Jesus will do the impossible for you if you believe in him.
Truth #1) The power of your faith is only as strong as the object of your faith
· Implication: Consider where you are putting the weight of your life
Truth #2) Jesus can do more than that
· Implication: Remember the reality of who Jesus is
Truth #3) Jesus has already done the impossible for you
· Implication: Make sense out of today based on his work in the past and his promise for the future
Familiarity 18:24, “A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.”
Faithfulness 20:6, “Many a man proclaims his own steadfast love, but a faithful man who can find?”
Friction 27:17, “Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another.”
Forgiveness 28:13, “Whoever conceals his transgressions will not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes them will obtain mercy”
The danger of sexuality folly is inevitable
The strategy of sexuality folly is predatory
The call of wisdom is our rescue
“Death and life are in the power of the tongue…"
Words have power.
Your words can have the power of death
Your words can have the power of life
What it takes to be the giver of this good gift
What it takes to be the receiver of this good gift
What makes the gift so good
Honor is our great quest
Pride is our great failure
Humility is God’s guaranteed success
The grace of Jesus is our Guarantor
God’s emotion-life reveals his beautiful wisdom
Our emotion-life is meant to reflect the beautiful wisdom of God
Our emotion life, therefore, must be rooted in the right fear of the right person
Read MoreWhat you do reveals your true character: Sluggard or Diligent
How you are left reveals your soul-condition: Empty or Abundant
What keeps you going reveals your heart motivation: Craving or Resting
Our money says 6 things about us. We are either…
1) Ruined or Rich
10:22 The blessing of the Lord makes rich, and he adds no sorrow with it
2) Greedy or Generous
11:24 One gives freely, yet grows all the richer; another withholds what he should give, and only suffers want.
3) Controlling or Contributing
11:26 The people curse him who holds back grain but a blessing on the head of him who sells it
4) Lying or Loving
20:23 Unequal weights are an abomination to the Lord, and false scales are not good.
5) Hasty or Habitual
13:11 Wealth gained hastily will dwindle, but whoever gathers little by little will increase it.
6) Poor or Prioritized
30:8 Remove far from me falsehood and lying; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the food that is needful for me…
The Road Rarely Taken
There are only two ways that call to us
There is only one person to whom they call
There is a bunch of life or death differences
Read MoreWisdom’s worth is determined by its source
Wisdom’s worth is demonstrated by it’s effectiveness
Wisdom’s worth demands a costly pursuit
His cross reverses our debt
His resurrection reverses our death
Our reckoning reverses our destiny
We want a Savior who appears important…and he rode a donkey
We want a Savior who surrounds us with beautiful people…and he has 12 motley disciples
We want a Savior who defeats the powerful…and was arrested, beaten, and crucified
We have a Savior who is glorious and approachable
We have a Savior who welcomes the broken to make them beautiful
We have a Savior who defeated the power of sin and death on our behalf.
Given only to the humble (6-7)
Steels us against our enemy (8-9)
Promises God’s personal rescue (10-11)
Right suffering strengthens our mission
Suffering for the right reasons
Suffering with the right responses
Our exile culture puts the glorious dominion of Jesus on display
Prayer life fueled by divine perspective
A pouring-out love as our determining priority
The full praise of Jesus as our dominant purpose
Big idea: The suffering of Jesus reorients our life and satisfies our deepest desires
Sermon Points:
The suffering of Jesus has ended the power of sin
Our new mindset changes our purpose and priorities
Jesus suffered death to make us alive
Application Points:
Repent freely
Long for God's will by meditating on his work
"Good news" each other
Called to bless in light of our blessing
Called to bless in spite of our suffering
Called to bless in assurance of our deliverance
An honorable wife is fearless because of Jesus.
An honorable husband is free before Jesus.
The gospel holds us in balance between compliance and freedom
The gospel holds us in balance between abuse and reward
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