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The Lordship of Jesus fulfills prophecy and challenges our assumptions about politics and religion.

Intro:​ PBS show Ancestry Roadshow?​ Ever since the first man and the first woman that God ever created fell into sin there has been a need for Christmas. Because God is all knowing, He knew of this need even before it arrived and made plans for Christmas to come and prepared the human race for Christmas…

I know that we’ve been making our way through 1 & 2 Samuel - having just broke in to 2 Samuel a couple weeks ago... BUT... - with Easter on our door step – we’re actually going to start an Easter Series today that will take us right to Easter Sunday. · This series is one that we actually walked through…

Matthews Gospel: The promised Messiah

Main Idea: True Christians will display evidence of being God’s children, including right beliefs about God and holy living before God. INTRODUCTION: It is very often the case that children follow in their parents’ footsteps. We often hear the statements “like father, like son” or “she is just like her…

What is the Kingdom of God? Kingdom of God - refers to God’s rule over all creation. The Kingdom of God’s manifestations on earth. in Eden. in the flood. in the tower of Babel. In the nation of Isreal. In the Messiah. in the Church. in the second coming of Messiah. Kingdom of God/heaven is 136 times…

Some thought that being/remaining Jewish was enough. John called some of his fellow Jews, Vipers Over 20 different kinds of poisonous snakes in Israel Viper poison affects the respiratory system and destroys red blood cells Strangles the breath of life and nullifies the blood “Who told you that you could…

1 And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart, 2 And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light. 3 And, behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elias talking with him.…

Introduction: We have just come through the climax of these first couple of chapters. And that climax was Christmas. We saw the birth of the Messiah - Jesus Christ. We saw the ordinary circumstances of a humble King born to two peasants and placed in a feeding trough. But then we saw the angelic worship…

Today, we are invited into the courtroom where Jesus of Nazareth is on trial for claims made that go against the law of the Hebrews as well as Roman. We know that He is telling the truth although the statements may contradict the rule and boundaries set by the Sanhedrin and the Roman Empire. Jesus, at…

Intro: Dr. Karl Barth was one of the most brilliant and complex intellectuals of the twentieth century. He wrote volume after massive volume on the meaning of life and faith. On one occasion when Barth was visiting in America, a student at a theological seminary asked him in this question "Dr. Barth,…

When God acts, praise is multiplied and response is expected.

Garden imagery in Isaiah 61 this sermon The prophet speaks of the coming anointed one - the coming Messiah מָשַׁח [mashach /maw·shakh/]. The year of the Lord’s favour, and the coming of the new creation - a new garden, a new Eden when all of creation will be restored. v. 3 A planting of the Lord Anticipates…

Mark 12:35-37 Intro : It is still Tuesday of the Lord’s Passion Week. Jesus is making His way to the cross to die for His people. This passage finds Jesus still in the Temple teaching the Word of God. The scribes, the Pharisees and the Sadducees are still looking for a way to discredit Jesus in the eyes…

Prophetic fulfillment demands proclamation.

Over the next few weeks we are going to take a look at the final week of Jesus. That means today we are beginning with Sunday. What has become known as Palm Sunday. On Palm Sunday Jesus fulfilled a prophecy about the messiah, which is why it was so significant that he rode into town on a donkey. This…

Now when they drew near to Jerusalem, to Bethphage and Bethany, at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two of his disciples and said to them, “Go into the village in front of you, and immediately as you enter it you will find a colt tied, on which no one has ever sat. Untie it and bring it. If anyone says…

Mark 15:1-15 Intro : This passage brings us one step closer to the death of Christ on the cross of Calvary. He has been arrested by His enemies. He has been tried by the religious authorities and condemned. His condemnation was based on the testimony of false witnesses and erroneous accusations. The…

If asked, “Where is your pastor from?” How would you answer? Who knows what town I live in? What town did I live in when my boys were growing up? What town did I live in when I was in the 9th grade? What town did I live in when I was in the 6th grade? What town did I live in when I was in 3rd grade?…

Main Idea The purpose of the manger was the cross. Merry Christmas! Today, we get to celebrate the birth of Jesus! Unfortunately, we were unable to meet last night. My goal was to briefly show how the Jewish people had been waiting for this day for hundreds of years, surveying a few key prophecies in…

Even from the time of Christ’s birth, there are those who anticipate resurrection; we can be people today who also live as those anticipating resurrection.

Our God is a Promise-making, promise-keeping God. God has promised us peace in the Person of Messiah — in the Person of Jesus. As we face this world’s peace-stealing circumstances, we need to cling to that Peace. We need to cling to Jesus who came as not just the Babe in a manger 2000 years ago — but…

In John’s gospel, this is the final public statement of Jesus. In it we see the Son’s glorification, His mission , and his Witness. The Glorification of The Son, 12:20-26. Verse 20 is the fulfillment of the Pharisees remarks in verse 19. The Greeks were God-fearers, probably from Decapolis or Syria,…

This is the first of seven signs seen in heaven. It is a vision of salvation history and its coming future. Revelation 12:1-6 is an overview. Revelation 12:7-17 expands on the overview. There is good news - Jesus wins, we win through his work on the cross, and Satan is defeated. We have victory in Jesus!…

We live in the most comfortable age in history. There is plenty of stuff going wrong in the world, but there are more comforts than ever before. The rapid changes in technologies have changed the way we live. Once upon a time, it was a pipe dream to have more than one television in your home. It was…