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Jonah (Conclusion)

9/11/2016

Points of Interest
Jonah (conclusion)
I. Call to Worship: Psalm 96
II. Offering passage: II Cor. 9:7,8
III. Scripture references:

Heb. 1:1,2 – “God, after He spoke long ago to the fathers in the prophets in many portions and in many ways, in these last days has spoken to us in His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the world.”
Ps. 51:3,5,6 – “I know my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me … behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me …Behold, You desire truth in the innermost being, And in the hidden part You will make me know wisdom.”
Luke 19:10 – “For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.”
Lam. 3:22,23 – “The faithful love of the LORD never ends! His mercies never cease. Great is his faithfulness; his mercies begin afresh each morning.”
I John 3:16 – “by this we know love, that He laid down His life for us and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers”
Heb. 12:2 – “fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross …”

IV. Cross-references:

V. Quotes:

Jerry Bridges (“Transforming Grace”) - ‘the realization that my daily relationship with God is based on the infinite merit of Christ instead of on my own performance is very freeing and joyous experience’

9/4/2016

Points of Interest
Jonah 4:5-11
I. Call to Worship: Psalm 96
II. Offering passage: II Cor. 9:7,8
III. Scripture references:

Rom. 11:33-35 – “Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and unfathomable His ways! For WHO HAS KNOWN THE MIND OF THE LORD, OR WHO BECAME HIS COUNSELOR? Or WHO HAS FIRST GIVEN TO HIM THAT IT MIGHT BE PAID BACK TO HIM AGAIN?”
Rom. 3:4 – ‘let God be true, and every man a liar’
James 1:20 - ‘that the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God’
Rom. 10:14 – “How then will they call on Him in whom they have not believed? How will they believe in Him whom they have not heard? And how will they hear without a preacher?”
Phil. 1:6 – “For I am confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus”
Rom. 8:29 – “For those whom He foreknew, He also predestined to become conformed to the image of His Son …”
2 Cor. 3:18 – “And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being changed into his likeness, from one degree of glory to another; for this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.”
1 John 3:2 - “Beloved, we are God’s children now and it does not yet appear what we shall be but we know that when he appears, we will be like him, for we shall see him as he is.”

IV. Cross-references:

V. Quotes:

Jerry Bridges “Transforming Grace” - ‘if we are to succeed in living by grace, we must come to terms with the fact that God is sovereign in dispensing His gracious favours, and He owes us no explanation when His actions do not correspond with our system of merits’
Spurgeon – ‘God’s mercy is so great that you may sooner drain the sea of its water, or deprive the sun of its light, or make space too narrow, than diminish the great mercy of God’