God Provides - He Gave His Beloved Son To The Church--'And He put all things under His feet, and gave Him to be head over all things to the church, which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.' Eph 1-22-23---1. Introduction--a. Chap 5, 1689 BCOF - Divine Providence.--b. Focus - Divine Providence to the Church. -- Paragraph 7-As the Providence of God doth in general reach to all creatures, so after a more special manner it taketh care of his church, and disposeth of all things to the good thereof.--c. God takes special care of His Church.---2. Christ is Glorified -v22a---a. 'Put all things under His feet'.-- Eph 1-19-20. Vanquished - opponents of Christ, death, sin, and Satan.-- Eph 1-20-21. Subjected - all human and angelic opponents.-- Eph 1-21. Duration - now and forever.-- The enthroned Christ reigns as the Supreme Lord.-- Eph 1-20. Christ's obedience and His exaltation. See Phil 2-7-11.--b. 'He'.-- God the Father.-- Well-pleased with His Son's life and ministry.-- Answered the Son's prayer in John 17-4-5.---3. Christ is Given to the Church -v22b---a. He 'gave'.-- God the Father gave His glorified Son to the Church.-- God the Father's immense love. John 13-1, John 8-49-50, Eph 1-13-14.--b. 'Him to be head over all things'.-- The glorified Son.-- Assurance of God's gift. Repeated emphasis of Christ's Supreme Lordship.-- The whole exalted Christ is given.--c. 'the church'.-- Assembly of called out people, the saved ones, the redeemed ones.-- Exclusivity of the gift--- Quantity- one gift.-- Quality- not an ordinary gift.-- Exclusivity of the recipient--- Quantity- one recipient, exclusive, privileged.-- Quality- original pedigree not good. Eph 2-1-3.

Zechariah 1--Introduction --- Zechariah means- -------------------------------------- Zechariah's father was -------------.--- Iddo was Zechariah's -------------.--- Zechariah returned to Jerusalem in ------ BC and witnessed the re-construction of the Temple.--- Why was the re-construction of the Temple so important- ------------------------------------- Application-----Part I- An Important Key to Old Testament Prophesy --1. The Prophets understood the language of the visions - prophecies given to them.---1 - Some prominent incidents of messages delivered by angels--Gen 21-17-18 - Hagar understood what the angel conveyed to her---1 Kings 19 - Elijah understood what the angel conveyed to him---Luke 2-8 - The shepherds understood what the angel announced concerning- the birth of Christ.---Acts 5-20 - the Apostles understood what the angel who rescued them from- prison told them to do---Dan 5-5-8 - Belshazzar did not understand the writing on the wall---Gen 11-7 - the confusion of languages was a judgement from God--2 - The last Apostle on earth was the Apostle John--Rev 22-18 - -..if anyone adds to these things, God will add to him the plagues written in this book.--- - - There are no more new revelations.--- - The scriptures are sufficient to instruct - equip all men for every good- work -2 Tim 3-16-----2. There was a main theme to the Prophets' messages - we should find this theme in Zechariah too

Fruit of the Spirit - Self Control -Galatians 5- 22-23---Self-Control - --------- egkr-teia - en - - and kratos - ----Generally, self-control is valued. Yet they can be of no true help -Isaiah 58-3-7----Christian reasons for exercise of self-control---1. C.f. 1 Corinthians 9-19-27---2. C.f. Philippians 3-18-21, Romans 13-13,14---Applications---A. We need to control our ---------------Proverbs 13-3, James 1-26, 3-5-8---B. We need to control our ---------------Genesis 4-7, Numbers 11, 1 Corinthians 10-13, James 1-12, 2 Peters 2-9, 1 John 1-9---C. We need to learn to --------------------------Matthew 16-24, Acts 5, 1 Corinthians 9-19,22b, 1 Corinthians 6-7----Summary on the series on Fruit of the Spirit-

Fruit of the Spirit - Gentleness -Galatians 5- 22---Gentleness -Meekness-- ------- pra-t-s.---Definition- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Example- Moses in Numbers 12-3-- Paul in Corinth.-- Jesus in Matthew 21---Meekness - Weakness, instead meekness requires great inner strength---Example- Job 1-20,21- 2-10-- Acts 7-60---7 reasons to encourage us to embrace meekness---1. Psalm 147-6---2. Psalm 25-9- Proverbs 21-24- 14-6---3. 1 Timothy 6-11---4. 1 Peters 3-1-6---5. Ephesians 4-2,3---6. James 3-13-18---7. Psalm 149-4

