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