BLESSEDNESS IN THE UPSIDE-DOWN KINGDOM 1. The Peacemakers will be Blessed 2. The Persecuted are Blessed

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Email address: [email protected] Mailing address: The Lighthouse, P.O. Box 1317, Baxley, Georgia 31515 LHRBS #2275 - Isaiah 63:1-6 Key points from the Lesson: Who Is God? God has enemies We are among them. God alone is worthy to execute His just judgement. This judgment is a work of righteousness. How do we escape the wrath of God? Through Jesus and His death for us. This is the ultimate act of grace. We are the enemies of God no longer. Additional Passages: Isaiah 34:5-8 Psalm 137 Revelation 19:13-15 Ezekiel 35:5-7 Hebrews 10:30 Ezekiel 22:30 Psalm 75:7-8 Romans 5:10 1 Corinthians 15:15-26 Isaiah 53:5

Paul wrote these verses from a Roman prison, chained to a guard, 800 miles and ten years removed from the church he was thanking God for. Philippians 1:3-8 is one long sentence in the Greek, and it holds four reasons his joy never moved: the praise of joy, the partnership of joy, the promise of joy, and the passion of joy. The message walks back through Acts 16 - the riverside prayer meeting, the slave girl set free, the beating, and the jailer who washed the wounds he had helped inflict - because those are the memories behind "I thank my God upon every remembrance of you." A long look at lukewarm Laodicea and its salty aqueduct draws the line between a believer who refreshes the people around him and one who makes them sick. If your joy rises and falls with your circumstances, this points somewhere steadier: the people God has joined to you in the gospel, and the God who began a good work in you and will carry it through to the day of Jesus Christ. It closes with four things to do about it - give thanks, give yourself, give God the glory, and give Him your heart.

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This confession addresses the struggle with discouragement and depression by examining the psalmist's fight against despair in Psalms 42 and 43. It emphasizes that emotions often deceive believers into feeling abandoned by God, necessitating a conscious decision to question one's own spirit rather than succumbing to self-pity. Drawing on Martin Lloyd-Jones, the message outlines three steps for spiritual recovery: questioning the soul, exhorting it to trust in God, and clinging to His faithful promises. The preacher encourages listeners to actively preach truth to themselves using specific scriptures like Romans 8:28 and Psalm 23:4 to combat feelings of hopelessness. Ultimately, the central message is that restoring hope requires intentionally shifting focus from circumstances to God's character and faithfulness.

Because all believers are brothers and sisters in Christ, we should regard every fellow Christian in this exalted way. Text Reference: Romans 16:21-23 Copyright Images: Images in this educational presentation are in the public domain and free for use under Creative Commons licenses 1-4 or Fair Use allowances. Copyright Music: How Firm a Foundation Arr. © Copyright 2010 by Majesty Music, Inc. All rights reserved. CCLI # 11566439 I Will Follow © Copyright 1984 by The Wilds. All rights reserved. Used by permission. CCLI # 11566439 Copyright Notice: Calvary Baptist Church Music © Copyright: Calvary Baptist Church CCLI # 20414529

After explaining his desire for his people, Paul now goes on to say what he knows will be offensive to the Jews. They were taught that they were a special people in all the earth, because they were descended from Abraham. Paul is going to point out "not all of Israel is of Israel." Paul has been leading up to this by saying the true children of Abraham are the ones who share the faith of Abraham and the true Jews are the ones who are circumcised in the heart and not just the flesh. Now he is going to explain how it can go so badly for Israelites. Ten of the tribes were scattered by the Assyrians. Most of the other two tribes were killed, but a small remnant went to Babylon. Only a few of them came back and then they were never reestablished as an independent people. The logical question after Paul saying "all things work together for good for the who love God, to those that are called according to His purposes" is Israelites are the called out people of God and things don't seem to work very well for them. Paul's response to that question is you don't understand who the true Israel of God. It is not those of the type. It is those of the antetype. Those who were of the seed of Abraham who is Christ. It is only Isaac and not Ishmael or Keturah's children that have Abraham as their father. It is only the one God gives for that purpose and not those of the flesh like Ishmael. It is according to the calling of the Spirit and not the works of the flesh.