Sermons Archive - Lakeview Baptist Church: Recent Episodes
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1 | The LORD is Merciful and Gracious2 | The LORD is Slow to Anger3 | The LORD Abounds in Steadfast Love and Faithfulness4 | The LORD Does Not Overlook the Guilty
1 | Kingdom Prayer is a Dependent Prayer (11:3)Why Is This Petition Important?1. It fosters contentment.2. It cultivates humility.3. It teaches us generosity.4. It cultivates gratitude.
1 | Kingdom Prayer is a Jealous Prayer (11:2b)Two Aspects:1. It’s an expression of fact.2. It’s a longing for the fulfillment.2 | Kingdom Prayer is a Missional Prayer (11:2c)The Meaning Of the Kingdom:1. Scripture starts with the assertion that God, as Creator, is the sovereign ruler of the universe.2. But, even though God is the universal Lord, after the Fall, God's rightful rule over creation is rejected.3. After the Fall, the Old Testament makes a distinction between the sovereign reign of God over the entire creation and the coming of his saving reign (Genesis 3:15; 12:1-3). The saving reign will come through a king from the seed of Abraham/David (This becomes the storyline of the Bible).4. The New Testament announces that in Jesus Christ the kingdom has come (Mark 1:15).
FOR SECURITY REASONS, THIS SERMON IS AUDIO ONLYSuffering’s Definition | To be affected by or subject to, any loss, be it body, soul or spirit.Suffering’s Source | SinSuffering’s Means |1 | Self-Inflicted Suffering- Its value: Faith to forsake my sin and repent- Hebrews 5:8- 1 Peter 4:1-2- We learn obedience2 | Others-Inflicted Suffering- Its value: Faith to forgive others’ sin and restore- Matthew 18:21-22- We learn dependence3 | Satan-Inflicted Suffering- Its value: Faith to fight and redeem- Job 1:12-21- Luke 22:31, 32- Romans 8:28- We learn transcendence
1 | Heman continually cries out to the God of our salvation.2 | We can be radically honest before the God of our salvation.3 | Jesus perfectly prayed Psalm 88 for us and our salvation.
1 | Kingdom Prayer is a taught prayer. (11:1)(Luke 3:21) Jesus is praying as the heavens are opened at his baptism(5:16) Jesus withdraws to lonely places to pray(6:12) Jesus spends all pm praying the pm before he chooses the 12 disciples(6:28) Jesus teaches the crowd to pray for those who abuse them(9:18) Jesus is praying alone before asking who the crowds say he is(9:28-36) Jesus went to the Mountain and is transfigured(10:2) Jesus teaches the 72 to pray the Lord will send out laborers2 | Kingdom Prayer is a family prayer. (11:2a)
1 | The meaning of the birth of Jesus (2:8-14) 3 Expressions of Peace: 1. Peace with God. (Rom 5:1) 2. Personal peace (Phil 4:6) 3. Peace with Others (Rom 12:18)2 | The effect of the Birth of Jesus (2:15-20)
The Church of the Lord Jesus Christ is a colony of Heaven on earth comprised of sinners who have been transformed into saints by the Gospel of God’s saving grace.1 | A serious warning the Church must hear and heed. (v. 9-10)2 | A glorious reality the Church must wholeheartedly embrace. (v. 11)
1 | Praise for God visiting His people. (1:67-68)2 | Praise for God fulfilling His ancient promises. (1:69-73)3 | Praise for God delivering us to serve Him. (1:74-75)4 | Praise for God forgiving sins. (1:76-77)5 | Praise for God shining light on our darkness. (1:78-79a)6 | Praise for God guiding us into a life of peace. (1:79b)
1 | A Praise for Personal Reversal (1:46-50)2 | A Promise of Global Reversal (1:51-55)Truths to Ponder:1. The theme of reversal2. The exemplary Believer: Knows God's Word, Believes God's promises, and magnifies God in response3. Jesus is the fulfillment of the promise to Abraham
1 | Because Jesus obeys the Father, Believers have hope in Jesus’ promise to overcome death. (8:49-55) - John 17:22
2 | Because Jesus is equal to the Father, Believers have hope in Jesus’ promise to overcome death. (8:56-59)
Four Words that capture a right faith response to the First Advent: 1. Humility 2. Gratitude 3. Freedom 4. Identity
1 | Prayer is for our good. (Psalm 138:1-3)
2 | Prayer is for God’s glory. (Psalm 138:4-6)
3 | Prayer results in the fulfillment of the purposes of God. (Psalm 138:7-8)
Main Point: The Children of God are characterized by love for the Son of God and the Word of God. The Children of the Devil are not.
