Category: Sermon Notes

Hymns: 324 Simply Trusting, 205 Thine Is the Glory, 446 Lord Speak to Me

Hebrews 11:32f (KJV)

32 And what shall I more say? for the time would fail me to tell of Samuel …

Samuel’s Faith

OUTLINE

Courage to Speak According to God’s Word

INTRODUCTION

Israel was ruled by her patriarchs – Abraham, Isaac, Jacob before the period of 400 years of prophetic silence during the time of the Exodus when God raised Moses, Israel’s leader, the prophet of Israel, where Israel was a theocracy, God rules! Samuel was the last of the prophet from Moses to Samuel who bear rule in Israel before the people demanded a king, , before princes would rule Israel through her first king Saul, finally Israel will be ruled by priest after her exile from Babylon, from Joshua, the high priest during the time of Zerubabbel, to Caiphaias, during the time of Christ.

Samuel was born during the time when Eli was the high priest in Israel. However, Eli’s sons were no godly.

Hymns: Pg. 42 Teach Me Thy Way, O Lord, Pg 43 Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus, P17 God Is Always Near Me

Hebrews 11:32e (KJV)

32 And what shall I more say? for the time would fail me to tell of David …

David’s Faith

OUTLINE

(1) Courageous – Overcomes Fear to Do the Will of God

INTRODUCTION

David was a man who sought to do the will of God for His honour and glory leaving a legacy for his son Solomon as a man of faith who prepared the nation and resource to build a house for the worship of the living and true God.

We pick up this scene at dedication of the first Temple in Jerusalem in 1 Kings 8:10-11, 12-21[1].

1 Kings 8:10-11 (KJV) 10 And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house of the LORD, 11 So that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of the LORD.

20And the LORD hath performed his word that he spake, and I am risen up in the room of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel. 21 And I have set there a place for the ark, wherein is the covenant of the LORD, which he made with our fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.

Hymns: RHC 441 Faith Is the Victory, 450 To the Work!, 401 Yield Not to Temptation

Hebrews 11:32d (KJV)

32 And what shall I more say? for the time would fail me to tell of Jephthah …

Jephthah’s Faith

OUTLINE

(1) Put God’s Work Before Self

INTRODUCTION

Jephthah means “He doth open or set free”. He was described as a Mighty Man of Valour (Judges 11:1).

Judges 11:1 (KJV) 1 Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valour, and he was the son of an harlot: and Gilead begat Jephthah.

The first time this term “mighty man of valour” is used was on Gideon in Judges 6:12, describing a man of courage, boldness and bravery, a Spirit-filled man (Judges 11:29). The terminology used here is not just military in nature but can refer to a person of repute or one who has standing in the community – a responsible person. In this context, however, it is likely his reputation built on his military success.

But Jephthah was the outcast. An Illegitimate son driven from his father’s household (Judges 11:2), the son of a harlot.