Main Point: Nothing is more certain than God's love for His people

1. Rejoice with your family in Christ

2. Fear not for God is for you

3. Trust that your future is secure

Main Point: The joy that Jesus brings meets us where we most need it.

1. The joy that Jesus brings meets us in dry places.

2. The joy that Jesus brings is the joy of promised salvation.

3. The joy that Jesus brings meets us as disabled people.

4. The joy that Jesus brings meets us when surrounded by dangerous predators.

Main Point: God provides a hope of peace for those in darkness, in Christ

1. The announcement of Hope (1-3)

2. The qualifications of the King (4-6a)

3. The Prince of Peace (6b-7)

Main Point: Don’t dread your enemies if you hope in Christ.

Who do you fear?

Who do you hope in?

What will become of you?

Main Point: It pleases God to reveal His glory through His dealings with His people.

1. God is present with us (don't lose heart, God has not left us alone)

2. God is merciful toward us (don't lose heart, God has not left us in our guilt)

3. God reveals His glory to us (don't lose heart, beholding Christ by the Spirit transforms us)

Main Point: Do not exchange the glory of God for anything

1. Idolatry leads to compromise

2. Idolatry leads to corruption

3. Idolatry leads to consequences

4. Idolatry leads to condemnation

Main Point: Embrace your dual identity as God’s temple and God’s temple-builders.

1. Recognize that God will build his tabernacle through his chosen ones.

2. See your identity in light of Christ’s dual identity.

3. Minister with confident humility as recipients of the gift of the Spirit.

4. Reject the temptation to go it alone and labor alongside others to build God’s tabernacle. 

Main Point: God sets us apart for acceptable worship by washing us and dwelling within us.

1. Ministers must remain clean while serving God.

2. Acceptable worship requires anointing

Main Point: Appreciating and Appropriating Privileged Access to God

1. Praying constantly and compliantly

2. Supporting financially the worship of God

3. Remembering gratefully the cost of our access

Main Point: Before you can serve God, you must be sanctified.

1. What is consecration?

2. How were the priests consecrated?

3. Why were they consecrated?