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In our series on the Ten Commandments, we are ready for the Sixth Commandment, which says, “ You shall not murder .” ( Deut 5:17 ). As I was preparing for that message, and remembering that we would be celebrating Communion today, I could not help but think of Hebrews 12:24 . This verse compares the…

What is it about sacrifice that scares us? I am not talking about the Sacrifice on the cross but in our daily lives. It wasn’t in front of the crowds that Christ was making a sacrifice it was in His private relationship with God. Christ left his baptism and went into the wilderness to fast and pray.…

Blood is used for different things in the Bible. What did the blood of Jesus do?

If you had to pick one day on the calendar as the most important day of the year, what would it be? Would it be your birthday? Would it be an anniversary? Maybe Easter, Christmas, or the fourth of July or some other holiday? According to the UN, the most important day of the year is September 21, the…

Mark 14:1-9 Intro : We have come to a sad chapter in the book of Mark. These verses display the hatred of men is all its ugliness. According to verses 1-2 , the religious Jews are fed up with Jesus and His preaching. They want Him dead and they do not care what they have to do to see that come to pass.…

31 “Therefore I say to you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven men. 20 Rather, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice they sacrifice to demons and not to God, and I do not want you to have fellowship with demons. 21 You cannot…

Why should the Galatians not have returned to the old law? What was the event that set in motion a new covenant between God and man?

Jesus foretells short-term pain, but promises ultimate gain.

Intro This is the first week of a 6 week sereis through Romans 12 and 13. Examines the comand, that we are looking at this week, to be a living sacrifice and to live our lives in light of what God has done for us through Christ. Each message will help us to “flashback” to the life of Jesus so that we…

How was Jesus the perfect sacrifice? Did Jesus become a sinner? What did the sacrifice of Jesus cost?

1 Now when these things were done, the princes came to me, saying, The people of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites, have not separated themselves from the people of the lands, doing according to their abominations, even of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites,…

How does Saul prove that actions speak louder than words?

What is love? Unselfish, loyal, and benevolent intention and commitment toward another. 7 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. 8 Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love. We are commanded to love, because…

What length? Paul is willing to go to any length to win people to Christ, but also to protect the truth of the gospel. And he also is willing to appeal to keep the gospel going forth too. (How far are you willing to go picture) What length are you willing to go for your grandchildren? How about your…

A reflection on the cross, taken from the sermon sent to the Hebrews, and the Apostle Paul's letter to the Roman Christians, both found in the New Testament.

You Cannot Share Supper with Christ, and Dine with Demons We are sharing in the Blood and Body of Christ Does all my actions/attitude honor God? Does my actions/attitudes tear Down or build up the body of Christ? Does my actions/attitudes hinder or help bring people to Jesus?

While Jesus was having dinner at Matthew’s house, many tax collectors and sinners came and ate with him and his disciples. When the Pharisees saw this, they asked his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?” On hearing this, Jesus said, “It is not the healthy who need a…

Over the past several weeks we’ve been hearing terms like “unprecedented”, “once in a life-time”, “corona virus”, and “pandemic”, and these words have become tiresome and lost much of their initial impact. A similar thing can happen when we read Scripture. Especially when we’re dealing with a familiar…

4 By faith Abel offered to God a more acceptable sacrifice than Cain, through which he was commended as righteous, God commending him by accepting his gifts. And through his faith, though he died, he still speaks. 5 By faith Enoch was taken up so that he should not see death, and he was not found, because…

Introduction 17 Now on the first day of Unleavened Bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Where will you have us prepare for you to eat the Passover?” 18 He said, “Go into the city to a certain man and say to him, ‘The Teacher says, My time is at hand. I will keep the Passover at your house with…

Trust and Obedience in Jonathan and David. 6 Jonathan said to the young man who carried his armor, “Come, let us go over to the garrison of these uncircumcised. It may be that the Lord will work for us, for nothing can hinder the Lord from saving by many or by few.” Jonathan trusts God. 23 So the Lord…

We Are Glad You Are Here. We Give Thanks to God for all Things. QUOTES ON GRATITUDE “So much has been given to me that I have no time to ponder that which I don't have.”—Helen Keller “Giving thanks is not a matter of feeling thankful, it is a matter of obedience.”—Joni Erickson Tada (she is quadriplegic)…

What I would like to do in today’s episode is to highlight a few things that I think will be helpful in terms of how we (as Christians) should view the current crisis and climate concerning the now infamous Coronavirus. First I would like to give some brief perspective on how the Early Church handled…

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Today we will be studying John 12:1-11 . I encourage you to open your bibles to that passage, or follow along using the Bible Study App, or on the screen behind me. As you open to that passage, let’s review the background to this event, which occurs just before the final week of Jesus before His death…