February 2022

Holiness – Who is Like You?

By / February 17, 2022

Title:  Holiness – Who is Like You?

Text:  Exodus 15:11

There is no God like God

  • God revealed: Exodus 19; Daniel 10:4-6; (Ezekiel 1:25-28; Isaiah 6:1-4); Revelation 1:12-16
  • Acknowledged: Isaiah 46:9; Deuteronomy 33:26-29; I Samuel 2:1-2ff

He set His people apart

  • Leviticus 20:24-26
  • Psalm 4:3
  • II Corinthians 6:17
  • Revelation 18:4

What it means….

  • We will look different…. Ephesians 4:17-24; 5:3-13
  • To praise and to witness….I Peter 2:9-12

Holiness and Cleanliness

By / February 17, 2022

Title:  Holiness and Cleanliness

Text:  Exodus 19:10ff

Reminded they are in the presence of God

  • Exodus 19:10
  • Exodus 30:19-21
  • Numbers 19:20
  • John 13:8
  • Hebrews 10:22

Lifestyle matters!

  • Psalm 51:2
  • Isaiah 1:16-18
  • John 13:10

Motives Matter!

  • Proverbs 16:2
  • Mark 7:1-7
  • James 4:1-10

Baptism as Washing

  • I Peter 3:13-21
  • Acts 22:16

Holiness and Glory

By / February 17, 2022

Title:  Holiness and Glory

Text:  Exodus 19

Holiness moves and is dynamic

  • Storm imagery…
    • Exodus 19:16, Psalm 29, Psalm 144:5-8, Exodus 33:21-23
  • Movement
    • Exodus 14, Psalm 19, Romans 6:4, Romans 8:21

How we glorify

  • It is in the doing!
    • Romans 2:7
    • John 15:8
    • I Corinthians 10:31
  • God ultimately glorifies us!
    • John 17:22
    • I Corinthians 2:7-9
    • II Corinthians 3:18
    • I Corinthians 15:42-44

Holiness – Fascination

By / February 17, 2022

Title:  Holiness – Fascination

Text:  Exodus 19:21-23

Attraction

  • Exodus 3:1-6, 33:13
  • Psalms 15:1, 24:3, 43:3

…despite our fears….

  • 33:18ff,
  • Isaiah 6:
  • Ezekiel 1:
  • Daniel 10:
  • Mark 9:1-6

God makes it possible!

  • II Corinthians 3:7 – 4:6
    • Unfading – v. 11
    • Unveiled – v. 16
    • Reflecting – v. 18
    • Fascinating to others – 4:2
    • Standing full-faced in the presence of Christ – 4:6

Holiness at Sinai – Awe

By / February 17, 2022

Title:  Holiness at Sinai – Awe

Text:  Exodus 19

Overview

  • God meets His People
  • Challenges them to be holy – v. 5-6
  • Extracts them from the world – v. 5-6

God is not safe….

  • Egypt – v. 4
  • Warning to stay distant – 19:16
  • Desire to stay distant – 20:18-19

Respond in awe….

  • Define: Dread, Terror
  • Tremble – v. 16
  • Fear and terror – Deuteronomy 28:58ff, 26:8
  • Hebrews 10:26-31
  • Hebrews 12:18-29

Be Holy

By / February 17, 2022

Title: Be Holy

Text:  Leviticus 11:44-45

We choose wrong standards of comparison

  • Israel with the surrounding kingdoms – I Samuel 8:1-9
  • Parable of the tax collector – Luke 18:9-14
  • Peter and John – John 21:20-22
  • King Belshazzar – Daniel 5:22-26

We too easily conform to those standards….

  • Israel in the promised land – Exodus 34:10-16
  • Ahab and Jezebel – I Kings 16:29-33
  • Israel and Judah – Jeremiah 3:6-10

Be Holy for I am Holy – God is the standard

Justice – Kingdom Business

By / February 17, 2022

Title:  Justice – Kingdom Business

Text:  Matthew 28:16-20

If it is only in the Kingdom true justice is found, what are we doing about it?

  • We know more than just justice is at stake – Romans 1:16-17
  • World is all too willing to use God’s Kingdom for its own ends – Matthew 11:12
  • What the world offers can never satisfy – I Corinthians 3:3, John 14:27, 16:33, Ephesians 2:2, I John 2:15-17
  • We are commissioned to not judge those outside the church – I Corinthians 5:12, John 3:16-21, I Corinthians 11:19
  • We are commissioned to make disciples! Matthew 28:16-20

Doing Justice

By / February 17, 2022

Title:  Doing Justice

Text:  Ephesians 4:1-16

Love is the motivator – justice is the outcome.

  • Walk v. 1 (Translated far too often as a passive “live.” Walking is active.)
  • Look out of yourself v. 2
  • Strive for unity v. 3-6
  • Recognize diversity of gifts v. 7-13; Luke 7:35
  • Reach maturity v. 14-16; I Cor. 13:11

Speaking Justice

By / February 17, 2022

Title:  Speaking Justice (Talking it Out)

Talk….

  • Check your motives – James 3:3-12
  • Be gentle – Proverbs 15:1 Philippians 4:5
  • Recognize God is in the mix – Matthew 18:15; Philippians 2:12-13

Listen….

  • Don’t jump to conclusions – II Samuel 16:1-4, 19:24-28
  • Don’t think you understand perfectly – James 1:19, Proverbs 29:20, Proverbs 18:17

Be willing to get vulnerable

  • You will hear things you don’t like – Galatians 2:11-14, II Peter 3:15
  • It can/will hurt! Philippians 2:3-8

Assume the best

  • Trust people are speaking the truth in love – Ephesians 4:15, 29
  • Think the best of each other – Philippians 4:8-9

Acting in Justice

By / February 17, 2022

Title: Acting in Justice

Text:  James 2

Clarification – Justice and Righteousness are the same word in NT Greek

How?

  • Remember what we’ve been given….
  • James 2:12, Matthew 18:22-35
  • Favoritism has no place in the church!
  • James 2:1-4, 8-11, Exodus 23:1-9
  • See clearly….
  • James 2:5-7, 1:5-8, 22-25
  • Justice is action!
  • James 2:14-26