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 /…
“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 As a Gift of Substitutionary Atonement OUR…
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…
“Behold God’s Servant (pt 2) – Who Will Believe His Message?” (Isaiah 53:1-3) The Questions that tell us why some will Believe (v1) They tell us that the Servant’s work…concerns our salvation The tell us that God will save…using a message (c.f Rom 10) They tell us that not all will be saved They tell us…who will be saved (v1b, c.f. Romans…
His Effectual Service (v13) His Astonishing Suffering (v14) His Startling Reversal (v15)
Before you pray….Reflect on “this present time” “You suffer more because you don’t expect to suffer at all” (De Young) Gen 3:17 / Jn 16:33 / 2 Tim 3:12 / 1 Pt 4:12 / Rom 5:12 / Rom 8:18 / 1 Pt 5:8 / 1 Cor 15:26 / 2 Pt 3:11-13 Before you pray…. Deconstruct…