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Supremacy of God Sermon Outline
Posted on Tuesday, November 08, 2005 at 6:01 PM by David Zavadil
This sermon can be downloaded as a podcast by clicking on the link on the right hand side of the screen.
The "god" of this twentieth century no more resembles the Supreme Sovereign of Holy Writ than does the dim flickering of a candle the glory of the midday sun. The "god" who is now talked about in the average pulpit, spoken of in the ordinary Sunday School, mentioned in much of the religious literature of the day, and preached in most of the so-called Bible Conferences is the figment of human imagination, an invention of maudlin sentimentality. The heathen outside of the pale of Christendom form "gods" out of wood and stone, while the millions of heathen inside Christendom manufacture a "god" out of their own carnal mind. In reality, they are but atheists, for there is no other possible alternative between an absolutely supreme God, and no God at all. A "god" whose will is resisted, whose designs are frustrated, whose purpose is checkmated, possesses no title to Deity, and so far from being a fit object of worship, merits nought but contempt. - Arthur Pink, The Attributes of God
supreme – 1.Greatest in power, authority, or rank; paramount or dominant.
2. Greatest in importance, degree, significance, character, or achievement. - American Heritage Dictionary
We must see and know the supreme God as we seek to live out the truths found in Scripture.
OUTLINE:
I.Our problem
A.Hurting
i.v. 7 – He has seen our affliction
a)400 years, not able to resist or leave
ii.What afflicts us?
B.Forgotten
i.Isaiah 17:10
ii.We get so busy living life that we forget who has given us life.
C.Ignored
i.Newspaper has more about the local football team or even a favorite recipe than it has about God.
ii.Our lives, even in church reflect this
a)Spend hours getting ready for the prom, but loath getting ready to enter the presence of God.
II.God's solution
A.Himself
i.He is the I am
ii.Names
a)el – Lord, mighty, powerful
b)Elohim – plural of El
c)El Shaddai – possessing all power 48 times in OT, most in Job
d)Jehovah – self existing, unchanging God
iii.He redeemed, He protected, He led – Ex 3:12,17ff
B.Jesus Christ
i.He is the I am
a)John 6:48; 10:14; 11:25; 14:6; 15:1
ii.Jesus – Jehovah is salvation
III.How is this reflected in my life?
A.Do I acknowledge Christ as Lord and King?
i.Am I a humble servant or a cocky rebel?
B.Do others see Christ in me?
i.What I do in private and public
ii.What I say
iii.How I live, pray, worship
C.Does my life demonstrate the preeminence of Christ?
i.Am I in the Word? Do I speak the Word? Do I apply the Word to life situations?
New Sermons
Posted on Thursday, December 08, 2005 at 6:57 PM by David Zavadil
Two new sermons have been added to the pod list. I regret the my sermon on the Holiness of God was not recorded due to a power outage. Added was the final sermon from the brief Attributes of God series and an Advent sermon on Peace.
Repentance
Posted on Monday, July 17, 2006 at 1:17 PM by David Zavadil
I am preaching on repentance this week. I thought I would provide some quotes on the subject.
Clasp that cross!
Backsliding Christian, go at once to the cross!
There, and there only, can you get your spirit
quickened. No matter how hard, how insensible,
how dead you may have become, go again in
all your rags and poverty.
Clasp that cross!
Look into those languid eyes!
Bathe in that fountain filled with blood!
This will bring back your first love. This will
restore the simplicity of your faith, and the
tenderness of your heart. (Spurgeon)
More on Repentance
Posted on Thursday, July 20, 2006 at 5:15 PM by David Zavadil
The man who knows that his sin is forgiven,
does not cease to mourn for it.
No, brethren, his mourning becomes deeper as
his knowledge of his guilt becomes greater.
His hatred of sin grows in proportion as he understands
that love of Christ by which his sin is put away. - C.H. Spurgeon
A godly heart grieves that it is not more holy.
It troubles him that he falls short of the rule
and standard which God has set. "I should",
he says, "love the Lord with all my heart.
But how defective my love is! How far short
I come of what I should be, no, of what I
might have been!"
A godly man sometimes weeps out of the
sense of God's love. Gold is the finest and
most solid of all the metals, yet it is soonest
melted in the fire. Gracious hearts, which
are golden hearts, are the soonest melted
into tears by the fire of God's love. - Thomas Watson
New Sermons
Posted on Thursday, July 27, 2006 at 3:48 PM by David Zavadil
I will be posting my most recent sermon series. I will probably archive the previous sermons and start a new rss list. This series is entitled "A New Beginning" and looks at the paradigm presented in the book From Embers to a Flame. I will be starting a series on 1 John next week. Look for it to come.