Sermons from May 2018

Sermons from May 2018

20 Esther – God will Deliver His People

  Sermon outline Family Feuds The Jews and their Enemies The Setting – Ahasuerus’ Reign, aka Xerxes I Persian King has wealth beyond comprehension. (Esther 1:6-7) Vashti’s refusal (Esther 1:19) Mordecai, a descendant of Benjamin (Esther 2:5, 1Sam 9:3) Haman the Agagite (Esther 3:1, 1Sam 15:2-8, 17:14-16, Judg 6:3) Esther, the chosen vessel A Beautiful Woman (Esther 2:9, 14-18, Prov 12:4, 31:10) The Impending Disaster Her Wisdom Fasting and prayer (Esther 4:16-17, Institutes 3.4.11) The call to prayer and fasting…

19 Providence, Pagans and the Worship of God (Ezra 1)

Sermon Outline   Providence Introductory Questions Providence defined (WCF 5.1, Belgic 13) Cyrus’ Decree Background (2Chr 36:17-21, 2Kin 24:14, 25:1-21, Ezra 1:1) Who was Cyrus? Historical Information Cyrus was prophesied about in the Scriptures (Isa 44:24, 28, 45:1-13) Jeremiah’s prophecies (Jer 16:14-15, 25:11, 30:3, 32:42-44) The Prophesy fulfilled People return to Jerusalem (Ezra 2:64-67, 1:7) People rebuild the Altar and restart the worship of God (Ezra 3:1-5) Worship is at the forefront of these returning exiles. Worship doesn’t require a…

18 Daniel – Being Faithful in times of exile & persecution

Sermon outline Introduction What does it look like to be faithful to God in a world which is hostile to Him? What does it look like to be faithful to God when the ruling powers want you to extend their government and that government is pagan? Secular? Antagonistic to God? What does it look like to be faithful when you are a minority in the midst of a majority culture and some in that majority want to see you dead?…

17 Only God can bring Life to the dead (Ezekiel 37:1-14)

17 Ezekiel 37:1-14 Only God can bring LIFE to the dead Testimony – David Richards Sermon Outline Judah no different than Israel (Jer 5:1, 2Ki 21:9, 2Chr 36:15-16) But there is hope in The Valley of Dry Bones Israel Dead and Shriveled (Eze 37:1-2) Can Israel be brought back to life? (Eze 37:3a) Can our dry bones, dead churches, lost children be brought back to God? God knows if Life can be given to the dead (Eze 37:3b) God restores…