May 2023 – Reformed Bible Assembly

Great is God’s Faithfulness

GREAT IS GOD’S FAITHFULNESSTEXT: Lamentations 3:1-66SUMMARY: As Lamentations 3 explores God’s purpose in ordaining human suffering, it shows that for the pilgrim seeking the celestial city, there is affliction; for the hopeful, there is a yoke; and for the scorner, there is judgment.I. FOR THE PILGRIM, THERE IS AFFLICTION, vv. 1-20.A. His Path is Laid […]

The Daughter of Zion Cast Down

THE DAUGHTER OF ZION CAST DOWNTEXT: Lamentations 2:1-22SUMMARY: Although the sin of the nations brings the judgment of God upon the world, the righteousness of Christ brings eternal blessings on God’s people.I. THE SIN OF THE NATIONS BRINGS THE JUDGMENT OF GOD UPON THE WORLD. A. The Kingly Office Failed Because of Sin.B. The Priestly […]

Bitter Tears for Zion

BITTER TEARS FOR ZIONTEXT: Lamentations 1SUMMARY: As the prophet laments the fall of Jerusalem, he reveals an important truth in God’s dealings with man: that even the elect will be brought through the valley of humiliation before they can experience the mountaintop of God’s blessing.I. BY GOD’S DECREE, SHE ASCENDED TO GREATNESS, vv. 1-11a. A. […]

The Fall of Judah

THE FALL OF JUDAHTEXT: 2 Chronicles 36:1-21; Jeremiah 36:1-32: Jeremiah 38:7-23; Jeremiah 3:6-17SUMMARY: Despite the indications of God’s approval during the years of Josiah’s reformation, Judah’s careless return to her former sins of idolatry, and her refusal to accept the Babylonian invasion as God’s rod of correction, brought upon the nation a series of events […]