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Sunday Sermon Notes 3-16-14

Exile VI Title:

  The Answer

Date: 3.16.14

 Text: 1 Peter 1:6­12 HI: God's answer to why? is Who.

Introduction:

Atheist Susan Jacoby states it this way: "The theodicy problem is the rock upon which all monotheism founders. How can the existence of an omnipotent, loving God be reconciled with the horrors he allows to be inflicted on his creations?"

READ 1 Peter 1:10­12

I. Where the prophets saw a silhouette, we see Jesus.

(PUT THESE NEXT TWO ON SAME SLIDE)

Genesis 3:15

I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel." Deuteronomy 18:15 "The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your brothers­ it is to him you shall listen­

Psalm 22:1, 7­8

My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, from the words of my groaning? 7 All who see me mock me; they make mouths at me; they wag their heads; 8 "He trusts in the LORD; let him deliver him; let him rescue him, for he delights in him!"

Isaiah 53:3, 10­11

He was despised and rejected by men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief; and as one from whom men hide their faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not...Yet it was the will of the LORD to crush him; he has put him to grief; when his soul makes an offering for sin, he shall see his offspring; he shall prolong his days; the will of the LORD shall prosper in his hand. Out of the anguish of his soul he shall see and be satisfied; by his knowledge shall the righteous one, my servant, make many to be accounted righteous, and he shall bear their iniquities.2

Hebrews 11:13­16

These all died in faith, not having received the things promised, but having seen them and greeted them from afar, and having acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth. 14 For people who speak thus make it clear that they are seeking a homeland. 15 If they had been thinking of that land from which they had gone out, they would have had opportunity to return. 16 But as it is, they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared for them a city.

1. Theysearched 2. Theysuffered 3. Theypersevered 4. TheytrustedGodassovereign. 5. TheyservedHimfaithfully.

6. Theyservedothersfaithfully. 7. Theypavedthewayforthegospeltoberevealed.

READ 1 Peter 1:6­7a

II. God doesn't leave us in the fire, he leads us through the fire.

(let's make this on the "sticker" fomat) "Hi, My Trial Is..." Insert Trial Here ______.

Hebrews 12:1­2

Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.

"While other worldviews lead us to sit in the midst of life’s joys, foreseeing the coming sorrows, Christianity empowers its people to sit in the midst of this world’s sorrows, tasting the coming joy.” Timothy Keller, Walking with God Through Pain and Suffering

"Tested genuineness" = "Genuineness as a result of a test, without alloy" “You don’t really know Jesus is all you need until Jesus is all you have.”

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Timothy Keller, Walking With God Through Pain and Suffering READ 1 Peter 1:7b

  III. The gospel of Jesus is our guarantee that we won't be left in the fire.

2 Corinthians 4:16­18: So we do not lose heart. Though our outer nature is wasting away, our inner nature is being renewed day by day. For this slight momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.

“Some suffering is given in order to chastise and correct a person for wrongful patterns of life (as in the case of Jonah imperiled by the storm), some suffering is given not to correct past wrongs but to prevent future ones (as in the case of Joseph sold into slavery), and some suffering has no purpose other than to lead a person to love God more ardently for himself alone and so discover the ultimate peace and freedom.” Timothy Keller Walking With God Through Pain and Suffering (47)

Romans 8:18

For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us.

Edmund Clowney: "When Jesus Christ is revealed, the gold of our faith will shine to his praise. The whole nature of suffering is changed for the Christian when he realizes that his anguish brings honour to Christ."

READ 1 Peter 1:8­9

IV. Faith in Jesus is the soul's evidence that leads to our joy.

1. They searched 2. They suffered 3. They persevered 4. They trusted God as sovereign. 5. They served Him faithfully.

6. They served others faithfully. 7. They paved the way for the gospel to be revealed.

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Sunday Sermon-Street Corner Doxology 1 Peter 1:3-5

Exile IV Title: Street Corner Doxology Date: 3.2.14 Text: 1 Peter 1:3­5 

Main Idea: At the intersection of faith and hope comes worship.

Introduction:

Our text today leads us to a Street Corner Doxology. "A doxology is a hymn of praise. The word comes from the Greek doxa, which refers

to glory that is ascribed to God, because it belongs eternally and intrinsically to Him."

"All sound theology must begin and end with doxology." G.C. Berkouwer

READ 1 Peter 1:3a­b

1) God's mercy pursues us. (3a)

Romans 3:10­12, 23 as it is written: "None is righteous, no, not one; no one understands; no one seeks for God. All have turned aside; together they have become worthless; no one does good, not even one."...for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

"The doctrine of original sin teaches that every single human being who ever was, is, or shall be inherited from Adam a sinful nature that makes us predisposed to wickedness and rebellion against God." Kevin DeYoung Why We Love The Church

Romans 9:16 So then it depends not on human will or exertion, but on God, who has mercy.

READ 1 Peter 1:3c

2) God's grace regenerates us.

