Thursday, September 29, 2022

‘The Sins Of Their Fathers’ (Jer. 16:12)

 ‘The Sins Of Their Fathers’ (Jer. 16:12)

I. Proof (2 Ki. 21:21)
A. Unmentionables? Gen. 5:18-24; 5:28-32
B. Making It Obvious…2 Chron. 30:7
1. Shocking Dereliction…Deut. 6:6-12; 2 Chron. 28
2. No Excuses…2 Chron. 29:1, 2
a. Atonement…2 Chron. 29:20-36
b. Conscientious…2 Chron. 30
C. Manasseh…2 Ki. 21:1-9
1. His Son? 2 Ki. 21:19-26
2. His Son! 2 Ki. 22:1-7
3. Condemning…Heb. 11:7; 2 Ki. 22:8-20
II. Object Lesson (Jer. 3:10)
A. “Keep On Hearing, Seeing”…Isa. 6:1-10
1. No Impact? Jer. 3:6-11
2. Why?? Jer. 16:1-13
B. 70+ Years Later…Ezra 9
C. Surely? Matt. 23:13-33
III. Have We Not Heard? (Jer. 34:9)
A. Oppression…Jer. 34:8-22
1. Till The End…Isa. 1:10-17; 58:1-12
2. Rich Attitude…Jas. 5:1-6;
Rev. 3:14-22
B. Change And Hope…Isa. 1:18-31; Ezek. 36:6-15

Friday, September 9, 2022

Deuteronomy’s Eternal Value (Deut. 29:14, 15)

Deuteronomy’s Eternal Value (Deut. 29:14, 15)

I. To Know Me (Deut. 4:10)
  A. Foundational…Deut. 4:15-40
  B. “The Whole Commandment”…Deut. 5:22-33
  C. “Yahweh Is One”…Deut. 6
    1. Essential…vs 5
    2. Effortless? vss 6-9

II. An Important Look Back (Deut. 9:6)
  A. The Past Matters…Deut. 1:19-33
    1. Unforgiven… Deut. 1:34-46; 3:23-29
    2. Esau, Moab, Ammon…Deut. 2:1-12
    3. Forgiven, But Not Forgotten…Deut. 9:6-21; 22-29
  B. Conditional Love…Deut. 11
    1. Testing…Chap. 13
    2. Respect For Authority…17:8-13
  C. Community Accountability…21:1-9; 24:1-4, 17-22; 26:1-15

III. Prophetic (Deut. 4:30)
  A. “From Among You”…Chap. 18:15
    1. Importance…Num. 12:3-8
    2. Much Further…18:16-22
  B. Israel’s Captivity…Deut. 4:25-31
    1. “Void Of Counsel”…32:15-35
    2. From “Power Gone” To…vss 36-43
  C. Israel’s Eternal Help…Deut. 33:26-29

Saturday, September 3, 2022

The ‘Mind Of Ephesus’ (Rev. 2:4)

The ‘Mind Of Ephesus’ (Rev. 2:4)

I. “Oil For My Head?” (Ps. 141:5)
A. Moving…1 Ki. 3:1-15; 8:22-9:3
1. Hard To Imagine…1 Ki. 11:1-8
2. Even More…vs. 11:9-13
B. So Good…2 Chron. 26:1-15
1. Stumbles…vs. 16
2. Excluded…vss. 17-23
II. ‘Self Talk’ (Lk. 12:19)
A. Good And Bad…Rom. 7:7-24
1. Servant-Leader Mindset…Eph. 3:1-13
2. Intentionally Grounded…1 Tim. 1:12-17; Phil. 3:12-21
B. Very Complimentary…Eph. 1:15-2:22
1. A Few Years Later…Rev. 2:1-7
2. Quite Similar…Lk. 12:13-21
a. “He Who Love’s?” Eccl. 5:10; Matt. 5:6; 7:7-11
b. It’s Pretty Obvious…Prov. 27:20; Lk. 16:19-31
III. Decision Time (Deut. 30:15)
A. Intentional…Heb. 2:1-4
B. The Stakes…Deut. 30:11-20

Sunday, August 28, 2022

“So That You May Believe” (Jn. 11:15)

 “So That You May Believe” (Jn. 11:15)

