The Hand of the Lord: 1. is mighty. 2. is dangerous and deadly against His enemies. 3. empowers His servants. 4. can be heavy to discipline His people. 5. will help His people. 6. will always be with His people today.

Introduction 1. Thanksgiving & Praise (v.1-2) 1 Samuel 1:28 ended, So they worshipped the LORD there. Here is the worship Hannah offered, and what she offered on the very day she left her little boy at the tabernacle, never for him to live in her home again. a) My heart rejoices in the Lord (1a): Note…

Time with Abba - Bible Reading Schedule Jan l Feb l Mar l Apr l May l Jun l Jul l Aug l Sep l Oct l Nov l Dec Date Psalms OT NT Proverbs 1/1 Ps 1:1-6 Gen 1:1-2:25 Matt 1:1-2:12 Prov 1:1-6 1/2 Ps 2:1-6 Gen 3:1 - 4:26 Matt 2:13-3:6 Prov 1:7-9 1/3 Ps 2:7-12 Gen 5:1 - 7:24 Matt 3:7-4:11 Prov 1:10-19 1/4…

Sermon: Jonah the Faithful Servant Apr.22, 2007 What is the Book of Jonah about? Well, it’s not simply about a great fish (mentioned only four times), or a great city (named nine times), or even a disobedient prophet (mentioned eighteen times). It’s about God! God is mentioned thirty-eight times in these…

The Husband of One Wife (1 Timothy 3:2; Titus 1:6) There are four interpretations: The Church The "one wife" in this interpretation is the church. This is a clumsy attempt on the part of Roman Catholic theologians to protect the unbiblical doctrine of the celibacy of priests. There is not the slightest…

Sermon Series 1 Corinthians “DIVISION” Undermines the Testimony of the Gospel I Corinthians 1:10-17 Sermon Manuscript Dr. D.E. Reaves, Pastor/Teacher SJBC- March 8, 2009 GET YOUR BIBLES AND OPEN THEM TO 1 COR 1:10-17. LAST SUNDAY WE BEGAN BEGINNING TO PREACH AND TEACH OUR WAY THROUGH THE BOOK OF 1 CORINTHIANS.…

1 John 3:1 Background 1 JOHN BASIC FACTS HISTORICAL SETTING The readers are believers (3:1–2) of Gentile background (5:21). Because John spent his later years at Ephesus, it is likely that the letter was written from that city to a nearby group of Asian churches with which John was personally acquainted.…

“What do you have that you did not receive? If then you received it, why do you boast as if you did not receive it?” [1] Our contemporaries, and likely we ourselves, esteem the rugged individual. We imagine that we are distinct from everyone else. We are taught in elementary school that there is no one…

Old Testament Survey Dr. Berrey Tuesday, February 08, 2005 Intro lecture 1:06 PM Class intro know everything related to things on the study guide the questions will be detailed sometimes things will come from footnotes chapter content points not necessary to know outline points Introduction to the Old…

Title: Reasons We Congregate Theme: Reasons for Congregational Worship Services Series: Girding up the Local Church Our key text today is written by King David (The Treasury of David; The Pulpit Commentary; Matthew Henry Commentary) and is part of a song that was to be sung as the people of God were…

Divorce. One of the most skipped topics on the Sermon on the Mount. Today we talk about divorce and what God and His Word says about it. For most, it may be hard to hear but God's Word is straight to the point. However, there is a way to discuss this topic that both glorifies God's Word, as well as brings relief to those un sure about it. Listen up!

Blessing and Responsibility ~ Genesis 1:28-30 Preached by Pastor Phil Layton at Gold Country Baptist Church on August 5, 2007 www.goldcountrybaptist.org Many of you know the names John and Charles Wesley, well-known for writing many of the hymns in our hymnal, whose ministry God used greatly at the same…

The Ideal Woman Proverbs 31:10-31 Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies. 11The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil. 12She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life. 13She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly…

Introduction: A.Last week we started a lesson series of the letter of Titus and we looked at some introductory material on the letter and the first 4 verses. B.Today we are going to continue this series here in Titus 1:5-9, if you have your Bibles please open up to this section and let us read it together.…

Ephesians 6:5-9 Let’s review the context. The larger context begins in Eph 5:15 with the command to be careful how you walk, not as unwise but as wise. Wise people do not waste time but “buy up the time intensively” because they realize that they are living in an evil age (5:16) and that time is a creation…

I. We all have priorities A. We all have those things that we think are more important than others 1. We have that one thing we invest more in than anything else 2. Tell me to what you pay attention, and I will tell you who you are. José Ortega y Gasset (1883-1955) 3. If we are known by what we do, and…

Deuteronomy 24:1-4 and the Issue of Divorce — J. Carl Laney Professor of Biblical Literature Western Conservative Baptist Seminary, Portland, Oregon Divorce and remarriage have become regarded by many evangelicals as viable solutions to intolerable marriages. Most of those who seek a biblical basis for…

Isaiah 2:1-4 Life in the Millennium “The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem. It shall come to pass in the latter days that the mountain of the house of the Lord shall be established as the highest of the mountains, and shall be lifted up above the hills; and all the nations…

The Dilemma of Belief. Have you ever had those moments when you wondered, “Is this really true?” Maybe life has gotten difficult. Maybe you have come to the Derailment of your hopes and dreams like Joseph, Mary’s husband, when he found out that his betrothed bride was pregnant after all his time and…

Palm Sunday Foretold by the Prophets 9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; He is just and endowed with salvation, Humble, and mounted on a donkey, Even on a colt, the foal of a donkey. 22 The stone which the builders rejected…

Part I Prolegomena Introduction to Theology 8 2006 I. Introduction to Prolegomena A. What is Prolegomena (the singular is Prolegomenon) 1. It is from the Greek pro/ + le/gw, meaning to say beforehand (Random House Dictionary, 2nd Ed., 1547). 2. It refers to "a preliminary discourse prefixed to a literary…

We have been looking at the passage of scripture in Luke 4:18-19, where Jesus was in the synagogue at Nazareth. The scroll of Isaiah was handed to Him and He found the place in Isaiah 61:1-2 and read it. Then He sat down and declared that He was the Messiah (The Anointed One) who had come to declare…

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 3:10–15 nasb Good Morning Kingdom Keys Family, There is a parable many of us are familiar with in Luke 6 , about two men who build houses for themselves. One builds on the rock (Christ) and one builds on the sand. About the one who build his life on the ‘rock’ (Christ), 48 he…

1 PETER Scot McKnight Introductory Materials to 1 Peter General Editor’s Preface TELEVISION AND NEWSPAPERS ARE FILLED these days with issues about religious freedom and the relationship between church and state. On the world scene the questions run the gamut from Are Christians really free in China?…

Singleness Single and Satisfied By June Hunt “Had any other condition been better for you than the one in which you find yourself, divine love would have placed you there.” —Charles Haddon Spurgeon DEFINITIONS A. What Does It Mean to Be Single? • The word single means “consisting of a separate, unique…