76 Sermons of the Old Testament of the Bible
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76 SERMONS OF THE OLD TESTAMENT OF THE BIBLE By Jesus of Nazareth As delivered through The divinely-developed psychic instrumentality Of Dr. Daniel G. Samuels During the years 1957-1961; 1963-1966 Published By Foundation Church of the New Birth Incorporated P.O. Box 6, Williamsville, NY 14231 (U.S.A) 76 SERMONS OF THE OLD TESTAMENT OF THE BIBLE By Jesus of Nazareth CONTENTS The Old Covenant and The New ...................................................................................... i The Old Covenant ......................................................................................................... i The New Covenant ....................................................................................................... ii THE FOUNDATION CHURCH OF THE NEW BIRTH IS A JUDEO-CHRISTIAN CHURCH ......................................................................................................................... v Sermon 1 - The Way to Immortality ................................................................................. 1 Sermon 2 - Christianity’s Failure to Preach the Fathers Love ......................................... 4 Sermon 3 - The Lack of the True Grace of God in Christianity Today ............................. 7 Sermon 4 - The True Fulfillment of the Law – the Father’s Love .................................... 10 Sermon 5 - Abraham’s True Faith and Righteousness .................................................. 13 Sermon 6 - The Misunderstanding of the Blood Sacrifice .............................................. 15 Sermon 7 - The Christian Rite Called Mass .................................................................. 18 Sermon 8 - Jeremiah, the Suffering Servant ................................................................. 21 Sermon 9 - The New Heart in the Old Testament .......................................................... 23 Sermon 10 - Human Love, Prerequisite to the Appreciation of Divine Love .................. 26 Sermon 11 - The Father’s Divine Love foreshadowed in Joseph’s experiences ............ 30 Sermon 12 - Ruth’s Trust in the Father’s Love .............................................................. 36 The Prayer ................................................................................................................. 39 Sermon 13 - King David’s Abundant Kindness .............................................................. 41 Sermon 14 - David’s Unshakeable Faith in the Father .................................................. 44 Sermon 15 - King David’s Forbearance ......................................................................... 47 Sermon 16 - King David’s Love of His Rebellious Children ........................................... 50 Sermon 17 - King David, a Man of God ......................................................................... 53 Sermon 18 - King David’s Praise of God ....................................................................... 56 Sermon 19 - David expresses His Concept of God in His Psalms ................................. 59 Sermon 20 - David’s Second Psalm Does Not Allude to Jesus ..................................... 65 Sermon 21 - David Regrets the Injustices Existing in His Reign ................................... 67 Sermon 22 - David’s Views of the Afterlife .................................................................... 70 Sermon 23 - Jesus Explains Psalm 18 .......................................................................... 73 Sermon 24 - Church Sacrifices Explained During King David’s Times .......................... 77 Sermon 25 - The Twenty-Third Psalm ........................................................................... 82 Sermon 26 - Hosea’s Awareness of the Father’s Love .................................................. 86 Sermon 27 - Jesus Explains Hosea’s Prophecies ......................................................... 89 Sermon 28 - Jesus Studied Hosea’s Prophecies .......................................................... 92 Sermon 29 - Amos, First Prophet of Israel .................................................................... 96 Sermon 30 - Amos and Hosea Were Obedient to God ................................................ 100 Sermon 31 - The First Isaiah, Prophet of Israel ........................................................... 103 Sermon 32 - First Isaiah and the Assyrian Menace ..................................................... 107 Sermon 33 - First Isaiah Declares God’s Judgment upon the Nations ........................ 110 Sermon 34 - First Isaiah’s Struggle Against Social Evils and Sacrifices ...................... 112 Sermon 35 - First Isaiah’s Hope of an Ideal Kingdom for Israel ................................... 