Sermon Outline Confusion about Holy Spirit among many Christians Who is the Holy Spirit? Setting (Acts 2:1) Day of Pentecost = Feast of Weeks 1 of 3 annual feasts to be kept by all Jews (Exo 23:16, Lev 23:15-22, Dt 16:9-12) These were to be a time of rejoicing (Dt 16:11) First feast is…
Sermon Outline God where are you? Elijah’s Test of Faith (1Ki 17:7 A victim of his own prayer. God’s intervention (1Ki 17:8) A call to outside the expected (1Ki 17:9, Luke 4:25-26) To the Crucible To a Widow The widow’s test of Faith A Demanding Prophet Be inconvenienced for me (1Ki 17:10) Give me your…
Sermon 1Kings 17;1-7 Elijah and the Drought National Apostasy Cry for a King (1Sam 8-10) 1Sam 8:5 “…Give us a king to lead us, such as all the other nations have.” Saul (1Sam 9-31) 40 years David (1Sam 16-2Sam) 40 years Solomon (1Ki 1:28ff) 40 years Kingdom Divided Every person who wants to…
Sermon Outline 1Thessalonians 2;17-3;13 Praying in love for others (Read whole passage, focus on 3:11-13) Who is Paul praying for? Converts that he had personally evangelized. Considers them his children (1Th 2:17) Considers them brothers (1Th 1:4, 2:1, 9, 14, 3:7, 4:1, 10, 13, 5:1, 4, 12, 14, 25-27) How can we pray…
Sermon Outline 1Kings 17:1-7 About Elijah An ordinary Man who loves God (1Ki 19:10). Appears out of Nowhere (1Ki 17:1a) Gilead, a clan or a territory (Num 26:29, Josh 22:9) Other important events occurred here (Gen 32:1-2, 22-32, Judg 11:29-40) Prophet Stands in the presence of God (1Ki 17:1, 5) Knows the Word of the…
Romans 8:18 Comfort is not the goal Sermon Outline Scripture talks a lot about being comforted but never of being comfortable! (Mt 5:3, 2Cor 1:3-4, 7:6, 1Th 3:7) Suffering is part of the Christian life (Jn 16:33) Risk: The opposite of comfortable Scriptural examples of Comfort not being the Goal Consider the life…
Gratitude leads to Risking for God Romans 11;32-33 12:1-2 Sermon Outline Introduction – What causes people to risk greatly for God? The Problem: Disobedience, Sin (Rom 11:32a, Lk 5:6, Josh 6:1) we are all sinners, disobedient to God, Every single person, whether part of the OT Covenant people of God…
Risking for the Rewards of Heaven SERMON OUTLINE Risk versus Reward 3 Triads repeated 3 times (Luke 6:27-35) Love your enemies (Rom 11:28, 5:10) Enemies – anyone who harmed you or seeks your harm Love them (Lk 6:27, Mk 10:45, Jn 13:34, 15:9) Is Not Easy Always Returned or responded to at first A…
Sermon Outline 9 Things about the Love of God The Love of God is Trinitarian (Jn 3:35, 5:20, 14:30-31, 15:15, 14:15) The Love of God is Unbounded (Ps 36:5, Jer 31:3, Eph 3:19) The Love of God is Priceless (Ps 36:7) The Love of God is Unfailing (Ps 48:9, 52:1, 8, Rom 8:32) The Love…