1 | The Idolatrous Humanity’s Rebellion Against God (11:1-4)
2 | The Immutable God’s Response Against Idolatrous Humanity (11:5-9)
1 | True Disciples abide in the Word of God (8:31)
Four Kinds of Soil (Luke 8:12-15) 1. The hard (unresponsive) heart (v. 12) 2. The shallow heart (v. 13) 3. The distracted heart (v. 14) 4. The fertile heart (v. 15)
2 | True Disciples who abide in the Truth are liberated by the Truth (8:32-36)
1 | The Necessity Of The Gospel (3:3) (1) Once foolish-Sin dumbs (2) Disobedient-Sin disobeys (3) Led astray—Sin deceives (4) Slaves to various passions and pleasures—Sin dictates (5) Passing our days in malice—Sinners detests (6) & envy—Sin desires (7) Hated by others and hating one another—Sin divides
2 | The Origin Of The Gospel (3:4-5)
3 | The Ground Of The Gospel (3:6-7) - Justification: Is an act of God's free grace where he pardons all our sins and accepts us as righteous in his sight only for the righteousness of Christ imputed to us and received by faith alone.
1 | To reject the light is to remain in darkness (8:13-20)
2 | To reject the light is to die in sin (8:21-29)
1 | Noah’s Fall (9:18-21)
2 | Canaan’s Curse (9:22-24)
3 | Curse And Blessing (9:26-27)
4 | Noah’s Death (9:28-29)
1 | What Jesus Christ Professes: He Is The Only Light (John 8:12a)
Darkness symbolizes ignorance/folly.
Darkness symbolizes the mind unilluminated by God’s revelation.
Darkness symbolizes calamity and despair.
Darkness symbolizes wickedness.
Darkness symbolizes anguish and misery.
Darkness is depicted as a spiritual force.
Darkness symbolizes divine judgment and wrath.
Jesus applies Isaiah 9:2 to himself in Matthew 4:15-16
2 | What Jesus Christ Promises: He Only Enlightens Followers (John 8:12b)
1 | The First Sign of God’s Commitment to His Image Bearers: The Cultural Mandate Remains (9:1-7)
2 | The Second Sign of God’s Commitment to His Image Bearers: The Noahic Covenant (9:8-17)
1 | The misapplication of the Law: A microscope for others. (7:53-8:6a)
2 | The right application of the Law: A mirror for ourselves. (8:6b-11)
1 | Division Among the Superficial (7:40-41a)
2 | Division Among the Scriptureolaters (7:41b-43)
3 | Division Among the Scorners (7:44a)
4 | Division Among the Self-Righteous (7:45-52)
1 | Humankind Multiplies And Sin Multiplies (6:1-5) - Matthew 22:30 - The Depravity Of Genesis 6:5 intensity: “The wickedness of man was great in the earth”; inwardness: “the intention of the thoughts of his heart” totality: “every thought” constancy: “continually” exclusiveness: “only evil”.
2 | God’s Grief As Sin Multiplies (6:6)
3 | God’s Plan As Sin Multiplies (6:7-8) - Matthew 24:37-39
1 | The irony of murderous threats at a Festival of Life (John 7:1-2)
2 | The irony of natural born brothers disbelieving the supernaturally born Brother (7:3-6)
3 | The irony of the world hating the Creator of the world (7:7-8)
4 | The irony of Jesus crashing His own party (7:9-13) - John 4:35
1 | The Words of Eternal Life Expose the Counterfeit Disciple (6:60-67)
What did Jesus Christ teach that they found so distasteful? 1. The incarnation (v. 33, 38, 51) 2. The necessity of his death (v. 51) 3. The necessity of saving faith (v. 53-54) 4. God’s sovereignty in salvation and our inability to please God (v. 44) 5. Jesus crushed their prosperity gospel
2 | The Words of Eternal Life Confirms the True Disciple (6:68-71)
(AW Pink) 6 Reasons Jesus Chose Judas: 1. To fulfill the Word of God - Psalm 41:9 2. Judas would provide an objective witness to the moral excellence of Jesus. 3. Judas reveals to us how far sin can take you. 4. Judas is a warning to us as to how near a man can be to Jesus and be lost. 5. So that we may be aware there’ll be false converts among followers of Christ. 6. This reveals how different God’s thoughts and ways are from ours.
