Second Reformed Presbyterian Church

1. Fight sin and walk in holiness together. (v.42) 2. Fight sin that corrupts your own life. (v.43-48) 3. Fight sin that undermines peace together. (v.49-50) Fight sin and walk in holiness and peace together.

The deliverance of the Gospel brings three new things: 1. A new identity 2. A new redemption 3. A new authority

God's Peace guards our hearts when we seek Him with trust. 1. Seek the Lord with rejoicing and gentleness. (v.4-5) 2. Seek the Lord with prayer and thanksgiving. (v.6-7) 3. Seek the Lord with focus and obedience. (v.8-9)

Mourn over what your sin cost Jesus Christ 1. Mourn profoundly. 2. Mourn perpetually. 3. Mourn personally. Look to Jesus Christ for cleansing from sin.

Stop being territorial and start honoring people who serve Him faithfully. 1. Don't block those who bear His name. (v.38) 2. Don't dismiss those who honor His name. (v.39-40) 3. Don't miss those who serve in His name. (v.41)

1. In this world both strife and deliverance are only temporary. 2. God has wrought a great deliverance, both past and future. 3. Your deliverance comes through Christ, who then brings you His joy. 4. Because of your deliverance in Christ, you can labor in strife, anticipating great deliverance. You can labor for God in hope, for God has given and will give great deliverance in Christ.

Paul gives three speeches on the ship: 1. Paul advised 2. Paul encouraged 3. Paul urged Then Paul trusted God's goodness and left it to the Lord.

1. The Creator God has a message for His people. 2. The message is concerning the distant future. 3. God's message is that there will be a great battle. 4. The victory is won! 5. We can see what God does for His people: First and foremost He gives them salvation.

Be great by serving others in Jesus' name. 1. Be humbled by the mission of Jesus. 2. Be exposed by the ambition of pride. 3. Be changed by the example of Christ.

1. When your strength fails, look to Jesus.2. When your faith falters, cry out honestly.3. When your efforts fall short, depend on prayer.

1. Unrepentant covenant breakers are doomed.2. The good shepherd feeds the flock.3. This passage points us beyond Zechariah to Jesus Christ.Seek the Good Shepherd; trust in Jesus Christ.

1. Listen to Jesus when His glory is revealed.2. Listen to Jesus when confusion clouds your vision.3. Listen to Jesus when the cross comes into view.

1. God secures His people in a restless world.2. God alone condemns or forgives your restless heart.3. King Jesus secures your righteousness.4. Trust that King Jesus secures your righteousness, then live it out.

1. Follow Jesus by confessing Who He truly is.2. Follow Jesus by embracing why He came.3. Follow Jesus by walking the same road.4. Follow Jesus in hope of what's to come.

1. Remember His Word when you're confused.2. Remember His Word when you're reminded.3. Remember His Word when you're dismissed.4. Remember His Word when you're wondering.

1. Israel has rejected good.2. Israel is confused.3. Israel is alienated from God.

1. Jesus touches us when we don't see clearly.2. Jesus grows our faith when sight seems blurry.3. Jesus finishes what He starts in His time.

1. Chosen in Christ before the foundation of the world.2. Predestined for adoption as sons.3. We have redemption in Christ, though His blood.4. Sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise.

1. Forgetting Jesus leads to misplaced focus.2. Forgetting Jesus leads to spiritual dullness.3. Forgetting Jesus leads to unbelief and fear.Remember Who Jesus is and trust Him with everything you need.

1. You need a great deliverance.2. You have a great deliverance.3. Remember that your deliverance comes at a price.4. Reflect on and celebrate your deliverance in Christ.

1. When you resist the truth you invite confrontation.2. When you demand a sign, you grieve the Savior.3. When you persist in unbelief, you risk losing Him.

Jesus in His compassion provides abundantly for those who come to Him.1. Trust Jesus when the need is great.2. Trust Jesus when your resources are small.3. Trust Jesus when His provision seems impossible.4. Trust Jesus because He always satisfies.

1. The holiness of God (v. 1-4)2. The confession of Isaiah (v. 5)3. Atonement at the altar (v. 6-8)

1. Seek Jesus when you are powerless.2. Seek Jesus when His ways are unclear.3. Seek Jesus and rejoice in His healing.

Come to Jesus with persistent, humble faith.1. Come to Jesus when you feel unworthy.2. Come to Jesus even when He seems silent.3. Come to Jesus with humble confidence.4. Come to Jesus and find His mercy overflowing.

1. Take accurate stock of your suffering.2. Take joy in the God of your salvation.3. Take strength in your covenant God.

1. Guard your heart because sin comes from within.2. Guard your heart because you can't clean it yourself.3. Guard your heart because only Jesus can make it new.

Because God has made His love manifest to us in Christ, we can make Christ's love manifest to one another.1. Love one another... (v.7-8)2. ...just as God has loved you in Christ. (v.9-10)3. Make this love manifest! (v.11-12)

Submit to God's Word, not human tradition.1. Tradition distorts worship.2. Tradition rejects authority.3. Tradition avoids God's Word.

Put your trust in Jesus who suffered the grave in your place to keep you safe from sin and death from this time forth and forever more.1. You are in grave danger.2. God is keeping watch over you.3. The Lord is your keeper only if He is your Lord.4. Jesus suffered grave danger in your place to keep you safe now and forever more.

Jesus brings healing to those who come to Him in faith.1. Jesus welcomes the hurting.2. Jesus responds to desperate faith.3. Jesus heals those who trust Him.

1. Who carries who?2. Who made who?3. Who saves who?Remember that the LORD is God and there is none like Him.

1. Trust Jesus to direct your path.2. Trust Jesus to reveal His power.3. Trust Jesus to calm your fears.

Put away your pursuit of what is false by pursuing God's peace in Jesus Christ.1. Recognize that you traffic in deceit.2. Recognize your need to cry out for deliverance from deceit.3. Seek your deliverance and peace with God.4. Press on in this world of deceit by pursuing God's peace in Jesus Christ.

1. Go to Jesus when you're weary.2. Go to Jesus when you feel empty.3. Go to Jesus when the need seems impossible.4. Go to Jesus for abundant satisfaction.

John the Baptist remained faithful to the Truth no matter the cost.1. Truth provokes fear in the guilty.2. Truth confronts sin with boldness.3. Truth may cost you everything.

v. 1-7 Moral Depravityv. 8-16 Syncretism

Give your whole self fully to God:1. Because of God's mercies2. Because of God's claim3. Because of God's worth