Chris Babiak - Father's Day

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Father's Day Sermon - Chris Babiak

Wise Father’s Build

Examining the Father of the Prodigal Son

We’re going to look at a well-known, traditional passage from a different angle. If you have attended church for a number of years, you have heard this passage preached on, and if you’ve been a Christian a long time, you’ve possibly heard dozens of sermons or read articles or books on the Prodigal Son. Today, we are going to look at the passage and focus on the father more than the sons. May it illuminate our understanding of God’s hope for us and inform our approach to our children and our lives. 

 Movement 1: Father Loses Son (Luke 15:11-19)

Psalm 145:8 - “The Lord is gracious and merciful; Slow to anger and great in lovingkindness.”

2 Peter 3:9 - “The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance.”

Proverbs 3:11-12 - My son, do not reject the discipline of the Lord or loathe His reproof, for whom the Lord loves He reproves, even as a father corrects the son in whom he delights.

Proverbs 26:12 - Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him. (Prov. 12:15)

Psalm 119:9-12 - How can a young man keep his way pure?

By keeping it according to Your word. With all my heart I have sought You; do not let me wander from Your commandments. Your word I have treasured in my heart, that I may not sin against You. Blessed are You, O Lord; teach me Your statutes. (Josh. 1:8, 1 Timothy 3:16)

Proverbs 3:9-10 - Honor the Lord from your wealth and from the first of all your produce; So your barns will be filled with plenty and your vats will overflow with new wine. (Colossians 3:23-24, Eccl. 2:24)

Hebrews 13:5-6 - Make sure that your character is free from the love of money, being content with what you have; for He Himself has said, “I will never desert you, nor will I ever forsake you,” so that we confidently say, “The Lord is my helper, I will not be afraid. What will man do to me?” (Matthew 19:21-24)

Psalm 127:1-2 - Unless the Lord builds the house, they labor in vain who build it; Unless the Lord guards the city, the watchman keeps awake in vain. It is vain for you to rise up early, to retire late, to eat the bread of painful labors; for He gives to His beloved even in his sleep. (Matthew 6:25-33)

Luke 15:13 - And not many days later, the younger son gathered everything together and went on a journey into a distant country, and there he squandered his estate with loose living.

Prov. 13:11 - Wealth obtained by fraud dwindles, but the one who gathers by labor increases it.

Eph 5:15-17 - Therefore be careful how you walk, not as unwise men but as wise, making the most of your time, because the days are evil. So then do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.

Movement 2: Father Receives Lost Son (Luke 15:20-24)

Matthew 6:14-15 - “If you forgive others for their transgressions, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive others, then your Father will not forgive your transgressions.” (Matthew 18:21-22, I John 1:9)

Ephesians 6:18 - With all prayer and petition pray at all times in the Spirit, and with this in view, be on the alert with all perseverance and petition for all the saints. (1 Thes. 5:17, Philippians 4:6-7)

1 Chronicles 16:8,11 - Oh give thanks to the Lord, call upon His name; make known His deeds among the peoples… Seek the Lord and His strength; seek His face continually. 

 Luke 15:22-24 - But the father said to his slaves, ‘Quickly bring out the best robe and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand and sandals on his feet; and bring the fattened calf, kill it, and let us eat and celebrate; for this son of mine was dead and has come to life again; he was lost and has been found.’ (1 Thes. 5:16)
Jeremiah 32:41 - “I will rejoice over them to do them good and will faithfully plant them in this land with all My heart and with all My soul.”

Movement 3: Father Loses Son (Luke 15:25-34)

Jeremiah 31:3 - “I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have drawn you with lovingkindness.”

Romans 8:38-39 - For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Luke 15:32 - we had to celebrate and rejoice, for this brother of yours was dead and has begun to live, and was lost and has been found.

Proverbs 1:7-8 - The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction. Hear, my son, your father’s instruction and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.

 

1 Thessalonians 5:1-6 - Jon Brackett

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1 Thessalonians 5:1–6 (ESV)
1 Thessalonians 5:1 Now concerning the times and the seasons, brothers, you have no need to have anything written to you. 
1 Thessalonians 5:2 For you yourselves are fully aware that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. 
1 Thessalonians 5:3 While people are saying, “There is peace and security,” then sudden destruction will come upon them as labor pains come upon a pregnant woman, and they will not escape. 
1 Thessalonians 5:4 But you are not in darkness, brothers, for that day to surprise you like a thief. 
1 Thessalonians 5:5 For you are all children of light, children of the day. We are not of the night or of the darkness. 
1 Thessalonians 5:6 So then let us not sleep, as others do, but let us keep awake and be sober.
 

