Sermon "The Fifth Gospel: Isaiah’s Apocalypse" by Pastor JJ Lim at Pilgrim Covenant Church at PCC Church in Singapore

Dear Reader,

Thank you for stopping by. Thank God for the encouraging sermon "The Fifth Gospel: Isaiah’s Apocalypse" from God's Words, the Bible, from the book of Isaiah 24 that my Church's pastor, Pastor JJ Lim, preached during the morning worship in my Church, Pilgrim Covenant Church (PCC), Singapore on 24 August 2025 at 9:30am. 

Isaiah 24

1 Behold, the Lord maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof.

2 And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the taker of usury, so with the giver of usury to him.

3 The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled: for the Lord hath spoken this word.

4 The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and fadeth away, the haughty people of the earth do languish.

5 The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant.

6 Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are desolate: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left.

7 The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merryhearted do sigh.

8 The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth.

9 They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it.

10 The city of confusion is broken down: every house is shut up, that no man may come in.

11 There is a crying for wine in the streets; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone.

12 In the city is left desolation, and the gate is smitten with destruction.

13 When thus it shall be in the midst of the land among the people, there shall be as the shaking of an olive tree, and as the gleaning grapes when the vintage is done.

14 They shall lift up their voice, they shall sing for the majesty of the Lord, they shall cry aloud from the sea.

15 Wherefore glorify ye the Lord in the fires, even the name of the Lord God of Israel in the isles of the sea.

16 From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs, even glory to the righteous. But I said, My leanness, my leanness, woe unto me! the treacherous dealers have dealt treacherously; yea, the treacherous dealers have dealt very treacherously.

17 Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth.

18 And it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from the noise of the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for the windows from on high are open, and the foundations of the earth do shake.

19 The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved, the earth is moved exceedingly.

20 The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be removed like a cottage; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it; and it shall fall, and not rise again.

21 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall punish the host of the high ones that are on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth.

22 And they shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison, and after many days shall they be visited.

23 Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the Lord of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously.

https://youtu.be/solCVmj39_0?si=a5g5CEz20T5X7HCg

 

May you be blessed by God's Words!

If you are in Singapore and looking for a Church or a Reformed Church in Singapore, do come and visit my Church, Pilgrim Covenant Church (PCC): https://pilgrim-covenant.com/

Thank you for stopping by. Have a blessed day! 

Best Regards,

Nancie 

6 January 2026

Sing Psalm 29 (Tune: Ellacombe) 1650 Scottish Metrical Psalter

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Thanks for stopping by. 

Thank God for the encouragement from the book of Psalm in the Bible sang from the Scottish Metrical Psalter 1650. This Scottish Metrical Psalm is the singing of 29 (Tune: Ellacombe) acapella.

https://youtu.be/ItbWxwDt6sY?si=CI2rnzRkwNirM-Zh

 

Sing Psalm 29 (Tune: Ellacombe) 1650 Scottish Metrical Psalm

1 Give ye unto the Lord, ye sons

that of the mighty be,

All strength and glory to the Lord

with cheerfulness give ye.

2 Unto the Lord the glory give

that to his name is due;

And in the beauty of holiness

unto Jehovah bow.

3 The Lord’s voice on the waters is;

the God of majesty

Doth thunder, and on multitudes

of waters sitteth he.

4 A pow’rful voice it is that comes

out from the Lord most high;

The voice of that great Lord is full

of glorious majesty.

5 The voice of the Eternal doth

asunder cedars tear;

Yea, God the Lord doth cedars break

that Lebanon doth bear.

6 He makes them like a calf to skip,

ev’n that great Lebanon,

And, like to a young unicorn,

the mountain Sirion.

7 God’s voice divides the flames of fire;

8 The desert it doth shake:

The Lord doth make the wilderness

of Kadesh all to quake.

9 God’s voice doth make the hinds to calve,

it makes the forest bare:

And in his temple ev’ry one

his glory doth declare.

10 The Lord sits on the floods; the Lord

sits King, and ever shall.

