Stornoway Sermons: Recent Episodes
Rev James Maciver
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on Matthew 14:22-23; Psalm 139; Exodus 33:12-23; Isaiah 6:1-8
An t-Urramach Seumas Maciomhair a searmonachadh air Eabhruidheachd 12: 27-29 Uime sin air dhuinne rìoghachd fhaotainn nach feudar a ghluasad, bitheadh againn gràs, leis an dean sinn seirbhis gu taitneach do Dhia, le urram agus eagal diadhaidh.
Rev James Maciver preaches on Psalm 37:4 Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.
Murchadh Martainn a searmonachadh air 2 Corintianach 12: 9 Agus thubhairt e rium, Is leoir mo ghràs-sa dhuit; oir tha mo chumhachd air a dheanamh foirfe ann an anmhuinneachd.
Rev James Maciver preaches on Ephesians 6:16 In all circumstances take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming darts of the evil one;
Rev James Maciver preaches on Revelation 12: 1 And a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars. 2 She was pregnant and was crying out in birth pains and the agony of giving birth. 3 And another sign appeared in heaven: behold, a great red dragon, with seven heads and ten horns, and on his heads seven diadems. 4 His tail swept down a third of the stars of heaven and cast them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she bore her child, he might devour it. 5 She gave birth to a male child, one who is to rule all the nations with a rod of iron, but her child was caught up to God and to his throne, 6 and the woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by God, in which she is to be nourished for 1,260 days. 7 Now war arose in heaven, Michael and his angels fighting against the dragon. And the dragon and his angels fought back, 8 but he was defeated, and there was no longer any place for them in heaven.
Rev D. A. Macdonald preaches on Luke 2:7 And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in swaddling cloths and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn.
An t-Urramach Seumas Maciomhair a searmonachadh air Isaiah 5: 1 Am focal a chunnaic Isaiah mac Amois mu thimchioll Iudah agus Ierusaleim. 2 Tarlaidh anns na làithean deireannach gu-m bi sliabh tighe an Tighearn’ air a dhaingneachadh air mullach nan sleibhtean; agus àrdaichear e os ceann nam beann; agus sruthaidh na h-uile chinnich d’a ionnsuidh.
An t-Urramach Seumas Maciomhair a searmonachadh air Salm 9; 9 Mar dhaingneach bithidh Dia nam feart do'n ti a ta fo leòn: An trioblaid, tearmunn dìleas e, ri faicinn neach fo bhròn. 10. Gach neach 'g am 'bheil air d'ainm-sa fios ni dòchas dhiot, is bun; Oir mheud 's a ta ga d'iarraidh, Dhé, cha tréig thu iad gu tur.
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on 1 Peter 5:5 Likewise, you who are younger, be subject to the elders. Clothe yourselves, all of you, with humility toward one another, for "God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble." 6 Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you.
Mr Scott Macleod preaches on Deuteronomy 34:5 Moses the servant of the Lord died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the Lord.
An t-Urramach Domhnull A. Domhnullach a searmonachadh air Salm 94:19 Ann an lìonmhoireachd mo smuaintean an taobh a stigh dhìom, thug do chomhfhurtachd-sa sòlas do m’ anam.
Rev James Maciver preaches on John 21: 19 And after saying this he said to him, "Follow me." 20 Peter turned and saw the disciple whom Jesus loved following them, the one who had been reclining at table close to him and had said, "Lord, who is it that is going to betray you?" 21 When Peter saw him, he said to Jesus, "Lord, what about this man?" 22 Jesus said to him, "If it is my will that he remain until I come, what is that to you? You follow me!"
Rev James Maciver preaches on Ephesians 6: 15 and, as shoes for your feet, having put on the readiness given by the gospel of peace.
Rev James Maciver preaches on Philippians 2: 25 I have thought it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus my brother and fellow worker and fellow soldier, and your messenger and minister to my need, 26 for he has been longing for you all and has been distressed because you heard that he was ill. 27 Indeed he was ill, near to death. But God had mercy on him, and not only on him but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow. 28 I am the more eager to send him, therefore, that you may rejoice at seeing him again, and that I may be less anxious. 29 So receive him in the Lord with all joy, and honour such men, 30 for he nearly died for the work of Christ, risking his life to complete what was lacking in your service to me.
An t-Urramach Seumas Maciomhair a searmonachadh air 1 Righ 18:3 Agus ghairm Ahab air Obadiah, a bha os cionn a thighe: (a nis bha eagal an Tighearna go mor air Obadiah.) 4 Oir an uair a thug Iesebel fainear fàidhean an Tighearn’ a ghearradh as, ghabh Obadiah ceud fàidh, agus dh’ fholaich e iad ‘n an leth-cheudaibh ann an uaimh, agus bheathaich e iad le aran agus uisge.
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on Hebrews 13: 15 Through him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that acknowledge his name.
An t-Urramach Seumas Maciomhair a searmonachadh air Ezra 8: 21 An sin ghairm mi trasgadh 's an àite sin aig amhainn Ahabha, chum gu-n ioraslaicheamaid sinn fein 'am fianuis ar Dia, a dh' iarraidh air slighe cheirt dhuinn fein, agus d' ar maoin uile.
Mr Scott Macleod preaches on Mark 15: 32 Let the Christ, the King of Israel, come down now from the cross that we may see and believe." Those who were crucified with him also reviled him.
Murchadh Martainn a searmonachadh air Mata 13: 38 Is e am fearann an domhan; agus is e an sìol maith clann na rìoghachd; ach is e an cogal clann an droch spiorad.
Rev James Maciver preaches on Luke 22: 54 Then they seized him and led him away, bringing him into the high priest's house, and Peter was following at a distance.
Murchadh Martainn a searmonachadh air Ecsodus 19: 3 Agus chaidh Maois suas a dh’ ionnsuidh Dhe, agus ghairm an Tighearn’ air as an t-sliabh, ag radh, Mar so their thu ri tigh Iacoib, agus innsidh tu do chlann Israeil: 4 Chunnaic sibh na rinn mi ris na h-Eiphitich, agus cionnus a ghiùlain mi sibhse mar air sgiathaibh iolairean, agus a thug mi do’m ionnsuidh fein sibh.
Rev James Maciver preaches on Psalm 50: 14 Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving, and perform your vows to the Most High, 15 and call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me."
Rev James Maciver preaches on Philippians 2: 19 I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon, so that I too may be cheered by news of you. 20 For I have no one like him, who will be genuinely concerned for your welfare. 21 For they all seek their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ. 22 But you know Timothy's proven worth, how as a son child with a father he has served with me in the gospel. 23 I hope therefore to send him just as soon as I see how it will go with me, 24 and I trust in the Lord that shortly I myself will come also.
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on Hebrews 7: 23 The former priests were many in number, because they were prevented by death from continuing in office, 24 but he holds his priesthood permanently, because he continues forever. 25 Consequently, he is able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him, since he always lives to make intercession for them. 26 For it was indeed fitting that we should have such a high priest, holy, innocent, unstained, separated from sinners, and exalted above the heavens. 27 He has no need, like those high priests, to offer sacrifices daily, first for his own sins and then for those of the people, since he did this once for all when he offered up himself.
An t-Urramach Seumas Maciomhair a searmonachadh air Breitheamhna 2; 10 Agus chruinnicheadh mar an ceudna an ginealach sin uile chum an aithriche: agus dh’ eirich Ginealach eile suas ‘n an deigh, do nach b’ àithne an Tighearna, no na h-oibre a rinn e air son Israeil.
An t-Urramach Seumas Maciomhair a searmonachadh air Eabhruidhich 10: 11 Agus tha gach uile shagart a' seasamh gach là , a' frithealadh agus a' toirt suas nan iobairt ceudna gu minic, nithe do nach eil e 'n comas a chaoidh peacaidhean a thoirt air falbh. 12 Ach an duine seo, an deigh dha aon iobairt a thoirt suas air son peacaidh, shuidh e a chaoidh tuilleadh air deas laimh Dhe. 13 A feathamh o' sin suas gus an cuirear a naimhde 'n an stol-chois fo 'chosaibh. 14 Oir le aon iobairt rinn e chaoidh foirfe iadsan a tha air an naomhachadh.
Rev James Maciver preaches on Philippians 2: 14 Do all things without grumbling or questioning, 15 that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and twisted generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world, 16 holding fast to the word of life, so that in the day of Christ I may be proud that I did not run in vain or labor in vain. 17 Even if I am to be poured out as a drink offering upon the sacrificial offering of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with you all. 18 Likewise you also should be glad and rejoice with me.
An t-Urramach D. A. Domhnullach a searmonachadh air Salm 46: 8 Thigibh, faicibh oibre an Tighearna, gach leir-sgrios a rinn E air thalamh. 9 Coisgidh e an cogadh gu iomall na talmhainn; brisidh E am bogha, agus gearraidh E an t-sleagh: na carbadan-cogaidh loisgidh E le teine.
Rev James Maciver preaches on Matthew 11: 28 Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light."
Rev James Maciver preaches on Ephesians 6: 14 Stand therefore, having fastened on the belt of truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness
Rev James Maciver preaches on Philippians 2: 12 Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, so now, not only as in my presence but much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling, 13 for it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure.
Mr Scott Macleod preaches on Ephesians 2:1 And you were dead in the trespasses and sins 2 in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience-- 3 among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind. 4 But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, 5 even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ--by grace you have been saved-- 6 and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, 7 so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. 8 For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, 9 not a result of works, so that no one may boast. 10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.
Mr Scott Macleod preaches on Ephesians 2:1 And you were dead in the trespasses and sins 2 in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience-- 3 among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind. 4 But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, 5 even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ--by grace you have been saved-- 6 and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, 7 so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. 8 For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, 9 not a result of works, so that no one may boast. 10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.
An t-Urramach Seumas Maciomhair a searmonachadh air Colosianach 3: 15 Agus bitheadh sìth Dhe a' riaghladh ann 'ur cridhe, chum an bheil sibh mar an ceudna air 'ur gairm ann an aon chorp: agus bithibh taingeil.
An t-Urramach Seumas Maciomhair a searmonachadh air Hosea 14: 5 Bithidh mi mar an drùchd do Israel; fàsaidh e mar an liligh, agus cuiridh e mach a fhreumha mar Lebanon. 6. Sgaoilidh e gheugan, agus bithidh a mhaise mar an crann-olaidh, agus ‘fhàile mar Lebanon.
Rev James Maciver preaches on Philippians 2: 9 Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, 10 so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11 and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is 7986 Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
Murchadh Martainn a searmonachadh air Taisbeanadh 3: 1 Agus a chum aingil na h-eaglais a tha ann an Sardis
Rev James Maciver preaches on Luke 14: 25 Now great crowds accompanied him, and he turned and said to them, 26 "If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple. 27 Whoever does not bear his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple. 28 For which of you, desiring to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost, whether he has enough to complete it? 29 Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation and is not able to finish, all who see it begin to mock him, 30 saying, 'This man began to build and was not able to finish.' 31 Or what king, going out to encounter another king in war, will not sit down first and deliberate whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand? 32 And if not, while the other is yet a great way off, he sends a delegation and asks for terms of peace. 33 So therefore, any one of you who does not renounce all that he has cannot be my disciple. 34(Salt Without Taste Is Worthless) "Salt is good, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? 35 It is of no use either for the soil or for the manure pile. It is thrown away. He who has ears to hear, let him hear."
Murchadh Martainn a searmonachadh air Dan Sholamh 6: 10 Cò ise a chithear mar a’ mhaduinn, sgiamhach mar a’ ghealach, glan mar a’ ghrian, uamhasach mar shluagh le’m brataichibh?
Rev James Maciver preaches on Philippians 2: 8 And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on 2 Kings 5: 1 Naaman, commander of the army of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master and in high favour, because by him the Lord had given victory to Syria. He was a mighty man of valour, but he was a leper.
An t-Urramach Seumas Maciomhair a searmonachadh air Romanach 15: 13 A nis gu-n lìonadh Dia an dòchais sibhse leis an uile aoibhneas agus shìth ann an creidsinn, chum gu-m bi sibh pailt ann an dòchas, tre chumhachd an Spioraid Naoimh.
An t-Urramach Seumas Macdhomhnuill a searmonachadh air Dan Sholamh 3:1 Air mo leabaidh anns an oidhche dh' iarr mi an ti d' am bheil gràdh aig m' anam; dh' iarr mi e, ach cha d' fhuair mi e.
Mr Donald Matheson Macleod preaches on John 11:25 Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live.
Rev Kenneth Ferguson preaches on John 10:27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. 28 I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand. 29 My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father's hand.
Murchadh Martainn a searmonachadh air 1 Thessalonianach 4:18 Uime sin thugaibh Comhfhurtachd d’ a cheile leis na briathraibh so.
Mr Scott Macleod preaches on 2 Kings 4:41 He said, "Then bring flour." And he threw it into the pot and said, "Pour some out for the men, that they may eat." And there was no harm in the pot.
Rev James Maciver preaches on Philippians 2: 5 Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, 7 but made himself nothing, taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men.
An t-Urramach Seumas Maciomhair a searmonachadh air Genesis 33: 10 Agus thubhairt Iacob, Ni h-eadh, guidheam ort, ma fhuair mi nis deadh-ghean ,’ d’ shùilibh, an sin gabh mo thiodhlac o m’ làimh: oir uime sin chunnaic mi do ghnùis, mar gu-m faicinn gnùis Dhe, agus thaitinn mi riut.
Rev George Macaskill preaches on Isaiah 64:6 We have all become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous deeds are like a polluted garment. We all fade like a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away. 7 There is no one who calls upon your name, who rouses himself to take hold of you; for you have hidden your face from us, and have made us melt in the hand of our iniquities. 8 But now, O Lord, you are our Father; we are the clay, and you are our potter; we are all the work of your hand.
Rev James Maciver preaches on Ephesians 6:14 Stand therefore, having fastened on the belt of truth
Rev James Maciver preaches on Philippians 2:1So if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort from love, any participation in the Spirit, any affection and sympathy, 2 complete my joy by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind. 3 Do nothing from rivalry or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. 4 Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others.
Rev James Maciver preaches on Luke 9: 57 As they were going along the road, someone said to him, "I will follow you wherever you go." 58 And Jesus said to him, "Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head." 59 To another he said, "Follow me." But he said, "Lord, let me first go and bury my father." 60 And Jesus said to him, "Leave the dead to bury their own dead. But as for you, go and proclaim the kingdom of God." 61 Yet another said, "I will follow you, Lord, but let me first say farewell to those at my home." 62 Jesus said to him, "No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God."
An t-Urramach D. A. Domhnullach a searmonachadh air Lucas 24:1 A nis air a cheud là de’n t-seachduin, gu ro mhoch air mhaduinn, Thàinig iad chum na h-uaighe, a’ toirt leo nan spiosraidh a dh’ ulluich iad, agus mnathan àraidh eile maille riu.
Murchadh Martainn a searmonachadh air Galatianach 5:22 Ach is e toradh an Spiorad gràdh, aoibhneas, sìth, fad-fhulangas, caomhalachd, maitheas, creidimh, 23 Macantas, stuaim: an aghaidh an samhuil sin chan eil lagh.
Rev James Maciver preaches on Ephesians 6:11 Put on the whole armour of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil. 12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places. 13 Therefore take up the whole armour of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand firm.
Rev James Maciver preaches on Philippians 1:27 Only let your manner of life be worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of you that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind striving side by side for the faith of the gospel, 28 and not frightened in anything by your opponents. This is a clear sign to them of their destruction, but of your salvation, and that from God. 29 For it has been granted to you that for the sake of Christ you should not only believe in him but also suffer for his sake, 30 engaged in the same conflict that you saw I had and now hear that I still have.
Donald Matheson Macleod preaches on Hebrews 4:14 Since then we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. 15 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin. 16 Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
An t-Urramach Seumas Maciomhair a searmonachadh air Titus 1:1 Pol, seirbhiseach Dhe, agus abstol Iosa Criosd, a reir creidimh dhaoine taghta Dhe, agus aidmheil na fìrinn a tha reir diadhachd. 2 Ann an dòchas na beatha maireannach, a gheall Dia do nach comasach breug a dheanamh, roimh chruthachadh an t-saoghail. 3 Ach dh’ fhoillsich E fhocal fein, ann an àm iomchuidh tre shearmonachadh, a dh’ earbadh rium-sa, a reir àithne Dhe ar Slànuighear.
An t-Urramach Seumas Maciomhair a searmonachadh air Taisbeanadh 3:7-13 Agus chum aingil na h-eaglais ann am Philadelphia, sgrìobh; Na nithe so tha an Ti naomh ag radh, an Ti fìor, an Ti aig am bheil iuchair Dhaibhidh, an Ti a dh’fhosglas, agus cha dùin neach air bith, agus a dhùineas, agus chan fhosgail neach air bith.
Rev James Maciver preaches on Philippians 1:22 If I am to live in the flesh, that means fruitful labour for me. Yet which I shall choose I cannot tell. 23 I am hard pressed between the two. My desire is to depart and be with Christ, for that is far better. 24 But to remain in the flesh is more necessary on your account. 25 Convinced of this, I know that I will remain and continue with you all, for your progress and joy in the faith, 26 so that in me you may have ample cause to glory in Christ Jesus, because of my coming to you again.
Murchadh Martainn a searmonachadh air Genesis 28:12 Agus bhruadair e; agus, feuch, fàradh air a chur suas air an talamh, agus a bhàrr a’ ruigheachd gu nèamh: agus, feuch, aingil Dhe a’ dol suas agus a’ teachd a nuas air.
Rev James Maciver preaches on John 10 To him the gatekeeper opens. The sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. 4 When he has brought out all his own, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice. 5 A stranger they will not follow, but they will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers." 27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. 28 I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand. 29 My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father's hand. 30 I and the Father are one."
Rev James Maciver preaches on Ephesians 6:10 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might. 11 Put on the whole armour of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil. 12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.
Rev James Maciver preaches on Philippians 1:18 What then? Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is proclaimed, and in that I rejoice. (To Live Is Christ) Yes, and I will rejoice, 19 for I know that through your prayers and the help of the Spirit of Jesus Christ this will turn out for my deliverance, 20 as it is my eager expectation and hope that I will not be at all ashamed, but that with full courage now as always Christ will be honoured in my body, whether by life or by death. 21 For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. 22 If I am to live in the flesh, that means fruitful labour for me. Yet which I shall choose I cannot tell. 23 I am hard pressed between the two. My desire is to depart and be with Christ, for that is far better. 24 But to remain in the flesh is more necessary on your account. 25 Convinced of this, I know that I will remain and continue with you all, for your progress and joy in the faith, 26 so that in me you may have ample cause to glory in Christ Jesus, because of my coming to you again.
An t-Urramach Seumas Maciomhair a searmonachadh air Lucas 24:36 Agus a’ labhairt nan nithe seo dhoibh, sheas Iosa fein ‘n am meadhon, agus thubhairt e riu, Sìth maille ruibh. 37 Ach bha iadsan fo gheilt-chrith agus fo eagal, agus shaoil iad gur spiorad a chunnaic iad. 38 Agus thubhairt e riu, C’ ar son a sibh fo bhuaireas, agus c’ ar son a tha smuaintean ag eirigh suas ann ‘ur cridheachaibh? 39 Feuchaibh mo làmhan agus mo chosan, gur mi fein a th’ ann: laimhsichibh mi, agus faicibh; oir chan eil aig spiorad feòil agus cnàmhan, mar a chì sibh agam-sa. 40 Agus an uair a thubhairt e so, nochd e dhoibh a làmhan agus a chosan. 41 Agus air dhoibh a bhi fathast mi-chreideach troimh aoibhneas, agus iad fo iongantas, thubhairt e riu, Am bheil biadh sam bith agaibh an so? 42 Agus thug iad dà mir a dh’ iasg ròiste, agus de chir-mheala. 43 Agus ghlac se e, agus dh’ ith e ‘n am fianuis. 44 Agus thubhairt e riu, Is iad so na briathran a labhair mi ruibh, an uair a bha mi fathast maille ruibh, gur eigin do na h-uile nithibh a tha sgrìobhta ann an lagh Mhaois, agus anns na fàidhibh, agus anns na salmaibh mu ‘m thimchioll-sa, ‘bhi air an coimhlionadh. 45 An sin dh’ fhosgail e an tuigse, chum gu-n tuigeadh iad na sgriobtuirean. 46 Agus thubhairt e riu, Mar so tha e sgrìobhta, agus mar so b’ eigin do Chriosd fulang, agus eirigh o na mairbh air an treas là; 47 Agus aithreachas agus maitheanas peacaidh ‘bhi air an searmonachadh ‘n a ainm-san, do na h-uile chinnich, a’ tòiseachadh aig Ierusalem. 48 Agus is fianuisean sibhse air na nithibh so. 49 Agus, feuch, cuiridh mise gealladh m’ Athar oirbh: ach fanaibh-se ann am baile Ierusaleim, gus an sgeudaichear le chumhachd o na h-àrdaibh sibh.
Mr Scott Macleod preaches on Ephesians 2:22 In him you also are being built together into a dwelling place for God by the Spirit.
Rev Hugh Ferrier preaches on Song of Solomon 4:8 Come with me from Lebanon, my bride; come with me from Lebanon. Depart from the peak of Amana, from the peak of Senir and Hermon, from the dens of lions, from the mountains of leopards. 9 You have captivated my heart, my sister, my bride; you have captivated my heart with one glance of your eyes, with one jewel of your necklace. 10 How beautiful is your love, my sister, my bride! How much better is your love than wine, and the fragrance of your oils than any spice! 11 Your lips drip nectar, my bride; honey and milk are under your tongue; the fragrance of your garments is like the fragrance of Lebanon.
Rev James Maciver preaches on Philippians 1:2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 3(Thanksgiving and Prayer) I thank my God in all my remembrance of you, 4 always in every prayer of mine for you all making my prayer with joy, 5 because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now. 6 And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ. 7 It is right for me to feel this way about you all, because I hold you in my heart, for you are all partakers with me of grace, both in my imprisonment and in the defence and confirmation of the gospel. 8 For God is my witness, how I yearn for you all with the affection of Christ Jesus. 9 And it is my prayer that your love may abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment, 10 so that you may approve what is excellent, and so be pure and blameless for the day of Christ 11 filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God. 12(The Advance of the Gospel) I want you to know, brothers, that what has happened to me has really served to advance the gospel, 13 so that it has become known throughout the whole imperial guard and to all the rest that my imprisonment is for Christ. 14 And most of the brothers, having become confident in the Lord by my imprisonment, are much more bold to speak the word without fear. 15 Some indeed preach Christ from envy and rivalry, but others from good will. 16 The latter do it out of love, knowing that I am put here for the defence of the gospel. 17 The former proclaim Christ out of rivalry, not sincerely but thinking to afflict me in my imprisonment. 18 What then? Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is proclaimed, and in that I rejoice. (To Live Is Christ) Yes, and I will rejoice,
An t-Urramach Seumas Macdhomhnuill a searmonachadh air Mata 28:16 An sin chaidh an t-aon deisciobul deug do Ghalile, do’n bheinn far an d’ orduich Iosa dhoibh.
Rev James Maciver preaches on Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Murchadh Martainn a searmonachadh air Ephesianach 1:13 Anns an do chuir sibhse mar an ceudna dòchas, air dhuibh focal na fìrinn a chluinntinn, eadhon soisgeul 'ur slàinte; neach an deigh dhuibh creidsinn ann, chuireadh seula oirbh le Spiorad Naomh sin a' ghealladh, 14 Neach is e geall-daingnich, ar n-oighreachd-ne, gu teachd saorsa na seilbhe a cheannachadh chum cliù a ghlòire.
An t-Urramach R J Caimbeul a searmonachadh air Salm 61:1 Eisd, a Dhe, ri m’ ghlaodh, thoir an aire do m’ urnuigh, 2 O iomall na talmhainn eighidh mi riut, an uair a bhitheas mo chridhe lag; chum na carraig a’s àirde na mi fein, treòraich thusa mi;
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on 1 Samuel 1:27 For this child I prayed, and the Lord has granted me my petition that I made to him. 28 Therefore I have lent him to the Lord. As long as he lives, he is lent to the Lord." And he worshiped the Lord there.
Murchadh Martainn a searmonachadh air arc 7:31-37 Agus bha iad gu ro mhòr air an lìonadh le iongantas, ag radh, rinn e na h-uile nithe gu maith; tha e araon a' tabhairt air na bodhair gu-n cluinn iad, agus air na bailbh gu-n labhair iad.
Rev James Maciver preaches on Philippians 1: 10 so that you may approve what is excellent, and so be pure and blameless for the day of Christ, 11 filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
An t-Urramach D. A. Domhnullach a searmonachadh air Eoin 13:23 A nis bha aon d’a dheisciobluibh, ‘n a luidhe ann an uchd Iosa, neach a b’ionmhuinn le Iosa
Rev James Maciver preaches on Hebrews 10:24 And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, 25 not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.
Rev Kenneth Ferguson preaches on John 1:36 and he looked at Jesus as he walked by and said, "Behold, the Lamb of God!" 37 The two disciples heard him say this, and they followed Jesus. 38 Jesus turned and saw them following and said to them, "What are you seeking?" And they said to him, "Rabbi" (which means Teacher), "where are you staying?" 39 He said to them, "Come and you will see." So they came and saw where he was staying, and they stayed with him that day, for it was about the tenth hour.
Rev James Maciver preaches on Philippians 1:9 And it is my prayer that your love may abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment, 10 so that you may approve what is excellent, and so be pure and blameless for the day of Christ, 11 filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
An t-Urramach Seumas Maciomhair a searmonachadh air Ephesianach 3:20 A nis dhàsan d’an comas na h-uile nithe a dheanamh gu h-anabarrach ro phailt, thar gach ni a’s urrainn sinne iarraidh no smuaineachadh, a reir a chumhachd a tha ‘g oibreachadh gu h-eifeachdach annainn. 21 Dhàsan gu robh glòir anns an Eaglais tre Iosa Criosd, air feadh gach uile linn, gu saoghal nan saoghal. Amen.
Mr Donald Matheson Macleod preaches on John 10:11 I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. 12 He who is a hired hand and not a shepherd, who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and scatters them. 13 He flees because he is a hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep. 14 I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me, 15 just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep. 16 And I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. So, there will be one flock, one shepherd. 17 For this reason the Father loves me, because I lay down my life that I may take it up again. 18 No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. This charge I have received from my Father."
An t-Urramach Seumas Maciomhair a searmonachadh air Salm 17: 8 “Glèidh mi mar Chloich na Sùla”
Mr David Ferguson preaches on Matthew 26:36 Then Jesus went with them to a place called Gethsemane, and he said to his disciples, "Sit here, while I go over there and pray." 37 And taking with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, he began to be sorrowful and troubled. 38 Then he said to them, "My soul is very sorrowful, even to death; remain here, and watch with me." 39 And going a little farther he fell on his face and prayed, saying, "My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as you will." 40 And he came to the disciples and found them sleeping. And he said to Peter, "So, could you not watch with me one hour? 41 Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak." 42 Again, for the second time, he went away and prayed, "My Father, if this cannot pass unless I drink it, your will be done." 43 And again he came and found them sleeping, for their eyes were heavy. 44 So, leaving them again, he went away and prayed for the third time, saying the same words again. 45 Then he came to the disciples and said to them, "Sleep and take your rest later on. See, the hour is at hand, and the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.
Mr David Ferguson preaches on 1 Corinthians 13: 8 Love never ends. As for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away. 9 For we know in part and we prophesy in part, 10 but when the perfect comes, the partial will pass away. 11 When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I gave up childish ways. 12 For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I have been fully known. 13 So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.
Rev James Maciver preaches on Deuteronomy 29:29 "The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but the things that are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law.
Murchadh Martainn a searmonachadh air Lucas 16: 22
Agus tharladh gu-n d’fhuair an duine bochd bàs, agus gu-n do ghiùlaineadh leis na h-ainglibh e gu uchd Abrahaim:
An t-Urramach Seumas Maciomhair a searmonachadh air Eabhruidhich 10:39 Ach chan eil sinne de'n dream sin a phileas air an ais chum sgrios; ach de'n dream a chreideas chum tearnaidh an anama.
Mr David Ferguson preaches on Matthew 16:23 But he turned and said to Peter, "Get behind me, Satan! You are a hindrance to me. For you are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of man."
Mr David Ferguson preaches on 1 Corinthians 13:4 Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant 5 or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; 6 it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. 7 Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
Mr David Ferguson preaches on Matthew 4:1 Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.
Rev James Maciver preaches on Philippians 1: 3 I thank my God in all my remembrance of you, 4 always in every prayer of mine for you all making my prayer with joy, 5 because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now. 6 And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ. 7 It is right for me to feel this way about you all, because I hold you in my heart, for you are all partakers with me of grace, both in my imprisonment and in the defence and confirmation of the gospel.
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on Hebrews 13:8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.
An t-Urramach Seumas Macdhomhnuill a searmonachadh air Isaiah 40:27 C' uime a deir thusa, O Iacoib, agus a labhras tu, O Israeil. Tha mo shlighe foluichte o an Tighearna, tha mo choir air a leigeadh air dearmad le mo Dhia?
Rev James Maciver preaches on Micah 7:18 Who is a God like you, pardoning iniquity and passing over transgression for the remnant of his inheritance? He does not retain his anger forever, because he delights in steadfast love. 19 He will again have compassion on us; he will tread our iniquities underfoot. You will cast all our sins into the depths of the sea. 20 You will show faithfulness to Jacob and steadfast love to Abraham, as you have sworn to our fathers from the days of old.
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on Mark 4:26 And he said, "The kingdom of God is as if a man should scatter seed on the ground. 27 He sleeps and rises night and day, and the seed sprouts and grows; he knows not how. 28 The earth produces by itself, first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear. 29 But when the grain is ripe, at once he puts in the sickle, because the harvest has come."
An t-Urramach Seumas Maciomhair a searmonachadh air Genesis 13:3 Agus dh’ imich e ‘n a thurusaibh o’n taobh mu dheas eadhon gu Betel, gu ruig an t-àite anns an robh a bhùth an toiseach, eadar Betel agus Hai; 4 Gu àite na h-altarach a rinn e ‘n sin air tùs: agus ghairm Abram an sin air ainm an Tighearna.
Mr David Ferguson preaches on 1 Corinthians 13:1 If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. 3 If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing.
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on Psalm 86 verse 8 There is none like you among the gods, O Lord, nor are there any words like yours.
Mr David Ferguson preaches on 1 Corinthians 12:31 But earnestly desire the higher gifts. And I will show you a still more excellent way.
An t-Urramach Coinneach Feargasdan a searmonachadh air Deuteronomi 33:29 Is sona thu, O Israeil: co tha cosmhuil riut, O shluagh a shaoradh leis an Tighearna, sgiath do chòmhnuidh, agus neach a ‘s e claidheamh do mhorachd? agus gheibhear do naimhde ‘n am breugairibh dhuit, agus saltraidh tu air an àitibh àrda.
Rev James Maciver preaches on Proverbs 8: 32 "And now, O sons, listen to me: blessed are those who keep my ways. 33 Hear instruction and be wise, and do not neglect it. 34 Blessed is the one who listens to me, watching daily at my gates, waiting beside my doors. 35 For whoever finds me finds life and obtains favour from the Lord, 36 but he who fails to find me injures himself; all who hate me love death."
Rev James Maciver preaches on 2 Corinthians 5:1 For we know that if the tent that is our earthly home is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. 2 For in this tent we groan, longing to put on our heavenly dwelling, 3 if indeed by putting it on we may not be found naked. 4 For while we are still in this tent, we groan, being burdened--not that we would be unclothed, but that we would be further clothed, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life. 5 He who has prepared us for this very thing is God, who has given us the Spirit as a guarantee.
Rev James Maciver preaches on Philippians 1:1 Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, To all the saints in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi, with the overseers and deacons: Or servants, or ministers; 2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on 1 Peter 1:13 Therefore, preparing your minds for action, and being sober-minded, set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ. 14 As obedient children, do not be conformed to the passions of your former ignorance, 15 but as he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, 16 since it is written, "You shall be holy, for I am holy." 17 And if you call on him as Father who judges impartially according to each one's deeds, conduct yourselves with fear throughout the time of your exile, 18 knowing that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your forefathers, not with perishable things such as silver or gold, 19 but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without blemish or spot.
An t-Urramach Seumas Maciomhair a searmonachadh air Deuteronomi 33:12 Mu Bheniamin thubhairt e, gabhaidh aon gràdhach an Tighearna comhnuidh ann an tearuinteachd laimh ris:
Rev James Maciver preaches on 2 Corinthians 4:16 So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. 17 For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, 18 as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.
Rev Kenneth I. Macleod preaches on Revelation 7:11 And all the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures, and they fell on their faces before the throne and worshiped God, 12 saying, "Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and might be to our God forever and ever! Amen." 13 Then one of the elders addressed me, saying, "Who are these, clothed in white robes, and from where have they come?" 14 I said to him, "Sir, you know." And he said to me, "These are the ones coming out of the great tribulation. They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. 15 "Therefore they are before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple; and he who sits on the throne will shelter them with his presence. 16 They shall hunger no more, neither thirst anymore; the sun shall not strike them, nor any scorching heat. 17 For the Lamb in the midst of the throne will be their shepherd, and he will guide them to springs of living water, and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes."
An t-Urramach Domhnull Domhnullach a searmonachadh air Salm 2:6 Gidheadh, dh' ung mise mo righ air Sion, mo shliabh naomh-sa.
Rev James Maciver preaches on Proverbs 25:25 Like cold water to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country. 26 Like a muddied spring or a polluted fountain is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked. 27 It is not good to eat much honey, nor is it glorious to seek one's own glory. 28 A man without self-control is like a city broken into and left without walls.
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on Luke 6:20 And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said: "Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God. 21 "Blessed are you who are hungry now, for you shall be satisfied. "Blessed are you who weep now, for you shall laugh. 22 "Blessed are you when people hate you and when they exclude you and revile you and spurn your name as evil, on account of the Son of Man! 23 Rejoice in that day, and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in heaven; for so their fathers did to the prophets.
Rev James Maciver preaches on Philippians 1:1 Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, To all the saints in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi, with the overseers Or bishops; and deacons: Or servants, or ministers; 2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on James 1:12 Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him. 13 Let no one say when he is tempted, "I am being tempted by God," for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempts no one. 14 But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire. 15 Then desire when it has conceived gives birth to sin, and sin when it is fully grown brings forth death. 16 Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers. 17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change. 18 Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures.
An t-Urramach Seumas Maciomhair a searmonachadh air Nehemiah 4:6 Agus thog sinn am balla; agus cheangladh am balla uile ri cheile gu ruig a leth: oir bha toil aig an t-sluagh obair a dheanamh.
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on 'Worship, Walk, Work by Faith' from Hebrews 11:1-7 at our midweek meeting.
Hebrews 11:1–7 By Faith
[1] Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. [2] For by it the people of old received their commendation. [3] By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible.
[4] By faith Abel offered to God a more acceptable sacrifice than Cain, through which he was commended as righteous, God commending him by accepting his gifts. And through his faith, though he died, he still speaks. [5] By faith Enoch was taken up so that he should not see death, and he was not found, because God had taken him. Now before he was taken he was commended as having pleased God. [6] And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him. [7] By faith Noah, being warned by God concerning events as yet unseen, in reverent fear constructed an ark for the saving of his household. By this he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness that comes by faith. (ESV)
Scott Macleod preaches on Luke 24:11 but these words seemed to them an idle tale, and they did not believe them.
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches Revelation 7;9 After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands, 10 and crying out with a loud voice, "Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!"
Murchadh Martainn a searmonachadh air Deuteronomi 33:24 Agus mu Aser thubhairt e, biodh Aser beannaichte le cloinn; bitheadh e taitneach d'a bhraithribh, agus tuma e a chos ann an oladh. 25 Bitheadh do bhrogan 'n an iarunn, agus 'n an umha; agus mar do laithean is amlúidh bhitheas do neart.
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on Genesis 45 at our midweek meeting.
Genesis 45:10–11
[10] You shall dwell in the land of Goshen, and you shall be near me, you and your children and your children’s children, and your flocks, your herds, and all that you have. [11] There I will provide for you, for there are yet five years of famine to come, so that you and your household, and all that you have, do not come to poverty.’ (ESV)
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on Matthew 11:28 Come to me, all who labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light."
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on Isaiah 53:6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned--every one--to his own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.
An t-Urramach K. Ferguson a searmonachadh air Dàn Sholamh 8:5 Co ise a tha teachd a nios o'n fhàsach, an taic ri fear a gràidh? Fo-n chraoibh ubhall thog mi suas thu
Mr Scott Macleod preaches on the disciples' prayer request, "Increase our faith!" at our midweek meeting.
Luke 17:1–10
Temptations to Sin
[1] And he said to his disciples, “Temptations to sin are sure to come, but woe to the one through whom they come! [2] It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and he were cast into the sea than that he should cause one of these little ones to sin. [3] Pay attention to yourselves! If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him, [4] and if he sins against you seven times in the day, and turns to you seven times, saying, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive him.”
Increase Our Faith
[5] The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith!” [6] And the Lord said, “If you had faith like a grain of mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you.
Unworthy Servants
[7] “Will any one of you who has a servant plowing or keeping sheep say to him when he has come in from the field, ‘Come at once and recline at table’? [8] Will he not rather say to him, ‘Prepare supper for me, and dress properly, and serve me while I eat and drink, and afterward you will eat and drink’? [9] Does he thank the servant because he did what was commanded? [10] So you also, when you have done all that you were commanded, say, ‘We are unworthy servants; we have only done what was our duty.’” (ESV)
Rev James Maciver preaches on John 9: 13 They brought to the Pharisees the man who had formerly been blind. 14 Now it was a Sabbath day when Jesus made the mud and opened his eyes. 15 So the Pharisees again asked him how he had received his sight. And he said to them, "He put mud on my eyes, and I washed, and I see." 16 Some of the Pharisees said, "This man is not from God, for he does not keep the Sabbath." But others said, "How can a man who is a sinner do such signs?" And there was a division among them. 17 So they said again to the blind man, "What do you say about him, since he has opened your eyes?" He said, "He is a prophet." 18 The Jews did not believe that he had been blind and had received his sight, until they called the parents of the man who had received his sight 19 and asked them, "Is this your son, who you say was born blind? How then does he now see?" 20 His parents answered, "We know that this is our son and that he was born blind. 21 But how he now sees we do not know, nor do we know who opened his eyes. Ask him; he is of age. He will speak for himself." 22 (His parents said these things because they feared the Jews, for the Jews had already agreed that if anyone should confess Jesus to be Christ, he was to be put out of the synagogue.) 23 Therefore his parents said, "He is of age; ask him." 24 So for the second time they called the man who had been blind and said to him, "Give glory to God. We know that this man is a sinner." 25 He answered, "Whether he is a sinner I do not know. One thing I do know, that though I was blind, now I see." 26 They said to him, "What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?" 27 He answered them, "I have told you already, and you would not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you also want to become his disciples?" 28 And they reviled him, saying, "You are his disciple, but we are disciples of Moses. 29 We know that God has spoken to Moses, but as for this man, we do not know where he comes from." 30 The man answered, "Why, this is an amazing thing! You do not know where he comes from, and yet he opened my eyes. 31 We know that God does not listen to sinners, but if anyone is a worshiper of God and does his will, God listens to him. 32 Never since the world began has it been heard that anyone opened the eyes of a man born blind. 33 If this man were not from God, he could do nothing." 34 They answered him, "You were born in utter sin, and would you teach us?" And they cast him out. 35 Jesus heard that they had cast him out, and having found him he said, "Do you believe in the Son of Man?" 36 He answered, "And who is he, sir, that I may believe in him?" 37 Jesus said to him, "You have seen him, and it is he who is speaking to you." 736738 He said, "Lord, I believe," and he worshiped him. 39 Jesus said, "For judgment I came into this world, that those who do not see may see, and those who see may become blind." 40 Some of the Pharisees near him heard these things, and said to him, "Are we also blind?" 41 Jesus said to them, "If you were blind, you would have no guilt; but now that you say, 'We see,' your guilt remains.
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on Psalm 32: 6 Therefore let everyone who is godly offer prayer to you at a time when you may be found; surely in the rush of great waters, they shall not reach him. 7 You are a hiding place for me; you preserve me from trouble; you surround me with shouts of deliverance. Selah
An t-Urramach Seamus Maciomhair a searmonachadh air Salm 124 Nis is abradh Israel gu fior, mur biodh Iehobhah leinn: 2. Mur biodh Iehobhah as ar leth, tràth dh'éirich daoine ruinn; 3. 'N sin dheantadh leo ar slugadh beò, 'n tràth las an corruich ruinn. 4. Is ruitheadh tharuinn tuilte bras, sruth làidir thar ar ceann. 5. 'N sin rachadh thar ar n-anam bochd, na tuiltean àrd gu léir. 6. Moladh do Dhia, nach d' thug e sinn mar chreich d'am fiaclaibh geur. 7. Mar eun á lìon an eunadair, ar n-anam truagh chaidh as: Bhriseadh an lìon is sgaoileadh e, is shaoradh sinn gu cas. 8. Ar còmhnadh ta 's ar cuideachadhan ainm Iehobhah thréin: An neach a rinn an talamh fòs, 's a chruthaich nèamh nan speur.
Rev James Maciver preaches on Passing the Baton of Truth from Psalm 78:1-8 at our midweek meeting.
Psalm 78:1–8 Tell the Coming Generation A Maskil of Asaph.
[1] Give ear, O my people, to my teaching; incline your ears to the words of my mouth! [2] I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings from of old, [3] things that we have heard and known, that our fathers have told us. [4] We will not hide them from their children, but tell to the coming generation the glorious deeds of the LORD, and his might, and the wonders that he has done.
[5] He established a testimony in Jacob and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers to teach to their children, [6] that the next generation might know them, the children yet unborn, and arise and tell them to their children, [7] so that they should set their hope in God and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments; [8] and that they should not be like their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation whose heart was not steadfast, whose spirit was not faithful to God. (ESV)
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on 1 Timothy 1: 13 though formerly I was a blasphemer, persecutor, and insolent opponent. But I received mercy because I had acted ignorantly in unbelief, 14 and the grace of our Lord overflowed for me with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. 15 The saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the foremost.
Rev James Maciver preaches on John 9:1 As he passed by, he saw a man blind from birth. 2 And his disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?" 3 Jesus answered, "It was not that this man sinned, or his parents, but that the works of God might be displayed in him. 4 We must work the works of him who sent me while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work. 5 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world." 6 Having said these things, he spat on the ground and made mud with the saliva. Then he anointed the man's eyes with the mud 7 and said to him, "Go, wash in the pool of Siloam" (which means Sent). So he went and washed and came back seeing. 8 The neighbours and those who had seen him before as a beggar were saying, "Is this not the man who used to sit and beg?" 9 Some said, "It is he." Others said, "No, but he is like him." He kept saying, "I am the man." 10 So they said to him, "Then how were your eyes opened?" 11 He answered, "The man called Jesus made mud and anointed my eyes and said to me, 'Go to Siloam and wash.' So I went and washed and received my sight." 12 They said to him, "Where is he?" He said, "I do not know."
