Longview Heights Sermons

Main Point: Mark wrote to encourage and challenge believers to follow Jesus and to proclaim Him as the Messiah, the Son of God.

Outline

1. Galilee - Mark 1-8:26

2. On the Way to Jerusalem - Mark 8:27-10:52

3. Jerusalem - Mark 11:1-16:8?

Texts to Consider:

Mark 1:1

Mark 1:14-15, 17

Mark 1:29

Mark 4:35-41

Mark 8:27-33; 9:1-13

Mark 11:12-25

Mark 15:33-39

Main Point: Matthew wrote to a largely Jewish audience to show how Jesus is the Promised Messianic King in the line of David and from the family of Abraham. Jesus established himself as King over God's Kingdom by suffering and dying on the cross and then being resurrected in power and glory.

An interesting Parallel... Jesus as the New Moses

Texts to Consider:

Matt. 1:1-16

Matt. 2:17; 3:3; 4:1-11; 12-14

Matt. 9:35-38

Matt. 23:1-36

Matt. 28:11-15

Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi

Zephaniah

-       Where and when? Judah in the days of King Josiah (c. 640–609 BC)

-       To whom? Judah

-       What’s the big deal? Impending judgment on Jerusalem and Judah and the nations, Day of the LORD, hope for Jerusalem and the nations 

-       Text to Consider: Zeph 3:9–13

Haggai

-       Where and when? Jerusalem, after return from Babylonian exile (c. 520 BC). Ezra 5:1–2

-       To whom? Exiles who have returned to Jerusalem

-       What’s the big deal? Temple rebuilding, but not what they had hoped.

-       Text to Consider: Haggai 2:1–23 

Zechariah

-       Where and when? Jerusalem, after return from Babylonian exile, same time as Haggai (Ezra 5:1–2)

-       To whom? Exiles who had returned to Jerusalem

-       What’s the big deal? Call to Repentance 

-       Text to Consider: Zech 1:1–6; Zech 9:9–17

Malachi

-       Where and when? Even later than Haggai and Zechariah

-       To whom? The people of God in Israel

-       What’s the big deal? Covenant unfaithfulness through polluted offerings and withheld tithes. Coming Day of the LORD. 

-       Text to Consider: Mal 3:6–15; Mal 4:1–6

In today's service we will be focusing on The Lord's Supper. Bro. Derrick will be preaching from 1 Corinthians 11:23-32.

Hosea/Joel/Amos/Obadiah/Jonah/Micah/Nahum/Habakkuk

Hosea

-       Where and when? Northern Kingdom, before the fall to Assyria in 722 BC.

-       To Whom? Hosea’s prophecies are mostly in the form of poems directed toward the people of the Northern Kingdom. 

-       What’s the big deal? Idolatry. The people were worshipping the Canaanite god, Baal. The relationship of Hosea and Gomer serves as a visual lesson from the content of the prophetic sermons. 

-       Text to Consider: Hosea 14:1–9

Joel

-       Where and when? Judah, Unknown – look at Joel 2:20

-       To Whom? Inhabitants of the land of Judah

-       What’s the big deal? Destruction through a vicious army was coming, but Joel called on the people to repent.

-       Text to Consider: Joel 2:12–19, 2:28–3:3, 3:11–16

Amos

-       Where and when? From Tekoa (Judah), but prophesied to Israel Northern Kingdom before the fall to Assyria

-       To Whom? Northern Kingdom (Israel)

-       What’s the Big Deal? Oppression of the poor and needy, Day of the LORD 

-       Text to Consider: Amos 5:18–24

Obadiah

-       Where and when? Most likely Judah following exile to Babylon in 587 BC. 

-       To Whom? Judah, about Edom

-       What’s the Big Deal? Edom, ancient kinsman of Israel, had taken advantage of Judah during the exile to Babylon (Ezekiel 35, Ps 137:7). Day of the LORD (Obad 15)

Jonah

-       Where and when? Northern Kingdom of Israel during 700’s BC in reign of Jeroboam II (2 Kgs 14:25)

-       To Whom? The people of God

-       What’s the Big Deal? Chance for repentance for all nations

Micah

-       Where and when? Judah, c. 742–687 BC.

-       To Whom? Israel and Judah (both Northern and Southern Kingdoms)

-       What’s the Big Deal? Idolatry and covenant unfaithfulness

-       Text to Consider: Micah 5:1–5a

Nahum

-       Where and when? Unknown, but Assyria fell to Babylon in 612 BC.   

-       To Whom? For the benefit of the people of God about the fall of Assyria (Nineveh) 

-       What’s the Big Deal? Assyria’s cruelty returned upon itself because of God’s wrath

Habakkuk

-       Where and when? Before the exile of Judah to Babylon 

-       To Whom? The people of God concerning that exile

-       What’s the Big Deal? God was doing a redeeming and purifying work through the Babylonians

Daniel

Main Point: Daniel proclaims the sovereignty of God over various kings, nations, and empires. The people of God were expected to live out their faith in the midst of an unbelieving world, trusting in the Sovereign God. 

Texts to Consider:

Ezekiel 40:1–4

What does Ezekiel get to see, and who shows it to him?

Ezekiel 47:1–12

The image of the Temple that Ezekiel sees is …

Daniel 1:1–21

Daniel 3:16–18

Daniel 5:24–30

Daniel 7:1–28

Ezekiel (Part 2)

Remember from last time…

-       Image of “the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD” in Babylon

-       Ezekiel’s call as a watchman

-       The new heart that God was going to give the remnant that returned from exile

-       The image Ezekiel saw left the holy city and headed eastward

Texts to Consider

Ezek 20:32–44

Ezek 33:21–33

Ezek 34:1–24

Ezek 37:15–28

Ezek 38–39

Main Point [Lamentations]: The book of Lamentations is individual poetic reflections on the fall of Jerusalem and the exile that followed. Like the prophetic works, the complexity of God's dealings with his people, and their understanding of this dealing, is highlighted in the poetry of Lamentations.

Main Point [Ezekiel]: At the beginning of Babylonian exile, God gave the prophet Ezekiel a vision of the glory of the LORD, a prophecy of judgment, and a prophecy of hope.

Texts to Consider:

Lamentations 3:1-66

Lamentations 5:19-22

Ezekiel 1:1-28

What are the historical situations at the beginning of the book of Ezekiel?

Ezekiel 3:16-21

Ezekiel is made a watchman for the house of Israel. What does that mean? Where in the New Testament is this image also drawn upon?

Ezekiel 8:1-18

Ezekiel 11:14-25

NOTES

Jeremiah 1-27

Texts to Consider:

Jeremiah 1:1-3

As always, we need a little history lesson. Jeremiah prophesied where and when?

Jeremiah 36:1-32

How did the "Book of Jeremiah" come to be?

Jeremiah 1:4-19

The call of Jeremiah brings out some powerful truths. They are...

Jeremiah 7:1-15, 30-34

What was the attitude of the people toward spiritual things?

Jeremiah 18:1-23

The illustration of the potter and the clay draws upon language from Jeremiah 1. What other Old Testament book sounds similar to the message the LORD gave Jeremiah in this passage?