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Big Idea: Elevating God as Holy and Worthy is an essential act of faith. God is Holy God is eternal God is creator God is worthy God will be eternally praised God is Holy throughout scripture: In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. Here God’s holiness is displayed in that He was the…

Announcements Praise the Lord for a great week with our missionaries! 2023 Missionaries To allow Bro. Maldoff to return next year, we are going to be moving our Faith Promise Missions Revival back one week to Trip to Raleigh: NC House passes bill to allow guns at religious services held on school grounds.…

Could I be wrong? Everyone say it in their mind. It is a very interesting question to ponder; or at least it is for me. For some of us we think about this more than we ought. Others, I wonder if it every comes to mind. In our current cultural climate I think we must ask this more often. This will lead…

Learning from God’s Example of Chastisement Hebrews 12:1-9 This passage of scripture exhorts the Christian in so many areas. Coming off chapter 11 which is the faith chapter of the Bible and encouraging us to have faith and giving us the hall of faithful men an women, he then tells us in verse 1 he reminds…

Introduction: I’m sure you’ve been around a group of kids that were always quarreling with each other. As parents with more than one kid, we live this out all the time. Your kids will get to fighting and arguing with each other. Sometimes you just need a little peace and you are struggling with what…

We just celebrated Independence Day or July 4th. We live in the greatest nation ever but by no means are we perfect. We have a lot of good and some thing that need to be improved. Good: hospitals, colleges, orphanages, Seminaries... Bad: People wonder about the relationship of patriotism and following…

Lord, grant me the grace to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change those things that I can, and the wisdom to know the difference Wilberforce MP dedicated his life to abolishing slavery Undoubtedly influenced by Paul in Galatians 3:28 There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave…

Genesis 1:26-2:3 26 Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness. They will rule the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, the livestock, all the earth, and the creatures that crawl on the earth.” 27 So God created man in His own image; He created him in the image of God;…

Jesus' Perfect Work of Salvation for Us Enables us to Honor Him and the Day Set Apart for Him. During our Wednesday evening gatherings our attention is directed to the Ten Commandments, where Luther famously explains each command with, “We should fear and love God so that...” It is only the First Commandment…

What is the Ekklesia? We are going to explore where the term Ekklesia comes from. We are going to uncover the purpose of His Ekklesia. Matthew 16:18 (NASB95) 18 “I also say to you that you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build My church; and the gates of Hades will not overpower it. First lets look…

Gates We don’t have physical walls around cities anymore. So when we think about the Gates of a city, we might think of a castle with gates that close to protect a city from enemies. In the past, Gates were opened to give entrance to a city, or entrance to a territory. The Bible describes many different…

Or the Preacher might have talked about the tyranny of time—the way it seems to control our lives down to the millisecond. Plautus wrote about this. Bemoaning the stress caused by the latest device for keeping time, the Roman playwright said, “The gods confound the man who first found out how to distinguish…

Review When I began this series last week, my first objective was to ensure that we have a biblical worldview concerning the nature of man. Man has a sin nature. This reality is what makes government necessary today. Briefly, we considered what the world was like before human government. We saw that…

Announcements I want to encourage you to give, financially, toward our Scripture Assembly Project. It normally costs over $5,000 for all of the Scripture which we have the opportunity to put together. Bible Memory App. I want to encourage you to use it! Support SCBA - Participate in the Box Tops for…

Introduction What is purpose? Directions or goals we personally set. What is our purpose in life? Is it to become the next millionaire? Is it to be a dedicated and devoted spouse? Is it to be a disciplined employee? Is it to be the best parent to your children that you can be? If we spend time, though,…

The Message of Nahum is this: God is God He is the only God He is your God ‌ The Message of Nahum speaks to the Nature of Your God directed Towards His creation , Toward those who Rebel against Him, and Toward those who turn to Him God’s message speaks warning to everyone ( Nahum 1:1-2 ) God detests…

Introduction Me You Romans 3:1-20 1 So what advantage does the Jew have? Or what is the benefit of circumcision? 2 Considerable in every way. First, they were entrusted with the very words of God. 3 What then? If some were unfaithful, will their unfaithfulness nullify God’s faithfulness? 4 Absolutely…

INTRODUCTION . A Declaration of Peace = The Birth of Jesus Christ. Peace = A state of tranquility or wholeness; shalom. MESSAGE . I. Jesus removes the Dysfunction . Injustice is more than a political dysfunction. It is a spiritual evil, a denial of God. And by now the mess we’ve made is so far advanced,…

Numbers 5:11-31 11 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 12 “Speak to the Israelites and say to them, ‘If any man’s wife goes astray and acts unfaithfully to him, 13 and a man sleeps with her and ejaculates and it is hidden from the eyes of her husband and she is concealed, although she is defiled, and there…

HIGHWAY 10 THE HIGHWAY TO HIGHER LIVING A Study of the Ten Commandments . INTRODUCTION . 1 Then God spoke all these words, saying, 2 “I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. 3 “You shall have no other gods before Me. 4 “You shall not make for yourself…

"Unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven." What did Jesus mean by that? Quality over quantity, and wholeness over performance.

Why do we need the Bible? The necessity of Scripture means that the Bible is necessary for knowing the gospel, for maintaining spiritual life, and for knowing God’s will, but is not necessary for knowing that God exists or for knowing something about God’s character and moral laws. For “everyone who…

Trouble in the Text: What is the Good News that brings happiness? Matthew 3 started with an invitation to true holiness and happiness Here Jesus went up on a mountainside and sat down —where there was room for them all. His disciples —not only his twelve disciples, but all who desired to learn of him.…

"1984" is a dystopian novel written by George Orwell and published in 1949. Set in a totalitarian society, the story follows Winston Smith, a low-ranking member of the ruling Party in the nation of Oceania. The Party is led by Big Brother, a figurehead who is worshiped and omnipresent through posters…