Redeemer Presbyterian Church

The church grew in such an exponential way that there arose practical concerns and needs amongst the people in Jerusalem. The Apostles saw fit to establish what we now call Deacons to serve the most vulnerable among the Christian church. These servants become a means of the LORD's provision for His people. I. The Problem II. The Solution III. The Effect

As the LORD marks His people with the sign of circumcision so does He remind the Israelites the He always provides for His people. He has provided, will provide, and presently provides. I. The pattern of the Lord's provision II. The promise of the Lord's provision III. The point of the Lord's provision.

This text recounts the Israelites receiving the sign and seal of circumcision, and so being marked as God's people, recipients of God's blessings, and heirs to God's promise. The LORD reassures His people that He is faithful to go before them, be with them, and make them His. I. The LORD's faithfulness perceived II. The LORD's faithfulness received III. The LORD's faithfulness applied.

I. His anguish of love for the city of God, v37a. II. His anguish of love lamenting their wicked mistreatment of his messengers, v37b. III. His anguish of love, as of a caring mother rebuffed by her obstinate children, v37c. IV. His anguish of love, for a people cast off by God and destroyed by her enemies, v38. V. His anguish of love for them, as he holds out to them this hope of salvation, v39

I. What you have escaped from concerning Mount Sinai, vv18-21. II. What you have been brought to at Mount Zion, vv22-24. III. Application

I. The grace of God they are rejecting, v34. II. The guilt of sin they are accumulating, vv34-35. III. The generational attitude and judgment in which they are participating, v35-36.

I. Jesus accuses the scribes and Pharisees of self-righteousness and self-deception, vv29-31. II. Jesus, tongue in cheek, urges them to finish the evil of their fathers, v32. III. Jesus presses upon them the judgment of hell they deserve, that they may escape, v33.

How should we respond to the hardships of God's discipline? I. Help the weary and wounded, vv12-13. II. Pursue harmony and holiness, v14. III. Don't miss grace or grow bitter, v15. IV. Flee immorality and idolatry, vv16-17.

I. The danger of a graceless minister, v25a. II. The heart of a graceless minister, vv25, 27-28. III. The hope of a graceless minister, v26

To combat spiritual forgetfulness, the LORD commands the people to establish a memorial to commemorate their deliverance into the Promised Land. This was so they might: I. II. Remember where, III. Remember when, and IV. Remember why.