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1. Truthfulness 5 A righteous man hates falsehood, But a wicked man acts disgustingly and shamefully. lit. “Hates a false thing.” Do you hate falsehood? Act disgustingly = “cause a stink” 20 Deceit is in the heart of those who devise evil, But counselors of peace have joy. 26 He kisses the lips Who gives…

One of the traditional things we say when celebrating the Lord’s Supper is, “as often as you do this, you do this in remembrance of me”. But what is it, exactly, that we are remembering? Is it just that Jesus shared a meal with His disciples before His death? Is it the breaking of the bread or the sharing…

25 And that is what the soldiers did. Meanwhile, standing near the cross of Jesus were his mother, and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. It is hard to imagine. Not really that hard - because we’ve walked this way quite often. But still quite hard. To imagine what it is…

26 As they led Jesus away, a man named Simon, who was from Cyrene, happened to be coming in from the countryside. The soldiers seized him and put the cross on him and made him carry it behind Jesus. 27 A large crowd trailed behind, including many grief-stricken women. 28 But Jesus turned and said to…

2 Witnesses I am going away send the Advocate But now I am going away to the one who sent me, and none of you is asking me, ‘Where are you going?’ But because I have said these things to you, sorrow has filled your hearts. But I tell you the truth, it is better for you that I go away. For if I do not…

Read Psalm 91 Affirmations together Faith that Works series… 18 But someone will say, “One person has faith, another has actions.” My answer is, “Show me how anyone can have faith without actions. I will show you my faith by my actions.” Faith that doesn’t work is useless So far, we have learned how…

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever…

What is Finished? Jesus on the cross thinking about the fulfilment of Prophecy and making sure that all was fulfilled V 28 All things what are these “all things”? The plan of redemption that started with the prophecy And I will put enmity Between you and the woman, And between your seed and her seed;…

Exceeding Righteousness Lets establish, before we forget, what the law does for us... 7 What then shall we say? That the law is sin? By no means! Yet if it had not been for the law, I would not have known sin. For I would not have known what it is to covet if the law had not said, “You shall not covet.”…

Stories and metaphors about shepherds crop up all the way through the Bible - and in the Jeremiah reading we’ve just heard we’ve got quite a few references. So… when you think of shepherds what comes to mind? (OPEN QUESTION) In Israel’s traditions ‘the shepherd’ was a metaphor for a King (which is quite…

Our Scripture lesson comes from... The earth is the Lord ’s and the fullness thereof, the world and those who dwell therein, for he has founded it upon the seas and established it upon the rivers. May God bless this the reading of His holy and infallible Word. As we look at the Eighth Commandment, we…

Sunday, we talked about choosing what you will stand on… culture, yourself or God. Most everyone stood up and said they wanted to stand on something more stable. We learned that our beliefs determine our actions and our character. So it’s vital that we learn to build our lives on values that last. Today…

Turn with me to 1 Thessalonians 5:21 ( S ). 11 These were more fair-minded than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness, and searched the Scriptures daily to find out whether these things were so. 23 And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth, that it might be fulfilled…

Simple Answer for Resisting Temptation Today we are continuing our series called Reality. We have been talking about Spiritual Warfare. A big part of spiritual warfare is temptation and I have a simple solution for temptation. Watch this video! Play Video of Mad TV - Stop It! Of course if it was as easy…

Introduction: Introduction 13 “Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. 14 For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few. 15 “Beware of false prophets, who come to you…

Intro; Last week when we looked at “The Olivet Discourse” , I mentioned what David Jeremiah called six critical signs that Jesus mentioned concerning His Second Coming. Deception of false Christs [ v. 4-5 ] Wars and rumors of war among the nations [ v.6-7a ] Famines, pestilences and earthquakes worldwide…

The crucifixion and the death Handed over to be crucified (19:16) Jews were still not happy (19:21) The witnesses (19:25) The command (19:26-27) The death (19:28-30) (Transition) now with Jesus giving up His spirit, comes to our passage this evening. The confirmation of His death and the handling of…

The Servant Savior Continuing on the themes for Christ’s Birthday Observance 2021, today, this Second Sunday of Advent, we are on the theme of the Servant Savior: For it is love that brought the Savior from God’s heart to our world, and it is love that led Jesus Christ to serve us with his own sacrifice…

Introduction: They will never get it right. They are hopeless. It’s a lost cause. I am so done with them. We have all heard people say these statements and some of us may have even said them ourselves. It can be difficult to know someone who just seems to get in their own way or sabotage any good thing…

Socially Separated Social distancing is a public health practice that aims to prevent sick people from coming in close contact with healthy people in order to reduce opportunities for disease transmission. The coronavirus has been called the invisible enemy. The COVID 19 Pandemic has caused us to implement…

They handed Him over Arrested with no resistance Beaten beyond recognition Made no defence Was handed over 16 So he then handed Him over to them to be crucified. (expand on some of what He endured already) The Passion of the Christ passage 17 They took Jesus, therefore, and He went out, bearing His own…

Altered or Delayed obedience is DISOBEDIENCE

A mother, whose name is Susanna, heard her daughter cry out, “Mommy, I’m thirsty. I want a drink.” She and four-year-old Gayaney were stuck in a basement beneath tons of collapsed concrete and steel. It was December 7, 1988, and an earthquake in Armenia had just killed 55,000 people. “Mommy, I’m so thirsty.…