God's Delight

Speaker: Toby Soechting

Scripture: Micah 7:18-19

INTRODUCTION:

1. “Who is a God like You, pardoning iniquity And passing over the transgressions of the remnant of His heritage? He does not retain His anger forever, Because He delights in mercy.” (Micah 7:18)
2. To delight is to find pleasure in something or someone.

DISCUSSION:  GOD FINDS DELIGHT IN --

I. TRUTHFUL TONGUES.

1. “God is light and in Him there is no darkness at all!" (1 Jn. 1:5; Cf. Num. 23:19).
2. “The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life" (Prov. 13:2).
3. The tongue is capable of a world of evil, but also capable of doing immeasurable good!

II. HONEST  HEARTS.

1. “A false balance is an abomination to the Lord, but a just weight is His delight!” (Prov. 11:1)
2. Honesty should be more than a policy to a Christian!

III. JESUS.

1. A fact proclaimed from heaven by God Himself (cf. Mt. 3; Mt. 17).
2. Surely His greatest delight was in Jesus’ delight to do the will of God (Jn. 6.38; Lk. 22:42).

IV. THE PRAYERS OF RIGHTEOUS PEOPLE.

1. “The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord: but the prayers of the upright is His delight.” (Prov. 15:8)
2. God delights when we approach in a righteous condition or fashion (cf. James 5:16).

V. A PERSON LIVING THE GOOD LIFE.

1. “The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord; and He delights in His way.” (Psa. 37:23).
2. Consider the “way” of Cain (Jude 11).  

Conclusion:  Do you delight in God?  Does God delight in you?

God's Delight

The Sound of Sinful Silence

Speaker: Toby Soechting

Scripture: 2 Kings 7:3-10

INTRODUCTION:

1. Even the “shyest” ones among us have difficulty taming the tongue (cf. James 3).  We simply talk too much.
2. The occasion of our text, is one in where too little was said.

DISCUSSION: THE SILENCE OF THE LEPERS ---

I.      ALARMED BY WHAT THEY FACED (VV. 3,4).

1. Hunger (cf. Mt. 4:4; 5:6).
2. Hopelessness (cf. Rom. 5:1-5; 8:24-25)

II.     AMAZED AT WHAT THEY FOUND (VV. 5-8).

1. Treasure beyond their thinking.
2. Treasure that perfectly filled their needs.
3. Treasure in proportion to their needs.

III.    ABSORBED WITH WHAT THEY HAD IN HAND (V. 8).

1. Suddenly there was a surplus to consume.
2. The sudden abundance led them to covet their treasure (cf. Mt. 6:19).

IV.   ASHAMED BY WHAT THEY DID (V. 9).

1. Selfishness is not a Christian virtue.
2. Silence was not a Biblical option (cf. Ezek. 33:1-9)

V.    ANXIOUS TO TELL (VV. 9-10).

1. They could not, not tell others.
2. Some information is worth sharing, and to fail to share it is to fail!

CONCLUSION:  An ounce of silence may well be worth a ton of explanation, but sometimes some things must be said, and failure to do so is out right sinful.

The Sound of Sinful Silence