01 May There And Back Again Week 2
Sermon Notes
SLIDE: There and Back Again
For Old Testament & New Testament bible study resources go to the end the notes.
SLIDE: Biblically Based, Relationally Driven, Spirit-Led
SLIDE: Exploring the connections between the Old Testament and New Testaments is important for our faith journey.
SLIDE: Pre-Service Reading Isaiah 61
Watch Dick Foth Sermon on the road to Emmaus
Peter joins on Stage: 1920’s Newspaper
SLIDE: Why we need & should read the Older Testament
-P1. Inaugural sermon.
Jesus uses the OT to explain his own mission
Jesus quotes the OT
OT is the cultural point of reference for his day
OT is the BG to Jesus ministry…ergo the NT
Isaiah 61: Our Reading From Today…
SLIDE: Jesus’ Inaugural Sermon
Luke 4:18-20 Pg. 834
“The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.” Then he rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant and sat down. The eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fastened on him. 21 He began by saying to them, “Today this scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.”
Mission and Who He is…
-P2. Emmaus
Luke invites us on the journey of reading OT looking for Jesus too
Make this feel adventuresome
Luke 24: 16 but they were kept from recognizing him.
SLIDE: Road To Emmaus Pg. 859
Luke 24:25 He said to them, “How foolish you are, and how slow to believe all that the prophets have spoken! 26 Did not the Messiah have to suffer these things and then enter his glory?” 27 And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he explained to them what was said in all the Scriptures concerning himself.
-P1. OT in a nutshell
National story of an ancient people
Revelation of the living God
New Testament is the Church doing what Jesus did at Emmaus
Experience of Jesus + OT + Mission to the world
PART 2—Practical Pointers/ How-to
-P1. Intro—we know this sounds really hard
Resources (MAKE SLIDES)
PAY ATTENTION TO THE NOTES IN YOUR BIBLE
Blue Letter Bible
Notes on YouVersion
This teaching’s video @ citychurchcville.com
-P2. Misconceptions
OT erased by Jesus
Law is negative—we’ll deal with this from Paul
God is not a God worth following in OT
Watch Goldingay on the Old Testament
-P2. This is worth it and not daunting
Not a cookie cutter process
Adventure not a campaign
That’s the fun of it
Nanny & setting out food
Mannah only lasts for a day
-P1. Getting to know Fran illustration
Fitting image because we are concerned with a relationship… with GOD
Just learn to notice stuff
-P1. There’s so much we miss if we don’t read OT
God is a God of judgment: How God makes it all as it should be.
SLIDE: RESOURCES: CityChurch Website, These sermon Notes
Click on the blue underlined links below.
Online Word Search—Strong’s Concordance
Online Word Search —Blue Letter Bible
Online Bibles — Bible Versions
Bibles—Jesus Bible (NT in OT);
—Blue Letter Bible (OT in NT) See link above
—Study Bibles of all kinds
Click on the names below. You can watch YouTube videos of the bible scholars who make the connection between the Older and Newer Testaments.
SLIDE: Exploring the connections between the Old Testament and New Testaments is important for our faith journey.