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Thursday Evening - Caleb
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How can you be at peace and have joy while suffering? 1. Certainty THAT God will Give Help 2. Certainty WHAT Receives God's Help
- Understanding Leviticus helps us understand the theme of redemption more clearly throughout the Bible.
- Understanding the sacrifices helps us understand the gospel more fully.
- Leviticus demonstrates the importance of holiness for the sake of communion with God.
- Understanding the clean/unclean laws helps us to more deeply appreciate Jesus' miraculous ministry.
- Understanding the tabernacle and temple helps us to appreciate the centrality of the local church.
Created to Dwell in God's House (Gen. 1-2) The Primeval Age: From Eden to Babylonian Exile (Gen. 2-11) The Patriarchal History: From Canaan to Egyptian Exile (Gen. 12-50)
A. Ex. 15:22-25 B. Ex. 17:1-7 C. Ex. 17:8-16 D. Ex. 18 E. Ex. 18:27 F. Ex. 19:1-2 SINAI F'. Num. 10:11-23 E'. Num. 10:29-32 D'. Num. 11 C'. Num. 14:39-45 B'. Num. 20:1-13 A'. Num. 21:16-18
- The Signs Before the Lord's Return (Matt. 24:4-28)
- Cosmic Signs will Announce the Lord's Return (Matt. 24:29-30a; Isa. 11:12, 13:9-15, 34:2-4; Joel 2:30-32)
- The Lord will Return Visibly (Matt. 24:30; Acts 1:6-11; Zech. 12:10; Rev. 1:7)
- The Lord will Return in Power and Glory (Matt. 24:30; Dan. 7:13-14; Isa. 34:1-5; Zech. 14:3-4; Matt. 26:64)
- The Lord will Return to Give Justice (Matt. 24:31, 24:45-51, 13:40-43; Phil. 3:20-21; Col. 3:4; 1 Cor. 1:4-7; Heb. 9:28; 1 Ths. 1:9-10)
- God's Place will be Attacked and Polluted (24:15)
- God's People, Israel, will be Targeted for Persecution (24:16-19)
- God's World will Endure Unmatched Suffering (24:21-22)
- God's Son will Come in Public Glory (24:23-28)
- The Lord Reveals His Desires to ______ Israel (37)
- The Lord Reveals the Sentence of _______ on Jerusalem (38, 24:1-2)
- The Lord Reveals __________ __________ Salvation
- God's Steadfast Love is the ______ of the Afflicted (1-3) A) Desperate Outcast (4-9) B) Oppressed Rebel (10-16) C) The Dying Sinner (17-22) D) The Helpless Sailor (23-32)
- God _______ His people when they turn to Him
- God's Complex ______ Shows His Goodness APPLICATION: A) God's hand moves everything (33-41) B)God's love is steadfast (42-43) C) Thank God (1-2)
- Trust & be thankful for his "frowning" providence
- Be faithful and walk with him
1) (Don't) Preach to Others and Fail to _________ (1-3) 2) (Don't) Preach Regulation without Divine ________(4) 3) (Don't) Preforming Religion for Personal _______(5-7) 4)(Do) Goal: that God be _______ (8-10) 5) (Do) Goal: that you be a ________ to Others (11-12)
"Traditional Christian faith holds to the outside God who stands over against us. He is known not because we have discovered him, but because he has made himself known in Scripture and in Christ. We are not left to piece together our understanding of him... He has come into view and has told us who he is and how we are to live." -- David F Wells, The Courage To Be Protestant
- The Messiah is _____ Son
- The Messiah is _______ _________ 3.The Messiah is ___________ Lord
- The Messiah is God's ________ over _______
LOVE GOD-- Exodus 20:3-8 Love as God, Love in Truth, Love by Exaltation, Love by Dedication LOVE OTHERS -- 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 & Luke 10:25-37
What do Christians Believe about the Resurrection? 1) God Gives His People _________ __________. 2) God is King Over His _________ ___________.