11 The Lord will give his people strength,

and with peace bless them all.

If you are in Singapore and looking for a Church or a Reformed Church, do come and visit my Church, Pilgrim Covenant Church (PCC), for worship and fellowship: (https://pilgrim-covenant.com/). 

Warm Regards,

Nancie

6 January 2026

Psalm 77:1-6 (Tune: Stracathro) 1650 Scottish Metrical Psalter

Dear Readers, 

Thanks for stopping by. Thank God for the encouragement from the book of Psalm in the Bible sang from the Scottish Metrical Psalter 1650. This Scottish Metrical Psalm is the singing of 77:1-6 (Tune: Stracathro) acapella.

https://youtu.be/PBe57Ar63BE?si=GkrHup1i2J0hEinp

 

Sing Psalm 77:1-6 (Tune: Stracathro) 1650 Scottish Metrical Psalm

1 Unto the Lord I with my voice,

I unto God did cry;

Ev’n with my voice, and unto me

his ear he did apply.

2 I in my trouble sought the Lord,

my sore by night did run,

And ceased not; my grieved soul

did consolation shun.

3 I to remembrance God did call,

yet trouble did remain;

And overwhelm’d my spirit was,

whilst I did sore complain.

4 Mine eyes, debarred from rest and sleep,

thou makest still to wake;

My trouble is so great that I

unable am to speak.

5 The days of old to mind I called,

and oft did think upon

The times and ages that are past

full many years agone.

6 By night my song I call to mind,

and commune with my heart;

My sp’rit did carefully enquire

how I might ease my smart.

If you are in Singapore and looking for a Church or a Reformed Church, do come and visit my Church, Pilgrim Covenant Church (PCC), for worship and fellowship: (https://pilgrim-covenant.com/). 

Warm Regards,

Nancie

6 January 2026

Psalm 92:7-11 (Tune: Howard) Scottish Metrical Psalter 1650

Dear Readers, 

Thanks for stopping by. Thank God for the encouragement from the book of Psalm in the Bible sang from the Scottish Metrical Psalter 1650. This Scottish Metrical Psalm is the singing of Psalm 92:7-11 (Tune: Howard) acapella.

https://youtu.be/eYv1Vh82qto?si=wM-_UWshZSGh4G7_

 

Sing Psalm 92:7-11 (Tune: Howard) Scottish Metrical Psalm 1650

7 When those that lewd and wicked are

spring quickly up like grass,

And workers of iniquity

do flourish all apace;

It is that they for ever may

destroyed be and slain;

8 But thou, O Lord, art the most High,

for ever to remain.

9 For, lo, thine enemies, O Lord,

thine en’mies perish shall;

The workers of iniquity

shall be dispersed all.

10 But thou shalt, like unto the horn

of th’ unicorn, exalt

My horn on high: thou with fresh oil

anoint me also shalt.

11 Mine eyes shall also my desire

see on mine enemies;

Mine ears shall of the wicked hear

that do against me rise.

If you are in Singapore and looking for a Church or a Reformed Church, do come and visit my Church, Pilgrim Covenant Church (PCC), for worship and fellowship: (https://pilgrim-covenant.com/). 

Warm Regards,

Nancie

6 January 2026

Psalm 122 (Tune: Azmon) Scottish Metrical Psalter 1650

Dear Readers, 

Thanks for stopping by. Thank God for the encouragement from the book of Psalm in the Bible sang from the Scottish Metrical Psalter 1650. This Scottish Metrical Psalm is the singing of Psalm 122 (Tune: Azmon) acapella.

https://youtu.be/8I5bUpy27xI?si=GrCs4d0y_l5rhIKh

 

Sing Psalm 122 (Tune: Azmon) Scottish Metrical Psalm 1650

1 I joyed when to the house of God,

Go up, they said to me.

2 Jerusalem, within thy gates

our feet shall standing be.

3 Jerus’lem, as a city, is

compactly built together:

4 Unto that place the tribes go up,

the tribes of God go thither:

To Isr’el’s testimony, there

to God’s name thanks to pay.

