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WELCOME TO SERMON SEEDS FOR JULY 29, 2002

IF SERMON SEEDS IS HELPFUL TO YOU, PLEASE FORWARD THIS TO SOMEONE ELSE!

UPDATE ON PASTOR DOUG WINN - Because of a build up in Toxins, Doug ended up back in the hospital in Pittsburgh. He was released yesterday and is back in hospital housing. The plan is for him to fly to Dallas with his wife, Linda, on Saturday. Pray for strength and safety as they travel. Also pray that he will be strong and healthy enough to participate in his daughter's wedding on August 31^st. Doug and Linda wish to thank everyone for their prayers, encouraging words, and financial help.

OUR INTERACTIVE MAILING LIST - PASTOR MAILPastor Mail is a mailing list fellowship for male pastors. The purpose of the list is to share sermons, outlines, illustrations, and prayer requests. We also discuss pastoral issues. If you are a male pastor, retired pastor or pastoral student you may join the list by sending a blank email to pastormail-subscribe@welovegod.org

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Genesis 18:1-15

A SPECIAL VISITOR

DELIGHT OF A VISIT FROM THE LORD - Vs. 1

DILIGENCE TO MAKE THE LORD WELCOME - Vss. 2-8

DECLARATION OF THE LORD'S FAVOR - Vss. 9-10

DOUBT OF THE LORD'S WORD - Vss. 11-15

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Genesis 18:16-33

THE INTERCESSOR

ABRAHAM'S INTEGRITY - Vss. 16-19

GOD'S INTENT - Vss. 20-21

ABRAHAM'S INTERCESSION - Vss. 22-33

It was sincere

It was humble - Vs. 27

It was persistent

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2 Samuel 1, 1 Samuel 30:31-36

KINGLY QUALITIES

Let's pretend for a moment. Let's make believe that the United States of America has decided to become a monarchy. And I mean an absolute monarchy. The King would have total control. What qualities would you want that King to have?

From what you know about King David, what qualities made him a good king?

Some day the Lord Jesus is going to reign. What qualities does He have that will make Him the best King ever?

I want us to see three kingly qualities David demonstrated. These are three qualities worth imitating by us, and also three qualities demonstrated by our own King, the Lord Jesus Christ.

DAVID SHARED WITH OTHERS

DAVID STOOD FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS

DAVID SORROWED OVER LOSS

BACKGROUND

David had been hanging out with the Philistines.

He was forbidden from participating in battle against Israel.

He returned home to find Ziklag burned looted by the Amalekites. The women and children were all taken captive.

Under God's direction David followed.

They attacked the Amalekite camp and recovered everyone.

Not only did they recover their own materials, but the Amalekites had been on raiding parties, and had much spoil, much of which belonged to parts of Judah.

While David was on his mission, there was a battle between Israel and the Philistines. The Philistines won this battle and Saul and his sons were killed.

David has returned to Ziklag.

DAVID SHARED WITH OTHERS

READ 1 SAMUEL 30:26-31

It seems that the loot was substantial.

Remember David's city had just been destroyed.

Money was probably needed to rebuild.

David's share of all the spoil would have made him independently wealthy.

Instead of hoarding it, he shared it.

Some of it would have gone to cities that had also been raided by these same Amalekites.

Some of it would have gone to friends who had supported him over the years.

Some would have gone to places that helped protect him.

It would be easy for us to see this as a political move on His part. However, at this point he did not know that Saul was dead. He wasn't buying votes.

I believe that David shared out of a generous and grateful heart.

We as Christians should also share out of gratitude.

What have we to be grateful to God for?

Our of gratitude we should practice Galatians 6:9-10 and 2 Corinthians 9:7

David shared.

We are to share.

But our king, the Lord Jesus also shared.

Read and Comment on Philippians 2:5-9

How does Jesus share now?

Answered Prayer - John 14:13

Spiritual Gifts - Ephesians 4:7-8, Peter 4:10

His Presence - Matthew 28:20, John 14:18

His Prayers - Hebrews 7:25, 1 John 2:1-2

DAVID STOOD FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS

Read 1 Samuel 31:1-7

Read 2 Samuel 1:1-10

How do we reconcile the two accounts?

I believe the Amalekite was lying.

He might have even watched what had happened.

He probably expected a reward from David. He thought this information would make David happy, because Saul had been David's enemy.

The Amalekite received the last surprises of his life.

First of all in 2 Samuel 1:11-12 we find that David and his men go into mourning for Saul and Jonathan.

