by Paul Apple | Apr 4, 2020 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: PRIDEFUL IDOLATERS SHOULD STIR OUR HEARTS TO COMPASSION AS THEY FACE GRIEVOUS DEVASTATION FOR THEIR REJECTION OF REFUGE IN CHRISTINTRODUCTION:This morning God is going to call us to examine our heart towards the lost. You need to be honest with yourself and...
by Paul Apple | Apr 4, 2020 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: BANK ON GOD’S PROMISES FOR THE FUTURE RATHER THAN THE GLOOMY PROSPECTS IN THE PRESENTINTRODUCTION:Often God’s people can be really down in the dumps as they look at the deplorable condition of God’s kingdom in its present condition here on earth. As you look...
by Paul Apple | Apr 4, 2020 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: THE HISTORY OF ALL NATIONS IS WRITTEN BY THE SOVEREIGN HAND OF GOD – WHO CANNOT BE STOPPED FROM EXECUTING HIS JUDGMENTS INTRODUCTION: If you are a serious student of history [ not really my focus], you have your favorite authors for various subjects. Some of...
by Paul Apple | Apr 4, 2020 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: PRESUMPTUOUS PRIDE BROUGHT LOWINTRODUCTION:We are all familiar with the expressions: “Pride goeth before a fall” Prov. 16:18 “The bigger they are the harder they fall” – we are not as familiar with the source of this quote = boxer Robert Fitzsimmons, prior...
by Paul Apple | Apr 4, 2020 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: THE WRATH OF GOD DIRECTS INSTRUMENTS OF DESTRUCTION AGAINST EVIL NATIONS ON ACCOUNT OF THEIR PRIDE AND SELF SUFFICIENCYINTRODUCTION:We open a new section of the book of Isaiah as we come to chapter 13. In the early introductory chapters of 1-5, we saw the...
by Paul Apple | Apr 4, 2020 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: LET THE REDEEMED OF THE LORD REJOICE AND PROCLAIM HIS GREATNESSINTRODUCTION:How excited are you about your salvation? Have you been a child of God for so long that the Christian life has become dull and uneventful? We will never bear witness as we should...
by Paul Apple | Apr 4, 2020 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: IN THE FUTURE MESSIANIC KINGDOM THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE LORD INCARNATE IN THE PERSON OF THE MESSIAH WILL ESTABLISH JUSTICE, PEACE AND UNITYINTRODUCTION:- Imagine a world where the court system administers perfect justice;- Imagine a world where one could live...
by Paul Apple | Apr 4, 2020 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: THE MIGHTY GOD CARRIES OUT HIS MASTER PLAN FOR THE REPENTANT REMNANT BY CONTROLLING HISTORICAL CYCLES OF OPPRESSION, DELIVERANCE AND JUDGMENTINTRODUCTION:When it comes to the future of the nation of Israel, make no mistake, God has a master plan. He...
by Paul Apple | Apr 4, 2020 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: THE TOOLS USED BY GOD FOR HIS SOVEREIGN PURPOSES MUST NEVER IMAGINE THAT THEY FUNCTION WITH INDEPENDENT PURPOSE AND POWERINTRODUCTION:There is a vast difference between the Sovereign God who is working out His purposes in history and the wicked nations He...
by Paul Apple | Apr 4, 2020 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: THE UNRELENTING WRATH OF GOD EXECUTES WAVES OF JUDGMENT AGAINST A PEOPLE THAT PERSIST IN REJECTING HIS COUNSEL INTRODUCTION: A good title for our message this morning would be “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” – but Jonathan Edwards still owns the...
by Paul Apple | Apr 3, 2020 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: GOD WILL TRANSFORM HIS PEOPLE FROM GLOOM TO GLORY BY THE RIGHTEOUS REIGN OF THE PROMISED MESSIAHINTRODUCTION:This portion of the book of Isaiah which began in Chapter 7 and continues thru Chapter 12 features a couple of the most famous Messianic prophecies...
by Paul Apple | Apr 3, 2020 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: IN SEEKING COUNSEL AND DIRECTION, AVOID ALL CONTACT WITH THE DARK SIDE OF THE OCCULTINTRODUCTION:We are treading on some dangerous ground today. The Holy Spirit wants to expose for us the dangers of the occult. The term occult implies a “secret...
by Paul Apple | Apr 3, 2020 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: THE LORD BECOMES YOUR SANCTUARY FROM HOSTILE ENEMIES ONLY WHEN YOU FEAR HIM ALONEINTRODUCTION:We are still in the section of chapters 7-9 where the promise of Immanuel from 7:14 is prominent:“Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign; Behold, a virgin...
by Paul Apple | Apr 3, 2020 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: THE HAND OF THE LORD USES WICKED INSTRUMENTS FOR JUDGMENT TO BRING ABOUT ALMOST TOTAL DESOLATION(BUT STILL SUSTAINS HIS PEOPLE IN THE MOST DIFFICULT OF TIMES)INTRODUCTION:It’s been a week of disasters for our nation. We can make a distinction between the...
by Paul Apple | Apr 3, 2020 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: GOD SOVEREIGNLY EXTENDS HIS GRACE IN THE FORM OF PRECIOUS MESSIANIC PROMISES THAT ENSURE THE FULFILLMENT OF HIS KINGDOM OBJECTIVES AND MEET OUR NEED IN TIMES OF TRIALINTRODUCTION:Sometimes we look at our lives and things seem so random and meaningless. What...
by Paul Apple | Apr 3, 2020 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: FAITH IN THE LORD IS THE VICTORY THAT OVERCOMES THE WORLD /UNBELIEF RESPONDS TO CRISIS WITH FEARFUL PANIC THAT ENDS IN DEFEATINTRODUCTION:Palm Sunday seems like it has arrived especially early this year. The Prophet Zechariah spoke of the entrance of the...
by Paul Apple | Apr 3, 2020 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: A MISSION OF PROCLAIMING GOD’S TRUTH WILL HARDEN THOSE HEARTS GOD ALLOWS TO BE HARDENEDINTRODUCTION:People today love a positive message – something that will make them feel better about themselves. They want to go away from the church service encouraged and...
by Paul Apple | Apr 3, 2020 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: THE CALL TO MINISTRY DERIVES FROM APPRECIATION FOR FORGIVENESS OF SINS IN LIGHT OF THE GREAT GULF BETWEEN GOD’S HOLINESS AND OUR GUILTINTRODUCTION:What is your motivation for serving God? When you get up in the morning, what inspires you to ask the Lord to...
by Paul Apple | Apr 3, 2020 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: STINKING FRUIT DESERVES DEVASTATING JUDGMENT THAT IS IMMINENT, INTENSE AND INESCAPABLEINTRODUCTION:This passage sweeps over us with its dark, gloomy waves of judgment. There is no glimmer of hope in this section. God demonstrates the consistency of His...
by Paul Apple | Apr 3, 2020 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: THE SOCIETY ON THE VERGE OF EXPERIENCING GOD’S SEVERE JUDGMENT REFLECTS SIX CONDEMNED PERVERSIONS – THE ROTTEN, STINKING FRUIT OF AN APOSTATE PEOPLEINTRODUCTION:Last week we saw in the Parable of the Vineyard in chapter 5 that God could in no way be blamed...
