Friday, February 13, 2015

DO NOT TIRE OUT! (Gal. 6:9)

DO NOT TIRE OUT!  (Gal. 6:9)

I. Exemplary...Isa. 40:28
  A. Have you?...Job 1:6-12; 2:1-6
    1. I waited...Job 32:1-14
    2. Finally...Job 38:1-3
  B. I am your Shield...Gen. 15:1-21
  C. Very good!...Gen. 1:31; 3:1-15

II. No Less!...John 5:17
  A. Really "hungry"...Matt. 4:1-11
  B. Unhonored...Mark 3:20-35; Matt. 13:53-58; John 6:59-71
  C. Bread?...Lu. 16:5-12; Matt. 20:20-28; Lu. 22:21-30
  D. Suffering!...Lu. 22:39-53; Matt. 27:24-56

III. Powerful Reminders...Isa. 40:31
  A. How long?...Hab. 1:1-4
    1. Answers...Hab. 1:5; 2:1-14
    2. Isaiah...Isa. 6:9-13
    3. Woe!...Isa. 5:18-19; Zeph. 1:12-13
  B. Wait for me!...Zeph. 3:1-20

Friday, February 6, 2015

PURGING (John 15:2)

PURGING (John 15:2)

I. Perfect!...Lev. 22:21 (sacrifice must be perfect)
  A. Expectations...Lev. 21:1-24 (priests not be defiled); Ex. 29:1-46; Deut. 23:1-25
  B. A perfect heart...1 Chron. 28:1-10 (Solomon charged to serve Yah w/perfect heart)
    1. You shall be...Deut. 18:13; 2 Sam. 22:25-27
    2. Perfect kings?...2 Chron. 15:1-18 (vs. 12-13 served Yah and if you didn't, cut off); 2 Ki. 20:3 (Hezekiah asking for life, served Yah w/perfect heart)
  C. Ultimately...2 Pet. 3:11-12 (what kind of people we need to be)

II. Dependable?...John 2:25  (Yahshua knew man)
  A. Sing to Yahweh...Ex. 15:1-27; 1 Ki. 18:21-39 (Showdown @ Mt. Carmel); Hos. 6:4
  B. The struggle!...Rom. 7:4-25; James 1:13-15; Eph. 6:12; Ps. 78:37-39
  C. Overcomers...Jer. 35:1-19; Ezek. 24:15-27

III. Down to a Seed...Isa. 6:13
  A. A short work...Rom. 9:1-33
  B. No more deserts...Isa. 35:1-10

Friday, January 30, 2015

'THE BOOK OF THE LAW"...2 KINGS 22:8

'THE BOOK OF THE LAW"...2 KINGS 22:8

I. What Was Right...2 Ki. 22:2
  A. Still young...2 Chron. 34:1-13
  B. Like David...2 Ki. 18:1-8
  C. Blameless...Lu. 1:1-15
  D. Without fault!...Rev. 7:1-4; 14:1-5

II. Yahweh's Mode...Jer. 33:3
  A. Shiloh...Isa. 65:24; 1 Sam. 3:1-21
  B. The book...2 Ki. 22:8-20
  C. Ample warning...Isa. 39:1-8; Lu. 1:16-17; Matt. 3:1-12

III. Unfound As Of Now...Isa. 51:4
  A. In vain?...Isa. 49:1-14; Rev. 12:1-13; Isa. 57:1-15
  B. Arise and shine!...Isa. 52:1-11; 49:15-26; Micah 4:1-13

Friday, January 23, 2015

VIRTUOUS WOMEN (Lu. 8:2-3)

VIRTUOUS WOMEN (Lu. 8:2-3)

I. Choosing The Unknown...Gen. 24:58
  A. The wives...Gen. 6:9-7:16
  B. The daughters...Gen. 19:1-26
  C. "Bekah"...Gen. 24:1-67

II. Believing...1 Sam. 1:18
  A. "Get to the mountain"...Josh. 2:1-21; 6:22-25
  B. Yahweh remembered her...1 Sam. 1:1-2:10
  C. "Please forgive"...1 Sam. 25:1-44

III. Enmity...Gen. 3:15
  A. Which woman?...Rev. 12:1-6, 13-17
  B. The "free woman"...Gal. 4:21-31; Rev. 21:9-27

Friday, January 16, 2015

MANY SCHEMES (Eccl. 7:29)

MANY SCHEMES (Eccl. 7:29)

I. Wisdom...Prov. 1:20
  A .Jereboam...1 Ki. 11:28-40; 12:20, 25-33
    1. Warning, warning!...1 Ki. 13:1-6
    2. Still...1 Ki. 13:33-14:19
  B. The seal of perfection...Eze. 28:11-19
  C. Wise Instruction...Prov. 1:1-23

II. Unheeded!...Mic. 6:3
  A. We will obey?...Jer. 42:1-6
    1. After 10 days...Jer. 42:7-22
    2. You can speak falsely...Jer. 43:1-7; 44:15-19
    3. Consumed!...Jer. 44:1-14
  B. Consequences...Prov. 1:24-33

III. No More Schemes!...Jer. 31:34
  A. The king of hearts...1 Sam. 10:1-9; Acts 16:8-15; Ps. 33:13-15
  B. Asa...2 Chron. 15:1-15
  C. A permanent fix!...Isa. 25:1-12; Jer. 31:23-37

Friday, January 9, 2015

THE POWER OF LOVE (1 Pet. 4:8)

THE POWER OF LOVE (1 Pet. 4:8)

I. Number One?...Mark 12:30
  A. The stew?...Gen. 25:29-34; Josh. 6:17-18; 7:1-25
  B. Jealous...Num. 20:1-13
  C. Foreigners...1 Ki. 11:1-39

II. Not Like Man!...Prov. 10:12
  A. They hated him...Gen. 37:1-36; Rev. 21:9-13
  B. Incompatible!...Ps. 78; Neh. 9:1-31; Hos. 3:1, 11:8-11
  C. You know I love you!...Lu. 22:31-34; Matt. 26:31-35; John 21:15-17

III. No Rest!...Isa. 62:1
  A. The separation...Isa. 59:1-15
  B. So, so sorry.  :-(...Isa. 63:7-64:12
  C. Divine intervention...Isa. 62:1-12; Joel 3:1-21

Friday, January 2, 2015

STILL THERE? (Isa. 1:14)

STILL THERE? (Isa. 1:14)

I.Departed?...1 Sam. 14:37
  A. What have you done?...1 Sam. 13:7-14
    1. A glimmer of light...1 Sam. 14:6-23
    2. Amalek...1 Sam. 15:1-28; 28:4-7, 15-19
  B. In contrast...2 Sam. 7:1-17
    1. Forever!...Ps. 89:1-4, 19-29, 34-37
    2. Who am I?...2 Sam. 7:18-29

II. A Great Famine...1 Ki. 17:1
  A. Severe...1 Ki. 18:1-15
    1. How long?...1 Ki. 18:16-40
    2. Heavy rain...1 Ki. 18:41-46
  B. Weary, but...Isa. 1:1-15; Mal. 2:1-17
  C. Still...John 5:1-9; Matt. 23:1-12; 5:17-19

III. Burn It Down!...Rev. 17:16
  A. It's time!...Lu. 23:28-31; Matt. 27:46-51; Rev. 17:5-7; 17:15-18; 18:1-3
  B. The call...Rev. 14:6-8; 18:4-24
  C. Joy!...Rev. 19:1-6; Am. 9:9-15