Secondly, the Amalekite finds that he is in big trouble.

Read 2 Samuel 13-16 - Although David knew that he was going to be king, he had never taken matters into his own hands.

Even when he could have, he failed to take Saul's life or to allow his soldiers to do so.

David's feeling was that God had anointed Saul King, and nobody had any right to take Saul's life, no matter how meanly he had acted towards David.

David was not perfect. David was guilty of many sins. But in spite of his failures, David did strive to stand for righteousness.

Righteousness is a kingly quality. Proverbs 14:34

Righteousness is a quality of our Lord. Psalms 11:7, Isaiah 53:11, Isaiah 11:1-5

Of course, we are not righteous, apart from Christ. Romans 3:10, Romans 5:1

Now that we know Christ as Savior our behavior should be righteous. Titus 2:1-12, 1 John 3:7

DAVID SORROWED OVER LOSS

2 Samuel 1:17-27

David's mourning for Saul is interesting.

He sorrows for Saul as if Saul had never hurt him.

I think this was only possible because David forgave Saul.

As a king, David would need to have empathy with those he was leading. A good leader hurts with His people.

And that leads us to thinking about the Lord Jesus.

Jesus, of course, bore our sorrows on Calvary. Isaiah 53:3-4

Jesus also wept over Jerusalem. - Luke 19:41-44.

The shortest verse in the Bible is John 11:35. It says Jesus wept.

Why do you think Jesus wept at the grave of Lazarus?

I like to think that he was entering into the suffering of his servants. Jesus does that today. Hebrews 4:15-16

We are to follow the example of our King. Romans 12:15, Galatians 6:2, Hebrews 12:3

*********************************************************

Luke 4:1-13

TEMPTATION

According to 1 John 2:16 there are three types of temptations. These three types of temptations will lead us to sin when we give in to them. Our Lord Jesus had victory over all three types of temptation.

THE TEMPTATION OF PHYSICAL NEED - Vss. 1-4 - THE LUST OF THE FLESH

Jesus was hungry, but if he had turned rocks into bread he would have disobeyed God to meet His own needs.

THE TEMPTATION OF PRIORITIES - Vss. 5-8 - THE LUST OF THE EYES

Jesus knew he was headed towards death for our sins. Satan showed Jesus the kingdoms of the world and offered him a kingdom without a cross.

THE TEMPTATION OF PRIDE - Vss. 9-13 - THE PRIDE OF LIFE

Pride expects God to do something that is not in His plan.

*********************************************************

Acts 14:6-20

FROM HERO TO GOAT

In sports there are many "heroes" who win big games for their teams. There are also people called "goats" who make mistakes that cause teams to lose games. In a matter of minutes an athlete can be transformed from a hero to a goat or from a goat to a hero.

When Paul visited Lystra he went from being a "hero" to being a "goat" in the eyes of the people.

FAITHFUL PREACHING - Vss. 6-7

FABULOUS MIRACLE - Vss. 8-10

FAULTY UNDERSTANDING - Vss. 11-18

Just barely did Paul and Barnabas stop the people from worshipping them. They thought that Paul and Barnabas were Gods.

FIENDISH OPPOSITION - Vss. 19-20

Jews that opposed Paul caused trouble.

He ended up being stoned by the very people that had previously wanted to worship him.

*********************************************************

2 Corinthians 11:23-33

THINK YOUR LIFE IS HARD?

Many of us have it rough! Life is not easy! But consider what Paul went through for the sake of Christ. See Acts 9:16

PAUL KNEW PERSECUTION! - Vss. 23-25, 32-33

PAUL KNEW PERIL - Vss. 26-27

PAUL KNEW PARENTING - Vss. 28-29

PAUL KNEW PEACE - Vss. 30-31 (You can drop this point, if you want.)

Sermon Seeds A 36

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2 Timothy 4:9-13, 21

THE TWILIGHT OF A CAREER

Paul was at the end of a long life of service. He was in jail, and would soon be martyred.

PAUL'S LONELY REPORT - Vss. 10, 12

Some associates had left Paul. Paul had dispatched at least for ministry.

PAUL'S LOYAL FRIEND - Vs. 11a

Luke, the beloved physician was still with Paul

PAUL'S LOVING FORGIVENESS - Vs. 11b

Mark had deserted Paul on a missionary journey a long time before. Acts 13:13, 16:36-41

However, Paul had forgiven him, and Mark had proved himself faithful.

