Sermon Outline Nov 2, 2008 Morning Service

Topic:God Is Calling The Faithful   

Text:          Acts 26:16                 

Introduction 

I.        God has at times sent people to one place or another.

A.       Sometimes their journeys weren’t easy.

B.       But God always went with them on their journeys.

II.       Let’s consider the idea of going where God calls us to go. 

Text

I.        Moses Had Every Reason To Go Where God Sent Him, And Every Excuse Why He Didn’t Want To Go (Exodus 4:1-14a).

A.       Moses was tending sheep when he saw the burning bush (Exodus 13).

1.       When God called, “Moses! Moses!” he replied, “Here I am”.

2.       God explained that He had seen the misery of the Israelites.

3.       He tells Moses that He is sending him to lead the people out.

4.       God then reassured Moses by telling him, “I will be with you.”

B.       Now look at God’s reaction.

1.       “…the anger of the LORD was kindled against Moses…”

2.       Moses did finally go, but set a bad example.

II.       Isaiah Had Every Reason To Go Where God Sent Him, And Looked For No Excuse As To Why He Didn’t Want To Go (Isaiah 6:1-8).

A.       What a difference in his answer and Moses’ answer!

B.       Consider the event (whether real or in vision it works out the same).

1.       He starts with what he saw.

2.       He shares what he realized.

3.       Just as with Moses, God gave Isaiah His assurance.

III.      Jesus Had Every Reason To Go Where God Sent Him (John 3:16-18).

A.       The greatest difference in Moses and Isaiah is in their replies to God.

1.       God sent Moses and he argued.

2.       Isaiah volunteered to be sent.

B.       God sent Jesus, and He obeyed in love.

1.       He loved the Father.

2.       He loved you and me.

3.       And again, we can argue that this was an even greater task than the one given to Isaiah.

Conclusion

I.        But there is more to it, because “everything that was written in the past was written to teach us” (Romans 15:4 NIV).

A.       We started today all the way back at Moses.

B.       We came forward from Moses to Isaiah.

C.      From Isaiah we moved forward again to Jesus.

D.      And as Jesus prepared to return to where He came from we come forward once more to what is commonly known as the Great Commission (Matthew 28:16-20).

II.       The Great Commission is the last great task God will give.

A.       This great task is all about God’s deliverance.

B.       How will you respond to God’s call to “go”?

III.      God is still asking, “Whom shall I send?”