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Scripture: Genesis 29:1-30 I. God is at work in your happy times. A. There are no coincidences in God’s world. There are only the providences of God. And God in His providence had directed Jacob step by step to his family in Haran (vs. 1-6). Jacob was so overcome with emotion by seeing the beautiful Rachel and…
Scripture: Genesis 28:10-22 I. The grace of God surprises you. A. On his way to Haran (vs. 10), Jacob goes to a certain place in vs. 11 that appears to be the middle of nowhere. He falls asleep. But then God shows up in a dream. The same word is used three times in verses 12 and…
Scripture: Genesis 26:1-33 I. God gives promises to ordinary people. A. Genesis 26:1 says there was a famine in the land in the days of Isaac like the famine in the days of Isaac’s father Abraham that is recorded in Genesis 12. While Isaac was thinking about where to go to escape the famine, God appears to him and makes…
Scripture: Genesis 25:19-34 I. In trouble God answers prayer. A. Jacob’s parents, Isaac and Rebekah, are in trouble in Genesis 25. God Himself had given Isaac’s father Abraham a promise in Genesis 12:2 that from his family line would come a great nation. But Rebekah was barren (Gen. 25:21). So Isaac prayed for his wife (vs. 21) that she…
Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:14-18 & Ephesians 2:4-10 I. Jesus was given new life at His resurrection. A. 2 Corinthians 5:14, “One has died for all, therefore all have died.” Jesus died for sin, and we Christians died to sin with Jesus. Jesus then died on the cross as our substitute. Jesus took death and hell for us so that we…
Scripture: Colossians 3:8-11 & 1 Corinthians 15:51-54 I. You reflect God’s image by remembering that you have taken off Adam. A. In Colossians 3:8-9 we see commands for the church to put away angry attitudes and the bad words that come with rage. If Jesus lives in you, your words will necessarily change. The commands of the New Testament are…
Scripture: 1 Peter 2:25 & 1 Peter 5:1-4 I. Jesus and you compassionately gather the strays. A. In 1 Peter 2:24 we read the Good News of the Gospel. Jesus died on the cross for our sins. Then in verse 25 we read about the title Peter had for Jesus: the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls. Jesus leads you like…
Scripture: John 12:23-33 and John 17:20-26 I. Jesus and you are glorified in death. A. Jesus says in John 12:23, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.” The word glory means heavy or weighty. Christ’s glory, His greatness, was about to be revealed. How? “‘And I, when I am lifted up from the earth,…
2 Corinthians 3:16-18 and 1 Corinthians 15:42-49 I. The Holy Spirit transformed Jesus into a life-giving Spirit. A. We know that the Holy Spirit is the one who gives life because of what we read in 2 Corinthians 3:6: “The Spirit gives life.” The first person that the Holy Spirit gave bodily resurrection life to was Jesus. Romans 8:11: “If the Spirit of him…
Luke 3:4-6 & Acts 9:1-5 I. Jesus is risen and has been restored from exile to God. A. When God’s people sin, God often disciplines with exile away from Him and the Promised Land. Deuteronomy 28:36: “The Lord will bring you and your king whom you set over you to a nation that neither you nor your fathers have known. And there you shall serve other…