PAUL'S LONGING FOR ENCOURAGEMENT - Vss. 9, 13, 21

*********************************************************

ABOUT SERMON SEEDS:

Sermon Seeds is a weekly e-mailing of free brief sermon outlines from Pastor Jack Peters. These outlines are meant to help other pastors and Bible Teachers in their own preparations.

These outlines are only "seeds". They are not sermons ready for you to preach. Feel free to improve on these outlines anyway the Lord leads you.

If Sermon Seeds has been a blessing to you, please pass them on to other pastors and Bible teachers. Thanks.

TO SUBSCRIBE - Send a blank e-mail to: sermonseeds-subscribe@welovegod.org

TO UNSUBSCRIBE - Send a blank e-mail to: sermonseeds-unsubscribe@welovegod.org

PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB SITE!

www.sermonseeds.org is the location for the Sermon Seeds Archives. You will find most of the outlines from these e-mail editions, plus links to other helpful web pages. Be sure to sign the guest book, and tell me a little about yourself.

VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://www.sermonseeds.org

This ministry has grown over the years because people like you have told others about Sermon Seeds. Always feel free to forward the weekly Sermon Seeds email to those who you think might be interested in these outlines. Also, please share our website address with others as well. Thank you for your support

TALK TO JACK THROUGH INSTANT MESSAGING

I welcome live correspondence with those on the Sermon Seeds list. I have just added AIM (AOL Instant Messaging) to my computer, but have dropped ICQ. To put me on your "buddy list" here is the information you need.

AOL AIM - JackPeters47

MSN (Microsoft) - johnwpeters@hotmail.com

______________________________________________

Pastor Jack Peters
Ezra 7:10
AOL INSTANT MESSENGING SCREEN NAME - JackPeters47
MSN MESSENGER SCREEN NAME - johnwpeters@hotmail.com
Looking for preaching and teaching ideas?
Try Sermon Seeds!
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Posted by: jpeters <jpeters@...>

WELCOME TO SERMON SEEDS FOR JULY 29, 2002

IF SERMON SEEDS IS HELPFUL TO YOU, PLEASE FORWARD THIS TO SOMEONE ELSE!

UPDATE ON PASTOR DOUG WINN - Because of a build up in Toxins, Doug ended up back in the hospital in Pittsburgh. He was released yesterday and is back in hospital housing. The plan is for him to fly to Dallas with his wife, Linda, on Saturday. Pray for strength and safety as they travel. Also pray that he will be strong and healthy enough to participate in his daughter's wedding on August 31^st. Doug and Linda wish to thank everyone for their prayers, encouraging words, and financial help.

OUR INTERACTIVE MAILING LIST - PASTOR MAILPastor Mail is a mailing list fellowship for male pastors. The purpose of the list is to share sermons, outlines, illustrations, and prayer requests. We also discuss pastoral issues. If you are a male pastor, retired pastor or pastoral student you may join the list by sending a blank email to pastormail-subscribe@welovegod.org

********************************************************************

MOUNT UNION ECHOES - Mount Union Echoes contains full text sermon notes from Pastor Jack Peters. Most often the message of the week will be an expansion of one of the Sermon Seeds outlines. To subscribe send a blank email to mountunionechoes-subscribe@welovegod.org News about Mount Union Bible Church will also be included at the end of the notes.

********************************************************************

TO SUBSCRIBE - Send a blank e-mail to: sermonseeds-subscribe@welovegod.org

TO UNSUBSCRIBE - Send a blank e-mail to: sermonseeds-unsubscribe@welovegod.org

*********************************************************

Genesis 18:1-15

A SPECIAL VISITOR

DELIGHT OF A VISIT FROM THE LORD - Vs. 1

DILIGENCE TO MAKE THE LORD WELCOME - Vss. 2-8

DECLARATION OF THE LORD'S FAVOR - Vss. 9-10

DOUBT OF THE LORD'S WORD - Vss. 11-15

*********************************************************

Genesis 18:16-33

THE INTERCESSOR

ABRAHAM'S INTEGRITY - Vss. 16-19

GOD'S INTENT - Vss. 20-21

ABRAHAM'S INTERCESSION - Vss. 22-33

It was sincere

It was humble - Vs. 27

It was persistent

*********************************************************

2 Samuel 1, 1 Samuel 30:31-36

KINGLY QUALITIES

Let's pretend for a moment. Let's make believe that the United States of America has decided to become a monarchy. And I mean an absolute monarchy. The King would have total control. What qualities would you want that King to have?

