Bible Readings:
2 Samuel 7:1-17, Matthew 20:20-34
Sermon Outline:
I The hope of the blind beggars and the mother of James and John in Jesus as the Son of David.
II How this hope began.
2 Samuel 7:11 (NKJV)
11 … the Lord tells you that He will make you a house.
2 Samuel 7:13–15 (NKJV)
13 He shall build a house for My name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever. 14 I will be his Father, and he shall be My son… 15 But My mercy shall not depart from him…
2 Samuel 7:16 (NKJV)
16 And your house and your kingdom shall be established forever before you. Your throne shall be established forever.
III Christ the Son of David.
Micah 5:2 (NKJV)
2 “But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, Though you are little among the thousands of Judah, Yet out of you shall come forth to Me The One to be Ruler in Israel, Whose goings forth are from of old, From everlasting.”
Revelation 5:5 (NKJV)
5 But one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep. Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has prevailed to open the scroll and to loose its seven seals.”
IV How do we enter into Messiah’s kingdom?