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Exodus 34:14 14 You must worship no other gods, for the Lord , whose very name is Jealous, is a God who is jealous about his relationship with you. A strong feeling of possessiveness, often caused by the possibility that something which belongs, or ought to belong, to one is about to be taken away. The…

Our text today from Deuteronomy 6 , is about the testing of our faith. When Scripture speaks of the “ testing ” of our faith it is referring to one of two things. The first is the “ testing ” of the QUALITY of our faith, and the second is the “ testing ” which ENHANCES our faith. In my message this morning,…

8 And Moses quickly bowed his head toward the earth and worshiped. 9 And he said, “If now I have found favor in your sight, O Lord, please let the Lord go in the midst of us, for it is a stiff-necked people, and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for your inheritance.” 10 And he said, “Behold,…

Scripture Reading: Introduction: Appreciate the good and the bad. To appreciate the good, you must appreciate the bad. What do you think I mean by that? The more significant to bad seems, the more desirable the good will be. James wants his readers to appreciate the good and the bad of the trouble they’re…

Jealousy - Good? Bad? 14 But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, do not be arrogant and so lie against the truth. 16 For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there is disorder and every evil thing. What is jealousy? A greedy or prideful longing for something that belongs…

Intro In 2012, Cecilia Giménez , an 82-year-old widow and amateur painter, attempted to restore Ecce Homo , this is a hundred year old painting of Jesus crowned with thorns in her local church in Borja, Spain. Here is what the painting looked like originally: SHOW PAINTING 1 Moisture on the walls of…

INTRODUCTION . 1 And God spoke all these words, saying, 2 “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. 3 “You shall have no other gods before me. 4 “You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above,…

A. Rapport for the time From a Christian view the outside world is upside down. Meaning the world is not going the way we think it should go. But understand the world looks at us and the message of Christ and believes we have things upside down. B. Reading of the text 1 Now when they had passed through…

1. The source of animosity. (vs. 1-3) What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions are at war within you? A. The origin of animosity. B. The anatomy of animosity. You desire and do not have, so you murder. You covet and cannot obtain, so you fight and quarrel.…

Numbers 25:10-30:1 REVIEW So far we can summarize what we have studied about Bamidbar - in the wilderness / Numbers by this Summary b’Midbar Sinai, take a census, arrange the camp, and Naso Levites for holy work— b’Ha’alot’cha the lamps, shine through the night for God! Sh’lach l’Cha spies if you must,…

Intro: Review: Deviod of Love defined love of God talked about it being in his nature defined those who lack love from God as not belonging to God. This could be the focus of Paul’s rebuke to the Corinthians background behind Paul’s rebuke is the prioritizing worldly things above love, even in the church.…

Definition : Worship is our active response to the Glory of the triune God. #1 Scripture is our final authority. 16 All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; – Scripture is inspired by God. 1 Then some Pharisees and scribes…

HIGHWAY 10 THE HIGHWAY TO HIGHER LIVING A Study of the Ten Commandments . INTRODUCTION . 1 Then God spoke all these words, saying, 2 “I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. 3 “You shall have no other gods before Me. 4 “You shall not make for yourself…

Q: I wonder what you love the most? Have a think about it, search your hearts and see what you come up with... 2 “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. 3 “You shall have no other gods before me. When God gave the ten commandments to His people, they had only…

Introduction So far in the book of Numbers: Gossip Complaining Rebellion Sorcery Compromising Cursing Althought Balaam was not successful in cursing Israel, there seems to be an open door to the “seduction” by Baal - To bring Harlotry And Moses said to them: “Have you kept all the women alive? Look,…

THE THREAT FROMN WITHIN Scripture Reading: Romans 8:1-9 1 Corinthians 3:1-4 When asked the question, “What is the greatest enemy of the local church?”, there would be a myriad of answers given. Many would be mistaken because they thing it was some evil thing out there. Some would say it is Humanism/Paganism…

Intro: Last week we started this study of the Ten Commandments as our continued intimacy with God. I gave two specific reasons for the giving and keeping of the Ten Commandments. 1. The Commandments were given by God to show man his inability to be righteous on his own. He needed to be in an intimate…

We are back in Genesis, picking up where we left off. So far, we have observed in Genesis the creation of the heavens and the earth, and mankind on the earth. We watched man fall from grace through rebellious sin. We’ve seen God judge fallen man, flooding the earth and destroying all life except for…

Why do we need warnings? Imagine you are driving to your best friends house! You are excited to go visit them but there has been a storm. Unbeknownst to you, the road has been washed out. As you get closer to your destination you speed up a bit in anticipation. What’s that? A warning sign? The road is…

Introduction If we keep one foot on one side of a fence and the other on another side, we will never go anywhere or do anything. We will be hung up and of no use to anything. We must make a decision and move forward. If we stay hung up and do not move, that bull may very well put on one side or another.…

Please open with me to the Old Testament book of Nahum. If you have a hard time looking for it, it's just before the book of Habakkuk that we studied not too long ago, nestled between that and Micah. We're working through books of the Bible in our Sunday Services, and we typically alternate by going…

Father knows Best For the most part, most people when they were young, children at least looked up to their father. Paul is spiritual father to those in Corinth and draws on that today. (ref: 1Cor4:14-21) There is a problem with Corinth, they were being told by the Judiazers, and even the “super apostles”…

1. The Mediation of Moses, verse 9 Moses ‘response to the LORD’s self-disclosure was to not stand and gawk but to bow down and worship The next thing we read in verse 9 is the prayer of a worshipping Moses. This was at least the fifth time Moses prayed since the golden calf incident. His role as a mediator…

Envy

Introduction Tonight we’re going to examine this passage of Scripture. It’s the Psalm that I asked my 2nd Mile people to write concerning the problem with Asaph and what it took to give him the correction that he needed. I planned to develop a message on this for Sunday Night, but due to circumstance…