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The Feast of Sukkot the feast of Booths / Tabernacles Every male was required to go 6 months from Passover 6 months from the time in chapter 6 6 months to the time of the Crucifixion Jesus was expected at the feast V11 Jesus is a controversial man now. a wanted man V 1 A lot of grumbling about Him V…

WWJD (What Would Jesus Do)?

WWJD What Would Jesus Do? We often apply it to others rather than to ourselves. 19 Therefore Jesus answered and was saying to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of Himself, unless it is something He sees the Father doing; for whatever the Father does, these things the Son also…

Growing up we owned go-carts. We had a blue one that had a roll cage on it. My dad took some fiberglass and made it look like an outlaw sprint car. It was pretty cool. I had the honor of driving it in a Christmas parade one time. We had a lot of fun on them! We had this land behind our house that my…

Proverbs 8:12-21 “I, wisdom, dwell with prudence, And I find knowledge and discretion. “The fear of Yahweh is to hate evil; Pride and arrogance and the evil way And the mouth of perverted words , I hate. “Counsel is mine and sound wisdom; I am understanding, might is mine. “By me kings reign, And rulers…

Background on 1 John Written by the Apostle John approx. AD 80 to AD 90 Written to Christians probably in and around Ephesus Written to them to combat a false teachings they were facing The Text 1 My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we…

Introduction We are continuing in our series through the book of Jeremiah. For those of you who are linear in your thinking, this sermon may frustrate you. The first and second sermons were on Chapter 1 & 2 and now we move to Chapter 7. As I stated in the introduction of the sermon series, we are not…

“He Is” our mediator and our faithful Pastor our Faithful Pastor is Truth the Blessed Hope The Great God and Saviour Chapter 2 - Verses 1-10 - a way to live every day life with one another and within the church - older men - older women - younger women - younger men - slaves - the older guiding younger…

OT is a foreign country Such a different world. NT is relateable. We can see much of ourselves in the people and stories. OT is different. strange. Told in a totally different way. I’ve been reading a book over the last few weeks by a Chinese-American author, and the style is quite different to what…

We are to be Salt and Light and here is why…

Take Up Your Cross. Introduction “Take up your cross and follow Christ.” Well known in Christian circles. It has been interpreted in various ways. Is this about willingness to suffer ? “That my cross I have to bare.” Is it about commitment to Christ ? Is it about being courageous ? Perhaps like many…

Introduction We live by example, we walk by example - what we see others doing, we begin to do. Everyone is a living example. Examples have a name. At your funeral people will say he or she was an example of .......... think of it Mother Teresea - an example of compassion - to be like her would be living…

23 “All things are lawful,” but not all things are helpful. “All things are lawful,” but not all things build up. 24 Let no one seek his own good, but the good of his neighbor. 25 Eat whatever is sold in the meat market without raising any question on the ground of conscience. 26 For “the earth is the…

2022 The Year of Rebirth Last year was a year of rebirth, in the aftermath of Covid and the loss of pastor it would have been easy to give up and quit. To close the church as so many others did, but you chose to stick it out to search out another pastor and to continue as a church despite the many strugles.…

Let’s Play A Game “Call me Ishmael.” Moby Dick by Herman Melville “It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.” 1984 by George Orwell “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.” Pride & Prejudice…

Restoring Fellowship 15 “If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault, between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother. 16 But if he does not listen, take one or two others along with you, that every charge may be established by the evidence of two or three…

Romans 13:11-14 As we have made our way through this section of Romans we have looked at the Believer’s relationship with: God - 12:1-2 Himself - 12:3-8 Other Believer - 12:9-13 Unbelievers - 12:14-21 the Government - 13:1-7 Fellow Citizens - 13:8-10 And now we come to verses 11-14 of Chapter 13 where…

John 6:22-58 As we continue going through the Verily, verily statements from Jesus we are looking at the Truth emphasized by Jesus Himself. This is a very difficult passage for many to accept, and it is no different today than it was in Jesus day, or in the early church. This is a perfect example of……

WHO AM I BECOMING? I just want to warn all of you at the outset that today might be a little challenging for some of us. That is because today I am going to ask you to think about a problem that you are facing which does not have a solution. This might be challenging for you if you come to church and…

What do you do when the world is constantly barraging you with threats or ridiculing you because of what you believe? What about when such hostility comes from those who are considered religious? Those who supposedly know the Word of God, who who grew up in the church? How do you handle that? How do…

Discernment needed Discernment is needed to know sin (evil) to be freed from sin and to do good. We have previously looked at understanding the development of sin, helps us have discernment about sin preventing sin from developing in our lives. God wants to always help us to discern when it comes to…