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I’m Just I’m Just One!One!

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•Withstood 450 prophets of Baal– 1 Kings 19:11-14…

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• Withstood 450 prophets of Baal– 1 Kings 19:11-14

• Reassured that there were others– Romans 11:3-4

I’m Just OneI’m Just One•Righteous

man•God was

angry with the human race

•Listened to God– Genesis 7:1-5

Gen 7:1-5Gen 7:1-5… Then the LORD said to Noah, "Come into the ark, youyou and all your household, because I have seen that youyou are righteous before Me in this generation. 2 "You "You shall take with you seven each of every clean animal, a male and his female; two each of animals that are unclean, a male and his female; 3 "also seven each of birds of the air, male and female, to keep the species alive on the face of all the earth. 4 "For after seven more days I will cause it to rain on the earth forty days and forty nights, and I will destroy from the face of the earth all living things that I have made.“ 5 And Noah did according to all And Noah did according to all that the LORD commanded him.that the LORD commanded him.

Gen 7:1-5Gen 7:1-5… Then the LORD said to Noah, "Come into the ark, youyou and all your household, because I have seen that youyou are righteous before Me in this generation.

I’m Just OneI’m Just One• Noah saved a human race

from total destruction in the global flood

• One man made a difference. We are here because of him.

• Next time that you think that you are alone, please look in the Bible and read for yourself the story of Noah and for sure it will bring comfort to you.

I’m Just OneI’m Just One•Overcame

being sold as a slave

•Rose to high office in Egypt

•Helped family in midst of a famine– Genesis 37:4, 25-

30; 39:1-3; 47:13

Genesis 37:4Genesis 37:4 …But when his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, they hated him and could not speak peaceably to him.

Genesis 37:25-30 Genesis 37:25-30 And they sat down to eat a meal. Then they lifted their eyes and looked, and there was a company of Ishmaelites, coming from Gilead with their camels, bearing spices, balm, and myrrh, on their way to carry them down to Egypt. 26 So Judah said to his brothers, "What profit is there if we kill our brother and conceal his blood? 27 "Come and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and let not our hand be upon him, for he is our brother and our flesh." And his brothers listened. 28 Then Midianite traders passed by; so the brothers pulled Joseph up and lifted him out of the pit, and sold him to the Ishmaelites for twenty shekels of silver. And they took Joseph to Egypt. 29 Then Reuben returned to the pit, and indeed Joseph was not in the pit; and he tore his clothes. 30 And he returned to his brothers and said, "The lad is no more; and I, where shall I go?"

Genesis 39:1-3Genesis 39:1-3… Now Joseph had been taken down to Egypt. And Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him from the Ishmaelites who had taken him down there. 2 The LORD was with Joseph, and he was a successful man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian. 3 And his master saw that the LORD was with him and that the LORD made all he did to prosper in his hand.

Genesis 47:13Genesis 47:13… Now there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very severe, so that the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan languished because of the famine.

Genesis 39:21Genesis 39:21… But the LORD was with Joseph and showed him mercy, and He gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison.

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• Stood up to Pharaoh (Exodus)

• Delivered the Israelites from bondage

• Knew God was with him Ex 33:11; Heb 11:24-25.

Exodus 33:11Exodus 33:11… So the LORD spoke to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. And he would return to the camp, but his servant Joshua the son of Nun, a young man, did not depart from the tabernacle.

Heb 11:24,25Heb 11:24,25… By faith Moses, when he became of age, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter, 25 choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God than to enjoy the passing pleasures of sin,

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•Went into battle with only 300 men– Judges 7:1-7,

12

Judges 7:1-7, 14Judges 7:1-7, 14… Then Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) and all the people who were with him rose early and encamped beside the well of Harod, so that the camp of the Midianites was on the north side of them by the hill of Moreh in the valley. 2 And the LORD said to Gideon, "The people who are with you are too many for Me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel claim glory for itself against Me, saying, 'My own hand has saved me.‘ 3 "Now therefore, proclaim in the hearing of the people, saying, 'Whoever is fearful and afraid, let him turn and depart at once from Mount Gilead.'" And twenty-two thousand of the people returned, and ten thousand remained. 4 But the LORD said to Gideon, "The people are still too many; bring them down to the water, and I will test them for you there. Then it will be, that of whom I say to you, 'This one shall go with you,' the same shall go with you; and of whomever I say to you, 'This one shall not go with you,' the same shall not go.“

