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Jesus displays his unique power over both teh natural elements and supernatural oppression.

We are sick with a disease that eats away and destroys our unique construction. What white ants are to wood buildings, sin is to our lives. Sin digs down deep into our “spirit” and takes hold, and this disease corrupts every area of life. It corrupts “our thoughts, our behaviours, our desires, and our emotions”. (Haddow, Catherine. (2017). Emotions: Mirrors of the Heart. (pg. 20). Leyland, England. 10Publishing.)

Intro: We have been making our way through Daniel 7 and looking at the details of Daniel’s night visions… We talked about the description of the four beasts that Daniel saw coming out of the great sea and we also talked about how Daniel saw The Ancient of Days give the final, everlasting Kingdom, to…

18 For you have not come to what may be touched, a blazing fire and darkness and gloom and a tempest 19 and the sound of a trumpet and a voice whose words made the hearers beg that no further messages be spoken to them. 20 For they could not endure the order that was given, “If even a beast touches the…

Scripture speaks of those who die lost in their sin (the wicked) are in hades; in torment; separated from God; and conscious.

Luke 1:5-24a, 57-64 (Evangelical Heritage Version) 5In the days of Herod, king of Judea, there was a certain priest named Zechariah, who belonged to the priestly division of Abijah. His wife was from the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth. 6They were both righteous before God, walking blamelessly…

Isaiah 45:1-7

Matthew 21:33-46

A man was honored as citizen of the year. He spoke and he told his life story. He said, "Friends and neighbors, when I first came here 30 years ago, I only had the suit on my back, the shoes on my feet, and a small briefcase containing what little my father left me. Today I'm chairman of the board of…

Summary: The Primacy of God's Service Hymn of the Day: 940 Holy God, we praise Thy name LCMS Lectionary Summary: The psalm is 96 which works “Yahweh is king” in the RCL, but LCMS uses 121. OT: Isa 45.1-7 (same) God controls Cyrus, he will go and break the bronze doors (of other countries) in pieces…

Intro: I did the celebration of life service for the mother of some dear friends This lady lived an amazing life She was a school principal, active in the community, and beloved grandma The funeral was packed with the who’s who of the education community in SM There were retired school superintendents,…

Over against the world in which people are claiming to be great or using association with others to become greater, humility is a proper recognition of one's place and that all that one has one has received from God. So if one is humble on takes the lower place, not as a worm or as manipulation, but out of honest self-evaluation. The way to learn one's place is to lift one's eyes up and keep conscious of the saints, angels, and God himself as witnesses. Then humility will be natural.

United in Christ: - Galatians 3:28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.[1] - John 17:11 And I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them in your name,…

Last week we looked at Paul’s remarks regarding Christ’s incarnation as God in the flesh, his work of reconciliation bringing us into relationship with God, and our sanctification and future glorification by Him. Paul now moves to the topic of suffering. Suffering is a topic that all of us would rather…

Introdução 1) Only the Gospel of Luke has preserved a story that has come to be known as the Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus (16:19–31). 2) Estrutura II. PARABLE OF THE RICH MAN AND LAZARUS (16:19–31) A. The two persons (16:19–21) 1. The rich man (16:19) : He wears the best of clothes and lives in…

We Need Reminders to Remember! We are now in Chapter 4 of our series - The Israelites Crossing of the Jordan River and the Memorial Stones. We see the grace of God in Chapter 3: - God miraculously enabled them to cross the Jordan river on dry ground. - We see God’s mighty work of deliverance for them…

Lent... REVIEW THE LAST TEXT: Family God is building a family and He uses several metaphors to describe it. Household - Physical family Temple / Body - Church family - both local and universal Palace / Citizens - Spiritual family - Heavenly Kingdom Foundation Apostles and Prophets (Old and New Testaments)…

The Unity and Diversity of the Body

Jesus is the life that gives light to all humanity, thus making those who have life in Him, light of the world.

FCF: Self-justification, seeking validation outside of God's grace through faith in Christ Big Idea: Look in faith to Jesus for the Rightesouness of God: God is Just AND the Guilty are Justified by Faith in Jesus

Making Wise Choices Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. Beware of false prophets, which…

And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth. Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, thou, And thy fellows that…

The story of the Tower of Babel offers insights that help us navigate the crucible of today’s technologies.