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Joshua 7:1-8:2

DEALING WITH SIN

THE LORD IS ANGERED BY SIN - Vs. 1

THE LORD ABSTAINS FROM HELPING - Vss. 2-9

THE LORD ANNOUNCES THE PROBLEM - Vss. 10-12

THE LORD ASSISTS IN THE DISCIPLINE - Vss. 13-26

(But Joshua had to carry it out.)

THE LORD ASSURES JOSHUA - Vss. 1-2

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2 Kings 13:14-20

STEADY TO THE END

Life of Elisha, The Steady Prophet #9 of 9

NOTE: IF YOU WOULD LIKE AN EMAIL CONTAINING ALL 9 OUTLINES IN THE ELISHA SERIES, PLEASE EMAIL ME AT jpeters@alltel.net

Elisha was an old man who was on his deathbed. However, Elisha was still steady, challenging Joash to a deeper faith.

POWER NEEDED - Vs. 14

Joash was probably lamenting the eminent death of Elisha, and realized that his power as a prophet in Israel would be missing. The King evidently realized that the loss of a godly man was equivalent to a loss of God's power. See 2 Kings 2:12. We have probably lamented the death of a godly man or woman who showed the power of God in their lives. We have probably wondered who would replace them.

POWER COMMUNICATED - Vss. 15-16

Elisha placed his hands on the king's hands, indicating that the power was coming from God. We must remember that power has been communicated to us through the Holy Spirit. Acts 1:8

POWER PROMISED - Vs. 17

The king was to shoot an arrow in the direction of the enemy.

The arrow was symbolic of the victory that God would give over the enemy.

POWER NEGLECTED - Vs. 18

Elisha told the king to smite the ground with the arrows. Perhaps he was to shoot them into the ground. Instead of using up all his arrows, he showed his limited faith by only hitting the ground 3 times.

POWER LIMITED - Vs. 19

Elisha was unhappy with Joash's lack of faith. The king should have hit the ground more often and he would have had total victory! Each time the King hit the ground was symbolic of a battle won over the enemy. We are limited in our victories over Satan by our lack of faith. The more we use our faith, the more we will have the victory!

Sermon Seeds D21

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Psalm 20

GOD'S BEST

REQUESTING GOD'S BEST - Vss. 1-4

REJOICING IN GOD'S BEST - Vs. 5

RELYING ON GOD'S BEST - Vss. 6-9

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Matthew 5:6

THE HAPPY HUNGRY

#5 - SERMON ON THE MOUNT

Matthew 5:6 - Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.

Hunger and thirst express two basic needs. The need for food and the need for water.

In America where of most people really do not understand what it is to be hungry and thirsty, we have a hard time understanding the concepts of hunger and thirst.

But for you and I to be truly happy, we must learn what it means to hunger and thirst. Not that we need to hunger and thirst after food and water to be happy. We must learn to hunger and thirst after righteousness in order to be happy.

Hunger and thirst are basic responses to needs.

The Lord Jesus is telling us here that the happy individual is one who hungers and thirsts after one of man's basic needs - the need to be right with God - righteousness!

To be right with God is more essential than having food to eat and water to drink.

Therefore our Lord is telling us to have true hunger and true thirst for righteousness, that is, being right with God.

In the original language these words are expressing a continuous hunger and a continuous thirst. We should be continually hungry and continually thirsty, and the result is we will continually satisfied.

What is going to happen when we hunger and thirst after righteousness?

We will lean on God.

We will learn from God.

We will live for God.

We will love with God.

LEANING ON GOD

When we lean on God we are expressing a reliance or faith in God. Hebrews 11:6

We must lean on God for RIGHTEOUSNESS.

We must lean on God for righteousness because we have no righteousness of our own. Romans 3:10-12

We are unrighteous before God.

We need forgiveness.

We need cleansing.

We need guilt removed.

We need eternal life.

We need righteousness.

Do you know why Jesus Christ died?

Yes, He died for your sins, and the sins of the whole world.

Yes, He died so you can be forgiven.

Yes, He died so you can go to Heaven, if you trust Him as your Savior.

But He also died so God could declare you righteous, or right with Him! 2 Corinthians 5:21

You see, when our sins are dealt with

When are sins are paid for

When are sins have been washed in the blood of Jesus Christ we have the opportunity to be made right with God!

We are declared righteous by God, when we place our faith in that shed blood of Christ.

Romans 5:1

Because Christ already died, has already been buried, and has already risen from the dead, all I must do for righteousness is to lean on Him by faith.

Have you leaned on God by putting your faith in Christ for righteousness?

Those of us who have leaned on Christ for salvation should not stop learning. We are to hunger and thirst after righteousness in such a way that we continue to lean on Him!

