QBC Weekly Sermons Quidnessett Baptist Church

And he began to speak to them in parables. “A man planted a vineyard and put a fence around it and dug a pit for the winepress and built a tower, and leased it to tenants and went into another country. 2 When the season came, he sent a servant to the tenants to get from them some of the fruit of the vineyard. 3 And they took him and beat him and sent him away empty-handed. 4 Again he sent to them another servant, and they struck him on the head and treated him shamefully. 5 And he sent another, and him they killed. And so with many others: some they beat, and some they killed. 6 He had still one other, a beloved son. Finally he sent him to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’ 7 But those tenants said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’ 8 And they took him and killed him and threw him out of the vineyard. 9 What will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the tenants and give the vineyard to others. 10 Have you not read this Scripture: “‘The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone; 11 this was the Lord’s doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes’?” 12 And they were seeking to arrest him but feared the people, for they perceived that he had told the parable against them. So they left him and went away.  Mark 12:1-12
I. Parable of the Tenants Explained (vs. 1-8)
II. Parable of the Tenants Applied (vs. 9-12)

For if you live according to the flesh you will die, but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.  Romans 8:13
A. Who Indwells the Believer? (The Holy Spirit – Rom. 8:9)
B. Do I have the Holy Spirit indwelling me? Rom. 8:9
C. Our position in Christ obligates us to a life lived by the Spirit
D. Our Position in Christ obligates us to a life of warfare by the Spirit Rom. 8:13
1. The desire to put these sinful deeds to death
TODAY
2. The desperation to put these sinful deeds to death
Rom. 7:21-25, John 15:5, Eph. 4:30, 1 Thess. 5:19
3. The diligence to put these sinful deeds to death
Rom. 8:13, 1 Cor. 6:19-20, 1 Cor. 9:24-27, 2 Cor. 7:1, Eph 4:1, Phil. 2:12-13, Col. 3:1-3,
1 Thess.  4:9-11, 1 Tim. 6:11-13, 2 Tim. 2:19, Titus 2:11-14, Heb. 12:12, James 1:22, Luke 9:23
a. The Spirit’s help in putting on Christ: Rom. 13:14
b. The Spirit’s help in handling His Sword: Eph. 6:17
c. The Spirit’s help in watching our hearts: Prov. 4:23
d. The Spirit’s help in looking unto Jesus: Heb. 12:1-2

So then, brothers, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh. 13 For if you live according to the flesh you will die, but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.  Romans 8:12-13
A. Who Indwells the Believer? (The Holy Spirit – Rom. 8:9)
B. Do I have the Holy Spirit indwelling me? Rom. 8:9
C. Our position in Christ obligates us to a life lived by the Spirit
TODAY
D. Our Position in Christ obligates us to a life of warfare by the Spirit
Rom. 8:13
1. The desire to put these sinful deeds to death
Ps. 97:10, 2 Tim. 2:19, Ps. 17:15, Ps. 27:4, Luke 10:38-42, Phil. 3:12-14, Rom. 15:30
2. The desperation to put these sinful deeds to death
Rom. 7:21-25, John 15:5, Eph. 4:30, 1 Thess. 5:19
3. The diligence to put these sinful deeds to death
Rom. 8:13
a. The Spirit’s help in putting on Christ
b. The Spirit’s help in handling His Sword
c. The Spirit’s help in watching our hearts
d. The Spirit’s help in looking unto Jesus

