526 FBCWest | No Good, Very Bad, Terrible Decisions - Adam and Eve

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Message by Pastor Joe

“No Good, Very Bad, Terrible Decisions: Adam & Eve”

Sermon Notes

Genesis 2:15 God puts man in the garden to cultivate it

Genesis 2:16 &17 God commands that man is not to eat of the fruit f the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, but may eat freely any thing else in the garden. If he does he will die

Genesis 2:18 God made a helper for man

Genesis 3:1 – 3 The woman misquotes God

Genesis 3:4 & 5 Satan denies what God has said

Genesis 3:6 The woman starts to justify her decision and after eating gives it to her husband to eat

Genesis 3:7 – 11 Everything is changed now

Genesis 3:12 The man blames God

Genesis 3:13 The woman blames Satan

Romans 12:9 Abhor evil

FBCWest 525 | Witness

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Message by Pastor Joe

“Witness”

Sermon Notes

Matthew 28:18 - 20 You shall be His witnesses

524 FBCWest | Why We Celebrate Communion

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Message by Pastor Joe

“Why We Celebrate Communion/Lord Supper”

PRAYER TIME / Time of Reflection

“Love Ran Red”

Lord Super/Communion

“Think about His Love”

Benediction “God Really Loves Us”

Acknowledgements and Announcements

Sermon Notes

Matthew 26:26 -29 Because He instructed us to do so

John 1:29 He is the Lamb of God who takes away the sines of the world

1 Corinthians 5:7 He is our Passover Lamb

1 Corinthians 11:23 – 26 Because in so doing we declare His death

1 Corinthians 11:26 Because in so doing it is a statement of faith that He will return

1 Corinthians 11:27 – 32 We are to take the Lord’s Supper in a worthy manner. We are to examine ourselves

523 FBCWest | The Latter Days Were More than the Beginning

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Message by Pastor Joe

“The Latter Days Were More than the Beginning”

Sermon Notes

Job 42:7 & 8 God tells Eliphaz that he and his friends did not speak correctly about God and they are to present their burnt offerings so that Job would pray for them

Job 42:9 They did what God told them to do and the Lord accepted Job (an intercessor)

Numbers 21:7 The people ask Moses to intercede for them

Romans 8:28 The Spirit intercedes for us when we do not know how to pray

Job 42:10 After Job prayed for his friend it was the Lord who increased what Job had by two-fold

Job 42:11 Job’s extended family fellowships with him and gives him gifts

Job 42:12 – 15 God blessed the latter days of Job more than the beginning

Job 42:16 & 17 Job lived 140 years after the adversity seeing four generations

James 5:11 The steadfastness of Job

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Message by Pastor Joe

“Now I See You”

“Morning by Morning (I Will Trust)”

Benediction “God Really Loves Us”

Sermon Notes

Job 42:1 & 2 God can do all things and can’t be stopped

Matthew 19:20 With God all things are possible

Job 42:3 Job admits he didn’t know what he was talking about

Job 42:4 Job asks God to teach him

Psalm 143:10 Teach me to do Your will

Psalm 62:5 My soul waits in silence for God only

Psalm 139:1 – 6 God knows us intimately

Job 42:5 Job says he heard about God, but now he sees Him

Isaiah 6:1 -8 Isaiah saw the Lord and it impacted him

Job 42:6 Job repents

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Message by Pastor Joe

“Who Is Like the Lord, Almighty? ”

Sermon Notes

Job 40:1 & 2 God asks Job can he reprove God

Job 40:3 – 5 Job says he should just shut up

Job 40:6 – 14 Job is asked if he can annul God’s judgments

Job 40:15 -24 God’s power is shown in His creatures like the Behemoth

Job 41:1 – 34 God continues to show His power in His creatures like the Leviathan

520 FBCWest | God Asks Job - Does He Understand and Control the Animal Kingdom

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Message by Pastor Joe

“God Asks Job Does He Understand and Control the Animal Kingdom?”

Sermon Notes

Job 39:1 -4 God asks Job if he understands the birthing process of nature’s animals

Job 39:5 – 12 Job is asked who gave the wild donkey it freedom and can you trust it to work for you

Job 39:13 – 18 Job is asked does he understand the foolishness of the ostrich

Job 39:19 -25 Job is asked did he give the horse its strength

Job 39:26 – 30 Job is asked does he understand the flight and life of the hawk and the eagle

519 FBCWest | God Breaks His Silence – The Red Letters

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Message by Pastor Joe

“God Breaks His Silence – The Red Letters”

Sermon Notes

The Lord will ask Job over 70 questions

Job 38:1 - 11 The Lord asks where was Job when the Lord created the earth and does he have knowledge of creation

Job 38:12 – 41 & 39:1 - 30 The Lord asks Job does he have power and knowledge to impact or control the earth, the weather, the universe or feed animals of the earth Job and his friends have been asking why Job experienced adversity, but that is the wrong question Who is the Lord and can He be trusted in what He is doing in His world

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Message by Pastor Joe

“An Incomplete View of God”

Acknowledgements and Announcements

Sermon Notes

Job 34:1 - 9 Elihu asserts Job and his friends should listen to him and he accuses Job

Job 34:10 – 15 Elihu asserts correctly God does no wrong and has all power

Job 34:16 – 20 Everyone, rich or poor is created by God

Job 34:21 – 30 God sees all

Job 34:31 – 37 Elihu condemns Job as unrepentant

Job 35:1 – 16 Elihu continues to condemn Job and assets only those who repent will God answer

Job 36:1 – 16 Elihu asserts God rewards the righteous and condemns the wicked, but if they repent God will restore

Job 36:17 – 23 He continues to say Job has done wrong

Job 36:24 – 37 God is to be exalted

Job 37:1 – 20 God is awesome and powerful in the storm

Job 37:21 – 24 God is awesome and people fear Him

Hebrews 1:1 – 4 God has spoken to reveal Himself

517 FBCWest | Passion, Anger, and Speech

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Message by Pastor Joe

“Passion, Anger, and Speech”

PRAYER TIME / Time of Reflection

“At the Cross (Love Ran Red)”

Benediction “God Really Loves Us”

Sermon Notes

Job 321 - 5 Elihu as the younger person waits until the older, presumably wiser speak. However, he is angry because the older ones could not refute Job

Job 32:6 – 22 Elihu in his anger says he cannot help but speak. He also asserts that he is impartial

James 3:1 – 12 Controlling the tongue

Job 33:1 – 7 Even though Elihu says he and Job are equals

Job 33:8 – 18 Elihu really asserts he is superior to Job and he is speaking on behalf of God

Job 33:9 – 33 Elihu says if the unrighteous repent God will hear and restore