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Roots of the Faith – Satan and Demons

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My notes for Wednesday night, Sept 20th. Remember, these are my personal study notes and not a manuscript of the sermon. They are provided as an outline each week for our Tabernacle Church family. Our study over the next few months will be “The Roots of the Faith.” This study will focus on key biblical truths that will transform our thinking and allow us to faithfully live out the Christian life. You can find Sermon Notes, Family Devotional Guides, Prayer List, and other resources at our Church Website.

Resources for this Study

50 Core Truths of the Christian Faith – Gregg R. Allision

Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Biblical Doctrine – Wayne Grudem

Biblical Doctrine: A Systematic Summary of Bible Truth  – John MacArthur & Richard Mayhue

Basic Christian Doctrines – Curt Daniel

Satan and Demons

Satan is a fallen angel

  • The chief fallen angel (Leader of the demons
  • He rules the sinful world (this world)
  • The unconverted/Lost are his until they are converted/saved
  • He is intelligent and powerful but is limited by God’s rule over him. Job 1 & 2
  • ONLY GOD IS ALL KNOWING, ALL POWERFUL, and EVER PRESENT.

Satan tempts people to sin

  • 1 Thess 3:5
  • Adam and Eve
  • Jesus in the wilderness

Demons are fallen angels that followed Satan at the time of his rebellion.

  • Matthew 10:1
  • Ephesians 6:12
  • They do the work of Satan
  • 2 Corinthians 11:14-15
  • They are intelligent
  • They are powerful

Demonic possession

  • All are born slaves to sin, but in rare cases I believe UNCONVERTED/LOST people can be possessed by demons.
  • There is lost and then there is an evil that is much different.
  • As believers we are filled with the Holy Spirit, so therefore we cannot be possessed by the demonic.

How to live as believers today:

Focus on what we have in Christ not in the Devil.

  • Ephesians 6:10 – Be strong in the Lord

OUR GOAL IS NOT TO ATTACK AND DEFEAT HIM. Rather, we resist and withstand the attacks of Satan.

  • I have no control over what he is doing.
  • I DO HAVE CONTROL OVER WHAT I DO WHEN TEMPTATION COMES
  • In the Garden…twisting what God has said.
  • He did not ask Eve to deny God but twisted what God said.
  • James 4:7

THE KEY TO SPIRITUAL WARFARE IS SPIRITUAL GROWTH.

  • Romans 12:1
  • Ephesians 4:26
  • Ephesians 6:10-20

Additional Reading

Satan’s Ten Strategies Against You – John Piper – Desiring God

Are We Too Concerned with Demons? – R.C. Sproul – Ligonier Ministries

Spiritual Warfare – Founders Ministries

Luke 9:23-27 – “Following After Jesus”

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My sermon notes for Sunday morning, Sept 17th.  Remember, these are my personal study notes and not a manuscript of the sermon. They are provided as an outline each week for our Tabernacle Church family. The church provides a live stream of the service each Sunday at 10:30 on Facebook. We also provide the services through YouTube by Sunday afternoon.  You can find Sermon Notes, Family Devotional Guides, Prayer List, and other resources at our Church Website.

Luke 9:23-27

INTRO

  • Previous… Peter professes who Christ is
  • Now, Jesus is sharing the cost of believing it and living this life out (totally and faithfully)
  • Jesus’ mission becomes our mission
  • Discipleship is followship
  • Discipleship requires a cross
  • Two Crosses
    • His
    • Mine

IF anyone would come after me… DISCIPLESHIP

  • IF….
  • We were dead, but now are alive.
  • The life of a Chrisitan should be radically different than the unconverted.
  • We say we believe in the Gospel, have accepted the Gospel, what about LIVING OUT THE GOSPEL.

THE CHARACTERISTICS-v. 23

Deny self

  • Me, Me, Me
    • The wrong – I need, I desire, I am due, I am owed
    • The right – I find my hope/passion in HIM THROUGH ME
  • Me nothing. Him everything
  • How is it working with me in charge?
  • Allow Him to be who He is… in our life
  • We can only have one master in life….HE IS SAVIOR AND LORD!
  • Proverb 3:5-6

Take up the Cross

  • EMBRACE your purpose
    • Vision, Passion, Determination
  • SEEK God’s will (Listen to and trust in God’s Word)
    • Matthew 6:33; 1 Chronicles 16:11
    • The Spirit of God and the Word of God
  • LEARN to handle adversity
    • Setbacks and Suffering
  • LIVE for His Glory
    • Live in His presence Psalm 16:11
    • No glory without the cross.

