This sermon series explores the names of God through various passages in scripture. Upcoming sermons will cover names such as Elohim, El Shaddai, Jehovah, Adonai, and Jehovah-Sabaoth. The series references passages in Romans, Genesis, and Exodus that provide context for God's names and attributes. One sermon focuses on El Shaddai, God Almighty, and how God strengthened Abraham and Sarah through their weakness and doubts to fulfill his promise of many descendants. The sermon encourages believers to rely on God's sustaining power in times of fear, challenges, and impatience as he enables his people.
What do you hope for? Do you hope for a new job? A new relationship? A new adventure in life? A new smartphone? But first let me ask you this question, what is hope?
Hope looks at the future. You are hoping because there is something to look forward to. Hope is a feeling of expectation and desire for a certain thing to happen. Singles individual might hope in their work to achieve their goals and dream. Or they might hope for a relationship where they would receive the love they need. These can be the wrong anchors or sources of our hope.
Hebrews 12:2 says keep your eyes on Jesus who perfects our faith. It is actually also saying that we are to hope in God. Faith is the confidence that what we hope for will actually happen; it gives us assurance about things we cannot see. Wherever there is full assurance of hope, there is faith. Faith is the full assurance of hope. Hope is part of Faith. Therefore, in Hebrews 12 God is the one who initiates, He is the author or source of our faith and He is the one who is the source of our hope. He is the one we are to hope for because he will be one who will make what we hope for come into a reality. Look at what Romans 15:13 says also.
Romans 15:13 - May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.
God of hope means God is the source of hope. I like how its translated in the NLT version, it says this: “God, the source of hope, will.” Hope here in Greek is elpis meaning expectation, trust, confidence and expectation of what is sure or certain. We can now relate this to God the source of hope as God our source of confidence as we expect something to be sure or certain
That’s why I would like to define hope as CONFIDENCE IN THE FUTURE ANCHORED ON GOD WITH GREAT EXPECTATIONS
Great Expectations because God can do more than what we could think of our imagine and because we expect it to actually happen. As one famous preacher said, biblical hope is just not a desire but it expects it to happen
Do you look like your parents? For me, some may say I really look like my dad. He just smiles more often and I don’t. Hehe. It’s just amazing to see how a child can really resemble his or her father or mother. We have a resemblance to our earthly parents no matter who big or small it may be. But we should also consider our resemblance to our heavenly Father. We will learn a lot about this as we study 1 John chapter 3.
John 1:6-13 Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us that we should be called children of God. Children get the Father's love. God's spirit dwells in His children. Children get to be like the Father. Children get corrected by the Father. Children receive the inheritance.
Books mentioned in the bible : Book of our destinyLing Siew Woei
The books in heaven mentioned tells us God's plan in Christ for us. It is recorded for all of us. The power point sharing recorded elaborated on God's plan, our destiny and calling. Take time to ponder.
The books mentioned is to encourage one another and we do not take salvation for granted. We pray for each one of us to come back to the destiny He has given to us.
Mark 13:34
It’s like a man going away: He leaves his house and puts his servants in charge, each with their assigned task, and tells the one at the door to keep watch.
The most important thing to believe in is what Jesus Christ did for you. Without the sacrifice Jesus made, we would have no opportunity to have a relationship with God both now and in the afterlife.
What do you hope for? Do you hope for a new job? A new relationship? A new adventure in life? A new smartphone? But first let me ask you this question, what is hope?
Hope looks at the future. You are hoping because there is something to look forward to. Hope is a feeling of expectation and desire for a certain thing to happen. Singles individual might hope in their work to achieve their goals and dream. Or they might hope for a relationship where they would receive the love they need. These can be the wrong anchors or sources of our hope.
Hebrews 12:2 says keep your eyes on Jesus who perfects our faith. It is actually also saying that we are to hope in God. Faith is the confidence that what we hope for will actually happen; it gives us assurance about things we cannot see. Wherever there is full assurance of hope, there is faith. Faith is the full assurance of hope. Hope is part of Faith. Therefore, in Hebrews 12 God is the one who initiates, He is the author or source of our faith and He is the one who is the source of our hope. He is the one we are to hope for because he will be one who will make what we hope for come into a reality. Look at what Romans 15:13 says also.
Romans 15:13 - May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.
