Opening Reading: Isaiah 52:13-53:12

Outline:

·  Knowing God’s Goodness

·  Understanding the Human Condition

·  Good(?) Friday

·  Good News!

Verses Read or Referenced in Sermon (Bold passages on screen):

·  1 Corinthians 1:23

·  1 Peter 1:17-19, 25

·  Romans 6:23

·  Luke 18:18-19

·  Psalm 5:4

·  Exodus 33:19

·  Exodus 34:6-7

·  Romans 3:23

·  Isaiah 64:6

·  Revelation 21:8

·  Acts 2:23

·  Malachi 3:6

·  Hebrews 13:8

·  John 3:16

·  John 3:16-20

·  1 John 3:9-10

·  Philippians 2:6-8

·  Luke 18:31-33

·  Luke 22:44

·  Mark 14:64-65; 15:16-39

·  1 Corinthians 15:3-4

·  John 19:30

·  Luke 9:23-25

·  Acts 4:12

Opening Reading: Psalm 119:145-160  Outline:  ·       Heaven’s (and Believer’s) Joy in Salvation  ·       Knowing God and Reactions to Life Events  o   Identified By Circumstances: A Badge of Bitterness  o   Identified In Christ: His Exceeding Goodness Always Preeminent  ·       God’s Faithfulness in Our Suffering: If We’ll See/Join Into It  ·       A Tale of Two Entries: Proud Consumer or Humble Servant  ·       Who Is This?  Verses Read or Referenced in Sermon (Bold passages on screen):  ·       Luke 15:7, 10, 24, 32  ·       John 14:6  ·       Ruth 1:16-17  ·       Ruth 1:19-22  ·       1 Peter 3:15  ·       Psalm 18:27  ·       1 Peter 5:5  ·       Job 1:20-21  ·       Romans 11:36  ·       Job 2:7  ·       Job 2:9-10  ·       Psalm 51:16-17  ·       1 Corinthians 12:14-27  ·       Romans 8:31-39  ·       Luke 18:31-33  ·       Hebrews 4:15  ·       Matthew 21:7-10  ·       Luke 19:41

Opening Reading: Psalm 119:129-144

Outline:

·  Saving Grace

·  The Quest for Rest

·  Bitterness: A Self-Centered View of God’s Providence

·  Orpah: The Danger of Pragmatism

·  Taking Up Her Cross: The Conversion of Ruth

Verses Read or Referenced in Sermon:

·  Isaiah 55:9

·  Ruth 1:6

·  Romans 6:23

·  Revelation 21:8

·  Ephesians 2:8

·  John 3:16

·  Ruth 1:7-9

·  Matthew 11:28

·  Hebrews 4:10

·  Ruth 1:10-13

·  Deuteronomy 25:5ff

·  Mark 12:18ff

·  Psalm 115:3

·  Ephesians 1:11

·  Exodus 4:11

·  Romans 1:18-32

·  Exodus 9:3

·  Deuteronomy 2:15

·  Galatians 5:22-23

·  1 Peter 3:15

·  Ruth 1:14

·  Mark 10:17-22

·  Matthew 16:26

·  Ruth 1:15

·  Ruth 1:16-18

·  Leviticus 26:12

Opening Reading: Psalm 119:113-128

Outline:

·  A Surprisingly Unsurprising Choice: Perceiving Only Grey

·  Caution: God At Work: God’s Providence in Suffering

·  Course Correction: Grace Abounds

Verses Read or Referenced in Sermon (Bold passages on screen):

·  1 John 3:1-2

·  Philippians 3:20

·  Romans 6:1-7

·  Acts 17:11

·  Ruth 1:4-7

·  James 1:17

·  Numbers 25:1-3

·  Romans 12:2

·  Deuteronomy 7:3-4

·  1 Kings 11:7

·  Exodus 20:3-4

·  2 Corinthians 6:14

·  Deuteronomy 23:3-6

·  Deuteronomy 28:18

·  Ephesians 2:1-3

·  Genesis 41

·  Genesis 45:4-8

·  Ephesians 2:4-8

·  Romans 11:36

·  Job 5:7

·  2 Timothy 3:12

·  Romans 5:3-5

·  2 Corinthians 12:9-10

·  Romans 8:18

·  Acts 11:18

·  Ruth 1:6

·  Matthew 6:11

·  Psalm 119:67

·  Ruth 1:7

·  Matthew 1:21

·  Luke 19:10

Opening Reading: Psalm 119:97-112 Outline: • A People in Rebellion and the Rulers They Deserved • So Far Like the Present: Following God when the Judges Rule • Who’s Your King? • Remaining There: A Call to Repentance and Faith Verses Read or Referenced in Sermon: • 2 Corinthians 5:7 • Ruth 1:1-3 • Romans 1:16-17 • Hebrews 4:12• Deuteronomy 7:6 • Exodus 18:6 • 1 Peter 2:9 • Joshua 24:14-15, 19-22 • 2 Corinthians 5:20• Judges 19:22• Judges 17:6; 21:25• Romans 1:32• 1 Peter 4:17-19 • Ephesians 5:1-12 • Ruth 1:1-2 • Amos 8:11• Leviticus 26:18-20 • Psalm 19:13• Mark 9:24• Judges 3:12-14 • Genesis 19:37• Numbers 22-25 • Deuteronomy 23:3-4 • Matthew 7:13-14 • Job 14:5 • Psalm 139:6 • Ephesians 2:10• Matthew 11:28-29

