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January 06, 2019 The Covenant Confirmed and Sealed
Genesis 17:1-27
[1] When Abram was ninety-nine years old the LORD appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am God Almighty; walk before me, and be blameless, [2] that I may make my covenant between me and you, and may multiply you greatly.” [3] Then Abram fell on his face. And God said to him, [4] “Behold, my covenant is with you, and you shall be the father of a multitude of nations. [5] No longer shall your name be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham, for I have made you the father of a multitude of nations. [6] I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make you into nations, and kings shall come from you. [7] And I will establish my covenant between me and you and your offspring after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and to your offspring after you. [8] And I will give to you and to your offspring after you the land of your sojournings, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession, and I will be their God.”
[9] And God said to Abraham, “As for you, you shall keep my covenant, you and your offspring after you throughout their generations. [10] This is my covenant, which you shall keep, between me and you and your offspring after you: Every male among you shall be circumcised. [11] You shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskins, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and you. [12] He who is eight days old among you shall be circumcised. Every male throughout your generations, whether born in your house or bought with your money from any foreigner who is not of your offspring, [13] both he who is born in your house and he who is bought with your money, shall surely be circumcised. So shall my covenant be in your flesh an everlasting covenant. [14] Any uncircumcised male who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin shall be cut off from his people; he has broken my covenant.”
[15] And God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall be her name. [16] I will bless her, and moreover, I will give you a son by her. I will bless her, and she shall become nations; kings of peoples shall come from her.” [17] Then Abraham fell on his face and laughed and said to himself, “Shall a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear a child?” [18] And Abraham said to God, “Oh that Ishmael might live before you!” [19] God said, “No, but Sarah your wife shall bear you a son, and you shall call his name Isaac. I will establish my covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his offspring after him. [20] As for Ishmael, I have heard you; behold, I have blessed him and will make him fruitful and multiply him greatly. He shall father twelve princes, and I will make him into a great nation. [21] But I will establish my covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah shall bear to you at this time next year.”
[22] When he had finished talking with him, God went up from Abraham. [23] Then Abraham took Ishmael his son and all those born in his house or bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham’s house, and he circumcised the flesh of their foreskins that very day, as God had said to him. [24] Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. [25] And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. [26] That very day Abraham and his son Ishmael were circumcised. [27] And all the men of his house, those born in the house and those bought with money from a foreigner, were circumcised with him.
DEEP SHEET: Sermon Study Questions
1. What is a covenant, and how is this passage a continuation of what we saw in chapter 15?
2. Why does God begin his speech to Abram by naming himself? What is the significance of this particular name?
3. Which elements of God’s promise are repeated in chapter 17 and which are new?
4. How does this passage reassure us that as Christians God will never leave us?
5. What does circumcision symbolize? What does it mean that Christians have a circumcised heart?
6. What does it mean to say that Isaac is the son of human impossibility and divine power? What does this teach us about the Christian life?
7. How do promise and awe fuel obedience?
References: Genesis 12:3; 15:1; Revelation 5:5; 19:16; Jeremiah 4:4; Deuteronomy 10:16; Colossians 2:11-13; Romans 4:11-12; Galatians 5:6; 6:15.
1 hr 3 min
December 30, 2018 Found: God's Will
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Found: God’s Will -- Mike Walpole
Stand Alone Sermon
Romans 12:1-2
30 December 2018

DEEP SHEET: Sermon Study Questions
1. What is the difference or the two types of God's will?
2. Should we believe that God will reveal his will to those who are not saved? Why or why not?
3. Does 1 Pet 2:13-15 distinguish between submission to God versus submission to the world?
4. What should a Christian consider about suffering?
5. What is the difference between receiving the Spirit and being filled with the Spirit?
6. What did David think about God's will in Psalm 143?
50 min
December 23, 2018 The Word In The World, Parts 1 and 2 (Advent Week 4, plus Christmas Eve service)
John 1:14. In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God . . . and the Word became flesh and dwelt among us.
