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What does it mean to be complacent? The Oxford English Dictionary defines it as “smug and uncritically satisfied with oneself or one’s achievements.” So then what does it mean to be spiritually complacent? Spiritual complacency occurs when we get comfortable and satisfied with the way WE worship instead…

Present Your Bodies to God 1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. 13 Foods for the stomach and the stomach for foods, but God will destroy both it and them. Now the body is…

23 Now before faith came, we were held captive under the law, imprisoned until the coming faith would be revealed. 24 So then, the law was our guardian until Christ came, in order that we might be justified by faith. 25 But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian, 26 for in Christ…

Leviticus 1-27 God’s Holiness means he cannot look upon sin; out of love he seeks a way for it to be forgiven which is achieved through the substitution of sacrifice. The ultimate Sacrifice being Christ Scene 1/ Prior Preparation Prevents Pretty Poor Performance. Running in the Olympic finals is something…

32 But I say to you that whoever divorces his wife for any reason except sexual immorality causes her to commit adultery; and whoever marries a woman who is divorced commits adultery. 1 For the law, having a shadow of the good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with these…

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Introduction And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, “Speak to all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say to them: ‘You shall be holy, for I the Lord your God am holy. ‘Every one of you shall revere his mother and his father, and keep My Sabbaths: I am the Lord your God. ‘Do not turn to idols,…

We’ve been moving through CASKET EMPTY, and I don’t want us to lose sight of why we’re doing that. The whole idea of Casket Empty is to recognize God’s redemptive story throughout the Old Testament. Many have wondered did God create the world and then just leave it to run itself, and what we see throughout…

The Lord loves us and has chosen us even in our imperfections. You may be bruised, broken, scarred from life. But the perfect lamb died so that you the blemished could have eternal life.

Introduction Author: The prophet Malachi ( Mal. 1:1 ). His name means “my angel/messenger.” This name is not used anywhere else in the OT. Some scholars debate whether this was a proper name or a title. Regardless, the name/title is certainly a play on the role of God’s messenger to come (2:7, 3:1).…

Leviticus 21:1-24:23 Review TORAH GPS We continue to use the Torah as our guide to do our portions So far we have come from Genesis to now Leviticus, and God has been at work We have talked about Vayikra in the last few weeks So far we can summarize the book of Leviticus/ Vayikra like this: Cumulative…

Text : Let my cry of lamentation come near before You, O Yahweh; Give me understanding according to Your word. Let my supplication come before You; Deliver me according to Your word. Let my lips pour forth praise, For You teach me Your statutes. Let my tongue answer with Your word, For all Your commandments…

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…

Pre Worship Setup Bibles, Video, Slides, Prayer Pastoral Prayer Good morning thank you all for joining us this morning, in person and online. I am Pastor Kyle and I don’t know about you but I am thankful for the country we live in. What a great nation we are blessed to be in. That God has given us the…

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

Our Scripture text this morning is taken from Deuteronomy 5:1-6 : And Moses summoned all Israel and said to them, “Hear, O Israel, the statutes and the rules that I speak in your hearing today, and you shall learn them and be careful to do them. The Lord our God made a covenant with us in Horeb. Not…

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…

What On Earth Are You Waiting For? 1 There were some present at that very time who told him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. We don’t know exactly what is being discussed here. Some believe it is when Pilate took money from the temple treasury to build an aqueduct,…

Good morning, Gateway! Scripture: Psalm 31 . Prayer Intro Good morning, again! August 5, 2001 was a beautiful night in Cleveland, Ohio at Jacobs Field, especially if you were a Seattle Mariners fan. The Mariners coming into the game were 80-30, they had won the first two games of the series, and seemed…

Good morning, Gateway! Scripture: Lam 3:21-26 . God of creation. God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. God of the covenant. You are merciful, and gracious, slower to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness, keeping steadfast love for thousands, forgiving iniquity and sin, but you are also…

Leviticus makes up the Body of Priestly Code. Attempts to draw out for the people what makes them holy. What distinguishes or separates them from those who are not holy. The Emphasis in Leviticus upon sacrifices and offerings enables us to appreciate the meaning of Christ’s sacrifice on Calvary Sacrifice…

Exodus The word Exodus means Departure The Exodus event is the Central redemptive act of the OT. The Primary event of the Old Testament. The Exodus makes Israel a nation. Who is the Main Character of Exodus? As we read this book we must keep in mind that God is the central character. Hyksos And a new…

On the first day of the first month that marks the new beginning for Israel, the word of the LORD came to Moses concerning the lamb that is to be sacrificed, which he gave to the children of Israel and they received. Their year, their beginning of life as a nation, began in the month of April, called…

Last Spring, we studied through the Sermon on the Mount. One of the great themes of Matthew is the coming kingdom. The Book of Revelation speaks of the time when that new kingdom is fully realized. I shared with our Elders a week ago an observation that I gleaned about songs describing Heaven. Historically…

God’s gracious favour shown to both Israel and to the Gentiles. God accepts people who respond to him, and worship is that is offered sincerely and accompanied by wholehearted commitment.