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Messiah as Ideal Israel 1 Listen to me, O coastlands, and give attention, you peoples from afar. The Lord called me from the womb, from the body of my mother he named my name. 2 He made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand he hid me; he made me a polished arrow; in his quiver he hid…

Why all these cubits? 14 The Lord said to Abram, after Lot had separated from him, “Lift up your eyes and look from the place where you are, northward and southward and eastward and westward, 15 for all the land that you see I will give to you and to your offspring forever. 16 I will make your offspring…

God Is Faithful 5 And now the Lord says, he who formed me from the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob back to him; and that Israel might be gathered to him— for I am honored in the eyes of the Lord , and my God has become my strength— 6 he says: “It is too light a thing that you should be my servant…

Intro: The world has issues. We all know this. Because of the fall of mankind when sin entered the world, there is corruption, impurity, decay, and death. There is darkness and there is despair. Christians are rescued out of our sin and made to be salt and light to the world and push back the darkness.…

Perception Pray Read 1 At Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion of what was known as the Italian Cohort, 2 a devout man who feared God with all his household, gave alms generously to the people, and prayed continually to God. 3 About the ninth hour of the day he saw clearly in a vision…

Prayer Let’s pray. Preamble When considering what to bring out of the Christmas story I had one word that kept coming back to me again and again. I had no idea how I would deal with it, but of all the words I could have chosen to focus on, this seemed the most important and is at the very heart of what…

The PROCLAMATION of light. (v. 14a) “You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. We are called the light of the world due to the world’s CONDITION . In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel…

Introduction: No one likes to struggle. I don’t think there are many statements more true than this one - especially in our society. Today, the word struggle is almost a curse word. We do everything in our power in modern America to make sure that we keep struggle as a minimum. The old Staples commercials…

If you remember last week, we came to a familiar story in the Bible... One that we’ve all heard before - the story of the Woman Caught in Adultery, brought before Jesus. And what we learned right off the bat was that this story is not believed to be original to John, the author of this gospel. This story…

The World Did Ha-Foke-bah Hey, one of the challenging things about the Chag Molad season and one of the challenging things about the Chag Molad story, is in fact, the Chag Molad story. The Chag Molad stories that relates to the birth of Yeshua. Because there's so much miraculous. There's so much amazing.…

Welcome Good Morning! I’m Pastor Wayne and I’d like to welcome you all to the gathering of Ephesus Baptist Church. As we gather this morning, it is imperative that we understand why we gather. We gather to worship and exalt the name of the one who has become our salvation. The right hand of the Father,…

Welcome Good Morning! I’m Pastor Wayne and I’d like to welcome you all to the gathering of Ephesus Baptist Church. It’s nice to see so your smiling faces. But, I’d especially like to welcome those of you who are here for the first or second time. Know that you are surrounded by some pretty amazing people.…

s 49:6 yea, he saith, It is too light a thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the… Ac 16:30–31 Then he took them outside and asked,…

As a new year approaches, let's consider all the many ways we can make a difference for the sake of the gospel!

If food isn’t barrier then what is? 7:25 Note that an “unclean spirit” is again afoot: this possessed girl is not under the reign and rule of God. 24 The parallel to 1:23–28 is striking. Ministry to a people (in chapter 1 the Jews; here the Gentiles) begins with a confrontation with forces arrayed against…

24 And from there he arose and went away to the region of Tyre and Sidon. And he entered a house and did not want anyone to know, yet he could not be hidden. 25 But immediately a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit heard of him and came and fell down at his feet. 26 Now the woman was a…

Scripture 6 he says: “It is too light a thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob and to bring back the preserved of Israel; I will make you as a light for the nations, that my salvation may reach to the end of the earth.” 7 Thus says the Lord , the Redeemer of Israel and his…

After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back the four winds of the earth, that no wind might blow on earth or sea or against any tree. Then I saw another angel ascending from the rising of the sun, with the seal of the living God, and he called with a loud voice…

Isaiah 49:1–7 (ESV) Listen to me, O coastlands, and give attention, you peoples from afar. The Lord called me from the womb, from the body of my mother he named my name. He made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand he hid me; he made me a polished arrow; in his quiver he hid me away.…

Before Birth He named me. In this opening statement that eight chapters earlier God Himself addressed the world. Fear Not, for I Am with You 41 Listen to me in silence, O coastlands; let the peoples renew their strength; let them approach, then let them speak; let us together draw near for judgment.…

Grace and peace to you from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. Sam Giere Illustration I remember the speeches that were made by our seminary professors as we neared graduation and prepared to enter into the world as pastors and deacons across the country and the world. One professor in particular,…

The call of the faithful is to point the world to Jesus. Jesus does what no one else could have done. As we move into this Epiphany season, we announce to the world what God is doing through Christ so that the world might be saved.

The sinful tendency to conform to the world, to be contrasted with the biblical command to maintain contact with the world while avoiding becoming like the world. Believers are called to live in the world, while not being of the world. This attitude is supremely exemplified in the ministry of Jesus Christ.

41 Listen to me in silence, O coastlands; let the peoples renew their strength; let them approach, then let them speak; let us together draw near for judgment. 2 Who stirred up one from the east whom victory meets at every step? He gives up nations before him, so that he tramples kings underfoot; he…