Title: Martyred

Text: Acts 7:54-60

I. Proclaiming the Truth

A. Acts 7:51-53

B. John 3:19-20

C. Amos 5:10

D. Galatians 4:16

E. 2 Timothy 4:3-4

F. John 7:7

II. The Wound of Truth

A. Acts 7:54

B. Hebrews 4:12

C. 2 Corinthians 2:15-16

III. Stand Firm in Truth

A. Acts 7:55-56

B. Matthew 10:32

IV. Loving Through Truth

A. Acts 7:57-60

B. Romans 12:21

C. Matthew 5:44

Series: The Shepherd and the Sheep

Title: The Shepherd Loves Me

Text: Psalm 23:6

Psalm 103:1-2

Ps 23:6

I. A Love that Pursues

a. “Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life:”

b. Goodness

i. James 1:17

c. Mercy

i. Psalm 83:14

d. Follow Me

i. Romans 8:38-39

e. All The Days of My Life

II. A Love that Welcomes

a. “And I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever”

b. Psalm 27:4

c. Rev 7:15-17, “...they are before the throne of God; and they serve Him day and

night in His [b]temple; and He who sits on the throne will spread His tabernacle

over them. 16 They will hunger no longer, nor thirst anymore; nor will the sun

[c]beat down on them, nor any heat; 17 for the Lamb in the center of the throne

will be their shepherd, and will guide them to springs of the [d]water of life;...”

d. John 17:24

e. Quote Jonathan Edwards: “So, think about what that will be like when you have

been in heaven for a million, million ages...To put what he says simply, the more

you know of God, the more you will see of His beauty, and the more you see His

beauty, the more you will love Him. And the more you love Go, the more

happiness you will have in Him.”

Series: The Shepherd and the Sheep

Title He Sustains Me

Text: Psalm 23:5

Psalm 23:5

I. The Table

a. Vs 5, “Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies:”

II. The Oil

a. Vs5, “You anoint my head with oil”

b. Ps 133:1-2

c. Eph 2:10

III. The Cup

a. Vs 5, “my cup runneth over”

i. The table reminds us that God sustains us by giving strength.

ii. The oil reminds us that God sustains us by giving purpose.

iii. The cup reminds us that God sustains us by giving joy.

IV. What the table meant for Jesus.

V. What the anointing meant for Jesus

VI. What the cup meant for Jesus

a. John 10:27

Series: The Sheep and the Shepard

Title: He Guards Me

Text: Psalm 23:4 (Psalm 23 KJV, all others NASB95, unless specified)

Psalm 23:4

I. The Reality of the Valley

i. Gen 15:12, “and behold, [p]terror and great darkness fell upon him.”

b. God is with you in the darkness as much as he is with you in the light.

i. Timothy 6:15-16. “...He who is the blessed and only Sovereign, the King

of [k]kings and Lord of [l]lords, 16 who alone possesses immortality and

dwells in unapproachable light...”

ii. 1 Kings 8:12 (ESV) “The Lord[a] has said that he would dwell in thick

darkness.”

iii. Psalm 139:7, “Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from

Your presence?”

iv. Psalm 139:8, “If I ascend to heaven, You are there;”

v. Psalm 139:8, “If I make my bed in [f]Sheol, behold, You are there.”

vi. Psalm 139:9-10, “If I take the wings of the dawn, If I dwell in the remotest

part of the sea, Even there Your hand will lead me, And Your right hand

will lay hold of me.”

vii. Psalm 139:11-12, “If I say, 'Surely the darkness will [g]overwhelm me,

And the light around me will be night,’ Even the darkness is not dark [h]to

You, And the night is as bright as the day. Darkness and light are alike to

You.”

viii. 2 Corinthians 5:19, namely, that God was in Christ reconciling the world

to Himself,

II. The Shepherd in the Valley

a. Mark 10:45

b. Hebrews 12:2 that says, “who for the joy set before him endured the cross”

c. 1 Cor 15:55

d. Quote, Matthew Henry says, ‘The shadow of a snake cannot bite you. The shadow

of a sword cannot kill you.’ And the shadow of death will not destroy you.”

III. The Sheep in the Valley

a. Ps 23:4, “...thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.”

