Sunday School
2 John & 3 John
- The Lady and her children are the church and its members.
- The elder was a position of authority.
- Grace, mercy and peace are with us through God the Father.
- Love one another is spoken and urged throughout 2 John.
- Love means doing what God had commanded us to do.
- The love of God constrains us.
- Many or deceivers. We are to be on guard.
- The church is not a voluntary organization but a fellowship of those called together by Christ.
- John wants us to prosper in health and spiritually.
- We are fellow workers in the truth.
- Do not imitate evil but do imitate good.
- Continue to extend hospitality to those who teach the truth.
- God's Word stands on its own.
Sermon
Psalm 103:19-22 - v19 - The Lord has made the heavens His throne; from there He rules over everything. v20 - Praise the Lord, you angels of His, you mighty creatures who carry pout His plans, listening for each of His commands. v21 - Yes, praise the Lord, you armies of angels who serve Him and do His will! v22 - Praise the Lord, everything He has created, everywhere in His kingdom. As for me - I, too, will praise the Lord.
Subject: "God Is Still In Control"
- v1 - Praise the Lord, I tell myself; with my whole heart, I will praise His Holy name.
- Knowing that God is in control, we have confidence.
- God is completely sovereign. God has complete control over the universe.
- God is aware of all. He is Omnipresent, Omniscient and Omnipotent! (Read Psalm 139)
- Some simply don't understand the word of God.
- God's love, peace, and mercy endures forever.
- Even from everlasting to everlasting
- God holds the future.
- How do we know that God is in control? Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth; Psalm 135:6-7 - The Lord does whatever pleases Him, in the heavens and on the earth, in the seas and all their depths. He makes clouds rise from the ends of the earth; He sends lightening with the rain and brings out the wind from His storehouses; Psalm 104:14 - He makes grass grow for the cattle, and plants for people to cultivate-bringing forth food from the earth.
- What a mighty God we serve.
- He makes nations great, and destroys them; He enlarges nations and disperses them. Psalm 12:23
- What you decide on will be done, and light will shine on your ways. Psalm 22:28
- Whosoever will my come. Deuteronomy 18:19
- We find comfort in the fact that God is intimately acquainted with us and cares for us.
- We have the blessed assurance that God wants only good for us.
- And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love Him, who have been called according to His purpose. Romans 8:28
- Rejoice in the Lord always. Again, I say rejoice! Philippians 4:4
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