An t-Urramach Dolan Domhnullach a searmonachadh air Deuteronomi 31:8 Agus theid an Tighearn e fein romhad; bithidh esan maille riut, cha dibir e thu, ni mo a threigeas e thu: na gabh eigeal, agus na bitheadh geilt ort.
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on James 1:2 Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on 1 Timothy 1:11 in accordance with the gospel of the glory of the blessed God with which I have been entrusted. 12(Christ Jesus Came to Save Sinners) I thank him who has given me strength, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he judged me faithful, appointing me to his service
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on Deuteronomy 33:26 "There is none like God, O Jeshurun, who rides through the heavens to your help, through the skies in his majesty. 27 The eternal God is your dwelling place, and underneath are the everlasting arms. He subdues the ancient gods, and shatters the forces of old And he thrust out the enemy before you and said, Destroy.
An t-Urramach Seamus Maciomhair a searmonachadh air 2 Thimoteus 4: 6 Oir tha mise nis gu bhi air m' iobradh, agus tha am mo shiubhail am fagus. 7 Chomhraig mi an deidh chomhrag, chriochnaich mi mo thurus, ghleidh mi an creidimh. 8 O seo mach tha air a thasgadh fa'm chomhair crun fireanteachd, a bheir an Tighearn, am breitheamh cothromach dhomh 's an la ud: agus chan ann dhomhsa a mhain, ach dhoibhsan uile mar an ceudna, leis an ionmhuinn a theachd-san.
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on Galatians 4:28 Now you, brothers, like Isaac, are children of promise. 29 But just as at that time he who was born according to the flesh persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, so also it is now. 30 But what does the Scripture say? "Cast out the slave woman and her son, for the son of the slave woman shall not inherit with the son of the free woman." 31 So, brothers, we are not children of the slave but of the free woman.
Murchadh Martainn a searmonachadh air Salm 89:15 Is beannaichte an sluagh d'an aithne an fhuaim aoibhneach: imichidh iad, a Thighearn', ann an solus do ghnuis. 16 Ann ad ainmsa ni iad gairdeachas air feadh an la; agus ann ad fhireantachd ardaichear iad.
Rev James Maciver preaches on Mark 9: 14 And when they came to the disciples, they saw a great crowd around them, and scribes arguing with them. 15 And immediately all the crowd, when they saw him, were greatly amazed and ran up to him and greeted him. 16 And he asked them, "What are you arguing about with them?" 17 And someone from the crowd answered him, "Teacher, I brought my son to you, for he has a spirit that makes him mute. 18 And whenever it seizes him, it throws him down, and he foams and grinds his teeth and becomes rigid. So I asked your disciples to cast it out, and they were not able." 19 And he answered them, "O faithless generation, how long am I to be with you? How long am I to bear with you? Bring him to me." 20 And they brought the boy to him. And when the spirit saw him, immediately it convulsed the boy, and he fell on the ground and rolled about, foaming at the mouth. 21 And Jesus asked his father, "How long has this been happening to him?" And he said, "From childhood. 22 And it has often cast him into fire and into water, to destroy him. But if you can do anything, have compassion on us and help us." 23 And Jesus said to him, "'If you can'! All things are possible for one who believes." 24 Immediately the father of the child cried out and said, "I believe; help my unbelief!" 25 And when Jesus saw that a crowd came running together, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, "You mute and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him and never enter him again." 26 And after crying out and convulsing him terribly, it came out, and the boy was like a corpse, so that most of them said, "He is dead." 27 But Jesus took him by the hand and lifted him up, and he arose. 28 And when he had entered the house, his disciples asked him privately, "Why could we not cast it out?" 29 And he said to them, "This kind cannot be driven out by anything but prayer."
Rev James Maciver preaches on Mark 4:35 On that day, when evening had come, he said to them, "Let us go across to the other side." 36 And leaving the crowd, they took him with them in the boat, just as he was. And other boats were with him. 37 And a great windstorm arose, and the waves were breaking into the boat, so that the boat was already filling. 38 But he was in the stern, asleep on the cushion. And they woke him and said to him, "Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?" 39 And he awoke and rebuked the wind and said to the sea, "Peace! Be still!" And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm. 40 He said to them, "Why are you so afraid? Have you still no faith?" 41 And they were filled with great fear and said to one another, "Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?"
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on Isaiah 43:21 This people have I formed for myself; they shall show forth My praise.
An t-Urramach Seamus Maciomhair a searmoachadh air Salm 130 O 'n doimhne, O Iehobhah Dhé, do ghlaodh mi riutsa suas. 2. Dhia, éisd ri m' ghuth gu furachar; 's ri m'urnuigh crom do chluas. 3. Ma chomhraichear leat aingidheachd, a Dhé, cò sheasas riut? 4. Ach agad-sa ta iochd: a chum gu'n striochdt' a'd' eagal dhuit. 5. Ri Dia tha mise feitheamh, fòs tha m'anam feitheamh ris; Is ann a bhriathar fìrinneach mo dhòchas cuiridh mis' 6. Tha m'anam bochd ni 's furachair a feitheamh Dhé a ghnàth, Na bhios luchd faire maidne fòs ri sgarachdainn nan trath: Ni 's furachair, a deiream fòs, g' a fheitheamh-san gun ghò, Na bhios luchd-faire anns an oidhch' ri teachd a steach do'n lò. 7. Biodh dòchas Israeil an Dia; oir tha a thròcair mòr; 'S ann aig an Tighearna gu beachd tha fuasgladh pailt gu leòr. 8. Is bheir e féin gun cheisd air bith d'a phobull Israel, Làn-shaorsadh agus fuasgladh glan o'n aingidheachd gu léir.
Rev James Maciver preaches on 'The First Overseas Mission of the NT Church' from Acts 13:1-12 at our midweek meeting.
Rev James Maciver continues his series on The Miracles of Jesus, looking at 'The Greatest Miracle of All!' from John 20:1-10.
ORDER OF SERVICE Welcome and intimations Reading: 1 Corinthians 15 v 1-11 Prayer Children’s address: What did Thomas think of Jesus? – John 20 v 28 Reading: John 20 v 1-10 Sermon: Miracles of Jesus (13) – The Greatest Miracle of All! Praise: Psalm 16 v 8-11 (Scottish Psalter, page 216) Benediction
John 20:1–10
The Resurrection
[1] Now on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb. [2] So she ran and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved, and said to them, “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid him.” [3] So Peter went out with the other disciple, and they were going toward the tomb. [4] Both of them were running together, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first. [5] And stooping to look in, he saw the linen cloths lying there, but he did not go in. [6] Then Simon Peter came, following him, and went into the tomb. He saw the linen cloths lying there, [7] and the face cloth, which had been on Jesus’ head, not lying with the linen cloths but folded up in a place by itself. [8] Then the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, also went in, and he saw and believed; [9] for as yet they did not understand the Scripture, that he must rise from the dead. [10] Then the disciples went back to their homes. (ESV)
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on Luke 2:25 Now there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon, and this man was righteous and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him. 26 And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord's Christ. 27 And he came in the Spirit into the temple, and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him according to the custom of the Law, 28 he took him up in his arms and blessed God and said, 29 "Lord, now you are letting your servant depart in peace, according to your word; 30 for my eyes have seen your salvation 31 that you have prepared in the presence of all peoples, 32 a light for revelation to the Gentiles, and for glory to your people Israel." 33 And his father and his mother marvelled at what was said about him. 34 And Simeon blessed them and said to Mary his mother, "Behold, this child is appointed for the fall and rising of many in Israel, and for a sign that is opposed 35 (and a sword will pierce through your own soul also), so that thoughts from many hearts may be revealed."
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on ‘Peter Has a Lot to Learn’ from John 13:7-8 at our midweek meeting.
John 13:7–8
[7] Jesus answered him, “What I am doing you do not understand now, but afterward you will understand.” [8] Peter said to him, “You shall never wash my feet.” Jesus answered him, “If I do not wash you, you have no share with me.” (ESV)
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on ‘God Can - Idols Cannot’ from Isaiah 44:18-22 in this worship service recorded at home.
ORDER OF SERVICE Welcome Praise: Psalm 32:1-5 (Sing Psalms) Prayer Children’s Talk Lord’s Prayer Scripture Reading: Isaiah 44: Sermon: ‘God Can - Idols Cannot’, Isaiah 44:18-22 Praise: Psalm 130 (Scottish Psalter) Benediction
Isaiah 44:18–22
[18] They know not, nor do they discern, for he has shut their eyes, so that they cannot see, and their hearts, so that they cannot understand. [19] No one considers, nor is there knowledge or discernment to say, “Half of it I burned in the fire; I also baked bread on its coals; I roasted meat and have eaten. And shall I make the rest of it an abomination? Shall I fall down before a block of wood?” [20] He feeds on ashes; a deluded heart has led him astray, and he cannot deliver himself or say, “Is there not a lie in my right hand?”
The LORD Redeems Israel
[21] Remember these things, O Jacob, and Israel, for you are my servant; I formed you; you are my servant; O Israel, you will not be forgotten by me. [22] I have blotted out your transgressions like a cloud and your sins like mist; return to me, for I have redeemed you. (ESV)
Rev James Maciver preaches on Luke 8:26
Then they sailed to the country of the Gerasenes, which is opposite Galilee.
27 When Jesus had stepped out on land, there met him a man from the city who had demons. For a long time, he had worn no clothes, and he had not lived in a house but among the tombs.
28 When he saw Jesus, he cried out and fell down before him and said with a loud voice, "What have you to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg you, do not torment me."
29 For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. (For many a time it had seized him. He was kept under guard and bound with chains and shackles, but he would break the bonds and be driven by the demon into the desert.)
30 Jesus then asked him, "What is your name?" And he said, "Legion," for many demons had entered him.
31 And they begged him not to command them to depart into the abyss.
32 Now a large herd of pigs was feeding there on the hillside, and they begged him to let them enter these. So, he gave them permission.
33 Then the demons came out of the man and entered the pigs, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and were drowned.
34 When the herdsmen saw what had happened, they fled and told it in the city and in the country.
35 Then people went out to see what had happened, and they came to Jesus and found the man from whom the demons had gone, sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed and in his right mind, and they were afraid.
36 And those who had seen it told them how the demon-possessed man had been healed.
37 Then all the people of the surrounding country of the Gerasenes asked him to depart from them, for they were seized with great fear. So, he got into the boat and returned.
38 The man from whom the demons had gone begged that he might be with him, but Jesus sent him away, saying,
39 "Return to your home, and declare how much God has done for you." And he went away, proclaiming throughout the whole city how much Jesus had done for him.
Rev James Maciver preaches on 'God's Workmanship' from Ephesians 2:10 at our midweek meeting in the Seminary. We apologise for missing the start of the sermon, the recording begins part way though.
Ephesians 2:10
[10] For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them. (ESV)
Mr Scott Macleod preaches on ‘Bitter Battle and Sweet Surrender’ from 1 Samuel 18:1-2 in this worship service recorded at home.
ORDER OF SERVICE Welcome Praise: Psalm 103:1-4 (Scottish Psalter) Prayer Children's Talk & Lord's Prayer Scripture Reading: 1 Samuel 17:50-18:16 Sermon: ‘Bitter Battle and Sweet Surrender’ from 1 Samuel 18:1-2 Praise: Psalm 23 (Sing Psalms) Benediction
1 Samuel 18:1–2
David and Jonathan’s Friendship
[1] As soon as he had finished speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was knit to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul. [2] And Saul took him that day and would not let him return to his father’s house. (ESV)
Rev James Maciver preaches on Mark 7:31 Then he returned from the region of Tyre and went through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee, in the region of the Decapolis. 32 And they brought to him a man who was deaf and had a speech impediment, and they begged him to lay his hand on him. 33 And taking him aside from the crowd privately, he put his fingers into his ears, and after spitting touched his tongue. 34 And looking up to heaven, he sighed and said to him, "Ephphatha," that is, "Be opened." 35 And his ears were opened, his tongue was released, and he spoke plainly. 36 And Jesus charged them to tell no one. But the more he charged them, the more zealously they proclaimed it. 37 And they were astonished beyond measure, saying, "He has done all things well. He even makes the deaf hear and the mute speak."
Rev Donald A. Macdonald preaches on Luke 24:36 As they were talking about these things, Jesus himself stood among them, and said to them, "Peace to you!"
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on ‘Not Here - Risen!’ from Matthew 28:1-10 in this worship service recorded at home.
ORDER OF SERVICE Welcome Praise: Psalm 68:16-18 (Scottish Psalter) Prayer Children's Talk & Lord's Prayer Scripture Reading: Matthew 28 Sermon: ‘Not Here - Risen!’ from Matthew 28:1-10 Praise: Psalm 16:8-11 (Sing Psalms) Benediction
Matthew 28:1–10
The Resurrection
[1] Now after the Sabbath, toward the dawn of the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb. [2] And behold, there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled back the stone and sat on it. [3] His appearance was like lightning, and his clothing white as snow. [4] And for fear of him the guards trembled and became like dead men. [5] But the angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified. [6] He is not here, for he has risen, as he said. Come, see the place where he lay. [7] Then go quickly and tell his disciples that he has risen from the dead, and behold, he is going before you to Galilee; there you will see him. See, I have told you.” [8] So they departed quickly from the tomb with fear and great joy, and ran to tell his disciples. [9] And behold, Jesus met them and said, “Greetings!” And they came up and took hold of his feet and worshiped him. [10] Then Jesus said to them, “Do not be afraid; go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee, and there they will see me.” (ESV)
Rev James Maciver preaches on 'A Preview of the Resurrection' from Luke 7:11-17.
ORDER OF SERVICE Welcome and intimations Reading: Acts 2:22-36 Prayer Children’s address: Jesus in the Psalms (7) – Psalm 16:10-11 – Christ’s Resurrection Reading and Sermon: Luke 7:11-17 Title : A Preview of Resurrection Psalm: Psalm 16:8-11 (Sing Psalms, page 17) Benediction
Luke 7:11–17
Jesus Raises a Widow’s Son
[11] Soon afterward he went to a town called Nain, and his disciples and a great crowd went with him. [12] As he drew near to the gate of the town, behold, a man who had died was being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow, and a considerable crowd from the town was with her. [13] And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her and said to her, “Do not weep.” [14] Then he came up and touched the bier, and the bearers stood still. And he said, “Young man, I say to you, arise.” [15] And the dead man sat up and began to speak, and Jesus gave him to his mother. [16] Fear seized them all, and they glorified God, saying, “A great prophet has arisen among us!” and “God has visited his people!” [17] And this report about him spread through the whole of Judea and all the surrounding country. (ESV)
Rev James Maciver concludes his study on Christ's Prayer in John chapter 17, looking at 'With Christ in Glory' from verses 24-26.
[24] Father, I desire that they also, whom you have given me, may be with me where I am, to see my glory that you have given me because you loved me before the foundation of the world. [25] O righteous Father, even though the world does not know you, I know you, and these know that you have sent me. [26] I made known to them your name, and I will continue to make it known, that the love with which you have loved me may be in them, and I in them.” (ESV)
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on ‘You Cannot Serve Two Masters’ from Luke 16:13 in this worship service recorded at home.
ORDER OF SERVICE Welcome Praise: Psalm 125 (Scottish Psalter) Prayer Children's Talk & Lord's Prayer Scripture Reading: Luke 16 Sermon: ‘You Cannot Serve Two Masters’ from Luke 16:13 Praise: Psalm 139:1-6 (Scottish Psalter) Benediction
Luke 16:13
[13] No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.” (ESV)
Mr Scott Macleod preaches on ‘Weights Worn and Weights Borne’ from 1 Samuel 17:9 in this worship service recorded at home.
ORDER OF SERVICE Welcome Praise: Psalm 27:1-4 (Sing Psalms) Prayer Children's Talk & Lord's Prayer Scripture Reading: 1 Samuel 17:1-36 Sermon: ‘Weights Worn and Weights Borne’ from 1 Samuel 17:9 Praise: Psalm 89: 15-18 (Scottish Psalter) Benediction
1 Samuel 17:9
[9] If he is able to fight with me and kill me, then we will be your servants. But if I prevail against him and kill him, then you shall be our servants and serve us.” (ESV)
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on 1 Peter 5:8 Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. 9 Resist him, firm in your faith, knowing that the same kinds of suffering are being experienced by your brotherhood throughout the world.
Rev James Maciver preaches on Mark 5: 21 And when Jesus had crossed again in the boat to the other side, a great crowd gathered about him, and he was beside the sea. 22 Then came one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name, and seeing him, he fell at his feet 23 and implored him earnestly, saying, "My little daughter is at the point of death. Come and lay your hands on her, so that she may be made well and live." 24 And he went with him. And a great crowd followed him and thronged about him. 25 And there was a woman who had had a discharge of blood for twelve years, 26 and who had suffered much under many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was no better but rather grew worse. 27 She had heard the reports about Jesus and came up behind him in the crowd and touched his garment. 28 For she said, "If I touch even his garments, I will be made well." 29 And immediately the flow of blood dried up, and she felt in her body that she was healed of her disease. 30 And Jesus, perceiving in himself that power had gone out from him, immediately turned about in the crowd and said, "Who touched my garments?" 31 And his disciples said to him, "You see the crowd pressing around you, and yet you say, 'Who touched me?'" 32 And he looked around to see who had done it. 33 But the woman, knowing what had happened to her, came in fear and trembling and fell down before him and told him the whole truth. 34 And he said to her, "Daughter, your faith has made you well; go in peace, and be healed of your disease." 35 While he was still speaking, there came from the ruler's house some who said, "Your daughter is dead. Why trouble the Teacher any further?" 36 But overhearing what they said, Jesus said to the ruler of the synagogue, "Do not fear, only believe." 37 And he allowed no one to follow him except Peter and James and John the brother of James. 38 They came to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and Jesus saw a commotion, people weeping and wailing loudly. 39 And when he had entered, he said to them, "Why are you making a commotion and weeping? The child is not dead but sleeping." 40 And they laughed at him. But he put them all 6956outside and took the child's father and mother and those who were with him and went in where the child was. 41 Taking her by the hand he said to her, "Talitha cumi," which means, "Little girl, I say to you, arise." 42 And immediately the girl got up and began walking (for she was twelve years of age), and they were immediately overcome with amazement. 43 And he strictly charged them that no one should know this, and told them to give her something to eat.
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on ‘The Blessings of Fear and Hope in God’ from Psalm 33:18-19 in this worship service recorded at home.
ORDER OF SERVICE Welcome Praise: Psalm 17:1-4 (Sing Psalms) Prayer Children's Talk & Lord's Prayer Scripture Reading: Psalm 33 Sermon: 'Trusting God in the Face of the Enemy' from Psalm 33:18-19 Praise: Psalm 31:21-24 (Scottish Psalter) Benediction
Psalm 33:18–19
[18] Behold, the eye of the LORD is on those who fear him, on those who hope in his steadfast love, [19] that he may deliver their soul from death and keep them alive in famine. (ESV)
Rev James Maciver preaches on John 17:20 "I do not ask for these only, but also for those who will believe in me through their word, 21 that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me. 22 The glory that you have given me I have given to them, that they may be one even as we are one, 23 I in them and you in me, that they may become perfectly one, so that the world may know that you sent me and loved them even as you loved me. 24 Father, I desire that they also, whom you have given me, may be with me where I am, to see my glory that you have given me because you loved me before the foundation of the world.
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on 'Trusting God in the Face of the Enemy' from 2 Kings 19:14-19 in this worship service recorded at home.
ORDER OF SERVICE Welcome Praise: Psalm 11:4-7 (Sing Psalms) Prayer Children's Talk & Lord's Prayer Scripture Reading: 2 Kings 19 Sermon: 'Trusting God in the Face of the Enemy' from 2 Kings 19:14-19 Praise: Psalm 27:1-4a (Sing Psalms) Benediction
2 Kings 19:14–19
Hezekiah’s Prayer
[14] Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers and read it; and Hezekiah went up to the house of the LORD and spread it before the LORD. [15] And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD and said: “O LORD, the God of Israel, enthroned above the cherubim, you are the God, you alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; you have made heaven and earth. [16] Incline your ear, O LORD, and hear; open your eyes, O LORD, and see; and hear the words of Sennacherib, which he has sent to mock the living God. [17] Truly, O LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste the nations and their lands [18] and have cast their gods into the fire, for they were not gods, but the work of men’s hands, wood and stone. Therefore they were destroyed. [19] So now, O LORD our God, save us, please, from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you, O LORD, are God alone.” (ESV)
Rev James Maciver preaches on Mark 6:45 Immediately he made his disciples get into the boat and go before him to the other side, to Bethsaida, while he dismissed the crowd. 46 And after he had taken leave of them, he went up on the mountain to pray. 47 And when evening came, the boat was out on the sea, and he was alone on the land. 48 And he saw that they were making headway painfully, for the wind was against them. And about the fourth watch of the night he came to them, walking on the sea. He meant to pass by them, 49 but when they saw him walking on the sea they thought it was a ghost, and cried out, 50 for they all saw him and were terrified. But immediately he spoke to them and said, "Take heart; it is I. Do not be afraid." 51 And he got into the boat with them, and the wind ceased. And they were utterly astounded, 52 for they did not understand about the loaves, but their hearts were hardened. 53(Jesus Heals the Sick in Gennesaret) When they had crossed over, they came to land at Gennesaret and moored to the shore. 54 And when they got out of the boat, the people immediately recognized him 55 and ran about the whole region and began to bring the sick people on their beds to wherever they heard he was. 56 And wherever he came, in villages, cities, or countryside, they laid the sick in the marketplaces and implored him that they might touch even the fringe of his garment. And as many as touched it were made well.
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on 'Welcome and Esteem One Another in the Lord' from Romans 14:1-7 at our midweek meeting held online via Zoom.
Romans 14:1–9
Do Not Pass Judgment on One Another
[1] As for the one who is weak in faith, welcome him, but not to quarrel over opinions. [2] One person believes he may eat anything, while the weak person eats only vegetables. [3] Let not the one who eats despise the one who abstains, and let not the one who abstains pass judgment on the one who eats, for God has welcomed him. [4] Who are you to pass judgment on the servant of another? It is before his own master that he stands or falls. And he will be upheld, for the Lord is able to make him stand.
[5] One person esteems one day as better than another, while another esteems all days alike. Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind. [6] The one who observes the day, observes it in honor of the Lord. The one who eats, eats in honor of the Lord, since he gives thanks to God, while the one who abstains, abstains in honor of the Lord and gives thanks to God. [7] For none of us lives to himself, and none of us dies to himself. [8] For if we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. So then, whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord’s. [9] For to this end Christ died and lived again, that he might be Lord both of the dead and of the living. (ESV)
Rev James Maciver preaches on Mark 6:30 The apostles returned to Jesus and told him all that they had done and taught. 31 And he said to them, "Come away by yourselves to a desolate place and rest a while." For many were coming and going, and they had no leisure even to eat. And they went away in the boat to a desolate place by themselves. 33 Now many saw them going and recognized them, and they ran there on foot from all the towns and got there ahead of them. 34 When he went ashore he saw a great crowd, and he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. And he began to teach them many things. 35 And when it grew late, his disciples came to him and said, "This is a desolate place, and the hour is now late. 36 Send them away to go into the surrounding countryside and villages and buy themselves something to eat." 37 But he answered them, "You give them something to eat." And they said to him, "Shall we go and buy two hundred denarii worth of bread and give it to them to eat?" 38 And he said to them, "How many loaves do you have? Go and see." And when they had found out, they said, "Five, and two fish." 39 Then he commanded them all to sit down in groups on the green grass. 40 So they sat down in groups, by hundreds and by fifties. 41 And taking the five loaves and the two fish he looked up to heaven and said a blessing and broke the loaves and gave them to the disciples to set before the people. And he divided the two fish among them all. 42 And they all ate and were satisfied. 43 And they took up twelve baskets full of broken pieces and of the fish. 44 And those who ate the loaves were five thousand men.
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on 'Hold Fast Your Confession' from Hebrews 4:14 in this worship service recorded at home.
ORDER OF SERVICE Welcome Praise: Psalm 34:5-10 (Scottish Psalter) Prayer Children's Talk & Lord's Prayer Scripture Reading: Hebrews 4 Sermon: 'Hold Fast Your Confession' from Hebrews 4:14 Praise: Psalm 80:17-19 (Scottish Psalter) Benediction
Hebrews 4:14
Jesus the Great High Priest
[14] Since then we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. (ESV)
Rev James Maciver continues his study on Christ's prayer in John 17, preaching on 'Set Apart for Christ’s Service' from John 17:17-19.
John 17:17–19 [17] Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth. [18] As you sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world. [19] And for their sake I consecrate myself, that they also may be sanctified in truth. (ESV)
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on 'Honest Confession is Good for the Soul' from Psalm 32:1-5 in this worship service recorded at home.
ORDER OF SERVICE Praise: Psalm 103:8-13 (Scottish Psalter) Prayer Children's Talk & Lord's Prayer Scripture Reading: The Book of Psalms, Psalm 32 Sermon: 'Honest Confession is Good for the Soul', Psalm 32:1-5 Praise: Psalm 32:1-5 (Sing Psalms) Benediction
Psalm 32:1–5
Blessed Are the Forgiven
A Maskil of David.
[1] Blessed is the one whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. [2] Blessed is the man against whom the LORD counts no iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no deceit.
[3] For when I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long. [4] For day and night your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was dried up as by the heat of summer. Selah
[5] I acknowledged my sin to you, and I did not cover my iniquity; I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the LORD,” and you forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah (ESV)
Rev James Maciver preaches on John 4: 46 So he came again to Cana in Galilee, where he had made the water wine. And at Capernaum there was an official whose son was ill. 47 When this man heard that Jesus had come from Judea to Galilee, he went to him and asked him to come down and heal his son, for he was at the point of death. 48 So Jesus said to him, "Unless you see signs and wonders you will not believe." 49 The official said to him, "Sir, come down before my child dies." 50 Jesus said to him, "Go; your son will live." The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him and went on his way. 51 As he was going down, his servants met him and told him that his son was recovering. 52 So he asked them the hour when he began to get better, and they said to him, "Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him." 53 The father knew that was the hour when Jesus had said to him, "Your son will live." And he himself believed, and all his household. 54 This was now the second sign that Jesus did when he had come from Judea to Galilee.
Rev Kenneth I Macleod will lead the midweek meeting and preach on 'Having Nothing, Yet Having Everything' from 2 Corinthians 6:9-10.
2 Corinthians 6:9–10
[9] as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold, we live; as punished, and yet not killed; [10] as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, yet possessing everything. (ESV)
Rev James Maciver preaches on Matthew 17:22 As they were gathering in Galilee, Jesus said to them, "The Son of Man is about to be delivered into the hands of men, 23 and they will kill him, and he will be raised on the third day." And they were greatly distressed. 24 When they came to Capernaum, the collectors of the two-drachma tax went up to Peter and said, "Does your teacher not pay the tax?" 25 He said, "Yes." And when he came into the house, Jesus spoke to him first, saying, "What do you think, Simon? From whom do kings of the earth take toll or tax? From their sons or from others?" 26 And when he said, "From others," Jesus said to him, "Then the sons are free. 27 However, not to give offense to them, go to the sea and cast a hook and take the first fish that comes up, and when you open its mouth you will find a shekel. Take that and give it to them for me and for yourself."
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on 'God's Way is Always Best' from Ruth 4:13 in this worship service recorded at home.
ORDER OF SERVICE
Welcome Praise: Psalm 112:1-8 (Sing Psalms) Prayer Children's Talk Scripture Reading: The Book of Ruth, chapter 4 Sermon: 'God's Way is Always Best', Ruth 4:13 Praise: Psalm 115:12-18 (Scottish Psalter) Benediction
Ruth 4:13
Ruth and Boaz Marry
[13] So Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife. And he went in to her, and the LORD gave her conception, and she bore a son. (ESV)
Rev James Maciver preaches on "Father keep them" - Secure Within Christ's Intercession, from John 17:11-16 at our midweek meeting on Wednesday 17th February 2021.
John 17:11–16
[11] And I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them in your name, which you have given me, that they may be one, even as we are one. [12] While I was with them, I kept them in your name, which you have given me. I have guarded them, and not one of them has been lost except the son of destruction, that the Scripture might be fulfilled. [13] But now I am coming to you, and these things I speak in the world, that they may have my joy fulfilled in themselves. [14] I have given them your word, and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. [15] I do not ask that you take them out of the world, but that you keep them from the evil one. [16] They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. (ESV)
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on 'All Coming Together for Ruth' from Ruth 3:9 in this worship service recorded at home.
ORDER OF SERVICE Praise: Psalm 103:1-4 (Scottish Psalter) Prayer Children's Talk Scripture Reading: The Book of Ruth, chapter 3 Sermon: 'All Coming Together for Ruth' from Ruth 3:9 Praise: Psalm 36:5-9 (Sing Psalms) Benediction
Ruth 3:9
[9] He said, “Who are you?” And she answered, “I am Ruth, your servant. Spread your wings over your servant, for you are a redeemer.” (ESV)
Rev James Maciver preaches on Matthew 15:21 And Jesus went away from there and withdrew to the district of Tyre and Sidon. 22 And behold, a Canaanite woman from that region came out and was crying, "Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David; my daughter is severely oppressed by a demon." 23 But he did not answer her a word. And his disciples came and begged him, saying, "Send her away, for she is crying out after us." 24 He answered, "I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel." 25 But she came and knelt before him, saying, "Lord, help me." 26 And he answered, "It is not right to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs." 27 She said, "Yes, Lord, yet even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters' table." 28 Then Jesus answered her, "O woman, great is your faith! Be it done for you as you desire." And her daughter was healed instantly.
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on 'Christian Responsibilities and Struggles' from 2 Corinthians 6:3-9a, at our midweek meeting online.
2 Corinthians 6:3–9
[3] We put no obstacle in anyone’s way, so that no fault may be found with our ministry, [4] but as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: by great endurance, in afflictions, hardships, calamities, [5] beatings, imprisonments, riots, labors, sleepless nights, hunger; [6] by purity, knowledge, patience, kindness, the Holy Spirit, genuine love; [7] by truthful speech, and the power of God; with the weapons of righteousness for the right hand and for the left; [8] through honor and dishonor, through slander and praise. We are treated as impostors, and yet are true; [9] as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold, we live; as punished, and yet not killed; (ESV)
Rev James Maciver preaches on Mark 10:And they came to Jericho. And as he was leaving Jericho with his disciples and a great crowd, Bartimaeus, a blind beggar, the son of Timaeus, was sitting by the roadside. 47 And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out and say, "Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!" 48 And many rebuked him, telling him to be silent. But he cried out all the more, "Son of David, have mercy on me!" 49 And Jesus stopped and said, "Call him." And they called the blind man, saying to him, "Take heart. Get up; he is calling you." 50 And throwing off his cloak, he sprang up and came to Jesus. 51 And Jesus said to him, "What do you want me to do for you?" And the blind man said to him, "Rabbi, let me recover my sight." 52 And Jesus said to him, "Go your way; your faith has made you well." And immediately he recovered his sight and followed him on the way.
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on 'Sheltered by God' from Ruth 2:12 in this worship service recorded at home.
ORDER OF SERVICE Praise: Psalm 48(a): 9-14 (Sing Psalms) Prayer Children's Talk Scripture Reading: The Book of Ruth, chapter 2 Sermon: 'Sheltered by God', Ruth 2:12 Praise: Psalm 85:8-13 (Sing Psalms) Benediction
Ruth 2:12
[12] The LORD repay you for what you have done, and a full reward be given you by the LORD, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge!” (ESV)
Rev James Maciver preaches on 'Christ's Specific Intercession' from John 17:9 at our midweek meeting online.
John 17:9 [9] I am praying for them. I am not praying for the world but for those whom you have given me, for they are yours. (ESV)
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on 'Every Step Planned' from Ruth 2:3 in this worship service recorded at home.
ORDER OF SERVICE Praise: Psalm 78:1-6 (Sing Psalms) Prayer Children's Talk Scripture Readings: Leviticus 19:9-16; Ruth 2:1-11 Sermon: Ruth 2:3, 'Every Step Planned' Praise:Psalm 126 (Scottish Psalter)
Ruth 2:3
[3] So she set out and went and gleaned in the field after the reapers, and she happened to come to the part of the field belonging to Boaz, who was of the clan of Elimelech. (ESV)
Rev James Maciver preaches on Mark 2:1 And when he returned to Capernaum after some days, it was reported that he was at home. 2 And many were gathered together, so that there was no more room, not even at the door. And he was preaching the word to them. 3 And they came, bringing to him a paralytic carried by four men. 4 And when they could not get near him because of the crowd, they removed the roof above him, and when they had made an opening, they let down the bed on which the paralytic lay. 5 And when Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, "Son, your sins are forgiven." 6 Now some of the scribes were sitting there, questioning in their hearts, 7 "Why does this man speak like that? He is blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?" 8 And immediately Jesus, perceiving in his spirit that they thus questioned within themselves, said to them, "Why do you question these things in your hearts? 9 Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, 'Your sins are forgiven,' or to say, 'Rise, take up your bed and walk'? 10 But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins"--he said to the paralytic-- 11 "I say to you, rise, pick up your bed, and go home." 12 And he rose and immediately picked up his bed and went out before them all, so that they were all amazed and glorified God, saying, "We never saw anything like this!"
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on 'Humbling Grace' from James 4:6 at our midweek meeting online.
James 4:6
[6] But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.” (ESV)
Rev James Maciver preaches on John 2:1 On the third day there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. 2 Jesus also was invited to the wedding with his disciples. 3 When the wine ran out, the mother of Jesus said to him, "They have no wine." 4 And Jesus said to her, "Woman, what does this have to do with me? My hour has not yet come." 5 His mother said to the servants, "Do whatever he tells you." 6 Now there were six stone water jars there for the Jewish rites of purification, each holding twenty or thirty gallons. 7 Jesus said to the servants, "Fill the jars with water." And they filled them up to the brim. 8 And he said to them, "Now draw some out and take it to the master of the feast." So they took it. 9 When the master of the feast tasted the water now become wine, and did not know where it came from (though the servants who had drawn the water knew), the master of the feast called the bridegroom 10 and said to him, "Everyone serves the good wine first, and when people have drunk freely, then the poor wine. But you have kept the good wine until now." 11 This, the first of his signs, Jesus did at Cana in Galilee, and manifested his glory.
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on 'The Three Widows' from Ruth 1:8-22 in this worship service recorded at home.
ORDER OF SERVICE Praise: Psalm 90:14-17 (Scottish Psalter) Prayer Children's Talk Scripture Reading: Ruth 1 Sermon: Ruth 1:8-22, 'The Three Widows' Praise: Psalm 30:1-5 (Sing Psalms)
Rev James Maciver preaches on 'Living by Christ's Words from John 17:7-8 as part of his sermon series on Christ's prayer in John 17 at our midweek meetings.
John 17:7–8
[7] Now they know that everything that you have given me is from you. [8] For I have given them the words that you gave me, and they have received them and have come to know in truth that I came from you; and they have believed that you sent me. (ESV)
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on 'Time to Go Home' from Ruth 1:6 in this worship service recorded at home.
Order of Service Call to Worship: Psalm 102:12-19 Prayer Children's Talk Scripture Reading: Ruth 1 Sermon: Ruth 1:6, 'Time to Go Home' Praise: Psalm 80:17-19
Ruth 1:6
[6] Then she arose with her daughters-in-law to return from the country of Moab, for she had heard in the fields of Moab that the LORD had visited his people and given them food. (ESV)
Rev James Maciver preaches on Ecclesiastes 12:13 The end of the matter; all has been heard. Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man. 14 For God will bring every deed into judgment, with every secret thing, whether good or evil.
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on 'Pressing on to Know the Lord' from Hosea 6:3 at our midweek meeting on Wednesday 13th January 2021.
Hosea 6:3
[3] Let us know; let us press on to know the LORD; his going out is sure as the dawn; he will come to us as the showers, as the spring rains that water the earth.” (ESV)
Rev James Maciver preaches on Ecclesiastes 12:9-12 Besides being wise, the Preacher also taught the people knowledge, weighing and studying and arranging many proverbs with great care. 10 The Preacher sought to find words of delight, and uprightly he wrote words of truth. 11 The words of the wise are like goads, and like nails firmly fixed are the collected sayings; they are given by one Shepherd. 12 My son, beware of anything beyond these. Of making many books there is no end, and much study is a weariness of the flesh.
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on 'Called and Saved by Grace' from 2 Timothy 1:8-10 in this worship service recorded at home.
ORDER OF SERVICE Call to Worship: Psalm 61:1-4 Prayer Children's Talk Scripture Reading: 2 Timothy 1 Sermon: 2 Timothy 1:8-10, 'Called and Saved by Grace' Praise: Psalm 118:1-7 (Sing Psalms)
2 Timothy 1:8–10
[8] Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord, nor of me his prisoner, but share in suffering for the gospel by the power of God, [9] who saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works but because of his own purpose and grace, which he gave us in Christ Jesus before the ages began, [10] and which now has been manifested through the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus, who abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel, (ESV)
Rev James Maciver preaches on 'Christ's Manifestation of God's Name' from John 17:6 at our midweek meeting.
John 17:6 [6] “I have manifested your name to the people whom you gave me out of the world. Yours they were, and you gave them to me, and they have kept your word. (ESV)
Rev James Maciver preaches on 'Rejoice and Remember' from Ecclesiastes 11 v 7 – 12 v 8 in Sunday morning's Live Stream. Welcome Praise: Psalm 106 v 1-5 – Scottish Psalter, page 378 Reading: Ecclesiastes 11 v 7 – 12 v 8 Prayer Children’s address: From the Old to the New (2 Corinthians 5 v 17) The Lord’s Prayer Sermon: Ecclesiastes 11 v 7 – 12 v 8 Sermon Title: Rejoice and Remember Praise: Psalm 90 v 11-17, Sing Psalms, page 120 Benediction
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on 'Remember God's Word and Work' from Psalm 111 in this worship service recorded for 'Church at Home'.
Order of Service: Call to Worship: Psalm 105:1-11 (Sing Psalms) Prayer Children's Talk Scripture Reading: Psalm 111 Sermon: Psalm 111, 'Remember God's Word and Work' Praise: Psalm 111:6-10 (Scottish Psalter)
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on 'The Mighty Hand and Arm of God' from Psalm 89:13 at our midweek meeting.
Psalm 89:13
[13] You have a mighty arm; strong is your hand, high your right hand. (ESV)
Rev James Maciver preaches on Ecclesiastes 11:1 Cast your bread upon the waters, for you will find it after many days. 2 Give a portion to seven, or even to eight, for you know not what disaster may happen on earth. 3 If the clouds are full of rain, they empty themselves on the earth, and if a tree falls to the south or to the north, in the place where the tree falls, there it will lie. 4 He who observes the wind will not sow, and he who regards the clouds will not reap. 5 As you do not know the way the spirit comes to the bones in the womb of a woman with child, so you do not know the work of God who makes everything. 6 In the morning sow your seed, and at evening withhold not your hand, for you do not know which will prosper, this or that, or whether both alike will be good.
Rev K.I. Macleod preaches on Proverbs 18:24 A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on 'The Best News in the World' from Luke 2:6-10 in this worship service recorded at home.
Order of Service: Call to Worship: Psalm 8:1-5 (Sing Psalms) Prayer Children's Talk Scripture Reading: Luke 2:1-20 Sermon: 'The Best News in the World', Luke 2:6-10 Praise: Psalm 72:17-19 (Scottish Psalter)
Rev James Maciver preaches on John 3:17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.
Rev James Maciver preaches on 'Christ's Definition of Eternal Life' from John 17:3 at our midweek meeting.
John 17:3
[3] And this is eternal life, that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent. (ESV)
Rev James Maciver preaches on Ecclesiastes 10:1 Dead flies make the perfumer's ointment give off a stench; so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honour. 2 A wise man's heart inclines him to the right, but a fool's heart to the left. 3 Even when the fool walks on the road, he lacks sense, and he says to everyone that he is a fool. 4 If the anger of the ruler rises against you, do not leave your place, for calmness will lay great offenses to rest. 5 There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, as it were an error proceeding from the ruler: 6 folly is set in many high places, and the rich sit in a low place. 7 I have seen slaves on horses, and princes walking on the ground like slaves. 8 He who digs a pit will fall into it, and a serpent will bite him who breaks through a wall. 9 He who quarries stones is hurt by them, and he who splits logs is endangered by them. 10 If the iron is blunt, and one does not sharpen the edge, he must use more strength, but wisdom helps one to succeed. 11 If the serpent bites before it is charmed, there is no advantage to the charmer. 12 The words of a wise man's mouth win him favour, but the lips of a fool consume him. 13 The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness, and the end of his talk is evil madness. 14 A fool multiplies words, though no man knows what is to be, and who can tell him what will be after him? 15 The toil of a fool wearies him, for he does not know the way to the city. 16 Woe to you, O land, when your king is a child, and your princes feast in the morning! 17 Happy are you, O land, when your king is the son of the nobility, and your princes feast at the proper time, for strength, and not for drunkenness! 18 Through sloth the roof sinks in, and through indolence the house leaks. 19 Bread is made for laughter, and wine gladdens life, and money answers everything. 20 Even in your thoughts, do not curse the king, nor in your bedroom curse the rich, for a bird of the air will carry your voice, or some winged creature tell the matter.
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on 'A Little Glimpse of Heaven' from Revelation 22:3-4, in this worship service recorded at home.
Order of Service: Call to Worship: Psalm 45:13-17 (1st version, Scottish Psalter) Prayer Children's Address The Lord's Prayer Scripture Reading: Revelation 22 Sermon: 'A Little Glimpse of Heaven', Revelation 22:3-4 Prayer Praise: Psalm 48(a):9-14 (Sing Psalms) BenedictionRevelation 22:3–4
[3] No longer will there be anything accursed, but the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and his servants will worship him. [4] They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads. (ESV)
Rev James Maciver preaches on 'The Hour of Greatest Significance (2)' from John 17:1-2 at our midweek meeting.
John 17:1–2
The High Priestly Prayer
[1] When Jesus had spoken these words, he lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, “Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son that the Son may glorify you, [2] since you have given him authority over all flesh, to give eternal life to all whom you have given him. (ESV)
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on 'Be Careful What We Do with Jesus' from Luke 20:9-18, in this worship service recorded at home.
Order of Service: Call to Worship: Psalm 1(a) (Sing Psalms) Prayer Children's Address The Lord's Prayer Scripture Reading: Luke 20:1-18 Sermon: Be Careful What We Do with Jesus, Luke 20:9-18 Prayer Praise: Psalm 118:20-26 (Scottish Psalter) Benediction
Luke 20:9–18
The Parable of the Wicked Tenants
[9] And he began to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard and let it out to tenants and went into another country for a long while. [10] When the time came, he sent a servant to the tenants, so that they would give him some of the fruit of the vineyard. But the tenants beat him and sent him away empty-handed. [11] And he sent another servant. But they also beat and treated him shamefully, and sent him away empty-handed. [12] And he sent yet a third. This one also they wounded and cast out. [13] Then the owner of the vineyard said, ‘What shall I do? I will send my beloved son; perhaps they will respect him.’ [14] But when the tenants saw him, they said to themselves, ‘This is the heir. Let us kill him, so that the inheritance may be ours.’ [15] And they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. What then will the owner of the vineyard do to them? [16] He will come and destroy those tenants and give the vineyard to others.” When they heard this, they said, “Surely not!” [17] But he looked directly at them and said, “What then is this that is written:
“‘The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone’? [18] Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces, and when it falls on anyone, it will crush him.” (ESV)
Rev James Maciver preaches on Ecclesiastes 9:13 I have also seen this example of wisdom under the sun, and it seemed great to me. 14 There was a little city with few men in it, and a great king came against it and besieged it, building great siege works against it. 15 But there was found in it a poor, wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city. Yet no one remembered that poor man. 16 But I say that wisdom is better than might, though the poor man's wisdom is despised and his words are not heard. 17 The words of the wise heard in quiet are better than the shouting of a ruler among fools. 18 Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one sinner destroys much good.
