Pelham Road Christian Fellowship
Psalm 23:5
Psalms 23:5 NIV
Introduction:
The Table
I. IT’S BETTER AT ANOTHER TABLE
A. “Did God really mean….”
B. The goal is envy & covetousness
C. The other table
II. II YOU’RE NOT GOING TO MAKE IT
A. Take your eyes off the Good Shepherd
B. The goal is isolation
C. Ignore the promises
D. Who is my shepherd?
III. YOU ARE NOT GOOD ENOUGH
A. What is my value?
B. This is the great lie!
C. What is my worth in God’s eyes?
The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. John 10:11 NIV
I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me— just as the Father knows me and I know the Father—and I lay down my life for the sheep. John 10:14, 15 NIV
IV. EVERYONE IS AGAINST ME
A. The greatest conspiracy theory
B. The great truth
What, then, shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things? Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies. Who then is the one who condemns? No one. Christ Jesus who died—more than that, who was raised to life—is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? As it is written: “For your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.” No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 8:32-38 NIV
Conclusion:
The invitation to God’s table is open.
Join Him, but don’t give the enemy a seat there, too.