Pastor Duane Sheriff – Be Encouraged Not Dismayed

Message Date: November 22, 2020
Bible

BE ENCOURAGED, NOT DISMAYED

2 Peter 2:6-9 KJ –

  • Vexed (Greek) – To oppress / to labor down / to wear with toil
  • Vexed (Greek) – To torture / to torment / to pain the soul

John 14:1-4 KJ –

  • We are all tempted with worry / fear / anxiety
  1. God is still working and revealing corruption 
  • The Culture of hate, death, and darkness must be confronted and countered.

 

2. We have been and will remain in a spiritual battle 

Matthew 5:13-14 (ref) – Salt and Light

Hebrews 10:23-25 KJ –

  • Hold fast to our profession of faith
  • Provoke to love and good works
  • Forsake not being assembled
  • We see the day approaching (Jesus’ return)

Luke 21:33-36 KJ –

  • Surfeiting = excess / overindulgence / drunkenness / cares

Isaiah 41:9-10 NKJ – 

  • “dismayed” – discouraged / sense of dread

 

[While many are not afraid, they are dismayed!]

Joshua 1:9 NKJ  –

  • Dismayed (Heb) – to break down, either by violence or confusion and fear.
  • 1 Chronicles 22:13 (ref) – “…be strong and of good courage; dread not, nor be dismayed.”

1 Samuel 30 (ref) (David – Ziklag)

  • Vs. 6 – David was greatly distressed
  • “David encouraged himself in the Lord”
  • [How? Vs. 7] – He sought God (Ephod)