First Baptist Church of Crawfordville Florida - Sermons Teaching Preaching Inspiration Help and Hope Doug Apple

Let's open our Bibles to Matthew 5:1-6.

Let's open our Bibles to Romans chapter eleven.

God is faithful even when we are faithless.

Remnant of Israel (1-10)
The Grafting in of Gentiles (11-24)
The Mystery of Israel's Salvation (25-36)
Three Orthodox Views
i. All the physical Israel will be saved

ii. A remnant of Israel will be saved

iii. The Church is now Israel

Let's open our Bibles to Third John, which only has 14 verses. It's the shortest book in the New Testament and never even mentions the name of Jesus.

How then should we live? - Isaiah 6:1-13

This came at the time of great grieving for Israel

Isaiah's Purification (1-7)
Isaiah's Calling (8-13)
Conclusions

We must realize our sin and its hindrance to the Gospel and repent.
We must look and see needs within our church, community, and world.
We must go when sent - no matter the consequences.

Let's open our Bibles to Romans 8:35-37.

Nothing can separate us from the Love of Christ.

1. Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword?

a. Scripture teaches that we will go through situations like these because we have been made right by the Love of Christ.

i. Psalm 44:22 - Yet for your sake we are killed all the day long; we are regarded as sheep to the slaughter

b. We must place our hope in what Scripture teaches, that He has not forgotten His covenant promises.

2. More than conquerors

a. John Piper “A conqueror defeats his enemy, but one who is more than a conqueror subjugates his enemy. A conqueror nullifies the purpose of his enemy; one who is more than a conqueror makes the enemy serve his own purposes. A conqueror strikes down his foe; one who is more than a conqueror makes his foe his slave.”

b. Nothing can separate us from the Love of God.

Let's open our Bibles to Romans 8:28.

"When Christ calls a man, he bids him come and die." - Bonhoeffer

Main Idea: God uses suffering to grow us for His glory, according to his perfect plan.

We Know
This knowledge is not something we earn through external toil, but given to us through the salvation that He calls us to according to His purpose
Those Who Love God
We must continue to grow in our great affection for Him.
All Things Work Together For Good
For Those Who Are Called
According to His Purpose