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Theme: Idolatry leads to division

Doctrine: Covenant Fidelity

Context for Our Text

Understanding the Text

• Compromise (1 Kings 11:1-8)
• Discipline (1 Kings 11:9-13)

And then….

• Division (1 Kings 12:16-20)
• Sovereignty (1 Kings 12: 21-24)

The Wisdom and the Foolishness of Solomon

Doctrine: Covenant Fidelity

God’s covenant faithfulness to us

Our call to covenant faithfulness

Guard Your Heart

Applying the Text

• Examine your heart
• Confess your sin
• Rest in God’s grace and sovereign work

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Theme: God chooses David

Doctrine: Divine Calling

Understanding the Text

• Sovereign Plan (1 Samuel 16:1-5)
• Outward Appearance (1 Samuel 16:6-10)
• God’s Choice (1 Samuel 16:11-13)
• The Heart of the Matter (1 Samuel 16:7)
• Preparation Before Promotion (1 Samuel 16:14-23)

David: The Flawed King After God’s Own Heart

Jesus Christ: The Perfect King After God’s Own Heart

Doctrine: Divine Calling

Applying the Text

• Is your heart His?

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Theme: The cycle of sin and the need for a true King
Doctrine: The Kingship of Jesus

Understanding the Text

• The Lord’s Rebuke (Judges 2:1-5)
•  Another Generation (Judges 2:6-10)
• The Cycle of Sin (Judges 2:11-23)

The Cycle of Sin

Rebellion
Judgment
Distress
Deliverance
Relapse

Judges at 35,000 Feet

Everyone Did What was Right In His Own Eyes

Doctrine: The Kingship of Jesus

Applying the Text

• Who is sitting on the throne of your life?

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Theme: Covenant renewal and decision
Doctrine: Consecration

Understanding the Text

• Remembrance (Joshua 24:1-13)
• Consecration (Joshua 24:14-28)
• Legacy (Joshua 24:29-33)

Consecration in the wholehearted response of a redeemed life, setting oneself apart from all rivals and fully devoting oneself to God’s will, for His glory, over a lifetime.

Consecration..

• is rooted in God’s grace, not human effort
• requires total surrender
• flows into obedience
• is sustained by devotion, not willpower alone
• shapes legacy

Applying the Text

• Remember God’s faithfulness daily
• Reject competing loyalties daily
• Chose to serve the LORD daily
• Trust God with your legacy daily

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Theme: Faithlessness in the wilderness.
Doctrine: Discipline

Understanding the Text

• Fear (Num. 13:25-33)
• Rebellion (Num. 14:1-12)
• Judgment (Num. 14:20-35)
• Discipline (Deut. 8:1-10)

Doctrine: Discipline

Biblical discipline is God’s loving correction and training of His people so that they grow in holiness, obedience, and faith. It is not merely punishment – it is formative, fatherly training designed to shape the character of those who belong to Him.

Biblical Discipline…

• flows from God’s love
• is different from condemnation
• has several purposes
  • correct sin
  • train in holiness
  • produce spiritual fruit
  • teach dependence on God
• can take many forms
  • Consequences of our actions
  • Spiritual conviction
  • Correction through Scripture
  • Rebuke from other believers
  • Circumstantial hardship
  • Loss of comfort or stability
• requires a proper response
  NOT ignoring it, or resenting it…
  RATHER, humble submission and repentance
  
• is evidence of true belonging to God

Applying the Text

• Reject fear of man and embrace fear of the LORD
• Trust in God’s promises
• Endure discipline with faith and hope

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Theme: God’s presence in the tabernacle
Doctrine: Presence

Understanding the Text

• God Desires to Dwell with His People
• God’s Holiness Requires a Way of Approach
• The Tabernacle Foreshadows Christ

Doctrine: Presence

1. God’s Omnipresence
2. God’s Relational Presence
3. God’s Visible Presence
4. God’s Incarnate Presence
5. God’s Indwelling Presence
6. God’s Consummate Presence

Applying the Text

• Keep God at the center of your life
• Approach God with reverence
• Live as God’s temple

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Theme: God’s holy standard for His covenant people.
Doctrine: Law, Holiness, Fear of the Lord.

