Sermons by Daniel Kendall (Page 47)
Every Believer is to be a Theologian
In Acts 2 we read that there was a dramatic change that took place in each believer. Remember that these were all Jews who knew the Old Testament Law very well. Upon being converted to Christianity they came to realize that they had missed the whole point of the Law, Jesus Christ. This resulted in a continued hunger for the Word of God among the believers. They continued in the Apostle’s doctrine. From this we learn that: Every believer is…
Samuel
In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes. Judges 21: 25 As the time of the judges comes to an end, the nation of Israel is the midst of great moral decay. The Patriarchs, the priests, and the judges have all failed to bring the nation of Israel out of their sin and back into right standing with God. God now raises up a deliverer for the nation…
The Lord’s Day Gathering
Paul addresses many problems with the Corinthian church throughout 1 Corinthians. In chapter 14 he addresses their aberration from what was normative in New Testament churches particularly in the area of tongues. Although this passage mainly deals with speaking in tongues, we can find the normative pattern of worship that the early church observed during their Lord’s Day gatherings. The gathering was primarily of believers Paul clearly expected the gathering to be primarily of believers. He did acknowledge that there…
Ruth
Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehemjudah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons. And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Bethlehemjudah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued…
A Christian Response to the Supreme Court Ruling on Same-Sex Marriage
Jesus here warns His followers about trying to correct the sins of others when we ourselves are in sin. He says that the measuring stick we apply to others will be applied to us. In light of the Supreme Court ruling, Christian’s first response should be: 1. Repent We must repent for our own sins before we will be able to see clearly how to advance the cause of Christ in our land. We must repent of our own: Rejection…
The Judges
The children of Israel have conquered much of the Promised Land under Joshua’s leadership. After his death, a pattern of sin, judgment, repentance, and restoration emerges. And the people served the Lord all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great works of the Lord, that he did for Israel. And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died, being an hundred and ten years…
Unbelief
Sermon previously titled: The Wilderness Wandering and Entering the Promised Land After the children of Israel receive the Law they come to the Promised Land. They send spies into the land to search it out and they bring back their report. And they returned from searching of the land after forty days. And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and…
Breaking Generational Sins
Children will follow in the Father’s sins Children will inherit the sin nature of their father. They will become like him and follow him in his sins. The sins of the father will be passed down for multiple generations. In the church, home, and society we are reaping the rotten fruit of generational sin. Broken homes, drunkenness, sexual immorality and the like are spiraling out of control. Why? Because of the fathers’ sins. The sins of the fathers are being…
The Cultic Laws
After looking at the Priesthood and Tabernacle, we can see the Gospel clearly presented; but what about the cultic laws? What is a Christian supposed to do with the dietary restrictions of the Old Testament? What about the laws concerning tattoos and facial hair? What about the feasts and the other laws? For I am the LORD that bringeth you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy. This…
Church Music
The early church praised Jesus constantly. As we continue our study of the church we now come to the question of what music is acceptable in the worship of God. Music is to be an overflow of the heart There is a pagan concept of music that we see in Amos and Daniel. It is the idea of music being something external that hopefully will change and effect the heart. It is an outside in approach. This is the approach…
The Priesthood
After looking at the Tabernacle, the next question is what about the High Priest? If God’s eternal purpose was that anyone who believed in Jesus could enter His presence, why did He incorporate the Levitical priesthood? For verily he took not on him the nature of angels; but he took on him the seed of Abraham. Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest…
The Church Exists to Worship Jesus
Jesus is of surpassing worth Paul here states that he is willing to give up everything for Christ. He is willing to do this because Christ is of surpassing worth or value. Paul sees that Jesus is of infinite worth and that everything else pales in comparison to Christ. This is the essence of worship. The word “worship” in English means to assign supreme value or worth to an object. Paul has come to see that Jesus is of supreme…