Judgment

What is Jesus Doing About Persecution? | 2 Thessalonians 1 |
Paul and the Thessalonians (vv1-2) Acts 17 A Church Growing in Faith and Love (v3) A Church that is Persecuted (vv4-10) Isaiah 2:19 Romans 12:9 A Church Working for Jesus’ Glory (vv11-22) What is Jesus doing?

Jesus’ Trial | Luke 22:66-23:31 |
The Trial Religious leaders (22:66-71) Pilate - part 1 (23:1-7) Herod (23:8-12) Pilate - part 2 (23:13-24) Following Jesus to the cross The other Simon (23:26) The women (23:27-31) Judging the judge

The Day of Justice and Forgiveness | Joel 3 |
The day of justice (vv1-16a) God will judge the nations …for their sin So prepare to meet the LORD! (Revelation 14:14-20) The day of forgiveness (vv16b-21) (Revelation 21:27) Are you prepared for this day?

A Day of Repentance | Joel 1:1-2:17 |
The prophet Joel (Joel 1:1) A plague of biblical proportions … is a call to true repentance True repentance (2 Corinthians 7:2-12) (During the sermon we watched this news report of a locust plague in Madagascar - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTOgUjMcQWk )

Celebrating the LORD’s Victory | Joshua 10-11 |
The LORD Wins! God and Genocide War on Idolatry Deuteronomy 20:16-18 Colossians 3:5-10 War and Punishment Genesis 15:13-16 2 Corinthians 5:21 Revelation 19:11-16 2 Peter 3:9

Brought In | Joshua 2 |
(Just before the sermon began we watched this video clip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ul16jUU8-Sc ) Two sneaky men and a shady lady (2:1-7) God’s reputation (2:8-11) Striking a deal (2:12-21) The spies report (2:22-23) Rahab brought in (6:22-25; Matthew 1:5-6) God brings us in (Ephesians 2:12-13)

Guilty as Charged | Romans 3:1-20 |
Two objections: Can God be trusted? (3:1-4) Is God fair? (3:5-8) Our Big Problem (3:9-18) So what’s the law good for? (3:19-20) The verdict is in…

Not The Usual Suspects | Romans 2 |
The Charge: Hypocrisy (2:1-4) The Sentence: Judged (2:5-16) But! We’ve got the Law (2:17-24) We’re the circumcised (2:25-29) God’s word to non-usual suspects

How Do You Plead? | Romans 1:18-32 |
Our biggest problem (1:18) Ignorance is no defence (1:19-21) Our ‘rap sheet’ (1:22-32) It’s a dark picture, but there’s hope (1:16-17, 3:25-26) How do you plead?