REDEEMER

 

July 24 – Redeemer - Isaiah 43:11-15

 

     The Lord reminds them through Isaiah that apart from Hin there is no savior and that is not some

foreign God.  They are His witnesses that He is the Lord.  From ancient times no one can take them out

of His hand and no one can reverse when he acts.  Even though Israel has been unfaithful God is

merciful.   He is the redeemer of Israel. 

     Isaiah then looks into the future and tells Judah that they shall be taken to Baylon as fugitives for

Their pride and sin.  He then reveals four things about God.  He is their Lord, Sovereign, and Master.

He is their Holy One.  This is character nature and essence.  He is Israel’s creator for he called Abraham

Out of the Babylon.  He is their king and ruler.

 

QUOTES FOR JULY 24, 2026

 

HOW TO BE AN OVERCOMER

 

How to be an Overcomer! – 1 John 4:4-6

 

Intro:  Today I will sharing from one of my favourite and most quoted verses.  There is so much truth in this passage this morning.  My prayer is that I will be able share its truths properly in a simple but effective manner.

 

You dear children are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.

 

     This scripture is a pivotal scripture and has many applications.  There are four truths

      Will look at here. 

 

1.  The first is that the readers are of God. Anyone who has accepted Jesus Christ as

     Their Lord and Saviour is of God.  As children of God we have inheritance,

     Promises and assurance.

 

a.  Mt 5:9, says that children of God have peacemaking ability.

b.  In Luke 20:36, Jesus calls us the children of the resurrection.

c.  1 John 3:20 reminds us that the children of God do what is right and love one

    Another.

 

2.  The second truth is that child of God or the devil, have to masters either God or the

     Devil.   Those of God; however have the great advantage of having the Holy Spirit

      Living inside them.

3.  The third truth is that we are overcomes.  Rev 2 & 3 reveal the rewards of the

     Over comer.  But first, what are the characteristics of an overcome?

 

a. An overcomer refuses to quit, is faithful, obedient, courageous, willing to take

    Direction, counsel and guidance, listen to orders, humble, when knock down gets up

    And trusts in God.

b. There is a sevenfold reward that is given to the over comer.

 

1.  The privilege of eating from the tree of life.  Rev 2:7

2.  A new name.  Rev 2:17

3.  Authority.  Rev 2:26

4.  Robes of Righteousness.  Rev 2:35

5.  A memorial pillar   Rev 3:2

6.  Enthronement.  Rev 3:21

7.  An eternal inheritance.  Rev 21:7

 

4.  The fourth truth of this verse is that greater is He that is in us than he that is in the

     World.  You have the power, victory, ability, to defeat the world, the flesh and the

     Devil.  You have God Himself as a resident in you heart and life.  You win church

     In every battle when you remember this.  When you pray, share God’s truth, exercise

     Your authority and put on the armour of God.  This shows the limitations of satan.

    

 

They are from the world and therefore speak from the viewpoint of the world and the world listens to them. 

 

1.  John talks candidly and honestly about false spirits and teachers.  They are of the

     World.  Their info, reasoning processes, thoughts, attitudes, priorities, philosophy

     And words are from the world.

2.  They speak from the viewpoint of the world.  Their logic, point of view is from man’s

     Ideas and concepts.  North America has over 350 cults who based their beliefs on the

     Bible. 

3.  They world will listen to them.  All world religions have moral truth to them.  They

      Also appeal to mankind because everyone of them allows men to work their way to

      Heaven. Christianity is different because it is clear that Jesus Christ is the only way to

     God and that accepted of His provision is the only condition for heaven.  Man cannot

     work his way to heaven or merit acceptance through some sacrifice or great work. 

     You must accept Jesus and received it by faith. 

 

We are from God and whoever knows God listens to us; but whoever is not from God does not listen to us.  This is how we recognize the Spirit of truth and the spirit of falsehood.

 

1.  John says that those who are of God listen to the truth of God’s word.  They are

     Anxious to learn and receive it.  The characteristics of those who listen are

     receptivity, desire to learn, teach ability, childlike faith, humility and willingness. 