Galatians 2:20 – Crucified with Christ

Galatians 5:24 – Crucified the flesh and its passions

Follow after Him

  • Obedience
    • Love, Listen, and Do
  • Continuous
  • Joyous

THE BLESSINGS – v. 24

WHOEVER…Gain or loss

Lose – the satisfactions of this world

Gain – The satisfaction of being in the presence of JESUS

John 12:25

THE JUDGMENT – vv. 25-26

Gains the whole world

  • Everything this life has to offer (Christless life)
  • Ambitions, achievements, pleasures

Ashamed of me

  • Jesus the ultimate and eternal judge
  • Those that DO NOT deny self, take up the cross, and follow Him

Roots of the Faith – “Angels”

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My notes for Wednesday night, Sept 13th. Remember, these are my personal study notes and not a manuscript of the sermon. They are provided as an outline each week for our Tabernacle Church family. Our study over the next few months will be “The Roots of the Faith.” This study will focus on key biblical truths that will transform our thinking and allow us to faithfully live out the Christian life. You can find Sermon Notes, Family Devotional Guides, Prayer List, and other resources at our Church Website.

Resources for this Study

50 Core Truths of the Christian Faith – Gregg R. Allision

Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Biblical Doctrine – Wayne Grudem

Biblical Doctrine: A Systematic Summary of Bible Truth – John MacArthur & Richard Mayhue

Basic Christian Doctrines – Curt Daniel

The Doctrine of God’s Creatures (Our current study)

  • Angels, Satan, and Demons (The next few weeks)
  • Humans Being in the Image of God
  • Human Nature
  • Sin

Angels

  • Created by God, but different from human beings
  • Holy. Morally good. Dwell in the presence of God
    • Mark 8:38, Revelation 14:10
  • They do not have material bodies like we do.
    • Luke 24:39
  • Intelligent, Powerful
  • Worshipers of God
  • Serve Him. Carry out His will
    • Peter in prison Acts 12:16-17
  • Messengers of God’s Revelation
    • Gabriel to Mary Luke 1:26-38
  • They serve believers. Hebrews 1:14, Psalm 91:11-12
    • No biblical evidence that each believer has their own guardian angel
  • We have not authority over angels. They answer to God alone.

Archangels – Daniel 10:13

Cherubim – Genesis 3:24

Seraphim –Isaiah 6:1-7, Revelation 4:8

  • Worship God (His holiness and power)

Additional Resources

What Can We Know about angels? – Dustin Benge (Table Talk)

Luke 9:18-22 – “Who do you say that I am?”

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My sermon notes for Sunday morning, Sept 10th. Remember, these are my personal study notes and not a manuscript of the sermon. They are provided as an outline each week for our Tabernacle Church family. The church provides a live stream of the service each Sunday at 10:30 on Facebook. We also provide the services through YouTube by Sunday afternoon. You can find Sermon Notes, Family Devotional Guides, Prayer List, and other resources at our Church Website.

Luke 9:18-22

INTRO

  • Jesus is finishing His Galilean ministry
  • He is now on His journey to Jerusalem
  • His journey to the cross
  • He asks a very important question.
  • A question that needs to be answered.

THE CROWD

They had an opinion

  • John the Baptist, Elijah, a Prophet Malachi 4:5
  • Good man that has done good things.

The believed in the person of Jesus

  • They were religious people.
  • They followed Him.
  • They were looking for the Messiah
  • The moment the cross was in sight, they turned.
  • We cannot separate his suffering, death, and resurrection form His messiahship.
  • If we remove the WHY OF HIS DEATH… OUR SINFULNESS
  • Then we also turn Jesus into the WRONG JESUS

They were looking for healer and deliverer (From Roman rule)

  • Today… Looking for a BLESSING GIVER.  HEALER, PROVIDER
  • While true, Jesus is SO MUCH MORE

“It is impossible to be wrong about Jesus and right with God “ (Warren Wiersbe)

WE MUST GET JESUS RIGHT!

THE DISCIPLES

They had a conviction

  • “The Christ of God”
  • The anointed one. The Coming King Psalm 2:2
  • Gabriel – Luke 1:32-33
  • Zachariah – Luke 1:68-69
  • Shepherds – Luke 2:10-11
  • John the Baptist – Luke 3:16-18

Christ: Matthew 1:1, 18; 2:4; 11:2; 16:20; 23:8; 26:68; 27:22—lit. “the Anointed One.” Many people speak of Jesus Christ without realizing that the title Christ is actually a confession of faith. Messiah, the Hebrew equivalent for Christ, refers in the Old Testament to prophets (1 Kin. 19:16), priests (Lev. 4:5, 16), and kings (1 Sam. 24:6, 10), in the sense that all of them were anointed with oil. This anointing symbolized a consecration for ministry by God. Jesus Christ, as the Anointed One, would be the ultimate Prophet, Priest, and King (Is. 61:1; John 3:34). With his dramatic confession, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God” (16:16), Peter declares his faith in Jesus as the promised Messiah

John F. MacArthur Jr., The MacArthur Bible Commentary (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2005), Matthew 16:17.

