Sermon Tone Analysis

Sermon: Ebednezer (1 Sam.7:12)

 

*Defeat at Ebenezer* (1Sam.4:1-3)

Reason: Went to battle in their own strength!

The sins of the people:  Judges 17:6; 18:1; 19:1; 21:25

The sins of the priests:  1Sam.2:12-35

*Defeat at Ebenezer* (1Sam.4:3-11)

Reason: they focused more external rather than the internal

Focused on the Gift than the Giver, the Blessing than the Blesser ,

The error of depending /more/ on something or someone other than God

Ark of the covenant mentioned 35 xs (4:12 - 7:1)

 

*Victory at Ebenezer*  (1Sam.7:2-13)

Reason: they trusted in the Lord…..they Repented, Confessed, Called on God,

 

Year 2007 (at end of yr say EBENEZER                      Year 2008 (at beg say: JEHOVAH-JIREH

(Highs are when you trust God, Lows when you don’t)

Jan                                                          Feb                                                         Mar

Apr                                                         May                                                       June

July                                                         Aug                                                         Sept

Oct                                                          Nov                                                        Dec

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Hudson Taylor, had a plaque displayed in each of his residences that read “Ebenezer—Jehovah Jireh,” Together, these Hebrew words say, “The Lord has helped us to this point, and He will see to it from now on.”

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Jacob set up a memorial at Bethel (Gen.

28:20–22; 35:14).

Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of the Jordan (Josh.

4:9)

Joshua set up 12twelve stones on western bank at Gilgal to mark the place where the  

   waters opened and Israel crossed into the Promised Land (vv.

4:1–8, 19–21).

Joshua set up a “witness stone” to remind the Israelites of their vow to serve the Lord alone   

    and obey Him (24:26–28)

Heap of stones in Achor Valley reminded the Jews of Achan’s disobedience (vv.

7:24–26)

Faithful or faithfulness or faith (412xs)

 

Gen 24:27  saying, “Praise be to the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who has not abandoned his kindness and *faithfulness* to my master.

As for me, the Lord has led me on the journey to the house of my master’s relatives.”

Gen 32:10 I [Jacob] am unworthy of all the kindness and *faithfulness* you have shown your servant.

I had only my staff when I crossed this Jordan, but now I have become two groups.

Exod 34:6 And he passed in front of Moses, proclaiming, “The Lord, the Lord, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and *faithfulness,*

Deut 7:9 Know therefore that the Lord your God is God; he is the *faithful* God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commands

Deut 32:4 He is the Rock, his works are perfect, and all his ways are just.

A *faithful* God who does no wrong, upright and just is he.

2 Sam 22:26 “To the faithful you show yourself *faithful*, to the blameless you show yourself blameless,

Ps 18:25 To the faithful you show yourself *faithful,* to the blameless you show yourself blameless,

Ps 25:10 All the ways of the Lord are loving and *faithful *for those who keep the demands of his covenant.

Ps 30:9 “What gain is there in my destruction, in my going down into the pit?

Will the dust praise you?

Will it proclaim your *faithfulness*?

Ps 33:4 For the word of the Lord is right and true; he is *faithful* in all he does.

Ps 36:5 Your love, O Lord, reaches to the heavens, your *faithfulness* to the skies.

Ps 40:10 I do not hide your righteousness in my heart; I speak of your *faithfulness* and salvation.

I do not conceal your love and your truth from the great assembly.

Ps 54:5 Let evil recoil on those who slander me; in your *faithfulness* destroy them.

Ps 57:3 He sends from heaven and saves me, rebuking those who hotly pursue me;/Selah/ God sends his love and his *faithfulness.*

Ps 57:10 For great is your love, reaching to the heavens; your *faithfulness* reaches to the skies.

Ps 61:7 May he be enthroned in God’s presence forever; appoint your love and *faithfulness *to protect him.

Ps 71:22 I will praise you with the harp for your *faithfulness,* O my God; I will sing praise to you with the lyre, O Holy One of Israel.

Ps 85:10 Love and *faithfulness *meet together; righteousness and peace kiss each other.

Ps 85:11 *Faithfulness* springs forth from the earth, and righteousness looks down from heaven.

