His Name Shall Be Called: Immanuel

Matthew 1:23

Pastor Mike Meyers

BIG IDEA: The LORD has come personally in Jesus and is with His people forever. Behold Him. Draw Near. Go Tell.

OUTLINE:
1. Behold Him - Read your Bible. Meditate on it. Preach the gospel to yourself.
2. Draw Near - Pray. Go to Jesus. Start with the ACTS method: Adore, Confess, Thank, Supplicate (make requests).
3. Go Tell - Depend on the Holy Spirit to grow in obedience. Share the gospel in your home, at work, with neighbors. Come to church and invite others. Support our missions' efforts to reach the nations.

His Name Shall Be Called: Price of Peace

Isaiah 9:6

Pastor Garrison Greene

BIG IDEA: The promised Ruler has established peace with God and will one day bring that peace to fullness forever when he comes again.

OUTLINE:
1. Our Pining for Peace
2. His Promise of Peace
3. The Prince of Peace

Resources: ESV Study Bible; Things Unseen: A Systematic Introduction to the Christian Faith and Reformed Theology by J. Gresham Machen; The Book of Isaiah (Commentary) by Edward J. Young; Welwyn Commentary Series: Isaiah by Derek Thomas

His Name Shall Be Called: Everlasting Father

Isaiah 9:6

Pastor Garrison Greene

BIG IDEA: Jesus Christ is our Everlasting Father in his unending kingship and faithful care.

OUTLINE:
1. His Kingly Reign
2. His Fatherly Heart
3. His Everlasting Care

Resources: ESV Study Bible; The Book of Isaiah: A Commentary by Edward J. Young; Welwyn Commentary Series: Isaiah by Derek Thomas; Names For The Messiah: An Advent Study by Walter Brueggeman; The Shorter Catechism Illustrated From Church History & Biography ed. John Whitecross; Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers by Dane Ortlund; His Name—the Everlasting Father (sermon) by Charles Spurgeon

His Name Shall Be Called: Mighty God

Isaiah 9:6

Pastor Garrison Greene

BIG IDEA: Our promised Messiah is truly divine and mighty to save.

OUTLINE:
1. Jesus Is Our Promised Messiah
2. Jesus Is Our Divine Deliverer
3. Jesus Is Our Mighty Champion

Resources: ESV Study Bible; Welwyn Commentary Series: Isaiah by Derek Thomas; The Book of Isaiah: A Commentary by Edward Young; Creeds, Confessions, & CatechismsL A Readers Edition ed. Chad Van Dixhoorn

God’s Perfect Providence

Genesis 50:15-26

Pastor Garrison Greene

BIG IDEA: God’s rule over all transforms our lives and secures his promises.

OUTLINE:
1. Providence & the Good Plans of God
2. Providence & the Godliness of His People
3. Providence & the Guarantee of His Promises

RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; The Mystery of Providence by John Flavel; Providence by John Piper; Systematic Theology by Stephen Wellum; To the Judicious and Impartial Reader by James Renihan; What the Joseph Story Is Really About (TGC) by Samuel Emadi

To Dust You Shall Return

Genesis 49:28-50:14

Pastor Garrison Greene

BIG IDEA: To live and die well, we must remember that…

OUTLINE:
1. Death Will Certainly Come
2. Death Is Not All That Will Come
3. Death Has Been Overcome

RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; ESV Expository Commentary: Genesis by Iain Duguid; Reformed Expository Commentary: Genesis by Richard Phillips; Genesis: The Beginnings of God’s Plan of Salvation by Richard P Belcher Jr; The Welwyn Commentary Series: Genesis by Philip Eveson; Commentary on the Whole Bible by Matthew Henry; Limping With God: Jacob & the Old Testament Guide to Messy Discipleship by Chad Bird; Everything Is Never Enough: Ecclesiastes Surprising Path to Resilient Happiness by Bobbie Jamieson

A Father’s Blessings

Genesis 49

Pastor Garrison Greene

BIG IDEA: Jacob’s blessings spoken over his sons reminds us that our choices carry weight, we are blessed by belonging to God’s beloved, and that our hope rests in Judah’s Son who brings salvation.

OUTLINE:

  1. Our Character & its Consequences

  2. Our Belonging & the Blessing

  3. Our Salvation & the Son

RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; ESV Expository Commentary: Genesis by Iain Duguid; Reformed Expository Commentary: Genesis by Richard Phillips; Genesis: The Beginnings of God’s Plan of Salvation by Richard P Belcher Jr; The Welwyn Commentary Series: Genesis by Philip Eveson

Grandpa's Faithful Blessing

Genesis 48

Pastor Brian Drake

BIG IDEA: We should live every day by faith in God’s Promised Future Inheritance because it is…

OUTLINE:

  1. Of Surpassing Worth

  2. Received Not Earned

  3. Divinely Secured

RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; Genesis by Richard Phillips; Genesis to Deuteronomy by Matthew Henry; Genesis by Derek Kidner, Genesis by Richard P Belcher Jr; Genesis by Philip Eveson; Exposition of Genesis by H.C. Leupold; Genesis by John Calvin; New City Catechism Devotional by Colin Hansen

Blessed and Blessing In Egypt

Genesis 47:13-31

Pastor Garrison Greene

BIG IDEA: God’s people are blessed and a blessing in exile, even as they long for the land to come.

OUTLINE:

  1. Blessing (vs. 13-26)

  2. Blessed (vs. 27-28)

  3. Burial (vs. 29-31)

RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; Reformed Expository Commentary: Genesis by Richard Phillips; An Expositional Commentary: Genesis by James Montgomery Boice; God At Work: Your Christian Vocation In All Of Life by Gene Edward Veith Jr; The Valley of Vision ed. Arthur Bennet

The Pilgrim's Blessing

Genesis 47:7-12

Pastor Brian Drake

OUTLINE:
1. God Stands His Pilgrim-People Before The World
     - Bringing The Blessing
     - Broken In Blessing
2. God Sustains His Pilgrim-People In The World
     - We Are God's Household
     - This Is Not Our Homeland

RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; Genesis vol 2 by Richard Philips; Genesis by Philip Eveson; Exposition of Genesis by Leupold, Matthew Henry's Commentary; Genesis by Richard P. Belcher Jr; Genesis by Calvin; A Father's Guide To Blessing His Children by David Michael