God of hope means God is the source of hope. I like how its translated in the NLT version, it says this: “God, the source of hope, will.” Hope here in Greek is elpis meaning expectation, trust, confidence and expectation of what is sure or certain. We can now relate this to God the source of hope as God our source of confidence as we expect something to be sure or certain
That’s why I would like to define hope as CONFIDENCE IN THE FUTURE ANCHORED ON GOD WITH GREAT EXPECTATIONS
Great Expectations because God can do more than what we could think of our imagine and because we expect it to actually happen. As one famous preacher said, biblical hope is just not a desire but it expects it to happen
Do you look like your parents? For me, some may say I really look like my dad. He just smiles more often and I don’t. Hehe. It’s just amazing to see how a child can really resemble his or her father or mother. We have a resemblance to our earthly parents no matter who big or small it may be. But we should also consider our resemblance to our heavenly Father. We will learn a lot about this as we study 1 John chapter 3.
John 1:6-13 Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us that we should be called children of God. Children get the Father's love. God's spirit dwells in His children. Children get to be like the Father. Children get corrected by the Father. Children receive the inheritance.
Books mentioned in the bible : Book of our destinyLing Siew Woei
The books in heaven mentioned tells us God's plan in Christ for us. It is recorded for all of us. The power point sharing recorded elaborated on God's plan, our destiny and calling. Take time to ponder.
The books mentioned is to encourage one another and we do not take salvation for granted. We pray for each one of us to come back to the destiny He has given to us.
Mark 13:34
It’s like a man going away: He leaves his house and puts his servants in charge, each with their assigned task, and tells the one at the door to keep watch.
The most important thing to believe in is what Jesus Christ did for you. Without the sacrifice Jesus made, we would have no opportunity to have a relationship with God both now and in the afterlife.
From an expository sermon on the names of God. This sermon uses the text from Genesis 22 of Abraham's sacrifice of Isaac to help build trust in God. We can trust God because He knows more than we do, is able to do what we cannot do, and is able to provide what we cannot provide for ourselves.
Romans 4, Righteousness; Justifies Ungodly; Is Believing A Work; OT Righteous...Valley Bible Fellowship
Romans chapter 4, The Righteousness Chapter; He Justifies The Ungodly; Is Believing A Work?; OT Righteousness?; Assurance hupostasis; Prerequisites For Salvation; Heirs are OSAS; Our Assurance; Who Gives Life?; Who Raised Jesus?
Isaiah 9:6-7 Jesus would be called or known as Everlasting Father. Jesus is God. Jesus and the Father are one. Those who had seen Jesus had seen God. Jesus had divine attributes. Both the Father and Jesus called themselves the Alpha and the Omega. Hebrews says their throne will be forever. Together, they worked to reconcile the world to God.
Isaiah 9:6-7 His name will be called or He would be known as counselor. He is a counselor who understands your struggles. He is a counselor who cares for you. He is a counselor who is committed to you.
By the FAVOR of the LORD JESUS and having no high school diploma, I realized the best way to learn English is to WATCH English-language movies with English subtitles. It's also based on UCLA Prof. Mehrabiah's '3V' method, which says we learn a language by Visual 55%, Vocal 38%, and Verbal 7%.
The Father's Covenant of Grace - Brent Lokkerrfochler
This important message brings joy and freedom when we understand what it means for each of us. It's truly amazing good news instead of the "somewhat good news" many of us have been taught. Given at Blazing Fire on January 11, 2020. blazingfire.org To listen to this talk: https://blazingfire.podbean.com/mf/play/4r2asr/BF-J_Sermon_1-11-20.mp3
Power Point of Sermon on Personal Revival from Ezra 1 & 2. Prepared by Dr David Packer, Senior Pastor, International Baptist Church, Stuttgart, Germany.
1. Sermon Series:
The Names of God
3 February: Elohim, The Majestic God
10 February: El Shaddai, God Almighty
17 February: Jehovah
24 February: Adonai, Lord
3 March: Jehovah-Sabaoth, The Lord of Hosts
10 March: Jehovah-Rophi, The Lord Who Heals
17 March: Jehovah-Jirah, The Lord Who Provides
24 March: Father
31 March: Savior
2. Romans 15:4-6:
For everything that was written in the past
was written to teach us, so that through the
endurance taught in the Scriptures and the
encouragement they provide we might have
hope.
