God of Grafting

Romans 11 - God of Grafting

Dave Riddle - 05/12/19

Key Passage: Romans 11:17-24

The Allegory of the Olive Tree

A Warning to Gentile Believers

• Don’t be Arrogant 

  • Romans 11:20-21

• Don’t be Puffed with Pride

  • Romans 11:18

• Through Faith Alone

  • Romans 11:20

A Promise to Jewish Unbelievers 

• Those cut off can be grafted in again

  • Romans 11:23

  • By Faith!

    • Romans 11:20

• Key word: persist/remain

  • Romans 11:22-23

  • epimenō (Greek: ἐπιμένω) - to stay at or with, to tarry still, still to abide, to continue, remain. of tarrying in a place. to persevere.

  • Colossians 1:21-23

Chain of Blessing

Romans 11 - Chain of Blessing

Dave Riddle - 05/05/19

Key Passage: Romans 11:11-16

Link 1: Israel’s Loss Leads to the Gentiles’ Gain

• Romans 11:11

• Acts 13:46

  • Repeated in Ephesus, Corinth, and Rome

Link 2: Gentile salvation makes Israel jealous

• Romans 11:11

• Romans 11:13

Link 3: Israeli restoration brings a worldwide blessing

• Romans 11:15

Paul’s Commentary on His Ministry

• Romans 11:13

  • I want you to understand how important my job is!

Paul wants to stir up Envy

• Romans 11:14

New life for some

• Romans 11:14

In Conclusion

• An escalated restatement...

  • Romans 11:15

• ...including two simple metaphors.

  • Romans 11:16

    • A batch of dough

    • A tree and its branches

Always a Trace

Romans 11 - Always a Trace

Dave Riddle - 04/28/19

Key Passage: Romans 11:1-10

Question: Is God Done with Israel!?

Answer 1: No, He is faithful!

• A theological answer.

• Romans 11:2a

• Foreknew: to have knowledge before hand: of those whom God elected to salvation.

• As humans we frequently break promises, but God is faithful. 

• It is outside his character to be unfaithful.

Answer 2: Look at me.

• An anecdotal answer

• Romans 11:1c

• Even someone as bad as Paul was not beyond the reach of God.

Answer 3: Check out history

• A historical answer

• Romans 11:2b

• 1 Kings 18 and 19

  • The seven thousand 

And so, today...

A remnant, chosen by grace

• Romans 11:5

• Not by the law, but by grace through Jesus.

The remainder, hardened

• Romans 11:7-10

• A combination of human responsibility and divine sovereignty.

  • See the example of pharaoh (covered in Romans 9 - Divine Decisions Pt. 2 on 10/28/18)

Easter Sunday 2019 - The Last Enemy

He Set His Face - The Last Enemy

Dave Riddle - 04/21/19

Key Passage: Matthew 28:1-10, 1 Corinthians 15:3-8, 42-45

Luke 9:51 - When the days were coming to a close for Him to be taken up, He resolutely set His face towards Jerusalem. 

• Resolute: purposefully unwavering or determined.

Victory Over Death’s Defeat

• 1 Corinthians 15:3

Victory Over Sin’s Domination

• 1 Corinthians 15:3

It Displays the Power to Make a Comeback

• 1 Corinthians 15:4

• 1 Corinthians 15:43

It Shows the Reach of God’s Grace

• 1 Corinthians 15:45

Four Cries

He Set His Face - Four Cries

Dave Riddle - 04/14/19

Key Passage: Luke 19:28-44

Luke 9:51 - When the days were coming to a close for Him to be taken up, He resolutely set His face towards Jerusalem. 

• Resolute: purposefully unwavering or determined.

Jesus’ Disciples:

• “Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord!”

  • Luke 19:38

  • Psalm 118:26

  • Luke 2:14

• We’ve been redeemed, and that is something worth celebrating!

The Pharisees:

• Teacher, rebuke your disciples!

  • Luke 19:39

  • Rebuke (Greek: epitimaō / ἐπιτιμάω) - to tax with fault: to chide, reprove, rebuke or censure severely. To admonish or charge sharply.

