Saturday, May 18, 2024

'Was He Right?' (Gen. 3:4-5)

'Was He Right?' (Gen. 3:4-5)

I. Unconvinced (Jos. 24:15)
A. Messaging...Gen. 3:6; 1 Sam. 15:22, 23; Hos. 6:6, 7
B. "Like Esau?" Gen. 25:29-34; 27:1-4, 30-40; Heb. 12:15-17
C. A History Lesson...Jos. 24:1-13
1. Testing Yahweh...Gen. 4:3-12; Jos. 6:16-19, 7
2. Resolute! Jos. 24:14-15
II. Wrong, But Successful? (Num. 25:9)
A. Even 'The Kitchen Sink'...Num. 25
1. Unfounded...Deut. 2:16-23; Num. 22:1-11
2. Determined...Num. 22:12-37; 24:10-14
3. Insidious, But Effective...1 Cor. 10:1-8; Num. 25:1-5
B. "What Has Become Of Him?" Ex. 32:1; 1 Sam. 13:8, 9
1. Slow, Dilatory, Late? Ex. 32:8-10; 1 Sam. 13:10-14
2. Far Worse...2 Pet. 3:1-4; Heb. 10:26-29
C. Unsuccessfully! Matt. 4:8-10; Jn. 6:14, 15; 18:33-37
III. It's On You (Prov. 27:11)
A. Who Is On My Side...2 Chron. 16:9a; Ex. 32:25-29; Jer. 35
B. If He Was Wrong? Eph. 5:1-21

Sunday, May 12, 2024

Confident? (Matt. 9:28)

 Confident? (Matt. 9:28)

I. Weren't They Blind? (Rom. 10:17)
  A. Remarkable Or Not? Jn. 9:25
    1. Interesting Stuff...Jn. 9:1-7
    2. They Struggled? Jn. 9:13-34, 39-41
    3. A Given? Jn. 9:35-38
  B. Blind, Yet...Matt. 9:27-31; 21:14; Mk. 10:46-52 
II. "Help My Unbelief?" (Mk. 9:24)
  A. "How Shall I Know This?" Lk. 1:5-20
    1. Is There Any Takeaway? 2 Chron. 26:16-21; Mal. 4:1-6
    2. "Outside The Camp"...Num. 12; Lk. 1:19-23, 57-66
  B. "A Grain Of A Mustard Seed?" Matt. 17:20
    1. "Smallest Of All The Seeds"...Mk. 4:30-34
    2. Spiritual Giants? Lk. 5:1-11; 10:17-24; Matt. 13:10-17
    3. Deficiencies...Mk. 9:14-29; Matt. 14:22-31; 17:14-20; Lk. 17:1-6

 

III. Be Aware (Heb. 2:3)
  A. "Lest We Drift"...Heb. 2:1
    1. Prophesied And Attested...Heb. 1:1; 2:1-4
    2. "In These Last Days"...Heb. 1:2-4
    3. Every Reason For "Confidence"...Heb. 3:1-6
  B. Ironically...Heb. 11:28; 1 Cor. 10:1-14
  C. Nothing Else Matters...Heb. 12:1-13

Monday, May 6, 2024

"Sheep Without A Shepherd" (Matt. 9:36)

"Sheep Without A Shepherd" (Matt. 9:36)

I. Once Again (Jer. 23:2)
A. "Faithful In All Yahweh's House"...Heb. 3:5
1. Most Notably...Ex. 32
a. Intercessor...vss. 7-14
b. Righteous Indignation! vss. 25-35
2. Unequivocally...Ex. 33:12-23; Num. 12:1-8
3. Integral And Fundamental...Ex. 18:13-27; Num. 27:12-23
4. The 'Standard' For All Shepherds...Deut. 18:15-20
B. What Happened? Ezek. 34:8-10
1. Just 'Contrary'...Jud. 2:6-14; 1 Sam. 8:1-9; 1 Ki. 11:1-10
2. Neglectful? Jud. 2:16-23; 1 Sam. 7:3-17; 16:1-13; 1 Chron. 28
3. What's The Best Way To Describe The REASON for the Collapse? 💭 Ezek. 34:18-24; Jer. 23:9-20; Isa. 1:21-26
II. 'Mind Puzzling?' (Jn. 12:9-11)
A. Setting The Record Straight! Jn. 10:11-13
1. Under No Circumstances...Jn. 10:1-5
2. Completely Different...Jn. 10:10-14
B. To "Know The Father!" Jn. 10:15
1. Is To Know...Rom. 10:1-3; Acts 20:29-35; Lk. 17:1,2; 18:8b
2. There's No Way...Jn. 10:22-30; 17:6-12
3. "Cut Him In Pieces"...Isa. 22:15-25; Matt. 24:48-51
C. Just Observing And Listening...Ezek. 8:8-12; in 33:21-33; Jn. 11:45-54
III. A Permanent Fix (Jer. 23:7, 8)
A. "No More"...Jer. 3:14-18; 23:32-40
B. The "Sons Of Zadok"...Ezek. 44:6-16
C. "From New Moon To New Moon"...Isa. 66:15-24

