October 23, 2019
With of our new church website hosted by
http://www.Wix.com, comes new tools to help us bring the recordings of our sermons and adult Sunday school lessons to you. See our newly designed Podcast page at
www.mcopc.org/podcast.
As of Thursday, October 17, the new podcast has been approved by services most of us use, such as Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, and even Spotify. There are even more sites where you can subscribe, and you can select from them at the host site for our new podcast,
www.anchor.fm/mcopc.
Currently, we are working on repopulating the feed with past sermons dating all the way back to 2009, so new sermons should be being added daily, in most cases. I will announce when a complete set from a past year has been completed. So far, we have Pastor Troutman’s series on Ruth and Galatians, although some sermons are missing 😢. The series on the book of Matthew will begin being added over the weekend.
After the past sermons are repopulated, we will move on to interspersing the past Sunday school series in chronological order throughout the feed. Be sure to check for “Previous Episode” on your podcast player from time to time to see what past material has been added. We will notify you when each phase is complete, and we hope this assists you in hiding God’s word in your heart, and perhaps enables you to assist friends and family of your own who may have a need. Feel free to share the sermons and lessons that are meaningful to you on your own social media sites.
If you choose not to follow podcasts, the messages are always available on the Podcast page of the church website as mentioned above. If you would prefer to be provided with a CD copy of the sermons and CD’s, please let either our “Web Assistant” Daniel Garlow or myself know, and we will be glad to help you with that.
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March 7, 2017
On Sunday, February 5, 2017, Pastor Joe Troutman preached “Instensive Trials” from Job 2:1-10.
Jesus Christ at every point of his earthly life blessed God and still died so all who cursed God and believe in his Son will never die.
1. Skin for Skin—Though Job was faithful, he was treated as one who had abandoned the Lord. Our suffering for the sake of Christ points back to the suffering of Jesus himself.
2. Six Little Words—Three Hebrew words echo Job’s faithfulness; three echo the curse. Wife holds our his two choices: to bless God or curse him. As Joshua’s call to choose whom you will serve, Job’s response shows he makes the better choice.
3. The Good with the Bad—In Christ, the justified believer is viewed by God as one who has faithfully endured trials .
CLICK TO LISTEN to “Intensive Trials” (Job 2:1-10) at mcopc.org.
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February 7, 2017
On Sunday, January 29, 2017, Pastor Joe Troutman preached “Cursed,” Yet Blessing Yahweh from Job 1:13-22.
God gives and God takes away; God is God, and he is to be worshipped.
1. Devastation and Disaster–Fourfold tragedy befalls Job and he falls on the ground to worship. “The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away…”
2. Sorrow and Service–when trouble befalls you, you are to worship. “…blessed be the name of the LORD.”
CLICK HERE TO LISTEN to “‘Cursed,’ Yet Blessing Yahweh” (Job 1:13-22) at mcopc.org.
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January 30, 2017
On Sunday, January 22, 2017, Mr. Robert Mossotti preached “The Beginning” from Mark 1:1-8:
The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
As it is written in Isaiah the prophet,
“Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way, the voice of one crying in the wilderness :
‘Prepare the way of the Lord,
make his paths straight,’”
John appeared, baptizing in the wilderness and proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. And all the country of Judea and all Jerusalem were going out to him and were being baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins. Now John was clothed with camel’s hair and wore a leather belt around his waist and ate locusts and wild honey. And he preached, saying, “After me comes he who is mightier than I, the strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie. I have baptized you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.”
CLICK HERE TO LISTEN to “The Beginning” (Mark 1:1-8) at mcopc.org
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January 28, 2017
On Sunday, January 15, 2017, Pastor Joe Troutman preached “Imputation of Wrong Motives” from Job 1:6-12.
Salvation is not an external blessing which we have caused and that we can be stripped of, but is an internal God-given gift that can never be taken away.
1. Satan’s Job—To accuse God’s people in the Divine Council as the loyal opposition who acts subservient to the LORD. Martin Luther writes: “Satan is God’s Satan.”
