Bible Talk outline

World Peace Day (Micah 4: 1-8)

◊ A Time of Waiting (v. 1a)

◊ The Temple of Worship (v. 1b)

◊ The Teaching of the Word (v. 2)

◊ A Peace from the Messiah’s Will (vv. 3-8)

1. The Messiah brings peace among the nations (vv. 3a)

2. God’s promised peace comes true (vv. 3b-4)

3. Israel’s calling is fulfilled (v. 5)

4. Israel’s painful history is healed (v. 6)

5. Israel’s weakness is replaced with strength (vv. 7a, 8)

6. Jerusalem becomes the world capital city (v. 7b-8)

Dr. Jim R. Coleman

Lessons Learned

Isaiah 42:18-25

A. Isaiah pleads for ancient Israel to learn the lesson that…

1. closing off your spiritual relationship with the LORD

(vv.18-20), and…

2. giving up your special calling from the LORD (v. 21), means…

3. losing the protection of the LORD (v. 22)

B. This serves as a warning to us that…

1. we need to understand this lesson (v. 23)…

2. that God can “allow” discipline (v.24a)…

3. when we deliberately disobey God (v. 24b)…

4. in order to lovingly woo us to repentance (v. 25)

Jim R. Coleman

Bible Talk Outline

◊ Jesus’ unswerving mission is triumphant! (v. 28)

◊ Jesus’ careful preparation is triumphant! (vv. 29-31)

◊ The disciples’ attentive obedience is triumphant! (vv. 32-34)

◊ Jesus’ earthly ministry is triumphant! (vv. 35-37)

◊ The Psalms’ Messianic prophecies are triumphant! (v. 38)

◊ Creations’ Kingdom praises are triumphant! (vv. 39-40)

Dr. Jim R. Coleman

A Faith Worth Defending

Jude vv. 1-4

Bible Talk outline

1. Jude’s servant-faith (v. 1a)

2. A faith worth defending

• a faith we are “called” to (v. 1b)

• a faith we are “loved” in (v. 1c)

• a faith we are “kept safe” in (v. 1d)

3. An expanding faith, increasingly worth defending

• more and more mercy (v. 2a)

• more and more peace (v. 2b)

• more and more love (v. 2c)

4. Faith must be defended by holy people (v. 3)

5. Grace must be defended from moral license (v. 4a)

6. God must defend the Truth with judgement/justice (v. 4b)

Jim R. Coleman

Bible Talk Outline

A Transformed Witness

Luke 19: 1-10

◊ Jesus’ itinerant witness (v. 1)

◊ Zacchaeus’ traitor witness (v. 2)

◊ Zacchaeus’ eyewitness (vv. 3-6)

◊ The crowd’s judgmental witness (v. 7)

◊ Zacchaeus’ repentant witness (v. 8)

◊ Zacchaeus’ conversion witness (vv. 9-10)

Dr, Jim R. Coleman

What Sank the Titanic?

2 Chron. 26:1-23

◊ The pride of self-credit—We “sink” by not recognizing God’s

Providence (vv. 1-15)

◊ The pride of self-rule—We sink by not respecting God’s

authority (vv. 16-18)

◊ The pride of self-isolation—We sink by not responding to

godly accountability (v. 17-18, results in v 21b, “isolation”)

◊ The pride of self-destiny—We sink by not repenting at

God’s call (vv. 19-23)

Dr. Jim R. Coleman

Jesus’ Up-Close Inspection

Mk. 11: 11-18

Bible Talk outline

◊ Jesus sees the Temple practices up-close (v. 11)

◊ Jesus sees the tree’s potential from a distance (vv. 12-13a)

◊ Jesus sees the tree’s barrenness up-close (vv. 13b)

◊ Jesus sees the Temple’s impressiveness from a distance

                                                                               (vv. 14, 15a implied)

◊ Jesus cleanses the Temple abuses up-close (vv. 15b-17)

   ◦ Up-close greed rather than righteousness (vv. 15b, 16, 17d)

   ◦ Up-close unscriptural, rather than scriptural, practice (v. 17a)

   ◦ Up-close prayerlessness rather than prayerfulness (v. 17b)

   ◦ Up-close elitism rather than inclusion (v. 17c)

   ◦ Up-close power-hunger rather than repentance (v. 18)

      - The leaders fear Jesus’ revolutionary power (v. 18a)

      - The leaders fear Jesus’ teaching-power (v. 18b)

Dr. Jim R. Coleman

Bible Talk outline

Look…but Listen!

Mt. 17: 1-13

◊ Look up the mountain, but listen for God (v. 1, and see Ex. 19:1-5)

◊ Look at the glory (v. 2), but listen to the Law and prophets (v.3)

◊ Look at the experience (v. 4), but listen to Jesus (v. 5)

◊ Look with awed fear (v. 6), but listen for comfort (vv. 7-8)

◊ Look as a witness (v. 9a), but listen as a sharer (v. 9b)

◊ Look for God’s timeline (v. 10), but listen to God’s announcements (vv. 11-13)

Dr. Jim Coleman