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What is Biblical Leadership? Nehemiah 1-2 Introduction: Good morning once again. It’s great to be back with you this morning. Go ahead and open your Bibles to the book of Nehemiah in the Old Testament. What are the characteristics of a godly leader? What does a godly leader do? What are they like? How…

Abraham Jews claim Abrahams descendants, never in bondage (8:33) Be free in the Son not a slave to sin (8:34-36) Abrahams children would do work of Abraham (8:39-40) If God were your father you would love Me (8:41-43) The devil is your father (8:44-45) Now our tie into our passage today is 46 “Which…

Notes: The following text points out accusations that Jesus, who is the True Judge, makes against the Pharisees and religious leaders. 1. The first accusation: They have Inappropriate Belief (8:12-30) A. First verbal exchange: The Authority and Judgment of the Son, 8:12-20. “again” points to a change…

Exegetical Point: Jesus claims are valid because he is the eternally existent God. Homiletic Point: Jesus is God, obey His Word. Intro Recap Continued conversation after the feast of tabernacles, but we will come to the conclusion of that conversation today. Jesus is speaking to a crowd, some of whom…

If . . . then John (Jesus Speaks About God’s True Children / 8:31–47 / 128) LABC, Bruce Barton For many, “knowing the truth” means personal autonomy, creativity, and freedom from oppression and ignorance, which they define as mental slavery. But Jesus didn’t die to guarantee personal freedom of expression.…

Before Abraham was, I Am I don’t know if you remember or not, but way back in John 1 , we spent the first few weeks going over the first 18 verses of John’s Gospel. In your bibles these 18 verses are most likely titled the prologue. And in the prologue, John is going to lay out the themes of his gospel.…

Is Jesus the Messiah? Call to Worship Intro Have you ever been into a television series and really enjoyed it. Then all of a sudden there is this extremely slow paced episode that no one seems to like, but it’s important for moving the story along. These are called expositional episodes. And the reality…

Great is thy faithfulness! To understand our mighty God we need to come to understand His faithfulness as the Great I AM to fulfill His purpose, to fulfill His plan of redemption. (insert song 190 Great is thy faithfulness and sing together - just 1 verse) God’s faithfulness is not contingent on ours…

…Gracious and Loving God, as we come into a new season of this world and a new season in our lives, wondering what you have in store for our future, we come before you today, humbled by your presence amongst us and of the life of your Son, Jesus Christ. We ask you today, oh God, to help us open our ears…

Belief: An opinion of judgment in which a person is fully persuaded. 12 But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God, 16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.…

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…

Name Calling the pharisees have run out of intelligent arguments and have resorted to name calling Then answered the Jews, and said unto him, Say we not well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil? something we all have in common, if we are not careful Jesus was called a Samaritan an enemy of Israel…

Opening All throughout history, man has always sought to know the truth. They have sought the truth about reality, truth about what is right and what is wrong, what is the meaning and purpose of life. From all of this, we have countless philosophies, worldviews, and many different religions that have…

Statement 1 Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.” This is an audacious statement. Imagine if someone said this today? A preacher? A business owner? A president? “If you play on my team, you won’t…

Intro set up text w/ what is happening Banter between Jesus & Jews Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love me, for I have come here from God. I have not come on my own; God sent me. Why is my language not clear to you? Because you are unable to hear what I say. You belong to your…

Add To Your Faith Virtue Annotation 1 Review: .....that through these Grace and peace, His Divine power all things that pertain to life and godliness glory and virtue, exceeding great and precious promises 4 by which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you…

All Honor and Glory to I AM ( Jn 8:48-59 ) I. He Was Insulted, Dismissed, and Desired Dead II. The Reason They Could Not See His Deity III. Why This Matters (He is to Be Believed Upon and Honored Greatly)

Introduction: Stand Up for Something Or Fall For Everything! Some time we must pick our battles and sometimes our Battles pick us! Then the Jews answered and said to Him, “Do we not say rightly that You are a Samaritan and have a demon?” Jesus answered, “I do not have a demon; but I honor My Father,…

1 On the third day a wedding took place in Cana of Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there, and 2 Jesus and His disciples were invited to the wedding as well. 3 When the wine ran out, Jesus’ mother told Him, “They don’t have any wine.” 4 “What has this concern of yours to do with Me, woman?” Jesus asked. “My…

JESUS THE I AM The Jews answered him, “Are we not right in saying that you are a Samaritan and have a demon?” Jesus answered, “I do not have a demon, but I honor my Father, and you dishonor me. Yet I do not seek my own glory; there is One who seeks it, and he is the judge. Truly, truly, I say to you,…

For the past several weeks, we have been reading where everywhere Jesus goes, people have been asking the question, who is this man Jesus? When He calmed the storms, who is this man that even the winds and waves obey Him. When He cast the demons out, who is this man that even the spirits listen to Him…

Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. But sexual immorality and all impurity or covetousness must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints. Let there be no filthiness…

If we approach EACH person we meet as an opportunity to demonstrate love, we'll make good progress at putting away partiality from out midst.

TEXT: LUKE 2:11 | A SAVIOR 11 For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. INTRO ILLUSTRATION : The song was written in 1816 by a young Austrian priest, Joseph Mohr It is said that he looked out over his quite, winter covered town, that had been ravished by…