The Webster Bible Church Podcast

Faith To Offer The Unthinkable - Genesis 22:1-19

Speaker: Jamie Fischer, LeTourneau Director

 

I.   Abraham’s Journey of Faith in God

II.  God Tests Abraham and Requires the Unthinkable, 22:1-2

III. Abraham Trusts and Obeys God, 22:3-10

IV.  God Provides the Burnt Offering He Required, 22:11-14

V.   God Rewards Abraham’s Obedience, 22:15-19

VI.  A Final Burnt Offering Foreshadowed

The Faithful Refresher - 2 Timothy 1:15-18

Transforming Truth: 
Loyal Christian friends are rare, remembered, and will be rewarded.

1. Loyal Christian friends are rare.

"Adversity separates the chaff of surface friendship from the substance of real friendship."

2. Loyal Christian friends are remembered.

He often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chains, but when he arrived in Rome he searched for me earnestly and found me -  ... and you well know all the service he rendered at Ephesus.

Here is love, vast as the ocean, lovingkindness as the flood: when the Prince of Life, our Ransom, shed for us His precious blood.
 
Who His love will not remember? Who can cease to sing His praise? He can never be forgotten throughout heaven's eternal days.

3. Loyal Christian friends will be rewarded. 

Because of the joy awaiting him, he endured the cross, disregarding its shame. Now he is seated in the place of honor beside God's throne. Hebrews 12:2 NLT

A Gospel Worth Suffering For - 2 Timothy 1:8-14

Transforming Truth: 
God’s sovereign, saving grace makes the gospel worth suffering for.

Exhortations 2 Timothy 1:8, 13-14

Paul: "Don't be ashamed!"Timothy: "I won't be!" Paul: "I know you won't!"

God's sovereign, saving grace makes the gospel worth suffering for.

Explanation 2 Timothy 1:9-10

"Life" = regeneration (new life) "Immortality" = resurrection (never-ending life)

God's sovereign, saving grace makes the gospel worth suffering for.

Experience 2 Timothy 1:11-12

God's sovereign, saving grace makes the gospel worth suffering for.

Remembrances And Reminders - 2 Timothy 1:1-7

Transforming Truth: Fortify one another’s faith through godly remembrances and reminders.

Paul’s Greeting
(vv. 1-2)

“Greetings!” “Grace!”
 (charein) (charis)

“There is no limit to the supply of grace which God has placed at his people’s disposal in Christ.”
-F. F. Bruce

The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; His mercies never come to an end;
They are new every morning; Great is your faithfulness.
- Lamentations 3:22-23

Paul’s Gratitude
(vv. 3-5)

Now I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon so that I too may be encouraged by news about you. For I have no one else like-minded who will genuinely care about your interests; all seek their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ. But you know his proven character, because he has served with me in the gospel ministry like a son with a father.
- Philippians 2:19-22

Paul’s Guidance
(vv. 6-7)

Fortify one another’s faith through godly remembrances and reminders.

True Faith - Luke 5:1-6

Transformative Truth:  It is God in His Word we must believe to have true faith 
not thoughts, impressions or even others.

1.  Who it was that was believed.

2.  What it was that was believed.

3.  How what Jesus said was responded to.

We must believe what He has said, and not what He hasn't.  We need to verify 
such things in His Word or it is not actually faith.

We must respond to what He has said appropriately.

 

Dead To Sin, Alive To God - Romans 6:1-14

Transformative Truth: Baptism portrays death to sin and new life in Christ.

"Run, John, run!" the Law commands But gives neither feet nor hands. Better news the gospel brings: It bids me fly and gives me wings!

Baptism portrays death to sin and new life in Christ.

1. What happened to us?

2. Why is this significant?

For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in the present age, waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ, who gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people for his own possession who are zealous for good works.
Titus 2:11-14

3. What do we do now?

11 So you also should consider yourselves to be dead to the power of sin and alive to God through Christ Jesus. 12 Do not let sin control the way you live; do not give in to sinful desires. 13 Do not let any part of your body become an instrument of evil to serve sin. Instead, give yourselves completely to God, for you were dead, but now you have new life. So use your whole body as an nstrument to do what is right for the glory of God. Romans 6:11-13 NLT

Delivered To Be Crucified - Mark 15:1-20

Transformative Truth: Jesus suffered in silence to save us.
 

Jesus suffered in silence to save us. 

1. The Silence of the Lamb

2. The Substitution of the Lamb

3. The Suffering of the Lamb

a. He was scourged. Mark 15:15

b. He was scorned. Mark 15:16-20

Jesus suffered in silence to save us.

I tell you the truth, those who listen to my message and believe in God who sent me have eternal life. They will never be condemned for their sins, but they have already passed from death into life.
John 5:24

If you suffer for doing good and endure it patiently, God is pleased with you. For God called you to do good, even if it means suffering, just as Christ suffered for you. He is your example, and you must follow in his steps. 1 Peter 2:20-21

How To Be Really Rich - 1 Timothy 6:17-21

Transforming Truth: To be truly rich, trust in God and guard the gospel.

A Word to the Wealthy  1 Timothy 6:17-19

Hope:  firm expectancy in God that characterizes Christian faith.

Therefore, since we have been made right in God's sight by faith, we have peace with God because of what Jesus Christ our Lord has done for us. Romans 5:1 NLT

"Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also." - Jesus Christ (Matthew 6:19-21)

To be truly rich, trust in God and guard the gospel.

A Plea to the Pastor 1 Timothy 20-21

A Benediction for All Believers 1 Timothy 6:21b

Do Good, acronym...

Develop a Great Commission mindset.

Own your responsibility.

Give generously, consistently, and cheerfully.

Operate through the local church.

Open your eyes to the opportunities around you (John 4:35)

Depend on God's grace (John 15:5)

Seeing Jesus Clearly - Mark 8

Transformative Truth:
See Jesus clearly so you can help others see and know Him.

 

1. Help people see Jesus more clearly through His ACTIONS. Mark 8:1-10

2. Help people see Jesus more clearly through His WORDS. Mark 8:13-15

3. Help people see Jesus more clearly through His MISSION. Mark 8:27-31

Conclusion - Key Takeaways:

1. Recognize our need

2. Present Jesus to those around us

3. Worship Jesus

The Distinguishing Marks Of A Man Of God - 1 Timothy 6:11-16

Transformative Truth: A man of God exemplifies active allegiance to his King.

A man of God exemplifies active allegiance to his King.

What he flees from 1 Timothy 6:11a

What he follows after 1 Timothy 6:11b

"God has not called us to be like those around us. He has called us to be like Himself. Holiness is nothing less than conformity to the character of God." - Jerry Bridges The Pursuit of Holiness

What he fights for 1 Timothy 6:12

A man of God exemplifies active allegiance to his King.

What he is faithful to 1 Timothy 6:13-16

Then Pilate said to him, "So you are a king?" Jesus answered, "You say that I am a king. For this purpose I was born and for this purpose I have come into the world - to bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to my voice." John 18:37

No one has ever seen God. The one and only Son, who is himself God and is at the Father's side - he has revealed him. John 1:18

A man of God exemplifies active allegiance to his King.