Opening Reading: Psalm 119:81-96

Outline:

·  Truth and the Word: The Revelatory Work of Christ

·  Jesus Is God

·  The Gift of Understanding

·  Life Through Christ Alone

·  Beware the Idol Factory

Verses Read or Referenced in Sermon (Bold passages on screen):

·  Romans 11:36

·  1 John 5:20-21

·  John 17:20-21

·  John 17:17

·  Psalm 119:160

·  Hebrews 1:1-2

·  John 1:1

·  Psalm 19:1

·  Romans 1:20

·  Isaiah 59:1-2

·  Ephesians 2:1-2

·  1 John 5:19

·  John 1:14

·  Philippians 2:5-11

·  1 John 1:1-3

·  Hebrews 1:3

·  Deuteronomy 6:4

·  Matthew 3:16-17

·  John 14:6

·  Romans 3:23; 6:23

·  John 14:7-11

·  John 4:24

·  John 1:18

·  Colossians 1:15-17

·  John 17:3

·  Isaiah 53:6

·  Romans 3:10-11

·  Luke 10:21-22

·  1 Corinthians 2:10-14

·  John 16:13-15

·  1 Corinthians 12:3

·  1 John 4:2, 13; 2:20, 27

·  Acts 16:11-15

·  Luke 11:13

·  1 John 5:11-12

·  John 3:16-18

·  1 John 5:21

Opening Reading: Psalm 119:65-80

Outline:

• Mutual Exclusivity: What Do We Know About Sin and Salvation?

• The God Who Saves, Keeps and Protects

• Outside Satan’s Grip: In but not Of the World

Verses Read or Referenced in Sermon:

• Proverbs 18:2

• John 17:17

• 2 Timothy 3:16-17

• 1 John 5:13

• 1 John 5:18-19

• Judges 21:25

• Isaiah 45:5

• 1 Timothy 2:5

• Isaiah 5:20

• 1 John 1:10

• 1 John 3:9

• 1 John 3:8

• Psalm 119:70, 72

• Psalm 1:1-2

• Jeremiah 31:33

• Ezekiel 36:25-27

• Romans 6:17-18

• John 10:28

• John 17:11

• Jude 24

• John 20:17

• Colossians 1:13-14

• Philippians 2:12

• Colossians 3:1-6

• Philippians 1:6

• 1 John 5:19

• John 1:12-13

• Romans 8:16

• Philippians 3:20

• 1 Peter 2:9

• 2 Corinthians 5:20

• Romans 11:36

• John 15:5

• John 15:18-19

• 1 Peter 5:8-10

• Galatians 1:4

Opening Reading: Psalm 26  Outline:  ·       

Outline:

• How Do You Know? (The Joy of Assurance)

• Confidence in Answered Prayer

• Loving One Another = Praying for One Another

• Sin that Leads to Death

• Interceding for Christians

Verses Read or Referenced in Sermon:

• Acts 26:9-11

• Acts 7:58; 8:1, 3

• 1 John 5:13-17

• John 20:31

• 1 John 1:4

• Luke 15:7

• 1 John 5:14-15

• John 15:7

• Psalm 66:18

• 1 Peter 3:7

• 1 John 1:9

• John 14:13-14

• Matthew 26:39, 42

• Matthew 6:10

• James 4:3

• Psalm 37:4

• 1 John 3:23

• 1 Timothy 2:1

• 1 John 5:16-17

• Romans 6:23

• Matthew 12:31

• 1 John 2:22, 20

• 1 John 5:6

• John 3:18-19

• John 8:24

• Hebrews 9:27

• Revelation 21:8; 20:15

• Hebrews 6:6

• Genesis 4:9

• Galatians 6:1-2

• Luke 22:31-32

Opening Reading: Psalm 119:33-48 Outline: • Three Witnesses to the Divinity of Jesus - He “came” o By Water o And Blood o Witness of the Holy Spirit • Why We Believe God’s Testimony • Consequences of Belief of Denial of God’s Witness  Verses Read or Referenced in Sermon (Bold passages on screen): • Ephesians 2:20 • Matthew 7:24-26 • Acts 4:12 • John 14:6 • 1 John 5:5-12 • 1 John 5:13; 2:19 • Matthew 7:21-23 • Revelation 1:8 • Matthew 1:21 • Isaiah 40:3 • Mark 1:5 • Matthew 3:13-15 • Matthew 28:18-20 • Acts 2:38ff • Romans 6:4-5 • Matthew 3:16-17 • 1 Corinthians 1:23; 2:1-2 • Matthew 27:45 • John 19:30 • Matthew 27:51-53 • Hebrews 10:19-23 • 1 Timothy 2:5 • Matthew 27:54 • John 3:34 • Mark 1:12 • 1 Peter 1:21 • 2 Timothy 3:16 • John 17:17 • 1 John 5:1 • Matthew 22:14 • Deuteronomy 19:15 • 1 John 5:10 • Psalm 34:8 • 1 John 5:11-12 • Romans 3:23 • Matthew 12:30 • John 10:10 • Hebrews 2:3-4 • John 1:12