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Idolatry I hope you are all interested in idolatry because that it what we are going to get – or at least a flavoring of it Here we get why Jerusalem is punished .. remember chap 1-24 are oracles of judgment against Judah.. this is the main focus of the exile .. so let’s read these few verses The word…

18 Pride goes before destruction, And a haughty spirit before a fall. 14 Seeing then that we have a great High Priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. 15 For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all…

This morning we are going to look at Idolatry, now this is something we have covered in our Christian Ethics study on Sunday and Wednesday nights, but I think it is something we all need to understand. Now when I think of Idolatry This is what I think of, falling down before a statue or something like…

Leader Guide ESV, Unit 6, Session 1 © 2018 LifeWay Christian Resources, Permission granted to reproduce and distribute within the license agreement with purchaser. Edited by Lex DeLong, M.A. Feb. 27, 2022. Summary and Goal Moses had left the Israelites at the base of Mount Sinai and had gone to speak…

Today’s text teaches us the idiocy of idolatry. The Psalmist pulls back the certain of our heart and shows us the insanity of idolatry. This song can be sung in four words . . . TRUST IN GOD NOT IN IDOLS. Psalm 115 is the third song in the Egyptian Hallel. The Egyptian Hallel is made up of Psalm 113-118…

A Lesson from the Beginning The temptation of Adam and Eve 1 Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God actually say, ‘You shall not eat of any tree in the garden’?” 2 And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat of the…

This Week’s Theme: Spiritual Preparation Word for the Week is Idolatry : It is the worship or adoration of anyone or anything other than the Lord God. Idolatry includes the worship of other gods, such as those of the nations surrounding Israel, images or idols and the creation itself. Memory verse: 2…

Our Scripture lesson this morning begins with this warning, “ watch yourselves very carefully ”. This is the type of warning you would give a person if they were about to walk through a minefield, sky dive or perform open-heart surgery for the first time. One miss step or false move is the difference…

This morning’s Scripture lessons are from the books of Genesis and Exodus. The first is... And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day. The second is... Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field…

Announcements Joint Service next week Evangelism goals Pastoral Prayer Scripture Reading INTRODUCTION We are moving into the story about the rich young ruler today . We are skipping the teaching on marriage and divorce because we covered that in a sermon prior to this sermon series through Matthew. The…

14 Don’t team up with those who are unbelievers. How can righteousness be a partner with wickedness? How can light live with darkness? 15 What harmony can there be between Christ and the devil? How can a believer be a partner with an unbeliever? 16 And what union can there be between God’s temple and…

19 And as soon as he came near the camp and saw the calf and the dancing, Moses’ anger burned hot, and he threw the tablets out of his hands and broke them at the foot of the mountain. 20 He took the calf that they had made and burned it with fire and ground it to powder and scattered it on the water…

God’s in the business of transforming lives, and Kingdom transformation is contagious. Intro me Ephesus = Ephesians = no! f-esus. so whenever I say e-fesus, you say “no, f-esus” Peter painted a great picture of Ephesus for us last week: one of the great cities of the Roman empire, perhaps as many as…

4 “You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. 5 You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers…

Psalm 78 : A Song of His-Story Unlearned We will wrap up the reflections on Psalm 78 this morning. If you haven’t yet done it, I encourage you to read Psalm 78 for yourselves. Although it is the 2nd longest Psalm in the Bible, it does not take a long time to read. Read it clear through at least once…

Intro: My love for my Pampaw was fierce and when he died my faith was weak and I walked away from any faith I had left in me. (I won’t allow the same for my grands) If you have your Bibles, we want to look at Exodus, chapter 20. Even if you don't have a background in church, I think as we begin to read…

We sin if we OVER or UNDER esteem our contribution to our future.

This morning I wanted to preach a sermon which does justice to both Father’s Day and the Second Commandment. The heart of the Second Commandment is found not simply avoiding the use of graven images in our worship, but worshipping God only in the way He has ordained in His Word. One of the ways that…

Today, God is calling us to a singular focus on Him. Colossians 3:1–3 (NLT) Since you have been raised to new life with Christ, set your sights on the realities of heaven , where Christ sits in the place of honor at God’s right hand. 2 Think about the things of heaven , not the things of earth. 3 For…

Today, we are continuing our series called Jesus is Greater. Does anyone know what an idol is? When we think of idols we think of small statues that people worship. The truth is an idol can be anything that people place above their relationship with God. 3 “You shall have no other gods before me. This…

A Common Problem for All of Us: You see, We Like What Is New. We like things that are. . . Fresh — Edgy — Pushing the limits — Re-imagined — Refreshed — Revitalized or Re-energized. Those are exciting words, the kind of words that are designed to make us want the latest and best, and to move away from…

If you have your Bibles, I invite you to turn to Exodus 20 That the commandments reflect the character of God brings us to the second overview question I wish to address in our series, and that is “who spoke the ten words?” At first blush, the answer to this question is kind of on the nose, isn’t it?…

God Calls All Men Everywhere to Repent 30 The times of ignorance God overlooked, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent, 31 because he has fixed a day on which he will judge the world in righteousness by a man whom he has appointed; and of this he has given assurance to all by raising him…