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3 Consider him who endured from sinners such hostility against himself, so that you may not grow weary or fainthearted. 4 In your struggle against sin you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood. 5 And have you forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons? “My son, do not regard…

I don’t know if you noticed, but the war in Ukraine has taken over the news. So much so that they now have to run stories to explain that not everything else in the news relates to the war in Ukraine, like the high gas prices. I DO NOT want to minimize this horror. All I want to say is that with all…

Soli Deo Gloria- Glory to God Alone

Between Genesis 16 and Genesis 17 , thirteen years have passed. Abram was 86 years old when last we read about him; today as we read about Abram, he’s 99 years old. As we’ve seen already in this study through the life of Abram, God is in no hurry. I argue this is cause for assurance , though some would…

You have salvation, now what? In this new series we will engage the difference between being called and being chosen.

Series: Following in the Footsteps of Faith God Renews His Promise To Abram-#6 Genesis 13.14-18 Series Intro : few men, outside of the Lord Jesus Christ Himself have has such an impact on the history of the world as did the man introduced to us in this passage of scripture. This man is revered by over…

17 And the Lord appointed a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights. 1 Then Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from the belly of the fish, 2 saying, “I called out to the Lord , out of my distress, and he answered me; out of the belly of Sheol I…

1 For God alone my soul waits in silence; from him comes my salvation. 2 He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall not be greatly shaken. 3 How long will all of you attack a man to batter him, like a leaning wall, a tottering fence? 4 They only plan to thrust him down from his high position.…

Revelation 7:9-17 and Psalm 34:1-10 , 22 • 1 John 3:1-3 • Matthew 5:1-12 Sunday 1 November is All Saints Day and 2 November is All Souls Day. And maybe you got bothered by some noisy neighbours. Trick Fishing My trick on the evening before All Saints Day - is to sit on my garage with a spider puppet…

Hallelujah! Praise Our God! ( Revelation 19:1-10 ) Hallelujah! God Saves! ( Rev. 19:1 ) 1. God saves sinners Salvation belongs to our God! Promise of Christmas is promise of a Saviour Matt. 1:21 – And she will bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name Jesus, for He will save His people from their…

This passage forces us to ask one critical question- what is the nature of your relationship with Christ? Your answer to this question makes all the difference in the world. Being in a relationship with someone can bring with that union several key advantages. Illustration: Being someone’s pastor during…

Romans 7:1–6 (ESV) — 1 Or do you not know, brothers—for I am speaking to those who know the law—that the law is binding on a person only as long as he lives? 2 For a married woman is bound by law to her husband while he lives, but if her husband dies she is released from the law of marriage. 3 Accordingly,…

Introduction The Christian life has often been compared to a journey. One of the reasons for that is because they Bible can often present the Christian life as a journey. The Psalms of Ascent bear that out as well as an other sections of Scripture. Within the Psalms of Ascent, we have seen that the the…

The apostle John certainly thought knowledge was important. He was vitally concerned that his “little children” (v. 21) know a number of things to be true because they had come to believe in Jesus as the Messiah, the Son of God. In fact, a quick survey of this five-chapter letter reveals at least the…

Call to Worship 1 Come, let us sing to the Lord ! Let us shout joyfully to the Rock of our salvation. 2 Let us come to him with thanksgiving. Let us sing psalms of praise to him. 3 For the Lord is a great God, a great King above all gods. 4 He holds in his hands the depths of the earth and the mightiest…

Response to Jesus Intro John’s gospel is a master class in literature. Which isn’t Surprising b/c it was inspired by the Creator of the universe. And its an account about the most amazing person to ever walk the earth. But God could have chose to tell these stories in any way, and yet he does so in such…

Intro: Everyone would like that call from a lawyers office about the long lost uncle or aunt that you never knew that has left you millions in cash or acres of land in their last will and testament. Its a dream made in the movies…but its far from reality. Brothers Zsolt and Geza Peladi were homeless…

Introduction The Apostle Matthew’s Gospel (We can get into why we credit this to the apostle Matthew another time) At this point in the narrative, our Lord is growing in fame and notoriety. Through this chapter the pharisees and others are beginning to push back and Jesus is condemning their teachings…

1 Paul , an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus: 2 Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. Ephesians 1:3–4 (KJV 1900) 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ , who…

On the very first Christmas mankind was oblivious to all that was happening. Not much has changed. Many people want the celebration of Christmas. Many people look forward to the gifts and even time off of Christmas. Many retailers look forward to all the profits of Christmas, and yet the world wants…

Theme: Salvation Belongs to the LORD Word for the Week Defender: God defends his people, especially the most vulnerable. Because of God’s defense, although Christians sometimes face trials and persecutions, their eternal security is never threatened. Memory verse: Acts 4:12 “Nor is there salvation in…

Intro I think I am having a wife joke. Women are so precious and they ought to be precious to their husbands and to the congregation. For women are precious to God: So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. Prayer He didn’t just create…

When someone asks, “Who are you?”, how do you respond? Usually we give our name, or maybe whose family we belong to. Sometimes we might say, “I’m a teacher”, or “I sell shoes”, or “I take care of my children”. Do these things really say who we are though? Our name is just a label, and our occupation…

“He Is” our coming King our hope The Lord of Peace The New Intrepreter’s Bible commentary : Tension between “what God has done through Jesus’ death and resurrection” and “awaits the object of hope: resurrection, full adoption as heirs, full conformity to Christ.” Four consequences of this tension: Redemption…

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