5 For thrones of judgment, ev’n the thrones

of David’s house, there stay.

6 Pray that Jerusalem may have

peace and felicity:

Let them that love thee and thy peace

have still prosperity.

7 Therefore I wish that peace may still

within thy walls remain,

And ever may thy palaces

prosperity retain.

8 Now, for my friends’ and brethren’s sakes,

Peace be in thee, I’ll say.

9 And for the house of God our Lord,

I’ll seek thy good alway.

If you are in Singapore and looking for a Church or a Reformed Church, do come and visit my Church, Pilgrim Covenant Church (PCC), for worship and fellowship: (https://pilgrim-covenant.com/). 

Warm Regards,

Nancie

25 December 2025

Psalm 93 (Tune: Argyle) 1650 Scottish Metrical Psalter

Dear Readers, 

Thanks for stopping by. Thank God for the encouragement from the book of Psalm in the Bible sang from the Scottish Metrical Psalter 1650. This Scottish Metrical Psalm is the singing of Psalm 93 (Tune: Argyle) acapella.

https://youtu.be/I9hp2ugu_K8?si=Chaa6phLmdqJL4Q_

 

Sing Psalm 93 (Tune: Argyle) 1650 Scottish Metrical Psalm

1 The Lord doth reign, and clothed is he

with majesty most bright;

His works do show him clothed to be,

and girt about with might.

The world is also stablished,

that it cannot depart.

2 Thy throne is fixed of old, and thou

from everlasting art.

3 The floods, O Lord, have lifted up,

they lifted up their voice;

The floods have lifted up their waves,

and made a mighty noise.

4 But yet the Lord, that is on high,

is more of might by far

Than noise of many waters is,

or great sea-billows are.

5 Thy testimonies ev’ry one

in faithfulness excel;

And holiness for ever, Lord,

thine house becometh well.

If you are in Singapore and looking for a Church or a Reformed Church, do come and visit my Church, Pilgrim Covenant Church (PCC), for worship and fellowship: (https://pilgrim-covenant.com/). 

Warm Regards,

Nancie

25 December 2025

Psalm 119:1-8 (Tune: Arlington) 1650 Scottish Metrical Psalter

Dear Readers, 

Thanks for stopping by. Thank God for the encouragement from the book of Psalm in the Bible sang from the Scottish Metrical Psalter 1650. This Scottish Metrical Psalm is the singing of Psalm 119:1-8 (Tune: Arlington) acapella.

https://youtu.be/-AThEfYjv-U?si=ZsPf7gZvjI8WaLjq

 

Sing Psalm 119:1-8 (Tune: Arlington) 1650 Scottish Metrical Psalm

1 Blessed are they that undefiled,

and straight are in the way;

Who in the Lord’s most holy law

do walk, and do not stray.

2 Blessed are they who to observe

his statutes are inclined;

And who do seek the living God

with their whole heart and mind.

3 Such in his ways do walk, and they

do no iniquity.

4 Thou hast commanded us to keep

thy precepts carefully.

5 O that thy statutes to observe

thou would’st my ways direct!

6 Then shall I not be shamed, when I

thy precepts all respect.

7 Then with integrity of heart

thee will I praise and bless,

When I the judgments all have learned

of thy pure righteousness.

8 That I will keep thy statutes all

firmly resolved have I:

O do not then, most gracious God,

forsake me utterly.

If you are in Singapore and looking for a Church or a Reformed Church, do come and visit my Church, Pilgrim Covenant Church (PCC), for worship and fellowship: (https://pilgrim-covenant.com/). 

Warm Regards,

Nancie

25 December 2025

Psalm 78:34-39 (Tune: Tallis) 1650 Scottish Metrical Psalter

Dear Readers, 

Thanks for stopping by. Thank God for the encouragement from the book of Psalm in the Bible sang from the Scottish Metrical Psalter 1650. This Scottish Metrical Psalm is the singing of Psalm 78:34-39 (Tune: Tallis) acapella.

https://youtu.be/fA4CgMHFQmI?si=CjiwgVbySJQb2HC7

 

Sing Psalm 78:34-39 (Tune: Tallis) 1650 Scottish Metrical Psalm

34 But when he slew them, then they did

to seek him show desire;

Yea, they returned, and after God

right early did enquire.

