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SERMON OUTLINE OF THE WEEK (last updated 3/4/10)

THE GOSPEL GARDENS

Gen. 3:15; Matt. 26:36; John 19:41-42

I. INTRODUCTION

A. GARDENS REVEAL THE LOVE OF GOD

     1. The beauty of a garden reveals a loving designer

     2. The bounty of a garden reveals a loving provider

B. GARDENS OF THE GOSPEL

     1. The garden of Eden

     2. The garden of Gethsemane

     3. The garden of the tomb

C. FINDING THE GOSPEL IN THE GARDENS OF GOD

II. BODY

A. THE GARDEN OF EDEN AND THE PROMISED SAVIOR (Gen. 3:15)

     1. After creation, God planted a garden (2:8)

            a. A garden of beauty (pleasant to the eyes)

            b. A garden of bounty (good for food)

     2. The garden became home for Adam and Eve

            a. All their needs supplied from the garden

            b. God met them in the garden for fellowship

     3. The one restriction in the garden: the forbidden tree (v. 3)

     4. The temptation and fall (vv. 4-13)

     5. The promise of redemption (v. 15)

     6. Christ the promised one to bruise the serpent’s head

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B. THE GARDEN OF GETHSEMANE AND THE PRAYING SAVIOR (Matt. 26:36)

     1. The time to bruise the serpent’s head drew near (26:1)

     2. Jesus entered the garden of Gethsemane to pray

            a. Peter, James and John accompanied Him

            b. The Savior’s sorrow in the garden

            c. Angels came to strengthen Him (Luke 22:43)

            d. Great drops of His blood fell to the ground during His intense praying

            e. How puny our prayers seem in comparison to His that day!

     3. The most difficult prayer to pray: “Thy will be done”

     4. Have we been willing to make that our prayer?

C. THE GARDEN OF THE TOMB AND THE POWERFUL SAVIOR (John 19:41-42)

     1. Here the crucifixion is past

            a. Christ has died for sinners; for you and me

            b. Jesus is placed in Joseph’s tomb in a garden

            c. The Scriptures have been fulfilled (Isa. 53)

     2. The garden tomb became the scene of the resurrection

            a. The stone closing the tomb was rolled away (20:1)

            b. The linen clothes were there but not Jesus (20:5)

     3. Death could not hold our powerful Savior

III. CONCLUSION

A. GOD’S GARDENS REVEAL OUR PROMISED, PRAYERFUL, POWERFUL SAVIOR

B. WILL YOU TRUST HIM TO SAVE YOU TODAY?

C. WILL  YOU ALLOW HIS LOVE TO BLOOM IN THE GARDEN OF YOUR HEART?

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A MINISTER'S LAMENT

I used to call in people's homes, to talk with them and pray
But now I've no time left to call; I have to be away
Attending meetings here and there, as loyal preachers must;
How else can one keep up to date, when programs are discussed?

The phone bell rang the other day. A tearful voice said, "Please,
Could you find time to see my dad? he's sick and ill at ease."
I could not call that afternoon. I had a conference on,
Where specialists in pastoral work discussed things pro and con.

The next day proved too late to call. The poor old man was dead.
His folks were peeved and sent for Reverend Doctor Brown instead;
(Though why they'd turn to him in need I cannot comprehend;
No conference on pastoral work he ever did attend.)

My youth work here has all but died, though Doctor Brown's is fair;
For while I run to institutes, my young folks worship there.
You'd think my church would boom and grow; but strange to say 'tis not;
For while I go to conferences, my church work goes to pot.

They stress evangelistic work, which every church should do;
They plan a lot of institutes to take our deacons to.
These "New Life" conferences tell us how lost souls from sin to pry;
They only trouble is that now we've no time left to try.

Perhaps we've made a big mistake, as some profess to see.
Perhaps most church work has become a vast bureaucracy.
Perhaps our time would best be spent among the needy mob.
Perhaps God's kingdom profits most by staying on the job.

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