In the year that King Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; and the train of his robe filled the temple. 2 Above him stood the seraphim. Each had six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew. 3 And one called to another and said:
“Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts;
the whole earth is full of his glory!”
4 And the foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him who called, and the house was filled with smoke. 5 And I said: “Woe is me! For I am lost; for I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts!” 6 Then one of the seraphim flew to me, having in his hand a burning coal that he had taken with tongs from the altar. 7 And he touched my mouth and said: “Behold, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away, and your sin atoned for.” 8 And I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?” Then I said, “Here I am! Send me.” 9 And he said, “Go, and say to this people:
“‘Keep on hearing, but do not understand;
keep on seeing, but do not perceive.’
10  Make the heart of this people dull,
and their ears heavy,
and blind their eyes;
lest they see with their eyes,
and hear with their ears,
and understand with their hearts,
and turn and be healed.”
11 Then I said, “How long, O Lord?”
And he said:
“Until cities lie waste
without inhabitant,
and houses without people,
and the land is a desolate waste,
12 and the Lord removes people far away,
and the forsaken places are many in the midst of the land.
13 And though a tenth remain in it,
it will be burned again,
like a terebinth or an oak,
whose stump remains
when it is felled.”
The holy seed is its stump.  Isaiah 6:1-13
1. Isaiah’s Position (Isa. 6:1)
a. Isaiah in fractured Israel: Isa. 1:1, 1:7-8
b. Isaiah under the Law: Isa. 1:11-20, Deut. 30:16-20, Isa. 1:10-15
c. Isaiah the highborn: Isa. 1:1, 7:3-4, 2 Kings 19-20
2. Isaiah’s Vision (Isa 6:1-7)
a. The Sovereign King: Isa. 6:1, Isa. 45:5-7, Ps. 2
b. The Holy King: Isa. 6:2-4, Deut. 32:4, Ps. 110:6, Hab. 1:13, Job 15:15, Matt. 10:58
c. The Merciful King: Isa. 6:6-7, Exo. 33:19, Hos. 6:6
3. Isaiah’s Commission (Isa. 6:7-13)
a. The Call: Isa. 6:8-9, Exo. 3:10, Matt. 4:19, Matt. 16:24
b. The Command: Isa. 6:9-13
c. The Cost: Isa. 53:3, Jer. 15:18, Heb. 11:35-38
d. God’s Courage: Isa. 6:11, Isa. 42:5-7, Matt. 17:1-2, Heb. 12:1-2, Matt. 28:18-20

12 So then, brothers, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh. 13 For if you live according to the flesh you will die, but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.  Romans 8:12-13
A. Who Indwells the Believer? (The Holy Spirit – Rom. 8:9)
B. Do I have the Holy Spirit indwelling me? Rom. 8:9
Five Signs (the evidence) God’s Spirit dwells in us by His work in us
1. Evidenced by fellowship with God and Christians: 1 John 1:1-7, Acts 2:42, 1 Cor. 1:9
2. Evidenced by individual spiritual growth: 1 John 2:12-17, 2 Peter 3:18, John 17:17-19
3. Evidenced by living with Second Coming thinking: 1 John 3:1-4, Col. 3:1-4, 1 Peter 1:13
4. Evidenced by sacrificial acts of love for God’s people: 1 John 4:7-12, Acts 2:44-45, 2 Cor. 8:1-5
5. Evidenced by a life of obeying God’s commands: 1 John 5:1-3, John 14:15, 21, 23-24
TODAY
C. Our position in Christ obligates us to a life lived by the Spirit
1. Our obligation to live by the flesh is broken: Rom. 8:12, Rom. 8:3
2. Our obligation to the New Commandment is established: Matt. 22:37, Rom 6:17
3. Our life lived in the flesh or Spirit affirms our identity: Rom. 8:13, Rom. 8:9, 1 John 1:6, 1 John 3:4-10
D. Our Position in Christ obligates us to a life of warfare by the Spirit
1. Our primary foe is the flesh: Gal. 5:16-17, Gal. 5:19-21
2. Our primary weaponry comes from the Spirit of God
a. The putting on of Christ – Rom. 13:13-14
b. The putting to death the deeds of the body – Rom. 8:13

25 At that time Jesus declared, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to little children; 26 yes, Father, for such was your gracious will. 27 All things have been handed over to me by my Father, and no one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him. 28 Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”  Matthew 11:25-30
A. The Invitation
Matt. 11:28, Isa. 55:1 & 6, John 7:37
B. The Person Extending the Invitation
Matt. 11:28b, Ps. 27:8, Eph. 4:17-22
1. His authority – John 17:12, Rev. 2:26-27
2. His ability
– To fulfill His promises – 2 Cor. 1:20
– To teach His followers – John 13:12-13
3. His approachability – Matt. 11:29-30, Matt. 12:15-21
C. The Promise in the Invitation
Matt. 11:28-29, Zech. 3:17, John 16:33, Phil. 4:4-7