1 | The Generations of Adam (5:1-5)
2 | The Generations from Seth to Enoch (5:6-24)
3 | The Generations from Methuselah to Noah (5:25-32)
1 | Grumbling: The Symptom of Spiritual Hunger (6:41-43)
2 | Sovereign Grace: The Solution to Spiritual Hunger (6:44-46)
3 | Jesus: The Savior from Spiritual Hunger (6:47-59)
Eating is a crucial visual for a few reasons: 1. It’s necessary 2. It's always a response to a real need 3. It involves appropriation 4. It is a personal act
1 | The Ascent Of The City Of Man (4:16-24)
2 | The Ascent Of The City Of God (4:25-26) - Revelation 18:14
1 | Sin Induced Spiritual Blindness (6:30-36)
2 | Sovereign Grace Induced Spiritual Bread (6:37-40) - John 10:27-29 - John 17:1-2, 6, 9, & 24
Truths We Should Agree With Concerning the Relationship Between Divine Sovereignty and Human Responsibility:
The Father giving the Son a people is biblical language Faithfulness requires we deal with it We agree that God is the one who saves (Jonah 2:9). We all agree that Romans 10:13 is true: For everyone who calls on the name of the LORD will be saved. We all agree that Romans 10:14 is true: How are they to believe in whom they have never heard. And how are they to hear without someone preaching. Sovereign grace doesn’t undermine responsibility. Scripture nowhere explains the relationship between divine sovereignty in salvation and human responsibility God's Grace in salvation does not diminish the need for prayer: - 2 Thessalonians 2:13 & 3:3 We must affirm God’s divine sovereignty at some point in the equation There have been godly people who disagree on this (e.g. George Whitfield and John Wesley) There will be no victims in the Day of Judgment. - Psalm 96:13 The doctrine of divine sovereign grace in salvation does not exclude or condemn. Rather it works exclusively as a benefit to a world with no natural desire to love God If our understanding of God's grace in salvation is correct, it will provoke the same question hypothetically raised in Romans 9:14-16 What shall we shall then? Is there injustice on God’s part? By no means! For he says to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I have mercy & I will have compassion on whom I have compassion. So then it depends not on human will or exertion but on God who has mercy.
1 | The First Alternative: Living By Our Works (3:10-12)
2 | The Second Alternative: Living By Faith (3:13-14)
1 | Seeking Jesus for the Wrong Reasons: For Loaves (6:22-26)
2 | Seeking Jesus for the Right Reasons: For Love (6:27-29)
1 | Life Outside The Garden And The Hope Of Messiah (4:1-2)
2 | Life Outside The Garden And The Way Of Cain (4:3-9) - Leviticus 17:11 - Deuteronomy 26:2 - Hebrews 11:4 - 1 John 3:12
3 | Life Outside The Garden And The Retribution Of God (4:10-15) - Hebrews 12:24
Illumination Definition: "The work of the Holy Trinity, enlightening believers to behold the light of the Lord Jesus Christ, moving us closer into the divine life and providing greater vision to perceive the Scriptures rightly and live accordingly."
1 | We Need to See God - Seeing God in Scripture: - Numbers 6:24-26 - Psalm 80:3 - Matthew 5:8 - 1 John 3:2
2 | We See God through His Word - John 16:13-15 - 1 Corinthians 10:1-4
3 | Seeing God through the Word in Practice
Three Things to Remember: 1. Illumination deals with the head, heart, and hands. 2. Illumination is not automatic but through means. 3. Illumination is on the Word and in the Church.
Knowing Jesus is central to understanding all of life. To know Him is to love Him. To know Him is to have life.
