What Should Christians Think About Israel? (Sunday Morning)
Pivotal moment in our national history
“Thus you shall say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel: ‘You have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles’ wings and brought you to Myself. Now therefore, if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, then you shall be a special treasure to Me above all people; for all the earth is Mine. And you shall be to Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’” (Exodus 19:4-6)
WHEN GOD CALLED ABRAHAM…
“Get out of your country, from your family and from your father’s house, to a land that I will show you. I will make you a great nation; I will bless you and make your name great; and you shall be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse those who curse you; and in you all the families of the earth will be blessed” (Genesis 12:1-3).
WHEN GOD BROUGHT US OUT OF EGYPT…
“...at this time I will send all My plagues to your very heart, and on your servants and on your people, that you may know that there is none like Me in all the earth...indeed for this purpose I have raised you up, that I may show My power in you, and that My name may be declared in all the earth” (Exodus 9:14,16).
WHEN GOD GAVE US THE LAW…
“Therefore be careful to observe them [God’s ordinances]; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples who will hear all these statutes and say, ‘Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.’ For what great nation is there that has God so near to it, as the LORD our God is to us, for whatever reason we may call upon Him?” (Deuteronomy 4:5-7)
If you understand then evangelistic relationship…
WHEN GOD EXILED US TO BABYLON…
“So it shall be a reproach, a taunt, a lesson, and an astonishment to the nations that are all around you, when I execute judgments among you in anger and in fury and in furious rebukes. I, the LORD, have spoken” (Ezekiel 5:15).
WHEN GOD BROUGHT US OUT OF BABYLON…
“ ‘...and the nations shall know that I am the LORD,’ says the Lord God, ‘when I am hallowed in you before their eyes. For I will take you from among the nations, gather you out of all countries, and bring you into your own land’ ” (Ezekiel 36:23-24).
WHEN YESHUA INSTRUCTED THE DISCIPLES…
“It is not for you to know times or epochs which the Father has fixed by His own authority. But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you: and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth” (Acts 1:8).
RELEVANT TODAY? YES!
Romans 11:29 – “…the gifts and the call of God are irrevocable”
1 Peter 2:9 -- “But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness and into His marvelous light”.