Saturday, September 9, 2023

The 'Great Circumcision' (Deut. 30:6)

 The 'Great Circumcision' (Deut. 30:6)


I. Weeping (Neh. 8:9)

  A. Not Yet? Ex. 19:8

    1. Intended...Ex. 19:5-25

    2. Grossly immature...Num. 16

    3. After 40 years? Deut. 29

  B. A Great King...Ps. 132

    1. Within One Generation...1 Ki. 11:1-13

    2. The Ten tribe Kingdom...2 Ki. 17:6-18

    3. Next...Ezek. 23:1-27

  C. Redeemed...2 Chron. 36:22, 23

    1. Certainly By Now? Neh. 8

    2. Confessions...Neh. 9:1-8


II. Ominous Behavior (Mal. 1:8)

  A. But They Were So...Ezra 10:1-12

    1. "Like A Deceitful Bow"...Ps. 78:56, 57; Mal. 1:6-14; 2

    2. "You Brood Of Vipers"...Matt. 3:7-12; Lk. 11:37-54

  B. Definitely Not 'Circumcised'...Jn. 8:39-47; 12:9-19; Lk. 19:41-44

  C. What's The Message? Isa. 5:4

    1. Unmoved? Ex. 10:1, 2; 11:1; 14:1-4; 14:15-18

    2. He's So Thorough! Isa. 5:1-7; Matt. 13:1-9; 21:33-44

    3. Still Uncircumcised...Jer. 9:23-26


III. Finally (Jer. 31:34)

  A. Learning...Matt. 13:24-30; 20:1-16; 22:1-14; 25:1-12

  B. Revealing...Dan. 12; Isa. 25; Rev. 1:1-8; 22:1-5

  C. "With All My Heart"...Jer. 31:16-40; 32:36-44


Saturday, September 2, 2023

There's Still Time (Jn. 9:4)

 There's Still Time (Jn. 9:4)


I. Mercifully (Gen. 19:16)

  A. Facts...Gen. 18:17

    1. Fed Up...Gen. 13:1-13

    2. Before...Gen. 6:1-7; 7:11-24

    3. Urgent Action Required...Gen. 6:13-22; 19:15-22

  B. A Body Of Evidence (Lk. 17:26-30)

    1. He Spoke Volumes...Matt. 11:20-24

    2. 'Just Like'...Matt. 24:36-39


II. "Yet Even Now" (Joel 2:12)

  A. Listening...2 Chron. 33:12, 13

    1. Egregious...Acts 8:1-3, 9:10-14; 2 Ki. 21:1-16; 1 Ki. 21:1-16

    2. "Moved"...1 Ki. 21:17-29; 2 Chron. 33:10-13

    3. A 'Rent Heart'...Acts 9:10-22

  B. "Unchangeable"...Heb. 6:18

    1. Reading Carefully...2 Ki. 21:10-15; 22:8-20; Jer. 15:1-9; 25

    2. 'Personal' Now...Jer. 21:1-10; 27:1-11

    3. Even Still!!!!!! Jer. 42


III. "Come Out Of Her My People" (Rev. 18:4)

  A. No Substitute...Isa. 5:11-13; Hos. 4:6-12; Joel 2:12-17; Jn. 17:1-3

  B. "Night Is Coming"...Jn. 9:1-5; Lk. 17:20-24; Matt. 24:15-28; Rev. 17; 18

  C. Saved? Lk. 13:22-30


Sunday, August 20, 2023

'My Way' (Jer. 18:6)

'My Way' (Jer. 18:6)

I. Undefeated (Jer. 10:23)
A. Scheming...Isa. 26:10; Eccl. 7:29
1. "Shrewdly?" Ex. 1:8-22; 5:1-9
2. Completely Forgetting...Gen. 41
B. Way Ahead...Ps. 50:21; Gen. 15:13-21; Ex. 9:13-17
C. Time Was Up! Ex. 12:29-36; 14
II. Unqualified? (Jer. 2:5)
A. Challenging Authority...Gen. 3:4
1. Catastrophic...Gen. 3:9-19; 4:8-12; 6:1-7
2. Complaining...Num. 11:1-9; 12:1-8; 16:1-14
B. Testing You? Ex. 15:22-26
1. The Judges...Deut. 13; Jud. 2:1-5; 1 Sam. 13:1-14
2. The 'Heart'...Jer. 2; Gen. 22:1, 2; Ps. 33:13-15; Rev. 2:23
C. Silence Is Not Compliance...Ps. 50:21; Isa. 57:11
1. "Contrary"...Jer. 18:1-12; 25:1-7; Rom. 10:21
2. Justice Delayed? Eccl. 8:11-17; Ezek. 28:11-19
III. No Free Lunch (Prov. 2:4)
A. Sifting...Matt. 3:11,12; 13:11-15; Lk. 22:31-34
B. "What If?" Rom. 9:29
1. "Jacob I Have Loved"...vss. 9:1-14
2. My 'Right'...vss. 15-29
C. Surrender? Job 40:1-5

Saturday, August 12, 2023

'Our Assignment' (Matt. 16:11)

 'Our Assignment' (Matt. 16:11)


