The Webster Bible Church Podcast

Transformative Truth:
Rescuing lost people requires our compassionate, prayerful participation in God’s mission.

 

1. DIVINE PERSPECTIVE Matthew 9:37

2. DILIGENT PRAYER Matthew 9:38

3. DIVERSE PERSONNEL Matthew 10:1-4

 

Transformative Truth: God’s Word is meant to transform us, not just inform us.

 

3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By his great mercy he gave us a new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4 into an inheritance that is undying, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you. 5 Through faith you are being protected by God's power for the salvation that is ready to be revealed at the end of time. 
1 Peter 1:3-5

Like newborn babies, crave the pure milk of the word, that by it you may grow up into salvation - if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good.
1 Peter 2:2-3

God's Word is meant to transform us, not just inform us.

1. Take out the trash!  James 1:21a

Put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander.
1 Peter 2:1

But now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and filthy language out of your mouth.
Colossians 3:8

Search me, O God, and know my heart! Try me, and know my thoughts! And see if there be any grievous way in me, And lead me in the way everlasting!
Psalm 139:23-24

2. Take in the truth!  James 1:21b

3. Take on the traits!  James 1:22-27

God's Word is meant to transform us, not just inform us.

Transformative Truth: The righteous King’s rule brings both blessing and judgment..

 

The Public Address
2 Samuel 23:1-7

When one rules justly over men, ruling in the fear of God, he dawns on them like the morning light, like the sun shining forth on a cloudless morning, like rain that makes grass to sprout from the earth.

Ruler over mankind - righteous! Ruler - fear of God!

God promised this Good News long ago through his prophets in the holy Scriptures. The Good News is about his Son. In his earthly life he was born into King David's family line, and he was shown to be the Son of God when he was raised from the dead by the power of the Holy Spirit. He is Jesus Christ our Lord.
Romans 1:3-4

The righteous King's rule brings both blessing and judgment.

The Private Charge
1 Kings 2:1-9

When your days are over and you rest with your ancestors, I will raise up your offspring to succeed you, your own flesh and blood, and I will establish his kingdom.
2 Samuel 7:12

When I was a son with my father, tender and precious to my mother, he taught me and said, "Your heart must hold on to my words. Keep my commands and live." 
Proverbs 4:3-4

The righteous King's rule brings both blessing and judgment.

The Promised Kingdom
1 Kings 2:10-12

Transformative Truth:
Rebel-sinners stand in need of mercy from the rightful King.

Self-Advancement 1 Kings 1:1-10

Sovereign Appointment 1 Kings 1:11-40

On that day living water will flow out from Jerusalem, and the LORD will be king over the whole earth. On that day there will be one LORD, and his name the only name. Zechariah 14:8, 9

Settled Arrangement 1 Kings 1:41-53

The Lord is God and has given us light. Bind the festival sacrifice with cords to the horns of the altar. Psalm 118:27

Rebel-sinners stand in need of mercy from the rightful King.

For this reason God highly exalted him and gave him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee will bow- in heaven and on earth and under the earth- and every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. Philippians 2:9-11

The Sinful Act 2 Samuel 24:1-9

The Sincere Confession 2 Samuel 24:10

Sin is costly, but because of God's mercy we can be forgiven and enjoy fellowship with him.

The Severe Consequences 2 Samuel 24:11-17

The Sacrificial Offerings 2 Samuel 24:18-25

Propitiation: a sacrifice that bears God's wrath to the end and in so doing changes God's wrath toward us into favor.

Sin is costly, but because of God's mercy we can be forgiven and enjoy fellowship with him. 

Transformative Truth: "The strength of God's kingdom rests in the Lord, not in us"

1. Great Human Accomplishments (vv.8-12)

2. Great Human Devotion (vv. 13-17)

3. More Great Human Accomplishments (vv. 18-23)

4. The Problem with Human Heroes (vv. 24-39)

Transformative Truth: "The One worthy of all praise is Yahweh, the great deliverer."

1. The Deliverance of the Lord

2. The Righteousness of the Servant?

3. The Splendor of the Lord

4. The Victory of the King

5. The Reign of the Messiah

Transformative Truth: "Without the shedding of blood, there is no forgiveness of sins." - Hebrews 9:22

1. The Beauty of Clarity (vv. 1-2)

2. The Brutality of Atonement (vv. 3-9)

3. The Blessing of Covenant (v. 7)

4. The Pathos of Love (vv. 10-14)

5. The Blissfulness of Security (vv. 15-22)

Human sin reduces instability, but God's kingdom never collapses.

 

The Rebellion of Sheba (vv. 1-2)

The Ruination of Victims (v. 3)

The Ruthlessness of Joab (vv. 4-13)

The Reaction of the People (vv. 14-22)

The Recovery of David’s Kingdom (vv. 23-26)