Limington Orthodox Presbyterian Church Sermons

Theme: The already-resurrected LORD, who has already redeemed His people by His work on the cross, was issuing this command to go out and invite others to join.

We are to:

1. Make Disciples

2. Bring them into Fellowship

3. Instruct Them

Theme: Christians are to be a blessing:

1. To their fellow believers in need, v. 13

How do you show the love of God to fellow believers in Christ?

2 Thess. 3:10-12; Gal. 6:9-10; Isa. 6:3; Jer. 23:6; Heb. 13:1-2.

2. To their persecutors who hate...

Theme: Job begins to understand more of the idea of redemptive suffering.

1. Job longs to receive and give comfort, 16:1-6

Psa. 22:7-8; Matt. 27:39; 2 Cor. 1:4; James 2:16; Matt. 22:39.

2. Job endures the experience of God's wrath, 16:7-14

John...

Theme: The apostle Paul explains our duties to God and man

1. The general duties, v. 9

How is love supposed to show itself in our lives?

John 13:34; 1 John 3:18; 1 Cor. 13:13; Rom. 8:5; Hab. 1:13; Heb. 12:4; Pro. 23:23; Dan. 3:16-18; Acts 4:19-20.

2. The specific duties, vv. 10-12

Are we kind, diligent and faithful?

Matt. 7:12; Phil. 2:1-4, 7; John 13:35; 1 John 3:14; Pro. 18:9; 10:4; 13:4; Eccl. 9:10; Rom. 12:1; Gal. 6:9-10; Heb. 3:6.

Theme: Eliphaz sees no place for redemptive suffering in this world.

1. Redemptive Suffering is disgraceful

a. Job's words are empty, vv. 2-3

b. Job's words are dangerous, v. 4

c. Job's words are self-justifying, vv. 5-6

d. Job's words are arrogant, vv. 7-10

e. Job's words are hurtful, vv. 11-13

f. Job's words are unrealistic, vv. 14-16

2. The wicked (meaning Job) deserve to suffer, vv. 17-35

a. The fears of the wicked, vv. 17-24

b. The fate of the wicked, vv. 25-35

Theme: Those who enjoy the blessings of the gospel pay them forward

1. The motivation for paying them forward

2. What we pay forward

3. The attitude that pays forward

Theme: Job rebukes his friends for their false system and pleads with God for resurrection.

1. Job rebukes his friends, 12:1-13:19 (last week)

2. Job pleads with God, 13:20-14:22

a. Job longs to deal with God, 13:20-22

b. Job recognizes sin as the root problem, 13:23-27

c. Job feels the misery of mortality, 13:28-14:6

d. Job feels despair in the face of death, 14:7-12

e. Job longs for resurrection to prove victory over sin, 14:13-17

f. If there is no resurrection, then there is no hope, 14:18-22

Theme: Christ has given deacons to care for the body and elders to care for the soul of His people.

1. The Officers Christ Gives

What are the duties of an elder? Of a deacon?

Eph. 4:11; Phil. 1:1; 1 Cor. 4:2; Luke 12:42-48.

2. The Reasons Christ Gives

Why has Christ given you elders and deacons?

1 Cor. 6:19-20; Matt. 6:33; Phil. 4:19; 1 Cor. 4:2; 1 Thess. 5:23.

Theme: Job rebukes his friends for their false system and pleads with God for resurrection.

1. Job rebukes his friends, 12:1-13:19

a. The system is cruel, 12:1-6

b. The system is shallow, 12:7-12

c. The system is tame, 12:13-25

d. The system is deceitful, 13:1-12

e. I will take my case to God, 13:13-19

David foretells of the resurrection and glory of Christ.

1. Christ's Support in Life, vv. 8-9

Whose support can you count on in this life?

Isa. 53:3; Matt. 20:18-19; 16:21-23; Luke 13:31-33; Isa. 50:7; 1 Tim. 6:13; John 19:10-11; Isa. 50:7-9; Psa. 91; 2 Kings 6:14-16.

2. Christ's Comfort in Death, v. 10

What comfort do you have in death?

John 16:28; 1 Cor. 15:20, 53; Phil. 3:21; Heb. 11:35; 2 Cor. 5:1-2; 1 Cor. 15:54-57.

3. Christ's Prospect in Eternity, v. 11

What prospects do you have for eternity?

Rom. 1:4; 1 Peter 1:8; Heb. 12:1-2; Phil. 1:23; 2 Cor. 4:16-18; Rom. 10:9-10; Acts 2:25-36; 13:35-39; Psa. 46:1.