Somers Baptist Church, Sunday, January 17, 2021
Welcome, we’re glad that you are here
and invite you to stay after for coffee and conversation
Scripture: Psalm 2:1-8, 10-12
Hymn # 18 Come, We that Love the Lord (words)
Alternate version: We’re Marching to Zion
Scripture: Revelation 7:9, 10
Hymn # 17 Ye Servants of God
Scripture: Revelation 5:6-10
Song: As It Is in Heaven
Missions – Announcements - Morning Prayer
Offering Plates are in the back of the auditorium
I. Current events give us a sense of the tension of transition
II. The Backdrop of the Gospels is the transition of power
A. The Identification of Israel in the world
1. Genesis 11:1 The world was one language
2. Genesis 11:7 God caused confusion of languages
3. Genesis 11:9 Languages caused nations to scatter
4. Genesis 12:1-3 God promised a nation through Abram
5. Ex.19:5 The nation (Israel) was God’s treasured possession
B. The Intended Effect of Israel on the world
1. Ex. 19:6 Israel to serve as a priest to the world
Blending Parallel Passages in Isaiah 5 and Matthew 21
2. Isaiah 5:7 Vineyard to produce spiritual fruit for the world
a. Isaiah 5:1 a vineyard on a fertile hillside
b. Isaiah 5:2 The Lord’s personal involvement
c. Isaiah 5:2 But the vineyard produced bad fruit
C. The Inserted Leadership of Israel in Jesus’ Day
Mt 21:33 Parallel passage to Isaiah 5
a. The same personal involvement
b. Vineyard rented out to farmers
c. Matthew 23:1,2 Pharisees identified as the leaders
d. God left the renters in charge
D. The Intended Accountability of Israel to the servants Mt. 21:34
1. God’s servants were the prophets like Isaiah
2. Mt. 21:35 The first wave of servants beaten, stoned, killed
3. Mt. 21:36 The second wave of servants treated the same way
E. The Intense Consequences to Israel Isaiah 5:3-5 (2 Kings 25:8-11)
F. The Incarnate Son sent to Israel Matthew 21:37
1. Mt 21:39 They killed the Son to move from renters to owners
2. John 1:11 Jesus came to His own people (Israel)
3. Mt. 23:13 The Leaders shut the door to Jesus
4. John 18:35 The Leaders handed Jesus over to the Romans
5. John 19:16 The Romans handed Jesus over to crucifixion
G. The Inquiry about Consequences to the tenants Mt. 21:40
1. The answer from the Leaders Mt. 21:41- a wretched end
a. Luke 19:41-44 The coming Roman destruction
2. The answer from the Leaders 21:41 – new tenants
a. Matthew 8:10 The response of the Gentiles
b. Matthew 8:11 The Gentiles will be at the Feast with Abraham
c. The renters/leaders will be thrown out into outer darkness
3. Mt. 21:42 The Son, the rejected stone, will become the
cornerstone around which the new tenants will build
4. Mt 21:43 you Pharisees will be taken away
a. Acts 28:23, 25-28 The Gentiles will listen and grow
H. The Inevitable Question:
What happened that Israel lost her identity?
1. Romans 9:30,31 Gentiles obtained righteousness, Israel didn’t
2. Romans 9:32 Why not?
3. Romans 9:32 They stumbled over the stumbling stone
4. Romans 9:33; Luke 2:34 they tripped on Jesus
a. Mt. 21:44 The broken who fall on the stone; Mt. 5:3
b. Mt. 21:44 The defiant on whom the stone falls; Psa 2 :10-12
I. The Irritated Recognition Matthew 21:45
Song: Cornerstone
Benediction: Numbers 6:24-26
Coffee and Conversation following service
Next Sunday 1/24/21 Guest Speaker: Michael Savelyev
Advisory Committee lunch and interview with the Savelyevs
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Church mail: PO Box 829, Somers;
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email: ;
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Church Website: somersbaptist.org
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Deacon Don Cunningham Cell: 860-549-3930
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Pastor: Russell Buisch - Carole’s cell: 860-534-1503
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Email: rcbuisch@cox.net