by Paul Apple | Apr 6, 2020 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: LOUSY GOVERNMENT AND UPSIDE DOWN SOCIAL VALUES WILL BE TRANSFORMED BY THE RIGHTEOUS REIGN OF THE MESSIAHINTRODUCTION:We like to think that the United States represents the best country on the earth today. Certainly we enjoy freedoms and a standard of living...
by Paul Apple | Apr 6, 2020 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: THREE ARGUMENTS FOR TRUSTING IN GOD INSTEAD OF IN THE WORLD INTRODUCTION: Where do we turn for help when we are in danger? Instead of putting confidence in the flesh or seeking the help of sinful men, we need to put all of our dependence in the Lord who...
by Paul Apple | Apr 5, 2020 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: YOU CAN TURN TO GOD FOR RESTORATION OR HAVE GOD TURN ON YOU IN RETRIBUTION –RESTORATION AND RETRIBUTION CULMINATE IN THE DAY OF THE LORDINTRODUCTION:A lot of people today would dismiss any preaching characterized by Fire and Brimstone as too severe....
by Paul Apple | Apr 5, 2020 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: REJECTION OF GOD’S WORD DOOMS RELIGIOUS FRAUDS TO COMPLETE COLLAPSEINTRODUCTION: The world is full of religious frauds. These are folks that profess to be Christians; they claim to love the Lord Jesus Christ; they speak highly of His moral example; they want...
by Paul Apple | Apr 5, 2020 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: RETURNING TO EGYPT IS THE PATHWAY TO SHAME AND FUTILITYINTRODUCTION:James warns his readers: “You adulteresses, do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an...
by Paul Apple | Apr 5, 2020 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: THOSE WHO THINK THEY ARE SMARTER THAN GOD WILL BE WIPED OFF THE FACE OF THIS EARTH SO THAT FULL REDEMPTION CAN BE ENJOYED BY GOD’S TRANSFORMED PEOPLE IN THE MILLENNIAL KINGDOMINTRODUCTION:We should not be surprised at the level of mocking and scoffing that...
by Paul Apple | Apr 5, 2020 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: THE LORD JUDGES ROTE RELIGIOUS TRADITION WITH SPIRITUAL BLINDNESSINTRODUCTION:It doesn’t take very long for dead religious traditions to replace vibrant biblical convictions. It happens all the time.- It happens in families as children attend the same...
by Paul Apple | Apr 5, 2020 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: THE ONLY SURE FOUNDATION = THE PRECIOUS CORNERSTONE =THE MESSIAHINTRODUCTION:Outward physical circumstances can be so deceiving. The wicked can have that Hollywood glitter attached to them. They look so successful and so beautiful. But inside they are no...
by Paul Apple | Apr 5, 2020 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: REGATHERED ISRAEL FLOURISHES IN THE MILLENNIAL KINGDOM AS GOD DEALS DECISIVELY WITH HER ENEMIESINTRODUCTION:Today we are completing another major section in the prophecy of Isaiah – chapters 24-27 – the Mini Apocalypse that prepares God’s people for worship...
by Paul Apple | Apr 5, 2020 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: FAITH IN THE ROCK OF AGES IS FORTIFIED BY VALUABLE LESSONS FROM GOD’S RIGHTEOUS JUDGMENTSINTRODUCTION: A Mighty Fortress is our GodA mighty fortress is our God, a bulwark never failing;Our helper He, amid the flood of mortal ills prevailing:For still our...
by Paul Apple | Apr 5, 2020 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: THE REDEEMED NEED TO EXPRESS THEIR PRAISE TO GOD FOR HIS GREATNESS AND HIS SALVATION CULMINATING IN SWALLOWING UP DEATH FOR ALL TIMEINTRODUCTION:I have commented before how providentially when we are studying through a book of the Bible we will come to a...
by Paul Apple | Apr 5, 2020 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: THE WHOLE EARTH IS HEADED FOR CATASTROPHIC DEVASTATION AND ONLY THE REMNANT REMAINS TO PRAISE GODINTRODUCTION:Where is this earth headed?- The evolutionists have their answer: They have bought into Charles Darwin’s theory that via natural selection,...
by Paul Apple | Apr 5, 2020 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: GREEDY CAPITALISM WITH ITS ROOT MOTIVATION OF PRIDEFUL SELF-SUFFICIENCY WILL BE JUDGED BY GOD AS PROSTITUTION – YET A REMNANT WILL BE RESTORED AND SANCTIFIEDINTRODUCTION:We come to the conclusion this morning of Isaiah’s section of Ten Oracles of Judgments...
by Paul Apple | Apr 5, 2020 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: SELF-RELIANCE LEADS TO CONDEMNATION – WHETHER THE FAULT LIES WITH THE LEADER (AND HIS PRESUMPTUOUS SELF PROMOTION) OR WITH THE PEOPLE (AND THEIR PROCLIVITY FOR HERO WORSHIP)INTRODUCTION:In the first half of the Oracle of the Valley of Vision directed against...
by Paul Apple | Apr 5, 2020 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: THE REFUSAL TO TRUST IN GOD CONSTITUTES THE UNPARDONABLE SIN AS DIVINE PROTECTION IS REMOVED FROM THE SELF RELIANT WHO BLINDLY PARTY THEIR WAY TO DESTRUCTIONINTRODUCTION:We have been studying the section of chapters 13-23, the judgments against the various...
by Paul Apple | Apr 5, 2020 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: THERE WILL BE NO STAY OF EXECUTION WITH RESPECT TO GOD’S JUDGMENT PLANS FOR THE NATIONS – REGARDLESS OF HOW GENERAL OR HOW PRECISE THE REVELATION OF HIS TIMELINEINTRODUCTION:Verses 11-17 are definitely related to the earlier oracle against Babylon in the...
by Paul Apple | Apr 5, 2020 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: HORROR STRIKES THOSE WHO PERCEIVE THE DESTRUCTIVE CONSEQUENCES OF TRUSTING IN THE ARM OF THE FLESHINTRODUCTION:Horror movies have never been something that our family has watched. How can you call it entertainment to be scared out of your wits by graphic...
by Paul Apple | Apr 5, 2020 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: EGYPT WILL FACE DESERVED JUDGMENT AND EXPERIENCE UNDESERVED BLESSING – BUT WILL NEVER BE A DEPENDABLE SOURCE OF SALVATIONINTRODUCTION:As Isaiah continues in this section with his oracles against various nations, he comes to the country of Egypt to the south...
by Paul Apple | Apr 5, 2020 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: STAND STILL AND SEE THE SALVATION OF THE LORD AND WORSHIP HIMINTRODUCTION:This past week our nation remembered the anniversary of the awful events of 9/11 – the destruction of the two World Trade Centers in NYC and the loss of almost 3,000 lives. People...
by Paul Apple | Apr 5, 2020 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: DON’T FORGET GOD BECAUSE HE WON’T FORGET YOU –FORGETTING GOD DISHONORS HIM GREATLY BUT DOES NOT CANCEL OUT HIS COVENANTAL REMNANT PROGRAMINTRODUCTION:Events of this past month have focused the world’s attention on the nation of Syria and its capital city...