Eight truths that help us Know Jesus is God: 1. We know Jesus through the Prophecies 2. We know Jesus through His Incarnation 3. We know Jesus through the Miracles 4. We know Jesus through His Teachings 5. We know Jesus through His Divine Claims 6. We know Jesus through His Sinless life 7. We know Jesus because He confronted Evil 8. We know Jesus because of His Death and Resurrection
1 | God has designed the local church to confirm your faith. (10:22)
2 | God has designed the local church to help you guard your faith. (10:23)
3 | God has designed the local church to give you the opportunity to practice your faith. (10:24)
1 | Submission to Jesus' lordship can bring storms; but that is His strategy. (6:16-18) - Matthew 14:22 - Song of Solomon 5:6 - Luke 8:22-25 - 2 Corinthians 1:8-9
2 | Storms reveal Jesus' lordship over them; that is His strategy. (6:19-21) - Job 9:8
What We Learn About Jesus Here: 1. Jesus is aware 2. Jesus is praying 3. He sometimes delays in coming to our aid 4. Stare until you see Jesus in the storm 5. Storms reveal new things about Jesus' Lordship
1 | Freedom From The Triple Slavery: Sin, Death, And The Devil (5:1-4) - Jesus Sets Us Free From: 1. Sin and Guilt 2. Death A. Physical Death (Separation of the soul from the body) B. Spiritual Death (Separation of the soul from God) C. Eternal Death (Separation of both the soul and body from God for eternity) 3. The Devil - Galatians 3:11 - Galatians 3:21 - Galatians 3:22
2 | Freedom For The Triple Virtues: Faith, Hope, And Love (5:5-6) - Galatians 6:15 - 1 Corinthians 7:19
1 | The Lord tests us to expose our insufficiencies (6:1-9)
2 | The Lord is present in our tests to educate us on His sufficiency (6:10-14)
Closing Thoughts: 1. We may not know how the Lord is going to meet our needs, but he is not limited by our solutions. 2. Jesus is our provision in our wilderness.
1 | The Role Of The Husband: Headship (5:22-24)
2 | Headship For The Wife’s Holiness (5:25-27)
3 | Headship For The Husband’s Benefit (5:28-31)
4 | Headship For The Sake of the Mystery (5:30-33)
Myths Concerning Biblical Headship: 1. Husbands are never commanded to rule their wives. 2. Headship is never portrayed in Scripture as a means for self-satisfaction/exaltation. 3. Headship is not the power of a superior over an inferior. 4. Headship is never to be identified with the issuing of commands, nor does it mean that the husband must make every decision in the home
What Is Male Headship? 1. Headship is a responsibility not a right. 2. Headship is scripturally boundaried (Acts 5:29) 3. Headship does entail the responsibility to make a final decision when agreement cannot be reached. 4. Headship means honoring/wife. 5. Headship means loving and caring for one's wife as much as Christ loves & cares for us. 6. Headship means taking the lead in reconciliation
1 | Moses: To be honest, I really don’t want to do what you’re asking me to do. (Exodus 4:12-13)
2 | Elijah: To be honest, I struggle to continue doing what you’ve called me to do. (1 Kings 19:3-4 & 9b-18) - Romans 12:11 - Galatians 6:9
3 | Simon Peter: To be honest, I really do love you, even when I mess up. (John 21:15-19)
1 | Witness One: John the Baptist bears witness that Jesus is sent by the Father as Messiah. (5:32-35)
2 | Witness Two: Jesus' miracles bear witness that Jesus is sent by the Father as Messiah. (5:36) - John 10:25, 37-38
3 | Witness Three: The Scriptures bear witness that Jesus is sent by the Father as Messiah. (5:37-47)
How is Christ predicted in the Old Testament: 1. Prophecies (Genesis 3:15; 49:10; Psalm 110:1) 2. Pictures. Types. 3. Presence. There are occasions when God appears and speaks to man. (Exodus 3; Joshua 5) 4. Providence. Old Testament history is on a trajectory that leads to Jesus. (Ephesians 1:10) 5. Precepts. The Law was never the way to salvation-but to show our need for the Savior. 6. Problems. There are problems that only a Messiah-King can fix. 7. Promises. All the promises of new creation, resurrection, etc. (2 Corinthians 1:20)
(An Overview of Summer Retreat)
1 | So Much More God
2 | So Much More Love
3 | So Much More Planned
4 | So Much More Power
1 | The way of the godly man (1:1-3) A. His life from a negative view (v. 1) B. What regulates his life from a positive view (v. 2) C. The fruit of his life (v 3)
2 | The way of the ungodly man (1:4-5) A. Fruitless (v. 4) B. Full of judgment (v 5)
3 | The destinies of the two (1:6) A. The Lord knows the path of the righteous (v 6a) B. The path of the ungodly perishes (v 6b)
Application: 1. First, you must be born again and surrender daily to the lordship of Christ (Romans 12:1-2) 2. Delight and Meditate on God’s Word moment by moment (Psalm 1:2) 3. Live a life with roots drawing from the hidden resources of God (Psalm 1:3)
1 | The Controversy: Jesus breaks man's law (5:15-16)
2 | The Confession: Jesus is the eternal Son of God (5:17-29) A. Jesus shares one will with the Father every day (5:17-21) B. Jesus gives resurrection life to sinners in the present day (5:24) C. Jesus will raise the dead on the future day (5:25-26) D. Jesus will be the final judge on the last day (5:27-29)
1 | The universal helplessness of the human condition (5:1-5)
2 | The universal question addressing the human condition (5:6-7)
3 | The universal answer to the human condition (5:8-14)
1 | The judgment on the woman (3:16)
2 | The judgment on the man (3:17-19)
3 | Grace in judgment (3:20-24)
1 | Our dependent faith in Jesus is often awakened by crisis (4:43-47)
2 | The LORD often tests us in the crisis to validate our dependent faith in Jesus (4:48-49)
3 | Our dependent faith In Jesus always bears fruit (4:50-54) - Revelation 21:3-4
- The expectation of Biblical submission (5:22)
- The explanation for Biblical submission (5:23)
- The extent of Biblical submission (5:24)
What Submission Is Not: 1. Submission is not grounded in any superiority of the husband or inferiority of the wife. 2. Submission does not mean a wife is obligated to follow should her husband lead her into sin. 3. Submission does not mean silence from the wife.
