Choosing Wisely (Deut. 30:19)

Choosing Wisely (Deut. 30:19)

I. Unbelievably (Rev. 20:9)

A. Miraculously...Rev. 7:9

1. "Scarcely"...1 Pet. 4:17-19; Lk. 18:18-26; Isa. 6:8-13

2. "Cold"...Matt. 24:3-12; Isa. 10:15-23; 2 Tim. 3:1-9

3. "The Gentile Times"...Matt. 24:15-25; Lk. 21:20-24; Isa. 54

B. 'Reconstruction'...Rev. 21:5

1. "Two Sticks?" 1 Ki. 11:28-39; Isa. 11; Ezek. 37

2. "The Valley Of Decision!" Joel 3:1-16; Ezek. 38; Zeph. 3:9-20

3. 'Seven Months'... Rev. 11:15-19; 21:1-6; Ezek. 39:1-24

C. The 'Second Death?' Rev. 20:8

1. No Brainer? Rev. 21:9-27

2. Shockingly! Rev. 21:7-10

II. A Very High Bar (Rev. 20:7)

A. Setting The Tone...Mic. 7:5-7

1. "Bone Of My Bones"...Gen. 2:15-25; 3:6

2. 'Testing Him'...Gen. 22:1, 2; 1 Sam. 13:1-12; Job 2:9, 10

3. Not Yet? Ex. 15:22-26

B. Trusting Yahweh? 1 Ki. 13:18

1. What If? Deut. 13:1-8

2. What Changed? 1 Ki. 13

3. Expectations...Esther 4:10-17; Neh. 6:1-14

C. Spiritual Fitness...Deut. 10:12

1. Starts With Love...Deut. 10:12-22

2. Continues With Diligence...Deut. 6:5-9; 2 Pet. 1:3-11

3. What Endurance Looks Like...Phil. 3:12-17; Jn. 17

III. The Promise (Mal. 3:10)

A. The 'Head'...Deut. 28:1-14

B. "I Will Show You Great And Hidden Things"...Isa. 66:7-14; Jer. 33:1-11

C. Perfection! Rev. 22:1-5

Missing? (Isa. 4:5)

Missing? (Isa. 4:5)

I. Before (Ex. 2:23)

A. "I Will Not Leave You?" Gen. 28:15

1. Focused...Gen. 27:1-29; 28:10-15

2. "Can We Find A Man Like This?" Gen. 41, 45

3. Abandoned? Gen. 50:22-26; Ex. 1; 3:1-10

B. A Lack Of Knowledge...Ex. 3:13

1. Who Is Yahweh? Ex. 4:1; 5:1, 2

2. Still? Ex. 9:1-7; 10:1-11

3. They 'Cracked!' Ex. 14:1-12

C. Thence!!! Ex. 14:15-20

1. 🔥🔥🔥...Ex. 14:21-30

2. For Forty Years Afterwards...Deut. 1:30-33

II. None? (Jos. 1:8)

A. Everything! Ps. 78:7

1. Foundational...Gen. 18:17; Deut. 6:1-15

2. "In The Daytime"...Ps. 78

3. Just Look Around You? Ps. 104

B. He Knows!!! Jer. 10:23

1. Through Moses... Deut. 8:1-6; 17:14-20; 31:9-13

2. In Spite Of...Deut. 31:14-29; 2 Ki. 17:7-23

3. Even In Captivity...Ezek. 11:14-20; Esther 8; Dan. 2:17-23

C. "A Great Light!" Isa. 9:1, 2; Matt. 4:12-17; Jn. 14:1-14

1. "Night Is Coming"...Jn. 9:1-5; Acts 20:26-32

2. "The Helper"...Matt. 28:16-20; Jn. 14:15-31

III. Doubts (Isa. 49:4)

A. Unaccounted, Unexpected, Unprepared...Jer. 23:17

1. Infidelity...Isa. 57:1-11; Ps. 89:30-32, 38-48

2. The Blame...Jer. 23:9-22

3. Desperate... Isa. 3:6, 7; 4:1

B. Still Faithful...Isa. 4:2-6; 49

1. Yahweh's Promise...2 Tim. 2:1-13

2. From Long Ago...Deut. 32:36-47

David (Ps. 89:22)

David (Ps. 89:22)

