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The Abcs Of Walking In The Way
Contributed by Don Campbell on Oct 23, 2025 (message contributor)
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1. Confirming The Law Of God
Contributed on Oct 23, 2025
Sermon #1 of 22.
CONFIRMING THE LAW OF GOD Psalm 119:1-8 INTRODUCTION A. The first two verses declare a blessing upon the blameless who walk in the law of the Lord. With a wave of the hand, critics might dismiss this passage as idealistic at best and contradictory to the gospel at worst. B. One might even point ...read more
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2. Living As Aliens In A Hostile World
Contributed on Oct 23, 2025
THIS IS THE THIRD SERMON IN THE SERIES
LIVING AS ALIENS IN A HOSTILE WORLD PSALM 119:17-24 INTRODUCTION A. Some commentators believe an unnamed author wrote this Psalm during the period of the Babylonian captivity because he writer calls himself a “sojourner” or “stranger.” However, David also lived in exile when his son Absalom ...read more
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3. Depression And Sin
Contributed on Oct 23, 2025
This is the 4th sermon in the series THE ABCS OF WALKING IN THE WAY
DEPRESSION AND SIN PSALM 119:25-32 INTRODUCTION A. Theology’s contribution to depression: The health-and-wealth theology that many television evangelists hawk can be a great producer of depression. The pitch goes like this: God has promised his children everything their hearts can imagine. If you ...read more
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4. A Faithful "Me” Generation
Contributed on Oct 23, 2025
This is the 5th sermon in the series.
A FAITHFUL “ME” GENERATION PSALM 119:33-40 A. The generation known as the Baby Boomers (1946-1964) was also dubbed the “Me” generation because of their perceived narcissism. Jesus taught that we are to love our neighbor as ourselves. If we don’t love ourselves, our neighbor is in trouble. B. ...read more
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5. Saved To Serve
Contributed on Oct 23, 2025
This is the 6th sermon in the series.
SAVED TO SERVE PSALM 119:41-48 INTRODUCTION A. After the resurrection, Peter and others returned to their nets, fishing all night and catching nothing. When Jesus told them to cast their nets on the other side, they could not haul the catch into the boat; instead, they had to drag it to shore ...read more
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6. If God Is For Us, It Does Not Matter Who Is Against Us
Contributed on Oct 23, 2025
This is the 7th sermon in the series.
IF GOD IS FOR US, IT DOES NOT MATTER WHO IS AGAINST US PSALM 119:49-56 INTRODUCTION A. Was David afraid that God had forgotten his word, destroying any hope that David had? In one sense, God does forget some things in that he does not hold them against us. However, that does not make him a ...read more
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7. The God Who Is Near Us
Contributed on Oct 23, 2025
This is the 8th sermon in the series.
THE GOD WHO IS NEAR US PSALM 119:57-64 INTRODUCTION A. Some of the fathers of our nation are revered as great men of the Christian faith. Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Madison, Franklin, and perhaps others were deists, meaning they believed in the existence of a supernatural being. Still, they ...read more
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8. God Is Good
Contributed on Oct 23, 2025
This is the 9th sermon in the series.
GOD IS GOOD PSALM 119:65-72 INTRODUCTION A. David said that God is good, and He does good (v. 68). B. Good people sometimes struggle to reconcile the idea that God is good with the fact that good people often suffer. When they suffer, they assume God is punishing them because they are not as ...read more
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9. Confidence Without Conceit
Contributed on Oct 23, 2025
This is the 10th sermon in the series.
CONFIDENCE WITHOUT CONCEIT PSALM 119:73-80 INTRODUCTION A. Conceit is sometimes mistaken for confidence, and confidence is mistaken for conceit. The key to distinguishing one from the other is in the word trust.” B. The parable of the Pharisee and the tax collector was directed at those who ...read more
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10. Where Can We Go But To The Lord
Contributed on Oct 23, 2025
This is the 11tth sermon in the series.
