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532 FBCWest | The Coming of the Forerunner of the Messiah

Proclamation of the Word

Message by Pastor Joe

“The Coming of the Forerunner of the Messiah”

Sermon Notes

Luke 1:5 – 7 Who the parent will be

Luke 1:8 – 17 Birth of the Messiah’s forerunner

Luke 1:18 Zacharias’ doubt

Luke 1:19 & 20 Angel’s response to Zacharias

Luke 1:21 – 23 Zacharias mute from that time

Luke 1:24 & 25 Elizabeth becomes pregnant

Luke 1:57 – 66 John born & named

Proclamation of the Word

Message by Pastor Joe

“No Good, Very Bad, Terrible Decisions:

”Balaam: Making Decisions Based upon Money”

Sermon Notes

Numbers 22:1 – 7 In fear of Israel, the King of Moab sends messengers to have Balaam curse Israel

Numbers 22:9 – 14 Balaam offered money to curse Israel, but God instructs him not to go

Numbers 22:15 – 20 Balak send more impressive men and makes the same offer

Numbers 22:21 – 35 Balaam and his donkey have a conversation Balaam ends up blessing and not cursing Israel 3 times Israel sins against the Lord in Chapter 25

Numbers 31:16

Revelation 2:14 It is because of the counsel Balaam gave Balaam ultimately killed

2 Peter 2:10b –16 Balaam loved the wages of unrighteousness

2 Timothy 6:10 Love of money is the root of all sorts of evil

530 FBCWest | No Good, Very Bad, Terrible Decisions - Saul

Hymn # 231 “Count Your Blessings”

SCRIPTURE READING – Matthew 5:3 - 12

Giving of Selves and Our Offerings

OFFERTORY PRAYER

OFFERTORY MUSIC – Pru Hungate

Praise and Worship

“Glorious Day”

“From the Inside Out”

“In the House”

Proclamation of the Word

Message by Pastor Joe

“No Good, Very Bad, Terrible Decisions:

”Saul: Making Decisions Based On Fear of What People Think”

PRAYER TIME / Time of Reflection

“Only King Forever”

Benediction “God Really Loves Us”

Acknowledgements and Announcements

Sermon Notes

1 Samuel 15:1 – 9 Saul anointed king and instructed to destroy their enemies, but did not do so completely

1 Samuel 15:10 & 11 God regrets making Saul king

1 Samuel 15:12 – 21 Samuel confronts Saul and Saul attempts to say he did follow the Lord’s instructions

1 Samuel 15:22 & 23 The Lord delights more in obedience rather than sacrifice

1 Samuel 15:24 & 25 Saul confesses to Samuel

1 Samuel 15:26 - 31 Judgment for failure to obey God

1 Samuel 15:32 & 33 Samuel finishes what Saul was supposed to do

1 Samuel 15:34 & 35 Samuel grieves over Saul

Micah 6:6 – 8 What God requires of you

529 FBCWest | No Good, Very Bad, Terrible Decisions - Rehoboam

Proclamation of the Word

Message by Pastor Joe

“No Good, Very Bad, Terrible Decisions:

”Rehoboam: Not Choosing the Wise Counsel”

PRAYER TIME / Time of Reflection

“Build My Life”

Benediction “God Really Loves Us”

Sermon Notes

1 Kings 12:1 – 4 Israel comes and asks Rehoboam to act differently than his father and they would follow him as king

1 Kings 12:5 Rehoboam asks for 3 days to decide

1 Kings 12:6 & 7 He seeks counsel from the elders

1 Kings 12:8 - 11 He seeks counsel from his young friends

1 Kings 12:12 – 14 Rehoboam does decides to listen to the counsel of his friends

1 King 12:15 God predetermined the result

1 Kings 12:16 The disastrous consequences

Psalm 32:8 Seek God’s instruction and teaching

Proverbs 1:1 – 7 A person of understanding will acquire wise Counsel Rehoboam had 3 choices. Do as his father had done. Lighten the load his father had put on the people. Make the load heavier than his father.

528 FBCWest | No Good, Very Bad, Terrible Decisions - Solomon

Proclamation of the Word

Message by Pastor Joe

“No Good, Very Bad, Terrible Decisions: Solomon: The Wisest Man Was not Wise Enough”

Sermon Notes

Deuteronomy 7:1 – 11 Commanded not to inter-marry with those that are not your people for they will turn you away from god

1 Kings 11:1 – 11 Solomon marries many foreign wives who turn him away from God

1 Kings 11:11 – 13 The consequences

2 Corinthians 6:14 – 18 Do not marry unbelievers

1Corinthians 7:12 & 13 If you became a believer during marriage, stay married unless partner wants a divorce

1 Corinthian 7:39 Spouse dies may marry a believer

Proverbs 3:5 – 8 Do not lean on your own understanding

527 FBCWest | No Good, Very Bad, Terrible Decisions - David

Proclamation of the Word

Message by Pastor Joe

“No Good, Very Bad, Terrible Decisions:

David, not Where He Was Supposed to Be”

Sermon Notes

2 Samuel 11:1 David not where he was supposed to be

2 Samuel 11:2 & 3 David informed that the woman was married

2 Samuel 11:4 & 5 The woman becomes pregnant

2 Samuel 11:6 – 17 David attempts to cover it up

2 Samuel 11:27 Made the woman his wife

2 Samuel 12:1 – 10 The prophet Nathan tells David that David Is the man in the story

2 Samuel 12:15 – 23 David tries to change God’s decision & Davis’s response when it isn’t changed

Psalm 51 Psalm of Davis showing his contrition and repentance

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

Proclamation of the Word

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

Proclamation of the Word

Message by Pastor Joe

“Witness”

Sermon Notes

Matthew 28:18 - 20 You shall be His witnesses

524 FBCWest | Why We Celebrate Communion

Proclamation of the Word

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

Proclamation of the Word

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