Judges 7:1-7, 14Judges 7:1-7, 14… 5 So he brought the people down to the water. And the LORD said to Gideon, "Everyone who laps from the water with his tongue, as a dog laps, you shall set apart by himself; likewise everyone who gets down on his knees to drink.“ 6 And the number of those who lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, was three hundred men; but all the rest of the people got down on their knees to drink water. 7 Then the LORD said to Gideon, "By the three hundred men who lapped I will save you, and deliver the Midianites into your hand. Let all the other people go, every man to his place.“14 Then his companion answered and said, "This is nothing else but the sword of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel! Into his hand God has delivered Midian and the whole camp."

I’m Just OneI’m Just One• Came back

with a good report

• Trusted in God to deliver them– Numbers

14:6-10

Numbers 14:6-10Numbers 14:6-10… But Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, who were among those who had spied out the land, tore their clothes; 7 and they spoke to all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying: "The land we passed through to spy out is an exceedingly good land. 8 "If the LORD delights in us, then He will bring us into this land and give it to us, 'a land which flows with milk and honey.‘ 9 "Only do not rebel against the LORD, nor fear the people of the land, for they are our bread; their protection has departed from them, and the LORD is with us. Do not fear them.“ 10 And all the congregation said to stone them with stones. Now the glory of the LORD appeared in the tabernacle of meeting before all the children of Israel.

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• Defeated the Philistine giant

• Encouraged the army of Israel to fight!– 1 Samuel 17:50-

52

1 Samuel 17:50-521 Samuel 17:50-52… So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and a stone, and struck the Philistine and killed him. But there was no sword in the hand of David. 51 Therefore David ran and stood over the Philistine, took his sword and drew it out of its sheath and killed him, and cut off his head with it. And when the Philistines saw that their champion was dead, they fled. 52 Now the men of Israel and Judah arose and shouted, and pursued the Philistines as far as the entrance of the valley and to the gates of Ekron. And the wounded of the Philistines fell along the road to Shaaraim, even as far as Gath and Ekron.

I’m Just OneI’m Just One•Saved the

Jews from Haman’s plot to have them killed– Esther 4:7-14

•God used Esther for His purpose

Esther 4:7-14Esther 4:7-14… And Mordecai told him all that had happened to him, and the sum of money that Haman had promised to pay into the king's treasuries to destroy the Jews. 8 He also gave him a copy of the written decree for their destruction, which was given at Shushan, that he might show it to Esther and explain it to her, and that he might command her to go in to the king to make supplication to him and plead before him for her people. 9 So Hathach returned and told Esther the words of Mordecai. 10 Then Esther spoke to Hathach, and gave him a command for Mordecai:

Esther 4:7-14Esther 4:7-14… 11 "All the king's servants and the people of the king's provinces know that any man or woman who goes into the inner court to the king, who has not been called, he has but one law: put all to death, except the one to whom the king holds out the golden scepter, that he may live. Yet I myself have not been called to go in to the king these thirty days."12 So they told Mordecai Esther's words.13 And Mordecai told them to answer Esther: "Do not think in your heart that you will escape in the king's palace any more than all the other Jews.14 "For if you remain completely silent at this time, relief and deliverance will arise for the Jews from another place, but you and your father's house will perish. Yet who knows whether you have come to the kingdom for such a time as this?

I’m Just OneI’m Just One•Motivated

and led the people to rebuild the walls

•against persecution!– Nehemiah

2:11-20

Nehemiah 2:11-20Nehemiah 2:11-20… So I came to Jerusalem and was there three days. 12 Then I arose in the night, I and a few men with me; I told no one what my God had put in my heart to do at Jerusalem; nor was there any animal with me, except the one on which I rode. 13 And I went out by night through the Valley Gate to the Serpent Well and the Refuse Gate, and viewed the walls of Jerusalem which were broken down and its gates which were burned with fire. 14 Then I went on to the Fountain Gate and to the King's Pool, but there was no room for the animal under me to pass. 15 So I went up in the night by the valley, and viewed the wall; then I turned back and entered by the Valley Gate, and so returned. 16 And the officials did not know where I had gone or what I had done; I had not yet told the Jews, the priests, the nobles, the officials, or the others who did the work.

