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Scripture: Psalm 23 I. The LORD my shepherd is with me. A. Sometimes our shepherd leads us through valleys of darkness (vs. 4). And those dark valleys are scary. We can’t see the enemies that are around us, but we know they are out there in the dark. The presence of the LORD my shepherd…
Scripture: Psalm 23 I. The LORD leads me into valleys of deep darkness. A. There is an alternative translation of David’s song that is found in the footnote of verse 4 which reads, “the valley of deep darkness.” What kind of danger would a sheep face in a valley of deep darkness? Enemies could ambush the sheep from…
Scripture: Psalm 23 I. The LORD leads me to rest. A. The rest of Psalm 23 is found in the sentence in vs. 2, “He leads me beside still waters.” The Hebrew for this verse literally reads “besides waters of rest.” The still waters then would be a resting place for the sheep. The ultimate resting place that God was…
Scripture: Psalm 23 I. Jesus the Shepherd provides what I need. A. There is a personal pronoun used four times in vs. 2 and 3. What does He provide? He makes me lie down. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He leads me in paths. The LORD is doing all this work to provide…
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…