1 Corinthians 1:30

Just as I could not be right with God apart from leaning on Christ by faith, I can not live a righteous life, apart from leaning on Christ now.

He is my righteousness. Galatians 2:20

See yourself as dead!

When Christ died, you died.

See yourself as alive.

When Christ rose from the dead, you rose from the dead with Him.

See yourself as having Christ alive and living inside of you.

Christ liveth in me!

See yourself as leaning on Him for a righteous life!

…The life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.

Our hunger and thirst should be such that we simply trust Christ who is in us to live His life through us.

Be hungry enough to totally rely on Christ for your righteous Christian life. Be thirsty enough to lean entirely on Him who lives in you, for everything!

LEARNING FROM GOD

You, dear Christian, come with an operator's manual. It tells you how to live your new life in Christ. It tells you how to adjust and let Christ run your new life.

It tells you how to maintain your new life in righteousness.

And the real enthusiast as a Christian, the one who will hunger and thirst after righteousness, is going to hunger and thirst after this book in order to learn from God.

1 Peter 2:1-3

Just as a baby craves milk, so should we crave the Word of God.

For it will teach us who we are in Christ, and how we should act in Christ.

LIVING FOR GOD

If you hunger and thirst after righteousness, it means you want your life to count for God.

You want your life to count for God not just on Sunday, but all week.

In living for God, there are two verses I suggest you pray over this week: Matthew 5:16, Psalm 19:14

LOVING WITH GOD

Because Christ lives in you, he wants to love through you!

Jesus Christ gave the greatest expression of love when He went to the cross.

1 John 4:10

And now Christ wants us to express Christ's love to an unsaved world and even to our enemies.

Christ especially wants us to love our brothers and sisters in Christ. John 13:34-25

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

Matthew 24:5-14

WELCOME TO THE TRIBULATION!

Daniel the Prophet talked of 70 weeks in Daniel 9:24-27

These weeks were weeks of years.

69 weeks from the signing of the law to rebuild the temple (Nehemiah 2), the Messiah, the Lord Jesus, was cut off (crucified).

There is another week of years, yet to be fulfilled.

We know this period as The Tribulation.

The anti-Christ will sign a covenant with Israel for the first 3 1/2 years.

Then, after 3 1/2 years the he will break that covenant (Daniel 9:27, Matthew 24:15).

In our text I believe that the Lord Jesus is telling us what it will be like during the first 3 1/2 years of the tribulation.

FALSE PROPHETS - Vss. 5,11

FIERCE WARS - Vss. 607a

FRIGHTFUL CATASTROPHES - Vss. 7b-8

FERVENT PERSECUTION - Vss. 9-10

FORSAKEN LOVE - Vs. 12

FAITHFUL SERVICE - Vss. 13-14

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Acts 11:1-18

PETER'S DEFENSE

In Acts 10 Peter, under God's direction, conducted the first official witness of the church to the Gentiles. This caused quite a stir in the Jerusalem Church. Peter is forced to defend himself.

PETER CRITICIZED - Vss. 1-3

The Jews would not eat a meal with Gentiles. Those believers in Christ who were still zealous about the Law immediately found fault with Peter.

PETER'S COMMENTARY - Vss. 4-15

Peter tells what happened, explaining the call of God to go, the presentation of the Gospel, and the work of the Holy Spirit on those who believed the Gospel.

PETER'S CONCLUSION - Vss. 16-17

Peter concluded that the Gentiles were truly saved needed to be baptized.

He also concluded that he should not stand in the way of those who professed Christ.

PETER CONFIRMED - Vs. 18

There was great rejoicing at the church of Jerusalem. They accepted Peter's explanation.

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1 Corinthians 2:9-3:7

TALE OF THREE MEN

There are three types of men mentioned in this passage.

THE SPIRITUAL MAN RECEIVES UNDERSTANDING - 2:9-13, 15-16

THE NATURAL (UNSAVED) MAN IS REFUSED UNDERSTANDING - 2:14

THE CARNAL MAN IS RESTRICTED IN UNDERSTANDING - 3:1-7

The carnal man is saved, but is limited in understanding because he is not allowing the Spirit of God to control him. According to vs. 3, men are carnal when there is "envying, and strife, and divisions" among them.

Sermon Seeds C10

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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

______________________________________________

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Ezra 7:10
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WELCOME TO SERMON SEEDS FOR FEBRUARY 3, 2003

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MOUNT UNION ECHOES is a mailing list that includes a full text sermon from Pastor Jack Peters. To subscribe send a blank email to mountunionechoes-subscribe@welovegod.org

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

Joshua 7:1-8:2

DEALING WITH SIN

THE LORD IS ANGERED BY SIN - Vs. 1

THE LORD ABSTAINS FROM HELPING - Vss. 2-9

THE LORD ANNOUNCES THE PROBLEM - Vss. 10-12

THE LORD ASSISTS IN THE DISCIPLINE - Vss. 13-26

(But Joshua had to carry it out.)

