Sarah, is anything too hard for the Lord?

Sermon Outline from March 25, 2007 - Pastor Scott Stout

Sarah, is any thing too hard for the Lord?

Hebrews 11:11 & Genesis 18:14

I. Sarah's Concept
Hebrews 11:11 "...and was delivered of a child when she was past age..."
Genesis 11:29-30
Genesis 12:7
Genesis 15:3-5
Genesis 16:1-2
Psalms 27:14
Genesis 18:9-13

II. Sarah Considered
Genesis 11:11 (NASB) "By faith even Sarah herself received ability to conceive, even beyond the proper time of life, since she considered Him faithful who had promised."
Genesis 18:10
Romans 4:19-21

III. Sarah Conceives
Hebrews 11:11 "Through faith also Sarah herself received strength to conceive seed..."
Isaiah 26:3-4
Isaiah 41:10

IV. Sarah Contributes
Genesis 17:15-16

________, is any thing too hard for the Lord?

The Names of God - Completed

This past Sunday, March 25, the Men's first hour Bible Study class finished its series entitled "The Names of God". I have consolidated all of the articles related to this study under the label "The Names of God." Previously, the individual names such as Jehovah Tsidkenu, had their own sub-label. In an effort to keep the number of active labels to a minimum, I have taken all of those sub-labels off. If you still want to find a particular name, you can always use the search field at the top of this page.

The Great Awakening

A couple weeks ago I posted an article on the early Methodist preacher George Whitefield. That article mentioned Whitefield's role in the First Great Awakening. This period (1730s-1740s) was a time of spiritual revitalization that made its way around the colonies. Preachers like Jonathan Edwards and George Whitefield were referred to as "new lights." because they preached in a radically different manner than did other more traditional preachers of the day. One of the fall-outs of this was that people began to study the Bible at home...imagine that! More information on the First Great Awakening including the source text for this article can be found here.

JEHOVAH-JESUS: The Lord Our Savior

The men's first hour Bible study class will be moving on to the final lesson in our ongoing series "The Names of God", next Sunday, March 25, 2007. Lesson 9--"Jehovah-Jesus: The Lord Our Savior" is the last lesson in the series that is based on a online book written by Don Fortner. The text of the lesson can be found here. Please read over the lesson and the associated references in the Bible and come prepared to share what you have learned this week on Sunday morning. Please remember, on way to stay in touch with each other this week on this subject is to use the comment link below.

Abraham: Father of True Believers

Sermon Outline from March 18, 2007 - Pastor Scott Stout

Abraham: Father of True Believers

Hebrews 11:8-10
Romans 4:11 "...the father of all them that believe..."

I. Abraham Sets Out
Hebrews 11:8
Genesis 12:1-3
Joshua 24:1-2
Ephesians 2:10
II Corinthians 6:16-18
Genesis 12:1
Genesis 11:27-32
Genesis 12:4-5
Colossians 3:6-10

II Abraham Sojourned
Hebrews 11:9
Genesis 12:6-9
Proverbs 3:5-6
Genesis 12:9-10

III. Abraham Seeking
Hebrews 11:10
Hebrews 11:13-16

JEHOVAH-SHAMMAH

The Men's first hour Bible study class will be moving on to lesson 8 in our ongoing series on The Names of God next Sunday, March 18, 2007. We have been using as our guide lessons written by Don Fortner and published on his website: www.freegrace.net. Lesson , Jehovah-Shammah - The Lord is There can be found here. Please read over the lesson and the associated references in the Bible and come prepared to share what you have learned this week on Sunday morning. Also, please feel free to use the comment link at the bottom of this post or any other post on this site to begin a conversation about any point relevant to the particular post.

Biblical Leadership

The below bulleted statements are from John MacArthur's book "The Book on Leadership"

• The truest kind of leadership demands service, sacrifice and selflessness.
• Leadership is influence - The ideal is someone whose life and character motivate people to follow.
• Real leadership seeks to motivate people from the inside, by appealing to the heart, not through external pressure.
• Leadership is not about style or technique, it is about character.
• The real leader is an example to follow.
• Character is the true biblical test of great leadership.
• Every christian is called to be a leader at some level. We are all mandated to teach and influence others. Matt 28:19-20
• Great adversity can be turned to great advantage by the power of a influential leader.
• A leader is trustworthy.
• A leader earns a reputation of trust.