I. Clearly (Ex. 34:14)

  A. Inflamed! Num. 25:4

    1. 'Seduced'...Num. 25:1-5

    2. Instinctively And Aggressively! Num. 25:6-8

    3. Does Faithfulness Matter? Num. 25:10-13

  B. Very Few...2 Chron. 16:9; Ps. 14:2, 3; Matt. 7:13, 14

  C. Close To Me? Lev. 10:3

    1. Expectations...Lev. 10

    2. Unnoticed? 1 Sam. 2:12-36

    3. Angry? 2 Sam. 6:1-11

II. Unsurprisingly (Acts 13:22)

  A. Personal Glory? 1 Sam. 17:45

    1. Role Models? 1 Sam. 13:1-14

    2. Alignment...1 Sam. 17; 24:1-15

    3. Self-Reliant? 1 Sam. 23:1-5; 23:6-14; 30:1-20

  B. Times And Seasons...Matt. 16:1-4

    1. "Shall I Go Up?" 2 Sam. 2:1-4; 5:1-12

    2. "Year After Year"...2 Sam. 21:1-6

  C. Personal...Ps. 132:4, 5

    1. Just Another Promise? 2 Sam. 7

    2. David's Leadership...Ps.132:1-5; 1 Chron. 28:1-8; 28:9-21

III. Exemplary (2 Ki. 14:3)

  A. Fair And True...1 Ki. 15:1-5

    1. Terrible! 2 Sam. 11

    2. Yahweh's Choice: Atonement...Matt. 20:15; 2 Sam. 12:1-15

  B. Yahweh's Standard Bearer! 2 Ki. 14:1-3; 22:1, 2; Zec. 12:5-9

  C. Where Do We Fit In? Heb. 11:32-40

Which 'Books?' (Eccl. 12:12)

Which 'Books?' (Eccl. 12:12)

I. No Guarantee (Eccl. 9:11)

A. Vanity...Eccl. 1

1. Wisdom, Folly? Eccl. 1:12-18

2. Certainly? Prov. 13:22; Eccl. 2:18-21

B. Wasn't He...2 Chron. 22:14-16

1. Didn't He...1 Ki. 3:13

2. As Well As...1 Ki. 4:29-34

C. Better? Eccl. 9:11-18

II. Confusing? (Ex. 15:25)

A. "But Where Shall Wisdom Be Found?" Job 28:12; Deut. 30:11-14

1. Facts: Enslaved And Far Away...Ex. 1:1-16; 2:1-22

2. Facts: Always A Bigger Picture...Gen. 12; 15; 37-50

3. Their Mistake...Num. 14; 16; Deut. 29

B. "I Have Found The BOOK!" 2 Ki. 22:8

1. State Of The Nation...2 Ki. 20:12-19; 21:1-23

2. Unprecedented? Jer. 7:1-15; 2 Chron. 34

3. "A Consuming Fire"...Deut. 4:24; 2 Ki. 25:1-11

C. Far From It! Dan. 12:4

1. Wisely...Eccl. 1:9; Gen. 8:20-22; Jer. 23:16-20; Dan. 12

2. Nothing! Am. 3:1-8; Ps. 89:1-4; Isa. 55

3. Unfinished 'Book'...Acts 13:16-41

III. Hard To Believe (Rev. 1:11)

A. Seven Churches...Rev. 1-3; 18:1-4

B. Many Tribulations...Acts 14:21, 22; Matt. 24:15-22; Rev. 7

C. The 'Book Of Life'...Rev. 13:1-10; 20

Unwrapped (Gen. 25:31)

Unwrapped (Gen. 25:31)

I. Noah, Daniel And Job (Ezek. 14:14)

A. Famous Forevermore...Matt. 24:37

1. Opportunity Knocks...Gen. 6:13-22

2. Eternal Legend! Gen. 8:20-22; 9:24-28; 2 Pet. 2:1-9

B. Transformed Not Conformed! Rom. 12:2; Dan. 1:8

1. "Prudence And Discretion"...Dan. 2:1-23

2. Courageous And Blameless! Dan. 6

C. The 'Patience Of Job'...Job 2:9, 10

1. Murdered...Job 1:13-22

2. Traitorous...Job 4

3. Vindicated! Job 42

II. 'Disguised' (Heb. 12:2)

A. Are You Kidding? Heb. 12:16

1. Unfair Prophecy? Gen. 3:15; 4:1-12; 25:20-23

2. Choosing Wisely...Gen. 18:17; 19; 22:1-18; 25:1-6

3. Unawares? Gen. 25:29-34; 27:1-41

B. 'Sober Minded'...Heb. 11:1

1. Deserving The 'Highest Compliment'...Heb. 11:4-38

2. In Common...Heb. 11:39, 40

C. 'UNWRAPPED' Gift Or Punishment? Jn. 12:27

1. Thankfully...Jn. 12:27-36

2. Motivation...Heb. 12:1

3. The Obvious! Jn. 17:13-24

III. Not Enough (Heb. 12:17)

A. Many, Many...Matt. 7:12-23

B. Noah, Daniel, Job And...Jn. 12:38

1. Everything...Jn. 12:20-36

2. No Middle Ground...Matt. 12:30, 33-37

3. Discernment Required! Jn. 12:44-50

Second Place (Matt. 6:33)

