Series: A Time to Turn Title: Ripped and Torn Text: Joel 2:12-27 Today’s Takeaway – When you realize you are wayward, return to the Lord 1. Remember the Lord’s character and tendencies 2. Rend your heart instead of your clothes 3. Relinquish your whole self to the Lord 4. Receive both grace and justice from…
Series: A Time to Turn Title: Blesséd Calamity Text: Joel 1:1-20 Today’s Takeaway – Embrace the good outcomes of calamity in this world 1. Calamity is a fact of life for us in this cursed cosmos 2. Calamity always calls for a godly response from us a. Wake up b. Lament c. Be ashamed d.…
Series: After God’s Own Heart Title: Search for the Lost Text: Luke 19:10 Today’s Takeaway – To be a church after God’s own heart, we must search for the lost so that they may be saved. 1. Understand what Jesus means by “the lost” 2. Let their reality burden and break your heart 3. Search…
Series: After God’s Own Heart Title: Spread Outside the Walls Text: Matthew 13:33 Today’s Takeaway – To be a church after God’s own heart, we must spread outside the walls of this building into every aspect of our community 1. Realize that the church is not a building 2. Capitalize on the channels of influence…
Series: Jesus Is Greater Than Title: Mt Sinai Text: Hebrews 12:18-29 Jesus > Mt Sinai When we go to the Mt Zion of Jesus instead of the Mt Sinai of Moses, we enjoy… 1. Love over terror 2. Life over death 3. Intimacy over distance 4. Wanting more over wanting less 5. Forgiveness over condemnation 6.…
Series: Jesus Is Better Than Title: Temple Sacrifices Text: Hebrews 10:1-18 Jesus > Temple Sacrifices 1. Jesus’ sacrifice is the substance the shadows of animal sacrifices pointed to 2. Jesus carried His own blood to the altar of Heaven 3. Jesus’ body was the proper substitute to redeem human beings 4. Jesus had to be…
Series: Jesus Is Greater Than Title: The Tabernacle and Temples Text: Hebrews 9:1-28 Jesus > the Tabernacle and Temples 1. See the glory of the Tabernacle, the First Temple, and the Second Temple 2. Understand the Tabernacle’s and Temples’ limitations a. limited access b. limited effectiveness c. limited reality d. limited purity 3. Rejoice in…
Series: Jesus Is Greater Than Title: The Old Covenant Text: Hebrews 8:1-13 Jesus > the Old Covenant 1. Jesus mediates the New Covenant with better access 2. Jesus ministers the New Covenant in the prototype temple 3. Jesus promises inner guidance through the New Covenant 4. Jesus offers eternal forgiveness through the New Covenant May…
Series: Jesus Is Greater Than Title: The Levitical High Priest Text: Hebrews 4:14-5:10 Jesus > the Levitical High Priest 1. Jesus is a heavenly high priest 2. Jesus is a sympathetic high priest 3. Jesus is a holy high priest 4. Jesus is a divine high priest 5. Jesus is an eternal high priest 6.…
Series: Jesus Is Greater Than Title: The Promised Land Text: Hebrews 4:1-13 Jesus > the Promised Land 1. Our bodies and souls long for rest 2. God offers His rest to us 3. The earthly Promised Land looked to offer rest 4. But the earthly Promised Land couldn’t provide rest Today’s Takeaway – Enter the…