What Submission Is: 1. Submission is the disposition to yield to the husband's leadership. 2. Submission is a commitment to support one's husband in a way that he may reach his potential as a man of God. 3. Submission fulfills the purpose of completing another. (Ephesians 5:31-33) 4. Submission is fundamentally an act of obedience to the Lord Jesus Christ.
1 | We are assured of a harvest because we sow (4:28-30) - Isaiah 1:18 - Isaiah 55:1 - Matthew 11:28 - Revelation 22:17
2 | We are assured of a harvest because Jesus was sent to sow (4:31-34) - Isaiah 14:13
3 | We are assured of a harvest because the fields are ripe (4:35-38) - Psalm 126:5
4 | We are assured of a harvest because of the power of the Gospel Word (4:39-41)
5 | We are assured of a harvest because Jesus is the Savior of the world (4:42)
1 | The curse on the serpent (3:14-15a) - Psalm 72:9 - Micah 7:17 - Isaiah 65 17 & 25
2 | The curse on the offspring of the woman (for a time) (Genesis 3:15b) - Genesis 24:60 - Genesis 22:17-18 - Psalm 72:17 - Psalm 72:4, 8-9, 18-19 - Numbers 24:17 - Isaiah 27:1 - Psalm 74:14 - Judges 4:21 - Judges 9:53 - 1 Samuel 17:49 - 1 John 3:8 - 1 John 3:5
- Romans 16:20
1 | Jesus tells her what she had done (4:16-20)
2 | Jesus tells her what He would do (4:21-25)
3 | Jesus tells her who He is (4:26)
1 | A Paranoid Plan Formulated (27:62-66)
2 | A Glorious Plan Fulfilled (28:1-10) Spurgeon on Jesus Tomb: 1. The condescension of Jesus Christ 2. The horror of sin 3. We too will die 4. We must see inside the tomb to see Jesus Christ has conquered death 5. We as believers shall also rise
3 | A Foolish Plan Failed (28:11-15)
1 | Our spiritual thirst compels the Savior (4:1-12) - Isaiah 55:1 - John 7:38-39
2 | The Savior compels the spiritually thirsty (4:13-14) - Psalm 42:1 - Isaiah 5:13 - Hosea 2:3 - Lamentations 4:4 - John 19:28 - John 19:30
1 | Alienated and Guilty (3:7)
2 | Alienated and Shamed (3:8)
3 | Alienated and Fearful (3:9-10)
4 | Alienated and Blame Gamer (3:10-11) - Romans 5:17
1 | Jesus is above all (3:31-34) - 1 Corinthians 15:47-49 - Matthew 7:28-29 - John 18:37
2 | Jesus has all authority (3:35-36) The Father's Love for the Son in the Gospel of John: - John 17:24 - John 10:17 - John 17:26 - John 15:9 - John 5:27 - John 17:2
1 | The False Witness (3:1a)
2 | The Method (3:1b-5)
3 | The Allurement (3:6a) - 1 John 2:16
4 | The Treason (3:6b)
5 | The Shame (3:7) - Deuteronomy 28:48
1 | When Jesus does not rule your heart, selfishness is the consistent vice (3:22-26) - Matthew 3:5 - Numbers 11:27-29
2 | When Jesus rules your heart, humility is a consistent virtue (3:27-30) - 1 Corinthians 4:7b
3 Creation Ordinance: 1. The Family (Wedlock) 2. Labor (Work) 3. Religion (Worship)
1 | Adam's Stress (2:18)
2 | Adam's Search (2:19)
3 | Adam's Solution (2:20-22)
4 | Adam 's Song (2:23)
5 | The LORD's Statute (2:24) - Ephesians 5:31