2. Satan’s Accusation—Satan presumes Job’s fear of God is tied to God’s blessing and protection of Job, the lack of which would provoke Job to lose his fear of God.
3. God’s Good Government—Since Job’s faith comes from God, Satan’s God-allowed test of Job is equally a test of God’s government of his creatures. In trial don’t claim God doesn’t love you. If Job’s faith was found true, so will that of God’s people.
CLICK HERE TO LISTEN to “Imputation of Wrong Motives” (Job 1:6-12) at mcopc.org.
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January 24, 2017
On Sunday, January 8, 2017, Pastor Joe Troutman preached “Blameless and Upright” from Job 1:1-5.
Jesus Christ’s work as our Mediator serves as God’s “grace-colored glasses”—when the Father looks at us, he sees the righteousness of his Son.
There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job, and that man was blameless and upright, one who feared God and turned away from evil. There were born to him seven sons and three daughters. He possessed 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, and 500 female donkeys, and very many servants, so that this man was the greatest of all the people of the east.
His sons used to go and hold a feast in the house of each one on his day, and they would send and invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them. And when the days of the feast had run their course, Job would send and consecrate them, and he would rise early in the morning and offer burnt offerings according to the number of them all. For Job said, “It may be that my children have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts.” Thus Job did continually.
1. Job’s Godly Character
2. Job’s God-Given Blessedness
3. Job’s God-Supplied Need
CLICK HERE TO LISTEN to “Blameless and Upright” (Job 1:1-5)
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January 23, 2017
On Sunday, January 1, 2017, Pastor Joe Troutman preached “The Book of Job and the Problem of Evil” from Job 1:12.
God is in sovereign control of all that happens, and all that happens brings glory to his name and good to his people.
1. The Problem of Pain—Pain is often the thing that brings us to the end of ourselves and drives us to Christ.
2. Not By A Bare Permission—Your present suffering God will use for his glory and your good if you trust in him, although you may never be freed from your suffering in this life.
3. God’s Solution to the Problem—Jesus Christ came to suffer so that you would not have to endure eternal suffering.
CLICK HERE TO LISTEN to “The Book of Job and the Problem of Evil” (Job 1:12)
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January 17, 2017
On Sunday, December 18, 2016, Pastor Joe Troutman preached “A Long-Awaited Son” from Ruth 4:13-22.
God oversees suffering to carry out his great plan of salvation.
1. The Birth of a Son—A son was needed to preserve the family name.
2. A Blessing to Naomi (vs. 14-16)—Trust in the Lord, he will provide.
3. A Bigger Picture (vs. 17-22)—The providence of God works through generations to prepare the way for his great work of redemption through Christ, the Son of God.
CLICK HERE TO LISTEN to “A Long-Awaited Son” (Ruth 4:13-22) at mcopc.org.
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January 16, 2017
On Sunday, December 11, 2016, Pastor Joe Troutman preached “A Testimony True” from John 21:20-25.
Whoever trusts that Jesus Christ is Life Incarnate will have life in his name.
1. What About Him?—Who are we to complain about God’s dealings with his people?
2. A True But Partial Testimony—The Jesus of whom John writes is the Word who created all things and dwelt among us.
CLICK HERE TO LISTEN to “A Testimony True” (John 21:20-25) at mcopc.org.
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November 26, 2016
Mr. Robert Mossotti, OPC Licentiate
On Sunday, November 13, 2016, Mr. Robert Mossotti preached “God, Judge Us First!” from 1 Peter 4:15-19.
But let none of you suffer as a murderer or a thief or an evildoer or as a meddler. Yet if anyone suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God in that name. 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? And
‘If the righteous is scarcely saved,
what will become of the ungodly and the sinner?’
Therefore let those who suffer according to God’s will entrust their souls to a faithful Creator while doing good.
CLICK HERE TO LISTEN to “God, Judge Us First!” (1 Peter 4:15-19) at mcopc.org.
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