Pastor Lowell Nelson teaches on Psalms 33-34 "The Theology of God's Sovereignty" on 12/31/2025 for our Wednesday service.
Psalm 33 - 34
The Steadfast Love of the Lord
1 Rejoice in the LORD, O you righteous!
For praise from the upright is beautiful. 2 Praise the LORD with the harp;
Make melody to Him with an instrument of ten strings. 3 Sing to Him a new song;
Play skillfully with a shout of joy.
4 For the word of the LORD is right,
And all His work is done in truth. 5 He loves righteousness and justice;
The earth is full of the goodness of the LORD.
6 By the word of the LORD the heavens were made,
And all the host of them by the breath of His mouth. 7 He gathers the waters of the sea together as a heap;
He lays up the deep in storehouses.
8 Let all the earth fear the LORD;
Let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of Him. 9 For He spoke, and it was done;
He commanded, and it stood fast.
10 The LORD brings the counsel of the nations to nothing;
He makes the plans of the peoples of no effect. 11 The counsel of the LORD stands forever,
The plans of His heart to all generations. 12 Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD,
The people He has chosen as His own inheritance.
13 The LORD looks from heaven;
He sees all the sons of men. 14 From the place of His dwelling He looks
On all the inhabitants of the earth; 15 He fashions their hearts individually;
He considers all their works. 16 No king is saved by the multitude of an army;
A mighty man is not delivered by great strength. 17 A horse is a vain hope for safety;
Neither shall it deliver any by its great strength.
18 Behold, the eye of the LORD is on those who fear Him,
On those who hope in His mercy, 19 To deliver their soul from death,
And to keep them alive in famine.
20 Our soul waits for the LORD;
He is our help and our shield. 21 For our heart shall rejoice in Him,
Because we have trusted in His holy name. 22 Let Your mercy, O LORD, be upon us,
Just as we hope in You.
Psalms 34
Taste and See That the Lord Is Good
1 I WILL bless the LORD at all times;
His praise shall continually be in my mouth. 2 My soul shall make its boast in the LORD;
The humble shall hear of it and be glad. 3 Oh, magnify the LORD with me,
And let us exalt His name together.
4 I sought the LORD, and He heard me,
And delivered me from all my fears. 5 They looked to Him and were radiant,
And their faces were not ashamed. 6 This poor man cried out, and the LORD heard him,
And saved him out of all his troubles. 7 The angel of the LORD encamps all around those who fear Him,
And delivers them.
8 Oh, taste and see that the LORD is good;
Blessed is the man who trusts in Him! 9 Oh, fear the LORD, you His saints!
There is no want to those who fear Him. 10 The young lions lack and suffer hunger;
But those who seek the LORD shall not lack any good thing.
11 Come, you children, listen to me;
I will teach you the fear of the LORD. 12 Who is the man who desires life,
And loves many days, that he may see good? 13 Keep your tongue from evil,
And your lips from speaking deceit. 14 Depart from evil and do good;
Seek peace and pursue it.
15 The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous,
And His ears are open to their cry. 16 The face of the LORD is against those who do evil,
To cut off the remembrance of them from the earth. 17 The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears,
And delivers them out of all their troubles. 18 The LORD is near to those who have a broken heart,
And saves such as have a contrite spirit.
19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous,
But the LORD delivers him out of them all. 20 He guards all his bones;
Not one of them is broken. 21 Evil shall slay the wicked,
And those who hate the righteous shall be condemned. 22 The LORD redeems the soul of His servants,
And none of those who trust in Him shall be condemned.
Pastor Lowell Nelson teaches about Romans 10:14-15 "Paul's Call to Preach the Gospel" on 12/29/2025 for our Monday Upper Room Bible Study.
Romans 10:14-15
The Message of Salvation to All
14 How then shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher? 15 And how shall they preach unless they are sent? As it is written:
"How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the gospel of peace,
Who bring glad tidings of good things!"
Pastor Lowell Nelson teaches about Mark 7:31-37 "Be Opened" on 12/28/2025 for our Sunday Morning service.
Mark 7:31-37
32 Then they brought to Him one who was deaf and had an impediment in his speech, and they begged Him to put His hand on him.