Second Place (Matt. 6:33)

I. Notice To All Challengers: (Isa. 41:21)

A. Unbelievably Inadequate...1 Ki. 18:27

1. Jerubbaal...Jud. 6:25-32

2. Dagon...1 Sam. 5

3. Mt. Carmel...1 Ki. 18:20-40

B. A 'True Test'...Isa. 41:21-29

C. To His Dismay...Jer. 2:20-35

II. No Better Teacher! (Ex. 19:4)

A. 400 Years In The Making...Gen. 15:12-16; Ex. 9:15-17

1. Totally In Control...Gen. 26:1-33; 37; 42; 46:1-4

2. Just As He Promised! Ex. 3; 7:1-5; 10:1-7; 14:13-31

3. "You Have Seen For Yourselves"...Ex. 19, 20:18-23

B. How Do You Explain? 1 Ki. 12:28

1. In The First Place...1 Ki. 11:26-39

2. His Thinking...1 Ki. 12:25-33

3. Unacceptable! 1 Ki. 13:1-10; 14:1-18

C. He Never Forgot...Matt. 16:5

1. "Forty Days"...Lk. 4:1-13

2. "Yahshua Lifted Up His Eyes"...Jn. 11:1-44

3. "Do You Not Remember?" Lk. 16:5-12

III. A Shocking Choice (Jer. 2:5)

A. Choosing...Deut. 30:15-20

1. Everything...Prov. 23:23

2. They Chose Correctly, Though Painfully...Ezek. 21:1-17; Jer. 15:1-16

B. Despite The Mountains 🏔️ Of...Matt. 24:3-12

1. And Then...Rev. 13:1-8

2. Even Worse...Rev. 13:11-18

C. "Faithful"...Lk. 16:10-16

No Humility (Jer. 36:23)

No Humility (Jer. 36:23)

I. "How Did You?" (Jer. 36:17)

A. "No Empty Words"...Deut. 32:47

1. 'Kindness For Weakness?' Deut. 32:1-8; Jos. 23:3, 15, 16

2. In Yahweh's Eyes...Deut. 29:5-15; 32:10-20

B. Remembering 'Shiloh'...Jer. 7:14

1. Eli And Sons...1 Sam. 2:12-17, 22-25

2. Two Prophets...1 Sam. 2:27-36; 3:1-18

3. It Came To Pass...1 Sam. 4:1-18; 1 Ki. 2:26, 27

C. "I Knew You"...Jer. 1:5

1. The 'Die Was Cast'...Jer. 15:1-9; 2 Ki. 21:1-16

2. "A Fortified Wall"...Jer. 1:6-9; 20

II. "In The Midst Of You" (Lk. 17:21)

A. Just Think About The Magnitude...Jer. 1:10

1. 23...Jer. 25:1-7

2. Inconsequential...Jer. 28; Ezek. 11:1-14

3. "I Am The One Who Knows!" Jer. 29:1-14

B. So Close And Yet So Far...Jer. 26:16

1. Kill Him! Jer. 26:1-15

2. Spared...Jer. 26:17-24

3. "In The 5th Year Of...Jer. 36

C. 'Despised'...Jn. 7:40-52

1. By His Own Flesh And...Mk. 3:7-12, 20, 21, 31-35; Jn. 7:1-8

2. 'Not From Galilee?' Jn. 5:18-29; 7:37-52

III. Unless (Matt. 18:3)

A. Humble...Matt. 12:38-42; Lk. 18:9-14

B. Knocking...Rev. 3:20; Matt. 25:31-40

Without A Shepherd (Prov. 29:18)

Without A Shepherd (Prov. 29:18)

