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Revelation 18:1-24 THE DESTRUCTION OF ECONOMIC BABYLON The End Times-#42 Intro : In our last study, we considered the destruction of religious Babylon. The Bible paints a horrific picture of the end of all false religion. One day, every belief system in the world that bypasses the Lord Jesus Christ will…

Revelation 1:19 . 19 Write therefore the things that you have seen, those that are and those that are to take place after this. Jesus’ outline of Revelation: What was seen : Jesus Glorified - Revelation 1:9-20 . What is : the Seven Churches - Revelation 2-3 . What will be : Jesus’ judgement in the seven…

Our Scripture lesson this morning comes from Deuteronomy 8:7-20 : For the Lord your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and springs, flowing out in the valleys and hills, a land of wheat and barley, of vines and fig trees and pomegranates, a land of olive trees…

Freedom From Injustice: The Freedom that Many Don’t Experience Today is the end of the week where we have celebrated our American Independence. It came as the end result of a hard-fought battle against the forces of a country far removed from the Colonies. What had been the natural administration of…

The Need for Redemption (1:8–22) A. Political slavery (1:8–10) B. Economic slavery (1:11–14) C. Social slavery (1:15–22) D. Spiritual slavery (1:8–2:25; 9:1) Introduction: The first half of the book focuses on Israel’s departure from Egypt: the historical setting (1:1–2:25); In Genesis 12:2–3 God made…

Who is the rich man? That is the question we must ask. In this parable, Jesus is offering a critique and a warning of what he sees in this world and it is pretty biting. The destiny of the rich man is one any sane person would want to avoid, so I think it is important to know who this man is. Who is…

We are reminded that the Holy Spirit gathers us into faith in the Father who created us and sent the Son to redeem us. We are encouraged to understand the Trinity more seriously than we do.

Joel 3:9-10 Proclaim this among the nations: Consecrate for war; stir up the mighty men. Let all the men of war draw near; let them come up. Thesis: Critics falsely attempt to lay the blood of mankind at Christianity’s feet. Introduction: Today, the term “religion” gets separated from political, social,…

18 “And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write, ‘These things says the Son of God, who has eyes like a flame of fire, and His feet like fine brass: 19 “I know your works, love, service, faith, and your patience; and as for your works, the last are more than the first. 20 Nevertheless I have a few…

Ungrace tears the world apart War Economic greed and poverty Racism Philip Yancey in his classic book “what’s so amazing about grace” labels these things “ungrace”. His point being that when self is ascendent it is at the expense of others. Wether we be talking about the war in Ukraine. The famines in…

Today we’re talking about the religion of man and the saving gospel of Christ. We may not realize it but we have all built religion and ritual into our world. We have to. It is how we operate without being overcome by the incredible multitude of decisions that we must face every day. For Christians,…

Last time, we addressed the sin of the priests who had become lax in their worship as they sacrificed blind, lame, and sick animals to God. This showed their disregard for the Lord and what he required from them. They kept the best for themselves and dishonored God with the worst. They were loving God…

Intro: We have been making our way through Daniel 7 and looking at the details of Daniel’s night visions… We talked about the description of the four beasts that Daniel saw coming out of the great sea and we also talked about how Daniel saw The Ancient of Days give the final, everlasting Kingdom, to…

Intro We continue on in our text to chapter 5 of Nehemiah. There have been a number of amazing things accomplished already thus far. God has cleared the way for the project to even begin. The king not only allowed Nehemiah to go to Jerusalem, but sent him with a royal escort, with letters of protection,…

Context Here we are again this morning still not starting our messages on David, but I saw something this last week that really bothered me, and I have been struggling all week with it. So, here we are. I titled this mornings message Zeal for the LORD’S house. Over the last few months you all have heard…

God Multiplies His People Now these things happened to them as an example, and they were written for our instruction, upon whom the ends of the ages have come. “But God spoke to this effect, that his descendants would be aliens in a foreign land , and that they would be enslaved and mistreated for four…

Selling Jesus Short-John 11:1-16 Stilling Storms- See Matt 8.27 27 And the men marveled, saying, “What sort of man is this, that even winds and sea obey him?” Forgiving and healing Mark 2.7 7 “Why does this man speak like that? He is blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?” 12 And he rose and…

Turn to and read Psalm 119:105 . Pray. Opening: In the early years of our country Election Day sermons and Political Sermons were common place. In an article entitled, “When the Sermon Reigned,” the writer states: Beginning in 1634, and every year after 1640, the annual election day in Massachusetts…

WHAT KING IS THIS? on his final journey into Jerusalem The long uphill climb from Jerusalem. SHOW PICs Pilgrim route. “Up” to Jerusalem Bartimaeus is Encountered. Bar = son Timaues, or Timao = honor Names the Nameless Luke 18 -35-43 As Jesus approached Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the roadside…

Spiritual Economics 101 Inflation. It’s on the news, it’s what many are talking about. My two vehicles, a truck and a van, both get about the same mileage around town- 16 to 18 mpg. And while the van has a 16 gallon tank, the truck has a 27 gallon tank. And I feel it, like you do at the pump. I stopped…

Peace we all need! This series we started a couple of weeks ago, we looked at The definition of peace State of harmony, tranquility, absence of hostility/conflict; an inner tranquility enjoyed by Christians who put trust in God We look at Jesus our Prince of Peace (ref: Isa9:6 ) Prophesied, came, fulfilled,…

MLK Video That speech was given on Easter in 1963 and today, 59 years later, our society is still fighting racism. But it’s more that just black and white. It’s ethnicity of every kind It’s culture versus culture. It’s rich versus poor, the haves and have nots. It’s conservative versus progressive. And…

Our next stop on our journey through the minor prophets is the book of Joel, which is a very interesting book for a number of reasons. First, It is difficult to place Joel accurately in the timeline of Israel’s history. Some suggest it is pre-exile and others suggest it is post-exile. Personally, I think…

Last week, we talked about being God’s Masterpiece. Just so we all understand this, turn to your neighbor and remind them that they are a masterpiece. Have you ever noticed that everyone tends to gravitate towards people who are like us? People who look like us. People who think like us. People who believe…

Intro – Children have a way of gaining control of things don’t they – I heard about a young boy who received a harmonica for Christmas from his uncle . After the first of the year he saw his uncle for the first time since receiving the harmonica. With a large smile he said, “Thanks for the harmonica…