011219AM Heaven Is For Real

Heaven Is For Real!

Revelation 21

Jan. 12, 2020

Truth’s Concerning Heaven:

1.      Heaven is a HOLY place

2.     Heaven is a place prepared FROM God

3.     Heaven is a place prepared BY God 

4.     Heaven is a READY place

5.     Heaven is a NEW place

6.    Heaven is a place where God is NEAR

7.     Heaven is a place where suffering is ABSENT

8.    Heaven is a place where death is DEFEATED

Statement of Truth:

Whatever sin has touched and destroyed, God will redeem and cleanse

010520AM ODF Is Heaven For Real?

Is Heaven For Real?

Revelation 21: 1-2

Jan. 5, 2020

Theme:  For the follower of Christ to understand and explain the glorious truth concerning Heaven. 

Commonly Held Misconceptions Concerning Heaven:

·      Every time you see a shooting star that is an angel getting its wings

·      When Children die, it is just God needing another angel

·      Heaven is sitting on clouds and playing the harp

·      You can not know if your going to heaven until you get there

·      You get to heaven by being a good person

Anchors of Truth That Hold:

·      In Heaven everything is new

·      Heaven is a HOLY place

·      Heaven is a place prepared FROM GOD

·      Heaven is a place prepared BY GOD

·      Heaven is a READY Place

Other passages referenced today:

John 14:1; 1 John 5:13; Ephesians 2:8-9

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Christmas Through The Eyes of Calvary 

1 John 4:9-14

I.  THE LOVE OF GOD ORIGINATED WITH THE FATHER   v9-11

A.  The Manifestation of God's Love   v9

B.  The Communication of God's love   v9

II.  THE LOVE OF GOD WAS MANIFESTED WITH THE GOD THE SON

A.   The Demonstration of God's love   v9

B.    The Realization of God's love v9-10

1.   Realize God's Claim  v10

2.   Realize God's Covering v10

3.   Realize God's Compelling Love v11

Point to Ponder:

If at Bethlehem he was made flesh, at Calvary he was made sin.  He was made flesh in order to me made sin, so we could be forgiven.

II.  THE LOVE OF GOD PERFECTEDIN HIS FAMILY  12-14

          A.  Explanation   v12

         B.    Evidence  v13

                   1.  The Spirit of God EffectsYour Life

                   2.  The Spirit of God EnablesYour Life

C.   Experience

120819Am ODF Sermon Notes Eyes wk1

Christmas Through the Eyes of Bethlehem

Galatians 4:1-7

I. THE DEVELOPMENTFOR SONSHIP    v1-3

A.   A Child is like a servantv1

B.    A Child is under supervisionv2

C.    A Child is in slaveryv3

II. DELIVERANCEFOR SONSHIP     v4-5

A.   Consecratedevent v4

B.    Commissionedevent v4

Question to Consider:
HOW CAN A PERSON KNOW THAT HE IS A SON? V6

1.    The presenceof the Spirit of God   v6

2.    The practiceof the Spirit of God   v6

3.    The passionof the Spirit of God   v6

III. DESCRIPTIONOF SONSHIP v7

1.    The son has the same natureas the Father

2.    The son has a father, but a servant has a master

3.    The son obeys out of love, but the servant obeys out of fear

4.    The son has a future, but the servant has none

5.    Sonship carries within that relationship heirship

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Let’s Do Something

1 Samuel 14:6-7

Point to Ponder:   God can still save

I.  We must have a sense of dissatisfaction

Statement of Truth:  

Our joy, value and meaning does not come from what we do for God, it comes because of what God has done for us

We need a Holy dissatisfaction in our:

       A.  Witness

       B.  War

       C.  Walk

II.   There needs to be a Holy Discontent

      A.  What we need is a Popeye moment

Statement of Truth:  

If you want to experience the presence of Christ you have to get serious about the purpose of  Christ

III.  THERE WAS A SOURCE OF MOTIVATION

        A.  GREAT LEADERS TAKE GREAT RISK

IV.  A SPIRIT OF COOPERATION

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LOUSY LEGACY PART II

2 kings 20:19

1. Hezekiah was a legendary king

2. Hezekiah left a lousy legacy

Word of Warning:

Even good guys can squander their successes

YOU WILL SQUANDER YOUR SUCCESSES IF:

            A.  If you feed your sinful self


            B.  If you adulterate your principles

Statement of Truth:

Our duty is to arm our heirs not aid the enemy!

Quotable: “courtesy is due to every man from Christians, but an unholy intimacy that allows a believer to make an unregenerate person his bosom friend is a sin.”

 - Charles Spurgeon

            C.  If you abandon your post

Statement of Truth:

There is nothing as certain as death and uncertain as life

Call to Action:

            Number 1:  Seek first God’s kingdom 

            Number 2:  Stand firm in the faith

            Number 3:  Stay to the finish