Text: Job 1:9-19
Synopsis: Job suffered four catastrophes in a single day, and in each case one and only one servant lived to carry the bad news back to Job. Could it be that these servants, out of the many in Job’s household, were chosen by Satan specifically for this task? We should be careful that we do not become purveyors of negativism and discouragement.
Text: Hebrews 11:13
Synopsis: Hebrews 11:13 lists five steps that the heroes of faith took toward the promises that God had given to them. The five steps listed are 1) Seeing 2) Being persuaded 3) Embracing 4) Confessing, and 5) Receiving. This sermon addresses each of the five steps.
Text: Mark 16:1-6
Synopsis: The women who went to the tomb of Jesus after the crucifixion did not believe He would rise again, because they expected to find a stone sealing the entry and a body to anoint. Often we are guilty of creating stones in our minds, stones that we let separate us from a deeper relationship with God. If we aren’t careful, we’ll also place imaginary stones between others and God as well.