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Redeemer PCA of Overland Park

Prayer: October 17, 2021

“Paradise Lost: Confrontation, Curse, and Grace” Genesis 3:8-15 October 17, 2021 Pastor Tony Felich  Sermon Application [file]   ----more---- Genesis 3:8 And they heard the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden. [9] But the LORD God called to the man and said to him, “Where are you?” [10] And he said, “I heard the sound of you in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked, and I hid myself.” [11] He said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten of the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?” [12] The man said, “The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me fruit of the tree, and I ate.” [13] Then the LORD God said to the woman, “What is this that you have done?” The woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.” [14] The LORD God said to the serpent, “Because you have done this, cursed are you above all livestock and above all beasts of the field; on your belly you shall go, and dust you shall eat all the days of your life. [15] I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel.”  With humankind at their most shameful worst, God’s sovereign mercy and grace shines the brightest.        •       God’s merciful confrontation when caught in sin (8-13)       •       An immediate divine curse upon Satan (14-15)        •       God’s Grace toward mankind by a new covenant (15)

Sermon: Paradise Lost: Confrontation, Curse, and Grace

Prayer: October 10, 2021

“Paradise Lost: The Fall” Genesis 3:1-7 October 10, 2021 Pastor Tony Felich  Sermon Application [file]    ----more---- Genesis 2:16 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, “You may surely eat of every tree of the garden, [17] but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.”     Genesis 2:25 And the man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed.      Genesis 3:1 Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God actually say, ‘You shall not eat of any tree in the garden’?” [2] And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden, [3] but God said, ‘You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the midst of the garden, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.’” [4] But the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die. [5] For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” [6] So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate, and she also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate. [7] Then the eyes of both were opened, and they knew that they were naked. And they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves loincloths.      Human kind goes from the pinnacle of innocence and intimacy to the pit of guilt and estrangement.      •       The Tempter - an ancient foe (1)       •       The Temptation (Note the timeless tactics employed) (2-5)       •       The Fall in to sin and the incalculable impact (6-7)

Sermon: Paradise Lost: The Fall

Prayer: October 3, 2021

“Paradise Enhanced” Genesis 2:18-25 October 3, 2021 Pastor Tony Felich Sermon Application [file]   ----more---- Genesis 1:25 And God made the beasts of the earth according to their kinds and the livestock according to their kinds, and everything that creeps on the ground according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. [26] Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” [27] So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.   Genesis 2:18 Then the LORD God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him.” [19] Now out of the ground the LORD God had formed every beast of the field and every bird of the heavens and brought them to the man to see what he would call them. And whatever the man called every living creature, that was its name. [20] The man gave names to all livestock and to the birds of the heavens and to every beast of the field. But for Adam there was not found a helper fit for him. [21] So the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and while he slept took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh. [22] And the rib that the LORD God had taken from the man he made into a woman and brought her to the man. [23] Then the man said, “This at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.” [24] Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. [25] And the man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed.      The instruction here is ordered by God and foundationally vital to all human existence.        •       Human beings are social        •       Marriage is complementary        •       Marriage is a heterosexual, exclusive, permanent bond.

Sermon: Paradise Enhanced

Putting Wisdom into Practice Pastor Nathan Currey September 26, 2021 Ecclesiastes 10 ----more---- 1 Dead flies make the perfumer's ointment give off a stench;     so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor. 2 A wise man's heart inclines him to the right,     but a fool's heart to the left. 3 Even when the fool walks on the road, he lacks sense,     and he says to everyone that he is a fool. 4 If the anger of the ruler rises against you, do not leave your place,     for calmness will lay great offenses to rest. 5 There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, as it were an error proceeding from the ruler: 6 folly is set in many high places, and the rich sit in a low place. 7 I have seen slaves on horses, and princes walking on the ground like slaves. 8 He who digs a pit will fall into it,     and a serpent will bite him who breaks through a wall. 9 He who quarries stones is hurt by them,     and he who splits logs is endangered by them. 10 If the iron is blunt, and one does not sharpen the edge,     he must use more strength,     but wisdom helps one to succeed. 11 If the serpent bites before it is charmed,     there is no advantage to the charmer. 12 The words of a wise man's mouth win him favor,     but the lips of a fool consume him. 13 The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness,     and the end of his talk is evil madness. 14 A fool multiplies words,     though no man knows what is to be,     and who can tell him what will be after him? 15 The toil of a fool wearies him,     for he does not know the way to the city. 16 Woe to you, O land, when your king is a child,     and your princes feast in the morning! 17 Happy are you, O land, when your king is the son of the nobility,     and your princes feast at the proper time,     for strength, and not for drunkenness! 18 Through sloth the roof sinks in,     and through indolence the house leaks. 19 Bread is made for laughter,     and wine gladdens life,     and money answers everything. 20 Even in your thoughts, do not curse the king,     nor in your bedroom curse the rich, for a bird of the air will carry your voice,     or some winged creature tell the matter.   Life 'under the sun' is extremely difficult and discouraging. To face it with wisdom we must advance from wise thinking to wise living. Since a little folly has a big impact practice wisdom Since life is full of risk and danger practice wisdom Since life is unfair and unpredictable practice wisdom 