35 And that the Lord had been their Rock,

they did remember then;

Ev’n that the high almighty God

had their Redeemer been.

36 Yet with their mouth they flattered him,

and spake but feignedly;

And they unto the God of truth

with their false tongues did lie.

37 For though their words were good, their heart

with him was not sincere;

Unsteadfast and perfidious

they in his cov’nant were.

38 But, full of pity, he forgave

their sin, them did not slay;

Nor stirred up all his wrath, but oft

his anger turned away.

39 For that they were but fading flesh

to mind he did recall;

A wind that passeth soon away,

and not returns at all.

If you are in Singapore and looking for a Church or a Reformed Church, do come and visit my Church, Pilgrim Covenant Church (PCC), for worship and fellowship: (https://pilgrim-covenant.com/). 

Warm Regards,

Nancie

25 December 2025

Sing Psalm 16:7-11 (Lloyd) 1650 Scottish Metrical Psalter

Dear Readers, 

Thanks for stopping by. Thank God for the encouragement from the book of Psalm in the Bible sang from the Scottish Metrical Psalter 1650. This Scottish Metrical Psalm is the singing of Psalm 16:7-11 (Lloyd) acapella.

https://youtu.be/TUFvWCxa-bc?si=A1KxKqpEg1HdpO6z

 

Psalm 16:7-11 (Tune: Lloyd) 1650 Scottish Metrical Psalm

7 I bless the Lord, because he doth

by counsel me conduct;

And in the seasons of the night

my reins do me instruct.

8 Before me still the Lord I set:

sith it is so that he

Doth ever stand at my right hand,

I shall not moved be.

9 Because of this my heart is glad,

and joy shall be exprest

Ev’n by my glory; and my flesh

in confidence shall rest.

10 Because my soul in grave to dwell

shall not be left by thee;

Nor wilt thou give thine Holy One

corruption to see.

11 Thou wilt me shew the path of life:

of joys there is full store

Before thy face; at thy right hand

are pleasures evermore.

If you are in Singapore and looking for a Church or a Reformed Church, do come and visit my Church, Pilgrim Covenant Church (PCC), for worship and fellowship: (https://pilgrim-covenant.com/). 

Warm Regards,

Nancie

25 December 2025

Psalm 147:12-20 (Tune: St Minver) 1650 Scottish Metrical Psalter

Dear Readers, 

Thanks for stopping by. Thank God for the encouragement from the book of Psalm in the Bible sang from the Scottish Metrical Psalter 1650. This Scottish Metrical Psalm is the singing of Psalm 147:12-20 (Tune: St Minver) acapella.

https://youtu.be/7AI_iYByGr4?si=PoBcxxmq0ajNMUgN

 

Sing Psalm 147:12-20 (Tune: St Minver) 1650 Scottish Metrical Psalm

12 The Lord praise, O Jerusalem;

Zion, thy God confess:

13 For thy gates’ bars he maketh strong;

thy sons in thee doth bless.

14 He in thy borders maketh peace;

with fine wheat filleth thee.

15 He sends forth his command on earth,

his word runs speedily.

16 Hoar-frost, like ashes, scatt’reth he;

like wool he snow doth give:

17 Like morsels casteth forth his ice;

who in its cold can live?

18 He sendeth forth his mighty word,

and melteth them again;

His wind he makes to blow, and then

the waters flow amain.

19 The doctrine of his holy word

to Jacob he doth show;

His statutes and his judgments he

gives Israel to know.

20 To any nation never he

such favor did afford;

For they his judgments have not known.

O do ye praise the Lord.

If you are in Singapore and looking for a Church or a Reformed Church, do come and visit my Church, Pilgrim Covenant Church (PCC), for worship and fellowship: (https://pilgrim-covenant.com/). 

Warm Regards,

Nancie

25 December 2025