Ps 86:15 But you, O Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and *faithfulness.*

Ps 88:11 Is your love declared in the grave, your faithfulness in Destruction?

Ps 89:1 A /maskil/ of Ethan the Ezrahite.

I will sing of the Lord’s great love forever; with my mouth I will make your faithfulness known through all generations.

Ps 89:2 I will declare that your love stands firm forever, that you established your faithfulness in heaven itself.

Ps 89:5 The heavens praise your wonders, O Lord, your faithfulness too, in the assembly of the holy ones.

Ps 89:8 O Lord God Almighty, who is like you?

You are mighty, O Lord, and your faithfulness surrounds you.

Ps 89:14 Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne; love and faithfulness go before you.

Ps 89:24 My faithful love will be with him, and through my name his horn will be exalted.

Ps 89:33 but I will not take my love from him, nor will I ever betray my faithfulness.

Ps 89:49 O Lord where is your former great love which in your faithfulness you swore to David?

Ps 91:4 He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart.

Ps 92:2 to proclaim your love in the morning and your faithfulness at night,

Ps 98:3 He has remembered his love and his faithfulness to the house of Israel; all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.

Ps 100:5 For the Lord is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations.

Ps 108:4 For great is your love, higher than the heavens; your faithfulness reaches to the skies.

Ps 111:7 The works of his hands are faithful and just; all his precepts are trustworthy.

Ps 111:8 They are steadfast for ever and ever, done in faithfulness and uprightness.

Ps 115:1 Not to us, O Lord, not to us but to your name be the glory, because of your love and faithfulness.

Ps 117:2 For great is his love toward us, and the faithfulness of the Lord endures forever.

Praise the Lord.

Ps 119:75 I know, O Lord, that your laws are righteous and in faithfulness you have afflicted me

Ps 119:90 Your faithfulness continues through all generations; you established the earth, and it endures.

Ps 138:2 I will bow down toward your holy temple and will praise your name for your love and your faithfulness, for you have exalted above all things your name and your word.

Ps 143:1 O Lord, hear my prayer, listen to my cry for mercy; in your faithfulness and righteousness come to my relief.

Ps 145:13 Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and your dominion endures through all generations.

The Lord is faithful to all his promises and loving toward all he has made.

Ps 146:6 the Maker of heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them— the Lord, who remains faithful forever.

Isaiah 1:26 I will restore your judges as in days of old, your counselors as at the beginning.

Afterward you will be called the City of Righteousness, the Faithful City.”

Isaiah 11:5 Righteousness will be his belt and faithfulness the sash around his waist.

Isaiah 16:5 In love a throne will be established; in faithfulness a man will sit on it— one from the house of David— one who in judging seeks justice and speeds the cause of righteousness.

Isaiah 25:1 O Lord, you are my God; I will exalt you and praise your name, for in perfect faithfulness you have done marvelous things, things planned long ago.

Isaiah 38:18 For the grave cannot praise you, death cannot sing your praise; those who go down to the pit cannot hope for your faithfulness.

Isaiah 38:19 The living, the living—they praise you, as I am doing today; fathers tell their children about your faithfulness.

Isaiah 42:3 A bruised reed he will not break, and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out.

In faithfulness he will bring forth justice;

 

 

Isaiah 49:7 This is what the Lord says— the Redeemer and Holy One of Israel— to him who was despised and abhorred by the nation, to the servant of rulers: “Kings will see you and rise up, princes will see and bow down, because of the Lord, who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen you.”

Isaiah 55:3 Give ear and come to me; hear me, that your soul may live.

I will make an everlasting covenant with you, my faithful love promised to David.

Isaiah 61:8 “For I, the Lord, love justice; I hate robbery and iniquity.

In my faithfulness I will reward them and make an everlasting covenant with them.

Jeremiah 42:5 Then they said to Jeremiah, “May the Lord be a true and faithful witness against us if we do not act in accordance with everything the Lord your God sends you to tell us.

Lamentations 3:23 They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.

Hosea 2:20 I will betroth you in faithfulness, and you will acknowledge the Lord.

Hosea 11:12 Ephraim has surrounded me with lies, the house of Israel with deceit.