Fruit of the Spirit - Faithfulness -Galatians 5- 22----What is faithfulness ------- p-stis------Concepts that add up to the idea of faithfulness---1. ---2. ---3. ---4. ---5. ----Yahweh is the perfect picture of faithfulness---1. C.f. Psalm 111-7-8- Zephaniah 3-5---2. C.f. Deuteronomy 7-9---3. C.f. Deuteronomy 32-4---4. C.f. Numbers 23-19----We are to be faithful to God, this can be seen in 2 ways---1. ---2. C.f. Numbers 3-5----We are to be faithful to our fellow man, how- 3 applications---1. C.f. 1 Peter 4-10- Matthew 24-41-51---2. C.f. Matthew 5-37---3. E.g., Joshua- Elisha, Timothy----Ask ourselves---a. ---b. ---c. ---d. ---e.

Fruit of the Spirit - Kindness--Let's read with feeling the first part of Ezekiel 16- 3-14--Can you connect with the emotion----Kindness- - --------- chr-st-t-s.---Let's see its usage in a few parts of the Bible--Luke 6-35-a. ---b. ---Romans 2-4---Luke 6-34, 36---Applications---1. ---2. Ephesians 4-32---3. 1 Peter 2-3---4. 2 Timothy 2-24---5. Titus 3-2

Fruit of the Spirit - Patience--What is patience- -------- hupomon--- c.f. Colossians 1-11---There is another word that is translated as patience in the English Bible-- ----------- makrothum-a-- c.f. Galatians 5-22.---Let's understand what it is telling us, c.f. Romans 12-17-19--Lesson 1----Lesson 2----Lesson 3----Lesson 4----Applications---1. Let's be patient concerning our brethren's sanctification.--e.g. Acts 15- 2 Timothy 4-11----2. Let's be patient when we received hurts and provocations from others.--c.f. 1 Peter 2-21-23----3. Let's be patient when seeking the salvation of our loved ones.--c.f. James 5-7,8

Fruit of the Spirit - Peace--What is peace---Answer- It is the absence of war and strife and freedom from disturbance. Sometimes it is also freedom from anxiety or distress---Source of Peace---Reference- Ephesians 2-14-19--Application- ---We are called to be peacemakers -Matthew 5-9----3 suggestions on being a peacemaker--1- Be more law-abiding instead of lawlessness- -c.f. 1 John 3-4------2- Be active in seeking peace and reconciliation to people around us. -c.f. Matthew 5-23-24- Ezekiel 33-31,32------3- We are peacemakers when we bring people to the Prince of Peace, Jesus Christ- -c.f. 2 Corinthians 5-18,19- 5-20-----Personal convictions-

Fruit of the Spirit - Joy--Preamble- Joy is a common emotion we experience as a human being. It is one of the human experiences that God has blessed us with in our creation. -Acts 2-28- Acts 14-17---Joy- - '----' -charas---Interestingly charas has also been translated as 'grace'. -1 Thessalonians 1-1---Connection between grace and joy---God's grace in 3 phases---1- We received grace from the accomplished work of God that fills us with joy.--2- We receive present grace from God that continues our joy.--Deuteronomy 10-9-Psalm 16-5-Psalm 73-26-Romans 8-28----3- We will have complete joy from the future grace yet to be accomplished in us.--Ephesians 1-13-Psalm 16-11-John 15-11------Conclusions and applications-

Fruit of the Spirit - Love--Why are we looking at this----- Then he said to the multitudes that came out to be baptized by him, -Brood of vipers- Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come- Therefore, bear fruits worthy of repentance, and do not begin to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our father.' For I say to you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones. And even now the axe is laid to the root of the trees. Therefore, every tree which does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.---Luke 3-7-9---We have seen in earlier sermon that whenever the Scripture talks about fruits, it is about Christ likeness because of our new birth - sanctifying work of the Holy Spirit.-------Love- - Sense of deep influence and attachment to something or someone.---Greek has many words to describe different kind of love, the one used in Galatians 5-22 is Agape.-------- agape -agapao -Noun--- To esteem, love, indicating a direction of the will and finding one's joy in something or someone.---Regarding agape, the opposite sense would be ----------------Example of Agape love would be to look toward the example set by our Triune God.----------Characteristics of love -seen in Jesus Christ---1.-----2.-----3.-----4.-----5.-------Summary and Applications-