An t-Urramach Seumas Maciomhair a searmonachadh air Isaiah 61:1 Tha Spiorad an Tighearna Iehobhah orm, do bhrìgh gu-n d'ung an Tighearna mi; a thoirt deagh sgeoil do'n mhacanta chuir e mi: a cheangal suas luchd a chridhe bhriste, a dh' eigheach fuasglaidh do na braighdibh, agus fosglaidh a' phrìosan dhoibh-san a tha ceangailte. 2. A dh' eigheach bliadhna thaitnich an Tighearn, agus là dioghaltais ar De-ne: a thoirt comhfhurtachd dhoibhsan uile a tha ri bròn. 3. A dh'orduchadh do luchd-caoineadh Shioin a thoirt doibh maise an àite luaithre, oladh aoibhneis 'an àite bròn, eideadh molaidh 'an aite spiorad airsneil; a chum gu-n gortadh dhiubh Craobhan fìreantachd, a chruthaich an Tighearn air sgàth a ghlòire.
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on 'Faithfulness and Fellowship' from 1 Corinthians 1:9 at our midweek meeting in the Seminary, recorded on Zoom.
1 Corinthians 1:9 [9] God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. (ESV)
Rev James Maciver preaches on Luke 17:11 On the way to Jerusalem he was passing along between Samaria and Galilee. 12 And as he entered a village, he was met by ten lepers, who stood at a distance 13 and lifted up their voices, saying, "Jesus, Master, have mercy on us." 14 When he saw them he said to them, "Go and show yourselves to the priests." And as they went they were cleansed. 15 Then one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, praising God with a loud voice; 16 and he fell on his face at Jesus' feet, giving him thanks. Now he was a Samaritan. 17 Then Jesus answered, "Were not ten cleansed? Where are the nine? 18 Was no one found to return and give praise to God except this foreigner?" 19 And he said to him, "Rise and go your way; your faith has made you well."
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on 'A Safe Journey Despite the Falls' from Psalm 37:23-24 in this worship service recorded at home.
Order of Service: Call to Worship: Psalm 25:4-11 (Sing Psalms) Prayer Children's Address The Lord's Prayer Scripture Reading: Psalm 37:1-26 Sermon: 'A Safe Journey Despite the Falls', Psalm 37:23-24 Praise: Psalm 80:17-19 (Scottish Psalter)
Psalm 37:23–24
[23] The steps of a man are established by the LORD, when he delights in his way; [24] though he fall, he shall not be cast headlong, for the LORD upholds his hand. (ESV)
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on 'The Greatness of God' from Psalm 96:1-5 in this worship service recorded at home.
Order of Service: Call to Worship: Psalm 93 (Sing Psalms) Prayer Children's Address The Lord's Prayer Scripture Reading: Psalm 96 Sermon: The Greatness of God, Psalm 96:1-5 Prayer Praise: Psalm 145:7-12 (2nd Version, Scottish Psalter) Benediction
Psalm 96:1–5
Worship in the Splendor of Holiness
[1] Oh sing to the LORD a new song; sing to the LORD, all the earth! [2] Sing to the LORD, bless his name; tell of his salvation from day to day. [3] Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous works among all the peoples! [4] For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; he is to be feared above all gods. [5] For all the gods of the peoples are worthless idols, but the LORD made the heavens. (ESV)
Rev James Maciver preaches on Ecclesiastes 9:1 But all this I laid to heart, examining it all, how the righteous and the wise and their deeds are in the hand of God. Whether it is love or hate, man does not know; both are before him. 2 It is the same for all, since the same event happens to the righteous and the wicked, to the good and the evil, to the clean and the unclean, to him who sacrifices and him who does not sacrifice. As the good one is, so is the sinner, and he who swears is as he who shuns an oath. 3 This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that the same event happens to all. Also, the hearts of the children of man are full of evil, and madness is in their hearts while they live, and after that they go to the dead. 4 But he who is joined with all the living has hope, for a living dog is better than a dead lion. 5 For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing, and they have no more reward, for the memory of them is forgotten. 6 Their love and their hate and their envy have already perished, and forever they have no more share in all that is done under the sun. 7 Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart, for God has already approved what you do. 8 Let your garments be always white. Let not oil be lacking on your head. 9 Enjoy life with the wife whom you love, all the days of your vain life that he has given you under the sun, because that is your portion in life and in your toil at which you toil under the sun. 10 Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might, for there is no work or thought or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol, to which you are going.
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on 'With God Nothing is Impossible' from Exodus 14:13-15 at our midweek meeting. This sermon was recorded on Zoom and unfortunately cuts off before the end due to a failure of internet connection. We apologise for any inconvenience.Exodus 14:13–15
[13] And Moses said to the people, “Fear not, stand firm, and see the salvation of the LORD, which he will work for you today. For the Egyptians whom you see today, you shall never see again. [14] The LORD will fight for you, and you have only to be silent.”
[15] The LORD said to Moses, “Why do you cry to me? Tell the people of Israel to go forward. (ESV)
Rev James Maciver preaches on Ecclesiastes 8:10 Then I saw the wicked buried. They used to go in and out of the holy place and were praised in the city where they had done such things. This also is vanity. 11 Because the sentence against an evil deed is not executed speedily, the heart of the children of man is fully set to do evil. 12 Though a sinner does evil a hundred times and prolongs his life, yet I know that it will be well with those who fear God, because they fear before him. 13 But it will not be well with the wicked, neither will he prolong his days like a shadow, because he does not fear before God. 14 There is a vanity that takes place on earth, that there are righteous people to whom it happens according to the deeds of the wicked, and there are wicked people to whom it happens according to the deeds of the righteous. I said that this also is vanity. 15 And I commend joy, for man has no good thing under the sun but to eat and drink and be joyful, for this will go with him in his toil through the days of his life that God has given him under the sun. 16 When I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done on earth, how neither day nor night do one's eyes see sleep, 17 then I saw all the work of God, that man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun. However much man may toil in seeking, he will not find it out. Even though a wise man claims to know, he cannot find it out.
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on 'My God is My Saviour' from Micah 7:7 in this worship service recorded at home.
Order of Service: CALL TO WORSHIP: Psalm 130 (Sing Psalms) PRAYER CHILDREN'S TALK THE LORD'S PRAYER SCRIPTURE READING: Micah 7 SERMON: My God is My Saviour, Micah 7:7 PRAYER PRAISE: Psalm 62:5-8 (Scottish Psalter) BENEDICTION
Micah 7:7
[7] But as for me, I will look to the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation; my God will hear me. (ESV)
Rev James Maciver preaches on John 17:1 When Jesus had spoken these words, he lifted up his eyes to Heaven, and said, "Father, the hour has come;"
Mr Scott Macleod preaches on the 'Boat of Bewilderment' from Mark 4:35-41, in this worship service recorded at home.
Order of Service: CALL TO WORSHIP: Psalm 95:3-6 (Scottish Psalter) PRAYER CHILDREN'S TALK THE LORD'S PRAYER SCRIPTURE READING: Mark 4:35-41 SERMON: Boat of Bewilderment PRAYER PRAISE: Psalm 72:16b-19 (Scottish Psalter) BENEDICTION
Psalm 95:3-6 (Scottish Psalter)
3 For God, a great God, and great King, above all gods he is. 4 Depths of the earth are in his hand, the strength of hills is his.
5 To him the spacious sea belongs, for he the same did make; The dry land also from his hands its form at first did take.
6 O come, and let us worship him, let us bow down withal, And on our knees before the Lord our Maker let us fall.
Mark 4:35–41
Jesus Calms a Storm
[35] On that day, when evening had come, he said to them, “Let us go across to the other side.” [36] And leaving the crowd, they took him with them in the boat, just as he was. And other boats were with him. [37] And a great windstorm arose, and the waves were breaking into the boat, so that the boat was already filling. [38] But he was in the stern, asleep on the cushion. And they woke him and said to him, “Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?” [39] And he awoke and rebuked the wind and said to the sea, “Peace! Be still!” And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm. [40] He said to them, “Why are you so afraid? Have you still no faith?” [41] And they were filled with great fear and said to one another, “Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?” (ESV)
Psalm 72:16b-19 (Scottish Psalter)
The city shall be flourishing, her citizens abound In number shall, like to the grass that grows upon the ground.
17 His name for ever shall endure; last like the sun it shall: Men shall be blessed in him, and blessed all nations shall him call.
18 Now blessèd be the Lord our God, the God of Israel, For he alone doth wondrous works, in glory that excel.
19 And blessèd be his glorious name to all eternity: The whole earth let his glory fill. Amen, so let it be.
Rev James Maciver continues his study on The Search for the Meaning of Life in Ecclesiastes looking at 'Compliance with Government Authority' from Ecclesiastes 8:1-9, in this service of worship streamed live from home.
Order of Service: WELCOME PRAISE: Psalm 71 v 1-8 (Sing Psalms, page 90) SCRIPTURE READING 1: Romans 13 v 1-7 PRAYER CHILDREN'S ADDRESS: The “I Am” sayings of Jesus (3) – “I am the Door” (John 10 v 7-9) THE LORD'S PRAYER SCRIPTURE READING 2:Ecclesiastes 8 v 1-9 SERMON: Study 14, Ecclesiastes – Compliance with Government Authority, Ecclesiastes 8 v 1-9 PRAISE: Psalm 37 v 29-34 (Scottish Psalter, page 255) BENEDICTION
Ecclesiastes 8:1–9
Keep the King’s Command
[1] Who is like the wise? And who knows the interpretation of a thing? A man’s wisdom makes his face shine, and the hardness of his face is changed.
[2] I say: Keep the king’s command, because of God’s oath to him. [3] Be not hasty to go from his presence. Do not take your stand in an evil cause, for he does whatever he pleases. [4] For the word of the king is supreme, and who may say to him, “What are you doing?” [5] Whoever keeps a command will know no evil thing, and the wise heart will know the proper time and the just way. [6] For there is a time and a way for everything, although man’s trouble lies heavy on him. [7] For he does not know what is to be, for who can tell him how it will be? [8] No man has power to retain the spirit, or power over the day of death. There is no discharge from war, nor will wickedness deliver those who are given to it. [9] All this I observed while applying my heart to all that is done under the sun, when man had power over man to his hurt. (ESV)
Rev James Maciver continues his study on The Search for the Meaning of Life in Ecclesiastes looking at 'Sovereignty and Sinfulness' from Ecclesiastes 7:13, in this service of worship streamed live from home.
Order of Service: WELCOME PRAISE: Psalm 47:5-9 (Scottish Psalter, page 272) SCRIPTURE READING 1: Revelation chapter 4 PRAYER CHILDREN'S ADDRESS: The “I Am” sayings of Jesus (2) – “I am the Light of the World” (John 8:12) THE LORD'S PRAYER SCRIPTURE READING 2: Ecclesiastes 7:10-29 SERMON: Study 13, Ecclesiastes – Sovereignty and Sinfulness, Ecclesiastes 7:13 PRAISE: Psalm 93 (whole) (Sing Psalms, page 123) BENEDICTION
PSALM 93 C.M.
1 The LORD is king; his throne endures majestic in his height. The LORD is robed in majesty and armed with strength and might.
The world is founded firm and sure— removed it cannot be. 2 Your throne is strong, and you are God from all eternity.
3 The seas, O LORD, have lifted up, they lifted up their voice; The seas have lifted up their waves and made a mighty noise.
4 The LORD, enthroned on high, is strong; more powerful is he Than thunder of the ocean’s waves or breakers of the sea.
5 Your royal statutes, LORD, stand firm; unchanging is your word. And holiness adorns your house for endless days, O LORD.
Church at Home Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on 'The Voice the Has to be Heard' from John 5:24-29 in this worship service recorded at home.
Order of Service: CALL TO WORSHIP: Psalm 98:3-9 (Scottish Psalter) 3 He mindful of his grace and truth to Isr'el's house hath been; And the salvation of our God all ends of th' earth have seen.
4 Let all the earth unto the Lord send forth a joyful noise; Lift up your voice aloud to him, sing praises, and rejoice.
5 With harp, with harp, and voice of psalms, unto Jehovah sing: 6 With trumpets, cornets, gladly sound before the Lord the King.
7 Let seas and all their fullness roar; the world, and dwellers there; 8 Let floods clap hands, and let the hills together joy declare
9 Before the Lord; because he comes, to judge the earth comes he: He'll judge the world with righteousness, his folk with equity. PRAYER CHILDREN'S TALK THE LORD'S PRAYER SCRIPTURE READING: John 5:18-30 SERMON: The Voice the Has to be Heard John 5:24-29 [24] Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life. [25] “Truly, truly, I say to you, an hour is coming, and is now here, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live. [26] For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son also to have life in himself. [27] And he has given him authority to execute judgment, because he is the Son of Man. [28] Do not marvel at this, for an hour is coming when all who are in the tombs will hear his voice [29] and come out, those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment. (ESV)
Rev James Maciver preaches on Jeremiah 14:7 "Though our iniquities testify against us, act, O Lord, for your name's sake; for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against you. 8 O you hope of Israel, its saviour in time of trouble, why should you be like a stranger in the land, like a traveller who turns aside to tarry for a night? 9 Why should you be like a man confused, like a mighty warrior who cannot save? Yet you, O Lord, are in the midst of us, and we are called by your name; do not leave us."
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on 'Daniel Reveals a Heart for Prayer' from Daniel 9:3-5, in this service of worship recorded at home.
Order of Service: Welcome Call to Worship: Psalm 51:1-7 (Scottish Psalter, page 280) Prayer Children's Talk Lord's Prayer Scripture Reading: Daniel 9:1-23 Sermon: 'Daniel Reveals a Heart for Prayer', Daniel 9:3-5 Prayer Praise: Psalm 32:1-5 (Sing Psalms, page 38)
Benediction
Psalm 51:1-7 (Scottish Psalter)
1 After thy loving-kindness, Lord, have mercy upon me: For thy compassions great, blot out all mine iniquity.
2 Me cleanse from sin, and thoroughly wash from mine iniquity: 3 For my transgressions I confess; my sin I ever see.
4 'Gainst thee, thee only, have I sinned, in thy sight done this ill; That when thou speak'st thou may'st be just, and clear in judging still.
5 Behold, I in iniquity was formed the womb within; My mother also me conceived in guiltiness and sin.
6 Behold, thou in the inward parts with truth delighted art; And wisdom thou shalt make me know within the hidden part.
7 Do thou with hyssop sprinkle me, I shall be cleansed so; Yea, wash thou me, and then I shall be whiter than the snow.
Daniel 9:3–5
[3] Then I turned my face to the Lord God, seeking him by prayer and pleas for mercy with fasting and sackcloth and ashes. [4] I prayed to the LORD my God and made confession, saying, “O Lord, the great and awesome God, who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments, [5] we have sinned and done wrong and acted wickedly and rebelled, turning aside from your commandments and rules. (ESV)
Rev James Maciver preaches from Ecclesiastes 7:1-10 A good name is better than precious ointment, and the day of death than the day of birth. 2 It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting, for this is the end of all mankind, and the living will lay it to heart. 3 Sorrow is better than laughter, for by sadness of face the heart is made glad. 4 The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth. 5 It is better for a man to hear the rebuke of the wise than to hear the song of fools. 6 For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fools; this also is vanity. 7 Surely oppression drives the wise into madness, and a bribe corrupts the heart. 8 Better is the end of a thing than its beginning, and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit. 9 Be not quick in your spirit to become angry, for anger lodges in the bosom of fools. 10 Say not, "Why were the former days better than these?" For it is not from wisdom that you ask this.
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on 'Watching and Waiting' from Habakkuk 2:1 at our midweek meeting online.
Habakkuk 2:1
[1] I will take my stand at my watchpost and station myself on the tower, and look out to see what he will say to me, and what I will answer concerning my complaint. (ESV)
Rev James Maciver preaches from Ecclesiastes 6 There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, and it lies heavy on mankind: 2 a man to whom God gives wealth, possessions, and honor, so that he lacks nothing of all that he desires, yet God does not give him power to enjoy them, but a stranger enjoys them. This is vanity; it is a grievous evil. 3 If a man fathers a hundred children and lives many years, so that the days of his years are many, but his soul is not satisfied with life's good things, and he also has no burial, I say that a stillborn child is better off than he. 4 4700 For it comes in vanity and goes in darkness, and in darkness its name is covered. 5 Moreover, it has not seen the sun or known anything, yet it finds rest rather than he. 6 Even though he should live a thousand years twice over, yet enjoy no good--do not all go to the one place? 7 All the toil of man is for his mouth, yet his appetite is not satisfied. 8 For what advantage has the wise man over the fool? And what does the poor man have who knows how to conduct himself before the living? 9 Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the appetite: this also is vanity and a striving after wind. 4701 10 Whatever has come to be has already been named, and it is known what man is, and that he is not able to dispute with one stronger than he. 11 The more words, the more vanity, and what is the advantage to man? 12 For who knows what is good for man while he lives the few days of his vain life, which he passes like a shadow? For who can tell man what will be after him under the sun?
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on 'A Walk from Earth to Heaven' from Hebrews 11:5 in this worship service recorded at home
ORDER OF SERVICE Welcome Call to Worship: Psalm 112:1-6 (Scottish Psalter) Prayer Children's Talk The Lord's Prayer Scripture Reading: Hebrews 11:1-16 Sermon: Hebrews 11:5, 'A Walk from Earth to Heaven' Praise: Psalm 22:27-31 (Sing Psalms) Benediction
Psalm 112:1-6 (Scottish Psalter)
1 Praise ye the Lord. The man is blessed that fears the Lord aright, He who in his commandments doth greatly take delight.
2 His seed and offspring powerful shall be the earth upon: Of upright men blesséd shall be the generation.
3 Riches and wealth shall ever be within his house in store; And his unspotted righteousness endures for evermore.
4 Unto the upright light doth rise, though he in darkness be: Compassionate, and merciful, and righteous, is he.
5 A good man doth his favor show, and doth to others lend: He with discretion his affairs will guide unto the end.
6 Surely there is not any thing that ever shall him move: The righteous man's memorial shall everlasting prove.
Hebrews 11:5 [5] By faith Enoch was taken up so that he should not see death, and he was not found, because God had taken him. Now before he was taken he was commended as having pleased God. (ESV)
Psalm 22:27-31 (Sing Psalms)
27 The whole earth will remember him And turn towards the LORD their God. All peoples will bow down to him— The nations of the world abroad.
28 Dominion to the LORD belongs And over nations he is king. 29 The rich of all the earth will feast And worship with an offering.
All those whose destiny is dust Will humbly kneel before his throne; They cannot keep themselves alive, For they depend on him alone.
30 Posterity will serve the LORD; 31 And generations still to come Will tell a people yet unborn The righteous acts that he has done.
Rev James Maciver preaches on 'Life Immediately After the Fall' from Genesis 4 at our midweek meeting via Zoom.Genesis 4 Cain and Abel
[1] Now Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and bore Cain, saying, “I have gotten a man with the help of the LORD.” [2] And again, she bore his brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, and Cain a worker of the ground. [3] In the course of time Cain brought to the LORD an offering of the fruit of the ground, [4] and Abel also brought of the firstborn of his flock and of their fat portions. And the LORD had regard for Abel and his offering, [5] but for Cain and his offering he had no regard. So Cain was very angry, and his face fell. [6] The LORD said to Cain, “Why are you angry, and why has your face fallen? [7] If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin is crouching at the door. Its desire is contrary to you, but you must rule over it.”
[8] Cain spoke to Abel his brother. And when they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel and killed him. [9] Then the LORD said to Cain, “Where is Abel your brother?” He said, “I do not know; am I my brother’s keeper?” [10] And the LORD said, “What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood is crying to me from the ground. [11] And now you are cursed from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand. [12] When you work the ground, it shall no longer yield to you its strength. You shall be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth.” [13] Cain said to the LORD, “My punishment is greater than I can bear. [14] Behold, you have driven me today away from the ground, and from your face I shall be hidden. I shall be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me.” [15] Then the LORD said to him, “Not so! If anyone kills Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold.” And the LORD put a mark on Cain, lest any who found him should attack him. [16] Then Cain went away from the presence of the LORD and settled in the land of Nod, east of Eden.
[17] Cain knew his wife, and she conceived and bore Enoch. When he built a city, he called the name of the city after the name of his son, Enoch. [18] To Enoch was born Irad, and Irad fathered Mehujael, and Mehujael fathered Methushael, and Methushael fathered Lamech. [19] And Lamech took two wives. The name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah. [20] Adah bore Jabal; he was the father of those who dwell in tents and have livestock. [21] His brother’s name was Jubal; he was the father of all those who play the lyre and pipe. [22] Zillah also bore Tubal-cain; he was the forger of all instruments of bronze and iron. The sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah.
[23] Lamech said to his wives:
“Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; you wives of Lamech, listen to what I say: I have killed a man for wounding me, a young man for striking me. [24] If Cain’s revenge is sevenfold, then Lamech’s is seventy-sevenfold.”
[25] And Adam knew his wife again, and she bore a son and called his name Seth, for she said, “God has appointed for me another offspring instead of Abel, for Cain killed him.” [26] To Seth also a son was born, and he called his name Enosh. At that time people began to call upon the name of the LORD. (ESV)
Rev James Maciver preaches on Ecclesiastes 5 : 8 If you see in a province the oppression of the poor and the violation of justice and righteousness, do not be amazed at the matter, for the high official is watched by a higher, and there are yet higher ones over them. 9 But this is gain for a land in every way: a king committed to cultivated fields. 10 He who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor he who loves wealth with his income; this also is vanity. 11 4697 When goods increase, they increase who eat them, and what advantage has their owner but to see them with his eyes? 12 Sweet is the sleep of a laborer, whether he eats little or much, but the full stomach of the rich will not let him sleep. 13 There is a grievous evil that I have seen under the sun: riches were kept by their owner to his hurt, 14 and those riches were lost in a bad venture. And he is father of a son, but he has nothing in his hand. 15 As he came from his mother's womb he shall go again, naked as he came, and shall take nothing for his toil that he may carry away in his hand. 16 4698 This also is a grievous evil: just as he came, so shall he go, and what gain is there to him who toils for the wind? 17 Moreover, all his days he eats in darkness in much vexation and sickness and anger. 18 Behold, what I have seen to be good and fitting is to eat and drink and find enjoyment in all the toil with which one toils under the sun the few days of his life that God has given him, for this is his lot. 19 Everyone also to whom God has given wealth and possessions and power to enjoy them, and to accept his lot and rejoice in his toil--this is the gift of God. 20 For he will not much remember the days of his life because God keeps him occupied with joy in his heart.
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on 'Jesus Healing at the Pool' from John 5:1-9 in this service of worship recorded at home.
Order of Service: Welcome Call to Worship: Psalm 34:1-7 (Sing Psalms) Prayer Children's Talk Lord's Prayer Scripture Reading: John 5:1-18 Sermon: 'Jesus Healing at the Pool', John 5:1-9 Prayer Praise: Psalm 103:1-4 (Scottish Psalter) Benediction
John 5:1–9
The Healing at the Pool on the Sabbath
[1] After this there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
[2] Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool, in Aramaic called Bethesda, which has five roofed colonnades. [3] In these lay a multitude of invalids—blind, lame, and paralyzed. [5] One man was there who had been an invalid for thirty-eight years. [6] When Jesus saw him lying there and knew that he had already been there a long time, he said to him, “Do you want to be healed?” [7] The sick man answered him, “Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up, and while I am going another steps down before me.” [8] Jesus said to him, “Get up, take up your bed, and walk.” [9] And at once the man was healed, and he took up his bed and walked.
Now that day was the Sabbath. (ESV)
Psalm 103:1-4 (Scottish Psalter)
1 O thou my soul, bless God the Lord; and all that in me is Be stirred up his holy name to magnify and bless.
2 Bless, O my soul, the Lord thy God, and not forgetful be Of all his gracious benefits he hath bestowed on thee.
3 All thine iniquities who doth most graciously forgive: Who thy diseases all and pains doth heal, and thee relieve.
4 Who doth redeem thy life, that thou to death may'st not go down; Who thee with loving-kindness doth and tender mercies crown:
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on 'The Secret of the Kingdom from Mark 4:11 at our midweek meeting online.Mark 4:11
[11] And he said to them, “To you has been given the secret of the kingdom of God, but for those outside everything is in parables, (ESV)
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on 'The Well-Being of the Church' from Psalm 46:4-5 in this worship service recorded at home.
Order of Service: Welcome Call to Worship: Psalm 107:1-7 (Scottish Psalter) Prayer Children's Talk The Lord's Prayer Scripture Reading: Psalms 46 Sermon: Psalm 46:4-5, 'The Well-Being of the Church' Praise: Psalm 30:1-5 (Sing Psalms, page 34)
Psalm 107:1-7 (Scottish Psalter)
1 Praise God, for he is good: for still his mercies lasting be. 2 Let God's redeemed say so, whom he from th' en'my's hand did free;
3 And gathered them out of the lands, from north, south, east, and west. 4 They strayed in desert's pathless way, no city found to rest.
5 For thirst and hunger in them faints 6 their soul. When straits them press, They cry unto the Lord, and he them frees from their distress.
7 Them also in a way to walk that right is he did guide, That they might to a city go, wherein they might abide.
Psalm 46:4–5
[4] There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the holy habitation of the Most High. [5] God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved; God will help her when morning dawns. (ESV)
PSALM 30 (Sing Psalms)
1 O LORD, I will exalt your name for you have rescued me; You did not let my foes rejoice and gloat triumphantly.
2 LORD God, in need I cried to you and you restored my health. 3 O LORD, you brought me from the grave and saved my soul from death.
4 You holy ones, sing to the LORD; sing out with joyful voice. When you recall his holy name, then praise him and rejoice.
5 His anger but a moment lasts; life-long his favour stays. Though tears may last throughout the night, joy comes with morning’s rays.
Rev James Maciver picks up his study of Ecclesiastes, preaching on 'Sanctified Listening, Speaking and Doing' from Ecclesiastes 5:1-7 in this worship service streamed live from home.
Order of Service: Welcome Praise: Psalm 47:1-9 (Sing Psalms, page 62) Scripture Reading: Ecclesiastes chapter 5 Prayer Children’s address: Worship (1) – Whom do we Worship? (Psalm 95 v 6) The Lord’s Prayer Sermon: Ecclesiastes 5:1-7 Sermon Title: Study 9, Ecclesiastes – Sanctified Listening, Speaking, and Doing Praise: Psalm 96:6-9 (Scottish Psalter, page 358) Benediction
PSALM 47 L.M. (Sing Psalms) 1 All nations, clap your hands and shout! Let joyful cries to God ring out! 2 How awesome is the LORD Most High, Great King who rules the earth throughout! 3 He has subdued beneath our feet The nations who had been our foes. 4 In blessing Jacob, whom he loved, A heritage for us he chose. 5 God has gone up with shouts of joy, The LORD amid the trumpets’ sound. 6 Sing praise, sing praise to God Most High; To God our King let praise abound. 7 For God is King of all the earth; Sing psalms of praise to him alone. 8 God rules the nations from on high; He sits upon his holy throne. 9 The leaders of the nations come To yield themselves to Abr’ham’s God. To him belong the shields of earth; Exalted greatly is the LORD!
Ecclesiastes 5:1–7 Fear God [1] Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. To draw near to listen is better than to offer the sacrifice of fools, for they do not know that they are doing evil. [2] Be not rash with your mouth, nor let your heart be hasty to utter a word before God, for God is in heaven and you are on earth. Therefore let your words be few. [3] For a dream comes with much business, and a fool’s voice with many words. [4] When you vow a vow to God, do not delay paying it, for he has no pleasure in fools. Pay what you vow. [5] It is better that you should not vow than that you should vow and not pay. [6] Let not your mouth lead you into sin, and do not say before the messenger that it was a mistake. Why should God be angry at your voice and destroy the work of your hands? [7] For when dreams increase and words grow many, there is vanity; but God is the one you must fear. (ESV)
Psalm 96:6-9 (Scottish Psalter) 6 Great honor is before his face, and majesty divine; Strength is within his holy place, and there doth beauty shine. 7 Do ye ascribe unto the Lord, of people ev'ry tribe, Glory do ye unto the Lord, and mighty pow'r ascribe. 8 Give ye the glory to the Lord that to his name is due; Come ye into his courts, and bring an offering with you. 9 In beauty of his holiness, O do the Lord adore; Likewise let all the earth throughout tremble his face before.
Mr Scott Macleod preaches on "Is all well?" from 2 Kings 5:21-22 at our midweek meeting online via Zoom.
Mr Scott Macleod preaches on 'Significance from the Insignificant' from 2 Kings 5:13 in this worship service recorded at home.
Order of Service: Call to Worship: Psalm 104:33-34 (Scottish Psalter) Prayer Children's Talk The Lord's Prayer Scripture Reading: 2 Kings 5:1-14 Sermon: 'Significance from the Insignificant', 2 Kings 5:13 Praise: Psalm 103:1-4 (Scottish Psalter, page 369) Prayer
2 Kings 5:13
[13] But his servants came near and said to him, “My father, it is a great word the prophet has spoken to you; will you not do it? Has he actually said to you, ‘Wash, and be clean’?” (ESV)
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on 'Searching for Jesus' from John 6:24 in this worship service recorded at home.
Order of Service Call to Worship: Psalm 103:1-7 (Sing Psalms) Prayer Children's Talk The Lord's Prayer Scripture Reading: John 6:1-24 Sermon: 'Searching for Jesus', John 6:24 Praise: Psalm 145:8-14 (2nd version, Scottish Psalter, page 444) Benediction
John 6:24 [24] So when the crowd saw that Jesus was not there, nor his disciples, they themselves got into the boats and went to Capernaum, seeking Jesus. (ESV)
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on 'The Importance of Praising God' from Psalm 146 at our midweek meeting via Zoom.
Psalm 146
Put Not Your Trust in Princes
[1] Praise the LORD! Praise the LORD, O my soul! [2] I will praise the LORD as long as I live; I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.
[3] Put not your trust in princes, in a son of man, in whom there is no salvation. [4] When his breath departs, he returns to the earth; on that very day his plans perish.
[5] Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God, [6] who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, who keeps faith forever; [7] who executes justice for the oppressed, who gives food to the hungry.
The LORD sets the prisoners free; [8] the LORD opens the eyes of the blind. The LORD lifts up those who are bowed down; the LORD loves the righteous. [9] The LORD watches over the sojourners; he upholds the widow and the fatherless, but the way of the wicked he brings to ruin.
[10] The LORD will reign forever, your God, O Zion, to all generations. Praise the LORD! (ESV)
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on 'An Honest Life Well Lived from Acts 20:18-25 in this worship service recorded at home.
Order of Service: Call to Worship: Psalm 71:14-18 (Sing Psalms) Prayer Children's Talk The Lord's Prayer Scripture Reading: Acts 20:17-38 Sermon: 'An Honest Life Well Lived', Acts 20:18-25 Praise: Psalm 90:14-17 (Scottish Psalter) Benediction
Acts 20:18–25 [18] And when they came to him, he said to them:
“You yourselves know how I lived among you the whole time from the first day that I set foot in Asia, [19] serving the Lord with all humility and with tears and with trials that happened to me through the plots of the Jews; [20] how I did not shrink from declaring to you anything that was profitable, and teaching you in public and from house to house, [21] testifying both to Jews and to Greeks of repentance toward God and of faith in our Lord Jesus Christ. [22] And now, behold, I am going to Jerusalem, constrained by the Spirit, not knowing what will happen to me there, [23] except that the Holy Spirit testifies to me in every city that imprisonment and afflictions await me. [24] But I do not account my life of any value nor as precious to myself, if only I may finish my course and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God. [25] And now, behold, I know that none of you among whom I have gone about proclaiming the kingdom will see my face again. (ESV)
Rev James Maciver preaches on Isaiah 66 1 Thus says the Lord: "Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool; what is the house that you would build for me, and what is the place of my rest? 2 All these things my hand has made, and so all these things came to be, declares the Lord. But this is the one to whom I will look: he who is humble and contrite in spirit and trembles at my word.
Rev James Maciver preaches on 'Reconnecting to the Power Source' from Colossians 1:21-23 at our midweek meeting.
Colossians 1:21–23
[21] And you, who once were alienated and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds, [22] he has now reconciled in his body of flesh by his death, in order to present you holy and blameless and above reproach before him, [23] if indeed you continue in the faith, stable and steadfast, not shifting from the hope of the gospel that you heard, which has been proclaimed in all creation under heaven, and of which I, Paul, became a minister. (ESV)
9(The Lord Speaks to Elijah) There he came to a cave and lodged in it. 2201 And behold, the word of the Lord came to him, and he said to him, "What are you doing here, Elijah?" 10 He said, "I have been very jealous for the Lord, the God of hosts. For the people of Israel have forsaken your covenant, thrown down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword, and I, even I only, am left, and they seek my life, to take it away." 11 And he said, "Go out and stand on the mount before the Lord." And behold, the Lord passed by, and a great and strong wind tore the mountains and broke in pieces the rocks before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind. And after the wind an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake. 12 And after the earthquake a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire. And after the fire the 2202 sound of a low whisper. 13 And when Elijah heard it, he wrapped his face in his cloak and went out and stood at the entrance of the cave. And behold, there came a voice to him and said, "What are you doing here, Elijah?" 14 He said, "I have been very jealous for
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on 'A Very Important Question' from Acts 16:25-31 in this worship service recorded at home.
Order of Service: Call to Worship: Psalm 122 (Sing Psalms) Prayer Children's Talk The Lord's Prayer Scripture Reading: Acts 16:11-40 Sermon: 'A Very Important Question', Acts 16:25-31 Praise: Psalm 34:5-10 (Sing Psalms) Benediction
Acts 16:25–31
The Philippian Jailer Converted
[25] About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them, [26] and suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken. And immediately all the doors were opened, and everyone’s bonds were unfastened. [27] When the jailer woke and saw that the prison doors were open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had escaped. [28] But Paul cried with a loud voice, “Do not harm yourself, for we are all here.” [29] And the jailer called for lights and rushed in, and trembling with fear he fell down before Paul and Silas. [30] Then he brought them out and said, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?” [31] And they said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household.” (ESV)
Psalm 34:5-10 (Sing Psalms)
5 They look to him and shine with joy; they are not put to shame. 6 This suffering man cried to the LORD; from him deliverance came.
7 The angel of the LORD surrounds and guards continually All those who fear and honour him; he sets his people free.
8 Come, taste and see—the LORD is good; who trusts in him is blessed. 9 O fear the LORD, you saints; with need you will not be oppressed.
10 Young lions may grow weak and faint and hunger for their food, But those who wait upon the LORD will not lack any good.
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on 'Our Heavenly Father' from 2 Corinthians 6:18 in this worship service recorded at home.
Order of Service: Call to Worship: Psalm 103:8-13 (Scottish Psalter) Prayer Children's Talk The Lord's Prayer Scripture Reading: 2 Corinthians 6 Sermon: 'Our Heavenly Father', 2 Corinthians 6:18 Praise: Psalm 16:8-11 (Sing Psalms, page 17) Benediction
2 Corinthians 6:16–18
[16] What agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we are the temple of the living God; as God said,
“I will make my dwelling among them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. [17] Therefore go out from their midst, and be separate from them, says the Lord, and touch no unclean thing; then I will welcome you, [18] and I will be a father to you, and you shall be sons and daughters to me, says the Lord Almighty.” (ESV)
Rev James Maciver continues his study on God’s Questions looking at the question, “Can these bones live?” from Ezekiel 37:3 in this worship service streamed live from home.
Order of Service: Welcome Praise: Psalm 108:1-5 (Sing Psalms, page 146) Reading: Ezekiel 37:1-14 Prayer Children’s address: Bible Animals (5) – The Donkey (Matthew 21:1-11) Sermon: Ezekiel 37:3 Sermon Title: God’s Questions (9) – “Can these bones live?” Praise: Psalm 126 (Scottish Psalter, page 419) Benediction
Ezekiel 37:3
[3] And he said to me, “Son of man, can these bones live?” And I answered, “O Lord GOD, you know.” (ESV)
PSALM 108 (Sing Psalms)
1 O Lord God, my heart is steadfast, and with all my soul I’ll sing. 2 Harp and lyre I will awaken, and my song the dawn will bring.
3 LORD my God, among the nations, I will ever give you praise; In the midst of all the peoples I will sing of you always.
4 For your steadfast love is boundless, greater than the heavens high; And your faithfulness towards us reaches even to the sky.
5 Far above the highest heavens be exalted, O my God; And through all the earth around us let your glory spread abroad.
Psalm 126 (Scottish Psalter)
1 When Zion's bondage God turned back, as men that dreamed were we. 2 Then filled with laughter was our mouth, our tongue with melody:
They 'mong the heathen said, The Lord great things for them hath wrought. 3 The Lord hath done great things for us, whence joy to us is brought.
4 As streams of water in the south, our bondage, Lord, recall. 5 Who sow in tears, a reaping time of joy enjoy they shall.
6 That man who, bearing precious seed, in going forth doth mourn, He doubtless, bringing back his sheaves, rejoicing shall return.
Rev James Maciver continues his study on God's Questions, preaching on "Do You Want to Go Away As Well?" from John 6:66-69 in this worship service streamed live from home.
Order of Service: Welcome Praise: Psalm 95:1-7 (Sing Psalms, page 126) Scripture Reading: John 6:47-71 Prayer Children’s address: Bible Animals (4) – the Serpent (Genesis 3) Sermon: John 6:66-69 Sermon Title: God’s Questions (8) – “Do you want to go away as well?” Praise: Psalm 73:23-26 (Scottish Psalter, page 316) Benediction
John 6:66–69
[66] After this many of his disciples turned back and no longer walked with him. [67] So Jesus said to the twelve, “Do you want to go away as well?” [68] Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life, [69] and we have believed, and have come to know, that you are the Holy One of God.” (ESV)
PSALM 95 11 11 11 11
1 O come, let us joyfully sing to the LORD; To the Rock of salvation let us raise our voice. 2 Let us come before him expressing our thanks; Let us with loud singing praise him and rejoice.
3 The LORD is the great God, King over all gods. 4 The earth’s deepest places he holds in his hand; The heights of the mountains belong to the LORD. 5 The oceans are his, and he formed the dry land.
6 Come, let us bow humbly and worship the LORD; Let us kneel before him, our Maker, in prayer. 7 For we are his people and he is our God; He shepherds and feeds us in his loving care.
Psalm 73:23-26
23 Nevertheless continually, O Lord, I am with thee: Thou dost me hold by my right hand, and still upholdest me.
24 Thou, with thy counsel, while I live, wilt me conduct and guide; And to thy glory afterward receive me to abide.
25 Whom have I in the heavens high but thee, O Lord, alone? And in the earth whom I desire besides thee there is none.
26 My flesh and heart doth faint and fail, but God doth fail me never: For of my heart God is the strength and portion for ever.
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on 'The Bright Path of the Christian' from Proverbs 4:18 in this worship service recorded at home.
Order of Service: Call to Worship: Psalm 27:1-4 (Scottish Psalter) Prayer Children's Talk The Lord's Prayer Scripture Reading: Proverbs 4 Sermon: 'The Bright Path of the Christian', Proverbs 4:18 Praise: Psalm 36:5-10 (Sing Psalms) Benediction
Proverbs 4:18
[18] But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn, which shines brighter and brighter until full day. (ESV)
5 Your steadfast love is great, O LORD; it reaches heaven high. Your faithfulness is wonderful, extending to the sky.
6 Your righteousness is very great, like mountains high and steep; Your justice is like ocean depths. Both man and beast you keep.
7 How precious is your steadfast love! What confidence it brings! Both high and low find shelter in the shadow of your wings.
8 They feast within your house, and drink from streams of your delight. 9 For with you is the source of life; in your light we see light.
10 To those who know you as their God, your steadfast love impart; Maintain your righteousness to those of pure and upright heart.
Rev James Maciver preaches on 'Division, Discernment and Decision' from Luke 12:49-59 at our online midweek church gathering.
Luke 12:49–59
Not Peace, but Division
[49] “I came to cast fire on the earth, and would that it were already kindled! [50] I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how great is my distress until it is accomplished! [51] Do you think that I have come to give peace on earth? No, I tell you, but rather division. [52] For from now on in one house there will be five divided, three against two and two against three. [53] They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.”
Interpreting the Time
[54] He also said to the crowds, “When you see a cloud rising in the west, you say at once, ‘A shower is coming.’ And so it happens. [55] And when you see the south wind blowing, you say, ‘There will be scorching heat,’ and it happens. [56] You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of earth and sky, but why do you not know how to interpret the present time?
Settle with Your Accuser
[57] “And why do you not judge for yourselves what is right? [58] As you go with your accuser before the magistrate, make an effort to settle with him on the way, lest he drag you to the judge, and the judge hand you over to the officer, and the officer put you in prison. [59] I tell you, you will never get out until you have paid the very last penny.” (ESV)
Rev James Maciver continues his study on God’s Questions looking at the question, “Do you understand what I have done to you?” from John 13:12 in this worship service livestreamed from home.
Order of Service: Welcome Reading: John 13:1-20 Prayer Children’s Talk: Bible Animals (3) – the Deer (Psalm 42:1-2) The Lord’s Prayer Sermon “Do you understand what I have done to you?”, John 13:12 Prayer Praise: Psalm 36:5-9 (Sing Psalms, page 44) Benediction
John 13:12
[12] When he had washed their feet and put on his outer garments and resumed his place, he said to them, “Do you understand what I have done to you? (ESV)
Psalm 36:5-9 (Sing Psalms, page 44) 5 Your steadfast love is great, O LORD; it reaches heaven high. Your faithfulness is wonderful, extending to the sky.
6 Your righteousness is very great, like mountains high and steep; Your justice is like ocean depths. Both man and beast you keep.
7 How precious is your steadfast love! What confidence it brings! Both high and low find shelter in the shadow of your wings.
8 They feast within your house, and drink from streams of your delight. 9 For with you is the source of life; in your light we see light.
Rev James Maciver continues his study on God’s Questions looking at the question, “Why are you Weeping? Whom are you Seeking?” from John 20:15 in this evening worship service live-streamed from his home.
Order of Service:
Welcome Reading: John 20 v 1-18 Prayer Children’s address: Bible Animals (2) – the Lion (Revelation 5 v 5) Sermon: John 20 v 15 Sermon Title: God’s Questions (6) – “Why are you Weeping? Whom are you Seeking?” Praise: Psalm 30 v 1-5 (Scottish Psalter, page 239) Benediction
John 20:15
[15] Jesus said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you seeking?” Supposing him to be the gardener, she said to him, “Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away.” (ESV)
Psalm 30:1-5 (Scottish Psalter)
1 Lord, I will thee extol, for thou hast lifted me on high, And over me thou to rejoice mad'st not mine enemy.
2 O thou who art the Lord my God, I in distress to thee, With loud cries lifted up my voice, and thou hast healèd me.
3 O Lord, my soul thou hast brought up, and rescued from the grave; That I to pit should not go down, alive thou didst me save.
