Together for the Gospel (Phil. 1:3-11) 1. Together in Prayer – v.3-4 –Pray with interest and care -v.3. –Pray with joy and thanksgiving – v.3-4. –Pray always – v.4. –Pray for all – v.4.. –Partnership in the gospel results in prayer – v.5. –Eternal security as motivation for prayer – v.6 –cf. 1 […]
Psalm 23:1-6 1 The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. 2 He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. 3 He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. 4 Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of […]
The Mistakes that Might Accompany a “Quiet Time” 1. Forming Absolutes that Scripture does not (c.f Mt 15:9) 2. Personalizing Worship in an Unbiblical Way (c.f. Lev 10:1ff) 3. An ‘Unblessed Assurance’ (c.f. Mt 15:8 / Mt 7:21) 4. Mechanical Religious Duty 5.Ritualistic Tendencies – securing grace / sacramentalism 6. Legalistic Guilt over missing a Quiet Time 7. Errors relating to […]
I Will Finish Well…. 1.If I will Trust the Lord through my Weaknesses Ps 70:1, 6, 14, 18, 23 etc / Job 13:15 2.If I am Proclaiming the Lord to the Next Generation Ps 70:15-16, 18 / Dt 6:7-9 3.If I am still Serving Christ to the Uttermost, as Allowed by Providence Ps 70:18 / […]
1. The Benefit of the Question 2 Corinthians 13:5 / Hebrews 12:11 2. The Tests we must all Take A Test of Confession (Rom 10:9-10 / 1 Jn 1:8-10) A Test of Doctrine (Rom 10:9-10 / 1 Jn 4:2-3 / 1 Cor 15:3-4 / Gal 1:7-8 / 1 Tim 4:16) A Test of Obedience / Righteousness (Gal […]
“Behold God’s Servant (pt 5) – Resurrected & Victorious” “10 Yet it was the will of the Lord to crush Him; He has put Him to grief; when His soul makes an offering for guilt, He shall see His offspring; He shall prolong His days; the will of the Lord shall prosper in His hand. 11 Out of the anguish of His […]
“Behold God’s Servant (Part 4) – Tried & Executed” Isaiah 53:7-9 7 He was oppressed, and He was afflicted, yet He opened not His mouth; like a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and like a sheep that before its shearers is silent, so He opened not His mouth. 8 By oppression and judgment He was taken […]
An Argument from the Language of Salvation John 3:1-8 / 1 Cor 6:20 / Col 1:20 / Rev 5:9 / Rom 5:1 John 3:36 – “has eternal life” (c.f. Jn 5:24) An Argument from the Love of the Father Gal 4:7 / Romans 8:15-16 / 1 John 3:1 Eph 3:14-19 An Argument from the Care […]
He will be Tormented at the Hands of Men Pierced, Crushed, Chastised, Scourged Psalm 22 / Matthew 27:28-43 As Decreed by the Hand of His Father Acts 2:22-23 / Acts 4:24-28 / Isaiah 53:10 & Isaiah 53:6 Because of the Sinfulness of Sin Transgression, Iniquity, Corruption, Evil Isaiah 1:4-6 / Deuteronomy 21:23 / Romans 6:23 […]
1. The Christian’s Experience of Doubt Doubt is not uncommon in Scripture, nor in Church History Examples – Thomas (John 20) / John the Baptist (Luke 7) / some of the disciples (Matthew 28:16-17) / post-Pentecost Christians (Jude 22) / David (Psalms) / Zechariah (Luke 1) / etc… Doubt might be triggered by trauma (failed […]