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1. Abraham and the Meaning of Consecration

Genesis 22:1-19

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Don Yocom

If God has done His part, and we believe that He has, what then must we do to be fully consecrated Christians? The answer to this question is in God’s Word, and an illustration of it is the experience of Abraham on Mount Moriah with his son, Isaac. In the realm of spiritual living, we progress from the beginning works of faith to a deeper experience of surrender to God. We present ourselves, but ...

2. Balaam and His Talking Donkey

Numbers 22:21-41

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Don Yocom

How plain does God have to make something before we get the point? Balaam was a self-made prophet for the King of Moab. A Far Easterner and smooth talker, he had worked his way into high places. This story, in an Old Testament book usually considered too dry to read, deals with sin: S-I-N. Here was a person easily tempted to sin, who, for pay, was willing to prophesy anything that the King wanted,...

3. Elijah and the Prophets of Baal

1 Kings 18:16-46

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Don Yocom

"And he (Elijah) repaired the altar of the Lord ..." (1 Kings 18:30) The biblical setting for this message is a showdown as to who really is God. It is a contest between 450 prophets of Baal and the God of the prophet Elijah. God, through His messenger, the prophet, had informed the king that no rain would fall of the land because of the wickedness and idolatry of King Ahab and his wicked Queen, ...

4. Jacob, the Wanderer

Genesis 28:10-22

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Don Yocom

A hymn sermon based on the hymn, NEARER, MY GOD TO THEE by Sarah F. Adams. (Choir sings stanza one) Nearer, my God, to Thee, nearer to Thee! E’en though it be a cross that raiseth me; Still all my song shall be, Nearer, my God, to Thee, Nearer, my God, to Thee, Nearer to Thee! The story of the ancient patriarch, Jacob, needs repeating again and again. All the way from his trickery to his highes...

5. Jeremiah and the Potter

Jeremiah 18:1--19:15

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Don Yocom

"... says the Lord. Behold, like the clay in the potter’s hand, so are you in my hand ..." God wanted the so-called weeping prophet, Jeremiah, to see a parable, so he sent Jeremiah to a potter’s house. There the prophet observed a powerful message which he proclaimed in his oracle of doom to Israel. It is well worth our study also. If the clay were in the proper condition to be molded, the potte...

6. Naaman, the Leper

2 Kings 5:1-27

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Don Yocom

The Old Testament gives us many illustrations for evangelistic purposes. The story of Naaman is an excellent analogy for us. Leprosy in his day was considered incurable and we can compare it to sin. Leprosy was not confined just to the poorer class of people either. Both Naaman of the Old Testament and a man known as Simon the Leper in the New Testament had the dread disease; and neither of them w...

7. Nebuchadnezzar and the Feet of Clay

Daniel 2:24-49

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Don Yocom

Not foretelling, but forth-telling, that is prophecy at its best. In the prophetic utterances of the Old Testament, the Bible contains much worth noting. The message of the prophet Daniel is so valuable that we can gain insights into events of our day as well as of the day when it was first written. The prophecy, based on a dream of a huge image with feet of clay, is quite appropriate for the last...

8. Remember Lot’s Wife

Luke 17:20-37

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Don Yocom

Judgment is a broader thing than we surmise. It reaches into the very substance of things in life. Actually, all of life comes under its scrutiny, for we are constantly being judged. Jesus was most popular when he fed the multitude, in his earlier ministry; but as he began to bear down in his preaching, people turned away to the extent that, at one time He asked His disciples if they, too, were g...

9. Samson, the Bully

Judges 16:1-22

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Don Yocom

"And he knew not the Lord had left him." The Old Testament story of Samson is a profile of a man who was a prankster, an arsonist and a bully, a strong man who did not know his strength, all rolled into one human being. He was emotionally immature and morally unsound. Yet his life indicates something to us worth noting. His name is legion today, if we count the multitudes who have never grown up s...

10. Solomon and the Outline for Renewal

2 Chronicles 7:11-22

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Don Yocom

This text in Scripture is the one on which the hand of President Dwight D. Eisenhower rested when he was inaugurated as President of the United States of America. It is such a striking passage of the Bible, it deserves our consideration for renewal needed in our day also. The background story involves the time of the dedication of Solomon’s temple. Solomon had prayed all night to God in an act of...

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