1 hr 3 min
December 16, 2018 Response To The Light (Advent Week 3)
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Response To The Light — Lonnie Bell
3rd Sermon of Advent
John 1:9-13
16 December 2018
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FCC Vision Statement: Building on Exposition, Centering on Christ, Dying in Community, Serving on Mission
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DEEP SHEET: Sermon Study Questions
1. What does it mean that Jesus is the “true light, which gives light to everyone”?
2. What is the “world” and how does it relate to Christ’s “own people”?
3. Why do people reject Christ?
4. What does it mean to believe “in his name”?
5. How do divine sovereignty and human responsibility come together in vv. 12-13?
6. What are the main truths from these verses that we can explicitly celebrate with our families this Christmas?

References: John 14:30; 1 John 2:16; Isaiah 1:2-3; 65:2-3; Acts 2:22-23; John 3:19; 2 Corinthians 4:4; Acts 13:48; John 3:6; Ephesians 1:3.
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December 09, 2018 The Light (Advent Week 2)
Jesus is the light of life.
1 hr 3 min
December 03, 2018 The Word (Advent Week 1)
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The Word — Lonnie Bell
1st Sermon of Advent
John 1:1-3
2 December 2018
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FCC Vision Statement: Building on Exposition, Centering on Christ, Dying in Community, Serving on Mission
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DEEP SHEET: Sermon Study Questions
1. What does it mean to say that Christ is both predicted and present in the Old Testament?
2. Discuss encounters that you have had with people who do not accept Christ as God. In addition to this passage, what are some other major biblical texts that support Christ’s eternality and deity?
3. What does it mean to say that any view of Christ that does not see him as fully God steals his glory and refashions him into an idol?
4. Why does John refer to Christ as the “Word,” and how would you explain what this means from Scripture?
5. How does this text show that God is a plurality of persons? How would you characterize the relationship between God and his Word?
6. How does understanding the deity and creative agency of the Word affect our worship and our love for God and one another?

References: Luke 24:44; John 5:46; 8:56; 12:41; 1 Corinthians 10:4; Matthew 1:18; John 17:5; 8:58; Isaiah 9:6; John 20:28; Romans 9:5; Colossians 1:15, 19; Titus 2:13; Hebrews 1:1; Genesis 1; 15:1; John 17:26; Psalm 33:6; Hebrews 1:2; Colossians 1:16.
1 hr 1 min
November 26, 2018 Offspring for Abram? Part 2
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Offspring for Abram? Part 2 — Lonnie Bell
Sermon Series: Genesis
Genesis 16:1-16
25 November 2018
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FCC Vision Statement: Building on Exposition, Centering on Christ, Dying in Community, Serving on Mission
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DEEP SHEET: Sermon Study Questions
1. Discuss the failures of major biblical characters. What role do these play in pointing us to the Savior?
2. Discuss the identity of the angel of the LORD. What are some of the various ways we see Christ at work and referred to in the Old Testament?
3. Why does God tell Hagar to return?
4. What does this story teach us about God’s attitude towards people?
5. How do you think Hagar’s report of this encounter would have affected Abram and Sarai?

References: Romans 11:32; Ephesians 2:7; Exodus 3:2, 4; Genesis 31:11, 13; Deuteronomy 32:10; Isaiah 32:14; Jeremiah 14:6; Ezekiel 33:11.
1 hr
November 25, 2018 Offspring for Abram? Part 2
Genesis 16:1-16
[1] Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, had borne him no children. She had a female Egyptian servant whose name was Hagar. [2] And Sarai said to Abram, “Behold now, the LORD has prevented me from bearing children. Go in to my servant; it may be that I shallobtain children by her.” And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai. [3] So, after Abram had lived ten years in the land of Canaan, Sarai, Abram’s wife, took Hagar the Egyptian, her servant, and gave her to Abram her husband as a wife. [4] And he went in to Hagar, and she conceived. And when she saw that she had conceived, she looked with contempt on her mistress. [5] And Sarai said to Abram, “May the wrong done to me be on you! I gave myservant to your embrace, and when she saw that she had conceived, she looked on me with contempt. May the LORD judge between you and me!” [6] But Abram said to Sarai, “Behold, your servant is in your power; do to her as you please.” Then Sarai dealt harshly with her,and she fled from her.
