04-08-18AM ODF SERMON NOTES

God’s Money: View Money Vertically

Matthew 26:14-16

Theme: For the hearer to understand that the thickness of your wallet is not an indication of your financial health.  Both poverty and prosperity could be sings of bondage.  We must view money vertically for it is a test, a testimony and a tool. 

Revival Reality:  Money Is A Test

Life Lesson:
Money is a test; it is what you do with it that matters.

Statement of Truth:

Almost everything that happens in our lives flows from how we view money.

Biblical illustration from a life of Judas

John 12:3-6

Statement of Truth:

Money is not our problem.  The problem lies in how we view money.

Five areas Money will test us:

            1.      Money is a test of your work ethic

            2.     Money is a test of your self-control

            3.     Money is a test of your integrity

            4.     Money is a test of your love for people

            5.     Money is a test of your love for God

To be Continued...  {Join us Wednesday Night at 6:00 PM}

Questions to Consider:

·      How many people have spent their lives acquiring the things that they came to despise?

·      How many people have awakened in despair because they realize they have lost what they really needed in order that they might gain what they thought they had to have?

04-01-18AM ODF SERMON NOTES

No Greater love: Great Hope

1 Thessalonians 4:13-18

THEME:  The promises of Jesus are real.  Jesus Christ has promised to return this is the great hope of every Christian!

Point To Ponder:  Jesus Christ is coming again!

 I.  WE ARE TO UNDERSTAND IT  V 13

Paul said it is okay to grieve,  it is not unlawful or sinful  to experience sorrow.

• They sleep in Jesus

• They will be raised up from dead and awakened out of their sleep, for God will bring them with Him.

II.  WE ARE TO BELIEVE IT v14

III.  WE ARE TO LOOK FOR IT v16-18

     Five things to Look for:

1.  We should look for our Saviour.  

2.  We should look for His return in the sky.  

3.  We should look for a sudden return.

4.  We should look for a social event.

5.  We should look for a settled day.

03-25-18AM ODF SERMON NOTES

Jesus is Alive: Can You See it?

Luke 24:13-34

THEME: For the hearer to act upon the burning deep within, that we might testify to the risen Saviour!

Point To Ponder:  Only God can open our eyes!  It is not a song, a sermon or a tee-shirt that saves us!  Jesus is risen may we see and do as He leads!

I.  Jesus Christ is Alive:

He is moving toward those who cannot see him

Question to Consider:
Why did these men walk away unseeing?

1.  It was not because they were not interested

2.  It was not because they did not have all the facts

3.  They walked away because in their sin they were dead

4.  They walked aways because their hopes had been crushed

II.  Jesus Christ is Alive:

He is proving himself to those who won’t see it

Statement of Truth:

In physical seeing you get higher to see more.  However in spiritual seeing you get lower to see more.

Questions to Consider:

1.  Can you see what God sees?

2.  What are your burning passions?  Are you using them in the kingdom work?

3.  If you believe Christ has risen are you giving testimony?

4.  How can you respond daily to the truth that God gives you?

Own Your Own:

This week study the following passages referenced today:

Luke 24:6-8;  2 Corinthians 4:4; 1 Corinthians 2:14;  Ephesians 2:1 & 4-5

031818AM ODF Sermon Notes

Jesus is Alive: God Help me See it!
Luke 24:13-34

THEME: Recognition of Jesus only comes when God opens our eyes.  

Point To Ponder:  Only God can open our eyes!  It is not a song, a sermon or a tee-shirt that saves us!  Jesus is risen may we see and do as He leads!

I.  Jesus Christ is Alive

• He is moving toward those who cannot see him

Question to Consider:  Why did these men walk away unseeing?

1.  It was not because they were not interested

2.  It was not because they did not have all the facts

3.  They walked away because in their sin they were dead

Questions to Consider:

1. Have you ever tried to force a witnessing moment into a decision moment that God did not honor?   What can we learn from these verses to help us be better witnesses for Him?
2. What are some other reasons people walk away in blindness?
3. We are in a war with the god of this world.  What are you doing to engage the enemy in spiritual warfare?
4. Who is it that God is asking you to move toward as He prepares them to respond?  Will you obey?

031118AM ODF Sermon Notes

Christ Died For Me
John 19: 1-8

THEME:  For the hearer to know and appreciate that God has done so much to provide the gift of salvation.  

Point To Ponder:  Substitutionary atonement is the heartbeat of the Gospel.  It simply means that Christ died in my place. 

 I.  Jesus Was Tortured As He died for me

A. The Flogging

II.  Jesus Was Mocked as He died for me

Statement of Truth:

The one who appears to have all control,  has no control. 
The one who appears to have no control has all control.  

III.   Jesus fulfilled prophecy as He suffered for my sin.

022518AM ODF Sermon Notes

Christ Suffers For Me
John 19: 1-8

THEME:  For the hearer to know and appreciate that God has done so much to provide the gift of salvation.  

Point To Ponder:  Substitutionary atonement is the heartbeat of the Gospel.  It simply means that Christ died in my place. 

 I.  Jesus Was Tortured As He Suffered

Who was Jesus?

• He was the Christ
• The Anointed One
• The Messiah
• The Son of God

4 views on the atonement:

1.   The ransom theory

2.  The moral influence theory

3.  The governmental theory

4.  The substitution theory

II.  Jesus Was Mocked as He Suffered

• They mocked His personhood
• They mocked His kingship
• They mocked his deity

QUOTE

“Unless you see yourself standing there with the shrieking crowd, full of hostility and hatred for the holy and innocent Lamb of God, you don’t really understand the nature and depth of your sin or the necessity of the cross.”  - C.J. Mahaney

Own Your Own:

This week study the following passages referenced today:
John 19; John 20:30-31; Galatians 1:4; 1 Corinthians 15:3; 1 Peter 3:18; 2 Corinthians 5:21; Isaiah 53; Mark 14:65; Matthew 26 &27; Luke 23:11; Leviticus 24:16 

Questions to Consider:

1. If someone were to ask you: “who is Jesus?”  how would you answer the question?
   
2. In what ways can you respond to the love of God directed at your life?
   
3. What are you going to do in light of the truth God has given you today?

021118AM Sermon notes: Much More: Unplugged

Much More: Unplugged

Hebrews 3:7- Chapter 4 

THEME:  To apply the past five weeks to real  every day life.

Word of Warning:

Do not Harden your heart.  Wilderness wandering creates a hard heart among the people of God.  

Questions to Discuss and Review:

1. Why do you think people are content to stay in the desert? 
2. Did the Israelites loose their salvation when the turned back into the desert?
3. Joshua and Caleb saw the promise land.  What was it that enabled them to live with the others in the wilderness?
4. In what ways are you trying to complete by the flesh what was meant to accomplish in the Spirit?
5. Did Joshua and Caleb find the much more life in the wilderness?
6. How do we strengthen the resolve for Christ to live through us?  (Philippians 3:13-14)

Statement of Truth:

It’s not the truth you know that makes a difference, but the truth that you obey.

Quotable?

The most important thought you could ever think is what you think when you think about God because what you think when you think about God effects everything you think!