Saturday, March 23, 2024

"Much Will Be Required" (Matt. 12:48)

"Much Will Be Required" (Matt. 12:48)

I. Far More Serious (Acts 5:1, 2)
A. Almost...Ex. 4:24
1. Triggered! Gen. 17:1-14; Ex. 4:24-26
2. No Surprise...Deut. 4:24; Num. 15:32-36
3. "Stay Your Hand"...Ex. 30:11-16; 2 Sam. 24:1-17
B. "Among Those Who Are Near Me"...Lev. 10:3
1. Inestimable Privilege...Ex. 24:1-11; Num. 11:16, 17
2. Intolerable...Lev. 10:1-3; Num. 16:1-35
C. "Seemed To Be Pillars?" Gal. 2:9
1. Really Bad...Acts 5:1-11
2. "The Keys Of The Kingdom!" Matt. 16:16-20; Gal. 2:1-10
3. 'On Blast'...Gal. 2:11-14
II. 'Disrespected' (Isa. 5:4)
A. No Accident! Deut. 4:1-8
1. "The Perfection Of Beauty?" Lam. 2:15; Deut. 11:1-15; Ezek. 16:1-14
2. 'Baal?' 1 Ki. 3:5-15; Hos. 2:1-8
3. "Statutes And Rules"...Deut. 4:8; 1 Ki. 10:1-9, 23, 24
4. Consequently...Isa. 5:1-14; Ezek. 5; 39:21-24
B. "The Free Gift?" Rom. 5:12-21
1. Incredible! Rom. 3:21-31; 4:13-25
2. "No Condemnation?" Rom. 8:1-17; 10
3. "Trampled?" Heb. 10:19-39
III. Subtly (2 Cor. 11:3)
A. "Not Helpful"...Heb. 5:11-14; Cor. 10
B. Expected...2 Cor. 11:14; 2 Thess. 2:1-13
C. Excuses...Matt. 7:21-23; 25:24-30; vss 41-46; Rev. 3:18-22

Sunday, March 10, 2024

'For Granted' (Mal. 1:14)

'For Granted' (Mal. 1:14)

I. Yahweh Was Feeling 🥲(1 Ki. 17:1)
  A. In 'Very' Good Faith...Deut. 11:26-28
    1. "Your Healer"...Ex. 12; 15:22-26
    2. "A Wall To Them"...Ex. 14; 17:8-15
    3. Ahijah...1 Ki. 11:28-40
  B. "Like A Treacherous Bow" ...Hos. 7:16
    1. Not One, But Two! 2 Chron. 12:1-8; 1 Ki. 12:25-33
    2. "Neither Dew Nor Rain"...1 Ki. 17:1-9; 2 Chron. 21
    3. Unrepentant...2 Ki. 17:1-23
  C. "My First Born?!?!" Ezek. 24:15-27; Ex. 4:22, 23

II. The 'Crowd' (Rev. 18:4, 5)
  A. Deadly Consequences...Num. 14:1-4
    1. Immediately...Num. 14:5-9
    2. Terrible Track Record...Num. 14:11, 12, 20-38
    3. Wisely And Resolutely...Jos. 24:14-28
  B. Ancient Warning ⚠️...Ex. 23:1, 2
    1. Contradictory? Heb. 10:21-26
    2. Underestimated? Acts 20:28-31; 2 Tim. 4:1-5
  C. A Full-Blown Disaster...Rev. 18:1-8
    1. So Avoidable...Rev. 2:12-29; 3:1-6, 14-22
    2. "Beforehand"...Matt. 24:21-25

