First Baptist New Orleans Sermons by Month
The Unfaithful Wife
Series: Year Of The Message
Hosea the prophet is instructed by God to marry a promiscuous woman. Hosea loves Gomer, and they have a family together. Their relationship is difficult, and she deserts him and their boys. The heartbreak of Hosea illustrates the heartbreak of God.
The Fiery Furnace
Series: Year Of The Message
God's people are continually being tested in regard to their faith. The prophet Daniel records in narrative form a series of such tests. One of them has to do with King Nebuchadnezzar and a golden image of himself that he sets up for all people in Babylon to worship. Three Hebrew men refuse to bow down to this silly idol. The punishment is death in a fiery furnace. The king offers them a second chance, but they tell him to go jump in the lake. "We will not serve your gods or worship the image of gold you have set up."
Orthopedic Opportunities
Series: Year Of The Message
"Can these bones live?" the prophet was asked. He was surveying a valley full of the sun-bleached remnants of a defeated army. "O Sovereign Lord, you alone know," replied Ezekiel. The dried bones were a picture of the defeated, uprooted, and exiled people of God. When the exiles were taken to Babylon, many of them wanted to hope for a swift return to Jerusalem and an immediate restoration of their former way of life. That was not to happen, and Ezekiel told them so. He told them that Jerusalem would fall and that they should find their peace with God in their new country of residence.
The Plans I Have for You
Series: Year Of The Message
Jeremiah has been called the "weeping prophet." He was a sensitive soul who had a very difficult job--telling the truth in a time of terrible heartache. God called Jeremiah and gave him his message of doom for Judah and Jerusalem. Jeremiah knew that he would be opposed from the very first, that his message would be unpopular and his critics would be fierce