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audio sermons & Snippets 8/9/2026
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Psa 2:1-12 Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? (2) The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying, (3) Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us. (4) He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision. (5) Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure. (6) Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion. (7) I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee. (8) Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession. (9) Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel. (10) Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth. (11) Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling. (12) Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.
LORD'S DAY SNIPPET 8/8/2026
by H. Rondel Rumburg, ThM, DMin
Snippet #530 The Majesty of God’s Gift
“He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?” Romans 8:32
A man has just finished erecting an altar and has secured his living sacrifice upon it. As his knife flashes in the sunlight, he prepares to slit the throat of that sacrifice, there is movement nearby and it is a ram caught in a thicket. What makes this scene any different than other Old Testament sacrifices to the Lord? The difference is that the Lord had told the man to sacrifice his son who was now perhaps in his teenage years. Abraham sought to obey the Lord’s requirement. He had gone to a special place, Mount Moriah, with all that was necessary to make such a sacrifice unto Jehovah. The son had asked his father the question, “Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering” (Gen. 22:7)? His father Abraham replied, “My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together” (v. 8). The point is that just as Abraham was about to take the life of his son Isaac in sacrifice the following occurred:
“Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son. And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I. And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou anything unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me” (vv. 9-12). The ram was provided and offered as a substitute in the place of Isaac as a burnt offering. Abraham named that place, “Jehovah-jireh” meaning “the Lord will provide.” Just how does this all fit into the sense of our text in Romans 8:32? Genesis 22:16-17 in the Septuagint translation of Genesis is translated, “I have sworn by myself, says the Lord, because thou hast done this thing, and on my account hast not spared thy beloved son, surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and as the sand which is by the shore of the sea, and thy seed shall inherit the cities of their enemies.” Abraham in God’s sight had “not spared” his son (Gen. 22:16), and in Romans 8:32 it is God the Father who had “not spared” His Son. Abraham had obeyed God, but his own son had then been spared through the Lord God’s substitution of the ram, but God the Father’s Son was not spared!
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OUR ONLY HOPE.
I very recently finished one of the most appropriate discourses I have ever read regarding the current state of the United States of America. The title is, “THE DANGER AND HOPE OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.” It was delivered in 1843 by the famed pastor of the Presbyterian “Brick Church” in Albany, New York, Dr. GARDINER SPRING (1785-1873). With minimal alteration, it could have been presented exactly as it stands, in any pulpit in America this past Lord’s Day! Obviously, there is “nothing new under the sun,” as Solomon writes in Ecclesiastes. Everything he describes of the America of 1843 also describes the America of 2026; only the number of states and the population count being much greater than when he first spoke it. Numerous corrupting factors have been added to the mix since he spoke, e.g., Marxism, Darwinism, Theological Liberalism, aggressive “Green” and sodomite agendas, militant Islam, etc. but these have only served to prove both points: Danger and Hope. — The Discourse is easily viewed, downloaded and printed at the following LINK; please read it and pass it along, remembering that God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble (Psalm 46:1).
G. WM. FOSTER, JR.
May 6, 2026
A Biblical World View
By Dr. H. Rondel Rumburg
© 2026 SBSS
“In the beginning God….”
A question that has profound implications is, “What is truth?” This is a foundational question. The sure foundation is the revealed will of God, which has been recorded in an inspired way in the Bible. The special revelation of God (the Bible) is the only true source for such information! God has revealed what is necessary for our living in His world. This includes dealing with man when he is at cross purposes with God and creation. Every attempt to define truth is limited and corrupted by minds distorted by the fall. Such effects of the fall extend to the power of reasoning. All truth is God's truth, but the human understanding of what is true may not be accurate at all!
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Last Pastoral message by Ron Rumburg
Passing the Torch, delivered on 1/18/2026
John 10:1-16
9/16/2025 Bloody Hands
“He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the Lord.”
Proverbs 17:15
3/17/2025 The Five Points of Salvation, by Dr. H. Rondel Rumburg
Paul and the other apostles tell us that salvation is by grace alone, through faith alone, and that not of ourselves it is the gift of God, not of works lest anyone should boast (Eph. 2:8-9).
The Lord Jesus said, “All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out. For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me. And this is the Father’s will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day.” John 6:37-39
3/2/2025 Is Cremation Biblical?, by Dr. H. Rondel Rumburg
Amo 2:1-2 Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime: (2) But I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the palaces of Kerioth: and Moab shall die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet:
12/29/2024 Spiritual Check-up, by Dr. H. Rondel Rumburg
The astute care we take of things is called vigilance, whether it be with our yearly check-up with the dentist or some other physician who attends to a specialized need. “Vigilance is the state of being watchful and alert, especially to notice potential dangers or problems” [Cambridge Dictionary].
2/9/2025 Praying in Public, by Dr. H. Rondel Rumburg
The need for instruction on public praying is universal. All Christians need help here. Why? There is the danger of dishonoring God and unduly honoring our fellows. We must never address those about us in prayer for our heavenly Father alone should receive our prayers. Remember in the Model Prayer the Lord Jesus taught His disciples to begin, “Our Father which art in heaven.”
But when life tumbles in, what then?, by Pastor Arthur J. Gossip
[This was the first sermon preached after my wife’s dramatically sudden death. Arthur John (AJ) Gossip, Beechgrove Church in Aberdeen, Scotland, 1927.]
“If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with the horses? And if in the land of peace, wherein thou trustedst, they wearied thee, then how wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan?” Jer. xii. 5
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