Drummoyne Baptist Church

24 Then I set apart twelve of the leading priests, together with Sherebiah,(A) Hashabiah and ten of their brothers, 25 and I weighed out(B) to them the offering of silver and gold and the articles that the king, his advisers, his officials and all Israel present there had donated for the house of our God. 26 I weighed […]

“21 There, by the Ahava Canal, I proclaimed a fast, so that we might humble ourselves before our God and ask him for a safe journey for us and our children, with all our possessions. 22 I was ashamed to ask the king for soldiers and horsemen to protect us from enemies on the road, because we had told the […]

Sermon notes 1)      Levites are needed for God’s work 2)      Levites are recruited for God’s work 3)      Christians are needed for God’s work 4)      Christians are recruited for God’s work 5)      Christians should follow God’s example

Sermon Notes: Family heads are a great influence Human family heads are still a great influence Divine family heads are the greatest influence

Sermon Notes: Ezra’s first response was to offer praise Ezra’s second response was to take courage Ezra’s third response was to get to work Your first response should be to offer praise Your second response should be encouraged Your third response should be to get to work

Sermon main points 1) A king of kings gave Ezra authority to administer justice 2) The king of kings has given his church authority to administer justice

Sermon Notes Artaxerxes is generous to the Lord’s work Artaxerxes is generous to avoid God’s wrath People are still generous to the Lord’s work People are still generous to avoid God’s wrath Be generous because you have avoided God’s wrath  

Sermon Notes: The king of kings gives support A king of kings orders sacrifices to be made with his support The King of kings gives support The King of kings orders you to accept his sacrifice

Sermon Notes: Ezra is greatly blessed Ezra is greatly blessed because he studied, did and taught the law You can be greatly blessed You can be greatly blessed if you study, do and teach the word of God  

Sermon Notes: God knows everything about you God knows everything about you and judges everything God knows everything about you so hide in Christ God knows everything so be encouraged

Sermon Notes: The knife of God judges The knife of God judges well The knife of God produces results Use the knife of God  

Sermon Notes: Joshua did not give total rest Jesus gives total rest Some will enter Jesus’ total rest  

Sermon Notes:   God’s rest can be experienced now God’s rest has been available since creation God’s rest is satisfaction in hard work completed God’s rest is available though faith  

Sermon Notes: The promise of entering God’s rest is still standing The good news of entering God’s rest is still preached The way of entering God’s rest is still believing Be afraid of falling short of God’s rest

Sermon Notes: The Israelite experience of following Moses: Blessing, unbelief, punishment The Israelite experience can be your experience: Blessing, unbelief, punishment The experience of following Jesus can be your experience: Blessing, belief, reward

Sermon Notes: Sharing in Christ Sharing in Christ by the confidence you first had Sharing in Christ by holding firmly the confidence you first had

Sermon Notes: Encourage others Encourage others by knowing others Encourage others daily Encourage others while it is called ‘Today’ Encourage others because of sin’s deceitfulness

Sermon Notes: 1) You sin because you don’t believe 2) See to it that you believe Check your unbelief Fix unbelief by repentance and faith Prevent unbelief by prayer, meditation and practice