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The Superiority of the Person of Christ Heb.1:1-4:16 . The Superiority of Christ over the Angels Heb. 1:4-14 . Before we attempt to expound on this verse, I think it would do us good to answer a few questions, Why does the Holy Spirit here introduce the “angels?” In the next section (chapter 3) He shows…

“Christ is at the center of everything that we do and are.” We are beginning a 5 week series on our Church vision. If you’re anything like me you hear that statement and instantly start to switch your brain off and the eyes glaze over. So why? Why Samuel are you going to put us through something you…

Evening 13 September 24

Tonight I’m going to take a few minutes to consider several different perspectives from the characters we see in our Christmas story. Because chances are you know the story, but I want us to put ourselves in the story and to consider some of the things we don’t always think about. So we’re going to start…

And when he was entered into a ship, his disciples followed him. And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves: but he was asleep. And his disciples came to him , and awoke him, saying, Lord, save us: we perish. And he saith unto them, Why are…

Advent Reading Today we light the 5th candle of the advent season. This is the candle of Christ. This candle represents the savior that God has given his people. The living messiah, Jesus Christ. We have been reconciled to God through him, our hope is in him, our joy is from him, our peace is because…

Now that we have taken a closer look at the deity of God in relationship to the son. let’s look at The Trinity. The Trinity is the belief that there are three persons in one God. distinct separate persons..... The names that are given to these three persons are God the Father, God the Son, and God the…

Intro; When Paul wrote this letter to the church at Ephesus he was in a Roman prison. Paul had invested a lot of time in these people on two of his missionary journeys [ 3 years ]. In Ephesus, like many areas of the world at that time/today, Christianity confronted many man made philosophies, cults and…

Intro; One of the saddest commentaries of the “church” of our day is the lack of its spiritual power. Churches today have wonderful facilities, great networking technology, staff and finances, but struggle in spiritual growth and power. Paul recognized even in the early days of the church that a lack…

Merry Christmas!!!! Over these last few weeks… as we’ve journeyed together through Advent… We’ve talked about a lot… We’ve looked at the Christmas story… We’ve seen it’s characters… We’ve heard from them… from their stories… from their struggles… Hopefully … we’ve learned something! The Christmas story…

We Have a Better Savior John Phillips list 3:1 through 8:5 as one big section. I would have to agree with Phillips Each figure that will be covered from 3:1 through 8:5 were considered as some form of a savior to the children of Isreal. I will use some of Phillips logic in this section We begin a section…

1 John 5:1-5 born of God born of God = believes Jesus is the Christ = saved = everlasting life 1 John 3:9 “Whoever has been born of God does not sin , for His seed remains in him; and he cannot sin, because he has been born of God.” 1 John 4:7 “Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and…

As we commence the New Year I want to ask you a question. It is a very simple question but the answer is quite profound. What is God’s will for you this year? Interesting question isn’t it? Some of you will say, “I haven’t got a clue” Others will give a theologically correct but incomplete answer, which…

A Little Bit of Joy Are you happy? Are you truly happy? What is Joy? Joy is the heartfelt emotion that comes when one’s soul is inflamed with true delight. We have brief snippets of joy here in this life: the bride and groom celebrating on their wedding day; the rush one feels when whipping down a roller…

In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea, And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.…

Term to know: Deity means Godhood. Having the nature of God Direct Scriptural Statements “God” or “Theos” used of Christ 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 18 No one has seen God at any time. The only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has…

Based on Sermon Series SRVCC 30 Living With Jesus - New Perspective 15 July 2007 Mark 9:2-13 Scene 1. How would you respond if Jesus took you up on a mountain and shared with you the experience of Peter, James & John in Mark 9: 2-4 . Now round here we might think of Mount Flinders or Mount Barney but…

The Problem paralysis is not to be assumed as the direct result of a person’s sin, it may be for the glory of God. However, all illness, disease, handicap, is a result of living in a fallen world with a fallen condition. - Job’s friends related disease and death to sin, so did Jesus’ disciples this is…

Intro The Lord is a Holy God. He cannot dwell in the presence of sin. At one point, the glory of the Lord dwelt in the temple and lived among the people of Israel. But the sinfulness of Israel was so great, and their whoring after other gods was so extreme, that the glory of the Lord departed from the…

Children’s Thought If the Blind Put Their Hand in God's You probably have all heard of Helen Keller. She had the double calamity of being both unable to see, she was blind, and unable to hear. Thinking her incapable of learning, she was tolerated like an untrained, but loved animal loose in the family…

The Tree for Him, and He for the Tree Each year, families around the United States pack into a car. Then they drive, sometimes for a few minutes, other times for a few hours, some for even longer. Their car pulls up to a forest or a farm, and the family piles out of the car to beholden the world of evergreen…

Intro: My love for my Pampaw was fierce and when he died my faith was weak and I walked away from any faith I had left in me. (I won’t allow the same for my grands) If you have your Bibles, we want to look at Exodus, chapter 20. Even if you don't have a background in church, I think as we begin to read…

We are reminded that Christ reconciled us to be presented as holy, blameless, and above reproach. We are encouraged to continue stable and steadfast in the faith.

Introduction Isaiah 7-12 often referred to like this Several prophecies of Messiah are given through this section Begins here in Isa. 7 with prophecy of virgin birth of Messiah Israel and Judah have both been brought to the brink of destruction because of their sin This prophecy made in 735 BC - Assyria…