Friday, September 16, 2016

Simple (Lu. 17:32)

Simple (Lu. 17:32)

I. Only (Deut. 30:11)
  A. Truly – Eccl. 7:29; Gen. 2:15-17; Gen. 6:13, 14; Gen.
      19:12, 13, 17
  B. Orders –  Gen. 12:1-7; 22:1-18
  C. A Reckoning! – Gen. 9:1-6; Eccl. 12:12-14

II. A Bit More Complex (Gen. 3:15)
  A. All! – Gal. 4:21-31; 1 Cor. 15:27, 28: Rev. 21:1-27
  B. The Enemy – Gen. 3:1-7; 6:1-4; 19:23-26; 37:1-30
  C. Strength – Gen. 3:8-19; 6:5-18; 19:27-29; 41:1-57

III. Far Reaching (Gen. 9:27)
  A. Shem – Gen. 9:20-27
  B. Genealogy – Gen. 11:10-32
  C. Abram – Gen. 12:1-7
    1. Isaac – Gen. 26:1-5
    2. Jacob – Gen. 28:10-15
    3. The Last Days – Gen. 49:1-28; Rev. 7:1-8; 12:1-17

Friday, September 9, 2016

Stealing and Murdering (1 Sam. 21:1)

Stealing and Murdering (2 Sam. 21:1)

I. Atonement!!! (Num. 35:33)
  A. By Himself? – Josh. 7:1-26; 22:9-20
  B. No Descendants –  1 Sam. 2:12-34; Jer. 7:12; 1 Sam. 4:1-22
  C. Three Years – 2 Sam. 21:1-9

II. “I Hate Robbery” (Isa. 61:8)
  A. Mine! – Ps. 50:7-21; Jer. 23:30-40
  B. All Souls – Ezek. 18:4; 34:1-10
  C. Long History – Mal. 3:7-9; Lu. 20:9-16

III. Disappointed (Isa. 5:2)
  A. Pleading for Truth? – Isa. 59:1-15; Mal. 1:1-8
  B. Completed – Isa. 42:18-43:21



Friday, September 2, 2016

Qualified (1 Cor. 9:27)

Qualified (1 Cor. 9:27)

I. Demanding? (Acts 5:28)
  A. Pressure – 1 Sam. 10:20-11:15; Gen. 39:7-23
  B. Again! –  Ex. 17:1-7; Num. 20:1-13
  C. Boldness – Acts 4:1-21; 5:12-33

II. Despair (Ps. 44:22)
  A. No Prophet! – Ps. 74:1-23; 79:1-13
  B. Smyrna – Rev. 2:8-11; Isa. 64:1-12
  C. “I Cry Out!” – Joel 1:1-20; Ps. 38:1-22

III. In Conclusion (Eccl. 12:13)
  A. Hungary? – Ps. 50:7-23
  B. By Faith – 2 Cor. 5:1-15
  C. Discipline! – 1 Cor. 9:24-27


Friday, August 26, 2016

The Times (Acts 1:7)

The Times (Acts 1:7)

I. Those Days (Joel 2:29)
  A. He Wept – Lu. 19:29-44; Matt. 12:38-50
  B. Even John –  Matt. 11:1-24; Jn. 7:1-55
  C. Unknown – Lu. 24:13-53; Acts 2:1-24

II. Times of Restoration (Acts 3:21)
  A. Bleak – Lam. 1:1-22
  B. No Longer An ... – Hos. 5:1-15; Isa. 8:19-22
  C. Turn Around? – Obad. 1:21; Joel 3:12-21

III. What He Does (Isa. 60:22)
  A. He Lingered – Gen. 19:14-29; Isa. 6:1-7
  B. Babes! – Ps. 8:2; 1 Sam. 3:1-21
  C. The Seal! – Rev. 7:1-4; 14:1-5


Friday, August 19, 2016

“At the Door” (Gen. 4:7)

“At the Door” (Gen. 4:7)

I. Knowledge (Ezek. 28:3)
  A. Desperately Wicked! – Jer. 17:9; Rom. 7:15-24
  B. Consequences –  Deut. 4:23-30; 28:15-68; Matt. 5:21-32;
      Rev. 14:9-11
  C. The Crowd! – Ex. 23:2; 32:1-9; 1 Ki. 12:26-33; Matt. 
      23:13-15

II. The Counter (2 Cor. 2:11)
  A. Knowledge – 1 Pet. 5:8, 9: Eph. 6:10-18
  B. Experience – 2 Cor. 11:1-15; Num. 25:1-18; 1 Cor. 10:1-15
  C. Resistance – Jas. 4:7; Matt. 4:1-11; Mk. 5:1-13

III. Expectations
  A. Prepare Yourself! – Jer. 1:17-19
  B. Great Things – Jer. 45:1-5
  C. Loving? – Num. 25:1-13

Friday, August 12, 2016

No Avail! (Ps. 127:1)

No Avail! (Ps. 127:1)

I. Chariots of Iron (Josh. 17:16)
  A. Three to One – 2 Chron. 14:1-15
  B. What Shall We Do? –  2 Ki. 6:8-23
  C. No Need! – 2 Chron. 20:1-30

II. Of Old (Deut. 7:17-19)
  A. Foretold – Deut. 4:15-31; 29:1-30:8
  B. Refuge of Lies! – Isa. 28:1-29
  C. Built Up Through ‘Bloodshed’ – Mic. 3:1-12

III. Living Stones (1 Pet. 2:5)
  A. Remedied – Isa. 5:1-30
  B. Better! – Ezek. 36:8-38
  C. A Spiritual House – 1 Pet. 2:1-10


Friday, August 5, 2016

A Familiar Speech? (Ezek. 3:5)

A Familiar Speech? (Ezek. 3:5)

I. Plain! (Hab. 2:2)
  A. A Clay Tablet –  Ezek. 4:1-17
  B. Thirds –  Ezek. 5:1-17
  C. Fist Pounding – Ezek. 6:1-14

II. No Secret (Lu. 24:17-19)
  A. Like Me – Deut. 18:14-18; Ps. 22:22-25; Lu. 4:18-22
  B.  Socialites? – Jn. 2:1-19; Lu. 5:33-35
  C. Boldly! – Jn. 7:1-53; Jn. 18:12-24

III. Sumptuously! (Lu. 16:19)
  A. A Raw Deal? – Lu. 16:22-24; Matt. 25:41-44
  B. Forewarning – Heb. 10:1-26
  C. The Lazarus Type! – Lu. 16:20-22; Matt. 25:31-40