Category: Sermon Notes
20. David’s Faith
Hymns: Pg. 42 Teach Me Thy Way, O Lord, Pg 43 Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus, P17 God Is Always Near Me
Hebrews 11:32e (KJV)
32 And what shall I more say? for the time would fail me to tell of David …
David’s Faith
OUTLINE
(1) Courageous – Overcomes Fear to Do the Will of God
INTRODUCTION
David was a man who sought to do the will of God for His honour and glory leaving a legacy for his son Solomon as a man of faith who prepared the nation and resource to build a house for the worship of the living and true God.
We pick up this scene at dedication of the first Temple in Jerusalem in 1 Kings 8:10-11, 12-21[1].
1 Kings 8:10-11 (KJV) 10 And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house of the LORD, 11 So that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of the LORD.
20And the LORD hath performed his word that he spake, and I am risen up in the room of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel. 21 And I have set there a place for the ark, wherein is the covenant of the LORD, which he made with our fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.
19. Jephthah’s Faith
Hymns: RHC 441 Faith Is the Victory, 450 To the Work!, 401 Yield Not to Temptation
Hebrews 11:32d (KJV)
32 And what shall I more say? for the time would fail me to tell of Jephthah …
Jephthah’s Faith
OUTLINE
(1) Put God’s Work Before Self
INTRODUCTION
Jephthah means “He doth open or set free”. He was described as a Mighty Man of Valour (Judges 11:1).
Judges 11:1 (KJV) 1 Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valour, and he was the son of an harlot: and Gilead begat Jephthah.
The first time this term “mighty man of valour” is used was on Gideon in Judges 6:12, describing a man of courage, boldness and bravery, a Spirit-filled man (Judges 11:29). The terminology used here is not just military in nature but can refer to a person of repute or one who has standing in the community – a responsible person. In this context, however, it is likely his reputation built on his military success.
But Jephthah was the outcast. An Illegitimate son driven from his father’s household (Judges 11:2), the son of a harlot.
17. The Shepherd’s Worth
Blessed Hope Bible-Presbyterian Church Adult Sunday School 3 June 2018 THE SHEPHERD’S WORTH Zechariah 11:10-17 (KJV) 10 And I took my staff, evenBeauty, and cut it asunder, that I might break my covenant which I had made with all the people. 11 And it …
18. Samson’s Faith
Hymns: RHC 307 Amazing Grace, 289 Grace Greater Than Our Sin, 565 Have You Counted the Cost?
Hebrews 11:32c (KJV)
32 And what shall I more say? for the time would fail me to tell of Samson …
Samson’s Faith
OUTLINE
Undergirded by God’s Amazing Grace
INTRODUCTION
Samson was consecrated as a Nazarite at birth. A Nazarite was to be separated unto Jehovah. The word nazir, which the word is derived, means “to separate”. His vow as a Nazarite included (1) His hair goes uncut (2) Refrain from partaking the fruit of the vine (3) Forbidden to contact with the dead (Judges 13:4, 5, 7, 14 c.f. Numbers 6:2-21).
Judges 13:4-5 (KJV) 4 Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink not wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing: 5 For, lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and no razor shall come on his head: for the child shall be a Nazarite unto God from the womb: and he shall begin to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.
Samson is the twelfth and last Judge raised by God to deliver Israel out their enemies’ oppression. This was Samson’s life mission given by God even before his birth told by the angel of the LORD to his mother.