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Scripture: Exodus 12:21-23 | John 1:29-36 I. We are saved through judgment. A. We see who is going to be judged in the Passover in Exodus 12:23: the Egyptians. God said Israel was his firstborn son (Ex. 4:22-23). God told Pharaoh and Egypt to let his son go to worship Him. If Pharaoh did not…

Scripture: Exodus 2:23-25 | John 8:34-36 I. Your Christian story is one of freedom from sin to serve God. A. How does God respond to Israel’s groaning (Exodus 2:23)? God cares. “God heard… God remembered… God saw… God knew” (Exodus 2:24-25). Jesus’ response to those who say they are free is, “Actually, you are not…

Exodus 12:33-36 | John 12:32-34 God’s Salvation Means Leaving Something Behind Slaves to Egypt “The Egyptians were urgent with the people to send them out of the land in haste. For they said, “We shall all be dead” So the people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneading bowls being bound up in…

Scripture: Genesis 2:18-25 | Ephesians 5:25-33 I. Marriage is about your spouse. A. Your focus in marriage is not about yourself and meeting your own needs. Your focus is on your spouse. The fact that Eve is a helper (Genesis 2:18) means that by definition she is not in this marriage to focus on herself.…

1 Corinthians 5:9-13 I. Living together doesn’t make sense to God because it is sexually immoral. A. 1 Corinthians 5 describes an unusually perverse living arrangement. In verse 1 we read about a man in the church who has his father’s wife. In verse 1, Paul calls this behavior sexual immorality. And in vs. 9…

Scripture: Psalm 72 / Matthew 2:1-6, 11 I. We need the righteousness and peace and prosperity of King Jesus. A. In the first two verses of his prayer for Solomon, King David prays twice for Solomon to rule with justice and righteousness. David’s prayer for Solomon to crush the oppressor (vs. 4) went far beyond…

Psalm 66 & Psalm 98 Come and See “Come and see what God has done: he is awesome in his deeds toward the children of man.” (Psalm 66:5) “Who is like you, O LORD, among the gods? Who is like you, majestic in holiness, awesome in glorious deeds, doing wonders?” (Exodus 15:11) “When the angels…

Scripture: Psalm 45 The King’s Victory (v2-5) “In your majesty ride out victoriously” (v4) “The Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.” (John 1:14) “Where is he who has been born king of the Jews?…

Scripture: Psalm 59 I. The king wins because he is strong. A. At first, it appears like King David’s enemies are stronger than he is. Verse 3 says that “fierce men stir up strife against me.” The word fierce in this verse literally means strong or mighty. David says his enemies are like dogs (vs.…

Scripture: Psalm 57 I. The king and his people trust God’s promises under pressure. A. David, the author of Psalm 57, was Israel’s true king. He had been anointed as king by Samuel in 1 Samuel 16. But by 1 Samuel 22 David has escaped to a cave as his hiding place from Israel’s rejected…

Scripture: Psalm 42 and 43 I. When you lose your joy, remember what God has done in the past. A. The singer, one of the Sons of Korah, wanted to be in the house of God to worship God (Psalm 42:4). He wanted to be in Jerusalem. But he was far from Jerusalem. He was…

Scripture: Psalm 23 I. The Lord my shepherd-king provides for me. A. Perhaps, when David thought about how God had provided for all his needs as his shepherd (vs. 1), he thought back on how God had been a shepherd to Israel. Deuteronomy 2:7: “For the Lord your God has blessed you in all the work of…

Scripture: Psalm 22 The Suffering Savior was Forsaken by God (v1-2) ““And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli lema sabachthani” That is “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me” (Matthew 22:46) “For our sake, (God) made him to be sin who knew no sin, so…

Scripture: Psalm 20 I. You can pray with confidence when you pray for righteous causes. A. Psalm 20:1 makes it clear that Israel needs God’s help at this time. Before a particular battle King David has gone to the tabernacle to pray. And while he prays to God at the corner of the altar for…

Scripture: Psalm 11 I. When your world is threatened, you can choose flight. A. At the end of verse 1 we see how King David was tempted. He is taunted by some wicked people who tell him, “Flee like a bird to your mountain.” Why was King David in such danger? Verse 2 says his…

Scripture: Matthew 22:41-46 I. The Messiah is the Son of David. A. At the close of Matthew 22, the Pharisees (vs. 41) are gathered around Jesus. Jesus asks them an academic question in vs. 42: “What do you think about the Christ? Whose son is he?” Jesus is directing the religious leaders to the real…

Scripture: Matthew 16:13-18 The Most Important Question The Son of Man “Who do people say that the Son of Man is? (v13) “I saw in night visions, and behold, with the clouds of heaven there came one like a son of man, and he came to the Ancient of Days and was presented before him.…

Scripture: John 21:15-17 I. You know you love Jesus if you repent after you sin. This conversation between Jesus and Peter in John 21 takes place after Jesus has been raised from the dead. On the night before Jesus died, Peter had denied even knowing Jesus. How painful this must have been for Peter. What…

Scripture: Matthew 7:1-6 I. We see specks in others because we like to play God. A. The word judge (vs. 1) has a wide range of meanings. Sometimes, we speak about judging in terms of evaluating or analyzing a person’s behavior. And sometimes we speak about judging in terms of a judge condemning someone in…

Sermon Outline Scripture: Matthew 9:27-31 I. You should respond with faith to Jesus’ authority. A. Right before the blind men approach Jesus in Matthew 9:27, Jesus has just performed two astounding miracles out in the open (vs. 20 and 25). The blind men called Jesus Son of David. The Son of David was the Messiah.…

Sermon OUtline Scripture: John 1:35-42 I. You should seek Jesus because you want to follow Him. A. In John 1 we see John the Baptist handing off his ministry to Jesus. The last of the old covenant prophets stood face to face with the one who fulfilled all those prophecies: Jesus. Jesus notices that he…

Luke 1:26-38 “For nothing will be impossible with God.” (v37) Faith is possible when you remember that God is with you And he came to her and said, ‘Greetings, O favored one, the Lord is with you!’” (v28) “Behold the virgin shall conceive and bear a son and they shall call his name Immanuel (which…

Sermon Outline Scripture: Luke 2:8-20 I. You respond in faith when you hear well. A. The message of the angel to the shepherds is found in vs. 10-12. This is great news. It is news that would bring joy to all of the Jewish people. How did the humble shepherds respond to this news? They…

Scripture: Matthew 2 I. Since Jesus alone is king, Jesus is a threat to everyone who wants to be king. We see how threatened King Herod felt when he was told about the birth of King Jesus. The wise men do find Jesus, but when they find him, they don’t go back to tell King…

SErmon Outline Scripture: Matthew 1:18-23 I. The fact that Jesus has two fathers means Jesus is God. A. We first learn that Jesus’ father is God in vs: 18. We see there that God the Holy Spirit is the father. The human life growing in the womb of Mary was a supernatural miracle performed by…