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God settles all accounts justly & graciously

Intro What is the Good New of Jesus? Most simply - Jesus died for my sins. Memorize those five words and you have the message of Jesus’ life. The Gospel is simple. Sometimes we overcomplicate it. But we can oversimplify it too. “Jesus died for my sins” is true, and a needed starting point, I want to…

18 And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. 1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, 2 To the saints and faithful brothers in Christ at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our…

“Don’t settle for being right, instead be right with people.”

I. Problem (1-5) 1 Some men came down from Judea and began teaching the brethren, “Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.” 2 And when Paul and Barnabas had great dissension and debate with them, the brethren determined that Paul and Barnabas and some others…

Something More Coco - meant for more than shoe making We settle - Our plans vs. God’s purpose For I know the plans I have for you” —this is the Lord ’s declaration—“plans for your welfare, not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope. Made on Purpose Not an accident - not random You are exactly…

Intro ; One of the greatest benefits of living in America is the freedom of religion we enjoy and the security of our nation by our armed forces. One of the downsides to living in America is becoming “complacent” in religion and dependent on our government to maintain that security we enjoy. [ Illus.…

Do your remember in Math Class learning the greater than and less than and equal too equations.… We had these symbols that represented < less than = Equal too and then > greater than… And then our teacher would play this game with us - where they would put a number on each side of the equation… and ask…

And He Settled Torah: Gen. 37:1-40:23 Haftarah: Amos 2.6-3.8 Gospel: Matt 1.18-25 INTRODUCTION: After the promise of the seed of the woman The Book of Genesis is about the FIRSTBORN Is this the one who was promised? Now the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel—he was indeed the firstborn, but because…

Maturity Paul was the spiritual father of this church. He is spending 18 months in Corinth, and he is working on helping this church to mature… to grow up. 1 But I, brothers, could not address you as spiritual people, but as people of the flesh, as infants in Christ. 2 I fed you with milk, not solid…

Last week we were in the first 12 verses of this chapter and saw the foundation of unity, within the church, being a heart level acceptance and reception toward our faith siblings. Paul speaks into the relationship of the strong and weak members that make up a local congregation. And he addresses how…

Introduction: Tuesday we celebrate America’s 247th birthday, and we’re thankful for the freedom and liberty that we have as American’s. I realized this week that America is only 57 years older than our church. Pretty amazing. If you were to visit the Smithsonian Museum of American History, you could…

Big Idea: We don’t have what it takes to live in exile. But God does. How we mess it up: We don’t settle in at all. We merge with the culture. Error 1: Not settling in at all: Staying aloof from non-Christians. Bubble Mentality Inflexible discipleship, prone to break. Arrogance, Legalism, and Self-Focus…

Big Idea of the Message: Bible study can be misunderstood as personal comfort and an intellectual pursuit. But we must allow the Bible to read us and train us in God’s ways. Foundation Today we live in some crazy times and they seem to be getting crazier everyday; People have turned on each other in…

28 He had sent Judah ahead of him to Joseph to show the way before him in Goshen, and they came iinto the land of Goshen. 29 Then Joseph prepared his chariot and went up to meet Israel his father in Goshen. He presented himself to him and jfell on his neck and wept on his neck a good while. 30 Israel…

There are few certainties in this world. But what is certain is God’s Word is Faithful and man’s days are few and full of trouble. The psalmist is going through a deep valley. He has been accused and rejected. But all throughout his trial,and all throughout this Psalm he keeps his focus on God’s Word.…

Unforgiven Then Peter came up and said to him, “Lord, how often will my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? As many as seven times?” Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you seven times, but seventy-seven times. “Therefore the kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who wished to settle accounts…

Last week we saw the split between Abram and Lot. Lot went east into the Jordan valley to settle, where Sodom and Gomorrah were. Abram sojourned within the land of Canaan, and God reaffirmed His promise that Abram’s descendants would inhabit that land. 1 And it came about in the days of Amraphel king…

Judges 2:8-15 When you consider the Greatest Generation – those who lived, worked, and toiled, sweat, sacrificed, fought and died for freedom and against tyranny. A generation that learned early that if you wanted to eat you had to work. Nothing was given to you; you had to go to work and work hard and…

Why Should I Forgive and Forget? Rev. Thomas A. West, Sr March 10, 2024 Matthew 18:21-35 The other day I saw an advertisement for Karate Lessons, and it made me think about the different lessons people usually take (Golf Lessons, Piano Lessons, Gun Safety Lessons, etc.) But I’ve never seen an advertisement…

Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord. We are living in an age where it seems that everyone is seeking after something. Many young people are seeking to establish their place…

Last week we witnessed the death of Abraham, and the generations that came from his sons born to him by his concubines. We also saw the children of Isaac born, Esau and Jacob. 1 Now there was a famine in the land, besides the previous famine that had occurred in the days of Abraham. So Isaac went to…

We’re picking up where we left off in Genesis. The first section we looked at detailed the creation of the universe, the creation of mankind, the Fall of mankind, and the spiral of mankind into sin and depravity. The second section told the story of Noah, and how God started over with humanity by punishing…

Learn what it means to truly trust in God.

The God of the Wilderness Recap of last week: Moses is retelling the history of the beginnings of Israel’s time in the wilderness. Israel refused to enter the land; after witnessing many miracles, they still did not trust God to deliver them. The consequence: 40 years (or 38 of wandering) Until the entire…