33 And He took him aside from the multitude, and put His fingers in his ears, and He spat and touched his tongue.
34 Then, looking up to heaven, He sighed, and said to him, “Ephphatha,” that is, “Be opened.”
35 Immediately his ears were opened, and the impediment of his tongue was loosed, and he spoke plainly.
Join us as we continue to see the authentication of Jesus’s authority and identity as Jesus, while still in Gentile territory, shows through the healing of deaf man with a speech impediment that He is the Messiah Isaiah said would come.
"Be Opened." In this passage, ears were opened to hear. A mouth was opened to speak. However, hearts were not opened to obey.
Pastor Lowell Nelson teaches about Luke 2:11 "For there is Born" on 12/24/2025 for our Christmas Eve service.
Luke 2: 11 For there is born to you this day in the city of David a Savior who is Christ is the Lord.
God takes on flesh and becomes one with humanity to become a true kinsman redeemer to take away the penalty of sin by paying the ransom become Savior to the world.
Pastor Lowell Nelson teaches about Romans 10:11-13 "The Message of Salvation to All" on 12/22/2025 for our Monday Upper Room Bible Study.
Romans 10:11-13
The Message of Salvation to All
11 For the Scripture says, "Whoever believes on Him will not be put to shame." 12 For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek, for the same Lord over all is rich to all who call upon Him. 13 For "whoever calls on the name of the LORD shall be saved."
Pastor Lowell Nelson teaches about Mark 7:24-30 "The Crumb That Changed Everything" on 12/21/2025 for our Sunday service.
Mark 7:24-30
The Syrophoenician Woman's Faith
24 From there He arose and went to the region of Tyre and Sidon. And He entered a house and wanted no one to know it, but He could not be hidden. 25 For a woman whose young daughter had an unclean spirit heard about Him, and she came and fell at His feet. 26 The woman was a Greek, a SyroPhoeni'cian by birth, and she kept asking Him to cast the demon out of her daughter. 27 But Jesus said to her, "Let the children be filled first, for it is not good to take the children's bread and throw it to the little dogs." 28 And she answered and said to Him, "Yes, Lord, yet even the little dogs under the table eat from the children's crumbs." 29 Then He said to her, "For this saying go your way; the demon has gone out of your daughter." 30 And when she had come to her house, she found the demon gone out, and her daughter lying on the bed.
We continue to see the authentication of Jesus’s authority and identity as Jesus reveals the abundantly sufficient power in the divine that is even in the crumbs through the faith of the Syro-Phoenician woman. This theology of the crumb is especially evident in the partaking of Communion.
Pastor Lowell Nelson teaches about Psalms 30-32 "The Theology of Rescue" on 12/17/2025 for our Wednesday service.
https://ebible.com/nkjv/psalms/30/-/32
Psalms 30-32
Theme: God rescues us from our circumstances, from ourselves, and from our sins—transforming fear into faith, weariness into worship, and sorrow into thanksgiving.
I. GOD RESCUES ME EXTERNALLY — FROM MY CIRCUMSTANCES
Text: Psalm 30:1, 8–10; Psalm 38:15–16; 1 Chronicles 21:1–6
David’s Plea for Deliverance
David faces enemies, illness, and the shadow of death. He cries out, “Can my death praise You?” a desperate plea for God’s intervention.
The Frustration of External Trials
Circumstances can crush the spirit and invite mockery from foes. David’s fear is that his enemies would rejoice over his downfall.
God’s Response: Restoration and Praise
God turns David’s mourning into dancing. External rescue leads to public thanksgiving, and God is glorified in deliverance.
Key Thought: God rescues us so that our lives, not our silence in death, may bring Him praise.
II. GOD RESCUES ME INTERNALLY — FROM MYSELF
Text: Psalm 31
A Cry Beyond Circumstances
David no longer asks for escape. He longs for transformation within. The focus shifts from changing what is around him to changing what is within him.
From Fear to Trust
Verse 5 says, “Into Your hand I commit my spirit.” This is a prayer of confidence, not panic. God sanctifies David’s heart.
Finding Refuge in God
God steadies David’s soul. He finds rest and refuge in thanksgiving. The Psalm ends not with desperation, but with celebration.
Key Thought: True rescue is not fleeing from trouble—it is finding confidence in God while standing in it.
III. GOD RESCUES ME SPIRITUALLY — FROM MY SIN
Text: Psalm 32 (Referenced in Romans 4:1–8)
The Greatest Rescue
David celebrates forgiveness: “Blessed is the one whose transgressions are forgiven.” This is the weary sinner’s song turned into worship.
