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Break the Silence intertestamental period of 400 years since the Prophecy of Malachi 1 “Behold, I send my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me. And the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant in whom you delight, behold, he is coming, says the…

Prepare the Way Several years ago, I was used to train dogs. In that business, I got to work with all types of trainers. I worked with search and rescue dogs, drug dogs, and even some agility dogs. Even though I knew what they could do, it was still amazing to see them work. They would know where to…

Some of you have heard me tell a story before of my first year preaching, when a lady decided she needed to have a sit-down with me and tell me my sermons were accusatory. She went on to tell me that in a recent sermon, I had used the word repentance 39 times! Now, in that sermon, I was preaching from…

TITT: Jesus told his disciples of terrifying signs before his return. Jesus spoke of signs that cause anguish and perplexity, terror, and apprehension. How is that a positive message? Signs in the heavens with the sun, moon and stars shaking, and on the Earth with roaring and tossing seas. Any of these…

We begin this morning with our Scripture readings: Our Old Testament reading is from Isaiah 61:1-4 : The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening…

Intro Middle of Jesus discipleship intensive - preparing them for his absence. How can they continue as disciples when their master disappears? Don’t let these simple truths fall on deaf ears! This is powerful truth that you have grown familiar with. Or, if you are not a church regular, if you are not…

Introduction If you have your Bibles let me invite you to open with me to the book of Mark. We will begin reading in verse 1 this morning and we will read through verse 8. Last week we were introduced to the author of this book and some of the theme of this book. Mark was an eye-witness of so much of…

John the Baptist’s father, Zacharias prophesied of Jesus and his son. He called the messenger of the covenant, a horn of salvation A horn signifies honor, plenty, and strength. A horn of salvation – an honorable and mighty Savior. This Savior rescues his people from their enemies, shows mercy remembering…

I AM “Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me. In my Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may…

Some thought that being/remaining Jewish was enough. John called some of his fellow Jews, Vipers Over 20 different kinds of poisonous snakes in Israel Viper poison affects the respiratory system and destroys red blood cells Strangles the breath of life and nullifies the blood “Who told you that you could…

Behold The Lamb Series - Sermon #2 The Preparation Intro : As we draw near the day that we celebrate as the day of the birth of our Lord and Savior, we are reminded that His birth was something that had been promised thousands of years earlier in Gen.3 . We saw this last week. We saw the promised Lambs…

Experience visiting Light of Salvation In those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea Judea is south Israel, Galilee is N Israel and saying, “Repent, because the kingdom of heaven has come near!” The Messiah is coming For he is the one spoken of through the prophet Isaiah,…

Trouble in the Text: The people were not prepared to receive Jesus. This is the Good News of Jesus Christ. John was sent to prepare the way for the Son of God. Why did he need to prepare them? The people had strayed from the Law of God and needed to be cleansed, renewed. They were not prepared for the…

Today, we begin week 4 of our series that is taking us through Luke’s writing in both the Gospel of Luke and the Book of Acts. So far we have gone through chapters 1 and 2. If you have not been doing so, please read through the books of Luke and Acts with us. These messages on Sunday morning will mean…

Introduction There was a little girl who was home alone and ill. She called her mother at work and told her, “Momma, I need you and I need you really bad.” This mother asked to get off work and frantically rushed down to the corner drug store to bring home some medicine. She notices it was beginning…

Please grab your copy of God’s Word and turn with me to John 11 . This morning we are continuing our current sermon series entitled “I AM” in which we have been studying various passages from John’s Gospel with the intention of fixing our eyes upon the person and the work of Jesus Christ..so that...we…

Jesus was wanted by the Romans because of his growing following. Jesus stayed at the home of Martha, Mary, and Lazarus. This is where Jesus and his disciples stayed on “the Great Sabbath” and through Passover. The attending rabbi recites a liturgy for the coming Passover derived from Exodus. It’s about…

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…

Good morning, Gateway Chapel! If we haven’t met before... We are a church on mission... Why sing “It is Finished” when the service has barely started? On Sundays we celebrate that God has done all the work. Our job, is to sing Amen! Our weary hearts rejoice that there was no failure this week that could…

Morning 26 June 2022

Intro ; Last week as we defined the word “Rapture”, [ harpazo ], which is used 13 times in the NT. It means to be caught up or snatched away from danger or destruction. We talked about the two main reasons for the rapture of the church; The Rapture will end the church age and trigger the events of the…

Introduction Sometimes, as I’m preaching, I know I’m saying things that sound crazy. Preaching a moral or ethical stand that is so out of tune to the world. During the pandemic as I’d see who was joining in for Bible Study or Worship Services and I’m wondering what they are thinking. And that caused…

6th one - come and hear Becky share next 2 weeks 2 more - 1 traditional “I am” - Predicate noun - “I am what ?” The noun explains the “I” 1 special bonus - Not a predicate noun Context - preceding The night before Jesus was crucified Washing of the disciples feet Betrayal prediction Peter’s denial before…

God Prepares A Way for His Glory God makes it possible for ALL to see Him and His glory. For all to bow before that glory in repentance and surrender. On this Missions Sunday, we are reminded of the nations of the world and their need to hear the Gospel, the Good News, the best News Ever. Because the…