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This Week’s Theme: Christians Are Called to Obey the LORD This Week’s Word is Obedience : A willingness to submit oneself to the will of God and to put it into effect. Memory Verse: Matthew 12:50 “50 For whoever does the will of My Father in heaven is My brother and sister and mother.”” Essence of the…

Oh, you and I need God’s help, we need to turn from our sin while there is hope lest some of the problems that will come from our sin, as we see in David’s life tonight. Remember, we said that there would be a four-fold judgment with David, by his own proclamation to Nathan concerning the parable of…

Introduction Last week we read about the rape of a woman by her half-brother. Amnon rapes Tamar the sister of Absolom. All children of David the King of Israel. 2 Samuel 13:23-36 23 Two years later, when Absalom’s sheepshearers were at Baal Hazor near the border of Ephraim, he invited all the king’s…

Devotion 7 “Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord , And whose hope is the Lord . Let’s Pray Announcements This Week’s Theme: Walking in Confidence This Week’s Word is Trust : It is reliance on and confidence in God because He is absolutely trustworthy. 7 “Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord…

This is the fourth of five visions the LORD has shown Amos recorded in chapters 7-9. Summer fruit, the end result of the year’s work, was anticipated from early spring. A bowl of summer fruit would be welcomed for a guest in home or tent. It would be tasty, refreshing and much anticipated. In this vision…

David the Dad David the Dad Many men wear three hats. They are spiritual people, career or community people and family men. Or to put it another way, they sit on a three-legged stool Three-legged stool Men who are balanced often face struggles between competing roles. The US Open is one of the biggest…

Jeremiah 35:1-19 In chapter 34 we learned that Zedekiah was a promise-breaker. He violated his treaty with Nebuchadnezzar by making an alliance with Egypt. Then, when Nebuchadnezzar started attacking Jerusalem he freed all the Hebrew slaves but changed his mind when Egypt showed up to help. Jeremiah…

Introduction Who were the Rechabites/Jonadab? Descendants of Rechab and Jonadab after him; they lived an ascetic life following the commands of their forefather Jonadab; Jonadab rode in King Jehu’s chariot as Jehu went to slaughter Baal worshippers ( 2 Kgs 10:15-28 ); the asceticism of the Rechabites…

[SLIDE 1] Introduction Good morning brothers and sisters. (May grace…) I want to express my gratitude to Pastor James for the invitation to speak at SVPGMBC. And I was invited last year a few times to come and speak, but I had to decline because the schedule did not work out for me. But, you continued…

Introduction If you were with us last week, you may remember that God told David that because of his sin with Bathsheba there were be strife within his family. In 2 Samuel 12:10-12 . Now, therefore, the sword will never depart from your house, because you despised me and took the wife of Uriah the Hittite…

Forgiveness, Famly

I. Jeremiah’s Test of the Recabites’ Loyalty (35:1–5) 1 The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, saying, 2 “Go to the house of the Rechabites, speak to them, and bring them into the house of the LORD, into one of the chambers, and give them…

Friend Notes in Proverbs 28 Do not say to your neighbor, “Go, and come again, tomorrow I will give it”—when you have it with you. 29 Do not plan evil against your neighbor, who dwells trustingly beside you. 17 A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a difficult time. Friend or Fiend? 3…

Father’s Day 2022 Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord. Fathers, do not provoke your children, lest they become discouraged. Today, is Father’s Day “Happy Father’s Day!” I thought I’d start out today by sharing a few precious…

Jeremiah 35 1 This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord in the days of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah: 2 “Go to the house of the Rechabites, speak to them, and bring them to one of the chambers of the temple of the Lord to offer them a drink of wine.” 3 So I took Jaazaniah son of Jeremiah,…

The Obedience of the Rechabites It’s irritating to play a game with someone who doesn’t follow the rules.— On the other hand…we also know what it feels like…when our homes or schools…seem to have too many rules.— But God’s Word isn’t meant to be an endless list of tiring to-do’s.— God’s word gives us…

Barriers to Praying pt. 2 Feelings- hard to pray when you are caught up in your feelings. Shame - 2 Samuel 13:1-20 After this Absalom the son of David had a lovely sister, whose name was Tamar; and Amnon the son of David loved her. Amnon was so distressed over his sister Tamar that he became sick; for…

Jeremiah 35 Introduction We are going to return to Jeremiah now. As you may know, Jeremiah stays in a fairly chronological order for the first 33 chapters. Now we move into various portraits that are well out of chronology, but they are mostly given timelines as they are presented to us. One of my favorite…

We are a unique Fellowship in the earth, and one of the reasons we are unique is what we fondly call standards. Oh, not so fond? Well maybe we need to think about that a little before you decide to pitch the baby out with the bath water, especially in the light of the passing of the torch. Pastor Mitchell…

Jesus Christ Never Changes Who He Is And What He Has Accomplished Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears us up; God is our salvation. Selah Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never…

The purpose of chapter 35 is to show the contrast between a Gentile people and the people of God. Let’s look at the text. 1. The Rechabites (35). A. The testing of the Rechabites (1-5 ). Chapters 35 and 36 both take place during the reign of Jehoiakim. He was king from 609-598 BC. What we see in these…

Lust is a destructive desire that doesn't who or what is in its way.

12 Then Moses said to the Lord , “See, You say to me, ‘Bring up this people.’ But You have not let me know whom You will send with me. Yet You have said, ‘I know you by name, and you have also found grace in My sight.’ 13 Now therefore, I pray, if I have found grace in Your sight, show me now Your way,…

A key concept in Christian theology is what is called: Typology. Typology is the understanding that the bible and its characters are multidimensional. That is on one hand they are historical AND one the other hand they are representational. Joshua for example: He is a historical man who succeeded Moses.…

Love / Hate Relationship Amnon had a unhealthy crush on his half sister Tamar. It was so unhealthy that it made him physically sick. He desired something that he couldn’t have that saddened him to the point of depression and sickness. It was so noticeable that Jonadab inquired why he looked so sad all…