Tell no one

  • The were looking for a cross less Messiah
  • The time was not NOW
  • He MUST first suffer on the cross

Isaiah 53:4-10

Truths to Consider

  • Salvation comes only through the person and work of Jesus Christ. This has been God’s plan of redemption from the very beginning.
  • One must believe on the person and trust in the work of the Lord Jesus Christ for forgiveness of sin. (His life, death, burial, and resurrection… applied and received into my life)
  • This belief is not just in the historical facts alone, but also trusting in Jesus as our personal Savior and Lord. (Our Mind and Our Heart are one)
  • True conversion will always lead to a changed life. (Come and follow me… we either follower Him or not)
  • Jesus always has been and always will be the answer to all the questions of life. The real, biblical, and saving Jesus.

Micah 7:1-20 – “Confession and Comfort”

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My Bible study notes for Wednesday night, Sept 6th. Remember, these are my personal study notes and not a manuscript of the sermon. They are provided as an outline each week for our Tabernacle Church family. You can find Sermon Notes, Family Devotional Guides, Prayer List, and other resources at our Church Website.

Micah 7:1-20

Chapters 1-3 the coming judgement (Punishment)

Chapters 4-5: The restoration to follow (Promise)

Chapters 6-7: The plea for repentance (Pardon)

Lament for a Nation – (7:1-7)

A Moral Wasteland—No Fruit on the Vine (7:1–4)

“Don’t Trust Anyone!” (7:5–6)

Look to God Alone! (7:7)

Israel’s Hope in Yahweh’s Grace: Final Prayer of Confession, Hope, and Praise (7:8–20)

Acceptance of Judgment, Confession, and Hope (7:8–9)

The Demise of the Enemy (7:10)

Jerusalem: The Metropolis of the World (7:11–13)

The Divine Shepherd’s Salvation (7:14–15)

Defeat and Salvation of the Nations (7:16–17)

Hymn of Praise to the Incomparable God (7:18–20)

Stephen G. Dempster, “Micah,” in Daniel–Malachi, ed. Iain M. Duguid, James M. Hamilton Jr., and Jay Sklar, vol. VII, ESV Expository Commentary (Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2018), 496

The Sins of the People – vv. 1-7

  • A confession of sin – vv. 1-4
    • Woe is me!
    • The day of the watchman comes
  • Broken relationships -vv. 5-6
    • Personal relationships have deteriorated
    • No compassion or trustworthiness to be found
  • Hope in the Lord -v. 7
    • Laying flat on our back… all is gone but GOD

The Hope of the People – vv. 8-20

  • The remnant will rise- vv. 8-9
    • I will bear His indignation (my sin)
    • His discipline has brought repentance and forgiveness
    • In darkness we see the light
  • The enemy will fall – v. 10
  • The Kingdom will grow – vv. 11-13
    • The spiritual influence of the people of God
    • THE CHURCH TODAY
  • The Shepherd will lead – vv. 14-15
  • Flock, garden land, Bashan and Gilead
    • A picture of provision and plenty
    • Great Shepherd
  • The Nations will come – vv. 16-17
    • mouths and ears. Reverence and Awe
    • Animals crawling form their den trembling before God
  • The Lord will reign – vv. 18-20
    • Genesis 13:15; 17:7–8, 13, 19; 48:4
    • 2 Corinthians 6:16

Luke 9:10-17 – “You give them something to eat”

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My sermon notes for Sunday morning, Sept 3rd.  Remember, these are my personal study notes and not a manuscript of the sermon. They are provided as an outline each week for our Tabernacle Church family. The church provides a live stream of the service each Sunday at 10:30 on Facebook. We also provide the services through YouTube by Sunday afternoon.  You can find Sermon Notes, Family Devotional Guides, Prayer List, and other resources at our Church Website.

