FaithfulWord

Family Worship CenterPastor Mark Schwarzbauer PhD

In 2014 God is calling you to

reap the rewards of faithfulness!

The Power of Faithfulness

Pastor Mark Schwarzbauer PhDFamily Worship Center

The Power of a Pledge to Be Faithful

Pastor Mark Schwarzbauer PhDFamily Worship Center

EMET – FAITHFUL & TRUE

Family Worship CenterPastor Mark Schwarzbauer PhD

EMET vs Sheker OR

The Lifestyle of Success Vs. Failure

Family Worship CenterPastor Mark Schwarzbauer PhD

Breaking Faith

Family Worship CenterPastor Mark Schwarzbauer PhD

Jeremiah 1:4-124 The word of the LORD came to me, saying, 5“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.” 6 “Ah, Sovereign LORD,” I said, “I do not know how to speak; I am only a child.”

Jeremiah 1:4-127 But the LORD said to me, “Do not say, ‘I am only a child.’ You must go to everyone I send you to and say whatever I command you. 8 Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you and will rescue you,” declares the LORD.

Jeremiah 1:4-129 Then the LORD reached out his hand and touched my mouth and said to me, “Now, I have put my words in your mouth. 10 See, today I appoint you over nations and kingdoms to uproot and tear down, to destroy and overthrow, to build and to plant.”

Jeremiah 1:4-1211 The word of the LORD came to me: “What do you see, Jeremiah?” “I see the branch of an almond tree,” I replied. 12 The LORD said to me, “You have seen correctly, for I am watching to see that my word is fulfilled.”

Part One:Faithful

Faithful – Almonds•Hebrew word for “Almond”

is shakeid (שקד)• Comes from a root that

means to "watch" or "wake" (i.e., shakad: שקד)

Faithful• The almond tree is among

the first trees to “awaken” from its winter sleep so they watch for it to bud as the sign of Spring.

Photo by Ester Inbar

Almond budding Photo by Ester Inbar – wikimediacommons

Exodus 25:33-34;

37:19-20… “bowls shall be made like

almond blossoms”

Part Two:Faithful Word

Matthew 27 “9 Then was fulfilled what was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet, saying, “And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the value of Him who was priced, whom they of the children of Israel priced, 10 and gave them for the potter’s field, as the LORD directed me.”

Matthew 27:9 “9 Then was fulfilled what was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet, saying, “And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the value of Him who was priced, whom they of the children of Israel priced, 10 and gave them for the potter’s field, as the LORD directed me.”Quote is actually from Zechariah 11:12.

“In the tradition of the Rabbis, the order of the books of the prophets… is

Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Isaiah, and the twelve.”

Calling anything from the prophets as “Jeremiah” is the same as you calling any

facial tissue a “Kleenex.”

The Confirmation of Faithfulness to His Word

• The play on Hebrew words…• “Almond” comes from the

Hebrew root word meaning “to watch.”• They “watched” for the almond

to bud signifying spring was coming.

Jeremiah 1:4-1211 The word of the LORD came to me: “What do you see, Jeremiah?” “I see the branch of an almond tree,” I replied. 12 The LORD said to me, “You have seen correctly, for I am watching to see that my word is fulfilled.”

Jeremiah 1:4-1212 The LORD said to me, “You have seen correctly, for I am watching to see that my word is fulfilled.”

God is watching over His Word to see that it is fulfilled.

HE WILL BE FAITHFUL TO HIS WORD!

In 2014 God is calling you to

reap the rewards of faithfulness!

Part Three:Faithful to the Word

Commitment Card… With God’s help as I start 2014 I commit myself to be…

• …Faithful to God in daily devotions and attending church.• …Faithful to my family and other relationships, keeping sex

only in marriage.• …Faithful in my work doing all things diligently for Christ.• …Faithful in my health taking care of the temple of the Holy

Spirit.• …Faithful in my finances, being a wise steward of what God

blesses me with.

• Signed ____________

Jeremiah 1:4-127 But the LORD said to me, “Do not say, ‘I am only a child.’ You must go to everyone I send you to and say whatever I command you. 8 Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you and will rescue you,” declares the LORD.

Jeremiah 1:4-127 But the LORD said to me, “Do not say, ‘I am only a child.’ You must go to everyone I send you to and say whatever I command you. 8 Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you and will rescue you,” declares the LORD.

Jeremiah 1:4-127 But the LORD said to me, “Do not say, ‘I am only a child.’ You must go to everyone I send you to and say whatever I command you. 8 Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you and will rescue you,” declares the LORD.