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Selected Scriptures Text: Isaiah 54 Continuing to Barren Mothers: 1) Rebekah 2) Rachel 3) Manoah's wife 4) Hannah 5) Israel, God's people, a barren bride 6) Elizabeth 7) Mary

Genesis 16:1-6; 17:15-21; 18:9-15; 21:1-7 Theme: Throughout redemptive history. God's saving promises face human impossibility, so that every threat to the covenant line exposes the futility of human effort and magnifies the Father's faithfulness in Christ. 1) Covenant threats 2) Reoccurring scene, barren mothers 3) The barren mother, Sarah

John 4 Jesus at the well

Genesis 24:10-28; 29:1-12; Exodus 2:15-22 1) A reoccurring scene 2) A well-established pattern 3) The bride groom and marital theme

Genesis 15; Joshua 21:43-45 Theme: Our need for homeland in the presence of God is marvelously answered through the covenants of Christ. 1) Covenant, the pathway home - The Noahic covenant - The Abrahamic covenant - The Mosaic covenant - The Davidic covenant 2) Scripture's story

Genesis 15; Joshua 21:43-45 Theme: Our need for homeland in the presence of God is marvelously answered through the covenants of Christ. 1) Why land and man go hand in hand - Because of our composition - Because of our purpose 2) The promised land of Eden - A land with mountain temple at it's center - A greater Eden

Genesis 24:1-28, 50-67: John 3:22-30

Isaiah 42:1-4

Deuteronomy 12:29-32; Confession Lord's Day 35 Theme: Don't worship God in the way man serves other gods! 1) Protestant golden calves 2) Avoid vending machine worship

Isaiah 42:1-4 Theme: Jesus, the Father's chosen Servant, brings divine justice not by crushing the weak, but by upholding them. Behold the Servant: 7 reasons for thanks regarding our Savior 1) A Servant who is the true Israel 2) A Servant who is God's answer to man's false comfort 3) A Servant who is assured success 4) A Servant of delight 5) A Servant endowed with the Holy Spirit 6) A Servant of justice 7) A Servant with out pomp

Ephesians 1:3-10; Confession Lord's Day 46 Theme: God has graciously adopted us into His family through the blood of Christ and promises to care for His people eternally. 1) God has eternal affections for His children 2) God gives good gifts to His children

Jonah 1:1-3 Theme: God desires and will bring about the salvation of people from all the tribes and nations 1) Know that God is a missional God 2) Participate in the mission of God

Exodus 20:4-6; Confession Lord's Day 35 1) Importance of worship 2) Interpreting the Second Commandment 3) Lessons from the Bronze Snake

Psalm 137:7-9 1) Understanding the petition against Edom and Babylon 2) Understanding verse 9 3) Understanding imprecation in the light of other actions of exiled Israel 4) Understanding imprecation in the light of Christ

Judges 18 Theme: Live for God's Kingdom with Jesus as our Conquering King! 1) Conquest against the King - Defiant Dan - Lucky Levite - Looted Laish - Miserable Micah 2) The King's conquest

Judges 17 Theme: Submit to King Jesus, conquer every idol in our hearts? 1) Family disintegrated 2) Worship desecrated 3) God deserted

Psalm 37; Confession Lord's Day 34 Theme: Law keeping that delights in God alone. 1) Delighting in God alone 2) Freedom to obey 3) Heeding the law's warning

Psalm 137 Theme: "In our exile and pain, we must persist in remembering and trusting God, setting Christ - our true Zion and home - above every other joy." 1) Pain 2) Persistence

Philippians 3:7-11, Confession Lord's Day 33 Theme: Pursuing Christ results simultaneously in growing hatred for sin and deeper righteousness in us. 1) The surpassing worth of knowing Christ as your Lord 2) Desiring fellowship with God (Scriptural foundations) 3) The love of Christ

Psalm 109 Theme: In our cries for justice, we learn to trust the God who fights for His children. God's love is not passive - it is the fierce, holy love that defends His people and upholds His justice

2 Thessalonians 3:13-15 Confession Lord's Day 31 Theme: Preaching and discipline: Christ's ways to save and restore The key called preaching The key called discipline -Discipline's purpose... Reverence -Discipline's purpose... Protection -Discipline's purpose... Healing

Psalm 83 The Church Calls for God's Wrath... 1) For protection 2) For the conversion of the nations 3) For the honor of God's name

Titus 3:1-10; Confession Lord's Day 31 Church Authority 1) Declarative 2) Delegated

Psalm 58 Theme: The righteous may confidently pray for God to bring justice on unjust tyrants terrorizing society. 1) Tyrants described 2) Tyrants imprecated 3) Joy for tyrants' demise

Galatians 3:1-14; 5:1-6;; Confession Lord's Day 30 1) A story displaying Roman Catholic theology 2) A condemnable idolatry - broad problems - similarity to the Galatian error - A condemnable idolatry that robs authentic trust in Christ

Psalm 35 Seven Lessons in Properly Seeking God's Vengeance

Matthew 11:20-30 Theme: Jesus reveals Himself to us 1) He is gentle 2) He is lowly 3) He is inviting

Psalm 35 Theme: Because of the unyielding conflict between the seed of the woman and the seed of the serpent, the Lord's anointed will vent His wrath... Be comforted in this victory! 1) Walking through the Psalm 2) Contend O Lord

1 Corinthians 10:14-22; 11:17-34; Confession Lord's Day 29 1) How do we eat and drink Christ? 2) In what sense is Christ present?