Sermon: Putting Wisdom into Practice

Prayer: September 26, 2021

Prayer: September 19, 2021

“Paradise Established” Genesis 2:4-17 September 19, 2021 Pastor Tony Felich  Sermon Application [file]   ----more---- Genesis 2:4 These are the generations of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens.      [5] When no bush of the field was yet in the land and no small plant of the field had yet sprung up—for the LORD God had not caused it to rain on the land, and there was no man to work the ground, [6] and a mist was going up from the land and was watering the whole face of the ground—[7] then the LORD God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature. [8] And the LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, and there he put the man whom he had formed. [9] And out of the ground the LORD God made to spring up every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. The tree of life was in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.      [10] A river flowed out of Eden to water the garden, and there it divided and became four rivers. [11] The name of the first is the Pishon. It is the one that flowed around the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold. [12] And the gold of that land is good; bdellium and onyx stone are there. [13] The name of the second river is the Gihon. It is the one that flowed around the whole land of Cush. [14] And the name of the third river is the Tigris, which flows east of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.      [15] The LORD God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and keep it. [16] And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, “You may surely eat of every tree of the garden, [17] but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.”   God displayed the place and purpose of people when he established the Garden of Eden.   Humans as God’s distinct and special creation (1-7)      The placement and purpose for people (8-15)       God’s prohibition- The Covenant of Works (16-17) 

Sermon: Paradise Established

Prayer: September 12, 2021

“God Rested” Genesis 2:1-3 September 12, 2021 Pastor Tony Felich  Sermon Application [file]   ----more---- Genesis 1:31 And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.  [1] Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. [2] And on the seventh day God finished his work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work that he had done. [3] So God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it God rested from all his work that he had done in creation.      The original rest of God was a type of rest that was lost at the fall but will is restored through the redemption Christ provides.      How does God rest?       A Work/Rest rhythm was established for humankind       Enter God’s ultimate rest through Christ 

Sermon: God Rested

Prayer: September 5th, 2021

Living Life Prepared for Death Ecclesiastes 9 September 5, 2021 Pastor Nathan Currey----more---- Ecclesiastes 9:1 But all this I laid to heart, examining it all, how the righteous and the wise and their deeds are in the hand of God. Whether it is love or hate, man does not know; both are before him. 2 It is the same for all, since the same event happens to the righteous and the wicked, to the good and the evil, to the clean and the unclean, to him who sacrifices and him who does not sacrifice. As the good one is, so is the sinner, and he who swears is as he who shuns an oath. 3 This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that the same event happens to all. Also, the hearts of the children of man are full of evil, and madness is in their hearts while they live, and after that they go to the dead. 4 But he who is joined with all the living has hope, for a living dog is better than a dead lion. 5 For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing, and they have no more reward, for the memory of them is forgotten. 6 Their love and their hate and their envy have already perished, and forever they have no more share in all that is done under the sun. 7 Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart, for God has already approved what you do. 8 Let your garments be always white. Let not oil be lacking on your head. 9 Enjoy life with the wife whom you love, all the days of your vain life that he has given you under the sun, because that is your portion in life and in your toil at which you toil under the sun. 10 Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might, for there is no work or thought or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol, to which you are going. 11 Again I saw that under the sun the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor riches to the intelligent, nor favor to those with knowledge, but time and chance happen to them all. 12 For man does not know his time. Like fish that are taken in an evil net, and like birds that are caught in a snare, so the children of man are snared at an evil time, when it suddenly falls upon them. 13 I have also seen this example of wisdom under the sun, and it seemed great to me. 14 There was a little city with few men in it, and a great king came against it and besieged it, building great siegeworks against it. 15 But there was found in it a poor, wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city. Yet no one remembered that poor man. 16 But I say that wisdom is better than might, though the poor man's wisdom is despised and his words are not heard. 17 The words of the wise heard in quiet are better than the shouting of a ruler among fools. 18 Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one sinner destroys much good. · Nobody will Beat Death (1-6) · Simple Pleasures, Simple Life (7-10) · Chance and Change Are Certain (11-12) · Wisdom is Ultimately Worth It (13-17)

Sermon: Living Life Prepared for Death

Prayer: August 29, 2021

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