I. "The Weather" (Matt. 16:3)
  A. As A Leader...Matt. 24:38
    1. Same Page? Gen. 6:5-8
    2. Physical Proof...vss. 9-22
    3. Overwhelming Evidence...Gen. 7
  B. Dry? 1 Ki. 17:1
    1. Faithfully...Gen. 41; Am. 3:1-8
    2. Unwillingness? Jer. 13:1-11; 1 Ki. 18; Am. 4:6-11
  C. In The Days Of Josiah...2 Ki. 22:8-20

II. Seek Depth Of Understanding (Matt. 7:7)
  A. Useless Warnings? Matt. 16:6; 24:4, 5; Acts 20:17-38; 2 Pet. 2:1-3
  B. Actions Speak...Matt. 12:33-37
    1. Always Listening? Jn. 4:7-26
    2. Impossible? Matt. 13:10-17
  C. No Worries? Gen. 2810-17; Jn. 6:35-51

III. Believe (Lk. 16:8)
  A. Putting In The Work...Rom. 10:5-17
  B. Already...Deut. 30:11-14; Mk. 11:27-33; Lk. 16:19-31
  C. Expected...Lk. 16:1-8

Sunday, August 6, 2023

Nothing Lacking (Mk. 10:21)

 Nothing Lacking (Mk. 10:21)


I. 'Exemplary' (Deut. 23:21)

  A. Manning Up! Jud. 11:30, 31

    1. 'They Vowed'...Jud. 11:1-28

    2. They Paid! vss. 11:29-40

  B. "Lent To Yahweh"...1 Sam. 1

  C. "But If Not"...Deut. 29:10-21; Dan. 3


II. His Life's Work (Jn. 14:9)

  A. The Foundation...Ps. 40:6-10; Lk. 4:16-30

    1. No Short-Cuts...Lk. 4:1-13

    2. Expansion Prefigured...Jn. 6:35-40; 10:14-18; Matt. 8:5-13

    3. The Traitor? Heb. 5:8-10; Matt. 10:1-4

  B. Laser Focused...Jn. 6:15

    1. Philanthropist? Matt. 16:5-12; Matt. 26:6-13

    2. "Call Down Fire?" Lk. 9:51-56; Matt. 16:21-23; Jn. 18:33-37


III. Our Purpose? (2 Cor. 5:15)

  A. Two Masters...Lk. 12:13-21; 16:1-13

  B. "A Good Soldier"...2 Tim. 2:1-7; 2 Pet. 3:1-14

  C. Motivation...Mk. 10:17-30


Friday, July 28, 2023

Generously (Jn. 21:6)

 Generously (Jn. 21:6)


I. Old Store? (Lev. 26:10)

  A. Rich...Gen. 13:1-9; 26:12-24; 31:1-13

  B. Better! Deut. 6:10-25; 7:12-26; 11:8-32

    1. Protective...Ex. 4:22, 23; 17:8-15; Lev. 26:6-8

    2. Food? Num. 11:31, 32; Lev. 25:18-22; 26:3-5

    3. Property? Deut. 15:1-14; Lev. 19:34, 35

  C. Great! 2 Sam. 7; 1 Ki. 3:3-14; 10:14-29


II. 'Unchanged' (Mal. 3:6)

  A. "The Spring Rains"...Deut. 11:10-15; Jer. 3:1-14

    1. "A Little Cloud"...1 Ki. 18

    2. Judah Saw This...Jer. 14:1-12; Ezek. 23:1-11

  B. Wisely...1 Ki. 8:35-40

    1. Daniel's Plea...Dan. 9:1-19

    2. Faithfully...Dan. 9:20-27; 1 Ki. 9:1-3

  C. Prior Resentment? Jer. 14:11, 12; 15:1; 16:1-13

    1. Why?? 2 Ki. 21:1-16; Jer. 15:1-4

    2. Atonement Price...2 Sam. 12:1-15; 21:1-14; Num. 35:33, 34


III. Tightfisted (Jn. 10:29)

  A. Anything? Ps. 145:14-21; Jn. 14:13, 14; Matt. 7:7-11

  B. Adversaries...Jas. 4:1-6; Jn. 10

  C. "Test Me!" Mal. 3:10-12


Saturday, July 22, 2023

'By This' (Heb. 11:2)

 'By This' (Heb. 11:2)


I. Forged (Gen. 16:3)

  A. "My Friend"... Isa. 41:8-10

    1. From The Beginning...Gen. 12:1

    2. Famine...Gen. 12:10-20

    3. Abraham's Trust...Gen. 13

  B. Not Enough? Gen. 15:4

    1. Questioned...Gen. 15:1-3

    2. Answered...vss. 4-7

    3. Evidently...Gen. 16:1-4

  C. Definitive...Gen. 22:1, 2

    1. As Good As Offered...Gen. 22:9-13

    2. For Emphasis! vss. 15-18


II. Until Then (1 Cor. 13:8)

  A. "By Hearing"...Rom. 10:17

    1. What It Is Not...Rom. 10:6, 7; Deut. 30:11-14

    2. They 'Only' Heard...Jos. 9; Matt. 12:42

  B. "Ears That Hear?"...Isa. 42:19, 20

    1. Early Warning...Deut. 29

    2. "All Day Long"...Rom. 10:20, 21; Matt. 8:5-13

  C. No Substitutions! Matt. 7:22

    1. Shall We? Zec. 7

    2. Not At All...Matt. 7:21-23


III. Too Hard? (Mk. 9:24)

  A. Conditional...Mk. 9:14-29; Dan. 3:1-18

  B. Habakkuk's Example...Hab. 2:1-3; Heb. 11:6