From Weariness to Worship
Sin drains strength; forgiveness restores joy. Confession opens the gate to gladness.
Redemption Through Faith
Paul cites this Psalm to explain justification by faith. The spiritual rescue is complete—secured by grace, not merit.
Key Thought: God’s ultimate rescue is the forgiveness of our sins. The redeemed life becomes a continual song of thanksgiving.
IV. CONCLUSION — THE RESCUE THAT LEADS TO PRAISE
Psalm 30: God rescues our circumstances.
Psalm 31: God rescues our hearts.
Psalm 32: God rescues our souls.
David’s journey moves from external turmoil to internal transformation to spiritual triumph.
Our proper response: thanksgiving, worship, and trust in the One who rescues completely.
Pastor Lowell Nelson teaches about Romans 10:9-10 "The Standards For Salvation" on 12/15/2025 for our Monday Upper Room Bible Study.
Romans 10:9-10
The Message of Salvation to All
9 that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
Pastor Lowell Nelson teaches on Mark 7: 14-23 "The Source of Sin" on 12/14/2025 for our Sunday service.
Mark 7:14-23
What Defiles a Person
14 When He had called all the multitude to Himself, He said to them, "Hear Me, everyone, and understand: 15 "There is nothing that enters a man from outside which can defile him; but the things which come out of him, those are the things that defile a man. 16 "If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear!" 17 When He had entered a house away from the crowd, His disciples asked Him concerning the parable. 18 So He said to them, "Are you thus without understanding also? Do you not perceive that whatever enters a man from outside cannot defile him, 19 "because it does not enter his heart but his stomach, and is eliminated, thus purifying all foods?" 20 And He said, "What comes out of a man, that defiles a man. 21 "For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, 22 "thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lewdness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness. 23 "All these evil things come from within and defile a man."
Pastor Lowell Nelson teaches on Psalms 26-29 "The Theology of Intimacy" on 12/10/2025 for our Wednesday service.
Psalms 26-29 The Theology of intimacy. The desire and struggles of a Christian to draw near this Holy God.
The Proving Psalm 26: 2 I want to be right with You. Search me! Examine me! Prove me!
The Pursuit Psalm 27:4 & 8 I just want to be with You…. Surprise… He just wants to be with me…. !!!
The Petition Psalm 28: 2 hear the voice of my supplication. (Psalm 28:7-8 strength). Don’t let me leave You. Keep me close. Am I worthy to be close.?
The Praise Psalm 29: 1-2 & 9c. This awesome God of Power is worthy to be praised. I want all to praise you. The beauty and blessings of nearness. And the fear of nearness.
Pastor Lowell Nelson teaches about Romans 10:6-10 "The Message of Salvation to All" on 12/8/2025 for our Monday Upper Room Bible Study.
Romans 10:6-10
The Message of Salvation to All
6 But the righteousness of faith speaks in this way, "Do not say in your heart, 'Who will ascend into heaven?' " (that is, to bring Christ down from above) 7 or, " 'Who will descend into the abyss?' " (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead). 8 But what does it say? "The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart" (that is, the word of faith which we preach): 9 that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
Pastor Lowell Nelson teaches about Mark 7:1-13 "Traditions Over Truth" on 12/7/2025 for our Sunday service.
Mark 7:1-13
11 Then the Pharisees and some of the scribes came together to Him, having come from Jerusalem. 2 Now when they saw some of His disciples eat bread with defiled, that is, with unwashed hands, they found fault. 3 For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they wash their hands in a special way, holding the tradition of the elders. 4 When they come from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they wash. And there are many other things which they have received and hold, like the washing of cups, pitchers, copper vessels, and couches.
5 Then the Pharisees and scribes asked Him, "Why do Your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashed hands?"
6 He answered and said to them, "Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written:
'This people honors Me with their lips, But their heart is far from Me. 7 And in vain they worship Me, Teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.'
8 For laying aside the commandment of God, you hold the tradition of men — the washing of pitchers and cups, and many other such things you do."
9 He said to them, "All too well you reject the commandment of God, that you may keep your tradition. 10 For Moses said, 'Honor your father and your mother'; and, 'He who curses father or mother, let him be put to death.' 11 But you say, 'If a man says to his father or mother, "Whatever profit you might have received from me is Corban" — ' (that is, a gift to God), 12 then you no longer let him do anything for his father or his mother, 13 making the word of God of no effect through your tradition which you have handed down. And many such things you do."
