Jesus Before the Council
Mark 14:53-65
I) Understanding the _________________
A) The council is the _______________
B) Peter’s _____________ is foreshadowed
C) People provide _______________ testimony about Jesus
D) Jesus is challenged to ____________ Himself
E) The high priest asks if He is the __________
F) Jesus reveals His true __________
G) They accuse Him of _______________
H) They ___________ Him
I) Was the trial even ___________?
II) Understanding the __________________
A) We can trust __________________
1) Jesus’ ________________ by the leadership foretold
2) Jesus’ ________________ by the leadership foretold
3) Being betrayed by a ____________ foretold
4) His disciples _____________ Him foretold
5) His patience and __________ when suffering foretold
6) His ____________ foretold
B) We should ____________ Jesus
1) He ____________ us what would happen
2) He _________ us how to react
3) What are some _____________ that challenge us?
Sermon outline for 2/15/26 (Radio broadcast 2/22/26)
Jeremiah’s Seventh “Confession”
Jeremiah 17:14-18
I) ______________
A) God punishes _______________
1 Corinthians 10:14
B) God punishes _______________
John 3:36; Hebrews 11:1
C) God punishes _______________
1 Thess 5:22; 1 Timothy 6:10
D) Worshipping God is our only __________!
Hebrews 10:23
II) Jeremiah’s ______________
A) I _____________
B) I _____________
C) I _____________
D) I’m not like the _______________!
E) Be my ___________ in the day of disaster
F) Bring the ungodly to _________, not me
G) ____________ them completely
III) Final lessons about _____________
A) Lament should lead us to ______________
1) We recognize _________
2) We recognize His ___________
3) We recognize His _____________
4) We _____________ our hearts
B) Lament should lead us to ______________
1) God is in ____________
2) God has a __________
3) Evil doesn’t ________!
Sermon outline for 2/8/26 (Radio broadcast 2/15/26)
Jeremiah’s Sixth “Confession”
Jeremiah 20:15-18
I) Why were we ___________?
A) To _____________ God
B) To _____________ God
C) To _____________ God
D) To _____________ God
E) To _____________ God
1) Through ______________
2) Through ______________
3) Through ______________
F) To _____________ for God
G) To _____________ God
1) Because He ____________ us
2) Because He gives us His ____________
3) Because He gives us an ________________
4) Because we have an eternal ____________
II) Which all means that life is ______________
A) God __________ us
B) We are unique from ______________!
C) We are ____________!
D) We have a _____________!
E) We should ___________!
Sermon outline for 2/1/26 (Radio broadcast 2/8/26) — “Jeremiah’s Fifth Confession”
Jeremiah’s Fifth “Confession”
Jeremiah 20:7-18
I) Jeremiah’s _____________
A) He accuses God of ____________ to him!
B) Which is __________
C) But it’s a cry of ___________
1) The __________ is hard
2) And people __________ him
D) He’d like to _________, but he can’t!
E) He finally returns to God’s promises and ___________
F) Which results in ___________!
G) But he ___________ to God again
II) What does ______________ look like?
A) We are __________
B) We feel ______________
C) We may __________
D) We can experience a loss of ____________
E) We feel ___________ inside
F) We can feel ______________
III) How can we ________ with depression?
A) We need to ____________ it
B) We need to embrace getting ___________
C) We need to remember that it’s _____________
D) We need to remember that God ________ us
E) And we need to ________ Him
1) Through ___________
2) With ___________
Sermon outline for 1/25/26 (Radio broadcast 2/1/26) — “Jeremiah’s Fourth Confession”
Jeremiah’s Fourth “Confession”
Jeremiah 18:18-23
I) Imprecatory prayers are prayers for God’s _______________
II) Jeremiah’s confession is an ___________ of imprecatory prayer
A) Jeremiah recounts his enemies __________
B) Jeremiah reminds God of his ________________
C) Jeremiah asks for God’s ________________
III) _____________ examples of imprecatory prayers
A) In the ___________
B) By ___________
C) By ___________?
IV) Can we ________ imprecatory prayers?
A) We are called to be ______________
B) We are not supposed to seek out personal ________________
C) We are supposed to let ________ seek vengeance for us
D) We are allowed to be angry at ___________
E) We are not allowed to let that anger ___________ us
F) We should want to see ________ punished
G) Which we do when we pray for Jesus’ __________
H) It’s right to pray for __________, even as we try to be
merciful
Sermon outline for 1/18/26 (Radio broadcast 1/25/26)
Jeremiah’s Third “Confession”
Jeremiah 15:10-21
I) The Context of Jeremiah’s _____________
A) The current situation: _____________
B) The people’s momentary _____________
C) But God has had ____________!
