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

How many of us love a good scary movie? Do you remember the first movie you saw that scared you so bad you were afraid after it was over with (Salem’s Lot) Sometimes for the believer it is a fine line between harmless entertainment and dabbling in evil. God’s People are not to be involved in the occult.…

Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, (this is Ahasuerus which reigned, from India even unto Ethiopia, over an hundred and seven and twenty provinces:) That in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace, In the third year of his reign,…

When we begin to talk about the Problem of Evil, we have to put on our thinking caps. As Christians this is an issue that we will have to confront challenges to our faith, because it is a very real stumbling block for those who may have looked at Christianity and wonder what solution there is to the…

Paul challenges Christ's followers to recognise the gulf between the darkness of the world around them and the light of Christ in them. If we recognise the difference, and the dangers of the dark, then we will cherish the light in ourselves and one another. But how do we live as children of light?

1 Kings 16:29-22:40 . A sad story tonight. It is sad because it is a story of departure from God to a new level. A key statement among the kings of Israel is that no longer when a new king is introduced did they do evil like Jeroboam, now you will see that they did evil like Ahab who went much further…

Act based upon what you don’t know This sounds reckless and foolish. It is needful to consider from what perspective this is being given. Illustration: Pastor coming to car wash with hat saying “I’m their leader which way did they go.” This seems to suggest that the leaders has some identity with the…

Then Jesus again spoke to them, saying, “I am the Light of the world; he who follows Me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the Light of life.”

Have We Seen the Light? All creation longs for light! We long for light because we live in a shadowy world. Darkness in the ancient world symbolized chaos, the unknown, and misery.[1] [2] In the Bible darkness often symbolize wickedness, impurity, and evil.[3] The Bible story begins in a dark, chaotic…

Love does not rejoice in wrongdoing because love understands the nature of human beings. That is also why it rejoices with the truth. But what exactly is the nature of human beings, and why does that make love work this way?

The True Light Intro As we opened up the gospel of John last week we looked at his thesis statement. That is the reason that he is penning his gospel message. We saw in John 20:30-31 “30 Jesus performed many other signs in the presence of his disciples that are not written in this book. 31 But these…

John 9:14-25 / Now I See (pt 2) Shinning Light Into the Darkness Experience rejection because of tradition 14 Now it was a Sabbath day when Jesus made the mud and opened his eyes. It was unlawful to do work on the Sabbath This included healing people. Jesus had showed them that this was not the will…

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…

The Heb. word comes from a root meaning ‘to spoil’, ‘to break in pieces’: being broken and so made worthless. It is essentially what is unpleasant, disagreeable, offensive. The word binds together the evil deed and its consequences. Much physical evil is due to moral evil: suffering and sin are not necessarily…

Does God Listen to Sinners? It’s a question that has haunted Christendom since the beginning. Does God Listen to Sinners? As we’ve been journeying through the Old Testament we’ve seen all kinds of evil done. Israel, God’s chosen people, the nation that God led out of Egypt, protected in the wilderness,…

Verses 28-34 In chapter 11 we saw the chief priests, scribes and elders challenge Jesus authority after He overturned the tables and drove out all those who bought and sold in the Temple. . Then we saw the Pharisees and Herodians try to trap Jesus with the question about paying taxes to Caesar, then…

Introduction There is one movie genre that I won’t watch and that is horror. I just don’t like those movies. I just remember watching some as a kid and screaming at the people in the movie, “Don’t open that door” or “No, don’t go into that creepy looking building.” And no matter what… they did what I…

Temptation is like getting hooked by a fishing lure John Ortberg said that temptation is like getting hooked by a fishing lure. To illustrate, he told this story: Recently my wife and I went fly-fishing for the first time. Our guides told us that "to catch a fish you have to think like a fish." They…

Oh, you and I need God’s help, we need to turn from our sin while there is hope lest some of the problems that will come from our sin, as we see in David’s life tonight. Remember, we said that there would be a four-fold judgment with David, by his own proclamation to Nathan concerning the parable of…

Love for God is normal for a Christian. Hate for sin is normal for those who love God. We are to love sinners, but hate sin. Listen as Pastor Leger explain how God's Word demands we hate evil.

Last week: sin causes suffering. This was a major, if not THE major takeway from last week. Because of the sin of humanity, starting with Adam & Eve, suffering, unbearable pain, and evil is part of our world. The Bible does not teach Karma. In a concept very similar, from what I can tell, to Karma the…

25 Nadab the son of Jeroboam began to reign over Israel in the second year of Asa king of Judah, and he reigned over Israel two years. 26 He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord and walked in the way of his father, and in his sin which he made Israel to sin. 27 Baasha the son of Ahijah, of the…

Introduction Introduction The place we need to start to think correctly, to think grammatically, about is to talk about clauses—and no, I hope you’re not having flashbacks already about going back to English class. This is not going to be complicated; it’s something very comprehensible. As we are going…

We need God in order to deal with our knowledge of Good and Evil.

Today we are looking at John 12:28-50 . Please open your bibles to the passage. One of my goals each week is to not just study a passage with you, but to encourage you to study the Bible on your own. I want to either help you learn to study and learn from the scriptures on your own, or remind you of…