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Torah Portion: Exodus 25:1-27:19 Haftarah 1 Kings 5:12-6:13 Review Two Two Two Two Two Two Two -two exodus Hebrew = Bitterness Pride Shema - three divisions— 1. 2. 3. Korah Picture of Tannin the plagues (2) New Moon Picture of Hodesh as opposed to Full Moon Picture of Moed 4595 מוֹעֵד‎ Picture of Time…

Big Idea: Proper understanding of sin should bring shame, and realization of forgiveness should bring gratitude and LOVE. Jesus came to save sinners Pride keeps many from believing on Jesus All believers have been forgiven much How long have you been a Christian? In almost every church are: Older Christians…

What is a city? What do you think of when you think of a city? ir: ( ʿîr [eer]): city, town In the bible, a city is almost always fortified. It is a place surrounded by walls and has it’s own ruler or king. When we think of cities today we often think of large places where many people live or work, but…

The Good News Of Kingdom Values Alright, this morning we are going to look at the good news of kingdom values. And we are going to do that by looking 2 parables sandwiched around a challenge by Jesus to the pharisees. The first parable we are going to look at is confusing without context. But that’s…

Isaiah 1 & 2 Good evening church! It has been a blast meeting together as Growth Groups in our homes over the past few months, but it is nice to gather as a whole as well and fellowship together. It is my hope that as we continue to grow together, that our digging deeper into the Scriptures does not…

Summary Ezekiel 16 is known for being the most sexually explicit chapter in the Bible. Some scholars even consider it pornographic. The prophet casts the city of Jerusalem as a whore when articulating why God has condemned it and marked it for destruction. This episode explores the portrayal of spiritual…

Ezekiel 7 Remember all the sign Acts of the earlier chapter (9 of them) , the reason God was so angry was idolatry… but God was not so upset with people who were not taught… but those who should know better … those catch His wrath… like state-sponsored apostasy… breaking the covenant bond… that angers…

Gen 18.1 - 22.24 , 2 Kings 4:1-37 , Luke 17:28-37 Then the Lord appeared to him by the terebinth trees of Mamre, as he was sitting in the tent door in the heat of the day. That word ‘appeared’ carries with it a sense of purpose – God does not appear without purpose or expectations. He appears so that…

THE COST OF BEING A DISCIPLE OF JESUS I. Jesus instructs concerning discipleship (14:25–27). a. Regarding the candidate’s family (14:25–26): i. What does it mean to Hate our family or loved ones? ii. Matt 10:34-39 iii. Matt 12:46-50 1. We must place Jesus above them. a. We must place the Will of God…

Palm Sunday Foretold by the Prophets 9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; He is just and endowed with salvation, Humble, and mounted on a donkey, Even on a colt, the foal of a donkey. 22 The stone which the builders rejected…

Where do we start? 10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. 10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; A good understanding have all those who do His commandments; His praise endures forever. What do we tend to fear? The unknown…

Typical Responses to Conflict Consider the following scenario (From Resolving Everyday Conflict) Jim comes from from work. He seems sullen and distracted. Susan's had a hard day herself: she got home late from work, realized that she had forgotten to plan for dinnner, and now Jim sticks his head into…

Rethinking Our Appetites Holy Communion is a Participation in Christ GOAL— I want my hearers to realize the benefits of Holy Communion by showing what God is sharing with us and what we share with one another. MALADY — We don’t realize that as we worship at places with differing confessions of faith,…

**GRAB A SEAT** One of the difficult realities of living in this world is watching something beautiful, breathtaking, and impressive, then seeing it obliterated. The Titanic. Twin towers 2.5 mil acres of land in America Burned in 2023 However, the most beautiful thing the world has ever seen or witnessed…

“In Christ” 2 Corinthians 5:17 “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation ; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.” 2 Corinthians 5:17 ωστε ει τις εν Χριστω καινη κτισις τα αρχαια παρηλθεν ιδου γεγονεν καινα τα παντα No periods or commas in greek text. Ellipse…

Revelation 4:5-11 . 5 From the throne came flashes of lightning, and rumblings and peals of thunder, and before the throne were burning seven torches of fire, which are the seven spirits of God, 6 and before the throne there was as it were a sea of glass, like crystal. And around the throne, on each…

Come, let's worship him who sits on the throne. Jesus’ outline of Revelation: Revelation 1:19 . 19 Write therefore the things that you have seen, those that are and those that are to take place after this. What was seen: Jesus Glorified - Revelation 1:9-20 . What is: the Seven Churches - Revelation 2-3…

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…

Leviticus 25:1 - 27:34 REVIEW TORAH GPS We continue to use the Torah as our guide to do our portions So far we have come from Genesis to now Leviticus, and God has been at work We have talked about Vayikra in the last few weeks So far we can summarize the book of Leviticus/ Vayikra like this: Cumulative…

Introduction: We have mentioned already that this book is one of the Pastoral Epistles - consisting of 1 and 2 Timothy as well as Titus. And we discussed how these books are all about order in the church. Well today we come to a difficult passage for our culture. This is a sermon that was really not…

Intro: Jesus is now on His way to Jerusalem to present Himself as the Passover Lamb. He knows what lies ahead for Him. People are converging on Jerusalem from all directions to observe the Passover. Historians believe that 1-2 million Jews would have been in Jerusalem throughout this week. Imagine the…

1 “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs in by another way, that man is a thief and a robber. 2 But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. 3 To him the gatekeeper opens. The sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and…

How many of us like change? Especially when we have gotten into a routine, or have settled and comfortable? But that is exactly what God called Abraham to do. Leave everything behind, and follow God. We can look at Abraham, and see many parallels to our journey of faith today. Victories, failures, successes,…

Intro : This morning we talked about how Christ has put us together as a team with the pastor as the coach under the authority of God [ Owner of the team ], and the congregation as the players and we are training under His game plan [ Bible ] to win the spiritual championship of life in Christ. Tonight…

Good morning, my name is John Lee and I serve Mission Church as the lead pastor. I am thrilled to be with you this morning, especially in this context, as we continue our current sermon series through the book of Ephesians entitled Gods Plan for God’s People. Please grab your copy of God’s Word and turn…