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20 Now in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and silver but also of wood and clay, some for honorable use, some for dishonorable. 21 Therefore, if anyone cleanses himself from what is dishonorable, he will be a vessel for honorable use, set apart as holy, useful to the master of the house,…

Sovereign God is sovereign over this universe God is in control of all aspects of life God is King over all His domain Yahweh is Almighty over His creation Jehovah has absolute rule over all Psa 135:6 Whatever Yahweh pleases, He does, In heaven and on earth, in the seas and in all deep Isa 46:9-10 “Remember…

Last week we finished looking at the big picture of creation, with man being created in God’s image and concluding with the Sabbath rest. Genesis was given to show us the past, the beginning, and to show us the God who created it all. History is His story. We notice here that this is an account of creation,…

How often have we started a project with good intentions - painting, woodworking, puzzles, etc and find ourselves becoming frustrated or bored within a short period of time? I remember as a young child I decided I wanted a small pottery wheel so I could try my hand at pottery. Every time I watched the…

Jer.18:1-6 items needed: dirt, water, molding clay, small shovel, a mallet Intro : God uses many images to describe His relationship to His people. He speaks of the shepherd and sheep relationship, the husband and wife relationship, a Father and His children, just to name a few. All of these are wonderful…

INTRO Church family it is so good to be back here with the opportunity to share with you from God’s word. It has been a long time! Before we jump in to the text this afternoon, I want to take just a minute and express some gratitude. These past two and a half months have been the hardest of my entire…

Sovereignty of God one of my favorite subjects how God weaves peoples lives to fulfill His will Jesus replied to him, “You would not have any authority over me unless it was given to you from above. For this reason the one who handed me over to you has greater sin.” in 18 we see the hatred of the Sanhedrin…

The New Man Jesus cured the man’s blindness And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth. And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind? Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works…

Humanity We are continuing to work through Dr. John Walton’s book on Genesis One. We have been looking at the individual days of creation. Last we talked about day six. We paused before completing the last section to pay particular attention on the creation of humanity. Let read that part of Genesis…

Introduction Introductory message - Driving home the point of synchronicity between the OT & NT. Brazen Altar - Represents the Cross of Christ A place of Substitutionary Atonement A place of bloody Sacrifice Brazen Laver - Represents the Sanctification of Christ The continual washing necessary to keep…

Days Four to Six Installing Functionaries Days Four to Six in Genesis 1 Install Functionaries IN THE ACCOUNT OF DAYS FOUR THROUGH six we see a shift in the focus. While a functional orientation is still obvious, God is not setting up functions as much as he is installing functionaries. In some cases…

Creation and New Creation After discovering how to clone humans, two scientists challenged God: "We don't need you anymore," they said. "We can make life by ourselves now." "Okay," God replied, "let's have a man-making contest." "All right," said the scientists. "We'll do it like you did in the beginning."…

1. An extravagant treasure . 3 And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing. 4 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 of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. 5 For what we proclaim…

He Knows Everything Omniscience of God About All Things 22 “It is He who reveals the profound and hidden things; He knows what is in the darkness, And the light dwells with Him. 5 Great is our Lord and abundant in strength; His understanding is infinite. 13 And there is no creature hidden from His sight,…

Psalm 139:1-10 , 15-16 , 23-24 I stand amazed at the love and mercy of our Lord. There is not a one of us here this morning worthy of the Tender Mercies of God. Psalm 8:3-4 When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, The moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; What is man, that thou art…

All I Wanted Was A Haircut Haircut Easton, grandma, “How old are you?” 1 As he passed by, he saw a man blind from birth. For whatever reason, this verse is the crux of our problem this morning. Blind from birth. If he had only been born “normal”, there wouldn’t be a story to tell. But he wsa born blind……

Opening Prayer: Children who are 4 yrs of age - 2nd grade may now make their way to Children’s Church please follow Mrs. Jane For the rest of us take your copy of God’s Holy Word and turn to Is.43.10 as we continue in our series The Heart of Worship. Today's sermon title is Glorifying God - The Essence…

Having watched several Bob Ross videos, I notice a pattern or trend: the first several colors applied in the first several minutes are him painting a background which, frankly, doesn’t mean a lot by itself. You couldn’t not have it, but you also couldn’t have only it. Genesis 1 is the background. As…

In that great and terrible day, there will be those white with shock when they find that they have depended upon a mental assent to Christianity instead of upon the miracle of the new birth! 7 A. W. Tozer people are so struggling with their version of salvation, that they miss the elephant in the room.....they…

Our bodies now look like sand. But we also look like the stars. learn more how we look like the man from Heaven - Jesus

Introduction Kingdom collapse. Recap The events of Daniel take place between 605-530ish BC God had sent Israel into exile because of their failure to remain faithful to God. Yet the book of Daniel shows us that God remains faithful to his own, even when they are in “enemy territory” Daniel was intricately…

Unusual Characters Today I will finish Noah’s story, then next week I will use Abraham as our focus. Bobbi and I had a wonderful time in Portland last week, celebrating our 50th wedding anniversary on Father’s Day. So good to see both Micah and Sarah, and our Best Man and my best friend for 63 years,…

21 Jesus said to her, “Woman, believe me, the hour is coming when neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father. 22 You worship what you do not know; we worship what we know, for salvation is from the Jews. 23 But the hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will…

Jeremiah Major prophet - BC 627 -580 Name means “Yahweh Exalts”. Known as the crying prophet Why do you think his nom de plume is the Crying prophet? Preparing the people for the enviable fall of Jerusalem Descendant of Abiathar - banished by Solomon. Baruch is his scribe Call and Mission of Jeremiah…

Knowing God, Knowing Love The message that God put into my mind as I was awaking on Wednesday morning is what I will share this morning, on this Mother’s Day when we remember and celebrate all that is best about our own mothers’ love or the idea of motherhood, in case we didn’t experience it directly…