1 | We need the Savior so that our works do not condemn us before God (3:17-20)
2 | We need the Savior so that our works can commend us before God (3:21)
1 | Daniel's Character and Competency (6:1-3)
2 | Daniel's Enemies (6:4-10)
3 | Daniel's Vindication (6:11-28)
1 | The Highest Expression of God's Love: His only Son - John 3:16 Teaches Us: 1. The Cause of Salvation: the Love of God 2. The Object of God's Salvation: the World 3. The Means of Salvation: The Giving of the Son - 1 John 4:19
2 | The Appropriation of God's Love: Believe - 3 Key Elements to Saving Belief: 1. Comprehension 2. Conviction 3. Commitment
3 | The Blessing of God's Love: Eternal Life - Responding to God's Love: 1. Thanksgiving (Psalm 136:1) 2. Hope (Romans 8:32) 3. Love (1 John 4:11) 4. Live By Faith in the Son of God (Galatians 2:20) 5. Forgive (Ephesians 4:32-5:1) 6. Good works (Ephesians 2:1-6, 10) 7. Commitment to church life (Ephesians 3:17-21)
1 | The Command (3:1-7)
2 | The Charge (3:8-12)
3 | The Confrontation (3:13-18)
4 | The Companion (3:19-27)
5 | The Confession (3:28-30)
1 | The Person of Jesus is How These Things Can Be (3:10-13) - Proverbs 30:4 - Daniel 7:13
2 | The Work of Jesus is How These Things Can Be (3:14-15) - Numbers 21:4 - Numbers 21:7 - John 8:28 - John 12:32 - Acts 5:31 - Isaiah 52:13
1 | The enemies of the LORD speak (2:2-3)
2 | The LORD speaks (2:4-6)
3 | The Anointed One speaks (2:7-9)
4 | The poet preacher speaks (2:10-12)
1 | The example of Nicodemus: The embodiment of religious merit (3:1-2)
2 | The essentiality of the New Birth: The indictment on religious merit (3:3-8)
The Holy Spirit's Functions In John: 1. He's the Helper (14:26) 2. Teacher (14:26) 3. The One who enables true worship (4:23) 4. Life Giver (6:63)
1 | A garden entrusted to God's image bearers (2:8-14)
2 | A vocation entrusted to God's image bearers (2:8-14)
3 | A law entrusted to God's image bearers (2:8-14)
The Significance of the Covenant of Creation: 1. All mankind stands in covenant relationship to God. 2. This covenant was a relationship conditioned upon Adam's obedience.
1 | We Can Only Look on the Outward Appearance (2:23)
2 | The LORD Looks on the Heart (2:24-25)
Throughout the Gospel of John, Jesus knew what was in people: - Jesus knew the character of Simon (1:42) - Jesus knew what Nathanael was like (1:46ff). - Jesus told the Samaritan woman all that she had ever done (4:29). - Jesus knew the Jewish leaders did not have God’s love in their hearts (5:42) - Jesus knew that one of his twelve was not truly a believer (6:64) - Jesus knew the adulteress was repentant in her heart (8:10-11) - Jesus knew the murder in the hearts of his enemies (8:40ff) - Jesus knew Peter would betray him 13:38. - Jesus knew that each of his disciples would be scattered, each to his own home and would leave Jesus alone (16:32).