Series: The Shepherd and the Sheep

Title: The Shepherd Restores Me

Text: Ps 23:3

I. He Retrieves Us When We Wander

a. Isa 53:6

b. Galatians 2:20

c. Quote: Octavius Winslow,” If there is one consideration more humbling than another to a

spiritually-minded believer, it is that, after all God has done for him...there should still

exist in the heart a principle, the tendency of which is to secret, perpetual, and alarming

departure from God.”

d. Rev 2:2-4

e. Rev 2:5 Therefore remember from where you have fallen

f. Rev 2:5, Therefore remember from where you have fallen, and repent and do the [d]deeds

you did at first;

II. He Revives Us When We Falter.

a. Faith can falter when we are disoriented by injustice

i. Psalm 73:2

ii. Ps 73:3, “...I saw the prosperity of the wicked.”

b. Faith can falter when we are drained by conflict

i. 1 Kings 19:10, “And I alone am left;”

c. Faith can falter when we are disappointed by outcomes

i. Galatians 6:9 Let us not lose heart in doing good

d. Faith can falter when we are disheartened by suffering

i. Heb 10:32, “after being enlightened, you endured a great conflict of sufferings”

e. Faith can falter when we are depleted by demands

i. 2 Corinthians 2:16 “Who is adequate for these things?”

f. How were they restored?

i. Asaph was restored by getting busy

1. Psalm 73:16-17

ii. God restored Elijah after a time of rest

1. 1 Kings 19:5

iii. God restored the Galatians through a promise

1. Galatians 6:7-8

iv. God restored the Hebrews with a challenge

1. Heb 12:2-3 “...who for the joy set before Him endured the cross,

despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of

God. For consider Him who has endured such hostility by sinners against

Himself, so that you will not grow weary [c]and lose heart.”

2. Heb 2:12

v. God restored the apostle Paul through the gift of a faithful friend

1. 2 Cor 7:5

2. 2 Cor 7:6

III. He Restores Us Himself

a. Psalm 18:35

Series: The Shepherd and the Sheep

Title: The Shepherd Leads Me

Text: PS 23:2-3

I. The Good Shepherd Leads Us into Rest

a. 3 Observations on Rest

i. Rest does not come easily or naturally to sheep

ii. Sheep rest when they can see their shepherd

iii. The way to find rest is to keep the Shepherd in view

II. The Good Shepherd Leads Us into Righteousness

a. Phil 3:9 “...not having a righteousness of my own derived from the Law, but that

which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which comes from God on the

basis of faith,”

b. 1 Peter 2:24 “He Himself [a]bore our sins in His body on the [b]cross, so that we

might die to [c]sin and live to righteousness;...”

c. 2 Observations on the Right Path

i. The right path will not always be an easy path.

1. Psalm 77:19-20

ii. Where the shepherd leads is always the right path.

III. The Good Shepherd Leads Us for His Name's Sake

a. Ezekiel 36:22

b. Isaiah 43:25 “...I am the one who wipes out your transgressions for My own

sake,....

c. 1 Timothy 1:13 “...even though I was formerly a blasphemer and a persecutor and

a violent aggressor...”

d. 1 Timothy 1:16 “Yet for this reason I found mercy, so that in me as the foremost,

Jesus Christ might demonstrate His perfect patience...”

e. Revelation 7:17

Series: The Shepherd and the Sheep

Title: The Shepherd Owns Me

Text: Psalm 23

Psalm 23:1 KJV

I. The Lord is my SHEPHERD

a. 1 Samuel 17:34-35

II. The LORD is my shepherd

a. EZ 34:1-6

b. EZ 34:11

c. EZ 34:16

III. The Lord is MY shepherd

a. 1 Corinthians 6:19-20

b. 1 Peter 1:18-19

c. 1 Peter 1:23

d. John 10:11-12

IV. I Shall Not Want

a. 2 Sam 5:1-2

Series: Then The End Will Come

Title: The Return of the King

Text: Matthew 25:31-46

4 Pictures/Parables of the End Times

1. Delay – The Faithful & Foolish Servant

2. Removal – The Ten Bridesmaids

3. Rewards – The Parable of the Talents

4. Return – The Sheep & Goats

Mat 3:12

I. The Judgments of the Nations

a. Mat 25:31-33

b. 4 Questions

i. Who is the Judge?

1. Dan 7:13

2. John 5:22

ii. When Will He Judge?

1. Mat 25:31

2. PS 98:9

iii. Where Will He Judge?

1. Mat 25:31

iv. Who Will Be Judged?

1. Verse 32 says, “All the nations will be gathered before Him...”

2. Mat 25:32-33

II. The Inheritance of the Sheep

a. Mat 25:34-40

b. Ephesians 2:8–9

III. The Judgment of the Goats

a. Matt 25: 41-46

b. John 3:16

c. Isaiah chapter 61:1-2, The Spirit of the Lord [a]God is upon me, Because the Lord

has anointed me To bring good news to the [b]afflicted; He has sent me to bind up

the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to captives And [c]freedom to prisoners;

To proclaim the favorable year of the Lord...

d. Isa. 61:2, “...and the day of vengeance of our God...”