4 O ye that are his holy ones, sing praise unto the Lord; And give unto him thanks, when ye his holiness record.
5 For but a moment lasts his wrath; life in his favor lies: Weeping may for a night endure, at morn doth joy arise.
Mr Scott Macleod preaches on 'Cloak of Consolation' from 2 Kings 2:13 in this worship service recorded at home.
Order of Service: Welcome Prayer Children's Talk Lord's Prayer Reading: 2 Kings 2:1-15 Sermon: 2 Kings 2:13, 'Cloak of Consolation' Praise: Psalm 118:1-7 (Sing Psalms, page 155) Prayer
2 Kings 2:13
[13] And he took up the cloak of Elijah that had fallen from him and went back and stood on the bank of the Jordan. (ESV)
PSALM 118 L.M.
1 O thank the LORD, for he is good; His steadfast love endures always. 2 Now let the house of Israel say, “His love will last through endless days.”
3 And let the house of Aaron say, “His love for ever will endure.” 4 Let those who fear the LORD declare, “His love will stand for ever sure.”
5 I cried in anguish to the LORD; He answered me and set me free. 6 The LORD is with me; I’ll not fear. What harm can people do to me?
7 The LORD is with me constantly; He is the one who gives me aid. I’ll look in triumph on my foes; I will not need to be afraid.
Rev James Maciver continues his study on God’s Questions looking at the question, “Who Touched my Garments?” from Mark 5:24-34 in this evening worship service livestreamed from his home.
Order of Service Welcome Reading: Mark 5:21-43 Prayer Children’s Talk: Bible Animals (1) – the Ant (Proverbs 6:6-8) The Lord’s Prayer Sermon “Who Touched my Garments?” , Mark 5:24-34 Prayer Praise: Psalm 146:6-10 (Sing Psalms, page 191)
Benediction
Mark 5:24–34
[24] And he went with him.
And a great crowd followed him and thronged about him. [25] And there was a woman who had had a discharge of blood for twelve years, [26] and who had suffered much under many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was no better but rather grew worse. [27] She had heard the reports about Jesus and came up behind him in the crowd and touched his garment. [28] For she said, “If I touch even his garments, I will be made well.” [29] And immediately the flow of blood dried up, and she felt in her body that she was healed of her disease. [30] And Jesus, perceiving in himself that power had gone out from him, immediately turned about in the crowd and said, “Who touched my garments?” [31] And his disciples said to him, “You see the crowd pressing around you, and yet you say, ‘Who touched me?’” [32] And he looked around to see who had done it. [33] But the woman, knowing what had happened to her, came in fear and trembling and fell down before him and told him the whole truth. [34] And he said to her, “Daughter, your faith has made you well; go in peace, and be healed of your disease.” (ESV)
Psalm 146:6-10 (Sing Psalms)
6 He who made the earth and heaven and the seas, with all their store; He who keeps his every promise, who is faithful evermore.
7 He delivers from oppression and relieves the hungry’s plight. He releases those in prison; 8 to the blind the LORD gives sight.
Those who are bowed down he raises. God delights in righteousness. 9 He protects and cares for strangers, widows and the fatherless.
He frustrates the wicked’s purpose. 10 So the LORD through endless days Reigns to every generation. Praise your God, O Zion, praise!
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on 'How to Deal with Anxieties' from 1 Peter 5:7 in this morning worship service recorded at home.
Order of Service: Welcome Reading: Psalm 37:1-7 Prayer Children's Talk Lord's Prayer Reading: 1 Peter 5:1-11 Sermon 'How to Deal with Anxieties', 1 Peter 5:7 Praise: Psalm 103:8-13 (Scottish Psalter, page 369) Benediction
1 Peter 5:7
[7] casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you. (ESV)
Psalm 103:8-13 (Scottish Psalter)
8 The Lord our God is merciful, and he is gracious, Long-suffering, and slow to wrath, in mercy plenteous.
9 He will not chide continually, nor keep his anger still. 10 With us he dealt not as we sinned, nor did requite our ill.
11 For as the heaven in its height the earth surmounteth far; So great to those that do him fear his tender mercies are:
12 As far as east is distant from the west, so far hath he From us removed, in his love, all our iniquity.
13 Such pity as a father hath unto his children dear; Like pity shews the Lord to such as worship him in fear.
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on 'Spiritual Warfare' from 2 Corinthians 10:4-5 in this short sermon at our online midweek meeting.
2 Corinthians 10:4–5
[4] For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds. [5] We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ, (ESV)
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on 'The Light of God's Glory Changes Things' from Isaiah 40:3-5 in this evening worship service recorded at home.
Order of Service:
WelcomeReading: Matthew 3:1-12Prayer Children's Talk Lord's Prayer Reading: Isaiah 40:1-8 Sermon 'The Light of God's Glory Changes Things', Isaiah 40:3-5 Praise: Psalm 111:6-10 (Scottish Psalter) BenedictionIsaiah 40:4–5 [4] Every valley shall be lifted up, and every mountain and hill be made low; the uneven ground shall become level, and the rough places a plain. [5] And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together, for the mouth of the LORD has spoken.” (ESV)
Rev James Maciver continues his study on God’s Questions looking at the question, “How Can I Give You Up?”' from Hosea 11:8-9 in this morning worship service livestreamed from his home.
Order of Service Welcome Reading: Hosea 11:1-12 Prayer Children’s Talk: Bible Birds (10) – The Cockerel (Luke 22:34 and 60) The Lord’s Prayer Sermon “How Can I Give You Up?” , Hosea 11:8-9 Prayer Praise: Psalm 130 (Scottish Psalter, page 421) Benediction
Hosea 11:8–9
[8] How can I give you up, O Ephraim? How can I hand you over, O Israel? How can I make you like Admah? How can I treat you like Zeboiim? My heart recoils within me; my compassion grows warm and tender. [9] I will not execute my burning anger; I will not again destroy Ephraim; for I am God and not a man, the Holy One in your midst, and I will not come in wrath. (ESV)
Psalm 130 (Scottish Psalter)
1 Lord, from the depths to thee I cried. 2 My voice, Lord, do thou hear: Unto my supplication's voice give an attentive ear.
3 Lord, who shall stand, if thou, O Lord, should'st mark iniquity? 4 But yet with thee forgiveness is, that feared thou mayest be.
5 I wait for God, my soul doth wait, my hope is in his word. 6 More than they that for morning watch, my soul waits for the Lord;
I say, more than they that do watch the morning light to see. 7 Let Israel hope in the Lord, for with him mercies be;
And plenteous redemption is ever found with him. 8 And from all his iniquities he Isr'el shall redeem.
Rev James Maciver preaches on 'David's Yes to God's No' from 2 Samuel 7:18-20 in this sermon recorded on zoom during our midweek meeting.
2 Samuel 7:18–20
David’s Prayer of Gratitude
[18] Then King David went in and sat before the LORD and said, “Who am I, O Lord GOD, and what is my house, that you have brought me thus far? [19] And yet this was a small thing in your eyes, O Lord GOD. You have spoken also of your servant’s house for a great while to come, and this is instruction for mankind, O Lord GOD! [20] And what more can David say to you? For you know your servant, O Lord GOD! (ESV)
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on 'Herod's Troubled Conscience' from Mark 6:16-20 in this worship service recorded at home.
Order of Service: Welcome Scripture Reading: Matthew 14:1-12 Prayer Children's Talk Lord's Prayer Scripture Reading: Mark 6:14-29 Sermon: Mark 6:16-20, Herod's Troubled Conscience Praise: Psalm 2:1-6 (Sing Psalms) Benediction
Mark 6:16–20
[16] But when Herod heard of it, he said, “John, whom I beheaded, has been raised.” [17] For it was Herod who had sent and seized John and bound him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife, because he had married her. [18] For John had been saying to Herod, “It is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife.” [19] And Herodias had a grudge against him and wanted to put him to death. But she could not, [20] for Herod feared John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and he kept him safe. When he heard him, he was greatly perplexed, and yet he heard him gladly. (ESV)
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on 'Jesus Heals Soul and Body' from Luke 5:22-25 in this evening worship service recorded at home.
Order of Service: Welcome Prayer Children's Talk Lord's Prayer Reading: Luke 5:12-26 Sermon 'Jesus Heals Soul and Body', Luke 5:22-25 Praise: Psalm 31:19-24 (Sing Psalms, page 37) Benediction
Luke 5:22–25
[22] When Jesus perceived their thoughts, he answered them, “Why do you question in your hearts? [23] Which is easier, to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven you,’ or to say, ‘Rise and walk’? [24] But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins”—he said to the man who was paralyzed—“I say to you, rise, pick up your bed and go home.” [25] And immediately he rose up before them and picked up what he had been lying on and went home, glorifying God. (ESV)
Psalm 31:19-24 (Sing Psalms)
19 Your goodness, LORD, is very great— Prepared for those who fear your name. You show your goodness openly To all who your protection claim.
20 Your presence hides and shelters them From those who plot to take their life, And in your tent you keep them safe From evil tongues that stir up strife.
21 The LORD be praised because he showed The wonder of his love to me, When in a city I was trapped, Surrounded by the enemy.
22 In my alarm I rashly said That I was hidden from your eyes; But when I called to you for help, In grace you listened to my cries.
23 O love the LORD, all you his saints! The faithful will be kept by God, But he will give the proud their due. 24 Be strong, take heart; hope in the LORD.
Rev James Maciver continues his study on God’s Questions looking at the question, “What are you seeking?”' from John 1:38-39 in this morning worship service livestreamed from his home.
Order of Service Welcome Reading: John 1:19-34 Prayer Children’s Talk: Bible Birds (9) – the Turtledove (Song of Solomon 2 v 12) The Lord’s Prayer Sermon “What are you seeking?” , John 1:38-39 Prayer Praise:Psalm 34:1-9 (Sing Psalms, page 40) Benediction
John 1:38–39
[38] Jesus turned and saw them following and said to them, “What are you seeking?” And they said to him, “Rabbi” (which means Teacher), “where are you staying?” [39] He said to them, “Come and you will see.” So they came and saw where he was staying, and they stayed with him that day, for it was about the tenth hour. (ESV)
PSALM 34 C.M.
1 At all times I will bless the LORD; I’ll praise him with my voice. 2 Because I glory in the LORD, let troubled souls rejoice.
3 Together let us praise the LORD; exalt his name with me. 4 I sought the LORD; his answer came: from fears he set me free.
5 They look to him and shine with joy; they are not put to shame. 6 This suffering man cried to the LORD; from him deliverance came.
7 The angel of the LORD surrounds and guards continually All those who fear and honour him; he sets his people free.
8 Come, taste and see—the LORD is good; who trusts in him is blessed. 9 O fear the LORD, you saints; with need you will not be oppressed.
Rev James Maciver shares a short message from Romans 5:1-5 entitled, 'Peace, Access, Rejoicing and Hope' at our midweek meeting online.
Romans 5:1–5
Peace with God Through Faith
[1] Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. [2] Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God. [3] Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, [4] and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, [5] and hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us. (ESV)
Rev James Maciver gives further consideration to God's Question to Adam in Genesis 3:9, "Adam... Where are you?" in this worship service livestreamed from home.
Service Details Welcome Reading: 2 Corinthians 7 Prayer Children’s address: Bible Birds (8) – the Hawk (Job 39:26) Sermon: Genesis 3:9 Sermon Title: God’s Questions (2) – “Adam…where are you?” Praise: Psalm 32:1-6 (Sing Psalms, page 38) Benediction
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on 'God's invitation and Provision' from Isaiah 55:1 in this worship service recorded at home.
Service Details Welcome Prayer Children's Talk Lord's Prayer Reading: Isaiah 55 Sermon: Isaiah 55:1, 'God's Invitation and Provision' Praise: Psalm 23 (whole) (Scottish Psalter)
Isaiah 55:1
[1] “Come, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and he who has no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. (ESV)
Rev James Maciver preaches on 'Aoibhneas ann an Ierusalem' from Psalm 122 in this Gaelic worship service recorded at home.
Service Details Readings: Psalm 122 and Ephesians 4 verses 1-16 Prayer Sermon: Psalm 122 Title: Aoibhneas ann an Ierusalem Praise: Psalm 122:7-8 to the tune Free Church
Psalm 122
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An taobh a stigh do’d bhallachaibh, biodh sìth is sonas maith; Deadh shoirbheas fòs gu robh gu bràth a’d’ lùchairt àird a stigh.
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Air sgàth mo bhràithrean 's luchd mo ghaoil, dhuit guidheam sìth a ghnàth. 9.Air sgàth tigh naomh ar Tighearn Dia, iarram do leas gu bràth.
Rev Kenneth I Macleod shares a short teaching message on Revelation 14:13 looking at 'Who is Blessed at Death?' in this midweek meeting recorded on Zoom.
Revelation 14:13
[13] And I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Write this: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.” “Blessed indeed,” says the Spirit, “that they may rest from their labors, for their deeds follow them!” (ESV)
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on 'Watching and Waiting' from Mark 13:37 in this evening worship service recorded at home.
Order of Service: Welcome Reading: Mark 13:1-9 Prayer Children's Talk Lord's Prayer Reading: Mark 13:24-37 Sermon Praise: Psalm 130 (Scottish Psalter, page 421) Benediction
Mark 13:37
[37] And what I say to you I say to all: Stay awake.” (ESV)
Rev James Maciver preaches on 'God's Questions (1) - "Adam...Where Are You?" from Genesis 3:9 in this morning worship service livestreamed from his home.
Order of Service
WelcomeReading: Genesis 3:1-19PrayerChildren’s Talk: Birds of the Bible (8) – the Raven (1 Kings 17:1-7)The Lord’s PrayerSermonPrayerPraise: Psalm 51:1-7 (Scottish Psalter, page 280)Benediction
Rev James Maciver shares a short teaching message on John 12:27-28 looking at 'Christ's Attitude to His Troubles'.
Rev James Maciver preaches on 'Salvation - Our Ultimate Security (2)' from Isaiah 26:3-4
Order of Service: Welcome Reading: Psalm 37:1-11 and Romans 5:1-11 Prayer Children’s Talk: Birds of the Bible (7) – the Ostrich (Job 39:13-15) The Lord’s Prayer Reading: Isaiah 26:1-4 Sermon Prayer Praise: Psalm 62:1-8 (Sing Psalms, page 79) Benediction
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on 'God Never Stops Looking and Loving' from Isaiah 49:16 in this worship service recorded at home.
Order of service:Welcome & PrayerChildren's Talk & Lord's PrayerReading: Isaiah 49:1-18SermonPraise: Psalm 36:5-9 (Sing Psalms, page 44)Isaiah 49:16
[16] Behold, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands; your walls are continually before me. (ESV)
Rev James Maciver leads this short Gaelic worship service recorded at home.
Service Details: Leughadh: Romanach 8 v 1-21 Ùrnaigh Searmon: Romanach 8 v 1-4 Tiotal: Dia a' toirt air falbh ar dìteadh Seinn: Salm 65 v 4-5 Am Beannachadh
Romans 8:1–4
Life in the Spirit
[1] There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. [2] For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death. [3] For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh, [4] in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. (ESV)
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on 'Two Requests' from Luke 8:37-39 in this evening worship service recorded at home.
Order of Service: Welcome Prayer Children's Talk Lord's Prayer Reading: Luke 8:26-39 Sermon: Luke 8:37-39, 'Two Requests' Praise: Psalm 90:14-17 (Scottish Psalter, page 350) Benediction
Luke 8:37–39
[37] Then all the people of the surrounding country of the Gerasenes asked him to depart from them, for they were seized with great fear. So he got into the boat and returned. [38] The man from whom the demons had gone begged that he might be with him, but Jesus sent him away, saying, [39] “Return to your home, and declare how much God has done for you.” And he went away, proclaiming throughout the whole city how much Jesus had done for him. (ESV)
Rev James Maciver preaches on 'Salvation - Our Ultimate Security (1)' from Isaiah 26:1-4 in this morning worship service livestreamed from his home.
Order of Service:WelcomeReading: Isaiah 25 (whole)PrayerChildren’s Talk: Birds of the Bible (6) – the Owl (Psalm 102 v 6) The Lord’s Prayer Reading: Isaiah 26:1-9Sermon: Isaiah 26:1-4, 'Salvation – Our Ultimate Security (1)'PrayerPraise: Psalm 46:4-7 (Scottish Psalter, page 271)BenedictionIsaiah 26:1–2You Keep Him in Perfect Peace[1] In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah: “We have a strong city; he sets up salvation as walls and bulwarks. [2] Open the gates, that the righteous nation that keeps faith may enter in. (ESV)
Rev James Maciver preaches on 'Jehosophat - The Shepherd King' from 2 Chronicles 17:1-13 in this evening worship service livestreamed from home.
Order of Service: Welcome Reading: 2 Chronicles 15:1-9 Prayer Children’s Talk: Birds of the Bible (5) – the Swallow (Psalm 84:3) The Lord’s Prayer Scripture Reading: 2 Chronicles 17:1-13 Sermon: 2 Chronicles 17:1-13, 'Jehosophat - The Shepherd King' Prayer Praise: Psalm 102 (2nd Version): 13-18 (Scottish Psalter, page 368) Benediction
Psalm 102:13-18 13 Thou shalt arise, and mercy yet Thou to mount Zion shalt extend: Her time for favor which was set, Behold, is now come to an end. 14 Thy saints take pleasure in her stones, Her very dust to them is dear. 15 All heathen lands and kingly thrones On earth thy glorious name shall fear. 16 God in his glory shall appear, When Zion he builds and repairs. 17 He shall regard and lend his ear Unto the needy's humble pray'rs: Th' afflicted's pray'r he will not scorn. 18 All times this shall be on record: And generations yet unborn Shall praise and magnify the Lord.
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on 'David and Goliath' from 1 Samuel 17 in this morning worship service recorded at home.
Service Details: Welcome Prayer Children's Talk and Lord's Prayer Scripture Reading: 1 Samuel 17 Sermon: 1 Samuel 17:45, 'David and Goliath' Praise: Psalm 34:5-10 (Sing Psalms) Benediction
'Then David said to the Philistine, “You come to me with a sword and with a spear and with a javelin, but I come to you in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.' (1 Samuel 17:45 (ESV)
Rev Maciver preaches in Gaelic on 'B' iad do reachdan mo cheòl ann an tigh mo chuairt' from Psalm 119:84 in this service recorded at home.
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on 'The Importance of Purity of Heart' from Matthew 5:8 at our midweek meeting via Zoom.
“Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. (Matthew 5:8, ESV)
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on 'The Lord's Promised Presence' from Matthew 18:20 in this evening worship service recorded at home.
"For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them.” (Matthew 18:20, ESV)
Order of Service: Readings: Matthew 28:16-20, Hebrews 13:5-6 Prayer Children's Talk Lord's Prayer Reading: Matthew 18:10-20 Sermon Praise: Psalm 84:8-12 (Scottish Psalter, page 338) Benediction
Rev James Maciver preaches on 'Discipleship on Christ's Terms' from Luke 14:25-35 in this morning worship service livestreamed from home.
Order of Service: Welcome Reading: Luke 14:12-24 Prayer Children’s Talk: Birds of the Bible (4) - the Dove (Genesis 8:8-12) The Lord’s Prayer Reading: Luke 14:25-35 Sermon Prayer Praise: Psalm 63:1-8 (Sing Psalms, page 80) Benediction
Luke 14:25–35 The Cost of Discipleship
[25] Now great crowds accompanied him, and he turned and said to them, [26] “If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple. [27] Whoever does not bear his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple. [28] For which of you, desiring to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost, whether he has enough to complete it? [29] Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation and is not able to finish, all who see it begin to mock him, [30] saying, ‘This man began to build and was not able to finish.’ [31] Or what king, going out to encounter another king in war, will not sit down first and deliberate whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand? [32] And if not, while the other is yet a great way off, he sends a delegation and asks for terms of peace. [33] So therefore, any one of you who does not renounce all that he has cannot be my disciple. [34] “Salt is good, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? [35] It is of no use either for the soil or for the manure pile. It is thrown away. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.” (ESV)
Rev James Maciver preaches on 'Paul’s Affirmation and Appeal' from 2 Thessalonians 2:13-17 at our midweek meeting via Zoom.
2 Thessalonians 2:13–17 Stand Firm
[13] But we ought always to give thanks to God for you, brothers beloved by the Lord, because God chose you as the firstfruits to be saved, through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth. [14] To this he called you through our gospel, so that you may obtain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. [15] So then, brothers, stand firm and hold to the traditions that you were taught by us, either by our spoken word or by our letter.
[16] Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father, who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace, [17] comfort your hearts and establish them in every good work and word. (ESV)
Rev James Maciver leads us in this act of worship in a service livestreamed from his home. He looks at Romans 11:33-36, considering the way in which ‘Paul Takes a Break for Worship’.
Order of Service Reading: Romans 11:11-24 Prayer Children’s address: 'Birds of the Bible (3) - The Stork' (Jeremiah 8:7) Reading: Romans 11:25-36 Sermon Text: Romans 11:33-36 Sermon Title: Paul Takes a Break for Worship Prayer Praise: Psalm 93 (whole) (Sing Psalms, page 123) Benediction
Romans 11:33–36
[33] Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways!
[34] “For who has known the mind of the Lord, or who has been his counselor?” [35] “Or who has given a gift to him that he might be repaid?” [36] For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory forever. Amen. (ESV)
Rev Kenneth I Macleod leads this morning service of worship in a service recorded at home. He considers 'The Christian's Assurance in Death' from Psalm 17.
Order of Service: Welcome Reading: 1 John 3:1-2 Prayer Children's Talk Lord's Prayer Reading: Psalm 17 Sermon Praise: Psalm 16:8-11 Benediction
Psalm 17:15
[15] As for me, I shall behold your face in righteousness; when I awake, I shall be satisfied with your likeness. (ESV)
Rev James Maciver leads this Gaelic service recorded at home. He preaches on 'Reassurance at an Anxious Time' from Genesis 46:1-4.
Order of Service
Reading: Genesis 45 v 16-28 Prayer Reading: Genesis 46 v 1-7 Sermon: Genesis 46 v 1-4 Sermon title: Reassurance at an Anxious Time Praise: Psalm 91 v 5-6
Genesis 46:1–4
Joseph Brings His Family to Egypt
[1] So Israel took his journey with all that he had and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac. [2] And God spoke to Israel in visions of the night and said, “Jacob, Jacob.” And he said, “Here I am.” [3] Then he said, “I am God, the God of your father. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for there I will make you into a great nation. [4] I myself will go down with you to Egypt, and I will also bring you up again, and Joseph's hand shall close your eyes.” (ESV)
Rev Kenneth I Macleod leads this act of evening worship in a service recorded at his home, looking at Psalm 62:1 and considering 'Waiting on and for God'.
Order of Service:
Welcome Prayer Children’s Talk The Lord’s Prayer Reading: Psalm 62 Sermon: Psalm 62:1 Sermon Title: Waiting on and for God Praise: Psalm 62:5-8 (Scottish Psalter, page 294)
Benediction
Psalm 62:1 My Soul Waits for God Alone To the choirmaster: according to Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.
[1] For God alone my soul waits in silence; from him comes my salvation. (ESV)
Rev Maciver leads this act of morning worship in a service livestreamed from his home, preaching on 'Hope Encouraged by God's Kindnesses' from Lamentations 3:22-24.
Order of Service:
Welcome Reading: Psalm 36 Prayer Children’s Talk: Birds of the Bible (2) - the Eagle (Deuteronomy 32:11-12) The Lord’s Prayer Reading: Lamentations 3:19-33 Sermon: Lamentations 3:22-24, 'Hope Encouraged by God’s Kindnesses' Prayer Praise: Psalm 36:5-10 (Sing Psalms, page 44) Benediction
Lamentations 3:22–24
[22] The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; [23] they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. [24] “The LORD is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in him.” (ESV)
Rev James Maciver preaches on 'The Outward and Inward Aspects of Perseverance' from Philippians 2:12-13 at our midweek meeting conducted via zoom.
Philippians 2:12–13
[12] Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, so now, not only as in my presence but much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling, [13] for it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure. (ESV)
Rev James Maciver leads this act of evening worship in a service livestreamed from his home. He considers 'The Look of Jesus' from Luke 22:61-62.
Reading: Luke 22:31-46 Prayer Children’s address: 'Birds of the Bible (1) - The Sparrow' (Matthew 10:29-31) Reading: Luke 22:47-62 Sermon Text: Luke 22:61-62 Sermon Title: The Look of Jesus Prayer Praise: Psalm 38:1-5, 19-22 (Sing Psalms, page 48) Benediction
Luke 22:61–62
[61] And the Lord turned and looked at Peter. And Peter remembered the saying of the Lord, how he had said to him, “Before the rooster crows today, you will deny me three times.” [62] And he went out and wept bitterly. (ESV)
Rev Kenneth I Macleod leads us in this act of morning worship in a service recorded at home, considering how to 'Listen Carefully' from Mark 4:3-8.
Order of Service: Welcome Prayer Children's Address The Lord's Prayer Scripture Reading - Mark 4:1-20 Sermon Prayer Praise: Psalm 1(a) (Sing Psalms) Benediction
Mark 4:3–8 [3] “Listen! Behold, a sower went out to sow. [4] And as he sowed, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured it. [5] Other seed fell on rocky ground, where it did not have much soil, and immediately it sprang up, since it had no depth of soil. [6] And when the sun rose, it was scorched, and since it had no root, it withered away. [7] Other seed fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it yielded no grain. [8] And other seeds fell into good soil and produced grain, growing up and increasing and yielding thirtyfold and sixtyfold and a hundredfold.” (ESV)
Rev Kenneth I Macleod leads this act of evening worship in a service recorded at home. He looks at Psalm 42 verses 2 and 8 and considers 'Tears, Fears, Faith and Song'.
Order of Service Welcome Prayer Children's Address Lord's Prayer Reading: Psalm 42 Sermon: Psalm 42:2,8 Prayer Praise: Psalm 84:8-12 (Scottish Psalter, page 339)
Benediction
Psalm 42:2–3, 8
[2] My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God? [3] My tears have been my food day and night... [8] By day the LORD commands his steadfast love, and at night his song is with me, a prayer to the God of my life. (ESV)
Rev James Maciver leads us in this act of morning worship in a service livestreamed from home. He considers 'The Voice of Jesus' in John 11:43-44
Order of Service:
Welcome
Reading: John 11:17-37
Prayer
Children’s address: Keep in Touch with Jesus (Luke 8:46)
The Lord’s Prayer
Reading: John 11:38-44
Sermon: John 11:43-44
Prayer
Praise: Psalm 29:1-5 and 10-11 (Sing Psalms, page 34)
Benediction
John 11:43–44
[43] When he had said these things, he cried out with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out.” [44] The man who had died came out, his hands and feet bound with linen strips, and his face wrapped with a cloth. Jesus said to them, “Unbind him, and let him go.” (ESV)
Rev Kenneth I Macleod leads us in this act of morning worship in a service recorded at home. He looks at 'The Shepherd's Rod and Staff' from Psalm 23:4
Order of Service
Welcome
Prayer
Children’s address – The Lord Our Shepherd
The Lord’s Prayer
Reading: Psalm 23
Sermon
Prayer
Praise: Psalm 23 (Sing Psalms, page 28)
Benediction
Psalm 23:4
[4] Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. (ESV)
Rev James Maciver leads this act of evening worship in a service livestreamed from home. He will look at 'The Touch of Jesus' in Mark 1:40-42.
Order of Service Welcome Reading: Mark 1:29-39 Prayer Children's Address - The Hen with her Chicks (Matthew 23:37) The Lord's Prayer Reading: Mark 1:40-45 Sermon Praise: Psalm 113:5-8 (Scottish Psalter, page 393)
Benediction
Mark 1:40–45 Jesus Cleanses a Leper
[40] And a leper came to him, imploring him, and kneeling said to him, “If you will, you can make me clean.” [41] Moved with pity, he stretched out his hand and touched him and said to him, “I will; be clean.” [42] And immediately the leprosy left him, and he was made clean. [43] And Jesus sternly charged him and sent him away at once, [44] and said to him, “See that you say nothing to anyone, but go, show yourself to the priest and offer for your cleansing what Moses commanded, for a proof to them.” [45] But he went out and began to talk freely about it, and to spread the news, so that Jesus could no longer openly enter a town, but was out in desolate places, and people were coming to him from every quarter. (ESV)
Rev Kenneth I Macleod leads us in this act of evening worship in a service recorded at home. He looks at Matthew 14:28-31 and considers 'The Ups and Downs of Peter's Faith'.
Order of service: Prayer Children's Talk Lord's Prayer Reading: Matthew 14:22-33 Sermon Singing: Psalm 34:5-10 (Scottish Psalter, page 247) Benediction
Matthew 14:28–33 [28] And Peter answered him, “Lord, if it is you, command me to come to you on the water.” [29] He said, “Come.” So Peter got out of the boat and walked on the water and came to Jesus. [30] But when he saw the wind, he was afraid, and beginning to sink he cried out, “Lord, save me.” [31] Jesus immediately reached out his hand and took hold of him, saying to him, “O you of little faith, why did you doubt?” [32] And when they got into the boat, the wind ceased. [33] And those in the boat worshiped him, saying, “Truly you are the Son of God.” (ESV)
Rev James Maciver leads this act of morning worship in a service livestreamed from home. He looks at 'The Self Isolation of Jesus' in John 17:19.
Order of Service:
Welcome
Reading: John 17 v 1-13
Prayer
Children’s address – A Straight Furrow (Luke 9 v 62)
The Lord’s Prayer
Reading: Philippians 2:4-11
Sermon
Prayer
Praise: Psalm 118 v 23-29 (Sing Psalms, page 156)
Benediction
John 17:19[19] And for their sake I consecrate myself, that they also may be sanctified in truth. (ESV)
Rev James Maciver leads us in this act of evening worship livestreamed from his home. He looks at Number 21:4-9 and considers 'When God Dealt with a Rising Death Toll.'
Order of Service: Reading: John 3:14-21 Prayer Children’s address: “Hang out your Lights!” Reading: Numbers 21:4-9 Sermon: When God Dealt with a Rising Death Toll. Prayer Praise: Psalm 37:7-11 (Scottish Psalter, page 253) Benediction
Numbers 21:4–9 The Bronze Serpent
[4] From Mount Hor they set out by the way to the Red Sea, to go around the land of Edom. And the people became impatient on the way. [5] And the people spoke against God and against Moses, “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no food and no water, and we loathe this worthless food.” [6] Then the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people, so that many people of Israel died. [7] And the people came to Moses and said, “We have sinned, for we have spoken against the LORD and against you. Pray to the LORD, that he take away the serpents from us.” So Moses prayed for the people. [8] And the LORD said to Moses, “Make a fiery serpent and set it on a pole, and everyone who is bitten, when he sees it, shall live.” [9] So Moses made a bronze serpent and set it on a pole. And if a serpent bit anyone, he would look at the bronze serpent and live. (ESV)
Rev Kenneth I Macleod leads us in this act of morning worship in a service recorded at home. He looks at Matthew 14:13-27 and considers 'Jesus in the Dark.'
Order of service: Prayer Children's Address Reading: Matthew 14:13-27 Sermon Praise: Psalm 43:3-5 (Sing Psalms) Benediction
Matthew 14:25–27 [25] And in the fourth watch of the night he came to them, walking on the sea. [26] But when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were terrified, and said, “It is a ghost!” and they cried out in fear. [27] But immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying, “Take heart; it is I. Do not be afraid.” (ESV)
Rev Kenneth I Macleod leads us in this act of evening worship in a service recorded at home. He looks at Mark 16:6 and considers 'Christ's Triumph Over the Grave'.
Order of Service:
Prayer Reading: Mark 15:42 - 16:8 Sermon Prayer Praise: Psalm 16:8-11 (Sing Psalms) Benediction
Mark 16:6 [6] And he said to them, “Do not be alarmed. You seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He has risen; he is not here. See the place where they laid him. (ESV)
Rev James Maciver preaches on 'A Living Hope Through Christ's Resurrection' from 1 Peter 1:3-4 in this short Easter Sunday livestream service.
Order of Service: Reading: John 20:1-10 Prayer Children’s address Reading: 1 Peter 1:3-9 Sermon Prayer Praise: Psalm 71:14-21 (Sing Psalms, page 91) Benediction
1 Peter 1:3–4 Born Again to a Living Hope
[3] Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, [4] to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you, (ESV)
Rev James Maciver completes our study in First John, looking at 'The True God and Eternal Life' from 1 John 5:20-21
Reading: John 10:22-42
Sermon Text: 1 John 5:20-21
Praise: Psalm 40:6-10 (Sing Psalms, p.51)
1 John 5:20–21 [20] And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true; and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life. [21] Little children, keep yourselves from idols. (ESV)
Rev Kenneth I Macleod leads us in this service of worship recorded at home.
Reading: Genesis 28:1-17 Sermon Text: Genesis 28:15 Sermon Title: When God is There and You Don't Know Praise: Psalm 23 (Sing Psalms, p.28)
Genesis 28:15 [15] Behold, I am with you and will keep you wherever you go, and will bring you back to this land. For I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.” (ESV)
Rev James Maciver preaches on 'Job's Consternation and Confession' from Job chapter 42:5-6.
Reading Job 42 v 1-10 Sermon: Job 42 v 5-6 Praise: Psalm 31 v 21-24 (Sing Psalms)
Job 42:5–6
[5] I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees you; [6] therefore I despise myself, and repent in dust and ashes.” (ESV)
Rev James Maciver preaches from Matthew 13:44-46 on two parables about the value of the kingdom of heaven - The Parable of the Hidden Treasure and The Parable of the Pearl of Great Price.
The service is around 30 minutes long, includes a children's talk, prayer, Scripture readings, a short sermon and a singing.
Reading: Proverbs 3 v 13-18 and Matthew 13 v 44-45 Sermon: Matthew 13 v 44-46
Praise: Psalm 19 v 8-11 (Scottish Psalter)
Proverbs 3:13–18
Blessed Is the One Who Finds Wisdom
[13] Blessed is the one who finds wisdom, and the one who gets understanding, [14] for the gain from her is better than gain from silver and her profit better than gold. [15] She is more precious than jewels, and nothing you desire can compare with her. [16] Long life is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and honor. [17] Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace. [18] She is a tree of life to those who lay hold of her; those who hold her fast are called blessed. (ESV)
Matthew 13:44–46 The Parable of the Hidden Treasure
[44] “The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and covered up. Then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.
The Parable of the Pearl of Great Value
[45] “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls, [46] who, on finding one pearl of great value, went and sold all that he had and bought it. (ESV)
Rev James Maciver preaches on Jeremiah 33:1-11, livestreaming this short service from the manse. This is the first church service of its kind for us as a congregation. We are unable to meet as normal due to social distancing measures put in place by the government as an attempt to halt the spread of the Coronavirus or COVID-19. While we are restricted from meeting up physically, we are thankful for the technology that allows us to be together via social media. And we are thankful that God is not limited to a building but binds us together as the Body of Christ by his Holy Spirit.
Jeremiah 33:1–11 The LORD Promises Peace
[1] The word of the LORD came to Jeremiah a second time, while he was still shut up in the court of the guard: [2] “Thus says the LORD who made the earth, the LORD who formed it to establish it—the LORD is his name: [3] Call to me and I will answer you, and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known. [4] For thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning the houses of this city and the houses of the kings of Judah that were torn down to make a defense against the siege mounds and against the sword: [5] They are coming in to fight against the Chaldeans and to fill them with the dead bodies of men whom I shall strike down in my anger and my wrath, for I have hidden my face from this city because of all their evil. [6] Behold, I will bring to it health and healing, and I will heal them and reveal to them abundance of prosperity and security. [7] I will restore the fortunes of Judah and the fortunes of Israel, and rebuild them as they were at first. [8] I will cleanse them from all the guilt of their sin against me, and I will forgive all the guilt of their sin and rebellion against me. [9] And this city shall be to me a name of joy, a praise and a glory before all the nations of the earth who shall hear of all the good that I do for them. They shall fear and tremble because of all the good and all the prosperity I provide for it.
[10] “Thus says the LORD: In this place of which you say, ‘It is a waste without man or beast,’ in the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem that are desolate, without man or inhabitant or beast, there shall be heard again [11] the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the voices of those who sing, as they bring thank offerings to the house of the LORD:
“‘Give thanks to the LORD of hosts, for the LORD is good, for his steadfast love endures forever!’ For I will restore the fortunes of the land as at first, says the LORD. (ESV)
Rev James Maciver preaches on 1 John 5:13 I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God that you may know that you have eternal life. 14 And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us. 15 And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests that we have asked of him. 16 If anyone sees his brother committing a sin not leading to death, he shall ask, and God will give him life-to those who commit sins that do not lead to death. There is sin that leads to death; I do not say that one should pray for that. 17 All wrongdoing is sin, but there is sin that does not lead to death.
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on 2 Timothy 1:5 I am reminded of your sincere faith, a faith that dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice and now, I am sure, dwells in you as well. 2 Timothy 3: 14 But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have firmly believed, knowing from whom you learned it 15 and how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
An t-Urramach Seamus Maciomhair a searmonachadh air Eabhruidhich 6:17 Uime sin air bhith do Dhia toileach air neo-chaochluidheachd a chomhairle 'nochdadh na bu phailte do oighreachaibh a' gheallaidh, dhaingnich e le mionnaibh e: 18 Chum tre dhà ni neo- chaochluidheach, anns an robh e eu-comasach gu-n deanadh Dia breug, gu-m bitheadh againne comhfhurtachd làidir, a theich chum didean gu greim a dheanamh air an dòchas a chuireadh romhainn: 19 Ni a tha againn mar acair an anama, araon cinnteach agus daingean, agus a theid a steach do'n ionad sin a tha'n taobh a stigh de'n bhrat-roinn. 20 Far an deachaidh an roimh-ruith-fhear a steach air ar son-ne, eadhon Iosa, a rinneadh 'n a Ard-shagart gu siorruidh a reir orduigh Mhelchisedeic.
Rev James Maciver preaches on 1 John 5:6 This is he who came by water and blood- Jesus Christ; not by the water only but by the water and the blood. And the Spirit is the one who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth. 7 For there are three that testify: 8 the Spirit and the water and the blood; and these three agree. 9 If we receive the testimony of men, the testimony of God is greater, for this is the testimony of God that he has borne concerning his Son. 10 Whoever believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself. Whoever does not believe God has made him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has borne concerning his Son. 11 And this is the testimony, that God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 12 Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.
An t-Urramach Seamus Maciomhair a searmonachadh air Salm 94:12 Is beannaichte an duine a smachdaicheas tusa, a Thighearn' agus a theagaisgeas tu as do lagh. 13 Chum fois a thabhairt da o làithibh an uilc, gus an cladhaichear slochd do'n aingidh. 14 Oir cha tilg Dia dheth a shluagh, agus cha treig e 'oighreachd fein.
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on 1 Kings 22:14 But Micaiah said, "As the Lord lives, what the Lord says to me, that I will speak."
Rev James Maciver preaches on 1 John 5:1 Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father loves whoever has been born of him. 2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and obey his commandments. 3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome. 4 For everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world--our faith. 5 Who is it that overcomes the world except the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on Luke 14:7 Now he told a parable to those who were invited, when he noticed how they chose the places of honor, saying to them, 8 "When you are invited by someone to a wedding feast, do not sit down in a place of honor, lest someone more distinguished than you be invited by him, 9 and he who invited you both will come and say to you, 'Give your place to this person,' and then you will begin with shame to take the lowest place. 10 But when you are invited, go and sit in the lowest place, so that when your host comes he may say to you, 'Friend, move up higher.' Then you will be honored in the presence of all who sit at table with you. 11 For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted."
Rev James Maciver preaches on Ecclesiastes 4:1 Again I saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun. And behold, the tears of the oppressed, and they had no one to comfort them! On the side of their oppressors there was power, and there was no one to comfort them. 2 And I thought the dead who are already dead more fortunate than the living who are still alive. 3 But better than both is he who has not yet been and has not seen the evil deeds that are done under the sun. 4 Then I saw that all toil and all skill in work come from a man's envy of his neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind. 5 The fool folds his hands and eats his own flesh. 6 Better is a handful of quietness than two hands full of toil and a striving after wind. 7 Again, I saw vanity under the sun: 8 one person who has no other, either son or brother, yet there is no end to all his toil, and his eyes are never satisfied with riches, so that he never asks, "For whom am I toiling and depriving myself of pleasure?" This also is vanity and an unhappy business. 9 Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil. 10 For if they fall, one will lift up his fellow. But woe to him who is alone when he falls and has not another to lift him up! 11 Again, if two lie together, they keep warm, but how can one keep warm alone? 12 And though a man might prevail against one who is alone, two will withstand him--a threefold cord is not quickly broken. 13 Better was a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king who no longer knew how to take advice. 14 For he went from prison to the throne, though in his own kingdom he had been born poor. 15 I saw all the living who move about under the sun, along with that youth who was to stand in the king's Hebrew his place. 16 There was no end of all the people, all of whom he led. Yet those who come later will not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and a striving after wind.
Murchadh Martainn a searmonachadh air Eoin 10:9 Is mise an dorus: ma theid neach air bith steach tromham-sa, tearnar e, agus theid e steach agus a mach, agus gheibh e ionaltradh.
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on 1 Thessalonians 4:16 For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord.
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on Psalm 19:7 The law of the Lord is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple; 8 the precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes; 9 the fear of the Lord is clean, enduring forever; the rules of the Lord are true, and righteous altogether. 10 More to be desired are they than gold, even much fine gold; sweeter also than honey and drippings of the honeycomb. 11 Moreover, by them is your servant warned; in keeping them there is great reward. 12 Who can discern his errors? Declare me innocent from hidden faults. 13 Keep back your servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me! Then I shall be blameless, and innocent of great transgression. 14 Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer.
Murchadh Martainn a searmonachadh air Taisbeanadh 14:13 Agus chuala mi guth o nèamh, ag radh rium, Sgrìobh, Is beannaichte na mairbh a gheibh bàs anns an Tighearn', a seo a mach: Seadh, tha an Spiorad a radh, chum gu faigh iad fois o'n saothair; agus leanaidh an oibre iad.
Rev Andrew Macleod preaches on Nehemiah 11: 1 Now the leaders of the people lived in Jerusalem. And the rest of the people cast lots to bring one out of ten to live in Jerusalem the holy city, while nine out of ten remained in the other towns. 2 And the people blessed all the men who willingly offered to live in Jerusalem. 3 These are the chiefs of the province who lived in Jerusalem; but in the towns of Judah everyone lived on his property in their towns: Israel, the priests, the Levites, the temple servants, and the descendants of Solomon's servants.
An t-Urramach Donnchadh Macleoid a searmonachadh air Salm 145:1 Ardaichidh mi thu, mo Dhia, mo Righ; agus beannaichidh mi d'ainm gu saoghal nan saoghal
Rev Andrew Macleod preaches on Luke 23:42 And he said, "Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom."
An t-Urramach Donnchadh Macleoid a searmonachadh air Taisbeanadh 3:20 Feuch, tha mi a'm' sheasamh aig an dorus, agus a' bualadh: m'a dh'eisdeas neach 'sam bith ri'm ghuth, agus gu'm fosgail e'n dorus, thig mi a steach d'a ionnsuidh, agus gabhaidh mi mo shuipear maille ris, agus esan maille rium-sa.
