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Series: A Lamp Unto My Feet Passage: Luke 3:1-20 Sermon in a Sentence: Those who are forgiven produce fruit consistent with repentance. 1 In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, while Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, Herod was tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch of the…
Series: A Lamp Unto My Feet Passage: Psalm 1 Sermon in a Sentence: God wants us to meditate on His word correctly and consistently. Flow: Body: 1 How happy is the one who does not walk in the advice of the wicked or stand in the pathway with sinners or sit in the company of mockers! 2 Instead, his delight…
Jesus... He wasn’t born in a palace, he was born in poverty. He wasn’t placed in a royal bed, he was placed in a feeding trough. He wasn’t heralded, he was hunted. Yet, despite the fact that this middle Eastern child was born on the other side of the planet, two thousand years ago, we lay down our lives…
Have you ever felt hopeless? Have you ever been addicted to a sin that you just can’t seem to break free from? Have you ever wondered about whether you are truly saved or not? Would you like to have peace and freedom. You can. It won’t be easy, but it will be simple. There is a big difference between…
Thanksgiving is this week, and the one thing that we should be most thankful for this week is God’s mercy towards sinners, because without his mercy we would all be hopelessly and forever lost. Without His mercy, there would be no hope of salvation, because no one has the ability to save us but God alone.…
2020 has been a rough year. One of the best words to describe this entire year is the word, uncertain. Since about February, every day has had an air of uncertainty to it. For about 10 months now, it seems like we’ve been living every day, not sure what’s going to happen next. I believe that if you think…
13 “Enter through the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the road broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who go through it. 14 How narrow is the gate and difficult the road that leads to life, and few find it. 15 “Be on your guard against false prophets who come to you in sheep’s clothing…
Jesus is talking to a large crowd of Jews and Gentiles, and He is teaching them how to be saved. 25 Large crowds followed him from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and beyond the Jordan. 1 When he saw the crowds, he went up on the mountain, and after he sat down, his disciples came to him. 2…
7 “Ask, and it will be given to you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and the door will be opened to you. 8 For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened. 9 Who among you, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone? 10 Or if he…
1 “Do not judge, so that you won’t be judged. 2 For you will be judged by the same standard with which you judge others, and you will be measured by the same measure you use. 3 Why do you look at the splinter in your brother’s eye but don’t notice the beam of wood in your own eye? 4 Or how can you say…
25 “Therefore I tell you: Don’t worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Isn’t life more than food and the body more than clothing? Whenever you see therefore, you need to look back and see what therefore is there for. 19 “Don’t store up…
19 “Don’t store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal. 20 But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves don’t break in and steal. 21 For where your treasure is, there your heart…
5 “Whenever you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites, because they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by people. Truly I tell you, they have their reward. 6 But when you pray, go into your private room, shut your door, and pray to your Father who is in secret.…
1 “Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of others to be seen by them. Otherwise, you have no reward with your Father in heaven. 2 So whenever you give to the poor, don’t sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be applauded by people.…
43 “You have heard that it was said, Love your neighbor and hate your enemy. 44 But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, 45 so that you may be children of your Father in heaven. For he causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and…
38 “You have heard that it was said, An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. 39 But I tell you, don’t resist an evildoer. On the contrary, if anyone slaps you on your right cheek, turn the other to him also. 40 As for the one who wants to sue you and take away your shirt, let him have your coat as…
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19 Therefore, whoever breaks one of the least of these commands and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven. But whoever does and teaches these commands will be called great in the kingdom of heaven. We want to be great kingdom citizens. 21 “You have heard that it…
Blessed are…for the kingdom of heaven is theirs — salt of the earth — light of the world — Imagine Jesus teaching this to you 17 “Don’t think that I came to abolish the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to abolish but to fulfill. 18 For truly I tell you, until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest…
Last week we looked at Matthew chapters 1-4, This week we are going to look at how Matthew compares Jesus to Moses and Jesus’ teaching about the kingdom 23 Now Jesus began to go all over Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness…
New Testament — starts off with Jesus, Son of David, the Messiah 1 An account of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the Son of David, the Son of Abraham: ~ genealogy ends with Jesus the Messiah 16 and Jacob fathered Joseph the husband of Mary, who gave birth to Jesus who is called the Messiah. Messiah will…