3 Criteria of Saving Faith: 1. An evangelical understanding and confession of the gospel. 2. Perseverance in the faith 3. Repentance from the idols
The pervasiveness of sin: - Our hearts are deceitfully wicked (Jer 17:9). - The mind and understanding are darkened (Eph 4:18) - The will is corrupted (Ro 3:11b) - Our eyes/ears are fallen (Mark 8:18) - Our foreheads are like brass (Is 48:3) - The hands are weak (Heb 12:12) - Our feet run to evil (Prov 1:16) - Our feet turn to evil (Prov 4:27) - Our feet are swift to shed blood (Rom 3:15) - Our necks are stiff necked (Acts 7:51) - Our necks are outstretched (Is 3:16) - Our emotions naturally rejoice at wrongdoing (Acts 13:6) - Our knees are weak (Heb 12:12b) - Our tongues flatter (Ps 5:9); boast (Ps 12:3), slander (Ps 15:3), deceive (Ro 3:13b)
1 | Zeal for the wrong pursuit (2:12-14)
2 | Zeal for the right pursuit (2:15-22)
Images that portray the death of Jesus in John: 1. The Slaying of the Lamb (1:29, 36) 2. The Serpent Lifted Up (3:14) 3. The grain of wheat falling in the earth and dying yet bearing fruit (12:24)
The Sabbath Command would look backwards to 2 things: 1. Creation Celebrated (Exodus 20:11) 2. Redemption Celebrated (Deuteronomy 5:15)
Options Regarding the Sabbath: 1. Seventh Day Sabbatarianism: The 4th commandment continues unaltered in the church 2. Lord’s Day Sabbatarianism: The 4th commandment is transferred to the 1st day 3. Lord’s Day Observance: Hebrews 10:25
1 | The Situation (2:1-2) - John 2:19 - John 4:43
2 | The Stress (2:3a) - Genesis 27:28 - Song of Solomon 1:2 - Deuteronomy 28:39 - Joel 1:10
3 | The Search (2:3b-4)
4 | The Solution (2:5-8) - Mark 7:3
5 | The New Situation (2:9-10)
6 | The Significance (2:11) - Amos 9:13 - Joel 2:13 - Isaiah 25:6-9
1 | Jesus is the hope of the ages, follow Him (1:43-50)
The Old Testament Prepares for Jesus Through: 1. Prophecies 2. Pictures 3. Presence 4. Providence 5. Precepts 6. Problems 7. Promises 8. Places
2 | Jesus is the place where we encounter God, follow Him (1:51)
1| The Gospel compels sinners to follow Jesus (1:35-37)
2 | The Gospel compels new disciples to abide with Jesus (1:38-39)
3 | The Gospel compels abiding disciples to share Jesus (1:40-42)
1| Seek God Earnestly (63:1-4) - Praying (v. 1) - Beholding (v. 2) - Being Grateful (v. 3) - Worshiping (v. 4)
2 | Be Satisfied in God Fully (63:5-8) - Praising (v. 5) - Remembering (v. 6a) - Meditating (v. 6b) - Confiding (v. 7) - Clinging (v. 8)
3 | Be Secure in God Completely (63:9-11) - Those who seek to destroy me will be destroyed (vv. 9-10) - Our response: we shall rejoice in God (v. 11a-b) - God’s response: God will shut up the mouths of liars (esp. the Liar of all liars.) (v. 11c)
1 | Fourth Day of Creation (1:14-19) - Ezekiel 8:16
2 | Fifth Day of Creation (1:20-23)
3 | Sixth Day of Creation (1:24-31) - Hebrews 2:6
1 | Behold The Lamb (1:29-30) Backstory to Jesus, the Lamb of God: 1. The Lamb Prophesied (Genesis 22:8) 2. The Lamb Slain and the blood applied (Exodus 12:3-29) 3. The Lamb typified (The sacrificial system in Leviticus) 4. The Lamb personified (Isaiah 53) 5. The Lamb magnified (Revelation 5:12) 6. The Lamb glorified (Revelation 22:1) 7. The Lamb identified (John 1:29)
2 | Behold the Spirit Anointed Son of God (1:31-34) - Luke 12:50 - Isaiah 11:2
1 | The Voice Was Not the Light (1:19-22) When we make it about us rather than Christ: 1. We may water down the truths/God’s word as to not offend 2. We may remain silent so as to not lose favor 3. We may manipulate the message so as to gain favor 4. We may remain faithful with the message but seek credit for what God has done 5. We may remain faithful to the message but take it personally when people don’t respond the way we want 6. We remain faithful but get jealous if another person or ministry has more fruit. - Malachi 4:5 - Deuteronomy 18:18
2 | The Voice Bears Witness to the Light (1:23-28) - Isaiah 39:6 - Isaiah 40:1
Thomas Watson's Ingredients of True Repentance: 1. Sight of Sin 2. Sorrow over Sin 3. Confession of Sin 4. Shame of Sin 5. Hatred of Sin 6. Turning from Sin