Luke 9:10-17

INTRO

  • Feeding the 5,000
  • In all four gospels
  • How soon the disciples forgot what they were capable of
  • The Lord’s compassion for His people
  • Trust God to do great things… For His Glory
  • Demonstrating His power and authority

THE DISCIPLES

  • Just off a spiritual high (short term mission trip)
  • Preaching and Healing

They lost their focus

  • Send the crowd away
  • Thet needed to see the big picture  (Kingdom Focus)
  • The crowd needed to hear and receive (just like those they had previously impacted)

They have forgotten whom they serve/follow

  • The forgot who Jesus was
  • We have no more than 5 loaves and 2 fish
  • They had already witnessed miracles… What changed?
  • If Jesus is asking… surely it will be done.

JESUS

  • He took them and withdrew
  • To strengthen, encourage, and TEACH

Showing compassion for the crowd

  • Welcomed them
  • Spoke the Kingdom to them
  • Cured them

What a great example for us

  • Love others
  • Share the Gospel
  • Serve them… with spiritual intent (messy work)

Teaching the disciples

  • Test of faith… You go do
  • I have given you the authority and power!
  • He knew the task was impossible for them

Acknowledging the Giver of all things

  • Bless this food
  • A picture of dependance and devotion
  • The Father, Son and Holy Spirit

Lessons to Learn

  • The key to the Christian life is trusting in the Lord Proverbs 3:5-6
    • And keep trusting….lifelong trusting
  • We are weak but He is strong 2 Corinthians 12:9
  • God is our provider
    • The Goal is the Spread of His Glory.
    • NOT OUR BLESSING (not stuff we get)
    • Finding our content me in life with Him
  • We have the privilege of joining God in His work
    • It is a supernatural (Spirit-filled) work
  • The Physical is temporary, but the spiritual is eternal
    • John 6:35-51

Micah 6:9-16 – “The Voice of the Lord Cries Out”

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My Bible study notes for Wednesday night, Aug 30th. Remember, these are my personal study notes and not a manuscript of the sermon. They are provided as an outline each week for our Tabernacle Church family. You can find Sermon Notes, Family Devotional Guides, Prayer List, and other resources at our Church Website.

Micah 6:9-16

The Lord speaks – v. 9

They are guilty

  • Hear of the rod
  • Discipline is coming

He cannot forget any longer – vv. 10-12

Their sins are the issue

  • Treasures of wickedness
  • Scant measure
  • Unethical behavior. Social Sins

Who we are will be manifested in how we live

  • Our relationship with God is in direct relation to our relationship with others

They are reaping what they have sown – vv. – 13-15

Judgement is coming (Gradual yet sudden)

  • The fall of the nation
  • They have but do not have
  • Sow and reap
  • Both physical and spiritual
  • Activity but no fulfillment

TRUTH MATTERS!

  • Kept the statues (Omri 1 Kings 16:25)
  • Works of the house (Ahab 1 Kings 21:25-26)
  • Walked in their counsels

They failed to believe and follow God’s Word.

  • SAME ISSUE TODAY

Luke 9:1-9 – “We Have Been Sent”

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My sermon notes for Sunday morning, Aug 26th.  Remember, these are my personal study notes and not a manuscript of the sermon. They are provided as an outline each week for our Tabernacle Church family. The church provides a live stream of the service each Sunday at 10:30 on Facebook. We also provide the services through YouTube by Sunday afternoon.  You can find Sermon Notes, Family Devotional Guides, Prayer List, and other resources at our Church Website.

Luke 9:1-9

INTRO

  • Jesus has demonstrated his authority
    • Nature, Spiritual, Physical
  • HE IS LORD OF ALL
  • Now He is sending out the disciples
  • HE HAS ALSO SENT US. TO GO YOU THEREFORE

Sent Empowered – v. 1

Gave them power.

  • Then power. Now power.
  • Acts 1:8; Romans 1:16; Ephesians 3:16

  Gave them authority

  • 2 Corinthians 5:20

Sent with a Mandate – v. 2

To Proclaim

  • Kingdom of God
  • Rule and Reign of His kingdom

To Minister/Serve

  • Heal them physically
  • Today HEAL TOTALLY

Sent with Clear Instructions – vv. 3-5

TRUST ME.

  • You have all you need.  I will take care of you
  • 2 Corinthians 9:8; Philippians 4:19

Take nothing

  • Trust/Faith/Dependence

Stay

  • Contentment/Purpose

Dust off your feet

  • Discernment/Boldness

Sent to Cause Wonder – vv. 6-9

Herod was perplexed

  • Paused to think
  • To confound. Cause to wonder

The unregenerate cannot perceive the working of God

  • No regard to the supernatural.

It was not them, but God through them

  • 2 Chronicles 20:15
  • The Gospel, The Spirit
  • We are His Ambassadors

Therefore, we should live in such a way that is:

  • Different
  • Set apart
  • Unique

  Causing people to PAUSE AND THINK