Travel Break

I will probably not be able to post anything new over the next couple days as I will be travelling to the Washington DC area to visit my brother who is in the hospital. I should be back home on Tuesday, March 13th. Regular posting should resume then.

Thanks very much to all of you who have been faithfully praying for the recovery of my brother. I appreciate it very much.

George Whitefield

After posting the previous article on George Whitefield's sermon on Jeremiah 23:6, I thought it might be prudent to post some information on Whitefield so we might all get to know him a bit better. I found this brief biography on him on a site I frequent, www.monergism.com.

"George Whitefield, used greatly of God in the first great awakening (1730s - 1740s), was a minister in the Church of England and one of the leaders of the Methodist movement. He was born on December 16, 1714 at the Bell Inn, Gloucester, and died in Newburyport, Massachusetts on September 30, 1770. In contemporary accounts, he, not John Wesley, is spoken of as the supreme figure and even as the founder of Methodism. He parted company with Wesley over the doctrine of predestination. He was famous for his preaching in America which was a significant part of the Great Awakening movement of Christian revival."

Other Whitefield resources are listed below:

• Transcriptions of sermons at Bible Bulletin Board
• Encyclopedic entry at Wikipedia
• Biography and Sermons at The Anglican Library

Feel free to post other links to Whitefield sites that you might find online in the comments area for this post

The Lord our Righteousness-Whitefield

Another sermon on Jeremiah 23:6 and specifically the phrase "JEHOVAH TSIDKENU" that is worthy of scrutiny was preached by George Whitefield. The text of the sermon can be found here at The Bible Bulletin Board. In this sermon Whitefield "proposes, through divine grace,

• I. To consider who we are to understand by the word Lord.
• II. How the Lord is man's righteousness.
• III. I will consider some of the chief objections that are generally urged against this doctrine.
• IV. I shall show some very ill consequences that flow naturally from denying this doctrine.
• V. Shall conclude with an exhortation to all to come to Christ by faith, that they may be enabled to say with the prophet in the text, "The Lord our righteousness."

The sermon is a bit lengthy, but certainly worth the investment of your time.

JEHOVAH TSIDKENU - Week 2

The Sunday morning Bible Study will again focus on Lesson 7 in our series on The Names of God this coming Sunday, March 11, 2007. At this point four articles on this topic have already been posted on this blog. The original source material for the lesson is a web book written by Don Fortner and can be found here. Please read over the material and come next Sunday morning ready to discuss it with the other men.

Enoch Walked With God

Sermon Outline from March 4, 2007 by Scott Stout

Enoch Walked With God

Hebrews 11:5-6

I. Enoch Pleased God
Hebrews 11:5 "...he had this testimony, that he pleased God."
1. Faith-Hebrews 11:6a "But without faith it is impossible to please Him: for he that cometh to God must believe that He is..."

Ephesians 4:6 " One God and Father of all,..."
Isaiah 43:10-11
Matthew 17:1-2,5
John 14:1
Acts 16:31 "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved..."
2. Fellowship
I John 1:5-7
Matthew 7:13-14
Joshua 1:7
Galatians 5:16
Romans 8:8-9
Psalms 128:1

II. Enoch Preached God
Jude 14-15
Genesis 5:18, 21-24
II Peter 3:6-7, 9-10

III. Enoch Passed Over Death
Hebrews 11:5

Genesis 5:21-22

A concise article on JEHOVAH-TSIDKENU at Blue Letter Bible can be found here. This article summarized the basics of this name of God and provides links to other resources for extend understanding including the Strong's concordance entry and other uses of JEHOVAH-TSIDKENU.

Tsidkenu Pronunciation

So how is 'Tsidkenu' pronounced anyway? I found this page in the Wikimedia Commons that is helpful. I did have to download and install the 'Ogg Codecs for Windows' from this page for the downloaded file to play in my Windows Media Player.