CONSEQUENCES! (2 Samuel 18:31-33)
TREACHERY!
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Civil war, Chaos in the home and nation
TRAGEDY!
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“Oh, Absalom my son”
TRUTH!
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The wages of sin is death…..
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but the gift of God is eternal life
1) THE GHETTO! (Ex 1:8-14, 15-22) Genocide in Goshen 2) THE CRADLE! (Ex 2:1-10) A baby in the bulrushes 3) THE PALACE! (Ex 2:10, Acts 7:20-22) Educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians 4) THE SANDPIT! (Ex 2:11-14) He killed the Egyptian and hid him in the sand 5) THE DESERT! (Ex 2:15-22) Moses…
THE RHYTHM OF LIFE RIGHTEOUSNESS: The Powerful Beat of the Christian Life Proclaimed in the Old Testament Stated in the Law; Interpreted by the Prophets Personified in Jesus In His Life, Death and Resurrection Practised by Christians Maximum application not Minimum observance
1) DESIRE! (v24) “Father I desire that they also whom You have given Me….. may be with Me….. to see My glory….” 2) DELIGHT! (v25) O righteous Father….. I know You….. and have made You known 3) DEVOTION! (v26) Your love for Me…. may be in them and “I in them”
1. THE HOUSEHOLD OF GOD HAS A TITLE The Church of the Living God 2. THE HOUSEHOLD OF GOD HAS A TASK A Pillar to hold the truth high A Buttress to hold the truth firm 3. THE HOUSEHOLD OF GOD HAS THE TRUTH Jesus is revealed, vindicated, observed, proclaimed, believed, exalted
TRUTH! a) The Spirit of truth b) The resistance to truth c) The power of truth TRIAL! a) Its root – idolatry & covetousness b) Its outcome – mob rule TEARS! a) Of ministry b) Of fellowship c) Of Christ
A tough question and a tough answer (17-22) A hard saying and a heart problem (23-27)