14 So the Lord God said to the serpent: Because you have done this, you are cursed more than any livestock and more than any wild animal. You will move on your belly and eat dust all the days of your life. 15 I will put hostility between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring.…
The temple is a permanent version of the tabernacle. The tabernacle was built so that God could move around and dwell with His people. 45 I will dwell among the Israelites and be their God. 46 And they will know that I am the Lord their God, who brought them out of the land of Egypt, so that I might…
7 But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look at his appearance or his stature because I have rejected him. Humans do not see what the Lord sees, for humans see what is visible, but the Lord sees the heart.” -------------------- David gets anointed by Samuel as King secretly, then Saul brings David into…
23 They ran and got him from there. When he stood among the people, he stood a head taller than anyone else. 24 Samuel said to all the people, “Do you see the one the Lord has chosen? There is no one like him among the entire population.” And all the people shouted, “Long live the king!” --------------------…
25 In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did whatever seemed right to him. -------------------- Mt. Sinai - 10 Commandments - 1446BC Samuel anoints Saul - 1050BC 1 When Samuel grew old, he appointed his sons as judges over Israel. 2 His firstborn son’s name was Joel and his second was Abijah.…
Reopening We will begin meeting again on July 5th, three Sundays from today. We will have an early morning service at 8:30am and we will continue to post our service online at 11:00. Prayer — Three weeks ago we looked at Exodus 19 at how God wanted to create a nation on earth that He would live among…
Do ya’ll remember this verse from a few weeks ago? 4 For whatever was written in the past was written for our instruction, so that we may have hope through endurance and through the encouragement from the Scriptures. -------------------- Well today’s passage is 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 and it to is about…
Ravi Zacharias March 26, 1946 - May 19, 2020, 74 years old Greatest apologist of our time. Billy Graham was before my time, the ripple effect of his ministry affected my life, but Ravi’s ministry has directly affected my life. Unbelievably brilliant and intelligent, but he was also unimaginably humble…
We’ve been looking at the theme of the Kingdom of God throughout the Scriptures. So far we’ve looked at Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Joseph. Today we will be looking at Moses. Before we begin, let’s pray together. God previously promised to make Abraham and his descendants into a great kingdom, and that…
Of the five sections of Genesis, Creation, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Joseph — The section on Joseph is actually the largest. Abraham was promised a great nation, at the time he was surrounded by other nations and each nation had a king, so Abraham understood this as a promise that God would make Abraham…
16 Then two women who were prostitutes came to the king and stood before him. 17 One woman said, “Please, my lord, this woman and I live in the same house, and I had a baby while she was in the house. 18 On the third day after I gave birth, she also had a baby and we were alone. No one else was with…
Genesis Breakdown left off with Abraham Abraham had 2 sons Ishmael and Isaac. God told Abraham that the blessing would go to Isaac, the younger son who Abraham had with Sarah. Abraham pleaded with God to allow the blessing to go to Ismael first, but God refused and so Abraham agreed and blessed Isaac…
I don’t know how many of you make it a habit to read your Bible regularly but I would like to encourage you to do so. I want to encourage you to make it a lifelong habit. Many of you are out of work right now, and are stuck at home, and so now may be the best time for you to pick up the habit of reading…
Amen, Let’s pray together. What is Easter all about? Easter is the celebration of the day that Jesus rose from the dead. Easter is about resurrection! Easter is about life springing forth where there was only death. Easter is about Jesus conquering death, conquering sin, conquering condemnation, conquering…
Good morning. How is everyone doing today? Awesome! Let’s pray together. Father, I thank You for being such a good good Father. I thank You that you are a steady rock in our uncertain lives. When there seems to be so much uncertainty about our future in this life, You give us so many things that we can…
Good Morning! How’s everyone doing today? Awesome! Let’s pray together. Father, we thank You for being such a good, good God. We thank You for not abandoning us when we rebel against You, and for always pursuing us. We thank You for Your unending love for us that drove You to leave Your throne in heaven…
The Fall We saw last week that God is the king of the universe and He made us in His image and commanded us to rule the world. But we had an enemy who also wanted to rule the world his name is Satan. Satan has his own kingdom and it is an enemy kingdom to God’s kingdom. He has been waging war since the…
We are talking about the kingdom of God, and God as King. A kingdom needs a few things. First and foremost, in order to have a kingdom, you need a King. You also need territory. Everything else is kind of assumed. Things like subjects, walls, an army, food sources, and on and on. We must remember that…
Introduce the Kingdom of God The Bible is one grand continuous story. It’s God’s story. The Old and New Testaments are not two completely different stories. The New Testament and Jesus and His teachings do not somehow do away with or replace the Old Testament. Jesus taught and proclaimed the exact same…
Teach these words Jesus was asked what is the greatest commandment 28 One of the scribes approached. When he heard them debating and saw that Jesus answered them well, he asked him, “Which command is the most important of all?” 29 Jesus answered, “The most important is Listen, O Israel! The Lord our…
