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Biblical concept of light and darkness The Lexham Bible Dictionary (Light and Darkness in the Old Testament) At the heart of Old Testament’s symbolic use of light and darkness is the connection the text makes between light and the personal presence of God, and darkness as all that opposes God. The light…

Broadly in this series of sermons we are talking about the need for patient endurance in our obedience. Last week I used the illustration of not only loosing weight, but keeping or maintaing that weight loss. After the sermon I was talking with a brother and he shared another good illustration of our…

21 Also He said to them, “Is a lamp brought to be put under a basket or under a bed? Is it not to be set on a lampstand? 22 For there is nothing hidden which will not be revealed, nor has anything been kept secret but that it should come to light. 23 If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear.” 24 Then…

What does it mean to Arise? 1 “Arise, Jerusalem! Let your light shine for all to see. For the glory of the Lord rises to shine on you. 2 Darkness as black as night covers all the nations of the earth, but the glory of the Lord rises and appears over you. To arise means ++To be stirred up ++To be awake…

God’s grace shines through the lives of those He is saving.

Order of Service Welcome Hymn - Psalm Reading 5 Commit your way to the Lord ; trust in him, and he will act. 6 He will bring forth your righteousness as the light, and your justice as the noonday. Prayer Teen Talk Hymn - Notices Prayer Meeting - 7:30pm Friday 7pm - Online Sunday Morning 11am & 6pm Tithes…

Introduction 1 Arise, shine; For your light has come! And the glory of the Lord is risen upon you. 2 For behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, And deep darkness the people; But the Lord will arise over you, And His glory will be seen upon you. 3 The Gentiles shall come to your light, And kings…

Mark 4:21-25 Here in Mark 4 , we pick up another parable from Christ as He continues to teach the disciples. Remember that a parable means placing a thing by the side of something else for the purpose of comparing to have a better understanding of truth. In this section of Mark, Jesus uses 4 parables…

We have just experience Christmas over the past several weeks... Christmas as we know it is full of myths and legends - some scriptural, some anecdotal, some from Victorian Christmas traditions, and some from modern day entertainment. The story of the Little Drummer Boy comes to us from the most recent…

Revelation 21:9 9 Then came one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues and spoke to me, saying, “Come, I will show you the Bride, the wife of the Lamb.” Here, the theme of us being God’s bride is continued with the image of God preparing us as we participate in the…

Last week we embarked on a journey through scripture. We are taking a bird’s eye view of the Bible to see the thread of redemption woven through the tapestry of history. It is a challenge to read large portions of scripture at a time. The benefit of doing so is we can begin to see how these stories weave…

Recently I read about a little girl who came home from Sunday School right after studying Matthew 5:16. She repeated the verse to her and asked her what it meant . Her mom said , "Well, it means that when you are good and kind and thoughtful and obedient, you are letting Christ’s light shine in your…

As the 2nd Coming approaches, we should shine as light in a dark world.

Lights shine bright... everywhere we go! As long as God is at work (which He is), as long as the Holy Spirit is moving (which he is), as long as the Church is alive (which she is)... lights will always shine bright. The question is are you contributing to darkness or light? We invite you to listen this morning as Pastor Chase brings God's Word to us in a practical way! (The video shown at the end was of color blind people viewing color for the first time through Enchroma Glasses. The illustration shows what it's like when we allow Christ to shine through our lives to others.)

The Bible tells us that the gentle actions of those who follow Jesus shine like stars in a dark world.

Introduction As we continue to study the book of Ephesians we come to one of the most challenging passages in Scriptures: "Therefore be imitators of God" See Ephesians 4:32 32 Be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving each other, just as God in Christ also has forgiven you. Knight in the shining…

Crepuscular Light Beautiful What do you call it? systematic, scientific explanation for why light behaves in this way we can box it away, explain it away, maximise our intelligence and minimise teh mystery, but we cannot escape the beauty Patterns & control human beings are funny kind of people. We think…

Let Your Light Shine Prophecy to Israel - we can own this as the church because Messiah has already come One of those “glory” passages that we love to hear… and then we think: “one day”. “I can’t wait to see this happen”, or even “World watch out! One day I’m gonna shine, and when I do you’d better be…

Even the Law reflected Light. The New Covenant reflects greater Light. May we reflect His Glory!

Post Christian Culture Biblical Christianity is loosing its primacy in many cultures! The church is changing with the world instead of changing the world. The bible is not the centerpiece of the home and even in some church assemblies. How can we be a shining light in the midst of a crooked and perverse…

Citizens of God's kingdom are called to influence the world around them by preserving from the inside and illuminating from the outside.

Jesus gives sight to a man who has been blind his whole life. Jesus continues to shine light into lives that have been lost in darkness.

Rapport: Review We looked last week at sin and we defined the term as something which is crooked, twisted or bent in our heart, mind, and body. Sin stands in direct opposition to God because He has made all things good, but when sin entered the world, the corruption of sin makes God’s good creation-twisted…

Picture this, it is the middle of the night. You are startled awake by a sudden noise. You open your eyes and you make out the shapes of the furniture in your bedroom because your eyes have fully adjusted to the dark. Then suddenly, without a hint of warning someone turns on all of the lights in your…