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Stand for God’s Kingdom. 36 Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence. John 18:36 January 9, 2011 Rev. David B. Hanson
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Stand for God’s Kingdom 36Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence. John 18:36 January 9, 2011 Rev. David B. Hanson Deaf Liberty Baptist Church Overland Park, Kansas
Friends of Jesus Christ • John 15:14-15 • 14Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you. • 15Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you. • Friendship with Jesus involves the obligation of brotherly love.
Pharaoh’s Command • Exodus 1:15-16 • 15And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of which the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah: • 16And he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the stools; if it be a son, then ye shall kill him: but if it be a daughter, then she shall live.
Hebrew Midwives’ Disobedience • Exodus 1:17-19 • 17But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive. • 18And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said unto them, Why have ye done this thing, and have saved the men children alive? • 19And the midwives said unto Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women; for they are lively, and are delivered ere the midwives come in unto them.
Hebrew Midwives’ Blessings • Exodus 1:20-21 • 20Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty. • 21And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them houses.
A Christian’s Endurance • James 1:12 • 12Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him. • A Christian steadfastly endures trials or testing. • God blesses a Christian who perseveres under trial or testing. • God promises life to the Christians who love Him. • Love for God enables Christians to rest confidently in Him.
Tim Tebow • Tim Tebow is an American football quarterback for the Denver Broncos of the National Football League • His parents were Christian missionaries to Philippines. • His mother suffered a life-threatening infection with a pathogenic amoeba while she was pregnant with Tim. • Her doctor advised her to have abortion, but she refused and trusted Jesus. • Now Tim is a well-known Christian athlete.