Overarching story of the Scriptures: created all things good — 31 God saw all that he had made, and it was very good indeed. Evening came and then morning: the sixth day. -------------------- created us in His image — 27 So God created man in his own image; he created him in the image of God; he created…
What is Our Greatest Pursuit? What is our greatest pursuit? What should we run after in life more than anything else? What is the greatest end goal that we can look forward to? If you said to yourself that there is nothing more important in life than life itself, and if you then thought that must mean…
Did God Really Say…? 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness covered the surface of the watery depths, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters. 3 Then God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. --------------------…
1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness covered the surface of the watery depths, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters. 3 Then God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. 4 God saw that the light…
1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the command of God our Savior and of Christ Jesus our hope: 2 To Timothy, my true son in the faith. Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. 3 As I urged you when I went to Macedonia, remain in Ephesus so that you may instruct certain…
We’re going to look at Paul’s trip to Thessalonica and then something he said to the Thessalonians that is very relevant for us today. 1 After they passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue. 2 As usual, Paul went into the synagogue, and on…
James is full of short memorable sayings 2 Consider it a great joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you experience various trials, -------------------- 5 Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God—who gives to all generously and ungrudgingly—and it will be given to him. --------------------…
1 Paul, an apostle—not from men or by man, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father who raised him from the dead— 2 and all the brothers who are with me: To the churches of Galatia. 3 Grace to you and peace from God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ, 4 who gave himself for our sins to rescue us from…
We are ending the book of Acts today, we are nearing the end of Paul’s ministry and he is headed to Jerusalem knowing that he will die very similar to the way that Jesus had determined to head to Jerusalem knowing that He would die. After he had traveled through several towns we pick up in Caesarea Ac…
26 An angel of the Lord spoke to Philip: “Get up and go south to the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.” (This is the desert road.) 27 So he got up and went. There was an Ethiopian man, a eunuch and high official of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who was in charge of her entire treasury.…
Pray — SIS 1 Now Peter and John were going up to the temple for the time of prayer at three in the afternoon. -------------------- Acts 3 — Peter and John went up to the temple and healed a man who waw lame from birth. The man began walking, leaping and praising God and so many people who recognized…
Pray — SIS 1 I wrote the first narrative, Theophilus, about all that Jesus began to do and teach 2 until the day he was taken up, after he had given instructions through the Holy Spirit to the apostles he had chosen. 3 After he had suffered, he also presented himself alive to them by many convincing…
What is the most commonly recognized Christian symbol? The Cross. 8 But God proves his own love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. -------------------- Jesus’ coming to die for us shows us His love for us! 12 “This is my command: Love one another as I have loved you. 13 No…
Prayer — SIS Why are we here? Why do we exist? What is our purpose? You haven’t just thought about that question, you’ve felt that question? That’s one of those questions that you don’t just think about, you feel it. You feel its weight bearing down on you. Why am I here? What am I supposed to be doing?…
1 On that day Jesus went out of the house and was sitting by the sea. 2 Such large crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat down, while the whole crowd stood on the shore. 3 Then he told them many things in parables, saying: “Consider the sower who went out to sow. 4 As he sowed, some…
Intro Prayer 1 Now a man was sick, Lazarus from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. 2 Mary was the one who anointed the Lord with perfume and wiped his feet with her hair, and it was her brother Lazarus who was sick. 3 So the sisters sent a message to him: “Lord, the one you love is sick.”…
God’s Heart for the Lost 1 All the tax collectors and sinners were approaching to listen to him. 2 And the Pharisees and scribes were complaining, “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.” 3 So he told them this parable: 4 “What man among you, who has a hundred sheep and loses one of them, does…
1 When he came down from the mountain, large crowds followed him. 2 Right away a man with leprosy came up and knelt before him, saying, “Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean.” 3 Reaching out his hand, Jesus touched him, saying, “I am willing; be made clean.” Immediately his leprosy was cleansed.…
My sermon is going to be different today. If you are visiting, I’m so glad you are here, but I need to inform you that today’s sermon is nothing like every other sermon I preach from week to week. And this is why: According to Bob Smietana, from LifeWay Research, “more than half of Americans have read…
Passover was a time of remembrance of the Exodus Jesus said, from now on do this in remembrance of Me 23 For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: On the night when he was betrayed, the Lord Jesus took bread, 24 and when he had given thanks, broke it, and said, “This is my body, which…