III. "Time For Judgment" (1 Pet. 4:17)
  A. "Do I Not Fill Heaven And Earth?" Jer. 23:24
    1. Unfaithfully...Jer. 23:21-40; Ezek. 8:12-15
    2. "High Walls?" Deut. 28:45-52
    3. "One Among You"...Mal. 1:6-14
  B. "A Remnant"...Isa. 10:20-23
    1. "The Wheat"...Matt. 13:24-30; Am. 9
    2. A Difficult Road...Rev. 6:9-11; 7:9-17

Monday, February 26, 2024

'Dear' (Acts 20:24)

'Dear' (Acts 20:24)

I. Purchased (Deut. 29:13)
A. The Magnitude...Deut. 4:34
1. No Coincidence...Gen. 46:1-4; Ex. 1:8-14; 9:13-17
2. "My Firstborn"...Ex. 4:21-23; 10:1-17; 13:3-16
3. High! Deut. 4:32-40; 26
B. Expectations...Deut. 28
1. "Face To Face"...Deut. 5:1-10
2. "Be Careful"...Deut. 28:1-14; 29
C. A Precious Few...Jer. 24
1. Elijah's Fret...1 Ki. 19:1-19
2. Determined...Jer. 15:10-21
3. "As I Was Commanded"...Ezek. 24:15-18
II. How? (Lk. 18:26)
A. "Many Schemes"...Eccl. 7:29
1. 'That Road'...Matt. 7:13, 14; 7:21-27; 10:16-25
2. Birth Right Myth...Ezek. 33:23-33; Matt. 3:7-12; Jn. 8:31-47
3. 'Saved?' Ps. 91; Jn. 3:16-21; Rom. 10:5-13
B. "Pure?" Ps. 119:9-16
1. 'Fearless'...1 Sam. 17; 23:1-5
2. Tireless...2 Sam. 7; Ps. 132; Acts 13:16-22
C. "Mine"...Num. 3:10-13
1. Once Again...Jn. 12:20-36; 2 Cor. 5:11-21
2. "Jars Of Clay?" 2 Cor. 4
III. Priority (1 Cor. 9:27)
A. His Secret...Gal. 1:1-10; Phil. 4:10-13
B. Undeterred...Acts 9:10-31; 14:19-28; 20:17-38
C. "Beware Of Men", But...Matt. 10:16-42

Sunday, February 18, 2024

"Plain", But Not Simple (Hab. 2:2)

 "Plain", But Not Simple (Hab. 2:2)

I. 'Please!' (2 Thess. 2:1, 2)
A. "Even If"...Gal. 1:8
1. "More Crafty" And Able...Gen. 3:1; Jn. 9:18-23; 12:12-19; 12:36b-43
2. "Angel Of"...Lk. 22:31-34; 2 Cor. 11:14
B. Not So 'Cut And Dry'...Acts 1:6
1. They Had No Idea 🤷🏾...Matt. 16:13-23; Lk. 18:31-34; 24:13-27
2. As Promised...Jn. 16:4b-15; 1 Thess. 4:13-18; 2 Thess. 2:1-12
II. "Through Their Word" (Jn. 17:20)
A. 'Not One Stone Upon Another?' Matt. 24:1, 2
1. Alarming, But Clear...Matt. 24:3
2. Warnings...Matt. 24:4, 5, 11, 23-27
3. More Questions?? Matt. 24:45-51
B. Carefully...Isa. 22:8-25
1. "Breaches"...Isa. 22:8-13; Jer. 5:1-11
2. 'Eliakim vs. Shebna'...Jer. 23:1-8; Isa. 22:15-25
3. Choosing Wisely...Matt. 25:1-13; 10:34-42
C. "Mine"...Zeph. 3:1-9; Jn. 17:20-26
III. "All The Remnants Of The Peoples" (Hab. 2:8)
A. The Masses...Matt. 7:13, 14; 22:1-14; Rom. 9:22-29
B. Yahweh's Plan...Hab. 3; Isa. 66:15-24