Nehemiah 2:11-20Nehemiah 2:11-20… 17 Then I said to them, "You see the distress that we are in, how Jerusalem lies waste, and its gates are burned with fire. Come and let us build the wall of Jerusalem, that we may no longer be a reproach.“ 18 And I told them of the hand of my God which had been good upon me, and also of the king's words that he had spoken to me. So they said, "Let us rise up and build." Then they set their hands to this good work. 19 But when Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite official, and Geshem the Arab heard of it, they laughed at us and despised us, and said, "What is this thing that you are doing? Will you rebel against the king?“ 20 So I answered them, and said to them, "The God of heaven Himself will prosper us; therefore we His servants will arise and build, but you have no heritage or right or memorial in Jerusalem."

I’m Just OneI’m Just One• Our ultimate

example!• Suffered and died

alone for you & me

• He did it because He loved us!– Matthew 27:27-50“We love Him because He first loved us.” 1 John 4:19

Matthew 27:27-50Matthew 27:27-50… Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the Praetorium and gathered the whole garrison around Him. 28 And they stripped Him and put a scarlet robe on Him. 29 When they had twisted a crown of thorns, they put it on His head, and a reed in His right hand. And they bowed the knee before Him and mocked Him, saying, "Hail, King of the Jews!“ 30 Then they spat on Him, and took the reed and struck Him on the head. 31 And when they had mocked Him, they took the robe off Him, put His own clothes on Him, and led Him away to be crucified. 32 Now as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name. Him they compelled to bear His cross. 33 And when they had come to a place called Golgotha, that is to say, Place of a Skull, 34 they gave Him sour wine mingled with gall to drink. But when He had tasted it, He would not drink. 35 Then they crucified Him, and divided His garments, casting lots, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet: "They divided My garments among them, And for My clothing they cast lots."

Matthew 27:27-50Matthew 27:27-50… 36 Sitting down, they kept watch over Him there.37 And they put up over His head the accusation written against Him: THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS. 38 Then two robbers were crucified with Him, one on the right and another on the left. 39 And those who passed by blasphemed Him, wagging their heads 40 and saying, "You who destroy the temple and build it in three days, save Yourself! If You are the Son of God, come down from the cross.“ 41 Likewise the chief priests also, mocking with the scribes and elders, said, 42 "He saved others; Himself He cannot save. If He is the King of Israel, let Him now come down from the cross, and we will believe Him. 43 "He trusted in God; let Him deliver Him now if He will have Him; for He said, 'I am the Son of God.'“

Matthew 27:27-50Matthew 27:27-50… 44 Even the robbers who were crucified with Him reviled Him with the same thing. 45 Now from the sixth hour until the ninth hour there was darkness over all the land. 46 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, "Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?" that is, "My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?“ 47 Some of those who stood there, when they heard that, said, "This Man is calling for Elijah!“ 48 Immediately one of them ran and took a sponge, filled it with sour wine and put it on a reed, and offered it to Him to drink. 49 The rest said, "Let Him alone; let us see if Elijah will come to save Him.“ 50 And Jesus cried out again with a loud voice, and yielded up His spirit.

I’m Just One!I’m Just One!ONE person – can

make a big difference! Are you up to the challenge?

“Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast,

immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord,

knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.”1 Corinthians 15:58

I’m Just One!I’m Just One!Do you want to become a Christian?

Have you heard the Gospel?Have you believed in the gospel?Are you willing to repent of your

sins?Are you willing to confess Jesus

as the son of God?Are you ready to be baptized in water for the remission of your

sins?

Do you want to become a Christian?

Have you heard the Gospel?Have you believed in the gospel?Are you willing to repent of your

sins?Are you willing to confess Jesus

as the son of God?Are you ready to be baptized in water for the remission of your

sins?