Sermons About Vindication
What The Meek Know
What did Jesus mean when he said "blessed are the meek"? Was he saying that the way to God's blessing is through weakness? Through allowing themselves to be treated as a doormat? By no means! Here we'll see that meekness is not weakness, and what it really means to be meek.
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Daniel 3:1-30
The story of Nebuchadnezzar's continued efforts to prove himself greater than even the gods gets even more bizarre and the Jewish writer of this book pokes justified fun at the central character. Nebuchadnezzar goes to enormous lengths and huge expense to set up a massive golden idol before gathering the Balylonian intelligensia together and forcing them to worship it. Nebuchadnezzar's power trip nearly works, but the three Jewish administrators know that it was the worship of false gods that had brought their people into exile from Israel. They aren't about to make the same mistake again, so they refuse to go along with Nebuchadnezzar's demand, even in the face of death. It turns out that these three are the wisest in the kingdom. How would we have reacted in that situation? More than likely we would have caved in to the temptation to go along with the foolishness, while claiming that we haven't really turned away from God - but our actions would have betrayed our lack of faith. They put their trust in the only God who was able to save them completely. As they are called unharmed from the fire it is clear that there isn't even the smell of the fire on their clothes! God's salvation is absolute. To his credit, Nebuchadnezzar sees the truth of the situation and declares it to all his people. Here are three points we can take from this story: 1. God is close and He will stand up for those who stand up for Him. We will not be abandoned if we don't abandon Him. 2. The foolishness of idol-worship; no other god can save but the living God. Some of today's idols: popularity, personal achievement, Christian service (think about it!). How foolish you would feel if you prayed for salvation to one of these? 3. The vindication of those who trust God; there is a day coming when we will be justified before those who mock us today.
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From Triumph to Tragedy
Palm Sunday Sermon on Philippians 2:5-11 by Dr. John Oakes, Holy Trinity, Vancouver, April 5, 2009
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3 Vindications of Christ that build confidence (Matt. 2:13-23)
Matthew continues to show God's sovereign care and affirmation of the Sod of God incarnate, the Messiah, who will "save His people from their sins." Sovereign protection, human misery, and cultural identity all serve to further confirm the obedient Son, the acceptable sacrifice, and the true King of God's people.
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The Vindication of God in the Promise of Redemption
God will vindicate all of the promises that He has made in Scripture in the redemption of His people. And that is done in His time and not ours. And what I want you to see this morning from verses 39-40 are the two ways that God vindicated His promises in the ultimate act of redemption.
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Real Biblical Faith Will be Vindicated in the Victorious Lives of God's People
Real, Biblical, saving faith is vindicated in the victorious lives of God's people. This is going to be broken down into two sub points that I will deal with this morning. In the victorious Christian life there is much testing. There are many days of walking through the valley of difficulty and trouble in order to finally achieve that mountaintop of success. That mountaintop of success will be the final vindication of faith by God in Heaven. And in the Christian life there are several paths that God may call us to follow on our path to that mountaintop.
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Biblical Faith is Vindicated in the Judgment of the Wicked
God will vindicate real faith. Real faith, not false faith, will be proven by God to be true. And that ultimate vindication will come in the judgment of the wicked both temporally and eternally.
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Biblical Faith will be a Vindicated Faith
What we have in verses 28 through the end of the chapter is four examples of faith being vindicated in a mighty way by the Lord. So over the next two sermons we are going to see these four ways that real, biblical, saving faith will be vindicated. This morning we are going to see that Biblical faith will be vindicated in the obedience of God's people.
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