Redemption Church in Brookfield, WI

The Mercy of God’s Rescue

Preacher: Danny D'Acquisto

Passage: Genesis 18-19

The Claim: It is incredibly merciful of God to rescue anyone.

Application Points:

1.  

   Humans are far less righteous than we think.

    

2. Our punishment is far more just than we admit.

    

3. This God is far more merciful than we deserve.

When There’s War in the Land

Preacher: Danny D'Acquisto

Passage: Genesis 14:1-24

Claim: Our victory has always belonged to the LORD.

Application: 

Three truths to remember when there is “war” in the land:

1. We are fighting a very different battle.

    

2. We need to fight it in very different ways.

    

3. We never need to fear the outcome.

 

Strife in the Land of Promise

Preacher: Danny D'Acquisto

Passage: Genesis 13:2-18

Big Idea: God will make His people flourish in His time.

Application Points:

1. Blessing those who cause us strife.
2. Waiting for God to bless us forever.

When the Promise is Threatened

Preacher: Danny D'Acquisto

Passage: Genesis 12:10-13:1

Big Idea: God can protect his promise far better than we can.

Application Points:

1. The world will pose threats to God’s promise.
2. Those threats will tempt us to compromise.
3. We may even fail miserably, but God will not.

The Promise of God’s Blessing

Preacher: Danny D'Acquisto

Passage: Genesis 12:1-9

Big Idea: That this God has always been faithful to his promise, and He always will be.

Sermon Points:

1. God's Promise
2. Abram's Response

Application Points:

1. This God can still be trusted.
2. This God must still be trusted.
3. This God is still worthy of all praise.

The Life That is our Light

Preacher: Danny D'Acquisto

Passage: John 1:4

Big Idea: Christ's life is the light of ours.

Application: 

1. By His life We Can See.
2. By His life We Can Live.
3. By His life We Will Overcome.

The Life-Giving, Lifted-Up Child

Preacher: Danny D'Acquisto

Passage: Numbers 21:4-9 & John 3:1-15

Big Idea: Jesus was born so that we can be born again.

Sermon Points:

1. The Life-Giving, Lifted-Up Child: Foreshadowed
2. The Life-Giving, Lifted-Up Child: Fulfilled

Application Points:

1. Why don’t we have eternal life?
   • Answer: In our sin, we don’t believe in God.
2. Where does eternal life come from? 

   • Answer: The one who descended from heaven.

3. How do we gain eternal life?

   • Answer: By looking to Christ in faith.

The Despised-And-Rejected Child

Preacher: Danny D'Acquisto

Passage: Isaiah 53:2-6 & Luke 4:22-30

Sermon Points: 

1. The Despised-And-Rejected Child: Promised
2. The Despised-And-Rejected Child: Provided

Big Idea: Jesus was born to be rejected so that we can be accepted.

Application Points:

Why do we despise this child?

1.  

   He has become familiar to us.

    

2. He is not what we were expecting.

    

3. God knew that we would.

The Bad-News-Reversing Child

Preacher: Danny D'Acquisto

Passage: Isaiah 61:1-4 & Luke 4:16-22

Sermon Points:

1. The Bad-News-Reversing Child: Promised

2. The Bad-News-Reversing Child: Provided

Big Idea: Jesus was born to bring us good news in a world full of bad news.

Application Points:

1. Jesus cares deeply about our bad news.
2. He was born to reverse it into good news.
3. We should join him in reversing bad news.

The Bethlehem-Born Child

Preacher: Danny D'Acquisto

Passage: Micah 5:1-5 & Matthew 2:1-12

Sermon Points: 

1. The Bethlehem-Born Child: Promised

2. The Bethlehem-Born Child: Provided

Big Idea: Jesus was born in obscurity to rescue us from all corruption.

Application Points:

1. We will be subject to corrupt leaders.

    

2. God has not forgotten us.

    

3. Jesus is our pure and perfect rescuer.