Tag: May 2018

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Hymns: RHC 307 Amazing Grace, 289 Grace Greater Than Our Sin, 565 Have You Counted the Cost?

Hebrews 11:32c (KJV)

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

Samson’s Faith

OUTLINE

Undergirded by God’s Amazing Grace

INTRODUCTION

Samson was consecrated as a Nazarite at birth. A Nazarite was to be separated unto Jehovah. The word nazir, which the word is derived, means “to separate”. His vow as a Nazarite included (1) His hair goes uncut (2) Refrain from partaking the fruit of the vine (3) Forbidden to contact with the dead (Judges 13:4, 5, 7, 14 c.f. Numbers 6:2-21).

Judges 13:4-5 (KJV) 4 Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink not wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing: 5 For, lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and no razor shall come on his head: for the child shall be a Nazarite unto God from the womb: and he shall begin to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.

Samson is the twelfth and last Judge raised by God to deliver Israel out their enemies’ oppression. This was Samson’s life mission given by God even before his birth told by the angel of the LORD to his mother.

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Jesus Is the Light of Life

Jesus says, “I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.” (John 8:12)

Jesus imparts a newness of life to them that follow Him. They shall have the light of life. That light speaks of purification from the pollution of sin. That “light”, the life that He imparts, enables them to live an overcoming life over the corruption of sin, which Jesus depicted as darkness.

Jesus is that true Light and He bids us experience that joy that comes with a holiness of life that He alone can impart. Jesus had just freed the woman who was caught in adultery from the bondage of sin when He said to her, “Neither do I condemn thee: go and sin no more.” (John 8:11)What power, what glory is uttered in those compassionate words to the guilty sinner. There is a way out of the dreary of sin when He bids us to follow Him – He that followeth me shall not walk in darkness.

Walking in the snare of darkness is contrasted with walking in the light of life. One offers freedom and the other suffers bondage. One offers everlasting joy and the other perpetual misery. And wisdom, obviously, is to choose the freedom of the light of life.

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Hymns: RHC 323 Trust and Obey 324 Simply Trusting 318 Blessed Assurance

Hebrews 11:32b (KJV)

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

Barak’s Faith

OUTLINE

(1) In Obedience to God’s Command

INTRODUCTION

Barak was a man raised of God, in the time of the Judges, to subdue the formidable Cannanite army led by their captain Sisera to deliver Israel out of oppression. Sisera has 900 chariots of iron, these chariots were the most sophisticated fighting machines of biblical times. This formidable enemy oppressed Israel for 20 long years. This is recorded in Judges 4-5.

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Proverbs 4:20-23 (KJV)
20 My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.
21 Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.
22 For they arelife unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.
23 Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it arethe issues of life.

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I Must Tell Jesus

– An Answer to a Heart Cry

Elisha A. Hoffman (1839-1929), an evangelical pastor, wrote almost two thousand gospel hymns, including, “Are You Washed in the Blood?,” “Leaning on the Everlasting Arms,” and “Glory to His Name.”

He tells how he came to write the words of one of his most popular hymns, “I Must Tell Jesus.”

“There was a woman to whom God permitted many visitations of sorrow and affliction. Coming to her home one day, I found her much discouraged. She unburdened her heart, concluding with the question, “Brother Hoffman, what shall I do? What shall I do?” I quoted from the word, then added, “You cannot do better than to take all of your sorrows to Jesus. You must tell Jesus.”

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Hymns: RHC 441 Faith Is the Victory 445 O Master Let Me Walk with Thee 451 Ready!

Hebrews 11:32a (KJV)

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

Gideon’s Faith

OUTLINE

(1) Faith to Obey God’s Call

(2) Faith to Fight God’s Battle God’s Way

(3) Faith that Perseveres Till Final Victory

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2 Timothy 1:1-5 (KJV)
1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, according to the promise of life which is in Christ Jesus,
2 To Timothy, mydearly beloved son: Grace, mercy, andpeace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
3 I thank God, whom I serve from myforefathers with pure conscience, that without ceasing I have remembrance of thee in my prayers night and day;
4 Greatly desiring to see thee, being mindful of thy tears, that I may be filled with joy;
5 When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also.

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