2.  Those who are not of God refuse to listen to men and woman of God talking about

      The Bible, Jesus Christ and Christianity.  With John it is black and white.  As the

      Last of the apostles, as one of the three pillars of the church named by Paul.  John saw

      It as his duty and responsibility to keep the church of the second century on track. 

3.   This John says is how you tell the difference between the Spirit of truth and the

      Spirit of falsehood. 

 

So in summary this is how we test the spirit and false teachers.

 

1.  If  the spirit or teacher must acknowledge that Jesus came in the flesh.  Jesus is the

     Perfect balance of humanity and deity.

2.  That Jesus came from God.  That He is the Son of God.  God with a face.  The

      Logos.

3.  Those that are false spirits or teachers speak from the viewpoint of the world and

      The World listens and accepts them. 

4.  Those of the truth listen and hear Godly teaching.

5.  Simple, honest, forthright, truthful.  So church now you know. 

    

HOW TO BE A GREAT DAD

 

How to be A Great Dad!  - 1 Timothy 3:4 – June 17^th

Intro:  My message today is entitled, “How to be a great Dad.  A recent Newsweek poll showed that 49% of fathers do a better job of parenting than their dads did.  The majority of the dads polled (54%) say they equal parenting responsibilities with their wives and some 24% say they felt they did more than their spouse, 51% of the mothers claimed otherwise. 

 

HB London wrote:  Nowadays you’ll find almost everything in a home except the family.

 

   This morning I am going to list the seven promises outlined in the Promise Keeper manual as the starting and exclamation point for being the great husband, father and man that God intended.

 

   A Father must be committed to honor Jesus Christ through worship, prayer and obedience to God’s word through the power of the Holy Spirit.  

 

   A father is committed to pursue vital relationships with a few other men, understanding that he needs brothers to help him keep his promises. 

 

   A father is committed to practice, spiritual, moral, ethical and sexual purity. 

 

   A Father is committed to build strong marriages and families through love, protection and biblical values. 

 

   A Father is committed to support the mission of his church by praying for his pastor and actively giving his time and resources.

 

   A father is committed to reach beyond racial and denominational barriers to demonstrate the power of biblical unity.

 

   A Father is committed to  influence his world being obedient to the great commandment of Mark 12:30-31 and the great commission of Matt 28:19-20.

 

Five further Thoughts

 

1. A Father is a servant:  Matthew 20:28  - Service is an act and a lifestyle.  Lebron Fairbanks
2. A Father is an example – God of goodness, give me yourself, for you are sufficient for me.  Julian of Norwich
3. A father is consistent:  Heb 13:8 – Lord help me to show my children your ways.  David Vaughn
4. A Father is responsible:  1 Tim 4:16 – The ability to accept responsibility is the true measure of a man.  Roy B. Smith
5. A Father has character:  2 Chron 16:9 – Someone asked J.P. Morgan what the best collateral for a loan and he replied, “character.”

  

 

 

 

HEROES OF RESTORATION

 

Heroes of the Restoration

 

Zerubbabel:   Scion of Babylon

 

-  Leader of exiles who first returned. 

-  Given the task of laying the foundation and rebuilding the temple.

-  Was the son of Shealtiel.  Ez 3:8

-  Refused to let non Jews help build temple.  4:3

-  Was governor before Nehemiah.  Neh 12:47

-   Grandson of King Jeconiah and member of the royal family.

 

-   Given message by the Prophet Haggai.  Hag 2:2-9

 

1.  Be strong and do not fear.

2.  The heavens and earth will be shaken.

3.  The temple will be filled with the glory of God greater than he former house. 

4.  The temple will have peace.

 

Was given message by Zechariah.  Zech 4:6-10

 

1.  It is not by might or by power by the Spirit of the Lord.  4:6

2.  He will finish the temple.  4:9

3.  God’s grace makes a mountain a level place.  4:7

4.  Men will rejoice when he has a plumb line in his hand..  A step of faith.  4:10

5.  Never despise small beginnings.  4:10

 

 

GOSPELS PART 2

 

            The men who wrote these books were eye witnesses to the life of Christ in one way or another.  All together there are 89 chapters in the combined writings of these men.  The first, three are called the Synoptic Gospel’s, which means seeing together.  Many of the accounts are the same and in the same order in the gospels.  John follows a path of his own.  They are merely pamphlets in size to many other writings and yet there is more truth in the Gospels then all the other writings put together.  The Gospel’s tell of the life and teachings of Jesus Christ who is the Son of God.  They tell of His divine message and His plan of redemption for all mankind.

