Kernan Church Podcast

A Light in the Darkness // Exodus: Rescued and Redeemed (September 11, 2022 Sermon)

Rescued and Redeemed: The Story of ExodusA Light in the Darkness
The Enslaving Power of Sina) Sin seeks to ruleb) Sin seeks to ruin
The Hope of Rescue and Redemption
Exodus 1:1-2:10
Israel Increases Greatly in Egypt1 These are the names of the sons of Israel who came to Egypt with Jacob, each with his household: 2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, 3 Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin, 4 Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher. 5 All the descendants of Jacob were seventy persons; Joseph was already in Egypt. 6 Then Joseph died, and all his brothers and all that generation. 7 But the people of Israel were fruitful and increased greatly; they multiplied and grew exceedingly strong, so that the land was filled with them.
Pharaoh Oppresses Israel8 Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who did not know Joseph. 9 And he said to his people, “Behold, the people of Israel are too many and too mighty for us. 10 Come, let us deal shrewdly with them, lest they multiply, and, if war breaks out, they join our enemies and fight against us and escape from the land.” 11 Therefore they set taskmasters over them to afflict them with heavy burdens. They built for Pharaoh store cities, Pithom and Raamses. 12 But the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and the more they spread abroad. And the Egyptians were in dread of the people of Israel. 13 So they ruthlessly made the people of Israel work as slaves 14 and made their lives bitter with hard service, in mortar and brick, and in all kinds of work in the field. In all their work they ruthlessly made them work as slaves.
15 Then the king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, one of whom was named Shiphrah and the other Puah, 16 “When you serve as midwife to the Hebrew women and see them on the birthstool, if it is a son, you shall kill him, but if it is a daughter, she shall live.” 17 But the midwives feared God and did not do as the king of Egypt commanded them, but let the male children live. 18 So the king of Egypt called the midwives and said to them, “Why have you done this, and let the male children live?” 19 The midwives said to Pharaoh, “Because the Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women, for they are vigorous and give birth before the midwife comes to them.” 20 So God dealt well with the midwives. And the people multiplied and grew very strong. 21 And because the midwives feared God, he gave them families. 22 Then Pharaoh commanded all his people, “Every son that is born to the Hebrews you shall cast into the Nile, but you shall let every daughter live.”
The Birth of Moses2 Now a man from the house of Levi went and took as his wife a Levite woman. 2 The woman conceived and bore a son, and when she saw that he was a fine child, she hid him three months. 3 When she could hide him no longer, she took for him a basket made of bulrushes and daubed it with bitumen and pitch. She put the child in it and placed it among the reeds by the river bank. 4 And his sister stood at a distance to know what would be done to him. 5 Now the daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe at the river, while her young women walked beside the river. She saw the basket among the reeds and sent her servant woman, and she took it. 6 When she opened it, she saw the child, and behold, the baby was crying. She took pity on him and said, “This is one of the Hebrews' children.” 7 Then his sister said to Pharaoh's daughter, “Shall I go and call you a nurse from the Hebrew women to nurse the child for you?” 8 And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, “Go.” So the girl went and called the child's mother. 9 And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, “Take this child away and nurse him for me, and I will give you your wages.” So the woman took the child and nursed him. 10 When the child grew older, she brought him to Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses, “Because,” she said, “I drew him out of the water.”
►Church Info◄Kernan Church is located in Jacksonville, Florida. You can learn more about us at kernanchurch.com.
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HomeLife // The Christian and Money (September 4, 2022 Sermon)

Main Point of Series: We should model our earthly homes in light of our heavenly home.
1. The Christian's Belief About Moneya) Our hearts are devoted to some kind of "treasure"b) Our hearts cannot be devoted to both God and earthly treasures at the same time.c) We must believe Jesus is enough.
2. The Christian's Behavior With Moneya) We must willingly invest in God's Kingdom in every season, joyfully, and generously
►Church Info◄Kernan Church is located in Jacksonville, Florida. You can learn more about us at kernanchurch.com.
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HomeLife // What Is Your Rest? (August 28, 2022 Sermon)

Main Point of Series: We should model our earthly homes in light of our heavenly home.
►Church Info◄Kernan Church is located in Jacksonville, Florida. You can learn more about us at kernanchurch.com.

HomeLife // The Purpose of Parenting (August 21, 2022 Sermon)

Main Point of Series: We should model our earthly homes in light of our heavenly home.
The purpose of parenting is to make disciples.
1. Parent in the context of God's redemptive story.2. Parent with one overarching goal: love for God.
►Church Info◄Kernan Church is located in Jacksonville, Florida. You can learn more about us at kernanchurch.com.

HomeLife // Marriage Matters (August 14, 2022 Sermon)

Main Point of Series: We should model our earthly homes in light of our heavenly home.
The Design: Marriage is about the gospel
The Disconnect: Our marriages fall short of God's design because of sin
The Challenge: Redemptive Pursuit
►Church Info◄Kernan Church is located in Jacksonville, Florida. You can learn more about us at kernanchurch.com.