READ 1 Peter 1:4a

3) God's Son redeems us. 1 Corinthians 15:3­42

For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures,

"The means of our new birth is not first the message of the resurrection; it is the fact of the resurrection. When Christ rose he secured our salvation." Edmund Clowney

Romans 10:9: ...if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

READ 1 Peter 1:4

4) God's plan assures us.

R.C. Sproul: "People today believe in the universal fatherhood of God and the universal brotherhood of man. In biblical categories God, naturally speaking, is the Father of One...Scripture tells us that by nature we are children of wrath...so we must never take for granted the privilege of speaking of God as "Father.""

Romans 8:16­17

The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, then heirs­ heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him.

READ 1 Peter 1:5a

5) God's power guards us.

READ 1 Peter 1:5b

6) God's glory awaits us.

Revelation 21:1­6, 10­11, 22­27 Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, "Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God. He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning nor crying nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away." And he who

was seated on the throne said, "Behold, I am making all things new." Also he said, "Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true."And he said to me, "It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To the thirsty I will give from the spring of the water of life without payment...and [he] showed me the holy city Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God, having the glory of God, its radiance like a most rare jewel, like a jasper, clear as crystal... And I saw no temple in the city, for its temple is the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb. And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light, and its lamp is the Lamb. By its light will the nations walk, and the kings of the earth will bring their glory into it, and its gates will never be shut by day­ and there will be no night there. They will bring into it the glory and the honor of the nations. But nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who does what is detestable or false, but only those who are written in the Lamb's book of life.

Main Idea: At the intersection of faith and hope comes worship.

Conclusion:

Next Steps:

I want to put my faith in Jesus as my Savior. I want to surrender to him and be saved from my sins. I want my hope to come alive. I want to transfer it from someone/something else to Jesus today.

This week my prayers are going to shift from asking things of God to praising God daily. I am going to respond by praying with others that I would move from another intersection to faith/hope.

I am going to pray for To Be The Church this week. I am going to fast for To Be The Church this week. I am going to give toward To Be The Church this month (March). I want to volunteer to help build for To Be The Church.

Sunday Sermon Notes (2-23-14)

Life Point Church

What a great sermon! I love how God just spoke volumes through this message. Lord help me live my life as a CHILD of the KING! I have been living as an EXILE, it's time for change!

Exile identity:

• Fretting about how our culture isn’t following God.
• Fearing that our lives will get less comfortable as a result.
• Being dismayed or disillusioned at events that reveal that this world is lost and dead in sin without Christ.
• Insulating ourselves in close-knit, fearful subcultures, driven by anxiety that the world will infect us.
• Being defined by what we are against, rather than what we are for.
• Reviling and condemning culture, reacting to the threat we feel from it.
• Existing in fragmented community because we are driven by fear.
• Getting lost in the feeling of being dispossessed, cast out, not belonging.
• Not simply being aware that we are strangers in our world, but living in a prison of fear, hopelessness, and anxiety because we are exiles in our world.

Child of the King identity:

• Walking day by day in the living hope that is ours through Jesus Christ.
• Living in obedience to Jesus.
• Serving Christ, not our own comforts.
• Laying down our lives for one another, at peace and motivated by the Spirit of God.
• Engaged in our world, seeking the welfare of the city that God places us in.
• Aware of culture, but not in fear of culture.
• Not blindly consuming culture, but intentionally engaging culture with redemption in view.
• Blessing when we are cursed.
• Striving daily, as we trust in God through suffering.
• Living in united community as we engage Jesus’ mission together.
• Focused on being owned by God, belonging to him, in his redeemed community (the church).
• Lived out in hope, trust in God, obedience to Jesus, and redemptive engagement in our world.

Do you see the difference? It is a matter of attitude and perspective.

Exiles in the world, live as children of the King.  

Present Suffering Future Glory

Sermon Notes

"Present Suffering Future Glory"

Pastor Mailoux

Date: 8/19/12

Opening Verse: Romans 8:18

For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time [are] not worthy [to be compared] with the glory which shall be revealed in us.

3 Causes For Suffering

~ The world is in a state of decay

~The laws of physical universe

~Sin

Reasons For Suffering

Daniel 3:16-18, 24-30

1. Prime means of suffering is for the glory of God

(Do we run from suffering ?)

2. Discipline for known sin 

Hebrews 12:5-11

And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him:

For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not? But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons. Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected [us], and we gave [them] reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?

For they verily for a few days chastened [us] after their own pleasure; but he for [our] profit, that [we] might be partakers of his holiness.

Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby. 3. To Keep Us From Pride 2 Corinthians 12:7-10

And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me. And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.

4. To Build Faith

1 Peter 1:6-7 Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:

5. To Cause Spiritual Growth

Romans 5:3-5

And not only [so], but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;

And patience, experience; and experience, hope:

And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.

6. To Teach Us Contentment

Phil 4:11-13

Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, [therewith] to be content.I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

7. Equip Us To Comfort Others

2 Corinthians 1:3-4

Blessed [be] God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort;Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.

8. To prove the reality that Christ is in us

2 Corinthians 4:7-11

But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.[We are] troubled on every side, yet not distressed; [we are] perplexed, but not in despair;

Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body.

For we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh.

2 Timothy 1:12

For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.