Understanding the Text

• Be a holy nation (Ex. 19:1-9)
• Love God (Ex. 20:1-11)
  • No other gods
  • No idols
  • Do not misuse His name
  • Remember the Sabbath
• Love your neighbor (Ex. 20:12-17)
  • Honor father and mother
  • Do not murder
  • Do not commit adultery
  • Do not steal
  • Do not lie
  • Do not covet
• Fear the Lord (Ex. 20:18-21)

From Sinai to Christ

• Jesus obeyed the Law perfectly
• Jesus bore the curse of the Law
• Jesus writes the Law on our hearts

Doctrine: Law

Doctrine: Holiness

Doctrine: Fear of the Lord

Applying the Text

• Approach God with reverent awe
• Let the Law expose you
• Receive Christ’s provision

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Theme: God’s providence in suffering
Doctrine: Endurance, Forgiveness, Sovereignty

Context for Our Text

Understanding the Text

• Prophecy (Gen. 37:1-11)
• Pit (Gen. 37:12-36)
• Prison (Gen. 39:1-23)
• Palace (Gen. 41:25-43
• Proclamation (Gen. 45:1-13)
• Purpose (Gen. 50:15-21)

Doctrine: Endurance

Doctrine: Forgiveness

Doctrine: Sovereignty

God’s Tapestry

Applying the Text

• Endure in faith with faith
• Forgive as you have been forgiven
• Trust in God’s tapestry

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Theme: God’s grace in Jacob’s transformation
Doctrine: Sanctification, providence, divine discipline

Context for Our Text

Understanding the Text

• Jacob the Deceiver (Gen. 25:19-34)
• Jacob the Wrestler (Gen. 32:22-32)
• Jacob the Blessed One (Gen. 35:1-15)

Doctrine: Sanctification

Doctrine: Providence

Doctrine: Divine Discipline

Applying the Text

• Trust God’s gracious, good, providential discipline

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Theme: God’s covenant with Abraham
Doctrine: Justification by faith, covenant, election

Understanding the Text

• God’s Call (Genesis 12:1-3)
• God’s Method (Genesis 15:1-6)
• God’s Faithfulness (Gensis 15:7-21)
• God’s Choice (Genesis 17:15-21)

The Abrahamic Covenant

The Abrahamic Covenant and Christ

Doctrine: Justification by Faith

Doctrine: Covenant

Doctrine: Election

Applying the Text

• Trust the God who keeps promises across time
• Live by faith between promise and fulfillment
• Rest in grace, not performance

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FOUNDATIONS: OLD TESTAMENT HISTORY, POETRY, AND PROPHECY

From the opening words of Genesis to the closing hope of the Prophets, the Old Testament tells one unified story: God’s gracious plan to redeem a broken people and restore a fallen world. In the books of history, we see God acting in real time – calling, covenanting, rescuing, and remaining faithful even when His people are not. In the poetry, we hear the heart of redeemed people learning to trust, lament, repent, and praise the God who saves. In the prophets, we are given God’s divine commentary on history – calling His people back to Himself and pointing forward to a coming King and a new covenant. Together, these Scriptures form the foundation of our Christian faith, revealing the character, purposes, and promises of God. And ultimately, they lead us to Christ, in whom every promise finds its “Yes,” every shadow finds its substance, and every hope finds its fulfillment.

Themes: God as Creator; Humanity’s Fall; First Promise of Redemption

Doctrine: Creation; Image of God; Original Sin; Protoevangelium

Understanding the Text

• Creation of Heavens and Earth (1:1-25)
• Creation of Man in God’s Image (1:26 – 2:3)
• A Moral Test (2:8-9, 15-17)
• Fall into Sin (3:1-7)
• Curse of Sin (3:8-24)
• First Promise of Redemption (3:15)

Doctrine: Creation

Doctrine: Image of God

Doctrine: Original Sin

Doctrine: Protoevangelium

Applying the Text

• Is your Creator God at the center of your life?
• Do you value others as created in the image of God?
• Do you reject Sin’s lies?
• Is your hope in Christ?