Big Idea: All in Christ must live in the certainty of the Second Coming because Christ fulfilled the promises of his First Coming.

Outline:

1. The King was coming

2. The King has come

3. The King is coming

Big Idea: Though we were dead in sin, God graciously made us alive in Christ to display His grace through transformed lives.

Outline:

1. The Condition (vv. 1-3)

2. The Initiative (vv. 4-6)

3. The Means (vv. 7-9)

4. The Purpose (v. 10 )

Big Idea: God’s work in others brings joy to our lives as we follow Jesus together.

1. Give thanks for God’s work in others

2. Pray for God’s work in others

Big Idea: True leadership in the church is defined by humility and service, modeled after Christ, which fosters healthy relationships and a thriving community of faith.

Outline:

1. Pastors are called to Faithful Shepherding (vv. 1-3)

2. Faithful Shepherds will be rewarded

(v. 4)

3. Believers are called to humble submission (v. 5)

4. God uses humility and trust to accomplish His purposes (vv. 6-7)

Big Idea: God's grace in Christ unites us in the bond of gospel partnership, enabling us to devote our lives to advancing the gospel in others' lives through love and good works.

Outline:

1. We Are Never Alone in Our Labor for Christ (12-13)

2. We are Never Finished Participating in the “One Anothers” (14)

3. God’s Grace is Always Ours in Christ. (15)

Big Idea: The gospel must move from “body life” within the church to life among a watching world that desperately needs redemption in Christ.

Outline:

1. Remember to live unto Christ before a watching world. (1-2)

2. Be motivated to live unto Christ for all He has done. (3-7)

3. Devote yourself to living unto the Lord. (8-11)

Big Idea: The gospel must move from “body life” within the church to life among a watching world that desperately needs redemption in Christ.

Outline:

1. Remember to live unto Christ before a watching world. (1-2)

2. Be motivated to live unto Christ for all He has done. (3-7)

3. Devote yourself to living unto the Lord. (8-11)

Outline:

1. The Gospel impacted lives through the proclamation of the gospel (5)

2. The Gospel impacted lives through the reception of the gospel (6)

3. The Gospel impacted lives through the transformation from the gospel (3, 6-10)

4. The Gospel impacted lives through the multiplication of the gospel (7-9)

Big Idea: We must look to the Lord’s Anointed alone for true restoration and gladly participate in the advancement of His good news.

Outline:

1. God’s Anointed brings healing and restoration. (vv. 1–3)

2. God’s people advance His good news. (vv. 4–9)

3. God alone is to be praised and gloried in. (vv. 10–11)

Big Idea: God’s plan will prosper in the hands of His Servant who will willingly become the sacrifice for our sins and be exalted as triumphant King.

Three marks of God’s Servant:

I. His path to exaltation will be by way of sorrow and suffering. (52:13-53:3)

II. His sacrifice will be in our place and for our sins. (53:4-9)

III. His crushing will blossom into salvation’s fruit. (53:10-12)