I. No Stranger (Ex. 19:9)
A. Quite Aware…Ex. 15:22-26; 16:1-9; 17:1-7
B. Supposed To…Ex. 19; Deut. 5:4-27
C. Still…Deut. 9:8-29
II. “Do You Not Yet Perceive?” (Matt. 16:9)
A. ‘Remarkable’ Events…Matt. 14:13-21; 15:32-39; 16:5-12
1. Many, Many…Matt. 8:1-17
2. Not To Mention…Lk. 4:16-30
B. Convinced? Lk. 16:19-31; Jn. 6:22-66
1. Purposely…Matt. 21:33-46
2. Betrayal…Matt. 27:3-10
C. Meant For You, But Not…Matt. 13:11-17
III. The ‘Meaning For You’ (Jn. 16:31)
A. Clearly…Jn. 12:9-11, 20-43
B. The ‘Sieve’…Am. 9

Saturday, August 20, 2022

‘Righteous’ (Ex. 6:1)

‘Righteous’ (Ex. 6:1)

I. His Ways And Means (Ex. 9:15)
A. Samson…Jud. 13
1. “His Mother And Father Did Not Know”…Jud. 14, 15
2. “Delilah”…Jud. 16
B. “For This Purpose”…Ex. 9:16
1. Why Not? Ex. 5:22-6:9
2. “The Finger Of Yahweh!”
Ex. 8:16-19; 10:1-20
3. Turn Back?? Ex. 14
II. Everything (Prov. 16:4)
A. Deserving…Jud. 9:1-5
1. Jotham…vs 6-21
2. “Where Is Your Mouth Now?” vs 22-57
B. Incomplete…2 Ki. 14:1-14; 2 Chron. 32:24-33
C. Respect…Isa. 6
1. Discerning The General Mood…vs 1-7
2. Advisable…vs 8-13; Matt. 13:1-17
III. Even More Important (Ezek. 38:16)
A. Devastating…Matt. 24:4-12; Rev. 6:9-11
B. Silence! 2 Sam. 24:10-14; Rev. 8:1-5
C. Satisfied…Ezek. 38

Saturday, August 13, 2022

Truly Living (Deut. 8:1)

Truly Living (Deut. 8:1)

I. Free (Gen. 2:9)
A. What’s The Message? Gen. 2:15-17; 9:1-7; 17:1-14
B. Very Transparent…Ex. 4:23, 24; Heb. 12:7-10; Isa. 29:16
C. The Enemy’s Background…Ezek. 28:11-16; Gen. 3:1-5
II. The “Whole Commandment” (Deut. 5:31)
A. Misconception? Zec. 7
1. “Shut The Doors”…Mal. 1:6-14
2. “Build The Tombs”…Lk. 11:37-52
B. Once And For All…Jn. 12:20-26
1. Weighty…vs 27-36
2. “I Know You”…Jer. 9:23, 24; Jn. 17
3. Looking Forward…Lk. 22:14-29
III. Endurance (Ps. 125:3)
A. Confident! Job 2:1-5
1. What’s The Message? Job 40
2. Joy? Acts 4
B. Not Being Negative…Deut. 8:1-5; Matt. 7:21-29
C. “A Good Land”…Deut. 8:6-11

Saturday, August 6, 2022

A Great Appreciation (Matt. 13:16, 17)

A Great Appreciation (Matt. 13:16, 17)

I. Rewarded (Lk. 2:25)
A. No Promises…Ruth 4:13-17
1. Strike One…Deut. 23:1-3
2. Strike Two…Ruth 1:11-13
3. Pure Love…Ruth 1:14-18
B. Rare…Matt. 3:7-12; 8:5-13
Lk. 4:16-30
1. Steadfast…Mic. 5; Lk. 2:25-35
2. “At That Very Hour”…Lk. 2:36-38
II. ‘Blessed Are You?’ (Dan. 12:10)
A. Like Her…Matt. 12:42
1. At The ‘True Well’…Jn. 4:4-28
2. “Woman Of The City”…Lk. 7:36-50
B. No Excuses…Lk. 19:1-10
1. Too Short? vs 4
2. Too Rich? vs 8
3. Too Poor? Lk. 21:1-4
C. But Not You…Matt. 21:33-46
III. “She Ran” (Gen. 24:20)
A. No Reason? Gen. 24
1. The Back Story…24:1-9
2. The Prayer…vs 10-14
3. Many Women! vs 15-61
B. The Greatest Of Women! Dan. 12:4
1. A ‘New Birth’…Rev. 12:1-6
2. Ousted…Rev. 12:7-17
3. “New Jerusalem”…Rev. 21:9-27