Isaiah 61:4-9 The Glory of Zion (March 10, 2024 AM, Rev. Michael Grasso)
Zion benefits from the salvation worked by Christ, the Anointed Preacher. She will be restored with all the nations serving her and her people acting as priests to the world. Such is the glory of the ...
10 Mar 202436min
Philippians 3:1-11 Two Kinds of Religion (Part 1): External vs. True Christianity (March 3, 2024 PM, Rev. Michael Grasso)
In Philippians 3:1-11 Paul exhorts the Philippians to be aware of merely external Christianity. The Pharisaical Christians were diligent to circumcise the body but did not strive to circumcise the hea...
4 Mar 202443min
Isaiah 61:1-3 The Anointed Preacher (March 3, 2024 AM, Rev. Michael Grasso)
In Isaiah 61:1-3, Isaiah returns to prophesying of the Lord Jesus Christ. Here he is described as a prophet who proclaims good news to the poor. Christ declares himself to be the fulfillment in Luke 4...
3 Mar 202442min
Philippians 2:19-30 Honoring Servants of God (February 25, 2024 PM, Rev. Michael Grasso)
In Philippians 2:19-30 Paul commends Timothy and Epaphroditus to the Philippians. By this commendation Paul teaches us that we ought to honor those who suffer and labor for the kingdom of God and emul...
26 Feb 202436min
Isaiah 60:1-22 Let There Be Light! (February 25, 2024 AM, Rev. Michael Grasso)
Zion was in darkness due to her sins, but now, as a result of the salvation worked through the Messiah, light arises over her. The coming of Christ leads to all nations coming and serving Zion, bringi...
25 Feb 202440min
Philippians 2:12-18 Work Out Your Salvation (February 18, 2024 PM, Rev. Michael Grasso)
In Philippians 2:12-18, Paul continues to exhort the Philippian Church to godliness. How are we to understand these exhortations in light of the doctrine of justification by faith? First, there is no ...
19 Feb 202439min
Isaiah 59:15-21 The Lord Himself will Act (February 18, 2024 AM, Rev. Michael Grasso)
God looks and sees that there is no one righteous, no one to deliver His people, and so He Himself acts as deliverer, putting on the armor of God. He sends a Savior to Zion who banishes ungodliness fr...
18 Feb 202441min
Philippians 2:1-11 Be Humble, as Christ is Humble (February 11, 2024 PM, Rev. Michael Grasso)
In Philippians 2:5-11 contains one of the most glorious descriptions of the incarnation in the entire Bible. This doctrine, however, is also intensely practical. Christ, being fully God and yet emptyi...
12 Feb 202435min