An t-Urramach Donnchadh Macleoid a searmonachadh air Mata 27:46 Agus mu thimchioll na naothamh uaire, dh' eigh Iosa le guth àrd, ag radh, Eli, Eli, lama sabachtini? Is e sin r'a radh, Mo Dhia, Mo Dhia, c'ar son a threig thu mi?
Rev Andrew Macleod preaches on Luke 23:46 Then Jesus calling out with a loud voice, said, "Father, into your hands I commit my spirit!"
Rev Duncan Macleod preaches on Matthew 12:42 The queen of the South will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold, something greater than Solomon is here.
An t-Urramach R J Campbell a searmonachadh air Eoin 14:1 Na bitheadh 'ur cridhe fo thrioblaid; tha sibh a' creidsinn ann an Dia, creidibh annam-sa mar an ceudna
An Urramach RJ Campbell a searmonachadh air 1 Eoin 3:1 Feuchaibh, ciod a' ghnè ghràidh a thug an t-athair dhuinne, gu-n goirteadh clann Dhe dhinn: uime sin cha-n aithne do'n t-saoghal sinn, do bhrìgh nach b'aithne dha esan.
Rev Andrew Macleod preaches on Hebrews 12:3 Consider him who endured from sinners such hostility against himself, so that you may not grow weary or faint-hearted.
Rev K. Ferguson preaches on Psalm 119:57 The Lord is my portion; I promise to keep your words. 58 I entreat your favor with all my heart; be gracious to me according to your promise. 59 When I think on my ways, I turn my feet to your testimonies; 60 I hasten and do not delay to keep your commandments. 61 Though the cords of the wicked ensnare me, I do not forget your law. 62 At midnight I rise to praise you, because of your righteous rules. 63 I am a companion of all who fear you, of those who keep your precepts. 64 The earth, O Lord, is full of your steadfast love; teach me your statutes!
An Urramach K. Ferguson a searmonachadh air Isaiah 6:1 Anns a bhliadhna 's an d' fhuair rìgh Usiah bàs, chunnaic mi an Tighearna 'n a shuidhe air caithir rìoghail, àrd agus togta suas; agus lìon iomall a thrusgain an teampull.
Rev James Maciver preaches on 1 John 4:13 By this we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit. 14 And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world. 15 Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. 16 So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him. 17 By this is love perfected with us, so that we may have confidence for the day of judgment, because as he is so also are we in this world. 18 There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love. 19 We love because he first loved us. 20 If anyone says, "I love God," and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen. 21 And this commandment we have from him: whoever loves God must also love his brother.
Rev James Maciver preaches on John 12:2 Lazarus was one of those reclining with him at the table.
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on Matthew 4: It is written, "Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God."
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on 1 Kings 17:14 For thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, 'The jar of flour shall not be spent, and the jug of oil shall not be empty, until the day that the Lord sends rain upon the earth.'"
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on Isaiah 25:6 On this mountain the Lord of hosts will make for all peoples a feast of rich food, a feast of well-aged wine, of rich food full of marrow, of aged wine well refined. 7 And he will swallow up on this mountain the covering that is cast over all peoples, the veil that is spread over all nations.
Murchadh Martainn a searmonachadh air Taisbeanadh 2;1 Chum aingil eaglais Ephesus sgriobh
Murchadh Martainn a searmonachadh air Marc 10: 46 An uair sin thàinig iad gu Iericho. Agus fhad 's a bha Ìosa 's a dheisciobail is sluagh mòr a' fàgail Iericho, bha Bartimèus (is e sin mac Thimèuis), dèirceach dall, na shuidhe ri taobh an rathaid. 47 Nuair a chuala e gum b' e Ìosa o Nàsaret a bh' ann, thòisich e air èigheach agus air a ràdh, “Ìosa, a Mhic Dhaibhidh, dèan tròcair orm!” 48 Agus chronaich mòran e, ag ràdh ris a bhith sàmhach, ach b' ann na bu mhotha buileach a dh'èigh esan, “A Mhic Dhaibhidh, dèan tròcair orm!” 49 Stad Ìosa agus thuirt e, “Èighibh air!” Agus dh'èigh iad air an duine dhall, ag ràdh ris, “Biodh misneachd agad! Èirich! Tha e ag èigheach ort!” 50 A' tilgeil dheth an aodaich uachdair aige, leum e suas, is thàinig e gu Ìosa. 51 Agus thuirt Ìosa ris, “Dè a bu toigh leat mise a dhèanamh dhut?” Agus thuirt an duine dall ris, “A Rabònaidh, mo fhradharc fhaighinn air ais.” 52 Thuirt Ìosa ris, “Thalla, shlànaich do chreideamh thu.” Sa bhad fhuair e a fhradharc air ais, agus lean e air an t‑slighe e.
Rev James Maciver preaches on 1 John 4:7 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. 8 Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love. 9 In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. 10 In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. 11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. 12 No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us.
Rev James Maciver preaches on Ecclesiastes 3:16 Moreover, I saw under the sun that in the place of justice, even there was wickedness, and in the place of righteousness, even there was wickedness. 17 I said in my heart, God will judge the righteous and the wicked, for there is a time for every matter and for every work. 18 I said in my heart with regard to the children of man that God is testing them that they may see that they themselves are but beasts. 19 For what happens to the children of man and what happens to the beasts is the same; as one dies, so dies the other. They all have the same breath, and man has no advantage over the beasts, for all is vanity. 20 All go to one place. All are from the dust, and to dust all return. 21 Who knows whether the spirit of man goes upward and the spirit of the beast goes down into the earth? 22 So I saw that there is nothing better than that a man should rejoice in his work, for that is his lot. Who can bring him to see what will be after him?
Murchadh Martainn a searmonachadh air 1 Righ 10:1 Agus an uair a chuala ban-righinn Sheba cliu Sholaimh ann an ainm an Tighearna, thainig i g'a dhearbhadh le ceisdibh cruaidhe.
An t-Urramach Seamus Maciomhair a searmonachadh air 1 Corintianach 9:24 Nach eil fhios agaibh iadsan a tha 'ruith anns a bhlàr-reise, gu-n ruith iad uile, ach is aon duine a gheibh an duais? gu ma h-amhail a ruitheas sibhse, ionnas gu-n ghlac sibh an duais. 25 Agus tha gach uile ghleachdair measarra anns na h-uile nitheabh; a nis tha iadsan a deanamh sin a chum gu-m faigh iad crùn truaillidh; ach sinne air son crùin neo-thruaillidh 26 Uime sin is amhuil a tha mise a' ruith, cha-n ann mar gu neo-chinnteach: is amhuil a tha mi a' cur catha, cha-n ann mar neach a bhuaileas an t-athair: 27 Ach tha mi a' trom-bhualadh mo chuirp, agus 'g a chuir fo smachd: air eagal air chor sam bith an deigh dhomh searmonachadh do dhream eile, gu-n cuirear mi fein air cùl.
Professor Emeritus Donald Macleod preaches on 1 Peter 1 1 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who are elect exiles of the dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, 2 according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in the sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ and for sprinkling with his blood: May grace and peace be multiplied to you.
Rev James Maciver preaches on 1 John 4;1 Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world. 2 By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, 3 and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you heard was coming and now is in the world already. 4 Little children, you are from God and have overcome them, for he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world. 5 They are from the world; therefore they speak from the world, and the world listens to them. 6 We are from God. Whoever knows God listens to us; whoever is not from God does not listen to us. By this we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of error.
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on Ephesians 4:1 I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, 2 with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, 3 eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
An t-Urramach Seamus Maciomhair a searmonachadh air Sailm 119:1 Is beannaichte iadsan a tha neo-lochdach 's an t-slighe, a dh' imicheas ann an lagh an Tighearna. 2 Is beannaichte iadsan a ghleidheas a theisteis, a dh' iarras e le'n uile chridhe. 3 Mar an ceudna cha dean iad aingidheachd; 'n a shlighibh imichidh iad.
Rev James Maciver preaches on 1 John 3: 19 By this we shall know that we are of the truth and reassure our heart before him; 20 for whenever our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and he knows everything. 21 Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence before God; 22 and whatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do what pleases him. 23 And this is his commandment, that we believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as he has commanded us. 24 Whoever keeps his commandments abides in God, and God he in him. And by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit whom he has given us.
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on Philippians 1:18 What then? Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is proclaimed, and in that I rejoice. Yes, and I will rejoice, 19 for I know that through your prayers and the help of the Spirit of Jesus Christ this will turn out for my deliverance, 20 as it is my eager expectation and hope that I will not be at all ashamed, but that with full courage now as always Christ will be honored in my body, whether by life or by death. 21 For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
Rev James Maciver preaches on Ecclesiastes 3:9 What gain has the worker from his toil? 10 I have seen the business that God has given to the children of man to be busy with. 11 He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also, he has put eternity into man's heart, yet so that he cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end. 12 I perceived that there is nothing better for them than to be joyful and to do good as long as they live; 13 also that everyone should eat and drink and take pleasure in all his toil--this is God's gift to man. 14 I perceived that whatever God does endures forever; nothing can be added to it, nor anything taken from it. God has done it, so that people fear before him. 15 That which is, already has been; that which is to be, already has been; and God seeks what has been driven away.
An t-Urramach Seamus Maciomhair a searmonachadh air Eabhruidheach 4:14 Do bhrìgh uime sin gu bheil againn àrd-shagart mor, a chaidh a steach do ne nèamhan, Iosa Mac Dhe, cumamaid gu daingean ar n-aidmheil.
Rev James Maciver preaches on 1 John 3:11 For this is the message that you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another. 12 We should not be like Cain, who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own deeds were evil and his brother's righteous. 13 Do not be surprised, brothers, that the world hates you. 14 We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. Whoever does not love abides in death. 15 Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him. 16 By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers. 17 But if anyone has the world's goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God's love abide in him? 18 Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth.
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on Malachi 4:2 But for you who fear my name, the sun of righteousness shall rise with healing in its wings.
An t-Urramach Seamus Maciomhair a searmonachadh air Salm 40:4 Is beannaichte an duine sin a chuireas a dhòchas anns an Tighearn', agus nach seall an deigh nan uaibhreach, no' n an deigh-san a chlaonas chum breige.
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on 'Remember God's Word and Work' from Psalm 111 in this worship service recorded for 'Church at Home'.
Order of Service: Call to Worship: Psalm 105:1-11 (Sing Psalms) Prayer Children's Talk Scripture Reading: Psalm 111 Sermon: Psalm 111, 'Remember God's Word and Work' Praise: Psalm 111:6-10 (Scottish Psalter)
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on 'Remember God's Word and Work' from Psalm 111 in this worship service recorded for 'Church at Home'.
Order of Service: Call to Worship: Psalm 105:1-11 (Sing Psalms) Prayer Children's Talk Scripture Reading: Psalm 111 Sermon: Psalm 111, 'Remember God's Word and Work' Praise: Psalm 111:6-10 (Scottish Psalter)
Rev James Maciver preaches on 'Rejoice and Remember' from Ecclesiastes 11 v 7 – 12 v 8 in Sunday morning's Live Stream. Welcome Praise: Psalm 106 v 1-5 – Scottish Psalter, page 378 Reading: Ecclesiastes 11 v 7 – 12 v 8 Prayer Children’s address: From the Old to the New (2 Corinthians 5 v 17) The Lord’s Prayer Sermon: Ecclesiastes 11 v 7 – 12 v 8 Sermon Title: Rejoice and Remember Praise: Psalm 90 v 11-17, Sing Psalms, page 120 Benediction
Rev James Maciver preaches on Ecclesiastes 11:7 Light is sweet, and it is pleasant for the eyes to see the sun. 8 So if a person lives many years, let him rejoice in them all; but let him remember that the days of darkness will be many. All that comes is vanity. 9 Rejoice, O young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth. Walk in the ways of your heart and the sight of your eyes. But know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment. 10 Remove vexation from your heart, and put away pain from your body, for youth and the dawn of life are vanity. Chapter 12 1 (Remember Your Creator in Your Youth) Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come and the years draw near of which you will say, "I have no pleasure in them"; 2 before the sun and the light and the moon and the stars are darkened and the clouds return after the rain, 3 in the day when the keepers of the house tremble, and the strong men are bent, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those who look through the windows are dimmed, 4 and the doors on the street are shut--when the sound of the grinding is low, and one rises up at the sound of a bird, and all the daughters of song are brought low-- 5 they are afraid also of what is high, and terrors are in the way; the almond tree blossoms, the grasshopper drags itself along, and desire fails, because man is going to his eternal home, and the mourners go about the streets-- 6 before the silver cord is snapped, or the golden bowl is broken, or the pitcher is shattered at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern, 7 and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it. 8 Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher; all is vanity.
Rev James Maciver preaches on Malachi 4:2 But for you who fear my name, the sun of righteousness shall rise with healing in its wings. You shall go out leaping like calves from the stall.
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on Luke 12:32 Fear not, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
Rev James Maciver preaches on Malachi 4:But for you who fear my name, the sun of righteousness shall rise with healing in its wings. You shall go out leaping like calves from the stall.
Rev James Maciver preaches on 1 John 3:4 Everyone who makes a practice of sinning also practices lawlessness; sin is lawlessness. 5 You know that he appeared to take away sins, and in him there is no sin. 6 No one who abides in him keeps on sinning; no one who keeps on sinning has either seen him or known him. 7 Little children, let no one deceive you. Whoever practices righteousness is righteous, as he is righteous. 8 Whoever makes a practice of sinning is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil. 9 No one born of God makes a practice of sinning, for God's seed abides in him, and he cannot keep on sinning because he has been born of God. 10 By this it is evident who are the children of God, and who are the children of the devil: whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is the one who does not love his brother.
Rev James Maciver preaches on Ecclesiastes 3:1 For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: 2 a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted; 3 a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; 4 a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; 5 a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; 6 a time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away; 7 a time to tear, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak; 8 a time to love, and a time to hate; a time for war, and a time for peace.
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on Luke 12:22 And he said to his disciples, "Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat, nor about your body, what you will put on. 23 For life is more than food, and the body more than clothing. 24 Consider the ravens: they neither sow nor reap, they have neither storehouse nor barn, and yet God feeds them. Of how much more value are you than the birds! 25 And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life? 26 If then you are not able to do as small a thing as that, why are you anxious about the rest? 27 Consider the lilies, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 28 But if God so clothes the grass, which is alive in the field today, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, how much more will he clothe you, O you of little faith! 29 And do not seek what you are to eat and what you are to drink, nor be worried. 30 For all the nations of the world seek after these things, and your Father knows that you need them. 31 Instead, seek his kingdom, and these things will be added to you. 32 "Fear not, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom. 33 Sell your possessions, and give to the needy. Provide yourselves with moneybags that do not grow old, with a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys. 34 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. 35 "Stay dressed for action and keep your lamps burning, 36 and be like men who are waiting for their master to come home from the wedding feast, so that they may open the door to him at once when he comes and knocks. 37 Blessed are those servants whom the master finds awake when he comes. Truly, I say to you, he will dress himself for service and have them recline at table, and he will come and serve them. 38 If he comes in the second watch, or in the third, and finds them awake, blessed are those servants! 39 But know this, that if the master of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have left his house to be broken into. 40 You also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect."
Rev James Maciver preaches on 2 Chronicles 36:22 Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom and also put it in writing: 23 "Thus says Cyrus king of Persia, 'The Lord, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, and he has charged me to build him a house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Whoever is among you of all his people, may the Lord his God be with him. Let him go up.'"
Rev James Maciver preaches on 1 John 3:1-3 See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him. 2 Beloved, we are God's children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is. 3 And everyone who thus hopes in him purifies himself as he is pure.
An t-Urramach Seamus Maciomhair a searmonachadh air Salm 84:4 Is beannaichte iadsan a tha 'n an còmhnuidh a'd thigh-sa: molaidh iad thu a ghnàth. Selah. 5 Is beannaichte an duine sin aig am bheil a neart annad-sa, agus iadsan aig am bheil do shlighean 'n an cridhe. 6 A dol troimh ghleann Baca, ni iad sin tobar ann: lìonaidh mar an ceudna an t-uisge na linntean. 7 Imichidh iad o neart gu neart; nochdar gach aon diubh an làthair Dhe ann an Sion.
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on Isaiah 9:6 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder; and his name shall be called Wonderful Counsellor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
An t-Urramach Seamus Maciomhair a searmonachadh air Galatianach 4:4 Ach an uair a thàinig coimhlionadh na h-aimsir, chuir Dia a Mhac fein uaith, a ghineadh o mhnaoi, a rinneadh fo'n lagh. 5 Chum gu-n saoradh e iadsan a bha fo'n lagh, ionnas gu faigheamaid-ne uchd-mhacachd na cloinne. 6 Agus do bhrìgh gur mic sibh chuir Dia Spiorad a Mhic fhein ann 'ur cridheachaibh, ag eigheach, Abba, Athair. 7 Uime sin cha seirbhiseach thu na's mò, ach mac; agus ma's mac, is oighre mar an ceudna air Dia tre Chriosd.
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on Psalm 71:3 Be to me a rock of refuge, to which I may continually come; you have given the command to save me, for you are my rock and my fortress.
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches from Hebrews 4:13 And no creature is hidden from his sight, but all are naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must give account.
Murchadh Martainn a searmonachadh air Lucas 19:1 Agus air do Iosa dol a steach, chaimh e troimh Iericho. 2 Agus, feuch, bha duine ann d'am b'ainm Sacheus
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on Ephesians 4:25 Therefore, having put away falsehood, let each one of you speak the truth with his neighbour, for we are members one of another.
Murchadh Martainn a searmonachadh air Isaiah 12: Eigh gu h-àrd, agus dean iolach, a bhean-àiteachaidh Shioin: oir is mòr ann ad mheadhon Ti naomh Israeil.
An t-Urramach Seamus Maciomhair a searmonachadh air Salm 89:15 Is beannaichte an sluagh d'an aithne an fhuaim aoibhneach: imichidh iad, a Thighearn', ann an solus do ghnùise. 16 Ann ad ainmsa ni iad gairdeachas air feadh an là; agus ann ad fhìreantachd àrdaichear iad. 17 Oir is tusa glòir an neart; agus ann ad dheadh-ghean àrdaichear ar n-adharc. 18 Oir is e an Tighearna ar sgiath, agus Aon Naomh Israeil ar Rìgh.
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on Acts 11:20 But there were some of them, men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who on coming to Antioch spoke to the Hellenists also, preaching the Lord Jesus. 21 And the hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number who believed turned to the Lord. 22 The report of this came to the ears of the church in Jerusalem, and they sent Barnabas to Antioch. 23 When he came and saw the grace of God, he was glad, and he exhorted them all to remain faithful to the Lord with steadfast purpose, 24 for he was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and of faith. And a great many people were added to the Lord. 25 So Barnabas went to Tarsus to look for Saul, 26 and when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. For a whole year they met with the church and taught a great many people. And in Antioch the disciples were first called Christians.
Murchadh Martainn a searmonachadh air Salm 27:1 Is e an Tighearna mo sholus, agus mo shlàinte; co chuireas eagal orm? Is e an Tighearna neart mo bheatha.
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on Luke 13:24 Strive to enter through the narrow door. For many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able.
Rev James Maciver preaches on Exodus 24:9 Then Moses and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel went up, 10 and they saw the God of Israel. There was under his feet as it were a pavement of sapphire stone, like the very heaven for clearness. 11 And he did not lay his hand on the chief men of the people of Israel; they beheld God, and ate and drank.
Rev James Maciver preaches on Psalm 111 Praise the Lord! I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart, in the company of the upright, in the congregation. 2 Great are the works of the Lord, studied by all who delight in them. 3 Full of splendor and majesty is his work, and his righteousness endures forever. 4 He has caused his wondrous works to be remembered; the Lord is gracious and merciful. 5 He provides food for those who fear him; he remembers his covenant forever. 6 He has shown his people the power of his works, in giving them the inheritance of the nations. 7 The works of his hands are faithful and just; all his precepts are trustworthy; 8 they are established forever and ever, to be performed with faithfulness and uprightness. 9 He sent redemption to his people; he has commanded his covenant forever. Holy and awesome is his name! 10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; all those who practice it have a good understanding. His praise endures forever!
Rev James Maciver preaches on 1 John 2:12 I am writing to you, little children, because your sins are forgiven for his name's sake. 13 I am writing to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one. I write to you, children, because you know the Father. 14 I write to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the evil one. 15 Do not love the world or the things of the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For all that is in the world--the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride in possessions--is not from the Father but is from the world. 17 And the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever.
Rev James Maciver preaches on Ecclesiastes 2:1 I said in my heart, "Come now, I will test you with pleasure; enjoy yourself." But behold, this also was vanity. 2 I said of laughter, "It is mad," and of pleasure, "What use is it?" 3 I searched with my heart how to cheer my body with wine-my heart still guiding me with wisdom-and how to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was good for the children of man to do under heaven during the few days of their life. 4 I made great works. I built houses and planted vineyards for myself. 5 I made myself gardens and parks, and planted in them all kinds of fruit trees. 6 I made myself pools from which to water the forest of growing trees. 7 I bought male and female slaves, and had slaves who were born in my house. I had also great possessions of herds and flocks, more than any who had been before me in Jerusalem. 8 I also gathered for myself silver and gold and the treasure of kings and provinces. I got singers, both men and women, and many concubines, the delight of the children of man. 9 So I became great and surpassed all who were before me in Jerusalem. Also my wisdom remained with me. 10 And whatever my eyes desired I did not keep from them. I kept my heart from no pleasure, for my heart found pleasure in all my toil, and this was my reward for all my toil. 11 Then I considered all that my hands had done and the toil I had expended in doing it, and behold, all was vanity and a striving after wind, and there was nothing to be gained under the sun. 12 So I turned to consider wisdom and madness and folly. For what can the man do who comes after the king? Only what has already been done. 13 Then I saw that there is more gain in wisdom than in folly, as there is more gain in light than in darkness. 14 The wise person has his eyes in his head, but the fool walks in darkness. And yet I perceived that the same event happens to all of them. 15 Then I said in my heart, "What happens to the fool will happen to me also. Why then have I been so very wise?" And I said in my heart that this also is vanity. 16 For of the wise as of the fool there is no enduring remembrance, seeing that in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. How the wise dies just like the fool! 17 So I hated life, because what is done under the sun was grievous to me, for all is vanity and a striving after wind. 18 I hated all my toil in which I toil under the sun, seeing that I must leave it to the man who will come after me, 19 and who knows whether he will be wise or a fool? Yet he will be master of all for which I toiled and used my wisdom under the sun. This also is vanity. 20 So I turned about and gave my heart up to despair over all the toil of my labors under the sun, 21 because sometimes a person who has toiled with wisdom and knowledge and skill must leave everything to be enjoyed by someone who did not toil for it. This also is vanity and a great evil. 22 What has a man from all the toil and striving of heart with which he toils beneath the sun? 23 For all his days are full of sorrow, and his work is a vexation. Even in the night his heart does not rest. This also is vanity. 24 There is nothing better for a person than that he should eat and drink and find enjoyment in his toil. This also, I saw, is from the hand of God, 25 for apart from him who can eat or who can have enjoyment? 26 For to the one who pleases him God has given wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner he has given the business of gathering and collecting, only to give to one who pleases God. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on 1 Peter 4:7 But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on Luke 1:45 And blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of what was spoken to her from the Lord.
Rev James Maciver preaches on Matthew 6:5"And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites. For they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, that they may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. 6 But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you. 7 "And when you pray, do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do, for they think that they will be heard for their many words. 8 Do not be like them, for your Father knows Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him. 9 Pray then like this: "Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. 10 Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. 11 6737 Give us this day our daily bread, 12 and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. 13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. 14 For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you,
Rev James Maciver preaches on 1 John 2:7 Beloved, I am writing you no new commandment, but an old commandment that you had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word that you have heard. 8 At the same time, it is a new commandment that I am writing to you, which is true in him and in you, because the darkness is passing away and the true light is already shining. 9 Whoever says he is in the light and hates his brother is still in darkness. 10 Whoever loves his brother abides in the light, and in him there is no cause for stumbling. 11 But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
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An t-Urramach Seamus Maciomhair a searmonachadh air Sailm 89:15 Is beannaichte an sluagh d'an aithne an fhuaim aoibhneach: imichidh iad, a Thighearn', ann an solus do ghnùise. 16 Ann ad ainm-sa ni iad gairdeachas air feadh an là; agus ann ad fhìreantachd àrdaichear iad. 17 Oir is tusa glòir an neart; agus ann ad dheadh-ghean àrdaichear ar n-adharc. 18 Oir is e an Tighearn' ar sgiath, agus Aon naomh Israeil ar Rìgh.
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on Revelation 2:10 Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested, and for ten days you will have tribulation. Be faithful unto death, and I will give you the crown of life.
An t-Urramach Seamus Maciomhair a searmonachadh air Iosua 5:13 Agus an uair a bha Iosua làimh ri Iericho, thog a suas a shùilean agus dh' amhairc e, agus, feuch, sheas duine thall fa 'chomhair, agus a chlaidheamh rùisgte 'n a làimh: agus chaidh Iosua d'a ionnsuidh, agus thubhairt e ris, An ann leinne a tha thu, no le 'r n-eascairdibh? 14 Agus thubhairt e, Cha-n ann: ach mar cheannard slòigh an Tighearna tha mi a nis air teachd. Agus thuit Iosua air 'aghaidh air an talamh, agus rinn e aoradh, agus thubhairt e ris, Ciod a tha mo thighearn' ag radh r'a sheirbhiseach? Agus thubhairt ceannard slòigh an Tighearna ri Iosua, Fuasgail do bhròg bhàrr do choise, oir tha an t-ionad air am bheil thu a'd sheasamh, naomh. Agus rinn Iosua mar sin.
Rev James Maciver preaches on 1 John 2:3 And by this we know that we have come to know him, if we keep his commandments. 4 Whoever says "I know him" but does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him, 5 but whoever keeps his word, in him truly the love of God is perfected. By this we may know that we are in him: 6 whoever says he abides in him ought to walk in the same way in which he walked.
Rev James Maciver preaches on Ecclesiastes 1:12 I the Preacher have been king over Israel in Jerusalem. 13 And I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom all that is done under heaven. It is an unhappy business that God has given to the children of man to be busy with. 14 I have seen everything that is done under the sun, and behold, all is vanity and a striving after wind. 15 What is crooked cannot be made straight, and what is lacking cannot be counted. 16 I said in my heart, "I have acquired great wisdom, surpassing all who were over Jerusalem before me, and my heart has had great experience of wisdom and knowledge." 17 And I applied my heart to know wisdom and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also is but a striving after wind. 18 For in much wisdom is much vexation, and he who increases knowledge increases sorrow.
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on Isaiah 55:2 Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread, and your labor for that which does not satisfy? Listen diligently to me, and eat what is good, and delight yourselves in rich food.
Rev James Maciver preaches on 1 John 1:10 If we say we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us. Chapter 2:1 My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. 2 He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world.
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on Proverbs 1:7 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction. - Proverbs 2:1-7 My son, if you receive my words and treasure up my commandments with you, 2 making your ear attentive to wisdom and inclining your heart to understanding; 3 yes, if you call out for insight and raise your voice for understanding, 4 if you seek it like silver and search for it as for hidden treasures, 5 then you will understand the fear of the Lord and find the knowledge of God. 6 For the Lord gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding; 7 he stores up sound wisdom for the upright; he is a shield to those who walk in integrity,
An t-Urramach Seamus Maciomhair a searmonachadh air Sailm 65:4 Is beannaichte esan a thaghas tusa, agus a bheir thu am fagus duit; gheibh e còmhnuidh a'd chùirtibh: sasuichear sinne le maitheas do thigh, do theampuill naomh.
An t-Urramach Seamus Maciomhair a searmonachadh air Aireamh 14:13 Agus thubhairt Maois ris an Tighearn', An sin cluinnidh na h-Eiphitich e, (oir thug thusa nios an sluagh so le d' chumhachd o bhi 'n am measg.) 14 Agus innsidh iad e do luchd-àiteachaidh an fhearainn seo: oir chual' iad gu bheil thusa, a Thighearn'. am measg an t-sluaigh seo; gu bheil thusa, a Thighearn', air d' fhaicinn aghaidh ri h-aghaidh; agus gu bheil do neul a' seasamh os an ceann; agus gu bheil thu ag imeachd romhpa, ann am meall neoil 's an latha, agus ann am meall teine 's an oidhche.
Rev James Maciver preaches on 1 John 1:8 If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Rev James Maciver preaches on Genesis 18:19 For I have chosen him, that he may command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing righteousness and justice, so that the Lord may bring to Abraham what he has promised him."
Rev James Maciver preaches on 1 John 1:5 This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. 6 If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. 7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.
An t-Urramach Seamus Maciomhair a searmonachadh air Sailm 32:1 Is beannaichte esan d'an do mhaitheadh 'eusontais, d'am bheil a pheacadh air 'fholach. 2 Is beannaichte an duine nach cuir an Tighearn' euceart as a leth, agus aig nach 'eil cealg 'n a spiorad. 3 'N uair a bha mi ann am thosd, luidh aois air mo chnàmhan, le 'm bhùireadh fad an latha. 4 Oir a latha agus a dh' oidhche bha do làmh trom orm: tha mo bhrìgh air a h-atharrachadh gu tiormachd an t-samhraidh. 5 Dh 'aidich mi mo pheacadh dhuit, agus cha do cheil mi m' euceart: thubhairt mi, Aidichidh mi m' eusontais do an Tighearn; agus mhaith thusa cionta mo pheacaidh.
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on John 14:6 Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."
Rev James Maciver preaches on 2 Corinthians 1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, 4 who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.
Rev James Maciver preaches on 1 John 1:1 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we looked upon and have touched with our hands, concerning the word of life-- 2 the life was made manifest, and we have seen it, and testify to it and proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and was made manifest to us-- 3 that which we have seen and heard we proclaim also to you, so that you too may have fellowship with us; and indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ. 4 And we are writing these things so that our joy may be complete.
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on Romans 8:14 For all who are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.
Rev James Maciver preaches on Ecclesiastes 1:4-11 A generation goes, and a generation comes, but the earth remains forever. 5 The sun rises, and the sun goes down, and hastens to the place where it rises. 6 The wind blows to the south and goes around to the north; around and around goes the wind, and on its circuits the wind returns. 7 All streams run to the sea, but the sea is not full; to the place where the streams flow, there they flow again. 8 All things are full of weariness; a man cannot utter it; the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing. 9 What has been is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done, and there is nothing new under the sun. 10 Is there a thing of which it is said, "See, this is new"? It has been already in the ages before us. 11 There is no remembrance of former things, nor will there be any remembrance of later things Or later people yet to be among those who come after.
Murchadh Martainn a searmonachadh air Eoin 3:3 Fhreagair Iosa agus thubhairt e ris, Gu deimhinn deimhinn tha mi ag radh riut, mur beirear duine a rìs, nach urrainn e rìoghachd Dhe fhaicinn.
Rev Kenneth Ferguson preaches on Malachi 3:16 Then those who feared the Lord spoke with one another. The Lord paid attention and heard them, and a book of remembrance was written before him of those who feared the Lord and esteemed his name. 17 "They shall be mine, says the Lord of hosts, in the day when I make up my treasured possession, and I will spare them as a man spares his son who serves him.
Rev James Maciver preaches on 1 John 1:1 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we looked upon and have touched with our hands, concerning the word of life-- 2 the life was made manifest, and we have seen it, and testify to it and proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and was made manifest to us-- 3 that which we have seen and heard we proclaim also to you, so that you too may have fellowship with us; and indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ. 4 And we are writing these things so that our joy may be complete.
An t-Urramach Seamus Maciomhair a searmonachadh air Salm 1: 1 Is beannaichte an duine sin nach gluais ann an comhairle nan aingidh, agus nach seas ann an slighe nam peacach, agus nach suidh ann an caithir luchd-fanoid. 2 Ach aig am bheil tlachd ann an lagh an Tighearn', agus a smuainicheas air a lagh-san' a là agus a dh'oidhche. 3 Bithidh e mar chraoibh suidhichte làimh ri sruthaibh uisge, a bheir a mach a toradh 'n a aimsir, agus nach caill a duilleach: agus soirbhichidh leis gach ni a nì e. 4 Cha-n ann mar sin a bhitheas na h-aingidh; ach mar mholl a sgapas a' ghaoth. 5 Air an aobhar sin cha seas na h-aingidh ann am breitheanas, no peacaich ann an coimhthional nam fìrean. 6 Oir is aithne do an Tighearna slighe nam fìrean; ach sgriosar slighe nan aingidh.
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on Luke 11:1 Now Jesus was praying in a certain place, and when he finished, one of his disciples said to him, "Lord, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples." 2 And he said to them, "When you pray, say: "Father, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come. 3 Give us each day our daily bread, 4 and forgive us our sins, for we ourselves forgive everyone who is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation." 5 And he said to them, "Which of you who has a friend will go to him at midnight and say to him, 'Friend, lend me three loaves, 6 for a friend of mine has arrived on a journey, and I have nothing to set before him'; 7 and he will answer from within, 'Do not bother me; the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed. I cannot get up and give you anything'? 8 I tell you, though he will not get up and give him anything because he is his friend, yet because of his impudence he will rise and give him whatever he needs. 9 And I tell you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. 10 For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened. 11 What father among you, if his son asks for a fish, will instead of a fish give him a serpent; 12 or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? 13 If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!"
Rev James Maciver preaches on Matthew 22:41 Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them a question, 42 saying, "What do you think about the Christ? Whose son is he?" They said to him, "The son of David." 43 He said to them, "How is it then that David, in the Spirit, calls him Lord, saying, 44 "'The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at my right hand, until I put your enemies under your feet'? 45 If then David calls him Lord, how is he his son?" 46 And no one was able to answer him a word, nor from that day did anyone dare to ask him any more questions.
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on Colossians 2:6 Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him, 7 rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving. 8 See to it that no one takes you captive
Rev James Maciver preaches on Ecclesiastes 1:1 The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem. 2 Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher, vanity of vanities! All is vanity. 3 What does man gain by all the toil at which he toils under the sun?
An t-Urramach Seamus Maciomhair a searmonachadh air Salm 100 1 Togaibh iolach ait do an Tighearna, a thìrean uile. 2 Deanaibh seirbhis do an Tighearna le aoibhneas, thigibh 'n a fhianuis le luath-ghàire. 3 Bitheadh fios agaibh gur e an Tighearn' a's Dia ann: is e a rinn sinn, agus cha sinn fein: is sinn a shluagh, agus caoraich 'ionaltraidh-san. 4 Thigibh a steach 'n a gheatachaibh le buidheachas, 'n a chùirtibh le moladh; thugaibh buidheachas dha, beannaichibh 'ainm. 5 Oir tha an Tighearna maith; mairidh a thròcair gu bràth, agus fhìrinn o linn gu linn.
Murchadh Martainn a searmonachadh air Galatianach 3:26 Oir is sibhse uile mic Dhe tre chreidimh ann an Iosa Criosd. 27 Oir a' mheud agaibh 's a bhaisteadh do Chriosd, chuir sibh umaibh Criosd. 28 Chan eil Iudhach no Greugach, chan eil saor no daor, chan eil fiorann no boirionn ann: oir is aon sibh uile ann an Iosa Criosd. 29 Agus ma's le Criosd sibh, is sibh sìol Abrahaim gun amharus, agus is oighreachan sibh a reir a' gheallaidh.
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on John 9:5 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world."
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on Psalm 46 God is our refuge and strength, a very present or well proved help in trouble. 2 Therefore we will not fear though the earth gives way, though the mountains be moved into the heart of the sea, 3 though its waters roar and foam, though the mountains tremble at its swelling. 4 There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the holy habitation of the Most High. 5 God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved; God will help her when morning dawns. 6 The nations rage, the kingdoms totter; he utters his voice, the earth melts. 7 The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. 8 Come, behold the works of the Lord, how he has brought desolations on the earth. 9 He makes wars cease to the end of the earth; he breaks the bow and shatters the spear; he burns the chariots with fire. 10 "Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!" 11 The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress.
Ian Macrath a searmonachadh air 1 Tesalonianach 4:13 Ach cha b' àill leam, a bhràithre, sibh a bhi aineolach 'thaobh na muinntir sin a tha 'n an codal, chum nach dean sibh bròn, eadhon mar dhaoine eile aig nach 'eil dòchas.
Rev D.A. Macdonald preaches on 1 Kings 19:9 There he came to a cave and lodged in it. And behold, the word of the Lord came to him, and he said to him, "What are you doing here, Elijah?"
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on John 6:35 Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on John 10:9 I am the door. If anyone enters by me, he will be saved and will go in and out and find pasture. 10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly. 11 I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
Murchadh Martainn a searmonachadh air 2 Peadar 3:4 C' àit an bheil geallaidh a theachd? oir o choidil na h-aithrichean, the na h-uile nithe a' fantainn mar a bha iad o thoiseach a' chruthachaidh.
Rev James Maciver preaches on John 4:39 Many Samaritans from that town believed in him because of the woman's testimony, "He told me all that I ever did." 40 So when the Samaritans came to him, they asked him to stay with them, and he stayed there two days. 41 And many more believed because of his word. 42 They said to the woman, "It is no longer because of what you said that we believe, for we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this is indeed the Savior of the world."
Rev James Maciver preaches on John 4:31 Meanwhile the disciples were urging him, saying, "Rabbi, eat." 32 But he said to them, "I have food to eat that you do not know about." 33 So the disciples said to one another, "Has anyone brought him something to eat?" 34 Jesus said to them, "My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to accomplish his work. 35 Do you not say, 'There are yet four months, then comes the harvest'? Look, I tell you, lift up your eyes, and see that the fields are white for harvest. 36 Already the one who reaps is receiving wages and gathering fruit for eternal life, so that sower and reaper may rejoice together. 37 For here the saying holds true, 'One sows and another reaps.' 38 I sent you to reap that for which you did not labor. Others have labored, and you have entered into their labor."
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on Psalm 107:1 Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever! 2 Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, whom he has redeemed from trouble 3 and gathered in from the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south. 4 Some wandered in desert wastes, finding no way to a city to dwell in; 5 hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted within them. 6 Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress. 7 He led them by a straight way till they reached a city to dwell in.
An t-Urramach Seamus Maciomhair a searmonachadh air Deuteronomi 5:1 Agus ghairm Maois air Israeil uile, agus thubhairt e riu, Eisd, O Israeil, ris na reachdaibh agus na breitheanais a labhras mi 'n 'ur cluasaibh air an là 'n diugh, a chum gu foghlum sibh iad, agus gu'n gleidh agus gu-n dean sibh iad. 2 Rinn an Tighearna ur Dia coimh-cheangal ruinn ann an Horeb. 3 Cha d' rinn an Tighearn' an coimh-cheangal so r' ar n-aithrichibh, ach ruinne, eadhon ruinne a tha uile beò an so air an là 'n diugh. 4 Aghaidh ri h-aghaidh labhair an Tighearna ribh 's an t-sliabh, a meadhon an teine. 5 Sheas mise eadar an Tighearn' agus sibhse 's an àm sin, a nochdadh dhuibh focail an Tighearn': oir bha eagal oirbh roimh an teine, agus cha deachaidh sibh suas do'n t-sliabh, ag ràdh, 6 Is mise an Tighearna do Dhia, a thug a mach thusa a tìr na h-Eiphit, a tigh na daorsa.
Rev Dr Malcolm Maclean preaches on Ephesians 2:19 So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, 20 built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone, 21 in whom the whole structure, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord. 22 In him you also are being built together into a dwelling place for God by the Spirit.
An t-Urramach Paul Moireach a searmonachadh air Salm 136:1 O thugaibh buidheachas do an Tighearna; oir tha e maith; oir gu bràth mairidh a thròcair.
An t-Urramach Alasdair Macamhlaigh a searmonachadh air Marc 10:49 Agus sheas Iosa, agus dh’ àithn e esan a ghairm d’ a ionnsuidh: agus ghairm iad an dall, ag radh ris, Bitheadh misneach agad, eirich; tha e ‘g ad ghairm.
Rev Dr Maclean preaches on John 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. 4 In him was life, and the life was the light of men. 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. 6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. 7 He came as a witness, to bear witness about the light, that all might believe through him. 8 He was not the light, but came to bear witness about the light. 9 The true light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world. 10 He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world did not know him
Rev Dr Malcolm Maclean preaches on Galatians 5:6 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything, but only faith working through love.
An t-Urramach Alasdair Macamhlaigh a searmonachadh air Eoin 19:34 Ach lot fear de na saighdearan a thaobh le sleigh, agus air ball thàinig a mach fuil agus uisge
Rev Alasdair Macaulay preaches on 1 Corinthians 11:27 Whoever, therefore, eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of profaning the body and blood of the Lord.
An t-Urramach Calum Macleoid a searmonachadh air Salm 118:17 Cha-n fhaigh mi bàs, ach mairidh mi beò, agus cuiridh mi'n ceill oibre an Tighearna. 18 Throm-smachdaich an Tighearna mi; ach gu bàs cha d' thug e thairis mi. 19 Fosglaibh dhomh geatachan an ionracais; theid mi steach oirre, agus molaidh mi an Tighearna. 20 Is e seo geata an Tighearna, air an teid na fìreana steach. 21 Molaidh mi thu, oir dh' eisd thu rium, agus is tu mo shlàinte. 22 A' chlach a dhiult na clachairean, rinneadh i 'n a cloich-chinn na h-oisinn.
Rev Dr Malcolm Maclean preaches on Matthew 9:9 As Jesus passed on from there, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax booth, and he said to him, "Follow me." And he rose and followed him. 10 And as Jesus reclined at table in the house, behold, many tax collectors and sinners came and were reclining with Jesus and his disciples. 11 And when the Pharisees saw this, they said to his disciples, "Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?" 12 But when he heard it, he said, "Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. 13 Go and learn what this means, 'I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.' For I came not to call the righteous, but sinners."
An t-Urramach Alasdair Macamhlaigh a searmonachadh air Deuteronomi 32:10 Fhuair e ann am fearann fàs e, eadhon ann am fàsach falamh, làn ul-fhartaich: threòraich e mu'n cuairt e, theagaisg se e, ghleidh e mar ubhal a shùla e. 11 Mar a charaicheas iolair suas a nead, a dh' itealaicheas i os cionn a h-àlaich, a sgaoileas i mach a sgiathan, a ghabhas i iad, a ghiùlaineas i iad air a sgiathaibh; 12 Mar sin threòraich an Tighearna 'n a aonar esan, agus cha robh Dia coigreach maille ris. 13 Thug e air marcachd air àitibh àrda na talmhainn, a chum gu'n itheadh e toradh an fhearainn, agus thug e air mil a dheothal as a' charraig, agus oladh as a' charraig ailbhinn; 14 Im cruidh, agus bainne chaorach, maille ri saill uan agus reitheachan de shìol Bhasainn, agus ghabhar, maille ri reamhrachd àirnean a' chruithneachd; agus dh' òl thu fuil fhior-ghlan nam fion-dhearc.
Rev Paul Murray preaches on Matthew 5:3 Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of God.
