Christ Church of Livingston County Sermons

Sermon Notes for: August 16, 2020

COVID and the Great Commission

Colossians 4:2-6

Pastor Joe Harrell

Introduction

I. READY: Watching and Praying (2)

A. Watching (Mt. 26:41)

B. Giving Thanks (1 Thess. 5:17-18)

II. SET: Pray also for us (3-4)

A. Open doors for the Word (Phil. 1:12-14)

B. The message: The mystery of Christ

C. The goal: How they ought to speak

III. GO: Redeem the time (5-6)

A. Walk in wisdom

B. Salty, gracious speech

C. Goal: How we ought to speak (1 Pt. 3:13-17)

IV. Conclusion (5)

A. Be alert, always watchful through prayer

B. Pray for open door for the Word

C. Walk through the doors God provides

Sermon Notes for: 8/9/2020

Asking for a King

1 Samuel 8

Pastor Steve Hemmeke

Sermon theme: To fix societal ills, we tend to adopt worldly solutions instead of relying on the Lord and His ways.

Sermon outline:

I. Our problem: unfaithful s_______ again (1-3)

II. Our mixed requests: good l______________, but for bad r___________ (4-5, 20)

III. Our hopes: not always l_________ (6-9)

IV. God’s answer: a warning (10-18)

V. God’s p___________ (19-22)

Sermon Notes for: 8/2/2020

Renewing Covenant with God

1 Samuel 7

Pastor Steve Hemmeke

Sermon theme: Theme: put away your idols; serve God alone; find and follow good leadership; be faithful in cultural victory or defeat.

Sermon outline:

I. Samuel’s call to repent, and his intercession (3-6, 8)

II. The cultural threat from enemies (7)

III. Covenant renewal in worship (9)

IV. God gives victory! Ebenezer (10-14)

V. Samuel leads (15-17)

Sermon Notes for 7/26/2020

Repenting and Returning to Our Holy God

1 Samuel 6

Pastor Steve Hemmeke

Sermon theme: God works repentance in flawed people, showing His holiness and His grace.

Sermon outline

I. Philistines send the ark away (1-12)

II. Israel receivesthe ark back: obedience and disobedience (13-7:1)

Sermon Notes for: 7/19/2020

Shaking Us Up

1 Samuel 5

Pastor Steve Hemmeke

Sermon theme: We are to put our trust in God alone, not in any idols we make.

Sermon Outline

A. God defeats the pagan god Dagon (1-5)

B. God plagues the Philistines; they respond (6-12)

Sermon Notes for: 7/12/2020

Bearing the Curse

1 Samuel 4

Pastor Steve Hemmeke

Sermon theme: God brings about the downfall of Eli’s house, and goes into exile Himself for Israel’s sin.

Sermon outline:

I. Israel defeated (1-11)

II. Ark captured and exiled (12-22)

Sermon Notes for July 5, 2020

Mordecai: The Man, The Judean

The Book of Esther

Christopher Kou

1) What's in a name?

a) What name do we bear and how?

2) Setting the stage.

a) Vashti deposed, new queen needed

i) Esther chosen.

b) New chief counselor needed.

c) Theme: witness before the nations.

3) Who is Mordecai?

a) Esther 2:5 introduces Mordecai in a unique way.

i) Mordecai the representative of Judah

b) Mordecai's lineage and history.

(Esther 2; Ezra 2:2; Nehemiah 7:7)

4) Mordecai's Insurrection

a) Mordecai disobeys the king

b) Haman is a Satan (an accuser)

5) Death and Resurrection

a) Sackcloth and ashes and fasting.

b) Esther forced to witness.

c) Mordecai memorialized before the Great King

6) Redemption for Mordecai and Judah

a) Haman (Satan) defeated.

Mordecai, the man, the Judean. (Zechariah 8:22-23)

Sermon Notes for: 6/28/2020

Hearing the Word of God

1 Samuel 3

Pastor Steve Hemmeke

I. Word of Yahweh – r______ (1)

II. Shiloh is d______ (2-3)

III. Samuel h______ the word of Yahweh (4-14)

IV. Samuel opens the doors (15)

III. Samuel s______ the word of Yahweh (16-18)

II. Shiloh is r_______

I. Word of Yahweh - to ______ (19-20; 4:1)

Sermon Notes for: 6/21/2020

Responding to Corruption

1 Samuel 2:11-36

Pastor Steve Hemmeke

I. Prophecy against Eli - Hannah (1-10)

II. Young Samuel serves and grows (11)

III. Corruption of Eli’s sons – sacrifices (12-17)

IV. Samuel’s robe (18-21)

III. Corruption of Eli’s sons – women (22-25)

II. Young Samuel serves and grows (26)

I. Prophecy against Eli – man of God (27-36)

Sermon Notes for: 6/14/2020

The Birth of a Deliverer

1 Samuel 1:1-2:11

Pastor Steve Hemmeke

Sermon Theme

God has given His unfaithful people a faithful Son.

Sermon outline

I. Hannah’s barrenness (1:1-8)

II. Hannah’s prayer (1:9-11)

III. Eli and Hannah (1:12-18)

IV. Birth of Samuel (1:19-23)

III. Eli and Hannah again (1:24-28)

II. Hannah’s song (2:1-10)

I. Hannah’s fruit (2:11)