Wednesday, March 28, 2018

From the Laodicean Hymn Book...

 
Long my imprisoned spirit lay
Fast bound in sin and nature's night;
Thine eye diffused a quick'ning ray,
I woke, the dungeon flamed with light;
My chains fell off, my heart was free;
I rose, went forth and watched TV.

Sunday, March 25, 2018

Book 39


                                       Additional Warning to the Priests

“And now, you priests, this warning is for you. If you do not listen, and if you do not resolve to honor my name,” says the Lord Almighty, “I will send a curse on you, and I will curse your blessings. Yes, I have already cursed them, because you have not resolved to honor me.
“Because of you I will rebuke your descendants[a]; I will smear on your faces the dung from your festival sacrifices, and you will be carried off with it. And you will know that I have sent you this warning so that my covenant with Levi may continue,” says the Lord Almighty. “My covenant was with him, a covenant of life and peace, and I gave them to him; this called for reverence and he revered me and stood in awe of my name. True instruction was in his mouth and nothing false was found on his lips. He walked with me in peace and uprightness, and turned many from sin.
“For the lips of a priest ought to preserve knowledge, because he is the messenger of the Lord Almighty and people seek instruction from his mouth. But you have turned from the way and by your teaching have caused many to stumble; you have violated the covenant with Levi,” says the Lord Almighty. “So I have caused you to be despised and humiliated before all the people, because you have not followed my ways but have shown partiality in matters of the law.”

A sermon title for the above section: "In Your Face!"

An outline for the above paragraph:

Divine Curse (1-3)
Upright Example (4-7)
Nefarious Priests (8)
God's Poetic Justice (9)
 

Sunday, March 11, 2018

United Heart

Here is a teaching outline that is all heart:
 
                                                            Heavenly Holiness
                                                            Earthly Evil
                                                            Almighty Answer
                                                            Redeemer's Rescue
                                                            Total Transformation