I. EXORDIUM:
Do you have a dream that you have fulfilled? Please raise your hand.
II. AUDIENCE PROFILE:
Villa Luisa, Arcontica and Cardinal Dasmarinas Village
III. OBJECTIVES:
To be obedient in God's command.
IV. TEXT:
Matthew 1:24
When Joseph got up from his sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took Mary as his wife.
- Pray for obedience to spring up in our hearts that we will be doers and not hearers only (James 1:22)
James 1:22
Keep on being obedient to the word, and not merely being hearers who deceive themselves.
V. THESIS:
To do what God commands.
VI. TITLE:
Joseph, The 2nd dreamer
VII. EXPLICATION:
A. Author: Matthew, also called Levi, one of the twelve (12) apostles, Mark 2:14, Jew who was a Roman tax collector, Matthew 10:3, called a sinner because he enters Roman court.
Mark 2:14
As he was walking along, he saw Levi, the son of Alphaeus, sitting at the tax collector's desk. Jesus told him, "Follow me!" So Levi got up and followed him.
Matthew 10:3
Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James, the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus;
B. Audience: to the Jews
C. Keywords: Fulfilled
D. Purpose: To show Jesus of Nazareth was the Kingly Messiah of Jewish Prophecy.
E. Job/Profession:
Tax collector, a publican.
A Jew prohibited to enter courts of non-Jew to deliver the collected tax to the Roman (non-Jews). His profession made him a sinner.
(Isaiah 52:11, 2 Corinthians 6:17, Colossians 2:21, Genesis 3:3, Acts 10:28, Acts 11:3, John 4:9)
Isaiah 52:11
"Depart! Depart! Go out from there; touch no unclean thing; go out from the midst of her; purify yourselves, you who carry the vessels of the LORD.
2 Corinthians 6:17
Therefore, "Get away from them and separate yourselves from them," declares the Lord, "and don't touch anything unclean. Then I will welcome you.
Colossians 2:21
"Don't handle this! Don't taste or touch that!"
Genesis 3:3
"but as for the fruit of the tree that is in the middle of the garden, God has said, 'You are not to eat from it, nor are you to touch it, or you will die.'"
Acts 10:28
He told them, "You understand how wrong it is for a Jew to associate or visit with a gentile. But God has shown me that I should stop calling anyone common or unclean,
Acts 11:3
They said, "You went to uncircumcised men and ate with them!"
John 4:9
The Samaritan woman asked him, "How can you, a Jew, ask for a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?" Because Jews do not have anything to do with Samaritans.
Events that will make Matthew unclean or a sinner:
1. Matthew will touch the money of the people.
2. Often thought of him stealing money, or adding charges to the people that will go straight to his pocket.
3. He will enter Roman courts to deliver the money.
4. He might be probably advised to eat with them if he has a good tax collection that day.
5. Touch unclean hands of the Romans.
VIII. MAIN BODY:
A. What Can We Learn?
1. Let every waking up time be God's will and God's timing fulfilled in your life.
2. We obey God in every waking time.
a. There's no first thing in the morning for us, but only in the business world. We have waking up time in the Lord.
- do our devotions, pray every day/every night and read the bible every night and every day.
(Proverbs 21:3, 1 Samuel 15:22)
Proverbs 21:3
To do what is right and just is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.
1 Samuel 15:22
Samuel said, "Does the LORD delight as much in burnt offerings and sacrifices as in obeying the LORD? Surely, to obey is better than sacrifice, to pay attention is better than the fat of rams.
3. We offer sacrifices to God:
a. Our offerings - Philippians 4:18
Philippians 4:18
I have been paid in full and have more than enough. I am fully supplied, now that I have received from Epaphroditus what you sent—a fragrant aroma, a sacrifice acceptable and pleasing to God.
b. Our broken spirits - Psalms 51:17
Psalms 51:17
True sacrifice to God is a broken spirit. A broken and chastened heart, God, you will not despise.
c. Our bodies - Romans 12:1
Romans 12:1
I therefore urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercies, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices that are holy and pleasing to God, for this is the reasonable way for you to worship.
d. To do good and share with others - Hebrews 13:16
Hebrews 13:16
Do not neglect to do good and to be generous, for God is pleased with such sacrifices.
e. Going to God's house is a sacrifice - 1 Peter 2:4-5
1 Peter 2:4-5
1Pe 2:4 As you come to him, the living stone who was rejected by people but was chosen and precious in God's sight,
1Pe 2:5 you, too, as living stones, are building yourselves up into a spiritual house and a holy priesthood, so that you may offer spiritual sacrifices that are acceptable to God through Jesus, the Messiah.
3. Every God's commans is our motivation to work hard. (Exodus 23:12, Colossians 3:23)
Exodus 23:12
You are to do your work for six days, but on the seventh day you are to refrain from work so that your ox and donkey may rest, and so the son of your maidservant and the alien may be refreshed.
Colossians 3:23
Whatever you do, work at it wholeheartedly as though you were doing it for the Lord and not merely for people.
4. Fulfill the dream that God placed in our hands. (Joel 2:28)
Joel 2:28
"Then it will come about at a later time that I will pour out my Spirit on every person. Your sons and your daughters will prophesy. Your elderly people will dream dreams, and your young people will see visions.
IX. CONCLUSION:
Be a doer of the Word. (James 1:22)
James 1:22
Keep on being obedient to the word, and not merely being hearers who deceive themselves.