NKJV
Jesus reveals His authority as the word become flesh and the biblical principle that scripture is the final authority of all practices, teachings and rules of thought.
Jesus teaches on the dangers of elevating traditions over scripture. The Pharisees and scribes come from Jerusalem to see what is going on with this Jesus. They confront Jesus because His disciples are not schooled in practicing the traditions of the elders. Specifically, the ceremonial washings.
Jesus exposes the biblical principle of the authority of scripture alone. Jesus is warning them not to equate traditions to the level of Divine authority. They were allowing rules and traditions of men to overshadow and even negate the clear revelation of the word of God.
Jesus teaches that true defilement is in the heart. The internal, not the external.
Pastor Lowell Nelson teaches on Psalms 23-25 "The Theology of the Revealed I AM in Jesus Christ" on 12/3/2025 for our Wednesday service.
Psalms 23-25 The theology of the revealed I AM in Jesus Christ.
Psalm 23 God the shepherd. In Psalm 23 Jesus the I AM is the shepherd who provides
Psalm 24 God the King. In Psalm 24 Jesus the I AM is the King who reigns
Psalm 25 God is the only Lord & God. In Psalm 25 Jesus The I AM is the God and Lord who teaches, forgives and guides
Pastor Lowell Nelson teaches about Romans 10:1-5 "Israel's Unbelief and The Message of Salvation to All" on 12/1/2025 for our Monday Upper Room Bible Study.
Romans 10:1-5
Israel's Unbelief
1 Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is that they may be saved. 2 For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge. 3 For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted to the righteousness of God. 4 For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.
The Message of Salvation to All
5 For Moses writes about the righteousness which is of the law, "The man who does those things shall live by them."
Pastor Lowell Nelson teaches about Mark 6: 53-56 "The Steadfast Serving of the Savior" on 11/30/2025 for our Sunday service.
Mark 6:53-56
53 When they had crossed over, they came to the land of Gennesaret and anchored there. 54 And when they came out of the boat, immediately the people recognized Him, 55 ran through that whole surrounding region, and began to carry about on beds those who were sick to wherever they heard He was. 56 Wherever He entered, into villages, cities, or the country, they laid the sick in the marketplaces, and begged Him that they might just touch the hem of His garment.
Mark 6: 53-56
The Steadfast Serving of the Savior
Vs 53 The Setting.
Vs 54. The Sudden Recognition
Vs 55. The Speed of the Sounding
Vs 56 The Simplicity of healing
Join us as we continue to see the authentication of Jesus’s authority and identity as Jesus steadfastly serves the multitudes that are brought to Him for healing.
They know Jesus’s Physical appearance and the signs but did not know Jesus’s identity. They knew Jesus by sight but did not understand who He really was. The recognized the miracle worker but not the Messiah.
Pastor Lowell Nelson teaches about Romans 9:25-33 "God's Sovereign Choice and Israel's Unbelief" on 11/24/2025 for our Monday Upper Room Bible Study.
Romans 9:25-33
God's Sovereign Choice
25 As He says also in Hosea:
"I will call them My people, who were not My people,
And her beloved, who was not beloved." 26 "And it shall come to pass in the place where it was said to them,
' You are not My people,'
There they shall be called sons of the living God."
27 Isaiah also cries out concerning Israel:
"Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea,
The remnant will be saved. 28 For He will finish the work and cut it short in righteousness,
Because the LORD will make a short work upon the earth."
29 And as Isaiah said before:
"Unless the LORD of Sabaoth had left us a seed,
We would have become like Sodom,
And we would have been made like Gomorrah."
Israel's Unbelief
30 What shall we say then? That Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness of faith; 31 but Israel, pursuing the law of righteousness, has not attained to the law of righteousness. 32 Why? Because they did not seek it by faith, but as it were, by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumbling stone.
33 As it is written:
"Behold, I lay in Zion a stumbling stone and rock of offense,
And whoever believes on Him will not be put to shame."
Pastor Lowell Nelson teaches about Mark 6: 45-52 "The Savior on the Sea in the Storm" on 11/23/2025 for our Sunday service.
