Playlist: God as Portion (topic)

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Psalms: Book Three (Part One)

Sermon by Richard T. Ritenbaugh

Book Three of the Psalms deals with the somber theme of judgment on a people who have rejected their God and have produced much rotten spiritual fruit.


Lamentations (Part Six; 1989)

Sermon/Bible Study by John W. Ritenbaugh

The Lord is my portion, says my soul, therefore I hope in Him. The word soul refers to the whole being, so the statement reads that the Lord is my portion, I say. This declaration draws from the arrangement in the Pentateuch in which the tribe of Levi received God Himself as its portion rather than an allotment of land. The …


Lamentations (Part Six)

Sermon by Richard T. Ritenbaugh

In Lamentations 3, the narrator finally convinces Lady Jerusalem that her own sins have caused her necessary punishment and affliction by God.


Deuteronomy (Part 4) (1994)

Sermon by John W. Ritenbaugh

We must seek God as ardently as we would a physical love relationship, spending quality time with Him. If we make no effort, the relationship cools.


Deuteronomy (Part 3) (1994)

Feast of Tabernacles Sermon by John W. Ritenbaugh

We will not be prepared to rule in the Millennium unless we are experientially persuaded of God's faithfulness to His Covenant and His intolerance of evil.


Assurance (Part Two): Of the Path to Glory

Sermon by Martin G. Collins

We can be assured that we are God's heirs and offspring if we are led by the spirit, remaining on the sanctified path of fellowship, growing continually.


Psalm Genres (Part Three B): Messianic (continued)

Sermon by Richard T. Ritenbaugh

In Psalm 16 the speaker declares that the Lord is the portion of his inheritance and his cup, the one who maintains his lot, so that the lines have fallen to him in pleasant places and he possesses a good inheritance. This statement presents God Himself as the speaker's sole purpose and goal in life. When the psalm is understood …