115 Sermon 36 - Micah and Jerusalem’s Aristocrats ......................................................... 119 Sermon 37 - Micah and the Prediction of Bethlehem .................................................. 122 Sermon 38 – The Judgemenet Day as Visioned by Zephaniah .................................... 126 Sermon 39 - The Righteous of all Nations to Be Saved............................................... 130 Sermon 40 - Jeremiah’s Ancestry in the Reign of Saul and David .............................. 134 Sermon 41 – Jeremiah’s Boyhood at Anathoth ............................................................ 137 Sermon 42 – Jeremiah’s Call as a Prophet of God....................................................... 139 Sermon 43 – Jeremiah’s Early Sermons ...................................................................... 142 Sermon 44 – Jeremiah in Jersualem ............................................................................ 145 Sermon 45 – Jeremiah Brought to Trial at the Temple ................................................. 148 Sermon 46 – Jeremiah’s Conception of a Moral World ................................................ 151 Sermon 47 – The Burning in the Prophet’s Heart ......................................................... 154 Sermon 48 – Baruch and the Prophet’s Book .............................................................. 156 Sermon 49 – Jeremiah Attacks Social Evils in Judea ................................................... 158 Sermon 50 – Jeremiah’s Letter for the Judeans in Babylonia ...................................... 161 Sermon 51 – Jeremiah and the New Covenant ............................................................ 163 Sermon 52 – Jeremiah’s Tribulations as an Anti-War Prophet ..................................... 166 Sermon 53 – Jeremiah’s Ideal of Democracy ............................................................... 169 Sermon 54 – Habakkuk – Singer and Student of the Psalms ........................................ 171 Sermon 55 – Jesus Explains the True Meaning of Habakkuk’s Prophecies ................. 174 Sermon 56 – Ezekiel Describes Exile to Babylonia ...................................................... 176 Sermon 57 – Ezekiel’s Prophetic Call .......................................................................... 178 Sermon 58 – God’s Loss of Jerusalem Symbolized the Death of the Prophet’s Wife ... 181 Sermon 59 – Ezekiel Gained the Title of “Father of Judaism” ...................................... 183 Sermon 60 – The Double Vision of Ezekiel’s Prophecies ............................................ 186 Sermon 61 – The Second Isaiah – Voice of Liberation.................................................. 188 Sermon 62 – Second Isaiah, The Messenger of Good Tidings .................................... 190 Sermon 63 – Second Isaiah – The Prophet of the Exile ............................................... 193 Sermon 64 – Second Isaiah Wrote the Suffering Servant Songs ................................. 195 Sermon 65 – Second Isaiah’s Twofold Concept of the Father ...................................... 198 Sermon 66 – Jesus Futher Explains Isaiah’s Songs .................................................... 201 Sermon 67 – Many Christians Regard These Sermons as Prophetic .......................... 204 Sermon 68 – Second Isaiah Preached Vindication of His People .............................. 207 Sermon 69 – The Third Isaiah Models the Style of Second Isaiah ............................... 210 Sermon 70 – Jesus Used Third Isaiah’s Opening Lines When He Spoke in Nazareth . 213 Sermon 71 – Haggai Urges the Rebuilding of the Temple ........................................... 215 Sermon 72 – Haggai Instills Courage and Faith in the Rebuilding of the Temple ......... 217 Sermon 73 – Haggai’s Revelation from God ............................................................... 219 Sermon 74 – Zechariah, the Dreamer .......................................................................... 222 Sermon 75 – Zechariah Receives a Command from God, Himself .............................. 225 Sermon 76 – Jesus, When on Earth, Was Impressed by Zechariahs Writings ............. 228 Foundation Church of the New Birth P.O. Box 6, Williamsville, NY 14231 (U.S.A) The Old Covenant and the New Presented by Dr. Daniel G. Samuels* The Old Covenant By Jesus of Nazareth As published in New Testament Revelation 15 and Old Testament Sermon 5 The Covenant which God made with Abraham may not have been the first between the Deity and man, for spiritual men earlier in time and in different areas of the world became aware of His laws of righteousness and justice and sought to interpret them and make them known to their peoples. But the Covenant with Abraham has a special meaning to mankind because, rather than