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God's Land -- Written Outline  -- Spoken Word
   We live in a land and times of death:  wars, abortions, drug abuse, adultery, and murder.  God's land is a land of life, safety, provision, and fruitful blessing.

Empy Living  --  Written Outline  --  Spoken Word
   Beginning with Jeremiah 2, we examine God's analysis of the worthlessness of the way that Israelites lived their lives in the days previous to the Babylonian invasion of 606 BC.  They did not ask, "Where is God?"  Not the kings, not the priests, not even the prophets!

The Omnipresence of God --  Written Outline  --  Spoken Word
   "When will you believe Me?"  Inspite of all that God did to show His presence and glory to Israel fresh from liberating them from Egyptian slavery, they would not believe that He was there.  We ourselves must believe that He is present that we might be right with Him and be helped by Him.

Lessons from Judges 1-2  --  Written Outline  --  Spoken Word
    1.  Our days are full of labor and strife.  2.  Sinners are in the hands of an angry God.  3.  The Lord is full of mercy.

Petitions of Matthew 8  --  Written Outline
    "If you will, you can make me clean."  "Lord, I am not worthy to have you come under my roof, but only say the word, and my servant will be healed." 

"Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go."  "Save us Lord, we are perishing."  "What have you to do with us, O Son of God? Have you come here to torment us before the time?" ... "send us to the herd of pigs!"


Put Downs for Evangelists, 2 Corinthians 6:8-10  -- Written Outline

    As Deceivers, and yet True.   As Unknown, and yet well known.  As Dying, and behold, we live.  As Chastened, and not Killed.  As Poor, yet making many rich.  As having nothing, and yet possessing all things

Divine Comfort  --  Written Outline

    We usually think of "comfort" as someone cheering us up when we are sad, mourning, hurting or just down for any number of reasons.  So we may think of Barabbas as a great church "cheer leader" since the disciples gave him that name which means "son of comfort"    If that is your idea, it would be a little misguided. We tend to long for someone to soothe our worries or to calm a wounded conscience. The comfort that many seek is assurance that everything is alright when they have done something wrong and their conscience is screaming inside.

    The Holy Spirit is our Comforter sent by Jesus Christ (John 14:16, 26; 15:26; 16:7-14)  1. "Paracletos" is the Greek word for someone called to one's side to help. Thus an Advocate, Helper, Lawyer, ... one who offers the help needed.  2. "Paregoria" denotes a soothing, solace as in Colossians 4:11. (Verbal form signifies medicines that allay irritation, English "paregoric.")  3. The comfort that God offers us is not primarily to soothe the irritation but rather to give us what we really need: the truth.  4. The result of "paracletos" is therefore comforting, encouraging, and exhorting or correcting. There can be no real help until the problems are solved and the sins are corrected.

Praise is Comely for the Upright  --  Written Outline

   Psalm 33:1 “Rejoice in the Lord, O ye righteous: for praise is comely for the upright.”  1. Rejoice in the Lord means to delight in loving Him, in pleasing Him, and in carrying out His will on this earth.  2. Rejoicing in the Lord is a way of giving God praise. "Joy is the soul of praise." Praise is diminished without the vehicle of joy carrying it to God.

    Psalm 33 can teach us much about worship attitudes that render our worship acceptable.

The Evil in Men -- Written Outline
     Psalm 14 quoted in Romans 3 and applied to all men.  1. The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good."  2. This is the sad universal state of all men.  3. This is the reason God sent his Son, John 3:16. "For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in should not perish, but have everlasting life."

      We will examine why man cannot be the measure of all things.

Satan  --  Written Outline

    We propose to examine three issues.  1. Is the devil only a metaphor? the answer is no.  2. Is the devil our arch-enemy? the answer is yes.  3. Does the devil work evil within us, by temptations? the answer is yes.

Mourning and Weeping  --  Written Outline

    We mourn for many different reasons.  1. Unemployment, inflation, loss of savings  2. Disappointments in marriage or children, in our profession, in dreams not realized.  -- Hannah wept because was barren and could not have children 1 Samuel 1:8  3. Loss of loved ones, tragedies of war ... 1 Samuel 11:1-4 -- Magdalene wept when she could not find the body of Jesus who had been crucified. John 20:13, 15-- The daughters of Jerusalem wept for Jesus as he bore His cross to Calvary, Luke 23:28  4. Ecclesiastes 3:4 there is a time to weep and a time to laugh. We need to learn which is which. When is it the time to weep and when is it the time to laugh? We sometimes laugh when we ought to weep and weep when we should be laughing for joy.

Kindness is Fundamental  --  Written Outline

Ephesians 5:9 The fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness"  -- Not the state of moral excellence or being good, But the practice of doing what is upright and good.  Galatians 5:22 Fruits of the Spirit "gentleness and goodness" synonyms.-- Gentleness, Kindness, Goodness, generosity

Peter's Five Point Plan  --  Written Outline

Acts 2:38 Peter's response to the Pentecost thousands who cried out, "Men and brethren, what shall we do?"  1. Repent   2. Let everyone of you be baptized  3. In the name of the Jesus Christ  4. For the remission of your sins  5. Shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. We will use Peter's five points and let the Bible explain its own terms. The best answer to any false doctrine is always found in the Bible and its immediate context where Scriptures are misused.