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Hebrews 1:2,3

12/4/2016

Points of Interest
Hebrews 1:2,3
I. Call to Worship: Psalm 141:1,2
II. Offering passage: Exodus 35:4,21
III. Scripture references:

John: 21:25 - “And there are also many other things which Jesus did, which if they were written in detail, I suppose that even the world itself would not contain the books that would be written”
Phil. 2:10,11 “… that at the name of Jesus EVERY KNEE WILL BOW, of those who are in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and that every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.”
John 1:3 – “all things came into being by Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being”
John 8:12 – “I AM the light of the world; he who follows Me shall not walk in the darkness, but shall have the light of life”
John 1:4 - “… In Him was life, and the life was the Light of men.”
Col. 2:9 – “for in Him all the fullness of Deity dwells in bodily form”
John 14:8,9– “Lord, show us the Father, and it is enough for us.” Jesus answered him: “Have I been so long with you, and yet you have not come to know Me, Philip? He who has seen Me has seen the Father; how can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?”
Jude 24,25 – ‘Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling, and to make you stand in the presence of His glory blameless with great joy, to the only God our Saviour, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion and authority, before all time and now and forever. Amen.’
I John 1:7 – “the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin”
I Peter 3:22 – Jesus ‘is at the right hand of God, having gone into heaven, after angels, and authorities and powers had been subjected to Him’

IV. Quotes:

A.K. Morrison – ‘conditions for life on earth demand so many billions of minute interrelated circumstances appearing simultaneously, in the same minuscule moment, that such a prospect becomes beyond belief and beyond possibility’
F.F. Bruce - ‘He upholds the universe not like Atlas supporting a dead weight on his shoulders, but as One who carries all things forward on their appointed course’

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Hebrews 1:1-2a

11/27/2016

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Points of Interest
Hebrews 1:1,2a
I. Call to Worship: Psalm 139:7-18
II. Offering passage: 2 Cor. 9:7,8
III. Scripture references:

Luke 19:10 – “For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.”
2 Peter 1:21 – ‘no prophecy was ever made by an act of human will, but men moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God’
Luke 24:27 – “Then beginning with Moses and with all the prophets, He explained to them the things concerning Himself in all the Scriptures.”

IV. Cross-references:

I Peter 1:10-12
John 11-3, 14, 18

V. Quotes:

R. Kent Hughes - “the writer of Hebrews was writing to admonish and encourage his friends (a small group of Jewish Christians) who were scared stiff! Some had begun to avoid contact with outsiders. Some had even withdrawn from the worshipping community altogether (10:25). The author feared there might be those who, if arrested, would succumb to the conditions of release – a public denial of Christ (6:6; 10:29) … the letter arrived, and word was sent out. The congregation gathered. Perhaps no more than 15 or 20 were seated or standing around the house. All were quiet. The reader began …“in the past God spoke to our forefathers through the prophets at many times and in various ways, but in the last days he has spoken to us by His Son”’
John MacArthur writes, ‘we cannot, by ourselves, understand God any more than an insect we may hold in our hand can understand us. Nor can we condescend to its level, or communicate with it if we could. But God can condescend to our level and He can communicate with us. And He has.’
John MacArthur - ‘the Holy Spirit establishes the divine authorship of the Old Testament, its accuracy and its authority, through the fact that it was given to and delivered by God’s prophets.’

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Jonah (Conclusion)

9/11/2016

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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:

Hebrews 1:1,2

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’

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Jonah 4:5-11

9/4/2016

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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:

I Cor. 9:19-23 (pg. 134)

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’

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Jonah 3:10-4:4

8/28/2016

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Intro to Jonah Pt 4

8/14/2016

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Points of Interest
Introduction to Jonah
I. Call to Worship: Psalm 92:12-15
II. Offering passage: Ex. 35:4,21
III. Scripture references:

Acts 4:27, 28 - ‘for truly in this city there were gathered together against Your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed, both Pontius Pilate, with the gentiles and the people of Israel, to do whatever your hand and your plan had predestined to take place’
Acts 2:23 we read - “this Jesus, delivered up according to the definite plan and foreknowledge of God, you crucified and killed by the hands of lawless men”
Ps. 18:6 – “from His temple He heard my voice, and my cry to Him reached His ears’
I Sam. 30:6 – “Moreover David was greatly distressed … but David strengthen Himself in the LORD his God”
Matt. 1:21 - ‘you are to give Him the name Jesus, because He will save His people from their sins’
Is. 53:6 – “All of us like sheep have gone astray, Each of us has turned to his own way; But the LORD has caused the iniquity of us all To fall on Him.”
Rom. 5:8 “ but God … demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.”

IV. Cross-references:

Matthew 12:38-41

IV. Cross-references:

Spurgeon (salvation is) – ‘God-sourced in its planning, in its execution, and in its application; it’s also from God in how it’s sustained in the human heart and in how it’s ultimately perfected in our eternal state’

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Intro to Jonah Pt 3

8/7/2016

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Points of Interest
Introduction to Jonah
I. Call to Worship: Psalm 92:1,2,4
II. Offering passage: II Cor. 9:7,8
III. Scripture references:

Jonah 4:2 – “He prayed to the LORD and said, “Please LORD, was not this what I said while I was still in my own country? Therefore in order to forestall this I fled to Tarshish, for I knew that You are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness, and one who relents concerning calamity.”
Prov. 16:33 - ‘The lot is cast into the lap, But its every decision is from the LORD.’
Is. 45:9 – “"Woe to the one who quarrels with his Maker—An earthenware vessel among the vessels of earth! Will the clay say to the potter, 'What are you doing?'
I John 4:9,10 – “By this the love of God was manifested in us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world so that we might live through Him. In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins.”