An t-Urramach Calum Domhnullach a searmonachadh air 1 Corintianach 9 Oir is sinne co‑luchd‑obrach Dhè. Is sibhse achadh Dhè, togalach Dhè. 10 A rèir gràs Dhè a chaidh a thoirt dhòmhsa, mar shàr‑fhear‑togail glic, shuidhich mi bunait, agus tha neach eile a' togail oirre. Thoireadh gach neach an aire ciamar a thogas e oirre. 11 Oir chan urrainn do neach sam bith bunait a shuidheachadh a bharrachd air an tè sin a chaidh a suidheachadh, as e Ìosa Crìosd. 12 A‑nis ma thogas neach sam bith air a' bhunait le òr, airgead, clachan prìseil, fiodh, feur, connlach – 13 bidh obair gach neach air fhoillseachadh, oir nochdaidh an Latha i, a chionn 's gun tèid a foillseachadh le teine, agus dearbhaidh an teine dè an seòrsa obair a tha gach aon air a dhèanamh. 14 Ma dh'fhanas obair neach sam bith a thog air a' bhunait, gheibh e duais.
Rev James Maciver preaches on Zephaniah 3:17 The Lord your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love; he will exult over you with loud singing.
Rev James Maciver preaches on Mark 14:14 "Say to the master of the house, "The Teacher says, Where is my guest room, where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?"
An t-Urramach Seumas Maciomhair a searmonachadh air Ecsodus 24:9 Agus chaidh Maois suas agus Aaron, Nadab, agus Abihu, agus tri fichead 's a deich de sheanairibh Israeil. 10 Agus chunnaic iad Dia Israeil: agus fo a chosaibh bha mar gu-m bitheadh obair de chloich shaphir, agus mar na nèamhan fein ann an soillse. 11 Agus air maithibh chloinn Israeil cha do chuir e a làmh: agus chunnaic iad Dia, agus dh'ith iad agus dh'òl iad.
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on Ephesians 5:14 Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.
Murchadh Martainn a searmonachadh air Taisbeanadh 22:17 Agus tha an Spiorad agus a' bhean nuadh-phòsda ag radh, Thig. Agus abradh an ti a chluinneas, Thig. Agus an neach air am bheil tart, thigeadh e. Agus ge b'e neach leis an àill, gabhaidh e uisge na beatha gu saor.
Rev James Maciver preaches on Acts 24: 24 After some days Felix came with his wife Drusilla, who was Jewish, and he sent for Paul and heard him speak about faith in Christ Jesus. 25 And as he reasoned about righteousness and self-control and the coming judgment, Felix was alarmed and said, "Go away for the present. When I get an opportunity I will summon you." 26 At the same time he hoped that money would be given him by Paul. So he sent for him often and conversed with him. 27 When two years had elapsed, Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus. And desiring to do the Jews a favor, Felix left Paul in prison.
Rev James Maciver preaches on John 19:19 Pilate also wrote an inscription and put it on the Cross. It read "Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews."
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on John 15:2 Every branch of mine that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bring forth more fruit.
Rev James Maciver preaches on Isaiah 51:11 And the ransomed of the Lord shall return and come to Zion with singing; everlasting joy shall be upon their heads; they shall obtain gladness and joy, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
An t-Urramach Seumas Maciomhair a searmonachadh air Ephesianach 6:14 Seasaidh uime sin, air bhi do 'ur leasraidh air an crioslachadh le fìrinn, agus uchd-eideadh na fìreantachd umaibh;
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on Micah 7:18 Who is a God like you, pardoning iniquity and passing over transgression for the remnant of his inheritance? He does not retain his anger forever, because he delights in steadfast love.
Rev James Maciver preaches on Isaiah 43:8 Bring out the people who are blind, yet have eyes, who are deaf, yet have ears! 9 All the nations gather together, and the peoples assemble. Who among them can declare this, and show us the former things? Let them bring their witnesses to prove them right, and let them hear and say, It is true. 10 "You are my witnesses," declares the Lord, "and my servant whom I have chosen, that you may know and believe me and understand that I am he. Before me no god was formed, nor shall there be any after me. 11 I, I am the Lord, and besides me there is no savior. 12 I declared and saved and proclaimed, when there was no strange god among you; and you are my witnesses," declares the Lord, "and I am God.
Rev James Maciver preaches on Acts 26:27 King Agrippa, do you believe the prophets? I know that you believe." 28 And Agrippa said to Paul, "In a short time would you persuade me to be a Christian?" 29 And Paul said, "Whether short or long, I would to God that not only you but also all who hear me this day might become such as I am--except for these chains."
Rev James Maciver preaches on Mark 10:13 And they were bringing children to him that he might touch them, and the disciples rebuked them. 14 But when Jesus saw it, he was indignant and said to them, "Let the children come to me; do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God. 15 Truly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it." 16 And he took them in his arms and blessed them, laying his hands on them.
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on Psalm 34:17 When the righteous cry for help, the Lord hears and delivers them out of all their troubles. 18 The Lord is near to the broken-hearted and saves the crushed in spirit.
An t-Urramach Seamus Maciomhair a searmonachadh air 1 Tesaloniach 5:23 Agus gu-n deanamh Dia na sìthe fein naomha sibh gu h-iomlan; agus gu-n deònaicheadh Dia gu-m bi 'ur n-uile spiorad, agus anam, agus chorp air an gleidheadh gu neo-choireach, gu teachd ar Tighearna Iosa Criosd.
Rev James Maciver preaches on Romans 1:18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth. 19 For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. 20 For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse. 21 For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22 Claiming to be wise, they became fools, 23 and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man and birds and animals and creeping things. 24 Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves, 25 because they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen. 26 For this reason God gave them up to dishonorable passions. For their women exchanged natural relations for those that are contrary to nature; 27 and the men likewise gave up natural relations with women and were consumed with passion for one another, men committing shameless acts with men and receiving in themselves the due penalty for their error. 28 And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a debased mind to do what ought not to be done. 29 They were filled with all manner of unrighteousness, evil, covetousness, malice. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, maliciousness. They are gossips, 30 slanderers, haters of God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents, 31 foolish, faithless, heartless, ruthless. 32 Though they know God's decree that those who practice such things deserve to die, they not only do them but give approval to those who practice them.
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on Revelation 2:2 "'I know your works, your toil and your patient endurance, and how you cannot bear with those who are evil, but have tested those who call themselves apostles and are not, and found them to be false. 3 I know you are enduring patiently and bearing up for my name's sake, and you have not grown weary. 4 But I have this against you, that you have abandoned the love you had at first. 5 Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent, and do the works you did at first. If not, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place, unless you repent.
An t-Urramach Seumas Maciomhair a searmonachadh air Salm 25:8 Is maith agus is dìreach an Tighearn'; uime sin teagaisgidh e peacaich 's an t-slighe. 9 Treòraichidh e na daoine ciùin ann am breitheanas; agus teagaisgidh e do na daoinibh ciùin a shlighe. 10 Is tròcair agus fìrinn uile shlighean an Tighearna, dhoibhsan a ghleidheas a choimhcheangal agus a theisteas.
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on 1 Peter 3:8 Finally, all of you, have unity of mind, sympathy, brotherly love, a tender heart, and a humble mind. 9 Do not repay evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary, bless, for to this you were called, that you may obtain a blessing.
Rev James Maciver preaches on Romans 4:16 That is why it depends on faith, in order that the promise may rest on grace and be guaranteed to all his offspring--not only to the adherent of the law but also to the one who shares the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all, 17 as it is written, "I have made you the father of many nations"--in the presence of the God in whom he believed, who gives life to the dead and calls into existence the things that do not exist. 18 In hope he believed against hope, that he should become the father of many nations, as he had been told, "So shall your offspring be." 19 He did not weaken in faith when he considered his own body, which was as good as dead (since he was about a hundred years old), or when he considered the barrenness of Sarah's womb. 20 No distrust made him waver concerning the promise of God, but he grew strong in his faith as he gave glory to God, 21 fully convinced that God was able to do what he had promised.
Rev James Maciver preaches on Philippians 1:9 And it is my prayer that your love may abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment, 10 so that you may approve what is excellent, and so be pure and blameless for the day of Christ, 11 filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
Rev James Maciver preaches on John 5:39 You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that bear witness about me. 40 Yet you refuse to come to me that you may have life.
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on 1 Corinthians 3:8 He who plants and he who waters are one, and each will receive his wages according to his labour 9 For we are God's fellow workers. You are God's field, God's building.
An t-Urramach Seumas Maciomhair a searmonachadh air Genesis 12: 10 Agus bha gorta 's an tìr: agus chaidh Abram sìos do'n Eiphit gu bhi air chuairt an sin, do bhrìgh gu-n robh a ghorta mòr 'san tìr. 13 Abair, guidheam ort, gur tu mo phiuthar, chum gu-n eirich gu maith dhomh air do sgàth-sa; agus bithidh m' anam beò air do shon-sa. 20 Agus thug Pharoah àithne d' a dhaoinibh m' a thimchioll; agus chuir iad air falbh e fein, agus a bhean, agus gach ni a bh' aige.
Rev James Maciver preaches on Isaiah 25:2 For you have made the city a heap; the fortified city a ruin; the foreigners' palace is a city no more; it will never be rebuilt. Isaiah 26:1 In that day the song will be sung in the land of Judah: "We have a strong city; he sets up salvation as walls and bulwarks.
An t-Urramach Seamus Maciomhair a searmonachadh air Gnath-Fhocail 4:5 Faigh gliocas: faigh tuigse; 'na dì-chuimhnich, agus na claon o bhriathraibh mo bheoil. 6 Na treig i, agus gleidhidh i thu: gràdhaich i, agus coimheadaidh i thu. 7 Is e gliocas a ni sonruichte; faigh gliocas, agus maille ri d' uile fhaghail faigh tuigse. 8 Ardaich i, agus cuiridh i suas thu; bheir i gu urram thu, 'n uair a ghabhas tu a'd' ghlacaibh i. 9 Bheir i do d' cheann coron maise: crùn glòire bheir i seachad duit.
An t-Urramach Seumas Maciomhair a searmonachadh air Ecsodus 20:24 Altair de thalamh ni thu dhomhsa, agus ìobraidh tu oirre do thabhartais-loisgte, agus do thabhartais-sìth, do-chaoraich, agus do dhaimh: anns gach àite 's an toir mise fainear gu-n cuimhnichear m' ainm, thig mi a d' ionnsuidh, agus beannaichidh mi thu. 25 Agus ma ni thu altair chloiche dhomh, cha tog thu i le cloich shnaidhte; oir ma thogas tu d'inneal-snaidhidh suas oirre, truaillidh tu i.
Rev James Maciver preaches on Philippians 3:20 But our citizenship is in Heaven, and from it we await a Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ, 21 who will transform our lowly body to be like his glorious body, by the power that enables him even to subject all things to himself.
Murchadh Martainn a searmonachadh air Eoin 10:10 Thàinig mise chum gu-m bitheadh beatha aca, agus gu-m bitheadh i aca na's pailte. 11 Is mise am buachaille maith; leigidh am buachaille maith 'anam a sìos air son nan caorach.
Rev James Maciver preaches on Psalm 27:4 One thing I asked of the Lord, that I will seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life.
An t-Urramach Seamus Maciomhair a searmonachadh air Eoin 14:15 “Ma tha gràdh agaibh ormsa, cumaidh sibh m' àithntean. 16 Agus iarraidh mise air an Athair, agus bheir e dhuibh Neach‑Cuideachaidh eile, airson fantainn còmhla ribh gu bràth –17 Spiorad na Fìrinn – nach urrainn dhan t‑saoghal a ghabhail, a chionn 's nach eil e ga fhaicinn no eòlach air. Is aithne dhuibhse e, oir tha e a' fantainn còmhla ribh, agus bidh e annaibh. 18 Chan fhàg mi sibh nur dilleachdain; thig mi thugaibh. 19 Ùine bheag fhathast agus chan fhaic an saoghal tuilleadh mi, ach chì sibhse mi. A chionn 's gu bheil mise beò, bidh sibhse beò cuideachd. 20 Air an latha sin bidh fios agaibh gu bheil mise anns an Athair, agus sibhse annamsa, agus mise annaibhse. 21 Ge b' e cò aig a bheil m' àithntean‑sa agus a tha gan cumail, is ann aigesan a tha gràdh dhòmhsa. Agus an neach aig a bheil gràdh dhòmhsa, bidh e air a ghràdhachadh lem Athair, agus gràdhaichidh mise e agus foillsichidh mise mi fhèin dha.” 22 Thuirt Iùdas (chan e Iscariot) ris, “A Thighearna, carson a dh'fhoillsicheas tu thu fhèin dhuinne, agus nach dèan thu sin dhan t‑saoghal?” 23 Fhreagair Ìosa, “Ma ghràdhaicheas neach sam bith mise, cumaidh e m' fhacal, agus gràdhaichidh m' Athair esan, agus thig sinn thuige, agus nì sinn ar n‑àite‑fuirich còmhla ris. 24 Ge b' e cò nach gràdhaich mise, cha chùm e mo bhriathran. Agus am facal a tha sibh a' cluinntinn, chan ann leamsa a tha e, ach leis an Athair a chuir a‑mach mi.
Rev D A Macdonald preaches on Luke 19:10 For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost."
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on 2 Corinthians 4:3 And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled only to those who are perishing. 4 In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God
An t-Urramach D A Domhnullach a searmonachadh air Eoin 13:7 An ni so a tha mi 'deanamh cha-n aithne dhuit-sa a nis; ach bithidh fios agad air an deigh so.
Rev James Maciver preaches on 3 John The elder to the beloved Gaius, whom I love in truth. 2 Beloved, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in good health, as it goes well with your soul. 3 For I rejoiced greatly when the brothers came and testified to your truth, as indeed you are walking in the truth. 4 I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth. 5 Beloved, it is a faithful thing you do in all your efforts for these brothers, strangers as they are, 6 who testified to your love before the church. You will do well to send them on their journey in a manner worthy of God. 7 For they have gone out for the sake of the name, accepting nothing from the Gentiles. 8 Therefore we ought to support people like these, that we may be fellow workers for the truth. 9 I have written something to the church, but Diotrephes, who likes to put himself first, does not acknowledge our authority. 10 So if I come, I will bring up what he is doing, talking wicked nonsense against us. And not content with that, he refuses to welcome the brothers, and also stops those who want to and puts them out of the church. 11 Beloved, do not imitate evil but imitate good. Whoever does good is from God; whoever does evil has not seen God. 12 Demetrius has received a good testimony from everyone, and from the truth itself. We also add our testimony, and you know that our testimony is true. 13 I had much to write to you, but I would rather not write with pen and ink. 14 I hope to see you soon, and we will talk face to face. 15 Peace be to you. The friends greet you. Greet the friends, every one of them.
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on Psalm 119:169 Let my cry come before you, O Lord; give me understanding according to your word! 170 Let my plea come before you; deliver me according to your word. 171 My lips will pour forth praise, for you teach me your statutes. 172 My tongue will sing of your word, for all your commandments are right. 173 Let your hand be ready to help me, for I have chosen your precepts. 174 I long for your salvation, O Lord, and your law is my delight. 175 Let my soul live and praise you, and let your rules help me. 176 I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek your servant, for I do not forget your commandments.
Rev James Maciver preaches on 2 John The elder to the beloved Gaius, whom I love in truth. 2 Beloved, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in good health, as it goes well with your soul. 3 For I rejoiced greatly when the brothers came and testified to your truth, as indeed you are walking in the truth. 4 I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth. 5 Beloved, it is a faithful thing you do in all your efforts for these brothers, strangers as they are, 6 who testified to your love before the church. You will do well to send them on their journey in a manner worthy of God. 7 For they have gone out for the sake of the name, accepting nothing from the Gentiles. 8 Therefore we ought to support people like these, that we may be fellow workers for the truth. 9 I have written something to the church, but Diotrephes, who likes to put himself first, does not acknowledge our authority. 10 So if I come, I will bring up what he is doing, talking wicked nonsense against us. And not content with that, he refuses to welcome the brothers, and also stops those who want to and puts them out of the church. 11 Beloved, do not imitate evil but imitate good. Whoever does good is from God; whoever does evil has not seen God. 12 Demetrius has received a good testimony from everyone, and from the truth itself. We also add our testimony, and you know that our testimony is true. 13 I had much to write to you, but I would rather not write with pen and ink. 14 I hope to see you soon, and we will talk face to face. 15 Peace be to you. The friends greet you. Greet the friends, every one of them
Rev James Maciver preaches on Isaiah 59:9 Therefore justice is far from us, and righteousness does not overtake us; we hope for light, and behold, darkness, and for brightness, but we walk in gloom. 10 We grope for the wall like the blind; we grope like those who have no eyes; we stumble at noon as in the twilight, among those in full vigor we are like dead men. 11 We all growl like bears; we moan and moan like doves; we hope for justice, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far from us. 12 For our transgressions are multiplied before you, and our sins testify against us; for our transgressions are with us, and we know our iniquities: 13 transgressing, and denying the Lord, and turning back from following our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart lying words. 14 Justice is turned back, and righteousness stands far away; for truth has stumbled in the public squares, and uprightness cannot enter. 15 Truth is lacking, and he who departs from evil makes himself a prey. (Judgment and Redemption) The Lord saw it, and it displeased him that there was no justice.
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on Acts 7:54 Now when they heard these things they were enraged, and they ground their teeth at him. 55 But he, full of the Holy Spirit, gazed into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God. 56 And he said, "Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God." 57 But they cried out with a loud voice and stopped their ears and rushed together at him. 58 Then they cast him out of the city and stoned him. And the witnesses laid down their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul. 59 And as they were stoning Stephen, he called out, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit." 60 And falling to his knees he cried out with a loud voice, "Lord, do not hold this sin against them." And when he had said this, he fell asleep. 44. Chapter 8 1 And Saul approved of his execution. And there arose on that day a great persecution against the church in Jerusalem, and they were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles. 2 Devout men buried Stephen and made great lamentation over him. 3 But Saul was ravaging the church, and entering house after house, he dragged off men and women and committed them to prison. 4 Now those who were scattered went about preaching the word. 5 Philip went down to the city of Samaria and proclaimed to them the Christ. 6 And the crowds with one accord paid attention to what was being said by Philip when they heard him and saw the signs that he did. 7 For unclean spirits, crying out with a loud voice, came out of many who had them, and many who were paralyzed or lame were healed. 8 So there was much joy in that city.
An t-Urramach Seumas Maciomhair a searmonachadh air Eabhraidhich 1:3 Is esan deàrrsadh a ghlòir‑san agus fìor ìomhaigh a shusbaint, a' cumail suas a h‑uile sìon le facal a chumhachd, às dèidh dha peacaidhean a ghlanadh air falbh, shuidh e air deas‑làimh na mòrachd sna h‑àrdan. 4 Mar a chaidh a dhèanamh mòran na b' fheàrr na na h‑ainglean, fhuair e mar oighreachd ainm a tha mòran nas urramaiche na an t‑ainm acasan.
Rev James Maciver preaches on Amos 7:13 but never again prophesy at Bethel, for it is the king's sanctuary, and it is a temple of the kingdom." 14 Then Amos answered and said to Amaziah, "I was no prophet, nor a prophet's son, but I was a herdsman and a dresser of sycamore figs. 15 But the Lord took me from following the flock, and the Lord said to me, 'Go, prophesy to my people Israel.' 16 Now therefore hear the word of the Lord. "You say, 'Do not prophesy against Israel, and do not preach against the house of Isaac.' 17 Therefore thus says the Lord: "'Your wife shall be a prostitute in the city, and your sons and your daughters shall fall by the sword, and your land shall be divided up with a measuring line; you yourself shall die in an unclean land, and Israel shall surely go into exile away from its land.'"
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on John 19:18 There they crucified him, and with him two others, one on either side, and Jesus between them.
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on John 15:15 No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you.
Rev James Maciver preaches on Revelation 7:13 Then one of the elders addressed me, saying, "Who are these, clothed in white robes, and from where have they come?" 14 I said to him, "Sir, you know." And he said to me, "These are the ones coming out of the great tribulation. They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. 15 "Therefore they are before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple; and he who sits on the throne will shelter them with his presence. 16 They shall hunger no more, neither thirst anymore; the sun shall not strike them, nor any scorching heat. 17 For the Lamb in the midst of the throne will be their shepherd, and he will guide them to springs of living water, and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes."
Rev James Maciver preaches on 2 Peter 3:1 This is now the second letter that I am writing to you, beloved. In both of them I am stirring up your sincere mind by way of reminder, 2 that you should remember the predictions of the holy prophets and the commandment of the Lord and Savior through your apostles, 3 knowing this first of all, that scoffers will come in the last days with scoffing, following their own sinful desires. 4 They will say, "Where is the promise of his coming? For ever since the fathers fell asleep, all things are continuing as they were from the beginning of creation." 5 For they deliberately overlook this fact, that the heavens existed long ago, and the earth was formed out of water and through water by the word of God, 6 and that by means of these the world that then existed was deluged with water and perished. 7 But by the same word the heavens and earth that now exist are stored up for fire, being kept until the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly. 8 But do not overlook this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. 9 The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance. 10 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will pass away with a roar, and the heavenly bodies will be burned up and dissolved, and the earth and the works that are done on it will be exposed.Greek found; some manuscripts will be burned up 11 Since all these things are thus to be dissolved, what sort of people ought you to be in lives of holiness and godliness, 12 waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be set on fire and dissolved, and the heavenly bodies will melt as they burn! 13 But according to his promise we are waiting for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells.
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on Psalm 143:1 Hear my prayer, O Lord; give ear to my pleas for mercy! In your faithfulness answer me, in your righteousness! 2 Enter not into judgment with your servant, for no one living is righteous before you. 3 For the enemy has pursued my soul; he has crushed my life to the ground; he has made me sit in darkness like those long dead. 4 Therefore my spirit faints within me; my heart within me is appalled. 5 I remember the days of old; I meditate on all that you have done; I ponder the work of your hands. 6 I stretch out my hands to you; my soul thirsts for you like a parched land. Selah 7 Answer me quickly, O Lord! My spirit fails! Hide not your face from me, lest I be like those who go down to the pit. 8 Let me hear in the morning of your steadfast love, for in you I trust. Make me know the way I should go, for to you I lift up my soul. 9 Deliver me from my enemies, O Lord! I have fled to you for refuge! 10 Teach me to do your will, for you are my God! Let your good Spirit lead me on level ground! 11 For your name's sake, O Lord, preserve my life! In your righteousness bring my soul out of trouble! 12 And in your steadfast love you will cut off my enemies, and you will destroy all the adversaries of my soul, for I am your servant.
Rev James Maciver preaches on 1 Timothy 2:1-6 First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people, 2 for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way. 3 This is good, and it is pleasing in the sight of God our Savior, 4 who desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. 5 For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, 6 who gave himself as a ransom for all, which is the testimony given at the proper time.
Rev James Maciver preaches on Lamentations 3:31 For the Lord will not cast off forever, 32 but, though he cause grief, he will have compassion according to the abundance of his steadfast love; 33 for he does not willingly afflict or grieve the children of men.
An t-Urramach Seumas Maciomhair a searmonachadh air Eabhraidhich 12:24 Agus gu Iosa eadar-mheadhonair a' choimhcheangal nuaidh, agus gu fuil a' chrathaidh, a tha labhairt nithe a's fèarr na fuil Abeil. 25 Thugaibh an aire nach diult sibh esan a tha labhairt; oir mar deachaidh iadsan as a dhiult an ti a labhair o Dhia riu air thalamh, is lagha gu mor na sin a theid sinne as, ma thionndaidheas sinn air falbh uaithe-san a tha 'labhairt o neamh.
An t-Urramach Seamus Maciomhair a searmonachadh air Ecsodus 17:5 Agus thubhairt an Tighearna ri Maois, Imich roimh 'n t-sluagh, agus thoir leat cuid de sheanairibh Israeil; agus do shlat leis an do bhuail thu an amhainn gabh a d' laimh, agus bi 'g imeachd: 6 Feuch, seasaidh mise romhad an sin, air a' charraig ann an Horeb, agus buailidh tusa a' charraig, agus thig uisge mach aisde, a chum gu'n òl an sluagh. Agus rinn Maois mar sin ann an sealladh sheanairean Israeil.
Rev James Maciver preaches on 2 Timothy 3:12 Indeed, all who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted,
Rev James Maciver preaches on Psalm 40:1 I waited patiently for the Lord; he inclined to me and heard my cry. 2 He drew me up from the pit of destruction, out of the miry bog, and set my feet upon a rock, making my steps secure. 3 He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God. Many will see and fear, and put their trust in the Lord.
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on Micah 7;8 Rejoice not over me, O my enemy; when I fall, I shall rise; when I sit in darkness, the Lord will be a light to me.
Mr Ian Murdo Macleod preaches on Mark 5:33 But the woman, knowing what had happened to her, came in fear and trembling and fell down before him and told him the whole truth. 34 And he said to her, "Daughter, your faith has made you well; go in peace, and be healed of your disease." 35 While he was still speaking, there came from the ruler's house some who said, "Your daughter is dead. Why trouble the Teacher any further?" 36 But overhearing what they said, Jesus said to the ruler of the synagogue, "Do not fear, only believe."
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on Colossians 4:2 Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving.
Murchadh Martainn a searmonachadh air Gniomharan 7:55 Ach, làn dhen Spiorad Naomh, choimhead esan gu geur a‑steach do nèamh agus chunnaic e glòir Dhè, agus Ìosa na sheasamh air deas‑làimh Dhè. 56 Agus thuirt e, “Seallaibh, tha mi a' faicinn nan nèamhan fosgailte agus Mac an Duine na sheasamh aig deas‑làimh Dhè.”
Murchadh Martainn a searmonachadh air Gniomharan 9:3 A‑nis fhad 's a chaidh e air a shlighe, theann e dlùth ri Damascas agus gu grad dheàlraich solas o nèamh mun cuairt air. 4 Agus a' tuiteam chun na talmhainn chuala e guth ag ràdh ris, “A Shauil, a Shauil, carson a tha thu gam gheur‑leanmhainn‑sa?” 5 Agus thuirt esan, “Cò thu, a Thighearna?” Agus thuirt an Tighearna, “Is mise Ìosa a tha thu a' geur‑leanmhainn. 6 Ach èirich agus thalla a‑steach dhan bhaile, agus thèid innse dhut dè a dh'fheumas tu a dhèanamh.” 7 Sheas na daoine a bha a' siubhal còmhla ris is gun smid aca, a' cluinntinn a' ghutha ach gun neach sam bith fhaicinn. 8 Dh'èirich Saul on talamh, agus ged a bha a shùilean fosgailte, chan fhaca e sìon. Mar sin threòraich iad air làimh e is thug iad gu Damascas e. 9 Agus airson trì latha bha e gun fhradharc, agus cha do dh'ith 's cha do dh'òl e. 10 A‑nis bha deisciobal ann an Damascas dham b' ainm Ananias. Thuirt an Tighearna ris ann an sealladh, “Ananiais!” Agus thuirt esan, “Seo mi, a Thighearna.” 11 Agus thuirt an Tighearna ris, “Èirich is thalla dhan t‑sràid ris an canar Dìreach, agus aig taigh Iùdais faighnich airson duine o Tharsas ris an canar Saul, oir seall, tha e ag ùrnaigh, 12 agus tha e air duine dhan ainm Ananias fhaicinn ann an sealladh a' tighinn a‑steach agus a' sìneadh a làmhan air airson 's gum faigh e a fhradharc air ais.” 13 Ach fhreagair Ananias, “A Thighearna, chuala mi o mhòran mun duine seo, na rinn e de dh'olc rid naoimh ann an Ierusalem. 14 Agus an seo tha ùghdarras aige o na h‑àrd‑shagartan iadsan uile a cheangal a tha a' gairm air d' ainm‑sa.” 15 Ach thuirt an Tighearna ris, “Thalla, oir is e soitheach taghte dhòmhsa a th' anns an duine seo airson m' ainm a ghiùlain mu choinneamh nan Cinneach is rìghrean is chloinn Israeil. 16 Oir seallaidh mise dha uimhir 's a dh'fheumas e fhulang air sgàth m' ainm‑sa.” 17 Mar sin dh'fhalbh Ananias is chaidh e a‑steach dhan taigh. Agus a' sìneadh a làmhan air thuirt e, “A bhràthair Saul, tha an Tighearna Ìosa, a nochd riut air an rathad air an tàinig thu, air mise a chur airson 's gum faigheadh tu do fhradharc air ais agus gum biodh tu air do lìonadh leis an Spiorad Naomh.” 18 Agus sa bhad thuit rudeigin mar lannan o a shùilean agus chaidh a fhradharc aiseag dha. An uair sin dh'èirich e agus chaidh a bhaisteadh, 19 agus a' gabhail bìdh, chaidh a neartachadh.
Rev James Maciver preaches on 1 Kings 19:1 Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword. 2 Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, "So may the gods do to me and more also, if I do not make your life as the life of one of them by this time tomorrow." 3 Then he was afraid, and he arose and ran for his life and came to Beersheba, which belongs to Judah, and left his servant there. 4 But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness and came and sat down under a broom tree. And he asked that he might die, saying, "It is enough; now, O Lord, take away my life, for I am no better than my fathers." 5 And he lay down and slept under a broom tree. And behold, an angel touched him and said to him, "Arise and eat." 6 And he looked, and behold, there was at his head a cake baked on hot stones and a jar of water. And he ate and drank and lay down again. 7 And the angel of the Lord came again a second time and touched him and said, "Arise and eat, for the journey is too great for you." 8 And he arose and ate and drank, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb, the mount of God. 9(The Lord Speaks to Elijah) There he came to a cave and lodged in it. And behold, the word of the Lord came to him, and he said to him, "What are you doing here, Elijah?" 10 He said, "I have been very jealous for the Lord, the God of hosts. For the people of Israel have forsaken your covenant, thrown down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword, and I, even I only, am left, and they seek my life, to take it away." 11 And he said, "Go out and stand on the mount before the Lord." And behold, the Lord passed by, and a great and strong wind tore the mountains and broke in pieces the rocks before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind. And after the wind an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake. 12 And after the earthquake a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire. And after the fire the sound of a low whisper. 13 And when Elijah heard it, he wrapped his face in his cloak and went out and stood at the entrance of the cave. And behold, there came a voice to him and said, "What are you doing here, Elijah?" 14 He said, "I have been very jealous for the Lord, the God of hosts. For the people of Israel have forsaken your covenant, thrown down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword, and I, even I only, am left, and they seek my life, to take it away." 15 And the Lord said to him, "Go, return on your way to the wilderness of Damascus. And when you arrive, you shall anoint Hazael to be king over Syria.
An t-Urramach Seumas Maciomhair a searmonachadh air Romanach 8:24 Oir is ann le dòchas a shaorar sinn; ach dòchas a chithear, cha dòchas e: oir an ni a tha an duine faicinn, c'ar son a bhitheas dòchas aige ris? 25 Ach ma tha dòchas againne ris an ni nach eil sinn a' faicinn, feithidh sinn gu foighidneach ris.
Rev D. A. Macdonald preaches on 1 Corinthians 3;8 He who plants and he who waters are one, and each will receive his wages according to his labor. 9 For we are God's fellow workers. You are God's field, God's building.
An t-Urramach Seumas Maciomhair a searmonachadh air Aireamh 6:22 Agus labhair an Tighearna ri Maois, ag radh, 23 Labhair ri Aaron agus r’a mhic, ag radh, air a mhodh seo beannaicheadh sibh clan Israeil, ag radh riu, 24 Gu’m beannaicheadh an Tighearna thu, agus gu-n gleidheadh e thu. 25 Gu-n tugadh an Tighearna air ‘aghaidh dealrachadh ort, agus bitheadh a gràsmhor dhuit. 26 Gu-n togadh an Tighearna suas a ghnùis ort, agus gu-n tugadh e sìth dhuit. 27 Agus cuiridh iad m’ainm air cloinn Israeil, agus beannaichidh mise iad.
Rev James Maciver preaches on 1 Kings 19:1 Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword. 2 Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, "So may the gods do to me and more also, if I do not make your life as the life of one of them by this time tomorrow." 3 Then he was afraid, and he arose and ran for his life and came to Beersheba, which belongs to Judah, and left his servant there. 4 But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness and came and sat down under a broom tree. And he asked that he might die, saying, "It is enough; now, O Lord, take away my life, for I am no better than my fathers." 5 And he lay down and slept under a broom tree. And behold, an angel touched him and said to him, "Arise and eat."
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on Luke 24:50 Then he led them out as far as Bethany, and lifting up his hands he blessed them. 51 While he blessed them, he parted from them and was carried up into heaven. 52 And they worshiped him and returned to Jerusalem with great joy, 53 and were continually in the temple blessing God.
Rev James Maciver preaches on 2 Timothy 1:10 And which now has been manifested through the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus, who abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel,
Murchadh Martainn a searmonachadh air 2 Corintianach 5:20 Uime sin is teachdairean sinn air son Criosd, mar gu'n cuireadh Dia impidh leinne: tha sinn a' guidhe oirbh as uchd Chriosd, bithibh reidh ri Dia.
Rev James Maciver preaches on 2 Kings 2:23 He went up from there to Bethel, and while he was going up on the way, some small boys came out of the city and jeered at him, saying, "Go up, you baldhead! Go up, you baldhead!" 24 And he turned around, and when he saw them, he cursed them in the name of the Lord. And two she-bears came out of the woods and tore forty-two of the boys. 25 From there he went on to Mount Carmel, and from there he returned to Samaria.
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on Psalm 37: 35 I have seen a wicked, ruthless man, spreading himself like a green laurel tree. 36 But he passed away, and behold, he was no more; though I sought him, he could not be found. 37 Mark the blameless and behold the upright, for there is a future for the man of peace.
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on Mark 3:1 Again he entered the synagogue, and a man was there with a withered hand. 2 And they watched Jesus, to see whether he would heal him on the Sabbath, so that they might accuse him. 3 And he said to the man with the withered hand, "Come here." 4 And he said to them, "Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do harm, to save life or to kill?" But they were silent. 5 And he looked around at them with anger, grieved at their hardness of heart, and said to the man, "Stretch out your hand." He stretched it out, and his hand was restored. 6 The Pharisees went out and immediately held counsel with the Herodians against him, how to destroy him. 7 Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the sea, and a great crowd followed, from Galilee and Judea 8 and Jerusalem and Idumea and from beyond the Jordan and from around Tyre and Sidon. When the great crowd heard all that he was doing, they came to him. 9 And he told his disciples to have a boat ready for him because of the crowd, lest they crush him, 10 for he had healed many, so that all who had diseases pressed around him to touch him. 11 And whenever the unclean spirits saw him, they fell down before him and cried out, "You are the Son of God." 12 And he strictly ordered them not to make him known.
Murchadh Martainn a searmonachadh air Salm 1 Is beannaichte an duine sin nach gluais ann an comhairle nan aingidh, agus nach seas ann an slighe nam peacach, agus nach suidh ann an caithir luchd-fanoid. 2 Ach aig am bheil tlachd ann an lagh an Tighearn, agus a smuainicheas air a lagh-san a la agus a dh'oidhche. 3 Bithidh e mar chraoibh suidhichte laimh ri sruthaibh uisge, a bheir a mach a toradh 'n a aimsir, agus nach caill a duilleach: agus soirbhichidh leis gach ni a ni e. 4 Cha-n ann mar sin a bhitheas na h-aingidh: ach mar mholl a sgapas a' ghaoth. 5 Air an aobhar sin cha seas na h-aingidh ann am breitheanas, no peacaich ann an coimhthional nam fìrean. 6 Oir is aithne do an Tighearna slighe nam fìrean: ach sgriosar slighe nan aingidh.
An t-Urramach Seumas Maciomhair a searmonachadh air Lucas 13:10 Agus bha e a' teagaisg ann an aon de na sionagogaibh air an t-sàbaid. 11 Agus, feuch, bha bean-àraidh a làthair aig an robh spiorad ainmhuinneachd re ochd bliadhna deug, agus bha i air a cromadh ri cheile, agus gun choimeas aice air chor sam bith i fein a dhìreachadh. 12 Agus an uair a chunnaic Iosa i, ghairm e d'a ionnsuidh i, agus thubhairt e rithe, A bhean, tha thu air d'fhuasgladh o d'ainmhuinneachd. 13 Agus chuir e a làmhan oirre; agus air ball rinneadh direach i, agus thug i gloir do Dhia. 14 Agus fhreagair uachdaran na sionagoig, agus e lan fheirg airson gu'n do rinn Iosa leigheas air latha ne sàbaid, agus thubhairt e ris an t-sluagh, Tha sia làithean anns an coir obair a dheanamh: orra seo air an aobhar sin thigibh, agus bithibh air 'ur leigheas, agus na b''ann air latha na sabaid. 15 An uair sin fhreagair an Tighearna e, “A bhreug‑chràbhaichean! Nach fuasgail gach aon agaibh an damh no an t‑asal aige on phrasaich air latha na Sàbaid agus nach toir e a‑mach airson deoch e? 16 Agus nach bu chòir am boireannach seo, a tha na nighinn do dh'Abrahàm, a cheangail Sàtan airson ochd bliadhna deug a‑nis, a bhith air a fuasgladh on cheangal seo air latha na Sàbaid?” 17 Nuair a thuirt e sin, chaidh a nàimhdean uile a chur gu nàire, ach rinn an sluagh uile gàirdeachas air sgàth nan uile rudan glòrmhor a chaidh a dhèanamh leis. 18 An uair sin thuirt e, “Cò ris a tha rìoghachd Dhè coltach, agus cò ris a shamhlaicheas mi i? 19 Tha i coltach ri gràinne mustaird a ghabh duine agus a chuir e na ghàrradh. Dh'fhàs e gus a bhith na chraoibh, agus rinn eòin an adhair neadan na geugan.” 20 Agus a‑rithist thuirt e, “Cò ris a shamhlaicheas mi rìoghachd Dhè? 21 Tha i coltach ri taois ghoirt a ghabh boireannach agus a dh'fhalaich i ann an trì tomhasan mine, gus an do dh'èirich a' mhin gu lèir.
Rev James Maciver preaches on Matthew 6:25 "Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? 26 Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? 27 And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life? 28 And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, 29 yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 30 But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? 31 Therefore do not be anxious, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' 32 For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. 33 But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. 34 "Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on Philippians 3:7 But whatever gain I had, I counted as loss for the sake of Christ. 8 Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ 9 and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on faith-- 10 that I may know him and the power of his resurrection, and may share his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, 11 that by any means possible I may attain the resurrection from the dead.
Rev James Maciver preaches on 1 Corinthians 15:1 Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand, 2 and by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you-- unless you believed in vain. 3 For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, 4 that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures, 5 and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve.
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on Deuteronomy 8: 3 And he humbled you and let you hunger and fed you with manna, which you did not know, nor did your fathers know, that he might make you know that man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord. 4 Your clothing did not wear out on you and your foot did not swell these forty years.
An t-Urramach Seumas Maciomhair a searmonachadh air Philipianach 2:14 Deanaibh na h-uile nithean gun ghearan, agus gun deasbuireachd: 15 Chum gu'm bi sibh neo-choireach, agus neo-chronail, 'nur cloinn do Dhia, neo-lochdach, am meadhon ginealaich fhiair agus chrosda, 'measg am bheil sibhse a' dealrachadh mar lòchrain sholuis 's an t-saoghal: 16 A' cumail a mach focail na beatha;
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on 1 Corinthians 9:16 For if I preach the gospel, that gives me no ground for boasting. For necessity is laid upon me. Woe is me if I do not preach the gospel.
An t-Urramach Seumas Maciomhair a searmonachadh air Genesis 21:1 Agus dh' amhairc an Tighearn' air Sarah mar a thubhairt e, agus rinn an Tighearna do Sharah mar a labhair e:
Rev James Maciver preaches on Acts 14:21 When they had preached the gospel to that city and had made many disciples, they returned to Lystra and to Iconium and to Antioch, 22 strengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging them to continue in the faith, and saying that through many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God.
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on Mark 4:40 He said to them, "Why are you so afraid? Have you still no faith?
Rev James Maciver preaches on 2 Chronicles 32:24 In those days Hezekiah became sick and was at the point of death, and he prayed to the Lord, and he answered him and gave him a sign 25 But Hezekiah did not make return according to the benefit done to him, for his heart was proud. Therefore wrath came upon him and Judah and Jerusalem.
Rev James Maciver preaches on Romans 12:1 I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.Or your rational service 2 Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.Or what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on Luke 19:1 He entered Jericho and was passing through. 2 And there was a man named Zacchaeus. He was a chief tax collector and was rich. 3 And he was seeking to see who Jesus was, but on account of the crowd he could not, because he was small of stature.
Murchadh Martainn a searmonachadh air 2 Corintianach 6:16 Agus ciod a' cho-reite a tha aig teampull Dhe ri iodhalaibh; oir is sibhse teampull an De bheò; a reir mar a thubhairt Dia, "Gabhaidh mise còmhnuidh annta, agus gluaisidh mi 'na measg; agus bith mise a'm' Dhia aca-san, agus bithidh iadsan 'n an sluagh agam-sa.
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on Matthew 9:28 When he entered the house, the blind men came to him, and Jesus said to the, "Do you believe that I am able to do this?" They said to him, "Yes, Lord."
Rev James Maciver preaches on Luke 15:20 And he arose and came to his father. But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and felt compassion, and ran and embraced him and kissed him. 21 And the son said to him, 'Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.' 22 But the father said to his servants, 'Bring quickly the best robe, and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet. 23 And bring the fattened calf and kill it, and let us eat and celebrate. 24 For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found.' And they began to celebrate.
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on Hebrews 4 1 Therefore, while the promise of entering his rest still stands, let us fear lest any of you should seem to have failed to reach it. 2 For good news came to us just as to them, but the message they heard did not benefit them, because they were not united by faith with those who listened. 3 For we who have believed enter that rest,
Rev James Maciver preaches on Luke 15:11 (The Parable of the Prodigal Son) And he said, "There was a man who had two sons. 12 And the younger of them said to his father, 'Father, give me the share of property that is coming to me.' And he divided his property between them. 13 Not many days later, the younger son gathered all he had and took a journey into a far country, and there he squandered his property in reckless living. 14 And when he had spent everything, a severe famine arose in that country, and he began to be in need. 15 So he went and hired himself out to one of the citizens of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed pigs. 16 And he was longing to be fed with the pods that the pigs ate, and no one gave him anything. 17 "But when he came to himself, he said, 'How many of my father's hired servants have more than enough bread, but I perish here with hunger! 18 I will arise and go to my father, and I will say to him, "Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you. 19 I am no longer worthy to be called your son. Treat me as one of your hired servants."' 20 And he arose and came to his father.
Rev James Maciver preaches on John 5:1 After this there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 2 Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool, in Aramaic called Bethesda,Some manuscripts Bethsaida which has five roofed colonnades. 3 In these lay a multitude of invalids--blind, lame, and paralyzed. 4 In these lay a multitude of invalids--blind, lame, and paralyzed.5 One man was there who had been an invalid for thirty-eight years. 6 When Jesus saw him lying there and knew that he had already been there a long time, he said to him, "Do you want to be healed?" 7 The sick man answered him, "Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up, and while I am going another steps down before me." 8 Jesus said to him, "Get up, take up your bed, and walk." 9 And at once the man was healed, and he took up his bed and walked.
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on Proverbs 22:6 Train up a child in the way he should go, even when he is old he will not depart from it.