I. Naturally (Num. 27:17)

A. Dangerously...Num. 20:4

1. 'Eyes That See'...Gen. 15; 46:1-4; 50:22-26; Ex. 3:1-10; 15:1-21

2. Blurred Lines...Num. 12:1-3; 13, 14:1-5; 16:1-4; 20:1-4

B. The Chain Of Command...Num. 27:12-23

C. The 'Great Shepherd' Rejected? 1 Sam. 8

1. However...Deut. 17:14-20

2. His Choice...Gen. 49:8-12; 1 Sam. 9:15-17; 16:1-3

II. Unclaimed (Jn. 10:16)

A. "Thieves And Robbers"...Jn. 10:8

1. 'Ears That Hear'...Isa. 40:3, 4; Matt. 3:1-12

2. 'No Light?' Jn. 1:6-13

B. Unable And Unwilling...Matt. 11:1-19

1. A Better Choice? Jn. 5:30-47

2. What About? Matt. 11:20-24; Jn. 12:36-41

C. Everything And No One...Jn. 6:44, 45

1. The 'Great Shepherd's Position And Ability...Ps. 33:13-15; Deut. 13:1-4; Ezek. 34:1-16

2. Committed! Lk. 15:1-10; Jn. 10:27-30; 17:6-26

III. Essential (Acts 8:26)

A. The Heart... Jer. 17:10; Acts 10:34, 35

B. An Amazing Vision...Hab. 1:5; Am. 3:1-7; Isa. 43:19-21

C. His Promise...Isa. 40:9-11; Jn. 17:3

'It's Our Turn Now' (Mal. 3:10)

 'It's Our Turn Now' (Mal. 3:10)

I. No Precedent (Heb. 10:12)

A. The Other 'Firstborn'...Gen. 2:15-17

1. What Sacrifice? Mic. 6:6-8; Hos. 6:6, 7

2. Egregious...Rom. 5:12-14; 2 Tim. 2:13, 14

B. 'In Suffering And In Subjection?' Isa. 53:7

1."Although He Was A Son"...Heb. 5:7-9; Phil. 2:5-8

2. "Acquainted With Grief"...Isa. 53:1-11; 1 Pet. 2:21-23

C. Awaiting, Waiting And More Waiting...Gen. 3:15

1. He Was Angry Too...Jn. 14:11; Gen. 3:14, 15; 6:1-7

2. "Twelve Legions"...Jn. 8:25, 26; Lk. 22:52,53; Matt. 26:51-54; Mk. 15:21-37; Ps. 110:1-6

II. "The Cup" (Mk. 10:38)

A. Joshua...Jos. 24:19-21

1. Due Respect...Ex. 15:22-26; Deut. 4:1-24

2. A Very Capable Enemy...1 Chron. 21:1; Job 1:6-12; 1 Cor. 10:1-12

B. "What Does It Profit A Man?" Mk. 8:36

1. 'King For A Day?' Jn. 2:23-25; 6:1-15; Lk. 16:14, 15

2. Sell Everything! Mk. 10:17-31; Matt. 8:18-22

C. "Everyone Will Be"...Mk. 9:49

1. "Sure To Come"...Lk. 17:1; Acts 20:28, 29; 2 Tim. 4:3, 4

2. With Or Without 'Law'...Gen. 18:20, 21; Jon. 1:1, 2; Rom. 2:12-16

III. Special Motivation (Jn. 14:9)

A. Already Extremely Responsible...Num. 14:1-38; Zec. 1:1-6

B. Realization...Jer. 1:18, 19; Lk. 16:19-31; Rev. 11:1-11

C. Critical! 1 Cor. 2:14-16; Matt. 12:38-42; Rom. 12:1, 2

The 'Great Circumcision' (Deut. 30:6)

 The 'Great Circumcision' (Deut. 30:6)

I. Weeping (Neh. 8:9)

  A. Not Yet? Ex. 19:8

    1. Intended...Ex. 19:5-25

    2. Grossly immature...Num. 16

    3. After 40 years? Deut. 29

  B. A Great King...Ps. 132

    1. Within One Generation...1 Ki. 11:1-13

    2. The Ten tribe Kingdom...2 Ki. 17:6-18

    3. Next...Ezek. 23:1-27

  C. Redeemed...2 Chron. 36:22, 23

    1. Certainly By Now? Neh. 8

    2. Confessions...Neh. 9:1-8

II. Ominous Behavior (Mal. 1:8)

  A. But They Were So...Ezra 10:1-12

    1. "Like A Deceitful Bow"...Ps. 78:56, 57; Mal. 1:6-14; 2

    2. "You Brood Of Vipers"...Matt. 3:7-12; Lk. 11:37-54

  B. Definitely Not 'Circumcised'...Jn. 8:39-47; 12:9-19; Lk. 19:41-44

  C. What's The Message? Isa. 5:4

    1. Unmoved? Ex. 10:1, 2; 11:1; 14:1-4; 14:15-18

    2. He's So Thorough! Isa. 5:1-7; Matt. 13:1-9; 21:33-44

    3. Still Uncircumcised...Jer. 9:23-26

III. Finally (Jer. 31:34)

  A. Learning...Matt. 13:24-30; 20:1-16; 22:1-14; 25:1-12

  B. Revealing...Dan. 12; Isa. 25; Rev. 1:1-8; 22:1-5

  C. "With All My Heart"...Jer. 31:16-40; 32:36-44

There's Still Time (Jn. 9:4)