THE LORD ASSURES JOSHUA - Vss. 1-2

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

2 Kings 13:14-20

STEADY TO THE END

Life of Elisha, The Steady Prophet #9 of 9

NOTE: IF YOU WOULD LIKE AN EMAIL CONTAINING ALL 9 OUTLINES IN THE ELISHA SERIES, PLEASE EMAIL ME AT jpeters@alltel.net

Elisha was an old man who was on his deathbed. However, Elisha was still steady, challenging Joash to a deeper faith.

POWER NEEDED - Vs. 14

Joash was probably lamenting the eminent death of Elisha, and realized that his power as a prophet in Israel would be missing. The King evidently realized that the loss of a godly man was equivalent to a loss of God's power. See 2 Kings 2:12. We have probably lamented the death of a godly man or woman who showed the power of God in their lives. We have probably wondered who would replace them.

POWER COMMUNICATED - Vss. 15-16

Elisha placed his hands on the king's hands, indicating that the power was coming from God. We must remember that power has been communicated to us through the Holy Spirit. Acts 1:8

POWER PROMISED - Vs. 17

The king was to shoot an arrow in the direction of the enemy.

The arrow was symbolic of the victory that God would give over the enemy.

POWER NEGLECTED - Vs. 18

Elisha told the king to smite the ground with the arrows. Perhaps he was to shoot them into the ground. Instead of using up all his arrows, he showed his limited faith by only hitting the ground 3 times.

POWER LIMITED - Vs. 19

Elisha was unhappy with Joash's lack of faith. The king should have hit the ground more often and he would have had total victory! Each time the King hit the ground was symbolic of a battle won over the enemy. We are limited in our victories over Satan by our lack of faith. The more we use our faith, the more we will have the victory!

Sermon Seeds D21

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Psalm 20

GOD'S BEST

REQUESTING GOD'S BEST - Vss. 1-4

REJOICING IN GOD'S BEST - Vs. 5

RELYING ON GOD'S BEST - Vss. 6-9

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

Matthew 5:6

THE HAPPY HUNGRY

#5 - SERMON ON THE MOUNT

Matthew 5:6 - Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.

Hunger and thirst express two basic needs. The need for food and the need for water.

In America where of most people really do not understand what it is to be hungry and thirsty, we have a hard time understanding the concepts of hunger and thirst.

But for you and I to be truly happy, we must learn what it means to hunger and thirst. Not that we need to hunger and thirst after food and water to be happy. We must learn to hunger and thirst after righteousness in order to be happy.

Hunger and thirst are basic responses to needs.

The Lord Jesus is telling us here that the happy individual is one who hungers and thirsts after one of man's basic needs - the need to be right with God - righteousness!

To be right with God is more essential than having food to eat and water to drink.

Therefore our Lord is telling us to have true hunger and true thirst for righteousness, that is, being right with God.

In the original language these words are expressing a continuous hunger and a continuous thirst. We should be continually hungry and continually thirsty, and the result is we will continually satisfied.

What is going to happen when we hunger and thirst after righteousness?

We will lean on God.

We will learn from God.

We will live for God.

We will love with God.

LEANING ON GOD

When we lean on God we are expressing a reliance or faith in God. Hebrews 11:6

We must lean on God for RIGHTEOUSNESS.

We must lean on God for righteousness because we have no righteousness of our own. Romans 3:10-12

We are unrighteous before God.

We need forgiveness.

We need cleansing.

We need guilt removed.

We need eternal life.

We need righteousness.

Do you know why Jesus Christ died?

Yes, He died for your sins, and the sins of the whole world.

Yes, He died so you can be forgiven.

Yes, He died so you can go to Heaven, if you trust Him as your Savior.

But He also died so God could declare you righteous, or right with Him! 2 Corinthians 5:21

You see, when our sins are dealt with

When are sins are paid for

When are sins have been washed in the blood of Jesus Christ we have the opportunity to be made right with God!

We are declared righteous by God, when we place our faith in that shed blood of Christ.

Romans 5:1

Because Christ already died, has already been buried, and has already risen from the dead, all I must do for righteousness is to lean on Him by faith.

Have you leaned on God by putting your faith in Christ for righteousness?

Those of us who have leaned on Christ for salvation should not stop learning. We are to hunger and thirst after righteousness in such a way that we continue to lean on Him!

1 Corinthians 1:30

Just as I could not be right with God apart from leaning on Christ by faith, I can not live a righteous life, apart from leaning on Christ now.