Murchadh Martainn a searmonachadh air Eoin 14: 1 Na Bitheadh bhur cridhe fo thrioblaid: tha sibh a' creidsinn ann an Dia, creidibh annam-sa mar an ceudna. 2 Ann an tigh n' Athair-sa tha iomadh àite-còmhnuidh, mur bitheadh e mar sin, dh' innsinn-sa dhuibh. Tha mi 'dol a dh' ullachadh àite dhuibh. 3 Agus ma theid mi agus gu'n ullaich mi àite dhuibh, thig mi ris, agus gabhaidh mi sibh a m' ionnsuidh fein: chum far am bheil mise, gu'm bi sibhse mar an ceudna.
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on Isaiah 26:3 You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you
Rev James Maciver preaches on Psalm 12 1 Save, O Lord, for the godly one is gone; for the faithful have vanished from among the children of man. 2 Everyone utters lies to his neighbor; with flattering lips and a double heart they speak. 3 May the Lord cut off all flattering lips, the tongue that makes great boasts, 4 those who say, "With our tongue we will prevail, our lips are with us; who is master over us?" 5 "Because the poor are plundered, because the needy groan, I will now arise," says the Lord; "I will place him in the safety for which he longs." 6 The words of the Lord are pure words, like silver refined in a furnace on the ground, purified seven times. 7 You, O Lord, will keep them; you will guard us from this generation forever. 8 On every side the wicked prowl, as vileness is exalted among the children of man.
An t-Urramach Seumas Maciomhair a searmonachadh air Psalm 113;1 Molaibhse an Tighearna. Molaibh, o sibhse òglacha an Tighearna, molaibh ainm an Tighearna. Gu ma beannaichte ainm an Tighearn, o'n am so agus gu brath. 3 O eirigh na greine gu ruig a luidhe, is ionmholta ainm an Tighearna. 4 Ard os ceann nan cinneach uile tha an Tighearn', os ceann nan neamh a ghòir. 5 Co is cosmhuil ris an Tighearn' ar Dia, a tha 'n a chòmhnuidh shuas. 6 A dh' islicheas e fein gu amharc air na nithibh a tha 's na neamhan, agus air an talamh. 7 Togaidh a nam bochd o'n duslach; o'n òtrach àrdaichidh e an t-ainnis; 8 Chum a chuir 'n a shuidhe le àrd-uaislibh, le àrd-uaislibh a shluagh. 9 Bheir e air a mhnaoi a tha gun sliochd còmhnaidh a ghabhail ann an tigh, 'n a màthair ait cloinne.
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on 2 Chronicles 26:5 He set himself to seek God in the days of Zechariah, who instructed him in the fear of God, and as long as he sought the Lord, God made him prosper.
Rev James Maciver preaches on Genesis 15 After these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision: "Fear not, Abram, I am your shield; your reward shall be very great." 2 But Abram said, "O Lord God, what will you give me, for I continue childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?" 3 And Abram said, "Behold, you have given me no offspring, and a member of my household will be my heir." 4 And behold, the word of the Lord came to him: "This man shall not be your heir; your very own son shall be your heir. " 5 And he brought him outside and said, "Look toward heaven, and number the stars, if you are able to number them." Then he said to him, "So shall your offspring be." 6 And he believed the Lord, and he counted it to him as righteousness. 7 And he said to him, "I am the Lord who brought you out from Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to possess." 8 But he said, "O Lord God, how am I to know that I shall possess it?" 9 He said to him, "Bring me a heifer three years old, a female goat three years old, a ram three years old, a turtledove, and a young pigeon." 10 And he brought him all these, cut them in half, and laid each half over against the other. But he did not cut the birds in half. 11 And when birds of prey came down on the carcasses, Abram drove them away. 12 As the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell on Abram. And behold, dreadful and great darkness fell upon him. 13 Then the Lord said to Abram, "Know for certain that your offspring will be sojourners in a land that is not theirs and will be servants there, and they will be afflicted for four hundred years. 14 But I will bring judgment on the nation that they serve, and afterward they shall come out with great possessions. 15 As for yourself, you shall go to your fathers in peace; you shall be buried in a good old age. 16 And they shall come back here in the fourth generation, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete." 17 When the sun had gone down and it was dark, behold, a smoking fire pot and a flaming torch passed between these pieces. 18 On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, "To your offspring I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates, 19 the land of the Kenites, the Kenizzites, the Kadmonites, 20 the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Rephaim, 21 the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Girgashites and the Jebusites."
Rev Colin Macleod preaches on Ephesians 3:14 For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, 15 from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, 16 that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being, 17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith--that you, being rooted and grounded in love, 18 may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, 19 and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. 20 Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, 21 to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen.
An t-Urramach R J Caimbeul a searmonachadh air 1 Peadar 2:9 Ach is ginealach taghta sibhse, sagartachd rìoghail, cinneach naomh, sluagh sonraichte: chum gu'n cuireadh sibh an ceill feartan an tì a ghairm a dorchadas sibh chum a sholuis iongantaich fein. 10 Nach robh uair-eigin 'nur sluagh, ach a nis is sibh sluagh Dhe: dream nach d'fhuair tròcair, ach a nis a tha air faotainn tròcair.
An t-Urramach R J Caimbeul a searmonachadh air Romanach 5:6 Oir air dhuinn a bhith fathast gun neart, ann an am iomchuidh bhàsaich Criosd air son nan daoine neo-dhiadhaidh. 7 Oir is gann a dh'fhuilingeas duine bàs air son duine chothromaich; ach theagamh gu'm bitheadh aig neach eigin de mhisnich eadhon bàs fhulang air son duine mhaith. 8 Ach tha Dia a' moladh a ghraidh fein duinne, do bhrìgh an uair a bha sinn fathast 'n ar peacaich gu-n d'fhuiling Criosd bàs air ar son. 9 Is mo gu mor uime sin, air dhuinn a nis a bhi air ar fìreanachadh tre 'fhuil, a shaorar trìdsan o fheirg sinn.
Rev Colin Macleod preaches on Colossians 1;18 And he is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent. 19 For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, 20 and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross. 21 And you, who once were alienated and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds, 22 he has now reconciled in his body of flesh by his death, in order to present you holy and blameless and above reproach before him, 23 if indeed you continue in the faith, stable and steadfast, not shifting from the hope of the gospel that you heard, which has been proclaimed in all creation under heaven, and of which I, Paul, became a minister.
Rev Colin Macleod preaches on John 12:27 Now is my soul troubled. And what shall I say? Father save me from this hour? But for this purpose I have come to this hour
An t-Urramach R J Caimbeul a searmonachadh air Eoin 1:29 Feuch Uan Dhe a tha 'toirt air falbh peacaidh an t-saoghal.
Rev Iain Macritchie preaches on John 21:12 Jesus said to them, "Come and have breakfast."
An t-Urramach R J Caimbeul a searmonachadh air Eoin 20;29 Thubhairt Iosa ris, Air son gu faca tu mi, a Thomais, chreid thu; is beannaichte iadsan nach faca, agus a chreid.
Rev Colin Macleod preaches on Psalm 32 Blessed is the one whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. 2 Blessed is the man against whom the Lord counts no iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no deceit. 3 For when I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long. 4 For day and night your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was dried up as by the heat of summer. Selah 5 I acknowledged my sin to you, and I did not cover my iniquity; I said, "I will confess my transgressions to the Lord," and you forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah 6 Therefore let everyone who is godly offer prayer to you at a time when you may be found; surely in the rush of great waters, they shall not reach him. 7 You are a hiding place for me; you preserve me from trouble; you surround me with shouts of deliverance. Selah 8 I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my eye upon you. 9 Be not like a horse or a mule, without understanding, which must be curbed with bit and bridle, or it will not stay near you. 10 Many are the sorrows of the wicked, but steadfast love surrounds the one who trusts in the Lord. 11 Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, O righteous, and shout for joy, all you upright in heart!
An t-Urramach Calum Macleoid a searmonachadh air Romanach 8:26-27 Tha an Spiorad fein mar an ceudna a' deanamh còmhnaidh le ar n-anmhuinneachd; oir cha-n aithne dhuinn ciod a ghuidheamaid mar bu chòir dhuinn; ach tha an Spiorad fein a' deanamh eadar-ghuidhe air ar son le osnaibh do-labhairt. 27 Agus is aithne dhàsan a tha 'rannsachadh nan cridheachan ciod i inntinn an Spiorad, do bhrìgh gu bheil e a' deanamh eadar-ghuidhe air son nan naomh a reir toile Dhe.
Rev Iain Macritchie preaches on Philippians 1:6 And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.
An t-Urramach Seumas Maciomhair a searmonachadh air Philippianach 3:12-14 Cha-n e gu-n d' ràinig mi cheana, no gu bheil mi cheana foirfe: ach tha mi a' leantuinn, dh' fheuchainn am faigh mi greim de'n ni sin fein air son air do ghabhadh greim dhìom le Iosa Criosd. 13 A bhràithre, chan eil mi a' meas gu-n do ghlac mi greim: ach aon ni tha mi a' deanamh, air dhomh na nithe a tha air mo chùl a dhì-chuimhneachadh, agus a bhi 'g am shìneadh fein chum nan nithe a tha romham. 14 Tha mi a' dian-ruith dh' ionnsuidh a' chomharaidh, chum duaise àrd-ghairme Dhe ann an Iosa Criosd.
Rev James Maciver preaches on John 10:11-16 I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. 12 He who is a hired hand and not a shepherd, who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and scatters them. 13 He flees because he is a hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep. 14 I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me, 15 just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep. 16 And I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. So there will be one flock, one shepherd.
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on John 16;33 I have said these things to you that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.
Rev James Maciver preaches on John 6:48-51 I am the bread of life. 49 Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died. 50 This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that one may eat of it and not die. 51 I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh."
Ian Murdo Macleod preaches on 1 Thessalonians 4:16-18 For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord. 18 Therefore encourage one another with these words.
Ian Macrath a searmonachadh air Genesis 19:29 Agus an uair a sgrios Dia bailtean a' chòmhnaird, an sin chuimhnich Dia air Abraham, agus chuir e mach Lot a meadhon an leir-sgrios, 'n uair a sgrios e na bailtean anns an robh Lot 'n a chòmhnaidh.
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on John 11;16 So Thomas, called the Twin, said to his fellow disciples, "Let us also go, that we may die with him."
Murchadh Martainn a searmonachadh air 2 Samuel 9;1 Agus thubhairt Daibhidh, Am bheil fhathast neach air bith a dh'fhàgadh de thigh Shauil, a chum gu nochd mi dha caoimhneas air son Ionatain?
Rev George Macaskill preaches on John 17:15 I do not ask that you take them out of the world, but that you keep them from the evil one.
Rev James Maciver preaches on Nehemiah 2:9-20 Then I came to the governors of the province Beyond the River and gave them the king's letters. Now the king had sent with me officers of the army and horsemen. 10 But when Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite servant heard this, it displeased them greatly that someone had come to seek the welfare of the people of Israel. 11 So I went to Jerusalem and was there three days. 12 Then I arose in the night, I and a few men with me. And I told no one what my God had put into my heart to do for Jerusalem. There was no animal with me but the one on which I rode. 13 I went out by night by the Valley Gate to the Dragon Spring and to the Dung Gate, and I inspected the walls of Jerusalem that were broken down and its gates that had been destroyed by fire. 14 Then I went on to the Fountain Gate and to the King's Pool, but there was no room for the animal that was under me to pass. 15 Then I went up in the night by the valley and inspected the wall, and I turned back and entered by the Valley Gate, and so returned. 16 And the officials did not know where I had gone or what I was doing, and I had not yet told the Jews, the priests, the nobles, the officials, and the rest who were to do the work. 17 Then I said to them, "You see the trouble we are in, how Jerusalem lies in ruins with its gates burned. Come, let us build the wall of Jerusalem, that we may no longer suffer derision." 18 And I told them of the hand of my God that had been upon me for good, and also of the words that the king had spoken to me. And they said, "Let us rise up and build." So they strengthened their hands for the good work. 19 But when Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite servant and Geshem the Arab heard of it, they jeered at us and despised us and said, "What is this thing that you are doing? Are you rebelling against the king?" 20 Then I replied to them, "The God of heaven will make us prosper, and we his servants will arise and build, but you have no portion or right or claim in Jerusalem."
Rev James Maciver preaches on 1 Corinthians 16:1-4 Now concerning the collection for the saints; as I directed the churches of Galatia, so you also are to do. 2 On the first day of every week, each of you is to put something aside and store it up, as he may prosper, so that there will be no collecting when I come. 3 And when I arrive, I will send those whom you accredit by letter to carry your gift to Jerusalem. 4 If it seems advisable that I should go also, they will accompany me.
Murchadh Martainn a searmonachadh air Taisbeanadh Eoin 20 - 21 Agus chunnaic mi rìgh-chaithir mhor gheal, agus an Ti a shuidh oirre, neach aig an do theich nèamh agus talamh o a ghnùis; agus cha d'fhuaradh àite dhoibh. 12 Agus chunnaic mi na mairbh, beag agus mor, 'n an seasamh ann am fianuis Dhe; agus dh' fhosgladh na leabhraichean: agus dh' fhosgladh leabhar eile, eadhon leabhar na beatha; agus thugadh breth air na mairbh as na nithibh sin a bha sgrìobhta 's na leabhraichibh, a reir an gniomhara.
1 Agus chunnaic mi nèamh nuadh, agus talamh nuadh: oir chaidh an ceud nèamh agus an ceud talamh thairis; agus cha robh fairge ann na's mo. 2 Agus chunnaic mise Eoin am baile naomh, Ierusalem nuadh, a' teachd a nuas o Dhia a nèamh, air ullachadh mar bhean-bainnse air a sgeadachadh fa chomhair a fir.
An t-Urramach Seumas Maciomhair a searmonachadh air 1 Tesalonianach 1:1-4 Pol, agus Siluanus, agus Timoteus chum eaglais nan Tesalonianach, a tha ann an Dia an t-Athair, agus anns an Tighearn' Iosa Criosd: Gràs dhuibh, agus sìth o Dhia ar n-Athair, agus o an Tighearn' Iosa Criosd. 2 Tha sinn a' toirt buidheachais do Dhia a ghnàth air 'ur son-se uile, a' toirt iomraidh oirbh ann ar n-urnuighibh; 3 A' cuimhneachadh gun sgur obair 'ur creidimh, agus saothair 'ur gràidh , agus foighidinn ur dòchais 'n ar Tighearn' Iosa Criosd, ann am fianuis Dhe, agus ar n-Athair: 4 Air dhuinn fios a bhith againn, a bhràithre gràidhaichte le Dia, air 'ur taghadh-se.
Rev James Maciver preaches on 1 Thessalonians 1:1-4 Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace. 2(The Thessalonians' Faith and Example) We give thanks to God always for all of you, constantly mentioning you in our prayers, 3 remembering before our God and Father your work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ. 4 For we know, brothers loved by God, that he has chosen you
Rev James Maciver preaches on Acts 10:33 "Now therefore we are all here in the presence of God to hear all that you have been commanded by the Lord."
An t-Urramach Seumas Maciomhair a searmonachadh air Malachi 3:16-17 An sin labhair iadsan air an robh eagal an Tighearna, gach aon gu tric ri cheile; agus dh' eisd an Tighearna, agus chual' e, agus bha leabhar-cuimhne air a sgrìobhadh 'n a làthair air son na muinntir air an robh eagal an Tighearn', agus a smuainich air 'ainm. 17 Bithidh iad leam-sa, tha Tighearna nan sluagh ag radh, anns an la sin anns an dean mi suas mo sheudan; agus coiglidh mi iad, mar a choigleas duine a mhac fein a tha 'deanamh seirbhis da.
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on Joshua 13:1 Now Joshua was old and advanced in years, and the Lord said to him, "You are old and advanced in years, and there remains yet very much land to possess."
Rev James Maciver preaches on Isaiah 63:15-19 and Isaiah 64: 1-12 Look down from heaven and see, from your holy and beautiful habitation. Where are your zeal and your might? The stirring of your inner parts and your compassion are held back from me. 16 For you are our Father, though Abraham does not know us, and Israel does not acknowledge us; you, O Lord, are our Father, our Redeemer from of old is your name. 17 O Lord, why do you make us wander from your ways and harden our heart, so that we fear you not? Return for the sake of your servants, the tribes of your heritage. 18 Your holy people held possession for a little while; our adversaries have trampled down your sanctuary. 19 We have become like those over whom you have never ruled, like those who are not called by your name.
Chapter 64 Oh that you would rend the heavens and come down, that the mountains might quake at your presence-- 2 as when fire kindles brushwood and the fire causes water to boil-- to make your name known to your adversaries, and that the nations might tremble at your presence! 3 When you did awesome things that we did not look for, you came down, the mountains quaked at your presence. 4 From of old no one has heard or perceived by the ear, no eye has seen a God besides you, who acts for those who wait for him. 5 You meet him who joyfully works righteousness, those who remember you in your ways. Behold, you were angry, and we sinned; in our sins we have been a long time, and shall we be saved? 6 We have all become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous deeds are like a polluted garment. We all fade like a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away. 7 There is no one who calls upon your name, who rouses himself to take hold of you; for you have hidden your face from us, and have made us melt in the hand of our iniquities. 8 But now, O Lord, you are our Father; we are the clay, and you are our potter; we are all the work of your hand. 9 Be not so terribly angry, O Lord, and remember not iniquity forever. Behold, please look, we are all your people. 10 Your holy cities have become a wilderness; Zion has become a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation. 11 Our holy and beautiful house, where our fathers praised you, has been burned by fire, and all our pleasant places have become ruins. 12 Will you restrain yourself at these things, O Lord? Will you keep silent, and afflict us so terribly?
Mr Donald Matheson Macleod preaches on Ephesians 2:1-10 And you were dead in the trespasses and sins 2 in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience-- 3 among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind. 4 But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, 5 even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ--by grace you have been saved-- 6 and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, 7 so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. 8 For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, 9 not a result of works, so that no one may boast. 10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on Joshua 2:4 But the woman had taken the two men and hidden them.
Murchadh Martainn a searmonachadh air Genesis 24:67 Agus thug Isaac i do bhùth Sharah a mhàthar, agus ghabh e Rebecah, agus bha i aige 'n a mnaoi;
Murchadh Martainn a searmonachadh air Eoin 15:4 Fanaibh annam-sa, agus mise annaibh-sa.
Rev James Maciver preaches on Psalm 4:7 You have put more joy in my heart than they have when their grain and wine abound.
Rev James Maciver preaches on Jude verse 20-23 But you, beloved, build yourselves up in your most holy faith; pray in the Holy Spirit; 21 Keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ that leads to eternal life. 22 And have mercy on those who doubt; 23 save others by snatching them out of the fire; to others show mercy with fear; hating even the garment stained by the flesh.
Rev James Maciver preaches on Jude verse 3-4 Beloved, although I was very eager to write to you about one common salvation, I found it necessary to write appealing to you to contend for the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints. 4 For certain people have crept in unnoticed who long ago were designated for this condemnation, ungodly people, who pervert the grace of our God into sensuality and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.
Rev James Maciver preaches on 1 Samuel 7:12 Then Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen, and called it's name Ebenezer, for he said, "Till now the Lord has helped us."
Rev James Maciver preaches on Luke 24:50-53 Then he led them out as far as Bethany, and lifting up his hands he blessed them. 51 While he blessed them, he parted from them and was carried up into Heaven. 52 And they worshipped him and returned to Jerusalem with great joy. 53 And were continually in the temple blessing God.
Rev James Maciver preaches on Isaiah 54:2 Enlarge the place of your tent, and let the curtains of your habitations be stretched out; do not hold back; lengthen your cords and strengthen your stakes.
Joe Macphee a searmonachadh air Taisbeanadh 1:17-18 Agus an uair a chunnaic mi e, thuit mi sìos aig a chosaibh an nochd mairbh; agus chuir e a làmh dheas orm, ag radh rium, 'Na bitheadh eagal ort: is mise an ceud neach agus an neach deireannach. 18 Is mise an ti a tha beò , agus a bha marbh; agus, feuch, tha mi beò gu saoghal nan saoghal, Amen; agus tha iuchraichean ifrinn agus a' bhàis agam.
Rev James Maciver preaches on Ezekiel 47:1-12 Then he brought me back to the door of the temple, and behold, water was issuing from below the threshold of the temple toward the east (for the temple faced east). The water was flowing down from below the south end of the threshold of the temple, south of the altar. 2 Then he brought me out by way of the north gate and led me around on the outside to the outer gate that faces toward the east; and behold, the water was trickling out on the south side. 3 Going on eastward with a measuring line in his hand, the man measured a thousand cubits, and then led me through the water, and it was ankle-deep. 4 Again he measured a thousand, and led me through the water, and it was knee-deep. Again he measured a thousand, and led me through the water, and it was waist-deep. 5 Again he measured a thousand, and it was a river that I could not pass through, for the water had risen. It was deep enough to swim in, a river that could not be passed through. 6 And he said to me, "Son of man, have you seen this?" Then he led me back to the bank of the river. 7 As I went back, I saw on the bank of the river very many trees on the one side and on the other. 8 And he said to me, "This water flows toward the eastern region and goes down into the Arabah, and enters the sea; when the water flows into the sea, the water will become fresh. 9 And wherever the river goes, every living creature that swarms will live, and there will be very many fish. For this water goes there, that the waters of the sea may become fresh; so everything will live where the river goes. 10 Fishermen will stand beside the sea. From Engedi to Eneglaim it will be a place for the spreading of nets. Its fish will be of very many kinds, like the fish of the Great Sea. 11 But its swamps and marshes will not become fresh; they are to be left for salt. 12 And on the banks, on both sides of the river, there will grow all kinds of trees for food. Their leaves will not wither, nor their fruit fail, but they will bear fresh fruit every month, because the water for them flows from the sanctuary. Their fruit will be for food, and their leaves for healing."
Rev James Maciver preaches on Luke 2:25-35 Now there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon, and this man was righteous and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him. 26 And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord's Christ. 27 And he came in the Spirit into the temple, and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him according to the custom of the Law, 28 he took him up in his arms and blessed God and said, 29 "Lord, now you are letting your servant depart in peace, according to your word; 30 for my eyes have seen your salvation 31 that you have prepared in the presence of all peoples, 32 a light for revelation to the Gentiles, and for glory to your people Israel." 33 And his father and his mother marveled at what was said about him. 34 And Simeon blessed them and said to Mary his mother, "Behold, this child is appointed for the fall and rising of many in Israel, and for a sign that is opposed 35 (and a sword will pierce through your own soul also), so that thoughts from many hearts may be revealed."
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on Luke 2:11 For unto you is born this day to the city of David a Saviour, who is Christ the Lord.
Rev James Maciver preaches on Luke 2:25-26 Now there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon, and this man was righteous and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him. 26 And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord's Christ
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on Matthew 11:25-26 At that time Jesus declared, "I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to little children; 26 yes, Father, for such was your gracious will.
Luke 1:46–55
Mary's Song of Praise: The Magnificat
[46] And Mary said,
“My soul magnifies the Lord, [47] and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, [48] for he has looked on the humble estate of his servant. For behold, from now on all generations will call me blessed; [49] for he who is mighty has done great things for me, and holy is his name. [50] And his mercy is for those who fear him from generation to generation. [51] He has shown strength with his arm; he has scattered the proud in the thoughts of their hearts; [52] he has brought down the mighty from their thrones and exalted those of humble estate; [53] he has filled the hungry with good things, and the rich he has sent away empty. [54] He has helped his servant Israel, in remembrance of his mercy, [55] as he spoke to our fathers, to Abraham and to his offspring forever.” (ESV)
Murchadh Martain a searmonachadh air Rut 2:5-6 An sin thubhairt Boas r'a òglach a chuireadh os ceann nam buanaichean, Co leis an òg-bhean so? 6 Agus fhreagair an t-òglach a chuireadh os ceann nam buanaichean, agus thubhairt e, Is i so an òg-bhean Mhoabach, a thàinig air a h-ais maille ri Naomi a fearann Mhoaib:
Rev James Maciver preaches on Luke 4:1-14 And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness 2 for forty days, being tempted by the devil. And he ate nothing during those days. And when they were ended, he was hungry. 3 The devil said to him, "If you are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread." 4 And Jesus answered him, "It is written, 'Man shall not live by bread alone.'" 5 And the devil took him up and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time, 6 and said to him, "To you I will give all this authority and their glory, for it has been delivered to me, and I give it to whom I will. 7 If you, then, will worship me, it will all be yours." 8 And Jesus answered him, "It is written, "'You shall worship the Lord your God, and him only shall you serve.'" 9 And he took him to Jerusalem and set him on the pinnacle of the temple and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down from here, 10 for it is written, "'He will command his angels concerning you, to guard you,' 11 and "'On their hands they will bear you up, lest you strike your foot against a stone.'" 12 And Jesus answered him, "It is said, 'You shall not put the Lord your God to the test.'" 13 And when the devil had ended every temptation, he departed from him until an opportune time. 14(Jesus Begins His Ministry) And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit to Galilee, and a report about him went out through all the surrounding country.
An t-Urramach Seumas Maciomhair a searmonachadh air Eòin 1:51 Agus thubhairt e ris, Gu deimhinn deimhinn tha mi ag radh ribh, 'N a dheidh so chi sibh nèamh fosgailte, agus ainglean Dhe a' dol suas agus a' teachd a nuas air Mac an duine.
Rev Robert Sinclair preaches on Galatians 6:14 But far be it from me to boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.
Murchadh Martainn a searmonachadh air 1 Peadar 2; Dhuibhse uime sin a chreideas, tha e luachmhor
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on 2 Chronicles 9:1-6 Now when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to Jerusalem to test him with hard questions, having a very great retinue and camels bearing spices and very much gold and precious stones. And when she came to Solomon, she told him all that was on her mind. 2 And Solomon answered all her questions. There was nothing hidden from Solomon that he could not explain to her. 3 And when the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon, the house that he had built, 4 the food of his table, the seating of his officials, and the attendance of his servants, and their clothing, his cup bearers, and their clothing, and his burnt offerings that he offered at the house of the Lord, there was no more breath in her. 5 And she said to the king, "The report was true that I heard in my own land of your words and of your wisdom, 6 but I did not believe the reports until I came and my own eyes had seen it. And behold, half the greatness of your wisdom was not told me; you surpass the report that I heard.
Rev James Maciver preaches on Isaiah 53:10-11 Yet it was the will of the Lord to crush him; he has put him to grief; when his soul makes an offering for sin, he shall see his offspring; he shall prolong his days; the will of the Lord shall prosper in his hand. 11 Out of the anguish of his soul he shall see and be satisfied; by his knowledge shall the righteous one, my servant, make many to be accounted righteous, and he shall bear their iniquities.
Rev James Maciver preaches on Psalm 28 To you, O Lord, I call; my rock, be not deaf to me, lest, if you be silent to me, I become like those who go down to the pit. 2 Hear the voice of my pleas for mercy, when I cry to you for help, when I lift up my hands toward your most holy sanctuary. 3 Do not drag me off with the wicked, with the workers of evil, who speak peace with their neighbors while evil is in their hearts. 4 Give to them according to their work and according to the evil of their deeds; give to them according to the work of their hands; render them their due reward. 5 Because they do not regard the works of the Lord or the work of his hands, he will tear them down and build them up no more. 6 Blessed be the Lord! For he has heard the voice of my pleas for mercy. 7 The Lord is my strength and my shield; in him my heart trusts, and I am helped; my heart exults, and with my song I give thanks to him. 8 The Lord is the strength of his people; he is the saving refuge of his anointed. 9 Oh, save your people and bless your heritage! Be their shepherd and carry them forever.
Rev James Maciver preaches on John 9:1 - 38 As he passed by, he saw a man blind from birth. 2 And his disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?" 3 Jesus answered, "It was not that this man sinned, or his parents, but that the works of God might be displayed in him. 4 We must work the works of him who sent me while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work. 5 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world." 6 Having said these things, he spat on the ground and made mud with the saliva. Then he anointed the man's eyes with the mud 7 and said to him, "Go, wash in the pool of Siloam" (which means Sent). So he went and washed and came back seeing. 8 The neighbors and those who had seen him before as a beggar were saying, "Is this not the man who used to sit and beg?" 9 Some said, "It is he." Others said, "No, but he is like him." He kept saying, "I am the man." 10 So they said to him, "Then how were your eyes opened?" 11 He answered, "The man called Jesus made mud and anointed my eyes and said to me, 'Go to Siloam and wash.' So I went and washed and received my sight." 12 They said to him, "Where is he?" He said, "I do not know." 13 They brought to the Pharisees the man who had formerly been blind. 14 Now it was a Sabbath day when Jesus made the mud and opened his eyes. 15 So the Pharisees again asked him how he had received his sight. And he said to them, "He put mud on my eyes, and I washed, and I see." 16 Some of the Pharisees said, "This man is not from God, for he does not keep the Sabbath." But others said, "How can a man who is a sinner do such signs?" And there was a division among them. 17 So they said again to the blind man, "What do you say about him, since he has opened your eyes?" He said, "He is a prophet." 18 The Jews did not believe that he had been blind and had received his sight, until they called the parents of the man who had received his sight 19 and asked them, "Is this your son, who you say was born blind? How then does he now see?" 20 His parents answered, "We know that this is our son and that he was born blind. 21 But how he now sees we do not know, nor do we know who opened his eyes. Ask him; he is of age. He will speak for himself." 22 (His parents said these things because they feared the Jews, for the Jews had already agreed that if anyone should confess Jesus to be Christ, he was to be put out of the synagogue.) 23 Therefore his parents said, "He is of age; ask him." 24 So for the second time they called the man who had been blind and said to him, "Give glory to God. We know that this man is a sinner." 25 He answered, Whether he is a sinner I do not know. One thing I do know, that though I was blind, now I see." 26 They said to him, "What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?" 27 He answered them, "I have told you already, and you would not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you also want to become his disciples?" 28 And they reviled him, saying, "You are his disciple, but we are disciples of Moses. 29 We know that God has spoken to Moses, but as for this man, we do not know where he comes from." 30 The man answered, "Why, this is an amazing thing! You do not know where he comes from, and yet he opened my eyes. 31 We know that God does not listen to sinners, but if anyone is a worshiper of God and does his will, God listens to him. 32 Never since the world began has it been heard that anyone opened the eyes of a man born blind. 33 If this man were not from God, he could do nothing." 34 They answered him, "You were born in utter sin, and would you teach us?" And they cast him out. 35 Jesus heard that they had cast him out, and having found him he said, "Do you believe in the Son of Man?" 36 He answered, "And who is he, sir, that I may believe in him?" 37 Jesus said to him, "You have seen him, and it is he who is speaking to you." 38 He said, "Lord, I believe," and he worshiped him.
An t-Urramach Seumas Maciomhair a searmonachadh air Ecsodus 16:14-15 Agus an uair a dh'eirich an drùchd, a bha'n a luidhe, suas, feuch, bha air aghaidh an fhàsaich ni beag cruinn, beag mar an liath-reodh air an talamh. 15 Agus an uair a chunnaic clann Israeil e, thubhairt iad gach aon ri cheile, Mana: oir cha robh fios aca ciod e. Agus thubhairt Maois riu, So an t-aran a thug an Tighearna dhuibh r'a itheadh.
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on Acts 9:15-16 But the Lord said to him, "Go, for he is a chosen instrument of mine to carry my name before the Gentiles and kings and the children of Israel. 16 For I will show him how much he must suffer for the sake of my name."
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on Deuteronomy 33;29 Happy are you, O Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by the Lord, the shield of your help, and the sword of your triumph! Your enemies shall come fawning to you, and you shall tread upon their backs.
Rev James Maciver preaches on Philippians 3:7-11 But whatever gain I had, I counted as loss for the sake of Christ. 8 Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ 9 and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on faith-- 10 that I may know him and the power of his resurrection, and may share his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, 11 that by any means possible I may attain the resurrection from the dead.
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on Mark 8:31-33 And he began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes and be killed, and after three days rise again. 32 And he said this plainly. And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. 33 But turning and seeing his disciples, he rebuked Peter and said, "Get behind me, Satan! For you are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of man."
Genesis 14:13–16
[13] Then one who had escaped came and told Abram the Hebrew, who was living by the oaks of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol and of Aner. These were allies of Abram. [14] When Abram heard that his kinsman had been taken captive, he led forth his trained men, born in his house, 318 of them, and went in pursuit as far as Dan. [15] And he divided his forces against them by night, he and his servants, and defeated them and pursued them to Hobah, north of Damascus. [16] Then he brought back all the possessions, and also brought back his kinsman Lot with his possessions, and the women and the people. (ESV)
An t Urramach Seamus Maciomhair a searmonachadh air Eabhruidhich 12:14 Leanaibh sìth maille ris na h-uile dhaoinibh, agus naomhachd, ni as eugmhais nach faic neach air bith an Tighearna.
Psalm 68:9
[9] Rain in abundance, O God, you shed abroad; you restored your inheritance as it languished; (ESV)
The Rich Young Man
[17] And as he was setting out on his journey, a man ran up and knelt before him and asked him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” [18] And Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good except God alone. [19] You know the commandments: ‘Do not murder, Do not commit adultery, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Do not defraud, Honor your father and mother.’” [20] And he said to him, “Teacher, all these I have kept from my youth.” [21] And Jesus, looking at him, loved him, and said to him, “You lack one thing: go, sell all that you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.” [22] Disheartened by the saying, he went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions. (Mark 10:17–22, ESV)
John 19:16–17
[16] So he delivered him over to them to be crucified.
So they took Jesus, [17] and he went out, bearing his own cross, to the place called The Place of a Skull, which in Aramaic is called Golgotha. (ESV)
Isaiah 1:18
[18] “Come now, let us reason together, says the LORD: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool. (ESV)
1 John 4:7–12
God Is Love
[7] Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. [8] Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love. [9] In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. [10] In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. [11] Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. [12] No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us. (ESV)
Rev James Maciver preaches on Matthew 15:21-28 And Jesus went away from there and withdrew to the district of Tyre and Sidon. 22 And behold, a Canaanite woman from that region came out and was crying, "Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David; my daughter is severely oppressed by a demon." 23 But he did not answer her a word. And his disciples came and begged him, saying, "Send her away, for she is crying out after us." 24 He answered, "I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel." 25 But she came and knelt before him, saying, "Lord, help me." 26 And he answered, "It is not right to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs." 27 She said, "Yes, Lord, yet even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters' table." 28 Then Jesus answered her, "O woman, great is your faith! Be it done for you as you desire." And her daughter was healed instantly.
Rev James Maciver preaches on John 15:1-11 "I am the true vine, and my Father is the vine dresser. 2 Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit. 3 Already you are clean because of the word that I have spoken to you. 4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. 5 I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. 6 If anyone does not abide in me he is thrown away like a branch and withers; and the branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned. 7 If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. 8 By this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples. 9 As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Abide in my love. 10 If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in his love. 11 These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full.
An t-Urramach Coinneach Ferguson a searmonachadh air Eòin 10:27-30 Tha mo chaoraich-sa ag eisdeachd ri m' ghuth, agus is aithne dhomh iad, agus leanaidh iad i: 28 Agus bheir mi a' bheatha mhaireannach dhoibh; agus cha sgriosar iad am feasd, ni mo a spìonas neach air bith as mo làimh iad. 29 M' Athair a thug dhomh-sa iad, is mo e na na h-uile; agus cha-n urrainn neach air bith an spìonadh a làimh m' athar 30 Mise agus an t-athair, is aon sinn.
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on 1 Peter 5:14 Greet one another with the kiss of love. Peace to all of you who are in Christ.
Rev James Maciver preaches on Mark 10:46-52 And they came to Jericho. And as he was leaving Jericho with his disciples and a great crowd, Bartimaeus, a blind beggar, the son of Timaeus, was sitting by the roadside. 47 And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out and say, "Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!" 48 And many rebuked him, telling him to be silent. But he cried out all the more, "Son of David, have mercy on me!" 49 And Jesus stopped and said, "Call him." And they called the blind man, saying to him, "Take heart. Get up; he is calling you." 50 And throwing off his cloak, he sprang up and came to Jesus. 51 And Jesus said to him, "What do you want me to do for you?" And the blind man said to him, Rabbi, let me recover my sight." 52 And Jesus said to him, "Go your way; your faith has made you well." And immediately he recovered his sight and followed him on the way.
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on Ruth 1:14-15 Then they lifted up their voices and wept again. And Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth clung to her. 15 And she said, "See, your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and to her gods, return after your sister-in-law."
An t-Urramach Seumas Maciomhair a searmonachadh air 2 Corintianach 4:6 Oir is e Dia a thubhairt ris an t-solus soillseachadh a dorchadas, a dhealraich ann ar cridheachaibh-ne, a thoirt soluis eòlais glòire Dhe, ann an gnùis Iosa Criosd.
An t-Urramach Seumas Maciomhair a searmonachadh air Eabhruidheach 11:29-31 Tre chreidimh chaidh iad tre 'n mhuir ruaidh, mar tre thalamh tioram; ni 'n uair a thug na h-Eiphitich ionnsuidh air a dheanamh, bhàthadh iad. 30 Tre chreidimh thuit ballachan Iericho, an deidh a bhi air an cuairteachadh re sheachd làithean. 31 Is ann tre chreidimh nach do sgriosadh Rahab an strìopach maille riusan nach do chreid, 'n uair a ghabh i ris an luchd-brathaidh ann an sìth.
Rev Kenneth I. Macleod preaches on Psalm 38:9-10 O Lord, all my longing is before you; my sighing is not hidden from you. 10 My heart throbs; my strength fails me, and the light of my eyes - it also has gone from me.
Rev James Maciver preaches on John 3:1-8 Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. 2 This man came to Jesus by night and said to him, "Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do unless God is with him." 3 Jesus answered him, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God." 4 Nicodemus said to him, "How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born?" 5 Jesus answered, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. 6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. 7 Do not marvel that I said to you, 'You must be born again.' 8 The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit."
Rev James Maciver preaches on Isaiah 66: 10-14 "Rejoice with Jerusalem, and be glad for her, all you who love her; rejoice with her in joy, all you who mourn over her; 11 that you may nurse and be satisfied from her consoling breast; that you may drink deeply with delight from her glorious abundance." 12 For thus says the Lord: "Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the nations like an overflowing stream; and you shall nurse, you shall be carried upon her hip, and bounced upon her knees. 13 As one whom his mother comforts, so I will comfort you; you shall be comforted in Jerusalem. 14 You shall see, and your heart shall rejoice; your bones shall flourish like the grass; and the hand of the Lord shall be known to his servants, and he shall show his indignation against his enemies.
Murchadh Martann a searmonachadh air Salm 23:3 Aisigidh e m'anam, treòraichidh e mi air slighibh na fìreanteachd air sgàth 'ainme fein.
Rev James Maciver preaches on Acts 17:16-34 (Paul in Athens) Now while Paul was waiting for them at Athens, his spirit was provoked within him as he saw that the city was full of idols. 17 So he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and the devout persons, and in the marketplace every day with those who happened to be there. 18 Some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also conversed with him. And some said, "What does this babbler wish to say?" Others said, "He seems to be a preacher of foreign divinities"--because he was preaching Jesus and the resurrection. 19 And they took him and brought him to the Areopagus, saying, "May we know what this new teaching is that you are presenting? 20 For you bring some strange things to our ears. We wish to know therefore what these things mean." 21 Now all the Athenians and the foreigners who lived there would spend their time in nothing except telling or hearing something new. 22(Paul Addresses the Areopagus) So Paul, standing in the midst of the Areopagus, said: "Men of Athens, I perceive that in every way you are very religious. 23 For as I passed along and observed the objects of your worship, I found also an altar with this inscription, 'To the unknown god.' What therefore you worship as unknown, this I proclaim to you. 24 The God who made the world and everything in it, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in temples made by man, 25 nor is he served by human hands, as though he needed anything, since he himself gives to all mankind life and breath and everything. 26 And he made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined allotted periods and the boundaries of their dwelling place, 27 that they should seek God, in the hope that they might feel their way toward him and find him. Yet he is actually not far from each one of us, 28 for "'In him we live and move and have our being'; as even some of your own poets have said, "'For we are indeed his offspring.'From Aratus's poem "Phainomena" 29 Being then God's offspring, we ought not to think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by the art and imagination of man. 30 The times of ignorance God overlooked, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent, 31 because he has fixed a day on which he will judge the world in righteousness by a man whom he has appointed; and of this he has given assurance to all by raising him from the dead." 32 Now when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked. But others said, "We will hear you again about this." 33 So Paul went out from their midst. 34 But some men joined him and believed, among whom also were Dionysius the Areopagite and a woman named Damaris and others with them.
Rev James Maciver preaches on Luke 8:35 Then people went out to see what happened, and they came to Jesus and found the man from whom the demons had gone, sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed and in his right mind, and they were afraid.
Rev Robert Sinclair preaches on Psalm 2;1 Why do the nations and the people plot in vain?
An t-Urramach Seumas Maciomhair a searmonachadh air Salm 68:18 Chaidh thu suas air ionad àrd, thug thu bruid ann am braighdeanas: thug thu tiodhlacan do dhaoinibh, seadh, eadhon do dhaoinibh ceannairceach, chum gu-n ghabhaidh an Tighearna Dia còmhnuidh 'n am measg.
An t-Urramach Seamus Maciomhair a searmonachadh air Salm 123 1. A d'ionnsuidh thog mi mo shùilean, O thusa a tha 'a d' chòmhnuidh anns na nèamhan. 2 Feuch, mar tha sùilean òglach air làimh an maighstirean, agus mar tha sùilean banoglaich air làimh a bana-mhaighstir, mar sin tha ar sùile-ne air Dia, gus an dean e tròcair oirnn. 3 Dean tròcair oirnn, a Thighearna, dean tròcair oirnn; oir tha sinn air ar lìonadh làn de tharcuis. 4 Lìonadh ar n-anam làn le fanoid luchd na seasgaireachd, le tarcuis nan uaibhreach.
Rev James Maciver preaches on Luke 10:38-42 Now as they went on their way, Jesus entered a village. And a woman named Martha welcomed him into her house. 39 And she had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord's feet and listened to his teaching. 40 But Martha was distracted with much serving. And she went up to him and said, "Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Tell her then to help me." 41 But the Lord answered her, "Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things, 42 but one thing is necessary. Mary has chosen the good portion, which will not be taken away from her."
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on Matthew 11:6 And blessed is the one who is not offended by me.
James Maciver preaches on Proverbs 4:23-27 Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life. 24 Put away from you crooked speech, and put devious talk from you. 25 Let your eyes look directly forwards, and your gaze be straight before you. 26 Ponder the path of your feet; then all your ways will be sure. 27 Do not swerve to the right or to the left; turn your foot away from evil.
Rev Kenneth I Macleod preaches on Nehemiah 2:4 Then the king said to me, "What are you requesting?" So I prayed to the God of Heaven.
An t-Urramach Domhnall A. Domhnallach a searmonachadh air Dan Sholaimh 6:1 C' ait an deachaidh fear do ghràidh, O thusa a 's àillidh am measg bhan? Cia an taobh a thionndaidh fear do ghràidh? Agus iarraidh sinn e maille ruit. 2 Chaidh fear mo ghràidh-sa sìos d'a lios, gu leapaichibh nan spìosraidh, a dh' ionaltradh anns na liosabh, agus a thional lili.