D) Jeremiah’s concern about the _____________
E) God calls them ___________ prophets
F) God reaffirms His ______________
G) Jeremiah _________ for the nation
H) God’s ____________ pronouncement
II) Jeremiah’s ____________
III) God Promises Jeremiah _____________
IV) But Not The ____________!
V) Jeremiah Expresses His __________
VI) God Urges Jeremiah to be ______________
IV) What do we ____________?
A) We should consider the immediate _______ of discipleship
B) Disciples will face ____________
C) Disciples need to be _____________
D) Disciples need to be ______________
B) We should consider the immediate cost of ______________
discipleship
C) We should consider the immediate cost of ____________ to
be a disciple
D) We should consider the___________ cost of discipleship
Sermon outline for 1/11/26 (Radio broadcast 1/18/26)
Jeremiah’s Second “Confession”
Jeremiah 12:1-6
I) Jeremiah’s ______________
A) He appeals to God as a righteous _____________
B) He asks why evil people _____________
C) He wonders why the wicked get ____________
D) And wonders why they seem to be _____________
E) When they ___________ really know God!
II) Jeremiah’s ____________
A) Answer me because I’m ________________!
B) ___________ the wicked for their evil!
C) Even _____________ cries out!
D) Because of their ____________ and arrogance
III) God’s _____________
A) Why are you so ____________?
B) Worse is yet to ___________!
C) Remember what I’ve ____________ you about!
IV) What does this ____________ us?
A) God is _______________!
B) Sometimes we’ll have ____________
C) God isn’t obligated to _____________ us
D) But His revealed truth should help us to ___________
E) Which is the opposite of the ____________ unbelievers
Sermon outline for 1/4/26 (Radio broadcast 1/11/26) — Jeremiah’s First “Confession”
Jeremiah’s First “Confession”
Jeremiah 11:18-23
I) Usual characteristics of _________________
A) ___________
B) ___________
C) ___________
D) ___________
II) Normally communal, these are more ______________
III) Jeremiah’s ________________
A) The persecution is coming from his ______________
B) God is the one who revealed their ______________
C) Jeremiah protests his __________________
D) Jeremiah is shocked by their ________________
E) Jeremiah calls out for God’s _________________
IV) God’s ________________
V) What do we _______________?
A) Those closest to us can be the most ______________
B) Nothing is ______________ from God’s sight
C) There is a cost to ________________
D) We should be most worried about God’s _______________
E) We need to trust God for ________________
F) Don’t harden your heart to God’s ___________!
Sermon outline for 12/28/25 (Radio broadcast 1/4/25)
The Weeping Prophet
Jeremiah 1
I) The ____________ situation
A) The ____________
1) ________________
2) ________________
3) ________________
4) _________________
5) _________________
6) _________________
B) The ________________
1) ________________
2) ________________
3) ________________
4) _________________
II) The _____________ situation
A) Son of a __________
B) Protested his ________
C) Pleads with Judah to ___________
D) Pronounces judgment on Juday because of ________
E) Warns them about ____________
F) __________
G) Commanded by God NOT to __________
H) Experiences _____________
I) Writes to the exiles in ___________
J) Prophecies about the ______________
III) Jeremiah’s _____________
A) Persecuted by his ___________
B) Persecuted by his ______________
C) Persecuted by the chief __________
D) Almost _____________
E) Ridiculed by _____________
F) Threatened by _____________
G) Persecuted by _______________
IV) Lessons from _______________
A) Our situation is not ____________
1) ___________ turmoil
2) ___________ sinfulness
B) We learn about the sanctity of __________
C) We see God’s _______________
D) We understand the danger of _____________
Sermon outline for 12/14/25 (Radio broadcast 12/21/25)
Even More Astonishing Facts About the Coming Messiah!
Isaiah 52:13-53:12
I) Last week we learned that the ______________ would be:
A) _____________
B) The divine ______
C) The coming ________
D)The Wonderful ____________________
E) The Mighty __________
F) The Everlasting _______________
G) The Prince of _______________
II) Isaiah goes on to reveal the Messiah as the Servant of the ________
A) ___________ is sometimes referred to as the servant of
the Lord
B) But there are 4 passages that seem to refer to an
_____________
C) In Isaiah 42:1-9 the servant is a giver of a new
_____________
D) In Isaiah 44:1-9 the servant brings _____________ to all
people
E) In Isaiah 50:4-11 the servant suffers as a result of
____________
F) In Isaiah 52:13-53:12 the servant suffers humiliation and
_______________
III) Isaiah 53 ___________ that the Servant of the Lord:
A) He will _____________ everyone
B) He will seem _____________
C) He will be _______________
D) He will be _______________
E) We will be _______________
F) He will be _______________
G) We will not _____________
H) Even though He was _______________
I) He will die for our __________
J) He will die with the ____________
K) He will be buried with the _________
L) He will be _______________
M) He will be _______________
N) And it is all according to _________!