            The word Gospel means, “good news.”  Each Gospel has its own character.  The Lion to Matthew, the Ox to Mark, the King to Luke and the Eagle to John.  Matthew presents the king, Mark presents the servant, Luke, the Son of Man and John the Son of God.  The early disciples considered the gospels to be the garden of truth that all must drink to quench their thirst.  Matthew’s gospel is written for the Jews.  It is the gospel of the past and is very didactic.  Mark’s gospel is written for the Romans, it is for the present and anecdotal.  Luke’s gospel is written for the Greeks, for the future and historical.  John’s gospel is written to the church, for the eternal and is spiritual in application.

            Matthew knew Jesus well, yet we see from his writings that he used some of the information that Mark brought forth.  It is known that Matthew spent a great amount of time researching his writings because of the amount of Old Testament prophecies contain in them.  Mark relied on the teachings of Peter, Mark was Peter’s scribe.  Mark may have relied much on the writings and teachings of Peter but he was in Jerusalem when Jesus died.  The last supper and the Day of Pentecost occurred at his home.  Dr. Luke was thorough in his research, he not only had the apostle Paul to rely upon but he went to other sources for his book.  John gave many accounts and background to incidences that only an inside observer would know.

            There is a lot of controversy on John’s authorship.  We will now examine facts that bring light on this subject.  The church fathers back the claim that John wrote the book.  It is known that the writer of the book was a Jew from Palestine.  The writer was an eye witness to what he saw.  He was an apostle and John is known as the disciple who Jesus loved.  He was a close personal friend and cousin to Jesus.  John was known as the person that took care of Jesus’ mother Mary.  John was accustom to Jewish culture and traditions.  The Old Testament was the religious life of the writer.  The writer knew the people involved, the time, the number of people involved, the places and the manner in which the events took place.  The writer knew the inside details and John was the closest of all the disciples.

 

     

GOSPELS PART 1

 There is a question as to the dates of when the Gospels were written and first published in particular the Synoptic’s.  It is known that the Gospels were first published during the apostolic age and the dates were pretty well established between 65-78 A.D.  It is evident they were written before the death of Paul.  The book of Acts was written before the book of Luke.  Scholars say that Luke had all his information on hand during the imprisonment of Paul at Caesarea.  It is also logical to assume that the books were written before the fall of Jerusalem.

 The Gospels are an account Jesus, of who He was, what He said and did.  The apostles were His best witnesses.  The birth of Jesus Christ was during the time of Herod the Great.  After the death of Herod, Palestine was divided up and ruled by his sons.  For example, it is clear from the gospels that Antipas was the ruler of Galilee and Perea and Pilate was the governor of Judea.

Jesus started out His ministry in the Jewish places of worship but after a time He went out to the wilderness to teach His disciples.  Jesus was an exile in His own land.  He knew from the very beginning what His work was.  He prepared His disciples to carry on His message after His death, burial and resurrection.  They were given the task of bringing His message to the world.

For the next few moments we will talk about the Christian concept.  It is the concept of the crucified and suffering Messiah which Jesus Himself taught during His earthly ministry,.  It was not on the minds of His disciples until He had risen from the dead.  It has been ruling since the writings of Paul.  The concept of the suffering Savior is not the invention of the church.  It was given to the church as a gift from the risen Lord Jesus Christ.

There is no provision for the natural man in the teachings of the New Testament.  The needs of the church are a creation of Christ.  It is Jesus who gives the concreteness and definiteness to the Messianic concept.