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Scripture: Psalm 23 I. Yahweh is the shepherd of Psalm 23. A. When you see the English word LORD (vs. 1) in all capital letters in the Bible, you know that the Hebrew word Yahweh or Jehovah is being translated. God told Moses his personal name Yahweh in Exodus 3:13-14. God is I am. God is absolutely self-sufficient…
A Big God with a Big Mission Scripture: 3 John I. God’s big mission is one of truth and love. A. The apostle John uses the word truth four times in the first four verses of 3 John. And he uses the word love or beloved three times in the first two verses. The truth…
Scripture: Obadiah I. God will judge on the day of the LORD. A. On the day of the LORD God will judge His people’s enemies. He was going to judge Edom (vs. 1). The people of Edom were the descendants of Esau (vs. 6, 8, 9). Esau was the twin brother of Jacob who was the ancestor…
Scripture: Matthew 27:45-54 & Matthew 28:1-10 I. On Good Friday Jesus died as your substitute to bring you forgiveness. A. We read in Mathew. 27:45 that on Good Friday there was darkness over the land for 3 hours. This darkness was a sign of God’s judgment. This darkness was the fulfillment of the prophecy in Amos 8:9-10: “And on that day,” declares the Lord God,…
Scripture: Matthew 18:21-35 I. God won’t forgive the unforgiving because we’ve been forgiven for more than we’ll ever forgive. A. Jesus’ discussion of forgiveness in Matthew 18 is prompted by a question from Peter about how often to forgive. Jesus commands unlimited forgiveness (vs. 22). Jesus commands the opposite of what a man named Lamech said about himself in Genesis 4:24: “If…
Scripture: Matthew 26:26-29 I. Communion pictures an old forgiveness. A. Jesus celebrated the last supper with His disciples during the most important Jewish holiday of the year: Passover (Matthew 26:17). When the disciples participated in the last supper, they remembered an old forgiveness from God. They remembered how God had forgiven the sins of Israel on Passover night…
Scripture: Matthew 10:16-42 I. The divisiveness of Jesus leads to opposition from the world. A. “A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his master” (vs. 24) The world will treat you as a follower of Jesus in the same way they treated Jesus. And Jesus was crucified! “I am sending you out as…
Scripture: Matthew 9:35-10:15 I. Compassion is Jesus’s basic response to human need. A. Jesus was very busy (vs. 35). But He had compassion on all the people (vs. 36). By acting as a compassionate shepherd, Jesus fulfills the prophecy of Ezekiel 34:23-24: “And I will set up over them one shepherd, my servant David, and he shall feed them:…
Scripture: Matthew 9:1-17 I. Jesus came to forgive sin and change sinners. A. This was Jesus’ mission. Jesus says something totally unexpected in vs. 2: “Take heart, my son; your sins are forgiven.” Yes, the man needed healing. But sin is always our greatest problem, and therefore forgiveness is always our greatest need. The scribes thought Jesus was…
Scripture: Matthew 8:18-34 I. The real Jesus makes demands that are personal and costly. A. In vs. 18-22 we meet two men who said they wanted to be Jesus’ disciples. A scribe, a teacher of the law, is quick to make a promise to Jesus in vs. 19: “I will follow you wherever you go.” The real Jesus…
