 5:43-48
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