Read the Bible passage Sermon outline The key to the Psalms: “what God is like, not what we should do” • so we avoid moralism (we’re not OT Jews; only God is exemplary – He’s the main character in the Bible) • so we see how Jesus is the fullest revelation of what God is…
Read the Bible passage Sermon outline The God-enabled response that brings all of someone to respond to Him. What is Worship? • A rebellious people ransomed • Rebellion despite ransom • A faithful God Our Lives as Worship • Now • Romans 12:1-3 • Because of Eternity • Revelation 22:1-5 Our Golden Calves
Read the Bible passage Sermon outline Signs and wonders today? 1. An Amazing Miracle A sign 2. What does the sign point to? The significance of the Ark of the Lord A Sign for us? Miracles today? Matthew 12:38ff Preaching the sign today? Experiencing God today?
Read the Bible passage Sermon outline Not what you would expect… After chapter 1 Spies from Shittim Numbers 13 and 25 1. An Unusual hero (v2-7) 2. What do we learn from Rahab? Unexpected grace God can use anyone Matthew 1:5 1 Corinthians 1:26 The God who judges The nature of faith James 2:24-25
Read the Bible passage Sermon outline Not exactly earth shattering news The crisis Deuteronomy 34:10 Written for people like us – who face an uncertain future 1. How to Face the future with confidence – A positive attitude? – Joshua 1:2-5 – What has God promised us? 2. Taking hold of the Promises of God…
Joy of the Redeemed The desert and the parched land will be glad; the wilderness will rejoice and blossom. Like the crocus, 2 it will burst into bloom; it will rejoice greatly and shout for joy. The glory of Lebanon will be given to it, the splendor of Carmel and Sharon; they will see the glory of the Lord, the splendor of…
Read the Bible passage Sermon outline Making preparations Glory is coming… but Jesus is going (13:31-33) Life after Jesus = a life of witnessing love (13:34-35) = not self belief … (13:36-38) = … but hope-filled belief in God (14:1-4) = life with Jesus! (15:4-7) Life after Jesus in the Year of our Lord
Read the Bible passage Sermon outline Et tu, Brute? Surprising sovereignty (v. 18-20) Distress and confusion (v. 21-26) Betrayal (v. 27-30) “I am telling you now before it happens, so that when it does happen you will believe that I am who I am.”
Read the Bible passage Sermon outline Joe Louis. Boxer. Transition: the stage is set (v. 1) Scandal: the all-powerful slave (v. 2-5) Confusion: Peter blurts out what everyone’s thinking (v. 6-11) Model: following the master (v. 12-17) Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.
Read the Bible passage Sermon outline Darkness and light Jesus, the unbelievable arm of the Lord (v. 37-43) Jesus, the radiance of the Father (v. 44-46) Jesus, the speaker of salvation (v. 47-50) “I have come into the world as a light so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness.”