Here’s the [Gospel] message in four parts: 1. God, who is perfectly holy, just, and good, created us to display His glorious character and rule. 2. We rebelled, choosing to display our own glory and follow our own rule, earning God’s just wrath against such sin. 3. God sent His Son to reestablish God’s rule by living the perfect God-imaging life, dying on the cross to pay the penalty for God’s wrath against sin, and rising in victory over sin and death. 4. We are now called to repent of our sinful self-rule, confess Jesus as Lord, put our trust wholly in His finished work on the cross, and live the obedient and free life He means for us to live.
Jonathan Leeman

SEEKING GOD

SEEKING GOD

SEEKING GOD

  1. Commanded # Isa 55:6 Mt 7:7
  2. INCLUDES SEEKING 2a) His Name

    # Ps 83:16

2b) His word # Isa 34:16 2c) His face # Ps 27:8 105:4 2d) His strength # 1Ch 16:11 Ps 105:4 2e) His commandments # 1Ch 28:8 Mal 2:7 2f) His precepts # Ps 119:45,94 2g) His kingdom # Mt 6:33 Lu 12:31 2h) His righteousness # Mt 6:33 2i) Christ # Mal 3:1 Lu 2:15,16 2j) Honour which comes from him # Joh 5:44 2k) Justification by Christ # Ga 2:16,17 2l) The city which God has prepared # Heb 11:10,16 13:14 3) By prayer # Job 8:5 Da 9:3 4) In his house # De 12:5 Ps 27:4 5) SHOULD BE 5a) Immediate # Ho 10:12 5b) Evermore # Ps 105:4 5c) While he may be found # Isa 55:6 5d) With diligence # Heb 11:6 5e) With the heart # De 4:29 1Ch 22:19 5f) In the day of trouble # Ps 77:2 6) Ensures 6a) His being found # De 4:29 1Ch 28:9 Pr 8:17 Jer 29:13 6b) His favour # La 3:25 6c) His protection # Ezr 8:22 6d) His not forsaking us # Ps 9:10 6e) Life # Ps 69:32 Am 5:4,6 6f) Prosperity # Job 8:5,6 Ps 34:10 6g) Being heard of him # Ps 34:4 6h) Understanding all things # Pr 28:5 6i) Gifts of righteousness # Ho 10:12 7) Imperative upon all # Isa 8:19 8) Afflictions designed to lead to # Ps 78:33,34 Ho 5:15 9) None, by nature, are found to be engaged in # Ps 14:2 Ro 3:11 Lu 12:23,30 10) SAINTS 10a) Specially exhorted to # Zep 2:3 10b) Desirous of # Job 5:8 10c) Purpose, in heart # Ps 27:8 10d) Prepare their hearts for # 2Ch 30:19 10e) Set their hearts to # 2Ch 11:16 10f) Engage in, with the whole heart # 2Ch 15:12 Ps 119:10 10g) Early in # Job 8:5 Ps 63:1 Isa 26:9 10h) Earnest in # So 3:2,4 10i) Characterised by # Ps 24:6 11) Is never in vain # Isa 45:19 12) Blessedness of # Ps 119:2 13) Leads to joy # Ps 70:4 105:3 14) Ends in praise # Ps 22:26 15) Promise connected with # Ps 69:32 16) Shall be rewarded # Heb 11:6 17) THE WICKED 17a) Are gone out of the way of # Ps 14:2,3 Ro 3:11,12 17b) Prepare not their hearts for # 2Ch 12:14 17c) Refuse, through pride # Ps 10:4 17d) Not led to, by affliction # Isa 9:13 17e) Sometimes pretend to # Ezr 4:2 Isa 58:2 17f) Rejected, when too late in # Pr 1:28 18) They who neglect denounced # Isa 31:1 19) Punishment of those who neglect # Zep 1:4-6 20) Exemplified 20a) Asa # 2Ch 14:7 20b) Jehoshaphat # 2Ch 17:3,4 20c) Uzziah # 2Ch 26:5 20d) Hezekiah # 2Ch 31:21 20e) Josiah # 2Ch 34:3 20f) Ezra # Ezr 7:10 20g) David # Ps 34:4 20h) Daniel # Da 9:3,4