Memorial day is upon us again and we should take time to remember those who have passed from labor to reward. In this lesson we examine the past and look forward to tomorrow. Both audio and slides can be viewed together at www.cmcoc.org Sermon by: Brian Birdow

1. Remembering the past
&
TRUSTING in the Future
by
Brian Birdow
Sermon text: John 14
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2. Objective of Lesson
1. Comfort the mourning
2. Why we should teach the past or history
3. What happens when we don’t?

3. Remembering the Past
• Exodus 12:14 And this day shall be unto you for a
memorial; and you shall keep it a feast to the LORD
throughout your generations; you shall keep it a
feast by an ordinance forever.
• Memorial-zikkarown in hebrew’
• A memorable thing, day or writing
• Record, reminder, the word conveys he essenial
quality of femembering soemhing in the past that has
a particular significance.

4. Remembering the Past
• Deuteronomy 16:1 Observe the month of Abib, and
keep the passover unto the LORD your God: for in
the month of Abib the LORD your God brought you
forth out of Egypt by night.
• Deuteronomy 16:2 You shall therefore sacrifice the
passover unto the LORD your God, of the flock and
the herd, in the place which the LORD shall choose
to place his name there.

5. Remembering the Past
• Deuteronomy 16:3 You shall eat no
leavened bread with it; seven days shall
you eat unleavened bread with it, even the
bread of affliction: for you came forth out
of the land of Egypt in haste: that you may
remember the day when you came forth
out of the land of Egypt all the days of
your life.

6. Remembering the Past
• Deuteronomy 16:4 And there shall be no
leavened bread seen with you in all your
territory seven days; neither shall there
any part of the flesh, which you sacrificed
the first day at evening, remain all night
until the morning.

7. Teach History!
• We must teach history or the past!
• Exodus 17:13-14 And Joshua slaughtered
Amalek and his people with the edge of the
sword. And the LORD said unto Moses, Write
this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it
in the ears of Joshua: for I will utterly put out
the remembrance of Amalek from under
heaven.

8. Teach history
We must teach history
• Ecclesiastes 1:11 There is no
remembrance of former things; neither
shall there be any remembrance of things
that are to come with those that shall
come after.

9. We teach history
• Doris Miller---Navy Man
• Sam Houston---Politician and Soilder
• Joseph Hayne Rainey-Speaker of house
• Presidents Day
• MLK Day
• Michael Jordan
• Babe Ruth

10. ?????Question???
How much
bible history
do
we teach?

11. How should we teach
• Deuteronomy 6…..turn with me please
• Deuteronomy 6:12 Then beware lest you
forget the LORD, who brought you forth
out of the land of Egypt, from the house of
bondage.

12. What happens when we fail to
teach History?
• Judges 2:10 And also all that generation
were gathered unto their fathers: and there
arose another generation after them, who
knew not the LORD, nor yet the works which
he had done for Israel.
• Judges 2:11 And the children of Israel did
evil in the sight of the LORD, and served
Baalim:

13. What happens when we fail to
teach History?
• Judges 2:12 And they forsook the LORD God of their
fathers, who brought them out of the land of Egypt,
and followed other gods, the gods of the people that
were round about them, and bowed themselves unto
them, and provoked the LORD to anger.
• Judges 2:14 And the anger of the LORD was hot
against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of
plunderers that plundered them, and he sold them into
the hands of their enemies round about, so that they
could not any longer stand before their enemies.

14. What happens when we teach!
• Acts 16:1 Then he came to Derbe and Lystra: and,
behold, a certain disciple was there, named
Timothy, the son of a certain woman, who was a
Jewess, and believed; but his father was a Greek:
• Acts 16:2-3 Who was well reported of by the
brethren that were at Lystra and Iconium. Him
would Paul have to go forth with him; and took and
circumcised him because of the Jews who were in
those places: for they all knew that his father was a
Greek.

15. What happens when we teach!
• 2 Timothy 3:15 And that from a child thou
hast known the holy scriptures, which are
able to make thee wise unto salvation through
faith which is in Christ Jesus.
• 1 Corinthians 4:17 For this cause have I sent
unto you Timothy, who is my beloved son,
and faithful in the Lord, who shall bring you
into remembrance of my ways which are in
Christ, as I teach everywhere in every church.

16. What happens when we teach!
• Philippians 2:19-20 But I trust in the Lord
Jesus to send Timothy shortly unto you, that I
also may be of good comfort, when I know
your state. For I have no man like minded,
who will naturally care for your state.
• Philippians 2:21-22 For all seek their own,
not the things which are Jesus Christ's. But
you know the proof of him, that, as a son with
the father, he has served with me in the
gospel.

17. Trusting in the Future
• Titus 2:13 Looking for that blessed hope,
and the glorious appearing of the great God
and our Savior Jesus Christ;
• Hebrews 12:2 Looking unto Jesus the
author and perfecter of our faith; who for the
joy that was set before him endured the
cross, despising the shame, and is seated at
the right hand of the throne of God.

18. Trusting in the Future
• 1 Cor. 15:51ff
• 1 Corinthians 15:55-58 O death, where is your
sting? O grave, where is your victory? The sting of
death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law. But
thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through
our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, my beloved
brethren, be steadfast, unmovable, always
abounding in the work of the Lord, since you know
that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.