2 Samuel 16:1-14: David’s enemies – Part One
Introduction: If I had to ask you what is one of the most destructive weapons at man’s disposal; what would you name? Over and over again the bible names the tongue. James 3:6, ‘And the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, staining the whole body, setting on fire the entire course of life, and set on fire by hell.’ This verse tells us that the tongue is truly a weapon of mass destruction. It creates a whole world of unrighteousness, it stains the whole body, it sets on fire one’s...
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Revelation 8:6-12: The 7 trumpets
Sorry, no audio recording is available. Outline How to read the Trumpets The first 4 Trumpets Introduction Some of the scariest portions of the bible are those where God sends His ministers not to soften sinners for salvation but to harden sinners for judgement. We see an example of this in the ministry off Isaiah. In Isaiah 6 Isaiah has his throne room experience where he sees the Holy One and is then cleansed and then set apart for ministry. He is set apart to a ministry of hardening, 6:8-10, ‘And I heard the voice of the Lord saying,...
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Revelation 6: The 7 seals: Part Two
Outline The details of the judgement The day of judgement Introduction If you were part of a suffering church and many of your friends and family had been martyred, and then God wrote you a letter to comfort you, what would you expect to find in that letter? A traditional promise of comfort, which would seem like cold comfort to us today is God’s promise to judge the persecutors of His people. It might seem a very strange promise to make but it really is greatest one. Think back to the very beginning when satan tempted Adam and Eve...
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Romans 10:14: What about the unevangelised? Part Two
Introduction: Today if you ask someone, ‘What is your biggest problem with Christianity?’ The answer that often comes is, ‘Christianity is too exclusive.’ In other words, we are seen to be dogmatic, intolerant, arrogant and oppressive for trying to get everyone to believe as we do. In our age of secular materialism and humanism Christianity with its insistence upon truth and the exclusive need for salvation in Christ is at best and annoyance to be ignored and marginalised, at worst a poisonous enemy to be crushed. Timothy Keller in his book ‘The Reason for God’ outlines three reactions that...
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Revelation 1:7-8: The Second Coming of Christ
Introduction: How does God comfort His people when they are innocent and being persecuted and hunted to death? He reminds them of the final judgement when all enemies will be crushed all, debts will be paid in full, and the new creation will be brought to never be undone. All pain, injustice, sin, enemies, and all that harasses God’s people and diminishes God’s glory and reign will be gone. There are some very hard words coming in the book of Revelation that will require Christians to pay with their lives to be faithful witnesses. They will need their minds...
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