by Paul Apple | Apr 14, 2020 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: THE SOVEREIGN GOD WILL EXALT HIS CHOSEN KING TO RULE OVER ALL NATIONS AND KINGDOMSINTRODUCTION: This passage is addressed to Zerubbabel. But the language goes way beyond anything that was fulfilled in his day. Yes, there was a near term fulfillment in...
by Paul Apple | Apr 14, 2020 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: HOLINESS IS A PREREQUISITE TO ACCEPTABLE SERVICE AND THE BLESSING OF GODINTRODUCTION: Sin has a contaminating effect on everything around it. We deceive ourselves if we imagine that we can come before God and please Him in any way apart from first...
by Paul Apple | Apr 14, 2020 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: EVALUATE PRESENT REALITIES NOT FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF PAST PERFORMANCE BUT FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF FUTURE PROMISES OF MILLENNIAL GLORY AND BLESSINGINTRODUCTION: We are always evaluating what God is doing in the present – in our personal situation . . . in...
by Paul Apple | Apr 14, 2020 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: THE LORD IS WITH THOSE WHO OBEDIENTLY COMMIT TO PERFORM HIS WORK FOR HIS GLORYINTRODUCTION:The Lord works in our hearts through His revelation to stir up our hearts to carry out His work. His revelation demands a response of obedience. His leaders should set...
by Paul Apple | Apr 14, 2020 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: THE WORK OF THE LORD AND HIS GLORY MUST BE OUR #1 PRIORITYINTRODUCTION: “Seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness and all these things will be added unto you.” God’s people come up with many excuses to justify their pursuing a life of personal...
