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What are you doing here? Repeated question Out of my comfort zone learning lots of things Information vs. Experience Getting to know people Passion, gentleness, determination, mana Experiences I’ve never had before Tangata whenua side of powhiri sharing in the kitchen, and in the laundry making friends…

Isaiah 30:8-29 Deuteronomy 32:1-43 We continue to study the Fall Feasts This in combination of Devarim/ Deuteronomy Today is not going to be different - we continue with the same content I have removed the review for this Biblical presentation today because of the amount of scriptures we are going to…

15 “The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your brothers—it is to him you shall listen— 16 You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name,…

Ha’azinu Give Ear Introduction Torah Portion This Torah Portion goes from Deuteronomy 32:1-52 Last Torah portion we discussed that although we have a pastor, leader, Shepard, or an elder to lead, that it is the Lord the one who commands Spring rain and Fall rain Prior to last Torah portion we also talked…

Introduction The Lord has revealed to Moses he will die and that Israel will betray Him And the Lord said to Moses: “Behold, you will rest with your fathers; and this people will rise and play the harlot with the gods of the foreigners of the land, where they go to be among them, and they will forsake…

Pleas of Warning to a Nation Gone Astray Prophetic Warning. Terrible Time Down There Everybody's gonna have a terrible time down there (Lordy, Lordy, Lord have mercy) Some mornin', No warnin' Gods a gonna separate the brave and strong, leavin' all to satan who have done him wrong. Soul winner, See sinner…

“No!” “You can’t!” “It won’t work!” “There is no way.” “We took a vote.” How do you hear it? Do these words give you a sense of victory, or do they give you a sense of defeat? It may depend on whether you’re the one hearing them or the one saying them. Either way the source of these words can often be…

We’ve been moving through CASKET EMPTY, and I don’t want us to lose sight of why we’re doing that. The whole idea of Casket Empty is to recognize God’s redemptive story throughout the Old Testament. Many have wondered did God create the world and then just leave it to run itself, and what we see throughout…

If we’re honest we’re always somewhere on the scale between belief and unbelief. I’ve shared with you many times the Father’s exclamation from Mark 9 when he brings his son to Jesus and asks him to heal him, “if he can.” Jesus responds: And Jesus said to him, “ ‘If you can’! All things are possible for…

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…

Planning for the future At the Beginning of the year, after the holidays, after the spending the parties and the fun is over, Come January, it is a great time to reflect on the New Year What do you want to accomplish in 2024? Have you considered a bible reading plan for this year? Have you found one…

Have you ever been challenged by what God does or does not do? We are called to worship God for his righteous acts. The next two Sundays we are going to be taking a look at God’s righteous judgments. This will be difficult in many ways, so let us make the decision now to worship him for his actions.…

Summary Summary This episode continues our discussion of the epistle to the Colossians. Colossians 1:21-2:5 touch on some theological themes familiar from previous episodes: the relationship of Israel and the Church, the need to keep believing the gospel for salvation, reconciliation, and Paul’s “mystery”…

Summary Colossians 1:1-13 We begin our study in the first chapter of Colossians with an eye toward some of Paul’s more important vocabulary. Why does he refer to the Colossian believers as “holy ones” (1:2)? What sort of “knowledge” (1:9) is he talking about? What do the phrases “inheritance of the holy…

Colossians Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, To the saints and faithful brothers in Christ at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father. We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, since we heard of your faith…

This means War In the last few meetings we have devoted attention to in the inauguration of the kingdom of God. God’s plan to revive the Edenic program was launched as part of his new covenant plan to become man to ensure success where Israel failed. God’s good rule would overspread the globe as originally…

Infiltration The day of Pentecost is an event remembered by millions of Christians each year. Although Acts 2 is one of the more familiar passages in the New Testament outside the gospels, what the passage describes as happening that day definitely sounds strange. When the day of Pentecost arrived, they…

A Beneficial Death By the time of the events in the regions known in the Old Testament as Bashan — Peter’s confession at Caesarea Philippi and the transfiguration on Mount Hermon — Jesus knew that the hour of his death was fast approaching. He had provoked a confrontation with intelligent evil in many…

Prepare to Die The close of the Old Testament period was a dark, desperate time. By the end, the vestige of God’s portion, the family he had raised up through Abraham after forsaking the nations at Babel, consisted of only two tribes (Judah and Benjamin), collectively referred to as the kingdom of Judah.…

Holy War We closed last week with the demise of the giant Og, last of the Rephaim (see Deut. 3: 1-11 ). Israel’s battles in the Transjordon bring us face-to-face with an issue that has troubled bible students, pastor and scholars for centuries: the practice of extermination in Israel’s war of conquest.…

Realm Distinction We’ve been tracking the story of Yahweh and his portion, Abraham’s descendents. Yahweh chose to disinherit the nations at Babel. He chose to appear to Abraham in visible, human form to initiate a covenant relationship. He chose to reiterate that covenant with Isaac and Jacob, whom he…

Who is like Yahweh? Who is like Yahweh? Yahweh, the Most High, the God of gods, shunned the nations. He made himself known to his chosen people, his earthly portion, in the form of a man. The revelation began with Abraham and was repeated to Isaac and Jacob. The Angel who was Yahweh in human form changed…

Introduction: In the last days, people will be marked by a profound sense of ungratefulness. Listen to a prophetic warning from the Apostle Paul in the first century AD. 2 Timothy 3:1–5 (ESV) 1 But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty. 2 For people will be lovers…

Cosmic Geography Last week we looked at YHWH’s disinheritance of the nations. This was the theological lens through which an ancient Israelite viewed her own nation with respect to all others, and her elohim YHWH, against the gods of the nations. By definition YHWH was superior he was Most High… the…

If it’s weird it’s important Last week we saw that many of the common views of Gen 6:1-4 are seriously flawed. We need to remember that the proper context for reading any biblical text is the context in which it was written. The Biblical writers of the New Testament were influenced by works in their…