From what you know about King David, what qualities made him a good king?

Some day the Lord Jesus is going to reign. What qualities does He have that will make Him the best King ever?

I want us to see three kingly qualities David demonstrated. These are three qualities worth imitating by us, and also three qualities demonstrated by our own King, the Lord Jesus Christ.

DAVID SHARED WITH OTHERS

DAVID STOOD FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS

DAVID SORROWED OVER LOSS

BACKGROUND

David had been hanging out with the Philistines.

He was forbidden from participating in battle against Israel.

He returned home to find Ziklag burned looted by the Amalekites. The women and children were all taken captive.

Under God's direction David followed.

They attacked the Amalekite camp and recovered everyone.

Not only did they recover their own materials, but the Amalekites had been on raiding parties, and had much spoil, much of which belonged to parts of Judah.

While David was on his mission, there was a battle between Israel and the Philistines. The Philistines won this battle and Saul and his sons were killed.

David has returned to Ziklag.

DAVID SHARED WITH OTHERS

READ 1 SAMUEL 30:26-31

It seems that the loot was substantial.

Remember David's city had just been destroyed.

Money was probably needed to rebuild.

David's share of all the spoil would have made him independently wealthy.

Instead of hoarding it, he shared it.

Some of it would have gone to cities that had also been raided by these same Amalekites.

Some of it would have gone to friends who had supported him over the years.

Some would have gone to places that helped protect him.

It would be easy for us to see this as a political move on His part. However, at this point he did not know that Saul was dead. He wasn't buying votes.

I believe that David shared out of a generous and grateful heart.

We as Christians should also share out of gratitude.

What have we to be grateful to God for?

Our of gratitude we should practice Galatians 6:9-10 and 2 Corinthians 9:7

David shared.

We are to share.

But our king, the Lord Jesus also shared.

Read and Comment on Philippians 2:5-9

How does Jesus share now?

Answered Prayer - John 14:13

Spiritual Gifts - Ephesians 4:7-8, Peter 4:10

His Presence - Matthew 28:20, John 14:18

His Prayers - Hebrews 7:25, 1 John 2:1-2

DAVID STOOD FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS

Read 1 Samuel 31:1-7

Read 2 Samuel 1:1-10

How do we reconcile the two accounts?

I believe the Amalekite was lying.

He might have even watched what had happened.

He probably expected a reward from David. He thought this information would make David happy, because Saul had been David's enemy.

The Amalekite received the last surprises of his life.

First of all in 2 Samuel 1:11-12 we find that David and his men go into mourning for Saul and Jonathan.

Secondly, the Amalekite finds that he is in big trouble.

Read 2 Samuel 13-16 - Although David knew that he was going to be king, he had never taken matters into his own hands.

Even when he could have, he failed to take Saul's life or to allow his soldiers to do so.

David's feeling was that God had anointed Saul King, and nobody had any right to take Saul's life, no matter how meanly he had acted towards David.

David was not perfect. David was guilty of many sins. But in spite of his failures, David did strive to stand for righteousness.

Righteousness is a kingly quality. Proverbs 14:34

Righteousness is a quality of our Lord. Psalms 11:7, Isaiah 53:11, Isaiah 11:1-5

Of course, we are not righteous, apart from Christ. Romans 3:10, Romans 5:1

Now that we know Christ as Savior our behavior should be righteous. Titus 2:1-12, 1 John 3:7

DAVID SORROWED OVER LOSS

2 Samuel 1:17-27

David's mourning for Saul is interesting.

He sorrows for Saul as if Saul had never hurt him.

I think this was only possible because David forgave Saul.

As a king, David would need to have empathy with those he was leading. A good leader hurts with His people.

And that leads us to thinking about the Lord Jesus.

Jesus, of course, bore our sorrows on Calvary. Isaiah 53:3-4

Jesus also wept over Jerusalem. - Luke 19:41-44.

The shortest verse in the Bible is John 11:35. It says Jesus wept.

Why do you think Jesus wept at the grave of Lazarus?

I like to think that he was entering into the suffering of his servants. Jesus does that today. Hebrews 4:15-16

We are to follow the example of our King. Romans 12:15, Galatians 6:2, Hebrews 12:3

*********************************************************

Luke 4:1-13

TEMPTATION

According to 1 John 2:16 there are three types of temptations. These three types of temptations will lead us to sin when we give in to them. Our Lord Jesus had victory over all three types of temptation.

