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Setting the stage Birth announcement ( Lk1:26-38 ) Fulfilling the word spoken ( Lk1:38 ) 38 And Mary said, “Behold, the bondslave of the Lord; may it be done to me according to your word.” And the angel departed from her. Mary, God’s chosen instrument to fulfill the prophesy’s regarding the Savior Born…

Our Scripture lesson this morning is Luke 1:5-25 : In the days of Herod, king of Judea, there was a priest named Zechariah, of the division of Abijah. And he had a wife from the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth. And they were both righteous before God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments…

Our brains are wonderful. Have you ever stopped to consider your brain? Despite what we believe it is true that all of us have one, including me. We are able to remember many things. Sometimes we can remember “useless” facts like, you are 2x more likely to be killed by a vending machine than a shark;…

May I speak to the people Prophesy fulfilled Paul is in chains (bound). Still in chains he is polite and particular. Where we are at: Paul had been accused of defiling temple (Act21:28-29) Accused of saying not to adhere to the law of Moses Teach not to circumcise Teach not to follow the traditions of…

Contend for the faith! Previously we started into this series “Warnings to the sanctified” and from the start the writer’s intentions and then the writers purpose changed. A few quick reminders for us tonight before we start. 4 For certain persons have crept in unnoticed, those who were long beforehand…

Intro - yellow sheets Biblical understanding of slavery. In the Old Testament God’s designs for Israel. “Now these are the rules that you shall set before them. When you buy a Hebrew slave, he shall serve six years, and in the seventh he shall go out free, for nothing. If he comes in single, he shall…

Our Introduction/Background We start a new journey in the next of what is called the Pastoral Epistles, Titus. We need to lay some groundwork along the way so we can understand the content even more. Author: Paul ( Tit1:1 ; Act14:1-23 ; 1Tim1:1-3 ; Tit1:5 ) 1 Paul, a bond-servant of God and an apostle…

John 19:17–37 17 And he bearing his cross went forth into a place called the place of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha: 18 Where they crucified him, and two other with him, on either side one, and Jesus in the midst. 19 And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross. And the writing…

Persecution Continues Last week we started looking at the first Christian Martyr, Stephen a Hellenistic believer. Growing church was a persecuted church (Act4:18-21, 5:40) Persecution began with being told to stop preaching! That did not work, so then came more threats and beatings, and well, that did…

Looking back Looking back historically is a good reminder where we have been so we can have better understanding of where we are going. Daniel is in the midst of a vision and it grieved his spirit (Dan7:15). Today we look at a description of a part of the vision including the Ancient of days, judgment,…

A continued story Tonight we start a great journey, adventure through book of Acts. You will see some amazing things, great examples and some not so great along the way. The book of Acts is a continued story of Gospel of Luke. (Research paper picture inserted here) Have you ever had to write a research…

1 In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came by the hand of Haggai the prophet to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest: 2 “Thus says the Lord of hosts: These people…

Keeping things in context and perspective We have seen the rise of the Babylonian kingdom under Nebuchadnezzar, and Belshazzar. Today we look at the rise of the Medo-Persian empire under Darius then Cyrus with a view of the Grecian empire under Alexander and then his generals and a pesty little horn…

Life as a slave So, when is being a slave being a freeman? It is when you are a slave of Christ we have our freedom. And, having freedom in Christ we are challenged, encouraged to grow to maturity. As we start this series may we as a slave learn from this Epistle to grow the maturity of Christ, or at…

For our learning The Old Testament was written, preserved and purposed. Written for our learning, comfort and hope (Rom15:4) 4 For whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that we through the patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope. Written for our admonition…

Old Testament Examples History, we can learn from history, both good things and bad things. Paul in our passage today uses Israel’s history to teach some important lessons to Corinthian church. Philospher, professor, poet, writer Jorge Agustin Nicolas Ruiz de Santyana y Borras - aka George Santayana…

Help! Need understanding Daniel wanted understanding, to have knowledge of the vision and God sent a messenger with the answer to Daniel’s faithful prayer request. There is so much history found in chapter 11 of Daniel, this morning we are covering some 130 years or more. Side note: there is opinion…

Setting the stage Last week we look at a narrative view of chapters 1-3 now this week we are going to look at the biblical view. So we need to set the stage for it. At the time: Amos preaching in the Northern kingdom; this is also the time of Hosea, whose name means “salvation” Remember Amos was from…

History Psalm 106:1 - Introduction: Watershed, continental divide, oceans, there are multiple watershed points. At the end you can zoom out and trace back and get to the source. In the moment you might not realize what path the water is going. Likewise with “watershed moments” in our life, it’s upon…

History, comfort, hope As New Testament Christians who live under grace through faith there is still much we can learn from history. History that can bring comfort and hope (Rom15:4) as well as instructions for our protection (1Cor10:11) The study of the Old Testament is profitable (2Tim3:14-17) and…

~Warnings to Heed for the Undisciplined Intro: As many of you well know, we’ve been working through the book of 1 Corinthians. A book filled with instructions for a young, immature, and oftentimes very carnal church. Paul has already addressed many of the primary issues in the church in the beginning…

History Lesson Chapter 10 of Daniel introduces the final vision of Daniel. It is important to pay attention to context. It is a prophesy, a specific prophesy as it will impact specific people. 14 “Now I have come to give you an understanding of what will happen to your people in the latter days, for…

Has God been faithful? Yes or No How has God been faithful? If you cannot answer this question then it will be hard to share your faith. If a church is not convinced of God’s faithfulness it will sit back and wait until something happens. As we move into a period of exile, this may mean the church dies.…

Timeline of Events The Apostles (33 AD–90 AD) They were largely One-God Jews. After the era of the apostles, who were One-God believers, Greek philosophy began to be merged with Christianity. Post Apostolic Fathers (90–140 AD) They were Greek and Latin Bishops that were well versed in Platonism and brought…