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

“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

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

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

Signs (Ex. 19:9)

Signs (Ex. 19:9)

I. The Struggle (Jn. 20:25)

  A. Ever Since! –  Ex. 5:23

    1. Suppose? – Ex. 4:1-9

    2. Surely! – Ex. 4:27-31

    3. Idle! – Ex. 5:10-21

  B. “Unless” –  Jn. 4:48; Matt. 16:6-12; Jn. 9:14-24

II. Deeper (Isa. 8:19)

  A. Incorrigible – Isa. 7:1-20; 2 Chron. 28:1-15

    1.  Unfaithful – 2 Chron. 28:16-21

    2. Worse! – 2 Chron. 28:22-25

  B. ‘I and the Children’ – Isa. 8:18

    1. Hard Pressed and… - Isa. 8:11-22

    2. The ‘Abomination’ – Matt. 24:15

      a. A Vile Person – Dan. 11:21-31

      b. Great Signs – Rev. 13:11-18

      c. Broken! – Dan. 8:8-26

The Priests (Lev. 4:3)

The Priests (Lev. 4:3)

I. In Place (Rev. 5:9, 10)

  A. A Priest Forever –  Heb. 5:1-10; 7:1-28

  B. The Sanctuary –  Dan. 9:24-27; 8:9-14

  C. The Under-priests – Mal. 3:1-12

II. Guilt (Lev. 10:6)

  A. ‘Glorified’ – Lev.10:1-7; Ezek. 44:10-14

  B. The Motions – Zech. 7:1-7; Mal. 1:1-14

  C. By Comparison – Jer. 5:3

    1. No Return! – Amos 4:1-11

    2. In Contrast – 1 Sam. 5:6-12

III. The Faithful (Ezek. 44:15)

  A. ‘I Alone’ – 1 Ki. 19:1-18

  B. Ezra – Ezra 9:10-12

  C. Virgins – Rev. 7:1-4; 14:1-5; 12:1-

Answers (Matt. 24:25)

Answers (Matt. 24:25)

I. The Watchman (Ezek. 3:17)

  A. Responsible –  Ezek. 3:17-21; Isa. 6:7-13

  B. Speak!  –  Jer. 1:4-19; 7:1, 2; 11:1-8; 36:1-6

  C. Mute! – Ezek. 3:22-26; Jer. 4:9, 10; Isa. 48:6-8

II. Faithfully? (Jer. 23:28)

  A. The Chaff – Matt. 13:24-30; Mic. 3:1-7; Ezek. 34:1-8

    1. Installed? - Matt. 23:1-3; 18:6, 7; Lu. 6:12-16

    2. Testing – Deut. 13:1-18

  B. Knowledge-less! – Hos. 4:1-6; Isa. 9:13-16

  C. A New Thirst – Amos 8:1-14; Ezek. 8:17, 18

III. “This is the Way” (Isa. 30:21)

  A. Misplaced – Isa. 30:12-14; Jer. 2:4-8

  B. Replaced – Ezek. 34:1-31; Jer. 23:3, 4