5
May the God who gives endurance and
encouragement give you the same attitude
of mind toward each other that Christ Jesus
had, 6 so that with one mind and one voice
you may glorify the God and Father of our
Lord Jesus Christ.
4. Exodus 6:2-3:
God also said to Moses, “I am the LORD. I
appeared to Abraham, to Isaac and to
Jacob as God Almighty (El-Shaddai), but
by my name the LORD I did not make
myself fully known to them.
5. Genesis 17:1-7: When Abram was ninety-nine years old,
the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am God
Almighty; walk before me faithfully and be blameless.
2
Then I will make my covenant between me and you
and will greatly increase your numbers.”
3
Abram fell facedown, and God said to him, 4 “As for me,
this is my covenant with you: You will be the father of
many nations. 5 No longer will you be called Abram; your
name will be Abraham, for I have made you a father of
many nations. 6 I will make you very fruitful; I will
make nations of you, and kings will come from you. 7 I
will establish my covenant as an everlasting covenant
between me and you and your descendants after you for
the generations to come, to be your God and the God of
your descendants after you…”
6. Romans 4:13: It was not through the law that
Abraham and his offspring received the promise
that he would be heir of the world, but through the
righteousness that comes by faith.
Galatians 3:7: Understand, then, that those who
have faith are children of Abraham.
Galatians 3:29: So in Christ Jesus you are all
children of God through faith, 27 for all of you who
were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves
with Christ. 28 There is neither Jew nor Gentile,
neither slave nor free, nor is there male and
female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. 29 If you
belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed,
and heirs according to the promise.
7. Shaddai shares the same root in
Hebrew as the word for a
mother’s sustaining presence.
Raw power is not emphasized in
the name so much as His saving,
sustaining, and strengthening
power.
8. 1. Is God strong enough to
save? Gen. 15:1
Abraham received a promise that could
only be achieved by a miracle.
God does for us what only God can do.
God does for us what we cannot do for
ourselves.
God’s salvation invites confidence,
comfort, and courage
9. The sad story of impatient
saints
Abraham believed in God‘s promise to him and God
saved him through his faith, Genesis 15:6
Despite God‘s promise to them, Abraham and Sarah
still doubted, became impatient, and acted
unwisely, agreeing that Abraham should have a son
through Hagar, Sarah‘s handmaiden. Genesis 16
Ishmael was born contrary to the will of God, but
God still loved Ishmael. There has been conflict
between Ishmael and Israel ever since.
10.
11.
12. How are we to respond to God‘s
promises and life‘s
challenges?
Don’t let your fears determine the trajectory of
your life.
God saves us for a reason, to set us free to
become in Christ what we could not become in
ourselves alone.
Believe God: Faith enables us to become what
we can become no other way – pleasing to
God.
13. 2. Is God strong enough to
sustain His people? Gen. 17:1-
5 Abraham and Sarah had a change of perspective:
Thirteen years of living with the failure of the
flesh
They had a change of condition: Thirteen years
of becoming older and weaker – it would not
appear that it would be possible to have a child,
but with God all things are possible.
They needed also a change in their dependence:
they needed to learn to lean on God.
14. “A primary qualification for
serving God with any amount of
success, and for doing God’s
work well and triumphantly, is
a sense of our own weakness. ”
C.H. Spurgeon
15. 3. Is God strong enough to
support His people? Gen 17:6-7
He enables us, Genesis 17:1, “I am El-Shaddai.
Walk before Me, and be blameless.”
Gen. 17:6: “I will make you exceedingly
fruitful”
We have something incredible to do as His
people because we have Someone with
incredible power living inside us.
1 John 4:4: “You are from God, little children,
and have overcome them, because greater is He
who is in you that he who is in the world.”
16. Joseph Scriven:
1819-1886
What a Friend we have in Jesus, all our sins and
griefs to bear!
What a privilege to carry everything to God in
prayer!
O what peace we often forfeit, O what needless
pain we bear,
All because we do not carry everything to God in
prayer.
17. In your weakness is God’s strength
made perfect.
Where does your impatience show
itself?
Where does God need to show
Himself as El Shaddai in your life?
Have you in your weakness learned
to lean upon God as your El-
Shaddai?