Luke 24:13-35 - Jon B

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Luke 24:13–35 (ESV)
Luke 24:13 That very day two of them were going to a village named Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem, 
Luke 24:14 and they were talking with each other about all these things that had happened. 
Luke 24:15 While they were talking and discussing together, Jesus himself drew near and went with them. 
Luke 24:16 But their eyes were kept from recognizing him. 
Luke 24:17 And he said to them, “What is this conversation that you are holding with each other as you walk?” And they stood still, looking sad. 
Luke 24:18 Then one of them, named Cleopas, answered him, “Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem who does not know the things that have happened there in these days?” 
Luke 24:19 And he said to them, “What things?” And they said to him, “Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, a man who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people, 
Luke 24:20 and how our chief priests and rulers delivered him up to be condemned to death, and crucified him. 
Luke 24:21 But we had hoped that he was the one to redeem Israel. Yes, and besides all this, it is now the third day since these things happened. 
Luke 24:22 Moreover, some women of our company amazed us. They were at the tomb early in the morning, 
Luke 24:23 and when they did not find his body, they came back saying that they had even seen a vision of angels, who said that he was alive. 
Luke 24:24 Some of those who were with us went to the tomb and found it just as the women had said, but him they did not see.” 
Luke 24:25 And he said to them, “O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken! 
Luke 24:26 Was it not necessary that the Christ should suffer these things and enter into his glory?” 
Luke 24:27 And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he interpreted to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself. 
Luke 24:28 So they drew near to the village to which they were going. He acted as if he were going farther, 
Luke 24:29 but they urged him strongly, saying, “Stay with us, for it is toward evening and the day is now far spent.” So he went in to stay with them. 
Luke 24:30 When he was at table with them, he took the bread and blessed and broke it and gave it to them. 
Luke 24:31 And their eyes were opened, and they recognized him. And he vanished from their sight. 
Luke 24:32 They said to each other, “Did not our hearts burn within us while he talked to us on the road, while he opened to us the Scriptures?” 
Luke 24:33 And they rose that same hour and returned to Jerusalem. And they found the eleven and those who were with them gathered together, 
Luke 24:34 saying, “The Lord has risen indeed, and has appeared to Simon!” 
Luke 24:35 Then they told what had happened on the road, and how he was known to them in the breaking of the bread.

 

Luke 2:8-20 - Jon B

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Luke 2:8–20 (ESV)
Luke 2:8 And in the same region there were shepherds out in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. 
Luke 2:9 And an angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were filled with great fear. 
Luke 2:10 And the angel said to them, “Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. 
Luke 2:11 For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. 
Luke 2:12 And this will be a sign for you: you will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger.” 
Luke 2:13 And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying, 
Luke 2:14 “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among those with whom he is pleased!” 
Luke 2:15 When the angels went away from them into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let us go over to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has made known to us.” 
Luke 2:16 And they went with haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby lying in a manger. 
Luke 2:17 And when they saw it, they made known the saying that had been told them concerning this child. 
Luke 2:18 And all who heard it wondered at what the shepherds told them. 
Luke 2:19 But Mary treasured up all these things, pondering them in her heart. 
Luke 2:20 And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, as it had been told them.

 

1 John 4:7-21 - Jon B

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1 John 4:7–21 (ESV)
1 John 4:7 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. 
1 John 4:8 Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love. 
1 John 4:9 In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. 
1 John 4:10 In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. 
1 John 4:11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. 
1 John 4:12 No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us. 
1 John 4:13 By this we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit. 
1 John 4:14 And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world. 
1 John 4:15 Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. 
1 John 4:16 So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him. 
1 John 4:17 By this is love perfected with us, so that we may have confidence for the day of judgment, because as he is so also are we in this world. 
1 John 4:18 There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love. 
1 John 4:19 We love because he first loved us. 
1 John 4:20 If anyone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen. 
1 John 4:21 And this commandment we have from him: whoever loves God must also love his brother.

 

Psalm 50 - Dan Harper

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Psalm 50 (ESV)

Psalm 50:title A Psalm of Asaph.
Psalm 50:1 The Mighty One, God the Lord, speaks and summons the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting.
Psalm 50:2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shines forth.
Psalm 50:3 Our God comes; he does not keep silence; before him is a devouring fire, around him a mighty tempest.
Psalm 50:4 He calls to the heavens above and to the earth, that he may judge his people:
Psalm 50:5 “Gather to me my faithful ones, who made a covenant with me by sacrifice!”
Psalm 50:6 The heavens declare his righteousness, for God himself is judge! Selah
Psalm 50:7 “Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, I will testify against you. I am God, your God.
Psalm 50:8 Not for your sacrifices do I rebuke you; your burnt offerings are continually before me.
Psalm 50:9 I will not accept a bull from your house or goats from your folds.
Psalm 50:10 For every beast of the forest is mine, the cattle on a thousand hills.
Psalm 50:11 I know all the birds of the hills, and all that moves in the field is mine.
Psalm 50:12 “If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world and its fullness are mine.
Psalm 50:13 Do I eat the flesh of bulls or drink the blood of goats?
Psalm 50:14 Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving, and perform your vows to the Most High, Psalm 50:15 and call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me.” Psalm 50:16 But to the wicked God says: “What right have you to recite my statutes or take my covenant on your lips?
Psalm 50:17 For you hate discipline, and you cast my words behind you.
Psalm 50:18 If you see a thief, you are pleased with him, and you keep company with adulterers.
Psalm 50:19 “You give your mouth free rein for evil, and your tongue frames deceit.
Psalm 50:20 You sit and speak against your brother; you slander your own mother’s son.
Psalm 50:21 These things you have done, and I have been silent; you thought that I was one like yourself. But now I rebuke you and lay the charge before you.
Psalm 50:22 “Mark this, then, you who forget God, lest I tear you apart, and there be none to deliver!
Psalm 50:23 The one who offers thanksgiving as his sacrifice glorifies me; to one who orders his way rightly I will show the salvation of God!”

Who is Jesus? - Jon B

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Matthew 16:13–16 (ESV)

Matthew 16:13 Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?”
Matthew 16:14 And they said, “Some say John the Baptist, others say Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.”
Matthew 16:15 He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?”
Matthew 16:16 Simon Peter replied, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”

Colossians 1:15–20 (ESV)

Colossians 1:15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.
Colossians 1:16 For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him.
Colossians 1:17 And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together.
Colossians 1:18 And he is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent.
Colossians 1:19 For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell,
Colossians 1:20 and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross.

John 10:30–31 (ESV)

John 10:30 I and the Father are one.”
John 10:31 The Jews picked up stones again to stone him.