Salm 3: 1 A Thighearna, nach lìonmhor a dh' fhàs mo naimhdean? Is iomadh iad a tha 'g eirigh a' m' aghaidh. 2 Is iomadh iad a their ri m'anam, nach eil furtachd aige ann an Dia. Seladh. 3 Ach tha thusa, a Thighearn', a d' sgeith dhomhsa, mo ghlòir, agus fear-togail mo chinn. 4 Le m' ghuth dh'eigh mi ris an Tighearn', agus dh' eisd e rium as a shliabh naoimh. Selah. 5 Luidh mi sìos, agus choidil mi: dhùisg mi, oir chum an Tighearna suas mi.
Isaiah 45: 22 Turn to me and be saved, all the ends of the earth! For I am God, and there is no other.
Philipianach 3:20 Oir tha ar caithe-beatha-na air Nèamh, an t-ionad as am bheil dùil againn fòs ris an t-Slànuighear, an Tighearna Iosa Criosd; 21 A chruth-atharraicheas ar corp dìblidh, chum gu'n deanar e comh-chosmhuil r'a chorp ghlòrmhor fein, a reir an oibreachaidh leis am bheil e comasach air na h-uile nithean a chuir fo cheannsal fein.
Luke 10: 39 And she had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord's feet and listened to his teaching.
Taisbeanadh 1:17 Agus an uair a chunnaic mi e, thuit mi sìos aig a chosaibh an riochd mairbh: agus chuir e a làmh dheas orm, ag radh rium, Na bitheadh eagal ort: is mise an ceud neach agus an neach deireannach. 18 Is mise an Tì a tha beò, agus a bha marbh; agus, feuch, tha mi beò gu saoghal nan saoghal, Amen; agus tha uichrichean ifrinn agus ' a bhàis agam.
Isaiah 40: 9 Get you up to a high mountain, O Zion, herald of good news; lift up your voice with strength, O Jerusalem, herald of good news, lift it up, fear not; say to the cities of Judah, "Behold your God." 10 Behold, the Lord God comes with might, and his arm rules for him; behold, his reward is with him, and his recompense before him. 11 He will tend his flock like a shepherd; he will gather the lambs in his arms; he will carry them in his bosom, and gently lead those that are with young.
Luke 23:42 And he said, "Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom." 43 And he said to him, "Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in Paradise."
Luke 16:25 But Abraham said, Child, remember that you in your lifetime received your good things, and Lazarus in like manner bad things; but now he is comforted here, and you are in anguish.
Marc 4: 35 Agus thubhairt e riu air an là sin fein, air teachd do'n fheasgar, Rachamaid thairis do'n taobh eile.
Dàn Sholamh 8:5 Co ise a tha 'teachd a nìos o'n fhàsach, 'an taice ri fear a gràidh. Fo'n craoibh-ubhall thog mi suas thu: an sin bha do mhàthair ri saothar ort; an sin bha i ri saothair, rug i thu. 6 Cuir mise mar sheula air do chridhe, mar sheula air do ghàirdean; oir làidir mar am bàs tha an gràdh, an-iochdmhor mar an uaigh an t-eud: is eibhle-teine 'eibhle-san, lasair ro gharg. 7 Cha'n urrainn uisgeacha lìonmhor an gràdh a mhùchadh, agus cha bhàth na tuiltean e. Nan tugadh duine uile mhaoin a thighe air son gràidh, dheanamh daoine tàir air gu tur.
Psalm 51 (Create in Me a Clean Heart, O God)To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet went to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba. 1 Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions. 2 Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin! 3 For I know my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me. 4 Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight, so that you may be justified in your words and blameless in your judgment. 5 Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me. 6 Behold, you delight in truth in the inward being, and you teach me wisdom in the secret heart. 7 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. 8 Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones that you have broken rejoice. 9 Hide your face from my sins, and blot out all my iniquities. 10 Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. 11 Cast me not away from your presence, and take not your Holy Spirit from me. 12 Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and uphold me with a willing spirit. 13 Then I will teach transgressors your ways, and sinners will return to you. 14 Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, O God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing aloud of your righteousness. 15 O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare your praise. 16 For you will not delight in sacrifice, or I would give it; you will not be pleased with a burnt offering. 17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise. 18 Do good to Zion in your good pleasure; build up the walls of Jerusalem; 19 then will you delight in right sacrifices, in burnt offerings and whole burnt offerings; then bulls will be offered on your altar.
Ephesians 6:1 - 4 (Children and Parents) Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. 2 "Honor your father and mother" (this is the first commandment with a promise), 3 "that it may go well with you and that you may live long in the land." 4 Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
Deuteronomi 8: 2 Agus cuimhnichidh tu an t-slighe sin uile air an do threòraich an Tighearna do Dhia thu re an dà fhichead bliadhna seo anns an fhàsach, gu d' irioslachadh, gu d' dhearbhadh, a chum gu'm bitheadh fios ciod a bh' ann 'ad chridhe, an gleidheadh tu 'àitheantan, no nach gleidheadh. 11 Thoir an aire nach dì-chuimhnich thu an Tighearna do Dhia, air chor as nach gleidh thu 'àitheantan, agus a bhreitheanais, agus a reachdan, a tha mise ag àithneadh dhuit an diugh.
John 11: 28 When she had said this, she went and called her sister Mary, saying in private, "The teacher is here and is calling for you." 29 And when she heard it, she rose quickly and went to Him.
1 Samuel 16:14 (David in Saul's Service) Now the Spirit of the Lord departed from Saul, and a harmful spirit from the Lord tormented him. 15 And Saul's servants said to him, "Behold now, a harmful spirit from God is tormenting you. 16 Let our lord now command your servants who are before you to seek out a man who is skillful in playing the lyre, and when the harmful spirit from God is upon you, he will play it, and you will be well." 17 So Saul said to his servants, "Provide for me a man who can play well and bring him to me." 18 One of the young men answered, "Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, who is skillful in playing, a man of valor, a man of war, prudent in speech, and a man of good presence, and the Lord is with him."
Ecsodus 17:8 An sin thàinig Amelec, agus chog e ri Israel ann an Rephidim. 9 Agus thubhairt Maois ri Iosua, Tagh a mach dhuinn daoine, agus falbh a mach, cog ri Amelec: am màireach seasaidh mise air mullach an t-sleibh, agus slat Dhe a'm làmh. 10 Agus rinn Iosua mar a thubhairt Maois ris, agus chog e ri Amelec. Agus chaidh Maois, Aaron, agus Hur, suas gu mullach an t-sleibh. 11 Agus an uair a thog Maois suas a làmh , an sin bhuadhaich Israel, agus an uair a leig e sìos a làmh , bhuadhaich Amelec 12 Ach bha làmhan Mhaois trom, agus ghabh iad clach , agus chuir iad foidhe i, agus shuidh e oirre: agus chum Aaron agus Hur suas a làmhan , fear dhiubh air aon taobh, agus fear air an taobh eile: agus bha a làmhan seasmhach gu luidh na greine. 13 Agus chlaoidh Iosua Amelec agus a dhaoine le faobhar a' chlaidheamh. 14 Agus thubhairt an Tighearna ri Maois, Sgrìobh seo mar chuimhneachan ann an leabhar, agus aithris e ann an cluasaibh Iosua; oir dubhaidh Mise as gu tur cuimhne Ameleic o bhi fo nèamh. 15 Agus thog Maois altair, agus thug e Iehobhah-Nisi mar ainm oirre: 16 Oir thubhairt e, do bhrìgh gu'n do mhionnaich an Tighearna, gu-m bi cogadh aig an Tighearna ri Amelec o linn gu linn.
Psalm 131 O Lord, my heart is not lifted up; my eyes are not raised too high; I do not occupy myself with things too great and too marvellous for me. 2 But I have calmed and quietened my soul, like a weaned child with its mother; like a weaned child is my soul within me. 3 O Israel, hope in the Lord from this time forth and for evermore.
Romanach 5:2 agus 5 Tre'm bheil againn mar an ceudna slighe gu dol a steach tre chreidimh chum a' ghràis so anns am bheil sinn 'n 'ar seasamh, agus tha sinn a' deanamh gairdeachais ann an dochas gloire Dhe. 5 Agus cha nàraich an dochas, do bhrigh gu bheil gràdh Dhe air a dhortadh a mach ann ar cridheachaibh, tre'n Spiorad naomh a thugadh dhuinne.
Luke 23: 39-43 One of the criminals who were hanged railed at him, saying, "Are you not the Christ? Save yourself and us!" 40 But the other rebuked him, saying, "Do you not fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation? 41 And we indeed justly, for we are receiving the due reward of our deeds; but this man has done nothing wrong." 42 And he said, "Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom." 43 And he said to him, "Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in Paradise."
Ieremiah 6:16-17 Mar seo thubhairt an Tighearna; Seasamh anns na ròidibh agus faicibh, agus feòraichibh air son nan seana cheuman. C' àit am bheil an t-slighe mhaith agus gluaisibh innte: mar sin gheibh sibh fois do 'r n-anamaibh. Ach thubhairt iadsan, Cha ghluais sinn innte. 17 Chuir mi mar an ceudna luchd-faire os 'ur ceann, ag radh; Eisdibh ri fuaim na trompaid. Ach thubhairt iadsan, Cha-n eisd sinn.
1 Corinthians 13:4-5 Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful.
Isaiah 53:5 Ach lotadh e air son ar peacadh-ne, bhrùthadh e air son ar n-aingidheachdan; leagadh airsan smachdachadh ar sìth, agus le a chreuchdaibh-sa shlànuicheadh sinne.
Romans 3:23 - 25 For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24 and are justified by his grace as a gift,
through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, 25 whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by
faith.
Eoin 20:24 Ach cha robh Tomas, aon de'n da fhear dheug, d'an goirear Didimus, maille riu, 'n uair a thainig Iosa
Romanach 8:29-30 Oir an dream a roimh-aithnich e, roimh-orduich e iad mar an ceudna chum a bhi comh-chosmhuil ri ìomhaigh a Mhic, chum gu'm bitheadh esan 'n a cheud-ghin am measg morain bhràithrean. 30 Agus an dream a roimh-orduich e, ghairm e iad mar an ceudna; agus an dream a ghairm e, dh'fhìreanaich e mar an ceudna: agus an dream a dh'fhìreanaich e, ghlòraich e mar an ceudna.
Mark 5:34 And He said to her, "Daughter, your faith has made you well; go in peace, and be healed of your disease."
Colosianach 1:12-14 - A' tabhairt buidheachas do an Athair, a rinn sinn iomchuidh chum bhi 'n ar luchd-comhpairt a dh'oighreachd nan naomh 's an t-solus; 13 A shaor sinn o chumhachd an dorchadais, agus a dh' atharraich sinn chum rioghachd Mic a ghraidh-san; 14 Anns am bheil againn saorsa tre 'fhuil, eadhon maitheanas nam peacaidhean:
Mark 15:43 - Joseph of Arimathea, a respected member of the Council, who was also himself looking for the kingdom of God, took courage and went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.
Philippians 2:6-8 6 who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, 7 but made himself nothing, taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. 8 And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross
Ephesians 2:1 - 10 And you were dead in the trespasses and sins. 2 in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience-- 3 among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind. 4 But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, 5 even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ--by grace you have been saved-- 6 and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, 7 so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. 8 For by grace you have been saved, through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, 9 not a result of works, so that no one may boast. 10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.
Exodus 12:13, 27 (ESV)
[13] The blood shall be a sign for you, on the houses where you are. And when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and no plague will befall you to destroy you, when I strike the land of Egypt.
[27] you shall say, ‘It is the sacrifice of the LORD's Passover, for he passed over the houses of the people of Israel in Egypt, when he struck the Egyptians but spared our houses.’” And the people bowed their heads and worshiped.
Hebrews 12:2 -3 - Looking to Jesus the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the Cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God. 3. Consider him who endured from sinners such hostility against himself, so that you may not grow weary or faint-hearted.
Joshua 3:7 - The Lord said to Joshua, "Today I will begin to exalt you in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that, as I was with Moses, so I will be with you."
Eòin 2:1-11
Agus air an treas là bha pòsadh ann an Cana Ghalile; agus bha màthair Iosa an sin. 2. Agus fhuair Iosa mar an ceudna cuireadh chum a’ phòsaidh. 3. Agus air teireachdainn do’n fhìon, thubhairt màthair Iosa ris, Chan eil fìon aca. 4. Thubhairt Iosa rithe, Ciod e mo ghnothach-sa riut, a bhean? Cha d’thàinig m’uair-sa fathast. 5. Thubhairt a mhàthair ris an luchd-frithealaidh, G e b’e nì a their e ribh, deanaibh e. 6. Agus bha sia soithichean-uisge de chloich air an cur an sin, a reir gnàtha glanaidh nan Iudhach, a ghabhadh dà fheircin no trì, gach aon diubh. 7. Thubhairt Iosa riu, Lìonaibh na soithichean le uisge. Agus lion siad iad gus am beul. 8. Agus thubhairt E riu, Tairngibh a nis, agus thugaibh chum uachdarain na cuirme. Agus thug iad ann e. 9. 'N uair a bhlais na cuirme an t-uisge a rinneadh 'n a fhìon,(agus cha robh fhios aige cia as a thàinig e; ach bha fhios aig an luchd-frithealaidh a tharruing an uisge), ghairm uachdaran na cuirme am fear nuadh-pòsda. 10. Agus thubhairt e ris, Cuiridh gach duine fìon maith a làthair air tus; agus an uair a dh'òlas daoine gu leòr, an sin am fion a's miosa: ach ghleidh thusa am fìon maith gus a nis. 11. An toiseach so de mhìorbhuilibh rinn Iosa ann an Can Ghalile, agus dh'fhoillsich e a ghlòir; agus chreid a dheisciobuil ann.
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Psalm 18:1-3:-
I love you, O Lord.
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The Lord is my rock and my fortress, and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
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I call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised, and I am saved from my enemies.
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And you who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses.
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By cancelling the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands. This he set aside, nailing it to the Cross.
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He disarmed the rulers and authorities and put them to shame, by triumphing over them in him.
- Paul an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, unto the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints which are in all Achaia. 2. Grace be to you and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. 3. Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort; 4. Who comforts us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God. 5. For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also abounds by Christ. 6. And whether we be afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation, which is effectual in the enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer: or whether we be comforted, it is for our consolation and salvation. 7. And our hope of you is steadfast, knowing that as ye are partakers of the sufferings, so shall ye be also of the consolation. 8. For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life; 9. But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God who raises the dead; 10. Who delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver; in who we trust that He will yet deliver us. 11. You also helping together by prayer for us, that for the gifts bestowed on us by the means of many persons thanks may be given by many on our behalf.
- And , behold a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster box of ointment. 38. And stood at His feet behind Him weeping, and began to wash His feet with tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of her head, and kissed His feet, and anointed them with the ointment. 39. Now when the Pharisee that had bidden Him saw it, he spake within himself, saying, This man, if he were a prophet, would have known who and what manner of woman this is that touches him: for she is a sinner. 40. And Jesus answering said unto him, Simon, I have somewhat to say to thee. And he saith, Master, say on. 41. There was a certain creditor that had two debtors: the one owed five hundred pence, and the other fifty. 42. And when they had nothing to pay, he frankly forgave them both. Tell me therefore, which of them will love him most. 43. Simon answered and said, I suppose that he, to whom he forgave most. And he said unto him, Thou hast rightly judged. 44. And He turned to the woman, and said unto Simon, See thou this woman? I entered into thine house, thou gave me no water for my feet; but she has washed my feet with tears, and wiped them with the hairs of her head. 45. Thou gave me no kiss: but this woman since the time I came in has not ceased to kiss my feet. 46. My head with oil you did not anoint: but this woman has anointed my feet with ointment. 47. Wherefore, I say unto you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little. 48. And He said unto her, Thy sins are forgiven. 49. And they that sat at meat with Him began to say within themselves, Who is this that forgives sins also? 50. And He said to the woman, Thy faith has saved you; go in peace.
Mata 18: 21-22
Air dol do Pheadar d'a ionnsuidh 's an am sin, thubhairt e, A Thighearna cia minic a pheacaicheas mo bhrathair a m' aghaidh, agus a mhaitheas mi dha? An ann gu ruig an seachdamh uair?
Thubhairt Iosa ris, Cha'n abair mi riut, gus an seachdamh uair, ach gu deich agus tri fichead seachd uairean.
1 Corinthians 1:22–25
[22] For Jews demand signs and Greeks seek wisdom, [23] but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and folly to Gentiles, [24] but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. [25] For the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men. (ESV)
Genesis 26:24
[24] And the LORD appeared to him the same night and said, “I am the God of Abraham your father. Fear not, for I am with you and will bless you and multiply your offspring for my servant Abraham's sake.” (ESV)
2 Kings 4:1–7 Elisha and the Widow's Oil
[1] Now the wife of one of the sons of the prophets cried to Elisha, “Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that your servant feared the LORD, but the creditor has come to take my two children to be his slaves.” [2] And Elisha said to her, “What shall I do for you? Tell me; what have you in the house?” And she said, “Your servant has nothing in the house except a jar of oil.” [3] Then he said, “Go outside, borrow vessels from all your neighbors, empty vessels and not too few. [4] Then go in and shut the door behind yourself and your sons and pour into all these vessels. And when one is full, set it aside.” [5] So she went from him and shut the door behind herself and her sons. And as she poured they brought the vessels to her. [6] When the vessels were full, she said to her son, “Bring me another vessel.” And he said to her, “There is not another.” Then the oil stopped flowing. [7] She came and told the man of God, and he said, “Go, sell the oil and pay your debts, and you and your sons can live on the rest.” (ESV)
John 7:37–39 Rivers of Living Water
[37] On the last day of the feast, the great day, Jesus stood up and cried out, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink. [38] Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, ‘Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.’” [39] Now this he said about the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were to receive, for as yet the Spirit had not been given, because Jesus was not yet glorified. (ESV)
Galatians 6:14–16
[14] But far be it from me to boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world. [15] For neither circumcision counts for anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation. [16] And as for all who walk by this rule, peace and mercy be upon them, and upon the Israel of God. (ESV)
Luke 9:62
[62] Jesus said to him, “No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.” (ESV)
Hebrews 11:8–10
[8] By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to a place that he was to receive as an inheritance. And he went out, not knowing where he was going. [9] By faith he went to live in the land of promise, as in a foreign land, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, heirs with him of the same promise. [10] For he was looking forward to the city that has foundations, whose designer and builder is God. (ESV)
Exodus 20:12
[12] “Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you. (ESV)
1 Peter 5:10–14
[10] And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you. [11] To him be the dominion forever and ever. Amen.
Final Greetings
[12] By Silvanus, a faithful brother as I regard him, I have written briefly to you, exhorting and declaring that this is the true grace of God. Stand firm in it. [13] She who is at Babylon, who is likewise chosen, sends you greetings, and so does Mark, my son. [14] Greet one another with the kiss of love.
Peace to all of you who are in Christ. (ESV)
1 Samuel 1:17–20
[17] Then Eli answered, “Go in peace, and the God of Israel grant your petition that you have made to him.” [18] And she said, “Let your servant find favor in your eyes.” Then the woman went her way and ate, and her face was no longer sad.
[19] They rose early in the morning and worshiped before the LORD; then they went back to their house at Ramah. And Elkanah knew Hannah his wife, and the LORD remembered her. [20] And in due time Hannah conceived and bore a son, and she called his name Samuel, for she said, “I have asked for him from the LORD.” (ESV)
Titus 2:11–14
[11] For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, [12] training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age, [13] waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ, [14] who gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people for his own possession who are zealous for good works. (ESV)
1 Peter 5:5b–11
[5]...Clothe yourselves, all of you, with humility toward one another, for “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.”
[6] Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you, [7] casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you. [8] Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. [9] Resist him, firm in your faith, knowing that the same kinds of suffering are being experienced by your brotherhood throughout the world. [10] And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you. [11] To him be the dominion forever and ever. Amen. (ESV)
But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit, whom he poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, so that being justified by his grace we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.
1 Peter 5:1–5
Shepherd the Flock of God
[1] So I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, as well as a partaker in the glory that is going to be revealed: [2] shepherd the flock of God that is among you, exercising oversight, not under compulsion, but willingly, as God would have you; not for shameful gain, but eagerly; [3] not domineering over those in your charge, but being examples to the flock. [4] And when the chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the unfading crown of glory. [5] Likewise, you who are younger, be subject to the elders. Clothe yourselves, all of you, with humility toward one another, for “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.” (ESV)
Numbers 23:18–24
[18] And Balaam took up his discourse and said,
“Rise, Balak, and hear; give ear to me, O son of Zippor: [19] God is not man, that he should lie, or a son of man, that he should change his mind. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it? [20] Behold, I received a command to bless: he has blessed, and I cannot revoke it. [21] He has not beheld misfortune in Jacob, nor has he seen trouble in Israel. The LORD their God is with them, and the shout of a king is among them. [22] God brings them out of Egypt and is for them like the horns of the wild ox. [23] For there is no enchantment against Jacob, no divination against Israel; now it shall be said of Jacob and Israel, ‘What has God wrought!’ [24] Behold, a people! As a lioness it rises up and as a lion it lifts itself; it does not lie down until it has devoured the prey and drunk the blood of the slain.” (ESV)
1 Peter 4:12–19
Suffering as a Christian
[12] Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial when it comes upon you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you. [13] But rejoice insofar as you share Christ's sufferings, that you may also rejoice and be glad when his glory is revealed. [14] If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you. [15] But let none of you suffer as a murderer or a thief or an evildoer or as a meddler. [16] Yet if anyone suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God in that name. [17] For it is time for judgment to begin at the household of God; and if it begins with us, what will be the outcome for those who do not obey the gospel of God? [18] And
“If the righteous is scarcely saved, what will become of the ungodly and the sinner?”
[19] Therefore let those who suffer according to God's will entrust their souls to a faithful Creator while doing good. (ESV)
Genesis 35:1–4
God Blesses and Renames Jacob
[1] God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel and dwell there. Make an altar there to the God who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau.” [2] So Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him, “Put away the foreign gods that are among you and purify yourselves and change your garments. [3] Then let us arise and go up to Bethel, so that I may make there an altar to the God who answers me in the day of my distress and has been with me wherever I have gone.” [4] So they gave to Jacob all the foreign gods that they had, and the rings that were in their ears. Jacob hid them under the terebinth tree that was near Shechem. (ESV)
And the Lord turned to him and said, “Go in this might of yours and save Israel from the hand of Midian; do not I send you?”
The Parable of the Pearl of Great Value
[45] “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls, [46] who, on finding one pearl of great value, went and sold all that he had and bought it. (Matthew 13:45–46, ESV)
“Seek the Lord while he may be found; call upon him while he is near;let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the Lord, that he may have compassion on him, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
The Death of Jesus
It was now about the sixth hour, and there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour, while the sun's light failed. And the curtain of the temple was torn in two. Then Jesus, calling out with a loud voice, said, “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit!” And having said this he breathed his last. (Luke 23:44–46, ESV)
Then some of the scribes and Pharisees answered him, saying, “Teacher, we wish to see a sign from you.” But he answered them, “An evil and adulterous generation seeks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. For just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
And he said to her, “Give me your son.” And he took him from her arms and carried him up into the upper chamber where he lodged, and laid him on his own bed.
1 Peter 3:18-2218 For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit, 19 in whichhe went and proclaimed to the spirits in prison, 20 because they formerly did not obey, when God's patience waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were brought safely through water. 21 Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves you, not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to God for a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, 22 who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers having been subjected to him.
2 Chronicles 32:1-23Sennacherib Invades Judah32 After these things and these acts of faithfulness, Sennacherib king of Assyria came and invaded Judah and encamped against the fortified cities, thinking to win them for himself. 2 And when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib had come and intended to fight against Jerusalem, 3 he planned with his officers and his mighty men to stop the water of the springs that were outside the city; and they helped him. 4 A great many people were gathered, and they stopped all the springs and the brook that flowed through the land, saying, “Why should the kings of Assyria come and find much water?” 5 He set to work resolutely and built up all the wall that was broken down and raised towers upon it, and outside it he built another wall, and he strengthened the Millo in the city of David. He also made weapons and shields in abundance. 6 And he set combat commanders over the people and gathered them together to him in the square at the gate of the city and spoke encouragingly to them, saying, 7 “Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or dismayed before the king of Assyria and all the horde that is with him, for there are more with us than with him. 8 With him is an arm of flesh, but with us is the Lord our God, to help us and to fight our battles.” And the people took confidence from the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.
Sennacherib Blasphemes9 After this, Sennacherib king of Assyria, who was besieging Lachish with all his forces, sent his servants to Jerusalem to Hezekiah king of Judah and to all the people of Judah who were in Jerusalem, saying, 10 “Thus says Sennacherib king of Assyria, ‘On what are you trusting, that you endure the siege in Jerusalem? 11 Is not Hezekiah misleading you, that he may give you over to die by famine and by thirst, when he tells you, “The Lord our God will deliver us from the hand of the king of Assyria”? 12 Has not this same Hezekiah taken away his high places and his altars and commanded Judah and Jerusalem, “Before one altar you shall worship, and on it you shall burn your sacrifices”? 13 Do you not know what I and my fathers have done to all the peoples of other lands? Were the gods of the nations of those lands at all able to deliver their lands out of my hand? 14 Who among all the gods of those nations that my fathers devoted to destruction was able to deliver his people from my hand, that your God should be able to deliver you from my hand? 15 Now, therefore, do not let Hezekiah deceive you or mislead you in this fashion, and do not believe him, for no god of any nation or kingdom has been able to deliver his people from my hand or from the hand of my fathers. How much less will your God deliver you out of my hand!’”
16 And his servants said still more against the Lord God and against his servant Hezekiah. 17 And he wrote letters to cast contempt on the Lord, the God of Israel, and to speak against him, saying, “Like the gods of the nations of the lands who have not delivered their people from my hands, so the God of Hezekiah will not deliver his people from my hand.” 18 And they shouted it with a loud voice in the language of Judah to the people of Jerusalem who were on the wall, to frighten and terrify them, in order that they might take the city. 19 And they spoke of the God of Jerusalem as they spoke of the gods of the peoples of the earth, which are the work of men's hands.
The Lord Delivers Jerusalem20 Then Hezekiah the king and Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, prayed because of this and cried to heaven. 21 And the Lord sent an angel, who cut off all the mighty warriors and commanders and officers in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned with shame of face to his own land. And when he came into the house of his god, some of his own sons struck him down there with the sword. 22 So the Lord saved Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem from the hand of Sennacherib king of Assyria and from the hand of all his enemies, and he provided for them on every side. 23 And many brought gifts to the Lord to Jerusalem and precious things to Hezekiah king of Judah, so that he was exalted in the sight of all nations from that time onward.
For Christ also suffered[a] once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit,
Then David said in his heart, “Now I shall perish one day by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than that I should escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will despair of seeking me any longer within the borders of Israel, and I shall escape out of his hand.”
But my servant Caleb, because he has a different spirit and has followed me fully, I will bring into the land into which he went, and his descendants shall possess it.
May the God of endurance and encouragement grant you to live in such harmony with one another, in accord with Christ Jesus, that together you may with one voice glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore welcome one another as Christ has welcomed you, for the glory of God.
[15] but in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect, [16] having a good conscience, so that, when you are slandered, those who revile your good behavior in Christ may be put to shame. (1 Peter 3:15–16, ESV)
[28] And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose. [29] For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. (Romans 8:28–29, ESV)
Likewise, wives, be subject to your own husbands, so that even if some do not obey the word, they may be won without a word by the conduct of their wives, when they see your respectful and pure conduct. Do not let your adorning be external—the braiding of hair and the putting on of gold jewelry, or the clothing you wear— but let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God's sight is very precious. For this is how the holy women who hoped in God used to adorn themselves, by submitting to their own husbands, as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord. And you are her children, if you do good and do not fear anything that is frightening.
Likewise, husbands, live with your wives in an understanding way, showing honor to the woman as the weaker vessel, since they are heirs with youof the grace of life, so that your prayers may not be hindered.
He went on his way through towns and villages, teaching and journeying toward Jerusalem. And someone said to him, “Lord, will those who are saved be few?” And he said to them, “Strive to enter through the narrow door. For many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able. When once the master of the house has risen and shut the door, and you begin to stand outside and to knock at the door, saying, ‘Lord, open to us,’ then he will answer you, ‘I do not know where you come from.’ Then you will begin to say, ‘We ate and drank in your presence, and you taught in our streets.’ But he will say, ‘I tell you, I do not know where you come from. Depart from me, all you workers of evil!’ In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God but you yourselves cast out. And people will come from east and west, and from north and south, and recline at table in the kingdom of God. And behold, some are last who will be first, and some are first who will be last.”
[24] He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed. [25] For you were straying like sheep, but have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls. (1 Peter 2:24–25, ESV)
[49] And Jesus stopped and said, “Call him.” And they called the blind man, saying to him, “Take heart. Get up; he is calling you.” [50] And throwing off his cloak, he sprang up and came to Jesus. [51] And Jesus said to him, “What do you want me to do for you?” And the blind man said to him, “Rabbi, let me recover my sight.” [52] And Jesus said to him, “Go your way; your faith has made you well.” And immediately he recovered his sight and followed him on the way. (Mark 10:49–52, ESV)
'Servants, be subject to your masters with all respect, not only to the good and gentle but also to the unjust. For this is a gracious thing, when, mindful of God, one endures sorrows while suffering unjustly. For what credit is it if, when you sin and are beaten for it, you endure? But if when you do good and suffer for it you endure, this is a gracious thing in the sight of God. For to this you have been called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you might follow in his steps. He committed no sin, neither was deceit found in his mouth. When he was reviled, he did not revile in return; when he suffered, he did not threaten, but continued entrusting himself to him who judges justly. '
'Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?" She said to him, "Yes, Lord; I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, who is coming into the world." '
Now there was a disciple at Damascus named Ananias. The Lord said to him in a vision, “Ananias.” And he said, “Here I am, Lord.” And the Lord said to him, “Rise and go to the street called Straight, and at the house of Judas look for a man of Tarsus named Saul, for behold, he is praying, and he has seen in a vision a man named Ananias come in and lay his hands on him so that he might regain his sight.” But Ananias answered, “Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how much evil he has done to your saints at Jerusalem. (Acts 9:10–13, ESV)
By faith Moses, when he was born, was hidden for three months by his parents, because they saw that the child was beautiful, and they were not afraid of the king's edict. (Hebrews 11:23, ESV)
Be subject for the Lord's sake to every human institution,whether it be to the emperoras supreme, or to governors as sent by him to punish those who do evil and to praise those who do good. For this is the will of God, that by doing good you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish people. Live as people who are free, not using your freedom as a cover-up for evil, but living as servantsof God. Honor everyone. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the emperor.
Whoever loves his life loses it, and whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life. If anyone serves me, he must follow me; and where I am, there will my servant be also. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him.
Jabez was more honorable than his brothers; and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, “Because I bore him in pain.”Jabez called upon the God of Israel, saying, “Oh that you would bless me and enlarge my border, and that your hand might be with me, and that you would keep me from harmso that it might not bring me pain!” And God granted what he asked.
And there appeared to him an angel from heaven, strengthening him. And being in agony he prayed more earnestly; and his sweat became like great drops of blood falling down to the ground. (Luke 22:43–44, ESV)
When Abraham's servant heard their words, he bowed himself to the earth before the Lord. And the servant brought out jewelry of silver and of gold, and garments, and gave them to Rebekah. He also gave to her brother and to her mother costly ornaments. And he and the men who were with him ate and drank, and they spent the night there. When they arose in the morning, he said, “Send me away to my master.” Her brother and her mother said, “Let the young woman remain with us a while, at least ten days; after that she may go.” But he said to them, “Do not delay me, since the Lord has prospered my way. Send me away that I may go to my master.” They said, “Let us call the young woman and ask her.” And they called Rebekah and said to her, “Will you go with this man?” She said, “I will go.” So they sent away Rebekah their sister and her nurse, and Abraham's servant and his men. And they blessed Rebekah and said to her,
“Our sister, may you become thousands of ten thousands, and may your offspring possess the gate of those who hate him!”
Then Rebekah and her young women arose and rode on the camels and followed the man. Thus the servant took Rebekah and went his way.
Now Isaac had returned from Beer-lahai-roi and was dwelling in the Negeb. And Isaac went out to meditate in the field toward evening. And he lifted up his eyes and saw, and behold, there were camels coming. And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she dismounted from the camel and said to the servant, “Who is that man, walking in the field to meet us?” The servant said, “It is my master.” So she took her veil and covered herself. And the servant told Isaac all the things that he had done. Then Isaac brought her into the tent of Sarah his mother and took Rebekah, and she became his wife, and he loved her. So Isaac was comforted after his mother's death.
Abraham took another wife, whose name was Keturah. She bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. Jokshan fathered Sheba and Dedan. The sons of Dedan were Asshurim, Letushim, and Leummim. The sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah. Abraham gave all he had to Isaac. But to the sons of his concubines Abraham gave gifts, and while he was still living he sent them away from his son Isaac, eastward to the east country.
These are the days of the years of Abraham's life, 175 years. Abraham breathed his last and died in a good old age, an old man and full of years, and was gathered to his people. Isaac and Ishmael his sons buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, east of Mamre, the field that Abraham purchased from the Hittites. There Abraham was buried, with Sarah his wife. After the death of Abraham, God blessed Isaac his son. And Isaac settled at Beer-lahai-roi.
Seven Chosen to Serve
Now in these days when the disciples were increasing in number, a complaint by the Hellenists arose against the Hebrews because their widows were being neglected in the daily distribution. And the twelve summoned the full number of the disciples and said, “It is not right that we should give up preaching the word of God to serve tables. Therefore, brothers, pick out from among you seven men of good repute, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, whom we will appoint to this duty. But we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word.” And what they said pleased the whole gathering, and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolaus, a proselyte of Antioch. These they set before the apostles, and they prayed and laid their hands on them.
And the word of God continued to increase, and the number of the disciples multiplied greatly in Jerusalem, and a great many of the priests became obedient to the faith. (Acts 6:1–7, ESV)
Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to care for the church of God, which he obtained with his own blood. (Acts 20:28 ESV)
Beloved, I urge you as sojourners and exiles to abstain from the passions of the flesh, which wage war against your soul. Keep your conduct among the Gentiles honorable, so that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day of visitation.
In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to the praise of his glory. (Ephesians 1:13–14, ESV)
After this, Jesus, knowing that all was now finished, said (to fulfill the Scripture), “I thirst.” A jar full of sour wine stood there, so they put a sponge full of the sour wine on a hyssop branch and held it to his mouth. When Jesus had received the sour wine, he said, “It is finished,” and he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.
When the Lord your God cuts off the nations whose land the Lord your God is giving you, and you dispossess them and dwell in their cities and in their houses, you shall set apart three cities for yourselves in the land that the Lord your God is giving you to possess. You shall measure the distancesand divide into three parts the area of the land that the Lord your God gives you as a possession, so that any manslayer can flee to them.
“This is the provision for the manslayer, who by fleeing there may save his life. If anyone kills his neighbor unintentionally without having hated him in the past— as when someone goes into the forest with his neighbor to cut wood, and his hand swings the axe to cut down a tree, and the head slips from the handle and strikes his neighbor so that he dies—he may flee to one of these cities and live, lest the avenger of blood in hot anger pursue the manslayer and overtake him, because the way is long, and strike him fatally, though the man did not deserve to die, since he had not hated his neighbor in the past. Therefore I command you, You shall set apart three cities. And if the Lord your God enlarges your territory, as he has sworn to your fathers, and gives you all the land that he promised to give to your fathers— provided you are careful to keep all this commandment, which I command you today, by loving the Lord your God and by walking ever in his ways—then you shall add three other cities to these three, lest innocent blood be shed in your land that the Lord your God is giving you for an inheritance, and so the guilt of bloodshed be upon you.
“But if anyone hates his neighbor and lies in wait for him and attacks him and strikes him fatally so that he dies, and he flees into one of these cities, then the elders of his city shall send and take him from there, and hand him over to the avenger of blood, so that he may die. Your eye shall not pity him, but you shall purge the guilt of innocent blood from Israel, so that it may be well with you.
Then Jesus went with them to a place called Gethsemane, and he said to his disciples, “Sit here, while I go over there and pray.” And taking with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, he began to be sorrowful and troubled. Then he said to them, “My soul is very sorrowful, even to death; remain here, and watch with me.” And going a little farther he fell on his face and prayed, saying, “My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as you will.” And he came to the disciples and found them sleeping. And he said to Peter, “So, could you not watch with me one hour? Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.” Again, for the second time, he went away and prayed, “My Father, if this cannot pass unless I drink it, your will be done.” And again he came and found them sleeping, for their eyes were heavy. So, leaving them again, he went away and prayed for the third time, saying the same words again. Then he came to the disciples and said to them, “Sleep and take your rest later on. See, the hour is at hand, and the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. Rise, let us be going; see, my betrayer is at hand.”
For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am of the flesh, sold under sin. For I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate. Now if I do what I do not want, I agree with the law, that it is good. So now it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells within me. For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh. For I have the desire to do what is right, but not the ability to carry it out. For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I keep on doing. Now if I do what I do not want, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells within me.
So I find it to be a law that when I want to do right, evil lies close at hand. For I delight in the law of God, in my inner being, but I see in my members another law waging war against the law of my mind and making me captive to the law of sin that dwells in my members. Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death? Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself serve the law of God with my mind, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin.
“Yet even now,” declares the Lord, “return to me with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning; and rend your hearts and not your garments.” Return to the Lord your God, for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love; and he relents over disaster. Who knows whether he will not turn and relent, and leave a blessing behind him, a grain offering and a drink offering for the Lord your God?
But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. Once you were not a people, but now you are God's people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.
As you come to him, a living stone rejected by men but in the sight of God chosen and precious, you yourselves like living stones are being built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. For it stands in Scripture:
“Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone, a cornerstone chosen and precious, and whoever believes in him will not be put to shame.”
So the honor is for you who believe, but for those who do not believe,
“The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone,”
and
“A stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense.”
They stumble because they disobey the word, as they were destined to do.
So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander. Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvationif indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good.
Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for a sincere brotherly love, love one another earnestly from a pure heart, since you have been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and abiding word of God; for
“All flesh is like grass and all its glory like the flower of grass. The grass withers, and the flower falls, but the word of the Lord remains forever.”
And this word is the good news that was preached to you.
And if you call on him as Father who judges impartially according to each one's deeds, conduct yourselves with fear throughout the time of your exile, knowing that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your forefathers, not with perishable things such as silver or gold, but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without blemish or spot. He was foreknown before the foundation of the world but was made manifest in the last times for the sake of you who through him are believers in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.
Therefore, preparing your minds for action,and being sober-minded, set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ. As obedient children, do not be conformed to the passions of your former ignorance, but as he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, since it is written, “You shall be holy, for I am holy.” And if you call on him as Father who judges impartially according to each one's deeds, conduct yourselves with fear throughout the time of your exile
Though you have not seen him, you love him. Though you do not now see him, you believe in him and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory, obtaining the outcome of your faith, the salvation of your souls.
Concerning this salvation, the prophets who prophesied about the grace that was to be yours searched and inquired carefully, inquiring what person or timethe Spirit of Christ in them was indicating when he predicted the sufferings of Christ and the subsequent glories. It was revealed to them that they were serving not themselves but you, in the things that have now been announced to you through those who preached the good news to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven, things into which angels long to look.
In this you rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials, so that the tested genuineness of your faith—more precious than gold that perishes though it is tested by fire—may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead
Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ,
To those who are elect exiles of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in the sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ and for sprinkling with his blood:
May grace and peace be multiplied to you.
Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ,
To those who are elect exiles of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in the sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ and for sprinkling with his blood:
May grace and peace be multiplied to you.
You therefore, beloved, knowing this beforehand, take care that you are not carried away with the error of lawless people and lose your own stability. But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.
About that time Herod the king laid violent hands on some who belonged to the church. He killed James the brother of John with the sword, and when he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded to arrest Peter also
But Peter said, “I have no silver and gold, but what I do have I give to you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk!” And he took him by the right hand and raised him up, and immediately his feet and ankles were made strong. And leaping up, he stood and began to walk, and entered the temple with them, walking and leaping and praising God.
Jesus said to him, “If it is my will that he remain until I come, what is that to you? You follow me!”
When they got out on land, they saw a charcoal fire in place, with fish laid out on it, and bread. Jesus said to them, “Bring some of the fish that you have just caught.” So Simon Peter went aboard and hauled the net ashore, full of large fish, 153 of them. And although there were so many, the net was not torn. Jesus said to them, “Come and have breakfast.”
After this Jesus revealed himself again to the disciples by the Sea of Tiberias, and he revealed himself in this way. Simon Peter, Thomas (called the Twin), Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two others of his disciples were together. Simon Peter said to them, “I am going fishing.” They said to him, “We will go with you.” They went out and got into the boat, but that night they caught nothing.
Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”
Then they seized him and led him away, bringing him into the high priest's house, and Peter was following at a distance. And when they had kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard and sat down together, Peter sat down among them.
“Simon, Simon, behold, Satan demanded to have you, that he might sift you like wheat, but I have prayed for you that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned again, strengthen your brothers.” Peter said to him, “Lord, I am ready to go with you both to prison and to death.” Jesus said, “I tell you, Peter, the rooster will not crow this day, until you deny three times that you know me.”
Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he had come from God and was going back to God, rose from supper. He laid aside his outer garments, and taking a towel, tied it around his waist. Then he poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples' feet and to wipe them with the towel that was wrapped around him.
Then Peter came up and said to him, “Lord, how often will my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? As many as seven times?” Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you seven times, but seventy-seven times.
Now on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb. So she ran and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved, and said to them, “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid him.”
As they were gathering in Galilee, Jesus said to them, “The Son of Man is about to be delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill him, and he will be raised on the third day.” And they were greatly distressed.
Now about eight days after these sayings he took with him Peter and John and James and went up on the mountain to pray. And as he was praying, the appearance of his face was altered, and his clothing became dazzling white. And behold, two men were talking with him, Moses and Elijah, who appeared in glory and spoke of his departure, which he was about to accomplish at Jerusalem.
He who descended is the one who also ascended far above all the heavens, that he might fill all things. And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ.
And Jesus answered him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven. And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” And they said, “Some say John the Baptist, others say Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.” He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” Simon Peter replied, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”
So the Jews grumbled about him, because he said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.” They said, “Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How does he now say, ‘I have come down from heaven’?”
While walking by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon (who is called Peter) and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen. And he said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.” Immediately they left their nets and followed him.
Now when Jesus heard this, he withdrew from there in a boat to a desolate place by himself. But when the crowds heard it, they followed him on foot from the towns. When he went ashore he saw a great crowd, and he had compassion on them and healed their sick.
On one occasion, while the crowd was pressing in on him to hear the word of God, he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret, and he saw two boats by the lake, but the fishermen had gone out of them and were washing their nets. Getting into one of the boats, which was Simon's, he asked him to put out a little from the land. And he sat down and taught the people from the boat. And when he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, “Put out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch.” And Simon answered, “Master, we toiled all night and took nothing! But at your word I will let down the nets.”
One of the two who heard John speak and followed Jesus was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother. He first found his own brother Simon and said to him, “We have found the Messiah” (which means Christ). He brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, “You are Simon the son of John. You shall be called Cephas” (which means Peter).