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After taking a slight diversion in June as we looked at the book of Jonah, we now return to where we left off in the Gospel of Luke. In this morning’s text, we see the amazing story of the healing of a leper. Since it was 5 weeks ago we were last in Luke, let us be reminded that the previous passage…

Genesis 37:1-40:23 Zechariah 2:10-4:7 Road Map Review Haftarah Introduction 6 Seek the Lord while He may be found, Call upon Him while He is near. 7 Let the wicked forsake his way, And the unrighteous man his thoughts; Let him return to the Lord , And He will have mercy on him; And to our God, For He…

What do you do in times of despair? Who do you look to when your world falls apart? Who do you seek when you feel all alone? When the weight of life is oppressive and full of despair and disappointment, when evil has done its worst, take courage. God is still God, He is your God, Who knows you, wants…

God calls us to love one another. But some of those people we are called to love are easier to love than others. I’m going to tell you about a hypothetical situation involving someone who is difficult to love, and you tell me if you can relate to it. Monday morning. You just parked your car at work.…

Introduction This Torah Portion goes from Numbers 8:1-12:16 In our previous Torah Portion we spoke about Numbers 8:1-4 in the context of the rapture This week, we will talk about the Torah Portion, regarding The Set Up of the Lamps in the Lampstand: Menorah And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: “Speak…

1 And he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of Yahweh; and Satan was standing on his right to accuse him. 2 But Yahweh said to Satan, “Yahweh rebukes you, O Satan! Yahweh who has chosen Jerusalem rebukes you! Is this not a stick snatched from the fire?” Yahweh Our Advocate My…

Big idea: Because God has saved us, he will defend us, cleanse us, and use us. God will uphold/protect us. God has saved us. God cleanses us. God uses us.

Remember as we get back into chapter 3 tonight that chapters 2-4 are all part of a single vision the LORD gave to Isaiah. So far in this vision we have seen what the millennial messianic kingdom will look like in chapter 2 verses 1-4, then beginning in verse 5 of chapter 2 we saw how that was drastically…

Zechariah's Night Visions His 1st vision is God’s great love for Jerusalem and its people next vision is of the 4 horns/ world empires who are oppressing the People with the 4 Horns will be the 4 De-horners with the last craftsman who is the stone who crushes these world empires the 3rd vision was the…

“When our Lord and Master, Jesus Christ, said "Repent", He called for the entire life of believers to be one of repentance.” Martin Luther’s 95 theses, that shook the world, began with this. All the other theses were dependent on it. All of his points about the abuses of the church, the selling of indulgences,…

We have come to the climax of “The Greatest Story Ever Told”, the birth of Jesus! We have looked at most of the characters and places of the nativity, but today I want us to focus on Jesus and the reason for the season. The scriptures state in one verse the purpose of what we call Christmas. Text; Mt.…

Intro/Background As we continue in our survey of the Minor Prophets, we get to the book of Zechariah, a post-excilic period ( 537 to 430 BC) book, which is after the Babylonian exile and return. As we look at this book it will cover 12 chapters over 5 weeks. The set up: Following the 70 years of captivity…

Palm Sunday Foretold by the Prophets 9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; He is just and endowed with salvation, Humble, and mounted on a donkey, Even on a colt, the foal of a donkey. 22 The stone which the builders rejected…

Where do we start? 10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. 10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; A good understanding have all those who do His commandments; His praise endures forever. What do we tend to fear? The unknown…

Intro; As we have been studying about the Second Coming of Christ, we have been looking at some of the signs that would lead up to this event. The main sign we have looked at so far is the “Rapture of the Church” . This is the tell tell sign that the Second Coming is just around the corner [ 7 year corner…

The Old Testament Prophecies Fulfilled By Christ PROPH´ECY, n. [Gr. προφητεια, from προφημι, to foretell; προ, before, and φημι, to tell. This ought to be written prophesy.] 1. A foretelling; prediction; a declaration of something to come. As God only knows future events with certainty, no being but…

4 Questions 1 Answer One of the most cherished passages of Scripture. Romans is so full of deep, meaty theology. But theology is not meant to be cold, dry, boring. Right here Paul shows us what theology does. It is pastoral, It is encouraging. It is consoling. It is encouraging. It causes you to worship.…

There are four views on the throwing down of Satan: The Gap view. He was thrown down between Genesis 1:1 and verse 2. He is thrown down after creation, before the fall of humanity. He is thrown down at the death and resurrection of Jesus. He is thrown down multiple times, the final time will be into…

Zechariah, whose name declares that the Lord remembers, is a prophet of hope. A contemporary with Haggai, he ministered to a people who from every human perspective had every reason for despair and disappointment. Douglas Mangum, ed., Lexham Context Commentary: Old Testament, Lexham Context Commentary…

Jude part 5 Summary One of the oddest verses in the short epistle of Jude is Jude 9 , which describes some sort of struggle between Michael the archangel and the Devil (Satan). Many commentators see an allusion to Zechariah 3 , but in this episode we take a different perspective about the meaning of…

Genesis 3:14-15 Dec 17, 1927 8 year old S class submarine conducting tests off coast of MA. 2273 Any Hope Of Rescue? Someone has said that if you could convince a man there was no hope, he would curse the day he was born. Hope is an indispensable quality of life. Years ago the S-4 submarine was rammed…

Summary Ezekiel 17 presents a riddle or parable of two eagles about the treachery of Zedekiah, the puppet governor appointed by Nebuchadnezzar to replace Jehoiachin, the Judahite king taken captive in an earlier wave of exile of which Ezekiel had been a part. Zedekiah would be captured in the last phase…

Introduction Well good morning once again. It’s good to be with you today. Go ahead and turn in your Bible to the book of Hebrews, chapter 3. We are going to be diving into verses 7-19 this morning. As you do that I want to call your attention to a couple of additional announcements. On June 26 we are…

God dispersed the people for their own good, then later He united the peoples out of His mercy.

Does anyone know what this picture represents? This might be the most amazing data picture you see in a lifetime! It shows the 63,779 cross-references in the Bible. The white bars along the bottom represent each Bible chapter, Gen. 1 - Rev. 22 . The line’s color shows the reference’s distance from the…