HomeLife // Good Friends, Good Food, Good News (August 7, 2022 Sermon)

Main Point of Series: We should model our earthly homes in light of our heavenly home.
How can we use our homes as a place to minister to others?1. Show hospitality to your church family.2. Show hospitality to unbelievers.
►Church Info◄Kernan Church is located in Jacksonville, Florida. You can learn more about us at kernanchurch.com.

HomeLife // On Earth As It Is In Heaven (July 31, 2022 Sermon)

Main Point of Series: We should model our earthly homes in light of our heavenly home.
Two truths we must embrace:1. The permanence of our heavenly home.2. The temporariness of our earthly homes.
►Church Info◄Kernan Church is located in Jacksonville, Florida. You can learn more about us at kernanchurch.com.
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Jonah // The Key to Compassion (July 24, 2022 Sermon)

Jonah 4
1 But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was angry. 2 And he prayed to the Lord and said, “O Lord, is not this what I said when I was yet in my country? That is why I made haste to flee to Tarshish; for I knew that you are a gracious God and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, and relenting from disaster. 3 Therefore now, O Lord, please take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.” 4 And the Lord said, “Do you do well to be angry?”
5 Jonah went out of the city and sat to the east of the city and made a booth for himself there. He sat under it in the shade, till he should see what would become of the city. 6 Now the Lord God appointed a plant and made it come up over Jonah, that it might be a shade over his head, to save him from his discomfort. So Jonah was exceedingly glad because of the plant. 7 But when dawn came up the next day, God appointed a worm that attacked the plant, so that it withered. 8 When the sun rose, God appointed a scorching east wind, and the sun beat down on the head of Jonah so that he was faint. And he asked that he might die and said, “It is better for me to die than to live.” 9 But God said to Jonah, “Do you do well to be angry for the plant?” And he said, “Yes, I do well to be angry, angry enough to die.” 10 And the Lord said, “You pity the plant, for which you did not labor, nor did you make it grow, which came into being in a night and perished in a night. 11 And should not I pity Nineveh, that great city, in which there are more than 120,000 persons who do not know their right hand from their left, and also much cattle?”
Our pursuit of superiority:1. Seeks to elevate ourselves above God.2. Seeks to elevate ourselves above others.
Resting in Christ's superiority:1. Enables us to agree with God and obey His Word.2. Enables us to reflect God's compassion for the lost.
►Church Info◄Kernan Church is located in Jacksonville, Florida. You can learn more about us at kernanchurch.com.
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Jonah // Hope For The City (July 17, 2022 Sermon)

Jonah 2:10-3:10
10 And the Lord spoke to the fish, and it vomited Jonah out upon the dry land.
Jonah Goes to Nineveh3 Then the word of the Lord came to Jonah the second time, saying, 2 “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and call out against it the message that I tell you.” 3 So Jonah arose and went to Nineveh, according to the word of the Lord. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, three days' journey in breadth. 4 Jonah began to go into the city, going a day's journey. And he called out, “Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown!” 5 And the people of Nineveh believed God. They called for a fast and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them to the least of them.
The People of Nineveh Repent6 The word reached the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, removed his robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes. 7 And he issued a proclamation and published through Nineveh, “By the decree of the king and his nobles: Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste anything. Let them not feed or drink water, 8 but let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and let them call out mightily to God. Let everyone turn from his evil way and from the violence that is in his hands. 9 Who knows? God may turn and relent and turn from his fierce anger, so that we may not perish.”
10 When God saw what they did, how they turned from their evil way, God relented of the disaster that he had said he would do to them, and he did not do it.
A Blueprint for Redemption in our City1. Believe in the mission.2. Deliver the message.3. Prepare for different responses.4. Engage in gospel transformation.
►Church Info◄Kernan Church is located in Jacksonville, Florida. You can learn more about us at kernanchurch.com.

Jonah // Treading Water (July 10, 2022 Sermon)

Jonah 1:17-2:9
A Great Fish Swallows Jonah17  And the Lord appointed a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.
Jonah's Prayer1 Then Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from the belly of the fish, 2 saying, “I called out to the Lord, out of my distress,    and he answered me;out of the belly of Sheol I cried,    and you heard my voice.3 For you cast me into the deep,    into the heart of the seas,    and the flood surrounded me;all your waves and your billows    passed over me.4 Then I said, ‘I am driven away    from your sight;yet I shall again look    upon your holy temple.’5 The waters closed in over me to take my life;    the deep surrounded me;weeds were wrapped about my head6     at the roots of the mountains.I went down to the land    whose bars closed upon me forever;yet you brought up my life from the pit,    O Lord my God.7 When my life was fainting away,    I remembered the Lord,and my prayer came to you,    into your holy temple.8 Those who pay regard to vain idols    forsake their hope of steadfast love.9 But I with the voice of thanksgiving    will sacrifice to you;what I have vowed I will pay.    Salvation belongs to the Lord!”
In Jonah's toward spiral, we see:1. The drowning effect of sin.2. The ever-present opportunity for repentance.
►Church Info◄Kernan Church is located in Jacksonville, Florida. You can learn more about us at kernanchurch.com.
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