He is my righteousness. Galatians 2:20

See yourself as dead!

When Christ died, you died.

See yourself as alive.

When Christ rose from the dead, you rose from the dead with Him.

See yourself as having Christ alive and living inside of you.

Christ liveth in me!

See yourself as leaning on Him for a righteous life!

…The life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.

Our hunger and thirst should be such that we simply trust Christ who is in us to live His life through us.

Be hungry enough to totally rely on Christ for your righteous Christian life. Be thirsty enough to lean entirely on Him who lives in you, for everything!

LEARNING FROM GOD

You, dear Christian, come with an operator's manual. It tells you how to live your new life in Christ. It tells you how to adjust and let Christ run your new life.

It tells you how to maintain your new life in righteousness.

And the real enthusiast as a Christian, the one who will hunger and thirst after righteousness, is going to hunger and thirst after this book in order to learn from God.

1 Peter 2:1-3

Just as a baby craves milk, so should we crave the Word of God.

For it will teach us who we are in Christ, and how we should act in Christ.

LIVING FOR GOD

If you hunger and thirst after righteousness, it means you want your life to count for God.

You want your life to count for God not just on Sunday, but all week.

In living for God, there are two verses I suggest you pray over this week: Matthew 5:16, Psalm 19:14

LOVING WITH GOD

Because Christ lives in you, he wants to love through you!

Jesus Christ gave the greatest expression of love when He went to the cross.

1 John 4:10

And now Christ wants us to express Christ's love to an unsaved world and even to our enemies.

Christ especially wants us to love our brothers and sisters in Christ. John 13:34-25

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

Matthew 24:5-14

WELCOME TO THE TRIBULATION!

Daniel the Prophet talked of 70 weeks in Daniel 9:24-27

These weeks were weeks of years.

69 weeks from the signing of the law to rebuild the temple (Nehemiah 2), the Messiah, the Lord Jesus, was cut off (crucified).

There is another week of years, yet to be fulfilled.

We know this period as The Tribulation.

The anti-Christ will sign a covenant with Israel for the first 3 1/2 years.

Then, after 3 1/2 years the he will break that covenant (Daniel 9:27, Matthew 24:15).

In our text I believe that the Lord Jesus is telling us what it will be like during the first 3 1/2 years of the tribulation.

FALSE PROPHETS - Vss. 5,11

FIERCE WARS - Vss. 607a

FRIGHTFUL CATASTROPHES - Vss. 7b-8

FERVENT PERSECUTION - Vss. 9-10

FORSAKEN LOVE - Vs. 12

FAITHFUL SERVICE - Vss. 13-14

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

Acts 11:1-18

PETER'S DEFENSE

In Acts 10 Peter, under God's direction, conducted the first official witness of the church to the Gentiles. This caused quite a stir in the Jerusalem Church. Peter is forced to defend himself.

PETER CRITICIZED - Vss. 1-3

The Jews would not eat a meal with Gentiles. Those believers in Christ who were still zealous about the Law immediately found fault with Peter.

PETER'S COMMENTARY - Vss. 4-15

Peter tells what happened, explaining the call of God to go, the presentation of the Gospel, and the work of the Holy Spirit on those who believed the Gospel.

PETER'S CONCLUSION - Vss. 16-17

Peter concluded that the Gentiles were truly saved needed to be baptized.

He also concluded that he should not stand in the way of those who professed Christ.

PETER CONFIRMED - Vs. 18

There was great rejoicing at the church of Jerusalem. They accepted Peter's explanation.

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

1 Corinthians 2:9-3:7

TALE OF THREE MEN

There are three types of men mentioned in this passage.

THE SPIRITUAL MAN RECEIVES UNDERSTANDING - 2:9-13, 15-16

THE NATURAL (UNSAVED) MAN IS REFUSED UNDERSTANDING - 2:14

THE CARNAL MAN IS RESTRICTED IN UNDERSTANDING - 3:1-7

The carnal man is saved, but is limited in understanding because he is not allowing the Spirit of God to control him. According to vs. 3, men are carnal when there is "envying, and strife, and divisions" among them.

Sermon Seeds C10

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

HAVE THESE SERMON SEEDS BLESSED YOU?

THEN, PLEASE PASS THEM ALONG!

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.

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.

MOUNT UNION ECHOES is a mailing list that includes a full text sermon from Pastor Jack Peters. To subscribe send a blank email to mountunionechoes-subscribe@welovegod.org

TALK TO JACK THROUGH INSTANT MESSAGING

I welcome live correspondence with those on the Sermon Seeds list. To put me on your "buddy list" here is the information you need.

AOL AIM - JackPeters47

MSN (Microsoft) - johnwpeters@hotmail.com

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

______________________________________________

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