Monthly Archives: June 2024
God Our Shepherd
GOD OUR SHEPHERDTEXT: Ezekiel 34:11-16, 31SUMMARY: The Garden of Renown and the Covenant of Peace in Ezekiel 34 bring us to the spiritual fulfillment of the salvation that has been promised from the beginning. God as our shepherd will seek the lost, feed them, strengthen them, bind their wounds, and heal them. As the Good […]
Continue readingA Glimmer of Faith
A GLIMMER OF FAITHTEXT: Mark 4:35-5:43SUMMARY: This passage in Mark’s Gospel, which concludes a section of four miracles beginning with Jesus’ calming of the sea, serves the comforting purpose of building up weak faith in the hearts of those whom Christ has called and chosen.I. THE NEED FOR FAITH.A. Their Circumstaces: A Time of Trials. […]
Continue readingA Garden of Renown, Part 4: The Shepherds of Israel
A GARDEN OF RENOWN, PART 4:THE SHEPHERDS OF ISRAELTEXT: Ezekiel 34:1-6I. THE SHEPHERDS OF ISRAEL A TYPE OF CHRIST.A. We are Sheep.1. Sinners follow.2. Saints follow.B. We need a Shepherd.1. Old Testament Shepherds Fail.2. God Contrasts Himself to Old Testament Shepherds as One who will not fail.II. PROPHECY AGAINST THE SHEPHERDS OF ISRAEL.A. They Fail […]
Continue readingGod’s Spiritual Handiwork
GOD’S SPIRITUAL HANDIWORKTEXT: Mark 5:1-20SUMMARY: The restoration of the demon-possessed man of Gadara to sanity displays the superiority of God’s handiwork over the devil’s, but it also shows man’s natural inability to discern it.I. THE DEVIL’S HANDIWORK ON DISPLAY, vv. 1-5.A. A Man Attracted to Death, vv. 2-3. B. A Man Given Over to Sin, […]
Continue readingA Garden of Renown, Part 3: A Place of Knowledge
A GARDEN OF RENOWN, PART 3: Knowledge — the Result of the Garden of RenownTEXT: Ezekiel 34:29-31THE GARDEN OF RENOWN — THE PLACE OF KNOWLEDGE.A. “Thus they shall know” — as a result of this Garden of Renown.1. We are trees of righteousness. 2. Christ is the Majestic Cedar.3. God the Gardener has planted. B. […]
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