Sermons from February 2017

Sermons from February 2017

The God who seeks and saves the Lost

Sermon Outline Jonah 4:4-11 The God who seeks and saves the lost Scattering Seed in the Sahel[1] Recalling Jonah Jonah responds like a sulking child who runs away from his father’s question. He refuses to answer (Jonah 4:2) God as one who sows in tears to seek and save the lost As Teacher to Jonah A Living Parable (Jonah 4:6, 7, 8) The Vine – Symbol for the people of God (Ps 80:8, Jer 2:21) The Worm – Symbol of…

Issues of the Heart (Jonah 3:10-4:3)

Sermon Outline     A Confession: I am Jonah! My heart is just like Jonah’s heart Do you identify? 4 Problems with Jonah’s heart Mistaken priorities (Jonah 3:10-4:1) Confused repentance for being evil (Lk 15:7) Jonah thinks that God’s grace to Nineveh is unfortunate. Why? Any number of reasons: Maybe Jonah is more concerned about his reputation than about God’s work in the world. Might Jonah be upset that he will look like a liar to the Ninevites? (Jonah 3:4)…

Sent Again, Repentance and A Saved City

  Sermon Outline   Jonah 3;1-10 Sent Again, a City Saved.   Repentance requires a Preacher (Jonah 3:1-2) God has always worked through preachers. (Rom 10:14) What kind of preacher was Jonah? Sinner A Saved Sinner God grants a sinner the opportunity to be trusted and used again in service to the Lord. Arise – term given to prophets to tell them it is time to start the work. (1Kin 21:18, Jer 1:17, Ezek 3:22, Mic 2:10, 1Sam 23:4) Who…

Yours for the asking – 1 John 5:14-15

Yours for the asking The story of the hungry voyager God’s good graces are ours for the asking. God urges us to ask for ourselves God wants us to _____________________ God wants us to ask for _____________________________ God want us to _________________ asking. God wants us to ask “________________________” When we ask this way, we can ask with ___________________________ Right asking entails ____________ and _____________ (James 1:6; 1 John 2:31:23) God promises to grant our requests God promises to hear…