Even in the days of Isaiah, God was welcoming people regardless of their circumstances.
Isaiah 56:3
Let not the foreigner who has joined himself to the Lord say, “The Lord will surely separate me from his people”; and let not the eunuch say, “Behold, I am a dry tree.”
For thus says the Lord: “To the eunuchs who keep my Sabbaths, who choose the things that please me and hold fast my covenant, I will give in my house and within my walls a monument and a name better than sons and daughters; I will give them an everlasting name that shall not be cut off.
“And the foreigners who join themselves to the Lord, to minister to him, to love the name of the Lord, and to be his servants, everyone who keeps the Sabbath and does not profane it, and holds fast my covenant— these I will bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer; their burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be accepted on my altar; for my house shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples.”
Even back in Isaiah, it was never God’s intent that your birth or your circumstances would affect your salvation. It is all about how you respond to God. Respond to Him and He’ll deliver. Don’t let any restriction in your life hold you back.
Here is my sermon on John 19. What is unusual about this is that usually I would preach on the passion and crucifixion on Easter, but since I’m doing expository preaching chapter by chapter through John, we have Easter in February! Pilate, Jesus, the Jewish leaders of the day, I talk about a lot of…
When you go among people that are so radically off from you culturally, it takes a lot of work to figure out what discipleship looks like in their culture. (personally I’m still trying to figure this out in American culture!)
…This was a great moment and I think I would have done well to just go and pray for a bit, or have all of us pray for a bit, but conferences are what they are, and when McNeil was done they launched some cheesy video advertising something.
‚ÄúSo do not worry, saying, ‚ÄòWhat shall we eat?‚Äô or ‚ÄòWhat shall we drink?‚Äô or ‚ÄòWhat shall we wear?‚Äô For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well….
Outline: Westminster Entitlement Sermon My Birthday week You know you are going to get presents You know you’ll get to eat food you like You might get some other privileges you don’t usually get You only see entitlement in the eyes of the people around you Sometimes the Holy Spirit shows you something and it’s…
‚ÄúWhat you are going to do, do quickly.‚Äù These are pretty disturbing words from Jesus. Satan himself has just entered into Judas and Jesus doesn‚Äôt say, ‚ÄúCome out of him!‚Äù or any of the things He ever said to demons. There was a time and a place for casting out evil and liberating individuals, but…