Psalm 2 Theme: Because of the unyielding conflict between the seed of the woman and the seed of the serpent, the Lord's anointed will vent His wrath... be comforted in this victory! 1) The imprecation and the antithesis 2) Imprecation and the Lord's anointed 3) Imprecation: A gospel purpose

Proverbs 12:15 and others Listening to advice: 1) Don't listen only to yourself 2) Who do you listen to?

Psalm 2 Theme: Because Christ reigns in a sinful world, His righteousness demands that all wickedness be justly punished, and we are right to petition the same. 1) Why this series? 2) A theme neglected: Righteous anger and indignation 3) Our commission

1 Timothy 2:1-7; Confession Lord's Day 45, Q&A 116 Theme: Yes, there are good works prepared for you, but first of all, pray! 1) What do we pray for? 2) Who do we pray for? 3) Why don't we pray?

1 Timothy 3:14-16 Theme: Fulfill your commission by living out and proclaiming the confession that has converted you! 1) Our confession 2) Our conversion 3) Our commission

Matthew 7:7-11; Confession Lord's Day 45 Theme: Prayer is a wonderful gift from God that allows us to bring praise, confessions, and concerns because of Christ's sacrifice for us. 1) Why do we pray? 2) How do we pray in a way that is honoring and pleasing to God?

Psalm 117 Theme: God's call for universal praise 1) Call to praise 2) Cause for praise

"Number Your Days From Faith" Psalm 90:7-14&17

Text: 1 Corinthians 10:14-22; 11:17-34; Confession Lord's Day 28 Theme: Why is it more than mere memorial? 1) A remembrance with a present reality 2) How we see the elements 3) How we participate in Christ

Text: Proverbs various passages Theme: To properly imitate and please Christ, you must be humble enough to receive and seek instruction 1) Being teachable: A big picture 2) God's sovereignty, not relativism, allows true knowledge to exist 3) Being teachable requires us to love God's knowledge and wisdom

2 Samuel 12:15-23; Luke 18:15-17; Confession Canons of Dort 1.17 Theme: Brothers and siters, don't doubt the election and salvation of your infant children whom God has called home. 1) The death of our children 2) Scripture's teaching 3) The Canon's teaching: Covenant

Proverbs 10:8; 12:1,15; 13:1,18; 15:5, 31-33; 17:10; 19:27 Theme: To properly imitate and please Christ, you must be humble enough to receive and seek instruction. 1) Being teachable is being self-deprecating 2) Being teachable sees correction as a blessing

Luke 18:15-17; Confession Lord's Day 27 1) Reasons for infant baptism - The explicit teaching of scripture - Baptism to circumcision - To such things belongs the kingdom - Covenant character 2) Not a reason for infant baptism

Proverbs 10:7-9; 12:8; 18:3; 22:1; 28:18; 1) A name to bless or a name to rot 2) Nothing to hide, nothing to fear

Joshua 24:14-28; Confession Belgic Art. 28 1) A necessary choice 2) A careful choice 3) A witnessed choice

1 Corinthians 12:12-13; Confession Lord's Day 26 1) The blessing of cleansing 2) The blessing of union 3) The commission

Hebrews 6:13-20; Confession Lord's Day 25 1) God's way of giving grace, broadly and narrowly defined 2) God's word, especially preached 3) The sacraments

Profession of Faith of Alisha Kistler Luke 24:36-53 1) The bodily resurrection 2) The scriptural resurrection 3) The final commissioning 4) The ascension

Matthew 25:31-46; Confession Lord's Day 24 Theme: Though works are graciously rewarded and even necessary of true faith, we are not saved by works but the credited works of Christ 1) Not by works 2) Works that reward 3) Importance of works

Luke 24:13-35 Theme: Our need for the Suffering Servant raised to glory is revealed in all the scriptures. 1) The seven mile stroll 2) An inadequate confession 3) The appropriate interpretation

Romans 4:5; Confession Lord's Day 23 Theme: How are you righteous before God? 1) Made or declared? 2) Understanding the differences between sanctification and justification. 3) The basis for justification.

2 Chronicles 16 Theme: The eyes of the Lord search to give strong support to those whose heart is fully toward Him! 1) Yahweh vs. money, military and medicine 2) The searching of Yahweh