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The cute Baby Jesus. The peaceful nativity scene The amazed Mary The protective and trusting Joseph The curious shepherds The glancing animals All of these are pictures our minds conjure up when we think of the Christmas story this time of year. Have you seen the little nativity scenes? Even the world…

INTRODUCTION . MESSAGE . 1 Now in those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus, that a census be taken of all the inhabited earth. 2 This was the first census taken while Quirinius was governor of Syria. 3 And everyone was on his way to register for the census, each to his own city. 4 Joseph also…

Christ Wins 18 Children, it is the last hour, and as you have heard that antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have come. Therefore we know that it is the last hour. 19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us. But they went…

Why is Paul Suffering? Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and I am completing in my flesh what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions for his body, that is, the church. For this reason, I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles— Bringing them before the chief magistrates, they…

Not simply David’s last words, but the last which he spoke by the spirit of God. Word of Prophecy May our last words be as beneficial to others as David’s were, instead of words of failure and regret. God raised up David, his anointed king, from all the tribes of Israel. And, David is thought to be the…

The Gospel of John records the words written above the cross on which Jesus died. It read: “Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews.” Many of the Jews read this sign…but the chief Priests protested to Pilate: “Do not write “the King of the Jews, but that this man claimed to be king of the Jews.” Pilate…

You may have noticed that over the past few weeks the texts that we have been looking at have more or less corresponded with the advent candle that we were lighting. However, what I have focused on more in the last month was what these texts communicate about to us about who Jesus in. And thus this has…

Revelation 1:1-20 Revelation 1:1–8 (NASB95) The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show to His bond-servants, the things which must soon take place; and He sent and communicated it by His angel to His bond-servant John, who testified to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ,…

Well Good Morning. Turn with me in your Bibles to John chapter 1. 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. 4 In him was life, and the…

Intro; As we have been studying about the Second Coming of Christ, we have been looking at some of the signs that would lead up to this event. The main sign we have looked at so far is the “Rapture of the Church” . This is the tell tell sign that the Second Coming is just around the corner [ 7 year corner…

Intro The Lord is a Holy God. He cannot dwell in the presence of sin. At one point, the glory of the Lord dwelt in the temple and lived among the people of Israel. But the sinfulness of Israel was so great, and their whoring after other gods was so extreme, that the glory of the Lord departed from the…

Matthew 2:1-12 We have been looking at the Truth about Our Hope these last few weeks. The Ladies just sang of that hope that had lived among the people through the ages. We began by looking at the hope of Christ’s Second coming earlier this month. We learned that this hope motivates us to live a life…

Psalm 118:19–24 (ESV) — 19 Open to me the gates of righteousness, that I may enter through them and give thanks to the Lord. 20 This is the gate of the Lord; the righteous shall enter through it. 21 I thank you that you have answered me and have become my salvation. 22 The stone that the builders rejected…

Expository preaching on Matthew 8.

Teach God’s Character and Work. (The Word) So that the people may turn from a rebellious Heart (Root) Sins of “Unbelief, Pride, Selfishness” (Repentance) and “Be Reconciled to God” (Justification) Resulting in Transformation - behavioral change of the work of the HS (Sanctification) Which is obedience…

Before we just jump into our text today I need to set up some things to help us understand a little bit about this letter to the Hebrews. The reason why I need to explain a few things is because Hebrews poses some very interesting challenges, especially when it comes to it’s author and it’s audience.…

Acts 1:11 11 Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven. 11 Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which…

The King is Coming!

For those of you…and I do hope that most of you, if not all of you are participating in the daily readings that we are doing as a church… if you are doing those readings Friday was a significant day for us personally as a couple, and as a family. Psalm 22-24 were part of the readings for the day, in…

Finishing The Mission The reason Jesus came to earth to accomplish the task the Father has set before Him there are — things John wants to convey to us through his rendering Jesus was crucified for sin He died as the King of the Jews/ whole world Prophecy was fulfilled Jesus died Read John 19 17-37 ,…

Today is Christ the King Sunday. This Sunday is one of my favorite Sundays to preach because the preacher has one job this morning, and that is to talk about the kingship of Jesus Christ. A few weeks ago I preached about the end of the biblical story, which is not disembodied life up among the clouds…

Revelation 1:4-8 Jesus is the theme of the book - He is the Person of Revelation. We saw last week that there is a blessing to all who read it. A blessing is promised to those who Read Hear, and Keep the Words written here. There is no wonder the devil wants to cause so much confusion when it comes to…

Let’s walk though the overarching storyline of the book once again and remind ourselves where we’ve been. We noted at the beginning of our study that this is theologized history. The original human author had a point and purpose in mind as he wrote. It was written for a specific prophetic purpose. As…

And he entered into a ship, and passed over, and came into his own city. And, behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed: and Jesus seeing their faith said unto the sick of the palsy; Son, be of good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee. And, behold, certain of the scribes said within…