THE TEMPTATION OF PHYSICAL NEED - Vss. 1-4 - THE LUST OF THE FLESH

Jesus was hungry, but if he had turned rocks into bread he would have disobeyed God to meet His own needs.

THE TEMPTATION OF PRIORITIES - Vss. 5-8 - THE LUST OF THE EYES

Jesus knew he was headed towards death for our sins. Satan showed Jesus the kingdoms of the world and offered him a kingdom without a cross.

THE TEMPTATION OF PRIDE - Vss. 9-13 - THE PRIDE OF LIFE

Pride expects God to do something that is not in His plan.

*********************************************************

Acts 14:6-20

FROM HERO TO GOAT

In sports there are many "heroes" who win big games for their teams. There are also people called "goats" who make mistakes that cause teams to lose games. In a matter of minutes an athlete can be transformed from a hero to a goat or from a goat to a hero.

When Paul visited Lystra he went from being a "hero" to being a "goat" in the eyes of the people.

FAITHFUL PREACHING - Vss. 6-7

FABULOUS MIRACLE - Vss. 8-10

FAULTY UNDERSTANDING - Vss. 11-18

Just barely did Paul and Barnabas stop the people from worshipping them. They thought that Paul and Barnabas were Gods.

FIENDISH OPPOSITION - Vss. 19-20

Jews that opposed Paul caused trouble.

He ended up being stoned by the very people that had previously wanted to worship him.

*********************************************************

2 Corinthians 11:23-33

THINK YOUR LIFE IS HARD?

Many of us have it rough! Life is not easy! But consider what Paul went through for the sake of Christ. See Acts 9:16

PAUL KNEW PERSECUTION! - Vss. 23-25, 32-33

PAUL KNEW PERIL - Vss. 26-27

PAUL KNEW PARENTING - Vss. 28-29

PAUL KNEW PEACE - Vss. 30-31 (You can drop this point, if you want.)

Sermon Seeds A 36

*********************************************************

2 Timothy 4:9-13, 21

THE TWILIGHT OF A CAREER

Paul was at the end of a long life of service. He was in jail, and would soon be martyred.

PAUL'S LONELY REPORT - Vss. 10, 12

Some associates had left Paul. Paul had dispatched at least for ministry.

PAUL'S LOYAL FRIEND - Vs. 11a

Luke, the beloved physician was still with Paul

PAUL'S LOVING FORGIVENESS - Vs. 11b

Mark had deserted Paul on a missionary journey a long time before. Acts 13:13, 16:36-41

However, Paul had forgiven him, and Mark had proved himself faithful.

PAUL'S LONGING FOR ENCOURAGEMENT - Vss. 9, 13, 21

*********************************************************

ABOUT SERMON SEEDS:

Sermon Seeds is a weekly e-mailing of free brief sermon outlines from Pastor Jack Peters. These outlines are meant to help other pastors and Bible Teachers in their own preparations.

These outlines are only "seeds". They are not sermons ready for you to preach. Feel free to improve on these outlines anyway the Lord leads you.

If Sermon Seeds has been a blessing to you, please pass them on to other pastors and Bible teachers. Thanks.

TO SUBSCRIBE - Send a blank e-mail to: sermonseeds-subscribe@welovegod.org

TO UNSUBSCRIBE - Send a blank e-mail to: sermonseeds-unsubscribe@welovegod.org

PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB SITE!

http://www.sermonseeds.org is the location for the Sermon Seeds Archives. You will find most of the outlines from these e-mail editions, plus links to other helpful web pages. Be sure to sign the guest book, and tell me a little about yourself.

VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://www.sermonseeds.org

This ministry has grown over the years because people like you have told others about Sermon Seeds. Always feel free to forward the weekly Sermon Seeds email to those who you think might be interested in these outlines. Also, please share our website address with others as well. Thank you for your support

TALK TO JACK THROUGH INSTANT MESSAGING

I welcome live correspondence with those on the Sermon Seeds list. I have just added AIM (AOL Instant Messaging) to my computer, but have dropped ICQ. To put me on your "buddy list" here is the information you need.

AOL AIM - JackPeters47

MSN (Microsoft) - johnwpeters@hotmail.com

______________________________________________

Pastor Jack Peters
Ezra 7:10
AOL INSTANT MESSENGING SCREEN NAME - JackPeters47
MSN MESSENGER SCREEN NAME - johnwpeters@hotmail.com
Looking for preaching and teaching ideas?
Try Sermon Seeds!
http://www.sermonseeds.org