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23 Now before faith came, we were held captive under the law, imprisoned until the coming faith would be revealed. 24 So then, the law was our guardian until Christ came, in order that we might be justified by faith. 25 But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian, 26 for in Christ…

Leviticus 1-27 God’s Holiness means he cannot look upon sin; out of love he seeks a way for it to be forgiven which is achieved through the substitution of sacrifice. The ultimate Sacrifice being Christ Scene 1/ Prior Preparation Prevents Pretty Poor Performance. Running in the Olympic finals is something…

Introduction Context 19:1-8 Paragraph #1 9-10 Paragraph #2 11-12 Paragraph #3 13-14 Paragraph #4 15-16 Paragraph #5 17-18 Application

Introduction And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, “Speak to all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say to them: ‘You shall be holy, for I the Lord your God am holy. ‘Every one of you shall revere his mother and his father, and keep My Sabbaths: I am the Lord your God. ‘Do not turn to idols,…

We’ve been moving through CASKET EMPTY, and I don’t want us to lose sight of why we’re doing that. The whole idea of Casket Empty is to recognize God’s redemptive story throughout the Old Testament. Many have wondered did God create the world and then just leave it to run itself, and what we see throughout…

Big Idea: Compassion/love says or does what is necessary and works out the consequences later. Ha-Foke-Bah Hebrew Ha-Foke-Bah Engliehs We are in part 5 of our series through Leviticus. I am tracking right along with this idea that “Even after the storm of (…..fill in the blank) God still wants to co-create…

INTRODUCTION Timothy George writes about Martin Luther’s life in his book Theology of the Reformers and shares what was probably one of Luther’s lowest moments of his life. His daughter of fourteen years old dies from the plague. He writes this about Luther’s experience. Brokenhearted he knelt beside…

Today's message is about how Jesus mercifully responds to those who humbly seek Him.

Torah Portion: Leviticus 14:1-15:33 Haftarah: Malachi 3:4-4:6 Review Map of the 40 year journey Picture of Negative/ Distorted Thinking control Distortion - Corruption Shemini (8) mikvah Tzaraat lashon hara Introduction a portion (yatar/ remnant), 12 “When you have finished laying aside all the tithe…

Leviticus 1:1-6:7 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 Let me summarize it like this: B’Reisheet, in the beginning, God creates Paradise, but we fail to rest. God begins again with Avraham…

Text : Let my cry of lamentation come near before You, O Yahweh; Give me understanding according to Your word. Let my supplication come before You; Deliver me according to Your word. Let my lips pour forth praise, For You teach me Your statutes. Let my tongue answer with Your word, For all Your commandments…

Genesis 3:14-15 Dec 17, 1927 8 year old S class submarine conducting tests off coast of MA. 2273 Any Hope Of Rescue? Someone has said that if you could convince a man there was no hope, he would curse the day he was born. Hope is an indispensable quality of life. Years ago the S-4 submarine was rammed…

1 What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound? 2 By no means! How can we who died to sin still live in it? 3 Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? 4 We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in…

God dispersed the people for their own good, then later He united the peoples out of His mercy.

Does anyone know what this picture represents? This might be the most amazing data picture you see in a lifetime! It shows the 63,779 cross-references in the Bible. The white bars along the bottom represent each Bible chapter, Gen. 1 - Rev. 22 . The line’s color shows the reference’s distance from the…

Good morning, Gateway! Scripture: Psalm 31 . Prayer Intro Good morning, again! August 5, 2001 was a beautiful night in Cleveland, Ohio at Jacobs Field, especially if you were a Seattle Mariners fan. The Mariners coming into the game were 80-30, they had won the first two games of the series, and seemed…

Good morning, Gateway! Scripture: Lam 3:21-26 . God of creation. God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. God of the covenant. You are merciful, and gracious, slower to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness, keeping steadfast love for thousands, forgiving iniquity and sin, but you are also…

God’s holiness is rooted in his unique identity as the creator of the cosmos and the powerful source of all life and beauty and goodness. However, the power of God’s holiness is also dangerous to us as mortal creatures. But, in God’s desire to partner with humanity, he made a way for us to access his…

Exodus The word Exodus means Departure The Exodus event is the Central redemptive act of the OT. The Primary event of the Old Testament. The Exodus makes Israel a nation. Who is the Main Character of Exodus? As we read this book we must keep in mind that God is the central character. Hyksos And a new…

Introducción Ilustración: ¿Haz estado en un sitio donde no debías estar? Estuvimos levantando sustento como misioneros y nos tocó viajar hasta Florida para presentar el ministerio en una iglesia. Uno de los miembros nos quiso invitar a comer después del servicio. El hombre era vice-presidente de un compañía…

Last Spring, we studied through the Sermon on the Mount. One of the great themes of Matthew is the coming kingdom. The Book of Revelation speaks of the time when that new kingdom is fully realized. I shared with our Elders a week ago an observation that I gleaned about songs describing Heaven. Historically…

Joshua Chamberlain was a student of theology and a professor of rhetoric, not a soldier. But when duty called, Chamberlain answered. He climbed the ranks to become colonel of the 20th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment, Union Army. On July 2, 1863, Chamberlain and his three-hundred-soldier regiment were…

The Dilemma of Belief. Have you ever had those moments when you wondered, “Is this really true?” Maybe life has gotten difficult. Maybe you have come to the Derailment of your hopes and dreams like Joseph, Mary’s husband, when he found out that his betrothed bride was pregnant after all his time and…

So as I’ve mentioned before, I work down the street at IMARC Research... And I’ve been there now for 12 years... And something that has always been a staple of IMARC is that the majority of employees there are young women... And so we know that as the years go by, more and more of the staff will need…

Interpreting the Bible Responsibly Serious Bible Study Isn’t for Sissies “scholars’ tasks are not for sissies.” -Frederick W. Danker Heiser, M. S. (2017). The Bible Unfiltered: Approaching Scripture on Its Own Terms (p. 7). Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press.- The goal of Bible study isn’t to get a spiritual…