Wednesday, January 15, 2014

LET US NOT GROW WEARY (Gal. 6:9)

LET US NOT GROW WEARY (Gal. 6:9)

I. No Slacker!...John 5:17
  A. The finger of Yahweh!...Ex. 3:16-22; 5:22-6:1; 7:1-4; 8:16-19
    1. None like me...9:13-26; 10:12-19
    2. One more!...12:21-36
    3. A great work!...14:1-31
  B. Then, now and later...Ps. 145:1-21; Isa. 40:10-28; Ps. 46:1-11

II.  Workers vs. Slackers
  A. Choose a man!...1 Sam. 17:1-51
    1. Slackers...17:8-11, 28; Deut. 7:16-24
    2. Worker...17:20-26, 32-37, 45-49
  B. Gladly!...2 Cor. 12:15
    1. Slackers...2 Cor. 11:3,4,19,20; 13:1-3
    2. Worker...11:5-12, 21-33; 12:10-19; 13:6-11
  C. Are you the one?...Matt. 11:1-3
    1. Tell him...11:4-6
    2. Slackers!...11:16-24

III. Delayed!...Matt. 25:5
  A. 5 Foolish!...25:6-8
  B. The wise...25:9-10
  C. Open up!...25:11-13; 7:21-27

SONG: Praise You In This Storm by Casting Crowns

Monday, January 6, 2014

EYES WIDE OPEN! (1 Pet. 5:8)

EYES WIDE OPEN! (1 Pet. 5:8)

I. Easy prey...1 Tim. 2:12-14
  A. Eve...Gen. 3:1-6
  B. Baal of Peor...Num. 25:1-3; Ex. 32:1-6
  C. Murmuring...Num. 12:1-8; 16:20-35, 41-50

II. Precautions...Prov. 4:14-15
  A. Leave!...Gen. 12:1-3; 35:2-4
  B. Deuteronomy (The Book of Remembrance)...Deut. 4:9-20
    1. The children...6:7-9; 11:18-21; 7:3-4
    2. Destroy!...12:2-3; 7:16-26; 13:1-18
    3. Also an abomination!...Deut. 18:10-14

III. What's At Stake?...Rev. 1:17-18
  A. Disqualified?...2 Cor. 13:5-8
  B. The mark!...Ez. 9:1-11
  C. Quickly...Rev. 22:7-21

SONG: Fear Them Not, Disc. 6, #27 in book

Wednesday, January 1, 2014

HIS MERCY ENDURES FOREVER (Ps. 136:1)

HIS MERCY ENDURES FOREVER (Ps. 136:1)

I. From The Beginning...Gen. 4:15
  A. Build it, will they come?...Gen. 6:13-22
  B. By your seed...Gen. 12:1-3; 13:14-17
    1. Would you?...18:17-33
    2. Hurry please!...19:15-30
    3. Listen to her...21:9-20
    4. Yahweh Yireh...22:7-18

II. David...Ps. 89:28-29
  A. Nathan to David...2 Sam. 12:1-13
    1. Contradiction!...2 Sam. 16:15-17:29
    2. Faint!...2 Sam. 21:15-21
  B. For David's sake...1 Ki. 11:1-13; 2 Ki. 8:16-19; 19:32-37

III. Chastened...2 Cor. 6:9
  A. Three choices...1 Chron. 21:1-30
  B. His Seed...Ps. 89:30-52; Dan. 8:9-14
  C. Merciful forever!...Joel 3:1-21

SONG: God's Promise of Paradise, Disc. 3, #19/4