Seeing Christ in David’s Psalm

Rev. Randy Martin • Psalm 138:1-8 • I give you thanks, O LORD, with my whole heart; before the gods I sing your praise; 2 I bow down toward your holy temple and give thanks to your name for your steadfast love and your faithfulness, for you have exalted above all things your name and your word. 3 On the …

Christ’s Character: Formed, Tested, Validated

Rev. Randy Martin • Isaiah 50:4-11 • 4 The Lord GOD has given me the tongue of those who are taught, that I may know how to sustain with a word him who is weary. Morning by morning he awakens; he awakens my ear to hear as those who are taught. 5 The Lord GOD has opened my ear, and …

The Light of the World

Rev. Randy Martin • Isaiah 49:1-12 • Listen to me, O coastlands, and give attention, you peoples from afar. The LORD called me from the womb, from the body of my mother he named my name. 2 He made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand he hid me; he made me a polished arrow; …

Bruised Reeds and Smoldering Wicks

Rev. Randy Martin • Isaiah 42:1-9 • Behold my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen, in whom my soul delights; I have put my Spirit upon him; he will bring forth justice to the nations. 2 He will not cry aloud or lift up his voice, or make it heard in the street; 3 a bruised reed he will not …

The Ministry of the Exalted Christ

Rev. Randy Martin • Psalm 22:21-31 • 21 Save me from fthe mouth of the lion! You have rescued me from the horns of the wild oxen! 22 hI will tell of your name to my brothers; in the midst of the congregation I will praise you: 23 You who fear the LORD, praise him! All you offspring of Jacob, …

Christ Exalted

Rev. Randy Martin • Psalm 22:21-31 21 Save me from the mouth of the lion! You have rescued me from the horns of the wild oxen! 22 I will tell of your name to my brothers; in the midst of the congregation I will praise you: 23 You who fear the LORD, praise him! All you offspring of Jacob, glorify …

The Rejection of Christ

Rev. Randy Martin • Psalm 2:1-12 and Acts 4:23-31 Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD and against his Anointed, saying, “Let us burst their bonds apart and cast away their cords from us.” He who sits in the heavens …