The Greatness of God (1Chronicles 29:10-13)
1Chronicles 29;10-13 The Greatness of God Is God worth it? The Context of 1Chronicles 29 Solomon is going to succeed him to the throne Solomon is going to build the Temple of God in Jerusalem. The people risk in their worship of God The Character of God Covenantal Father (1Chr 29:10, Dt 7:9, 2tim 2:13, 2Pt 3:9) Greatness (Ps 145:3, Is 6:1, 66:1, Ps 50:4 Powerful (Ps 65:6, 2Chr 20:6) Glorious (2Chr 3:6, Isa 3:18, Rev 4:5, 21:23) Victorious Majestic…
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…
The Prayer of Jonah – Jonah 1:17-2:10
Sermon Outline The Lord is in control (Jonah 1:4, 17, 4:6, -8) God uses a variety of means in order to reclaim his erring children. True Prayer Praying to his God (Jonah 2:1) True prayer claims YHWH as your God. True prayer is personal. (HC 120) True prayer is offered to a real, personal God. Recognition of the mess I am in (Confession) Distress is meant to drive us to God Physically Jonah is in distress. In the…
God of Storms – Jonah 1:9-16
Sermon Outline God is Actively Involved in our world God is Judge (Jon 1:3-4) God is judging the actions of Jonah. (Ps 7:11) God will judge all the unrepentant (Rev 20:11-15) God is Discipliner Discipline is about training people to obedience God wants us with our heart and mind to not only obey him, but to want to obey him therefore he disciplines us in order to: Exposes our sin Warns us about our sin Save us from our…
A Fleeing Prophet – Jonah 1:1-9
Sermon Outline Have you ever fled from something? Jonah the Prophet Who is Jonah? (2Kings 14:25) A Prophet (Eze 2:7-8) But so are you! ( Mt 28:19-20, Num 1:29, Joel 2:28-29, Acts 2:16-21) A servant – But so are you! (Luke 17:10, Rev 7:3) From Gath –hepher which means… Jonah’s name means ‘dove’. Doves are gentle, soft, (Song 1:15, 2:14, 4:1, Gen 8:8, Lev 1:14) Unfortunately Jonah isn’t going to display these qualities in this story. (Jon 4:2-3, 9)…
The Wickedness of Nineveh – Jonah 1:1-2
Sermon Outline Introduction Jonah (the Book) Prophecy A backwards book The Day of Atonement (Matt. 12:40) Nineveh’s History Nineveh was one of the four great cities of Assyria – also the capital. Archaeological Info. The scriptures tell us about Assyria and Nineveh, her capital: The city was founded by Nimrod, one of the sons of Cush (Gen 10:11) Assyria the bully (2Kings 15:19, 2Ki 15:29) The Sins of Nineveh and Assyria Nahum – 100-150 years after Jonah Evil &…
For God’s Glory – Luke 2:8-20
Sermon Outline Soli Deo Gloria Luke 2:8-20 Christmas is a scary holiday! Why were the shepherds terrified? (Luke 2:8-9) Shepherd, the manly men of the middle east. (Jer 50:44, 49:19, 1Sam 17:34-35) 2 Reasons (Luke 2:9) An Angel appeared (Dan 8:17, Lk 1:13, 30) God’s glory envelops We are sinners and should be terrified too. We deny God We try to work our way to God (James 2:1-, Isa 64:6) Only God can save us (Lk 2:10-14) The Incarnation glorified…