Adam/Eve Fall Promise Egypt Wilderness Wandering Judges Rejection of God as King/ Saul 13 Samuel said to Saul, “You have been foolish. You have not kept the command the Lord your God gave you. It was at this time that the Lord would have permanently established your reign over Israel, 14 but now your…
1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, because this is right. 2 Honor your father and mother , which is the first commandment with a promise, 3 so that it may go well with you and that you may have a long life in the land. 4 Fathers, don’t stir up anger in your children, but bring them up in the…
What is the most important command that God has given us to follow? 28 One of the scribes approached. When he heard them debating and saw that Jesus answered them well, he asked him, “Which command is the most important of all?” 29 Jesus answered, “The most important is Listen, O Israel! The Lord our…
Review ADAM & EVE —> CAIN & ABLE ( Sin / Death ) God created everything. — You owe yourself to Him. Sin results in death. We must rule over sin. ( Genesis 4:7 ) NOAH ( Judgement ) God will judge the entire world for sin. Salvation comes through walking with God in righteousness. ABRAHAM/ISAAC/JACOB —>…
1 There was a man from Ramathaim-zophim in the hill country of Ephraim. His name was Elkanah son of Jeroham, son of Elihu, son of Tohu, son of Zuph, an Ephraimite. 2 He had two wives, the first named Hannah and the second Peninnah. Peninnah had children, but Hannah was childless. 3 This man would go…
25 In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did whatever seemed right to him. -------------------- 1 During the time of the judges, there was a famine in the land. A man left Bethlehem in Judah with his wife and two sons to stay in the territory of Moab for a while. 2 The man’s name was Elimelech,…
This year I am preaching through the entire Bible. We went slowly through the book of Genesis, because it sets the stage for the rest of the Bible. As a matter of fact, the first five books of the Bible, written by Moses, called the Pentateuch are considered the foundation that the rest of the Bible…
Mt. Sinai 1 In the third month from the very day the Israelites left the land of Egypt, they came to the Sinai Wilderness. 2 They traveled from Rephidim, came to the Sinai Wilderness, and camped in the wilderness. Israel camped there in front of the mountain. 3 Moses went up the mountain to God, and…
Intro: Prayer: 14 When the hour came, he reclined at the table, and the apostles with him. 15 Then he said to them, “I have fervently desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer. 16 For I tell you, I will not eat it again until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God.” 17 Then he took a cup,…
The fist plague God sent against Pharaoh was turning the Nile and all of the water in Egypt into blood. Eighty years prior to this the Pharaoh of Egypt filled the Nile with the blood of Hebrew boys in an attempt to make sure that they always served him. And one of those boys became his grandson and now…
Intro God gave us life and existence and created us in His image. We sinned against God and therefore don’t deserve the life that He gave us and so the consequence of sin is death. Death is the absence of life and God is life therefore the consequence of sin is the eternal separation from God. From the…
Intro We have made it to Moses, If you have been joining us in Sunday School, you will be familiar with what I am going to be speaking about today because it was a major theme of our Sunday School material this week. The idea that Jesus is a greater Moses. That Moses served a very important role in God’s…
Breakdown of Genesis As you can see, a very large portion of Genesis is devoted to the life of Joseph. Approximate number of words — (includes chapter and verse numbers — pretty close) Creation through tower of Babel — 3,553 Abraham — 4,602 Isaac — 842 Jacob — 4,487 Joseph — 5,850 Joseph’s trouble started…
1 After these things God tested Abraham and said to him, “Abraham!” “Here I am,” he answered. 2 “Take your son,” he said, “your only son Isaac, whom you love, go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains I will tell you about.” 3 So Abraham got up early in…
1 After these events, the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision: Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield; your reward will be very great. 2 But Abram said, “Lord God , what can you give me, since I am childless and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?” 3 Abram continued, “Look, you have…
The Tower of Babel Spread out over the Earth So let’s look at what happened. In the beginning God created everything and the first people he created was Adam and Eve. After he created Adam and Eve he told them to multiply and spread out over the earth. 28 God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful,…
4 Reasons for Suffering -- Someone else’s fault Your fault No one’s fault -- Fallen world For God’s glory -- opportunity of a lifetime Someone Else’s Fault -- Cause -- Someone sins directly against you and you suffer as a result Gn 8:21 21 When the Lord smelled the pleasing aroma, he said to himself,…
If God is all good and all powerful, why does he allow bad things to happen? I want to start off by distinguishing between suffering and difficulty. I am talking about suffering today, not difficulty. Just because something is difficult doesn’t mean that you are suffering. You may be straining, you may…
Just in case you were not with us last week, I’m very excited about this new year. In 2019 we are going to journey all the way through the Bible together. Today we will be in Genesis chapters five and six if you want to be turning there in your Bibles to Genesis 5 . We started in Genesis last week and…
Creation 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. -------------------- 1 So the heavens and the earth and everything in them were completed. 2 On the seventh day God had completed his work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work that he had done. 3 God blessed…