The Rocks

• Would cry out in praise!

  • Luke 19:40

  • “Cry out” (Greek: krazō / κράζω) - to "croak" (as a raven) or scream. To call aloud (shriek, exclaim, intreat): cry (out).

Jesus:

• Cries over Jerusalem

  • Luke 19:41

  • “He wept for it” (Greek: klaiō / κλαίω) - weeping as the sign of pain and grief

  • Matthew 23:37 - “how often I have wanted to gather your children together... but you wouldn’t let me”

  • Luke 19:44b - “you did not recognize the time when God visited you”.

Light of the World

He Set His Face - Light of the World

Dave Riddle - 04/07/19

Key Passage: John 9:1-38

Luke 9:51 - When the days were coming to a close for Him to be taken up, He set His face resolutely towards Jerusalem. 

• Resolute: purposefully unwavering or determined.

A Four-Part Testimony

“The Man Called Jesus”

• Luke 9:8-12

• The simple story of what Jesus did in his life.

He’s a Prophet

• Luke 9:13-23

Man From God

• Luke 9:24-34

• The healed man is growing in his understanding of Jesus. First His name, then His role, and now where He comes from.

Son of Man

• Luke 9:35-38

• “I believe Lord!”

A Word of Woe to His Critics

He Set His Face - A Word of Woe to His Critics

Dave Riddle - 03/31/19

Key Passage: Luke 11:37-52

Luke 9:51 - When the days were coming to a close for Him to be taken up, He set His face resolutely towards Jerusalem. 

• Resolute: purposefully unwavering or determined.

Torah - The law of God as revealed to Moses and recorded in the first five books of the Hebrew scriptures (the Pentateuch).

Talmud - The body of Jewish civil and ceremonial law and legend. Not from scripture, but rabbinic tradition. 

Exposing the Hypocrites:

1. You’re the ones who are unclean

   • Luke 11:39-41

2. You’ve lost sight of the Law’s design

   • Luke 11:42

   • Love and justice take a back seat to tradition and legalism.

3. You’re preoccupied with status

   • Luke 11:43

   • Only concerned with what others think.

4. You’re actually a source of defilement

   • Luke 11:44

   • They thought they were a source of purity, but the opposite was the truth.

Challenging the Experts: 

1. Your teaching puts a burden on the people that is not from God.

   • Luke 11:46

   • “Woe” is not a term of vindictiveness, but of regret.

2. Like your ancestors you are in opposition to God’s message and messengers.

   • Luke 11:47

3. You are Kingdom-Inhibitors

   • Luke 11:52

   • You’re not just missing the point, you’re causing others to miss the point.

A Strong Word to Would-Be Followers

He Set His Face - A Strong Word to Would-Be Followers

Dave Riddle - 03/24/19

Key Passage: Luke 14:25-34

Luke 9:51 - When the days were coming to a close for Him to be taken up, He set His face resolutely towards Jerusalem. 

• Resolute: purposefully unwavering or determined.

5 Examples to Illustrate 5 Marks of a Follower

1. Family: Love Jesus Supremely

   • Luke 14:26

   • Jesus uses hyperbole to show that nothing should rival the love we have for God.

   • If Jesus is the absolute priority of your life everything else will fall into place.

2. A Cross: Live to Die

   • Luke 14:27

   • Galatians 2:20

   • I no longer live but Christ lives in me

   • Our old self has to die.

3. A Building: All in, to the very end

   • Luke 14:28-30

   • From your entire life, for your entire life.

   • In every facet of life.

4. A War: Surrender to the more powerful king

   • Luke 14:31-33

   • It’s not about winning, it’s about surrendering.

   • How much confidence do you have in your own resources?

   • John 14:27 - Peace eirēnē (Greek: εἰρήνη) - a state of rest, denoting the absence or end of strife. It refers to a state of untroubled, I disturbed well-being. Peace; a state of natural tranquility. 

5. Salt: Reality matches identity

   • Luke 14:34-35

   • Are we marked by our decision to follow Jesus?