by Paul Apple | Apr 6, 2020 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: GOD’S GRACIOUS FORGIVENESS CAN TRANSFORM WORTHLESS WORSHIP INTO SURPRISING SALVATIONINTRODUCTION:Today we are going to approach this passage a little differently – we are going to start at the heart of the passage – at the middle – rather than the...
by Paul Apple | Apr 6, 2020 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: GOD WILL MAKE A SPECTACULAR WAY OF DELIVERANCE AND BLESSING FOR HIS CHOSEN PEOPLEINTRODUCTION:Sometimes we find ourselves in a wilderness in life; in a desert place. We live in such lush surroundings that maybe we don’t have that much familiarity with the...
by Paul Apple | Apr 6, 2020 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: GOD’S SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP TO HIS PEOPLE REINFORCES OUR CONFIDENCE IN GOD’S REDEMPTIVE PURPOSES ANDGOD’S IDENTITY AS THE ONE TRUE GOD MAKES CERTAIN THE PERFORMANCE OF HIS REDEMPTIVE PURPOSESINTRODUCTION:Today God wants to raise our level of Confidence in His...
by Paul Apple | Apr 6, 2020 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: PRIVILEGED ISRAEL (GOD’S SERVANT/MESSENGER) REMAINS DEAF AND BLIND TO GOD’S HEAVY HAND OF DISCIPLINEINTRODUCTION:How is it that our nation today can be so oblivious to our precarious position due to our rejection of God’s moral law and standards for...
by Paul Apple | Apr 6, 2020 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: NEW UNIVERSAL SONGS OF PRAISE SHOULD ARISE WHENEVER GOD SPRINGS INTO ACTION TO DELIVER ON HIS PROMISES INTRODUCTION: What is the mission of the church? Some would point to worldwide evangelism as the goal – and that is certainly an important part of the...
by Paul Apple | Apr 6, 2020 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: THE PREDICTED SUCCESSFUL MISSION OF THE IDEAL SERVANT OF THE LORD REINFORCES THE PROVEN SUPERIORITY OF THE TRUE GOD TO IDOLSINTRODUCTION:Remember the Messianic prophecy that Isaiah had delivered in 9:1-7, chap. 11. What a tremendous prospect to look forward...
by Paul Apple | Apr 6, 2020 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: REQUIRE ANY SO-CALLED GOD TO PROVE HIS WORTHINTRODUCTION:Our culture loves to try to predict the future. Look at the sports world. Every day there is an entire gambling industry built around the prospect of being able to pick which team will win – and even...
by Paul Apple | Apr 6, 2020 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: DESPITE OPPOSITION AND WEAKNESS, GOD’S COVENANT PEOPLE HAVE NO NEED TO FEAR AND MUCH CAUSE FOR REJOICINGINTRODUCTION:We are talking this morning about the recovery of Worm Theology. The great theologians and hymn writers of centuries past understood the...
by Paul Apple | Apr 6, 2020 | Bible-OT
INTRODUCTION: A new year always brings new challenges. But we can lean on the age-old promises of God forNEW STRENGTH AND NEW COURAGE FOR A NEW YEAR. It is time to focus on our Year Verse for 2015 – actually, based on where we are providentially in the Book of Isaiah,...
by Paul Apple | Apr 6, 2020 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: THE QUESTION OF ULTIMATE CONTROL BEGINS AND ENDS WITH THE SUPREME “I AM”INTRODUCTION:Max Lucado: The House of GodEvery time Satan sets out to score for evil, he ends up scoring a point for good. Consider Paul. Satan hoped prison would silence his pulpit, and...
by Paul Apple | Apr 6, 2020 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: WE CAN PATIENTLY WAIT ON THE LORD FOR SUSTAINING STRENGTH AND PERSEVERANCE BECAUSE OF HIS ULTIMATE SUPREMACY AND SIGNIFICANCEINTRODUCTION:Often people like to downplay the relevance of studying theology. They prefer more of a step-by-step manual on how to...
by Paul Apple | Apr 6, 2020 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: COMFORT FOR ZION DERIVES FROM THE SALVATION AND GOVERNING BLESSINGS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROMISED COMING OF MESSIAHINTRODUCTION:Overview of Isaiah in Review – handout Motyer: No sooner the message of disaster (39:5-7) than the message of comfort (40:1-2)!You...
by Paul Apple | Apr 6, 2020 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: 3 PITFALLS OF PRIDEINTRODUCTION:The Scriptures clearly indicate that the root problem of Hezekiah here is PRIDE.2 Chr. 32:24-25 – Hezekiah had wrongly responded in pride to the gift of healing he had receivedC. S. Lewis: If anyone would like to acquire...
by Paul Apple | Apr 6, 2020 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: DIVINE DELIVERANCE DEMONSTRATES THE SOVEREIGNTY OF GOD OVERLIFE AND DEATH . . . AND DEFINES OUR LIFE IN TERMS OF WORSHIP –3 QUESTIONS THAT PROBE WHETHER WE TRULY WORSHIP GODINTRODUCTION: God seeks people that will worship Him in Spirit and truth. Do we...
by Paul Apple | Apr 6, 2020 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: CRISIS SITUATIONS PROVIDE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR GOD TO VINDICATE HIS PREEMINENCE AND GLORY AS HE RESPONDS TO PRAYERS FOR DELIVERANCE FROM HIS COVENANT PEOPLEINTRODUCTION:Life is a series of responding to one pressure after another; one crisis situation after...
by Paul Apple | Apr 6, 2020 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: SEEK THE LORD FOR DELIVERANCE IN TIMES OF SATANIC INTIMIDATION AND PRESSURE RATHER THAN CUTTING A DEAL WITH THE DEVIL INTRODUCTION: I have a verse posted on the wall in my study above my computer that reminds me every day of the Lord’s ability to rescue me...
by Paul Apple | Apr 6, 2020 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: 3 KINGDOM BLESSINGS THAT ENCOURAGE BELIEVERS AS WE EAGERLY ANTICIPATE THE FAITHFUL FULFILLMENT OF GOD’S PROMISES INTRODUCTION: When we are away from home for any extended period, our hearts long for a return to that place where we belong; that place of joy...
by Paul Apple | Apr 6, 2020 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: IMAGES OF SLAUGHTER AND DESOLATION FLESH OUT THE HORRIFYING PICTURE OF THE UNLEASHING OF THE WRATH OF GODINTRODUCTION:I don’t know how much you have heard of the controversy over the new biblical epic movie “Noah” that has just hit the movie theaters....
by Paul Apple | Apr 6, 2020 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: TWO RESULTS OF WITNESSING GOD’S JUDGMENT AND DELIVERANCE- FELLOWSHIP- BLESSINGINTRODUCTION:Review of the first half of Chapter 33: When God springs into action, the destroyer is destroyed and God’s people are delivered.I. (:1-6) First Movement: Judgment and...
by Paul Apple | Apr 6, 2020 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: WHEN GOD SPRINGS INTO VISIBLE AND DRAMATIC ACTION, THE DESTROYER IS DESTROYED AND GOD’S PEOPLE ARE DELIVEREDINTRODUCTION:Accountability is coming says the Lord and He will destroy Judah’s enemies and deliver His people. It might look like the Lord is silent;...
