Category Archives: Religion & Spirituality
God’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. […]
Continue readingIn Troublesome Times
IN TROUBLESOMETIMESTEXT: Selected Passages from Daniel, Ezra & NehemiahSUMMARY: The emergence of the Jewish remnant from captivity to rebuild, “in troublesome times” (Dan. 9:25), their temple, city and nation in preparation for their coming Messiah, would foreshadow the end of our final age, when “a time of trouble, such as never was” (Daniel 12:1) must […]
Continue readingA Garden of Renown, Part 2
A GARDEN OF RENOWN, PART 2 TEXT: Ezekiel 34:29-31SUMMARY: The Peace Christ offers in Ezekiel 34 is not to be taken out of the wilderness, or to return to the Garden of Eden, instead it’s an offer to be raised up and made into a garden of God’s peace ourselves — in Christ. And just […]
Continue readingDaniel’s Intercession, Part 2
DANIEL’S INTERCESSION, PART 2 TEXT: Daniel 9:24-27SUMMARY: Daniel chapter 9 is a record of Daniel’s intercession for the sins of God’s people Israel, and of the Lord’s glorious promise of reconciliation by means of a coming Redeemer. I. THE SIN OF THE PEOPLE, vv. 1-19. II. HOPE FOR THE PEOPLE, vv. 20-27. A. A Preview […]
Continue readingA Garden of Renown, Part 1
A GARDEN OF RENOWN, PART 1 TEXT: EZEKIEL 34:25I WILL MAKE A COVENANT OF PEACE WITH THEM — PART 1A. The Covenant of Peace.1. A Covenant that is New.2. Wild Beasts Cease from the Land.—The Wild Beast Within. —The Wild Beast who Teaches Falsely.—The Wild Beast who Devours.3. They will Dwell Safely in the Wilderness […]
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DANIEL’S INTERCESSION, PART 1TEXT: Daniel 9:1-27SUMMARY: Daniel chapter 9 is a record of Daniel’s intercession for the sins of God’s people Israel, and of the Lord’s glorious promise of reconciliation by means of a coming Redeemer. I. THE SIN OF THE PEOPLE, vv. 1-19. A. Their Nature of Their Sin. 1. The sins that led […]
Continue readingEzekiel and the Garden of the Lord
EZEKIEL AND THE GARDEN OF THE LORDTEXT: Selected Passages from EzekielSUMMARY. Ezekiel uses the Garden of Eden to teach us about the fall of man, and the promise of redemption and restoration.I. WICKEDNESS REIGNS IN THE WORLD.A. The Glory of the Garden of God Exchanged for the Glory of a Garden of Man.1. The king […]
Continue readingDaniel’s Two Kingdoms, Part 3
DANIEL’S TWO KINGDOMS, PART 3TEXT: Daniel 2:1-45; Dan. 7:1-28I. DANIEL, THE MAN. II. DANIEL’S MESSAGE FOR THE TIMES CLOSE AT HAND. Nebuchadnezzar’s great tree (ch. 4); the handwriting on Belshazzar’s wall (ch. 5); Daniel’s visions of the ram and the goat (ch. 8), and of the kings of the North and South (ch. 11).III. DANIEL’S […]
Continue readingThe Holy One is Priest in His Garden
THE HOLY ONE IS PRIEST IN HIS GARDENTEXT: John 20I. AN EMPTY TOMB DISCOVERED.A. Seeing is believing (v 8). B. A scripture to know (v9). II. MARY IN THE GARDEN.A. A weeping servant (We love because He first loved us).B. Heavenly Messengers.C. A Celestial Gardener (The Priest in His Garden).
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