1) God Owns ______ People 2) All People Are ______ to Him 3) All People Have _______ Value 4) God Owns ______ of _______ People Application: 1) We Must _____ to God ______ He Owns 2) Sin against _______ is _______ against God 3) Our ____ in Life is to Most _____ God 4)God is the ________ __________ for all People
Worship is the Spirit-Empowered work of Ascribing worth to God 1. Early Church - Singing - the centrality of the Word 2. Pre-Reformation -believers receive grace from God 3. Reformation & After
- Why is the Kingdom of Heaven So God? (v. 1-4)
- Why do people reject Heaven? ( v. 5&6)
- What Is God's Response to the Rejection? ( v. 7-13)
- What Does this Text Teach about God? (v. 14)
"The Divine and Human Intent behind the Instruction and Murder of Jesus" 1. Our Rebellion: We intend to ______ the King 2. Our Rebellion: God Intends to ______ the King 3. Our Rebellion: Results in Righteous _______ by the King
Old Testament--> Histahawa and Abad New Testament--> Proskuneo and Latreia NEW COVENANT WORSHIP- In Spirit and Truth -- John 4:24 (1 Cor. 12:3, 3:16-17: 2 Cor. 6:16; Eph 2:19-22)
- The Lord Jesus' Authority is proven
- We must embrace the Whole Lord
- The Lord is the Lord of the Whole Person
The importance of the heart, everybody worships, the need for Christians to pursue peace with one another
Jesus acts with: 1. Authority over the Temple 2. Authority to Save his People 3. Authority to receive Praise 4. Authority as God's ____ over the ______
TEXT THEME: God presents Jesus to Israel as their King- will they follow him? 1. Follow the King's who is Moved by _______ 2. Follow the King who has all _________ 3. Follow the King who is God's _________ 4. Follow the King who is __________ 5. Follow the King of ____________ - What is it that you may be holding back from the King? -How does Matthew's description of Jesus give you hope? -What does God want you to DO because of this text?
- Faith is Confidence in Gods Revelation
- Faith is necessary to Please God
- Faith sees the Unseen
A God-Centered Life Begins with Transformed Thinking... 1) Think about Yourself Honestly(v.3 Self-Evaluation) 2. Think about Your Relationship to Christ's People (v. 4-5 Mutual Dependence) 3. Think about Your Responsibility to Christ's People (v. 6-8 Grace-Driven Effort)
1) God's Mercy Motives Our Sacrifice 2) Our Sacrifice Gives God our Whole Life 3) Our Sacrifice is to be God-Centered 4) Our Sacrifice Means we must Reshape our Thinking to Transform our Whole Life
God is Just. What do we actually deserve? God is Free. What does this mean (God and people) ? God is Good. (See 19:30 & 20:16) How does this affect your hope?
- God Designs Marriage to be Heterosexual.
- God designs Marriage to be Monogomous.
- God Designs Marriage tp Re-Create Unity.
- God Designs Marriage to be an Unbroken Unity.
- God Permits Divorce to Protect the Innocent.
- God Gives Singleness to a few.
1) Through Adam I am Corrupt 2) Through Adam I am Guilty 3)Through Adam I am Dead 4) In Christ I am Justified 5) In Christ I have Life
1) The King's pattern of forgiveness 2) The Father's rich mercy 3) The servant poor in mercy 4) The King's rich justice
1)Command: "Do not Despise any Sheep" (v. 10) 2) Because The Good Shepherd Values His Sheep (12-13) 3)Conclusion: God Will Keep & Save Each Sheep (14) Check yourself: -Do you pursue, as God's pattern shows? -Do you value God's sheep? What does that look like? -Worship. God loves his sheep, and this leads my heart to... -
1) He is obedient to the Fathers Will 2) He is Gentle to the Mistaken Disciple 3) He is King and Kind CONSIDER: how your worship, obedience, or commitment should be changed in light of this text's teaching about Jesus:
1) The Need for Mercy 2) The Reason for God's Rejection of Mercy ( the crowd) 3) The Reason for God's Rejection of Mercy (the Disciples)
The Transfiguration Proves His Position 1. Proven by Revealed Glory (vv. 1&2) 2. Proven by Unparalleled Honor (v. 3) 3. Proven by the Prophetic Witness (v. 4) 4. Proven by the Father's Delight and Approval (v. 5) 5. Proven by Suffering before Glory (vv. 6-13)
1) The Supremacy of Christ over Creation verses 15-17 2) The Supremacy of Christ over the Church Verses 18-20
1) All people are spiritually dead without Christ 2) God raises you to Life Only In Christ
1) Jesus Reveals His Own Way(16:21-23) 2) Jesus Reveals the Cost for Genuine Followers (16:24) 3)Jesus Reveals the Motivation for Following Him(16:25-28) 4) Where can you be more Faithful:
1) Respond with the Attitude of Submission (16:1-4) a. Do not add (15:3 & 6) b. do not excuse away(13:53-58; 15:4) 2) Respond by Acting in Faith (16:5-8) 3) Respond with Understanding (16:9-12)