We continue to see the authentication of Jesus’s authority and identity as Jesus strolls on the sea to meet with His disciples that are straining to row against the storm. This storm becomes a classroom for the disciples to see their Savior in His deity.
Mark 6: 45-52
48….He came to them, walking on the sea, and would have passed them by.
49 And when they saw Him walking on the sea, they supposed it was a ghost, and cried out;
50 for they all saw Him and were troubled. But immediately He talked with them and said to them, “Be of good cheer! It is I; do not be afraid.”
51 Then He went up into the boat to them, and the wind ceased. And they were greatly amazed in themselves beyond measure, and marveled.
52 For they had not understood about the loaves, because their heart was hardened.
Pastor Lowell Nelson teaches about Psalms 19-22 "The Theology of the I Am" on 11/19/2025 for our Wednesday service.
Psalms 19-22 The Theology of the I Am: How God becomes The source. How God becomes what we need Him to be in different situations and stages of life. The I AM nature of God is not static. The I AM nature is both personal and progressive. When we are lost, He becomes our light. When we are weak, He becomes our strength. When we battle, He becomes our victory. When we are sick, He becomes our healer. When we are broken, He becomes our salvation.
Psalm 19: The Great I Am: God is the Creator. God is the source. Period.. End of Statement. End of discussion.
Psalm 20: God is the source of help., The defender & giver.
Psalm 21: God is the source of Satisfaction, Success, Surety, Salvation and Song. (The praise, victory), and Salvation of the King. ( David: yes). ( also prophetic of the beginning of Jesus’s early earthly ministry. VICTORY!
Psalm 22: God becomes the source of our salvation. He is our redeemer. (Regardless of the cost to Him, He becomes what we need. The praise, victory and salvation of the crucified King. (The prophetic ending of Jesus’s earthly ministry of the cross.) VICTORY!
Pastor Lowell Nelson teaches Romans 9:14-24 "God's Sovereign Choice" on 11/17/2025 for our Monday Upper Room Bible Study.
Romans 9:14-24
God's Sovereign Choice
14 What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? Certainly not! 15 For He says to Moses, "I will have mercy on whomever I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whomever I will have compassion." 16 So then it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who shows mercy. 17 For the Scripture says to the Pharaoh, "For this very purpose I have raised you up, that I may show My power in you, and that My name may be declared in all the earth." 18 Therefore He has mercy on whom He wills, and whom He wills He hardens.
19 You will say to me then, "Why does He still find fault? For who has resisted His will?" 20 But indeed, O man, who are you to reply against God? Will the thing formed say to him who formed it, "Why have you made me like this?" 21 Does not the potter have power over the clay, from the same lump to make one vessel for honor and another for dishonor? 22 What if God, wanting to show His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath prepared for destruction, 23 and that He might make known the riches of His glory on the vessels of mercy, which He had prepared beforehand for glory, 24 even us whom He called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles?
Pastor Lowell Nelson teaches about Mark 6: 30-44 "The Supplying Shepherd" on 11/15/2025 for our Sunday service
Mark 6:30-44
30 Then the apostles gathered to Jesus and told Him all things, both what they had done and what they had taught. 31 And He said to them, "Come aside by yourselves to a deserted place and rest a while." For there were many coming and going, and they did not even have time to eat. 32 So they departed to a deserted place in the boat by themselves.
33 But the multitudes saw them departing, and many knew Him and ran there on foot from all the cities. They arrived before them and came together to Him. 34 And Jesus, when He came out, saw a great multitude and was moved with compassion for them, because they were like sheep not having a shepherd. So He began to teach them many things. 35 When the day was now far spent, His disciples came to Him and said, "This is a deserted place, and already the hour is late. 36 Send them away, that they may go into the surrounding country and villages and buy themselves bread; for they have nothing to eat."
37 But He answered and said to 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 them something to eat?"
38 But He said to them, "How many loaves do you have? Go and see." And when they found out they said, "Five, and two fish." 39 Then He commanded them to make them all sit down in groups on the green grass. 40 So they sat down in ranks, in hundreds and in fifties. 41 And when He had taken the five loaves and the two fish, He looked up to heaven, blessed and broke the loaves, and gave them to His disciples to set before them; and the two fish He divided among them all. 42 So they all ate and were filled. 43 And they took up twelve baskets full of fragments and of the fish. 44 Now those who had eaten the loaves were about five thousand men.