WHERE CAN WE GO BUT TO THE LORD PSALM 119:81-88 INTRODUCTION A. David's life had its mountaintops of joy and its valleys of doubt and despair. B. In this stanza, David takes us to the valley floor and then to the mountainside—not quite to the top, but high enough to live confidently. I. ...read more
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11. Loving God’s Law
Contributed on Oct 23, 2025
This is the 12th sermon in the series.
LOVING GOD’S LAW PSALM 119:97-104 INTRODUCTION A. I recall a man in my youth who, to my knowledge, never attended any church, but loved to search the Scriptures. He was not looking for God’s law to obey or God’s promises to claim. He looked for passages that he could use to provoke an argument ...read more
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12. Affirming Faith Versus Turning A Phrase
Contributed on Oct 23, 2025
This is the 13th sermon in the series.
AFFIRMING FAITH VERSUS TURNING A PHRASE PSALM 119:106-112 INTRODUCTION A. Some of my earliest memories outside our home were of worship services being conducted in a one-room schoolhouse—services I did not understand but perceived as very important. The earnestness of the Bible discussions, the ...read more
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13. Holy Hatred
Contributed on Oct 23, 2025
This is the 14th sermon in the series.
HOLY HATRED PSALM 119:113-120 INTRODUCTION A. If the title Holy Hatred did not grate against your Christian sensibilities, it probably should have (Matt 5:43-45). B. Was David’s declaration of his hatred for the double-minded a prophetic utterance? Was it a weakness of the flesh at which God ...read more
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14. Affirming Faith
Contributed on Oct 23, 2025
This is the the 15th sermon in the series.
AFFIRMING FAITH PSALM 119:121-128 INTRODUCTION A. James raises the issue: What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him?” (Jam 2:14). B. Testimonies of faith that are not wed to obedience are vain boasting. C. David makes six ...read more
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15. Weeping And Winning
Contributed on Oct 23, 2025
This is the 16th sermon in the series.
WEEPING AND WINNING PSALM 119:129-136 INTRODUCTION A. It is said of Alexander the Great that he wept when he saw he had no more worlds to conquer. David’s weeping was not self-centered narcissism but God-centered zeal for God’s glory and honor. B. Jesus wept over the sins of Jerusalem (Lk ...read more
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16. Obeying The Rules
Contributed on Oct 23, 2025
This is the 17th sermon in the series.
OBEYING THE RULES Psalm 119:137-144 INTRODUCTION A. Rules! The word is often a challenge for some who seek to prove that they don’t have to live by the rules. B. Jay L. Hoecher. M.D. of the Mayo Clinic answered a question about the phenomenon known as the terrible twos: “Two-year-olds are ...read more
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17. Powerful Prayers
Contributed on Oct 23, 2025
This is the 18th sermon in the series.
POWERFUL PRAYERS PSALM 119:145-152 INTRODUCTION A. There are some powerful prayers recorded in biblical history: 1. Elijah prayed that it would not rain, and it did not rain for three years (Jam 5:17). 2. The early church prayed for boldness to proclaim the word despite persecution, and the ...read more
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18. When The Going Gets Tough
Contributed on Oct 23, 2025
This is the 19th sermon in the series.
WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH PSALM 119:153-160 INTRODUCTION A. God’s people have always had mountains to climb and rivers to cross. We only need to read the names of the great honor roll of faith in Hebrews 11 to confirm this truth. B. When the going gets tough, we may be tempted, like Israel of ...read more
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19. Slaying Our Giants
Contributed on Oct 23, 2025
This is the 20th sermon in the series.
SLAYING OUR GIANTS PSALM 119:161-168 INTRODUCTION A. Jesus may have had this passage in mind when He said that if He had not done the works among them that no one else had done, they would not be guilty of sin (John 15:24-25). B. When true Christianity falls from the grace of secular rulers, ...read more