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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…
Isaiah 42:1-7 & Acts 26:16-23 I. Jesus and you have a mission to open people’s eyes to see Jesus. A. Isaiah 42:1 is a prophecy about a coming servant. Who is this servant? We find out when Jesus is baptized in Matthew 3:16-17: “And when Jesus was baptized, immediately he went up from the water, and behold, the heavens were opened to…
John 20:1-10 & John 6:47-59 I. You can be resurrected by trusting that Christ died for you. A. We read the details of Jesus’ historical resurrection in John 20. It was what John had seen and not seen in Jesus’ tomb that made him believe that Jesus rose from the dead (John 20:8). In John 6:4 we see that Jesus does…
Revelation 1:4-6 I. Jesus and you are kings who make God known to the world. A. The seven churches of Asia (vs. 4) faced the hostility of Roman power and the seduction of Roman wealth. But their main task was the same as our main task: to make disciples. To make God known in the…