[7] The angel of the LORD found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, the spring on the way to Shur. [8] And he said, “Hagar, servant of Sarai, where have you come from and where are you going?” She said, “I am fleeing from my mistress Sarai.” [9] The angel of theLORD said to her, “Return to your mistress and submit to her.” [10] The angel of the LORD also said to her, “I will surely multiply your offspring so that they cannot be numbered for multitude.” [11] And the angel of the LORD said to her,
“Behold, you are pregnant
and shall bear a son.
You shall call his name Ishmael,
because the LORD has listened to your affliction.
[12] He shall be a wild donkey of a man,
his hand against everyone
and everyone’s hand against him,
and he shall dwell over against all his kinsmen.”
[13] So she called the name of the LORD who spoke to her, “You are a God of seeing,” for she said, “Truly here I have seen him who looks after me.” [14] Therefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi; it lies between Kadesh and Bered.
[15] And Hagar bore Abram a son, and Abram called the name of his son, whom Hagar bore, Ishmael. [16] Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore Ishmael to Abram.
1 hr
November 18, 2018 The Sinner's Song
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The Sinner’s Song -- Mark Grasso
Stand Alone Sermon
Psalm 51:1-6
18 November 2018
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FCC Vision Statement: Building on Exposition, Centering on Christ, Dying in Community, Serving on Mission
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DEEP SHEET: Sermon Study Questions
1. Are you currently reading scripture? How often? If not, why not?
2. What is the significance of the Davidic Covenant?
3. What was David’s initial response when Nathan told him the story of the “rich man and the poor man?”
4. How do we link David to Christ and ultimately, Christ to the Old Testament?
5. Who is always a witness to our sin?
6. Why is it “important” to fully understand our sin?
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November 11, 2018 Offspring for Abram? Part 1
Genesis 16:1-16
[1] Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, had borne him no children. She had a female Egyptian servant whose name was Hagar. [2] And Sarai said to Abram, “Behold now, the LORD has prevented me from bearing children. Go in to my servant; it may be that I shallobtain children by her.” And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai. [3] So, after Abram had lived ten years in the land of Canaan, Sarai, Abram’s wife, took Hagar the Egyptian, her servant, and gave her to Abram her husband as a wife. [4] And he went in to Hagar, and she conceived. And when she saw that she had conceived, she looked with contempt on her mistress. [5] And Sarai said to Abram, “May the wrong done to me be on you! I gave myservant to your embrace, and when she saw that she had conceived, she looked on me with contempt. May the LORD judge between you and me!” [6] But Abram said to Sarai, “Behold, your servant is in your power; do to her as you please.” Then Sarai dealt harshly with her,and she fled from her.
[7] The angel of the LORD found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, the spring on the way to Shur. [8] And he said, “Hagar, servant of Sarai, where have you come from and where are you going?” She said, “I am fleeing from my mistress Sarai.” [9] The angel of theLORD said to her, “Return to your mistress and submit to her.” [10] The angel of the LORD also said to her, “I will surely multiply your offspring so that they cannot be numbered for multitude.” [11] And the angel of the LORD said to her,
“Behold, you are pregnant
and shall bear a son.
You shall call his name Ishmael,
because the LORD has listened to your affliction.
[12] He shall be a wild donkey of a man,
his hand against everyone
and everyone’s hand against him,
and he shall dwell over against all his kinsmen.”
[13] So she called the name of the LORD who spoke to her, “You are a God of seeing,” for she said, “Truly here I have seen him who looks after me.” [14] Therefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi; it lies between Kadesh and Bered.
[15] And Hagar bore Abram a son, and Abram called the name of his son, whom Hagar bore, Ishmael. [16] Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore Ishmael to Abram.
DEEP SHEET: Sermon Study Questions
1. In what ways do you need to hear the message that nothing is impossible with God?
2. What was wrong with Sarai’s plan? To what extent is Abram worthy of blame in this story?
3. What does it look like in practice for us to live according to the promise rather than according to the flesh?
4. What were the negative effects of Abram and Sarai’s actions?
5. What does this text teach us about the seriousness of our own choices?
References: Jeremiah 32:27; Matthew 19:26; Luke 1:37; Genesis 18:14; 2:24; 3:17; Galatians 4:23; 2:20.
1 hr