IV. Quotes:

John Calvin - ‘Jonah speaks here by the prophetic spirit; and he no doubt confirms that the God of Israel was the supreme and only King of heaven and earth’
Francis Schaeffer - ‘biblical orthodoxy without compassion is surely the ugliest thing in the world’
C.S. Lewis (‘Surprised by Joy’) - ‘I had always wanted, above all things, not to be interfered with. I had wanted (mad wish) to call my soul my own … you must picture me alone in that room … night after night, feeling, whenever my mind lifted even for a second from my work, the steady, unrelenting approach of Him whom I so earnestly desired not to meet’

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Intro To Jonah Pt 2

7/31/2016

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Points of Interest
Introduction to Jonah
I. Call to Worship: Psalm 89:1
II. Offering passage: I Chron. 29:9-14
III. Scripture references:

Eph. 2:4,5 - ‘because of the great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved)
2 Kings 14:25 – “He restored the border of Israel from the entrance of Hamath as far as the Sea of the Arabah, according to the word of the LORD, the God of Israel, which He spoke through His servant Jonah the son of Amittai, the prophet, who was of Gath-hepher.”
Ps. 139:7-10 - “Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence? If I ascend to heaven, You are there; If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, You are there. If I take the wings of the dawn, If I dwell in the remotest part of the sea, Even there Your hand will lead me, And Your right hand will lay hold of me.”
Jonah 4:2 – “He prayed to the LORD and said, “Please LORD, was not this what I said while I was still in my own country? Therefore in order to forestall this I fled to Tarshish, for I knew that You are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness, and one who relents concerning calamity.”
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.”

IV. Quotes:

Ray Stedman – ‘probably the best known yet least understood book in the Bible’

Lloyd John Ogilvie - ‘and the reason we love him (Jonah) is because he is so much like us in our response to God’s guidance’

V. Cross-references:

Nahum 3:1-4

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Intro to Jonah

7/24/2016

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Points of Interest
Introduction to Jonah
I. Call to Worship: Psalm 86:8-13
II. Offering passage: Ex. 25:1,2
III. Scripture references:

Ps. 119:161 – “But my heart stands in awe of Your words.”
Col. 1:6 – “which has come to you, just as in all the world also it is constantly bearing fruit and increasing, even as it has been doing in you also since the day you heard of it and understood the grace of God in truth”
Prov. 14:34 - ‘righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people’
2 Kings 14:25 – “He restored the border of Israel from the entrance of Hamath as far as the Sea of the Arabah, according to the word of the LORD, the God of Israel, which He spoke through His servant Jonah the son of Amittai, the prophet, who was of Gath-hepher.
Eph. 2:4,5 - ‘because of the great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved)’

IV. Quotes:

Martin Luther - “sounding more strange than any poet’s fable; if it were not in the Bible, I should take it for a lie.”
Ray Stedman – ‘probably the best known yet least understood book in the Bible’
Lloyd John Ogilvie - ‘and the reason we love him (Jonah) is because he is so much like us in our response to God’s guidance’

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Psalm 119:169-176

7/17/2016

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Points of Interest
Psalm 119:169-176
I. Call to Worship: Psalm 73:23-26
II. Offering passage: Heb. 13:15,16
III. Scripture references:

Is. 53:6 ‘we all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way …’
Rom. 7:15 - “For what I am doing, I do not understand; for I am not practicing what I would like to do, but I am doing the very thing I hate.”
Is. 53:6 – “… But the LORD has caused the iniquity of us all to fall on Him.”
Rom. 7 - ‘For we know that the Law is spiritual, but I am of flesh, sold into bondage to sin. For what I am doing, I do not understand; for I am not practicing what I would like to do, but I am doing the very thing I hate … For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh; for the willing is present in me, but the doing of the good is not … Wretched man that I am! Who will set me free from the body of this death? vv. 14, 15, 18, 24
Rom. 7:25 – “Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord!”
Eph. 2:8,9 – “For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not as a result of works, so that no one may boast.’
Rom. 8:30 – “and these whom He predestined, He also called; and these whom He called, He also justified; and these whom He justified, He also glorified.”
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.”

IV. Quotes:

Derek Kidner - ‘the note of urgent need on which the psalm ends … is proof enough that the love of Scripture … need not harden into academic pride. This man would have taken his stance not with the self-congratulating Pharisee of the parable, but with the publican who stood afar off, but went home justified’
RC Sproul - ‘if left to ourselves, we would not only gravitate toward, but would be swept into idolatry’
Augustine - “'Thou hast made us for thyself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it finds its rest in thee.”
Martin Luther - ‘this verse is extremely emotional and full of tears, for truly we are all thus going astray …’
John Calvin - ‘it is a very profitable doctrine, when things in the world are in a state of great confusion, and when our safety is in danger amid so many and varied storms, to lift up our eyes to the judgements (ordinances) of God, and to seek a remedy in them’
Charles Bridges - ‘I cannot forbear to plead, that although a rebellious prodigal, I am still Thy servant, Thy child. I still bear the child’s mark of an interest in Thy covenant … let me then lie humbled and self-abased. But let me not forget my claim – what He has done for me.’

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Hebrews 1:2,3

Hebrews 1:1-2a

Jonah (Conclusion)

Jonah 4:5-11

Jonah 3:10-4:4

Intro to Jonah Pt 4

Intro to Jonah Pt 3

Intro To Jonah Pt 2

Intro to Jonah

Psalm 119:169-176

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