 There's Still Time (Jn. 9:4)

I. Mercifully (Gen. 19:16)

  A. Facts...Gen. 18:17

    1. Fed Up...Gen. 13:1-13

    2. Before...Gen. 6:1-7; 7:11-24

    3. Urgent Action Required...Gen. 6:13-22; 19:15-22

  B. A Body Of Evidence (Lk. 17:26-30)

    1. He Spoke Volumes...Matt. 11:20-24

    2. 'Just Like'...Matt. 24:36-39

II. "Yet Even Now" (Joel 2:12)

  A. Listening...2 Chron. 33:12, 13

    1. Egregious...Acts 8:1-3, 9:10-14; 2 Ki. 21:1-16; 1 Ki. 21:1-16

    2. "Moved"...1 Ki. 21:17-29; 2 Chron. 33:10-13

    3. A 'Rent Heart'...Acts 9:10-22

  B. "Unchangeable"...Heb. 6:18

    1. Reading Carefully...2 Ki. 21:10-15; 22:8-20; Jer. 15:1-9; 25

    2. 'Personal' Now...Jer. 21:1-10; 27:1-11

    3. Even Still!!!!!! Jer. 42

III. "Come Out Of Her My People" (Rev. 18:4)

  A. No Substitute...Isa. 5:11-13; Hos. 4:6-12; Joel 2:12-17; Jn. 17:1-3

  B. "Night Is Coming"...Jn. 9:1-5; Lk. 17:20-24; Matt. 24:15-28; Rev. 17; 18

  C. Saved? Lk. 13:22-30

'My Way' (Jer. 18:6)

'My Way' (Jer. 18:6)

I. Undefeated (Jer. 10:23)

A. Scheming...Isa. 26:10; Eccl. 7:29

1. "Shrewdly?" Ex. 1:8-22; 5:1-9

2. Completely Forgetting...Gen. 41

B. Way Ahead...Ps. 50:21; Gen. 15:13-21; Ex. 9:13-17

C. Time Was Up! Ex. 12:29-36; 14

II. Unqualified? (Jer. 2:5)

A. Challenging Authority...Gen. 3:4

1. Catastrophic...Gen. 3:9-19; 4:8-12; 6:1-7

2. Complaining...Num. 11:1-9; 12:1-8; 16:1-14

B. Testing You? Ex. 15:22-26

1. The Judges...Deut. 13; Jud. 2:1-5; 1 Sam. 13:1-14

2. The 'Heart'...Jer. 2; Gen. 22:1, 2; Ps. 33:13-15; Rev. 2:23

C. Silence Is Not Compliance...Ps. 50:21; Isa. 57:11

1. "Contrary"...Jer. 18:1-12; 25:1-7; Rom. 10:21

2. Justice Delayed? Eccl. 8:11-17; Ezek. 28:11-19

III. No Free Lunch (Prov. 2:4)

A. Sifting...Matt. 3:11,12; 13:11-15; Lk. 22:31-34

B. "What If?" Rom. 9:29

1. "Jacob I Have Loved"...vss. 9:1-14

2. My 'Right'...vss. 15-29

C. Surrender? Job 40:1-5

'Our Assignment' (Matt. 16:11)

 'Our Assignment' (Matt. 16:11)

I. "The Weather" (Matt. 16:3)

  A. As A Leader...Matt. 24:38

    1. Same Page? Gen. 6:5-8

    2. Physical Proof...vss. 9-22

    3. Overwhelming Evidence...Gen. 7

  B. Dry? 1 Ki. 17:1

    1. Faithfully...Gen. 41; Am. 3:1-8

    2. Unwillingness? Jer. 13:1-11; 1 Ki. 18; Am. 4:6-11

  C. In The Days Of Josiah...2 Ki. 22:8-20

II. Seek Depth Of Understanding (Matt. 7:7)

  A. Useless Warnings? Matt. 16:6; 24:4, 5; Acts 20:17-38; 2 Pet. 2:1-3

  B. Actions Speak...Matt. 12:33-37

    1. Always Listening? Jn. 4:7-26

    2. Impossible? Matt. 13:10-17

  C. No Worries? Gen. 2810-17; Jn. 6:35-51

III. Believe (Lk. 16:8)

  A. Putting In The Work...Rom. 10:5-17

  B. Already...Deut. 30:11-14; Mk. 11:27-33; Lk. 16:19-31

  C. Expected...Lk. 16:1-8