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Passages to ponder We started last week in a new series “Passages to ponder.” These will be passages for us to consider to evaluate our walk, our maturity and opportunities we have in Christ Jesus. Lesson One: Kingdom Beatitude ( Mt5:3-11 ) The supreme blessedness we have as citizens of the kingdom.…

21 “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. 22 Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’ 23 And then I will…

Daniel the steadfast (1:8–20) 1. The request (1:8–9): Determining not to defile himself by eating the king’s food and wine, Daniel seeks permission to eat other, more wholesome food. · Defile: To Pollute, to stain, desecrate or to pollute oneself o Daniel saw eating the allotted food and drinking the…

Gracious and loving God, as we come before you this day, we long to be the faithful stewards of this world and all that you have given to us to care for. We know that our honest and faithful following of your Son is what will bring us into glory in our due time. So, we ask in the coming moments, help…

Introduction Have you ever walked on a freshly moped floor? If you have, chances are two things happened. 1 - The floor was no longer clean. 2 - The person who cleaned it threatened your existence. Why does tracking dirt across a freshly cleaned floor elicit such an extreme reaction? Because work, time,…

Ezekiel 28:18 Sanctuary - a place of worship. Temple - a place where the Lord dwells. “ Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries ” How? " by the multitude of thine iniquities ” " by the iniquity of thy traffick ” What is iniquity? It is the innermost desire to sin. It is first found in Satan and then afterwards…

The religious leaders came from Jersualem to question Jesus, based on their traditions, about eating with defile hands. Jesus teaches it is not what goes in that defiles a person but what comes out.

Do you believe most people are good? See how your answer compares to Jesus’ diagnosis.

How do we worship? What is tradition and is it good or bad?

Proper 17

In lieu of Pride month this verse tells us of those who are pure in Christ and those who are defiled, thinking that they are on the right path, they are deceived.

During the Covid-19 pandemic, most people worried about cleanness. You know & I know, there were germaphobes before, but once officials reported that touching, sneezing, coughing, and even singing spread Covid, we thought about contamination. Masks, social distancing, lockdowns, and spraying Lysol were…

Jesus is the pure one who rightly interprets the law of God and reveals that the heart of the law is to direct the heart of man to Jesus.

Prayer Outward Conversation with someone I met recently - worked for years at an area restaurant, a pizza place - nobody wanted to work the church shifts - Sunday lunch and Wednesday evenings. You’d have a big group come in at once, service was slower, people got impatient. Which is a sad commentary…

Jesus dealt with the issues of tradition, defilement and Faith.

Let’s read in Matthew 15 starting in verse 1. 1 Then some Pharisees and teachers of the law came to Jesus from Jerusalem and asked, 2 “Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? They don’t wash their hands before they eat!” The Pharisees applied a rule from Exodus 30 that instructed the…

Completely surrender to God and His ways, and let Him take care of everything else. ‌

Introduction Contamination is an event that can occur and has the potential to cause catastrophe up to and including physical harm and even death. We do much to prevent contamination - we have tamper proof lids, plastic seals, etc. We have process by which we test products to check for contamination.…

GEBED Here, dankie vir die voorreg om uit U Woord te lees. Laat U Woord my hart vernuwe — Amen. SKRIFLESING Jam 3:5b-6 “’n Klein vuurtjie kan ’n groot bos aan die brand steek. Die tong is ook ’n vuur, ’n wêreld vol ongeregtigheid, die deel van die liggaam wat die hele mens besmet. Dit steek die hele…

Tradition Traditions are often an attempt to either protect us from something that can harm us or keep us in the place where we are most likely to do well. Not all traditions are so characterized, and some are nothing more than outmoded responses to situations that no longer exist. Nevertheless, this…

Haggai 2:13-A Ceremonially Unclean Person Defiles Clean Food