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13 And the Lord said: “Because this people draw near with their mouth and honor me with their lips, while their hearts are far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment taught by men, 14 therefore, behold, I will again do wonderful things with this people, with wonder upon wonder; and the wisdom…

Isaiah 7-9 1 Now it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin king of Syria and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up to Jerusalem to make war against it, but could not prevail against it. I know that you can tell already that tonight…

The 1st of the writing prophets. The first prophet to have his collection of prophecies written out on a book for the people of God to read throughout the centuries. For some context Amos prophesies less than 40 years after Elisha died. Amos would be on the scene during the time of 2 Kings 14-15 , as…

Verses 1-4 Azariah aka Uzziah He was a mostly good king who entered his time as king in a difficult time. remeber that we just saw his father Amaziah lose a big battle with Jehoash king so Israel. The loss was severe... And Judah was defeated by Israel, and every man fled to his home. And Jehoash king…

7 Then Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, and for Molech the abomination of the Ammonites, on the mountain east of Jerusalem. 22 And Judah did what was evil in the sight of the Lord , and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins that they committed, more than all that…

Welcome back to part 15 of our Story Series - this chronological look at the Bible. Up to this point, the Creator God, whose creation chose to rebel and sin in the Garden, has graciously chosen a group of people to represent him. They have proven over and over again that they can’t live up to God’s standard,…

Isaiah 7:14 In 1999, George Bell, CEO of the search engine Excite (second largest at the time, only behind Yahoo), turned down a game-changing offer, the opportunity to purchase a young startup called Google. The purchase price was only $750,000, while Google’s current valuation stands at $1.6 trillion.…

I. Israel is rife with conspiracies, 7:1-7. Every time the LORD longed to heal Israel, new evidences of her sins come to light. The warnings He sent through His prophets have not stemmed the tide of rebellion. The people have reacted to the prophets with rejection which led to further hardening of their…

God’s will is identical with his being, his wisdom, his goodness, and with all his attributes. And it is for this reason that man’s heart and mind can rest in that will, for it is the will not of blind fate, incalculable fortune, or dark energy of nature, but of an omnipotent God and merciful Father”…

1 Ye shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a standing image, neither shall ye set up any image of stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I am the Lord your God. 1, 2 Ye refers to any Israelites sold to heathen masters, who hence were in danger of being tempted to idolatry,…

Looking at the 4 titles of Jesus from Isaiah 9:6.

How am I responding to the work of God in my life now? Revelation 8:13 . 13 Then I looked, and I heard an eagle crying with a loud voice as it flew directly overhead, “Woe, woe, woe to those who dwell on the earth, at the blasts of the other trumpets that the three angels are about to blow!” What kind…

Exodus 13:17-14:31 Introduction In our last Torah Portion we talked about the Plagues So the Lord said to Moses: “See, I have made you as God to Pharaoh, and Aaron your brother shall be your prophet. You shall speak all that I command you. And Aaron your brother shall tell Pharaoh to send the children…

Intro: This morning we come to the third vision that Amos has from the LORD. In the first two visions God had prepared disastrous calamities to come upon the nation in the form of locusts and famine. Amos interceded for the nation and God did relent for a time to give Israel opportunity to repent of…

Isaiah 17-19 Good evening church ,open your Bibles with me to Isaiah chapter 17. As you do, just a reminder that the prophet Isaiah in this section is in the middle of prophesying about area nations, much of his prophecy has both a near and a far fulfillment, to them, some being yet future. Also it is…

Intro: This morning as we opened our study in the Book of Amos, we mainly looked at who Amos was, the time in which he lived and the general message God gave him. Tonight we will begin to break down that message of judgment upon the nations and what their sin was. Text: Amos 1:3-2:3 3 Thus says the Lord…

Genesis 3:14-15 Dec 17, 1927 8 year old S class submarine conducting tests off coast of MA. 2273 Any Hope Of Rescue? Someone has said that if you could convince a man there was no hope, he would curse the day he was born. Hope is an indispensable quality of life. Years ago the S-4 submarine was rammed…

Isaiah 1 & 2 Good evening church! It has been a blast meeting together as Growth Groups in our homes over the past few months, but it is nice to gather as a whole as well and fellowship together. It is my hope that as we continue to grow together, that our digging deeper into the Scriptures does not…

Galatians 1 & 2 Good morning church, open your Bible’s with me to Philippians 1 , no, I’m kidding, you guys finished chapter one didn’t you? Open with me to Galatians, small little book right after 2 Corinthians. Very excited to be starting another book with you this morning church. If you don’t normally…

God dispersed the people for their own good, then later He united the peoples out of His mercy.

Overview In the previous episode ( Rev 19 , Part 2) we looked at how John’s use of the Old Testament, especially Ezekiel 38-39 , more or less proves that Revelation 16-20 cannot be read as a linear sequence of events, but as a series of cycles that describe the same series of events leading to the return…

We left off with the calling of Isaiah into prophetic ministry as he experienced the whoa, lo, and go. To understand the events of chapter 7 it is important to look back over the life of King Ahaz in 2 Kings 16 and 2 Chronicles 28 since that is who is in power and thus what is being referenced in this…

Does anyone know what this picture represents? This might be the most amazing data picture you see in a lifetime! It shows the 63,779 cross-references in the Bible. The white bars along the bottom represent each Bible chapter, Gen. 1 - Rev. 22 . The line’s color shows the reference’s distance from the…

Good morning, Gateway! Scripture: Psalm 31 . Prayer Intro Good morning, again! August 5, 2001 was a beautiful night in Cleveland, Ohio at Jacobs Field, especially if you were a Seattle Mariners fan. The Mariners coming into the game were 80-30, they had won the first two games of the series, and seemed…

Good morning, Gateway! Scripture: Lam 3:21-26 . God of creation. God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. God of the covenant. You are merciful, and gracious, slower to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness, keeping steadfast love for thousands, forgiving iniquity and sin, but you are also…