1. The LORD is Sovereign for the Good of His People (v. 1-3)
2. The LORD is Sovereign Over Life and Death (v. 4-8)
3. The LORD is Sovereign Over All Opposition (v. 9-10)
1. The LORD is Sovereign for the Good of His People (v. 1-3)
2. The LORD is Sovereign Over Life and Death (v. 4-8)
3. The LORD is Sovereign Over All Opposition (v. 9-10)
Why Will God Not Compromise Even a Little?
1. Because His Salvation-Story Would be Passed On (v. 1-6)
2. Because He’s Not Willing to Lose Even One of His Own (v. 7-20)
3. Because His People Will Fully Worship (v. 21-29)
1. He Has Shown Mercy To His People (v. 1-12)
2. He Is Exalted Over Everything (v. 13-26)
3. One Day, Every Person Will Fear Him (v. 27-35)
What Exactly is a Hard-Heart?
1. The Heart that Only Turns to God in Tough Times (v. 1-15)
2. The Heart That Will Not Yield to the Evidence (v. 16-19)
3. The Heart That is Indifferent to God’s Word (v. 20-32)
1. Are You Humbled & Reassured by God’s Supremacy? (v. 8-13)
2. Is the Lord Truly at the Center of Your Life? (v. 14-21)
3. Have You Repented? (v. 22-25)
1. The Lord Qualifies & Empowers Those He Calls (v. 14-30)
2. Do You Know Who God Is? (v. 7:1-5)
3. Are You Obeying Him? (v. 6)
Who is the LORD?
He is Yahweh, the Great I AM, the one true God, the deliverer and lover of His people.
1. God Sovereignly & Redemptively Loves His Own (v. 18-23)
2. Sin Brings About Death (v. 24-26)
3. It Leads to Faith & Worship from God’s People (v. 27-31)
1. When Others Won’t Believe, Wait on the Lord (v. 1-9)
2. When You Feel Inadequate, Trust in the Lord (v. 10-12)
3. When Obedience is Hard, Receive the Grace God Provides (v. 13-17)
1. God’s Servant is Set Apart (v. 1-6)
2. God’s Servant Delivers His People from Slavery (v. 7-12)
3. God’s Servant Represents Divine Supremacy (v. 13-22)
1. Salvation Belongs to the Lord (v. 11-15)
2. We Should Never Give up on Doing Good (v. 16-22)
3. God Remembers His Covenant to His People (v. 23-25)
1. God Is Working Even When Your Circumstance Feels Threatening (v. 1-4)
2. God Is Working Even Through Your Adversaries (v. 5-9)
3. God Is Working; He Has Provided A Deliverer (v. 10)
1. God Never Forgets His Promises (v. 1-7)
2. Opposition and Suffering Cannot Stop the Promises of God (v. 8-14)
3. Fear God Above All (v. 15-22)
1. Remember His Unfailing Love (v. 1-2)
2. Remember How Temporary This Life Is (v. 3-6)
3. Remember That a Payment for Sin Was Made (v. 7-11)
4. Seek to Establish Your Life in the Lord (v. 12-17)
1. Is Faith in Action (v. 25)
2. Is More Important Than Anything Else (v. 26)
3. Is Never A Waste of Time (v. 27-28)
4. Will Bring Joy To Your Weary Soul. (v. 29-32)
1. It’s a Display of God’s Sovereign Humility (v. 1-7)
2. No One is Outside God’s Capacity for Love and Mercy (v. 8-20)
The Mercy of God:
1. Produces Great Joy (v. 57-58)
2. Produces Godly Obedience (v. 59-66)
3. Produces Worship to Christ (v. 67-80)
There are 3 Ways In Which You Can Better Understand & Experience How God
1. By Understanding God Favors the Humble Through the Revelation of Christ (v. 26-33)
2. By Believing that God Has Done the Impossible in the Incarnation of His Son (v. 34-37)
3. By Genuinely Hoping in God’s Word (v. 38)
1. An Orderly Account was Captured (v. 1-4)
2. A Spectacular Promise was Fulfilled (v. 5-17)
3. A Message of Good News was Given (v. 18-23)
4. Our Reproach Has Been Taken Away (v. 24-25)
God uses weakness to give us humility (v. 1-7)
God uses weakness to drive us to prayer (v. 8)
God uses weakness to show us his power and grace (v. 9-10)