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INTRODUCTION . 25 For I do not want you, brothers, to be uninformed of this mystery—so that you will not be wise in your own estimation—that a partial hardening has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in; 26 and so all Israel will be saved; just as it is written, “ THE DELIVERER…

Summary: In Romans 9:1-13 Paul begins to show how God will keep His promises to Israel through the “children of the promise” who God chooses. Cancelled? Are God’s promises to Israel cancelled? Jews/Israelites are not guaranteed receiving the promised blessings by their nationality. But God promised those…

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Necessity of the gospel Are there things in this life that we need? How about, are there things in this life that we want? When it comes to salvation, there are things we need. There are things we want too. This is a little basic, but: What do we need for salvation? What do we want from salvation? I…

Introduction Last week we started a section of Isaiah often referred to as the ‘Book of Immanuel’ It begins with the ‘sign of Immanuel’ - short prophecy of virgin birth That theme & prophecy continues through this next chapter Today, in Isaiah 8 , we see the safety of Immanuel’s people This section really…

Controversial Text Difficult to understand Significant to end time doctrine My change of mind My goal is to give some helpful insight (I won’t settle the debate today), and to recommend some relevant application (even though we may be indecisive about the full meaning). Remember the Context Has God rejected…

Introduction Due to a drain on the emotional and spiritual well being of the believers they were in a state of emotional and spiritual fatigue. This could easy lead to a state if apostacy. A place where they would easily become lethargic and insensitive the voice of God. Main Point 14 Pursue peace with…

19 Therefore, brethren, since we have confidence to enter the holy place by the blood of Jesus, 20 by a new and living way which He inaugurated for us through the veil, that is, His flesh, 21 and since we have a great priest over the house of God, 22 let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance…

God is. This is the central truth of the universe. But why is it important to our lives? It is important because this one truth has massive implications for our being, our identity, our purpose, and as we will see, every choice we make either moves us closer or farther from our own flourishing and wholeness.…

Introduction 7 Therefore, just as the Holy Spirit says, “ Today if you hear His voice , 8 Do not harden your hearts as when they provoked Me , As in the day of trial in the wilderness , 9 Where your fathers tried Me by testing Me , And saw My works for forty years . 10 “ Therefore I was angry with this…

Building a People of God With Unusual Characters I have enjoyed going through these stories of some of the main characters in Genesis. Just to have the recap, like most serials I watch, we started with Noah, who found favor in the eyes of the Lord and saved humanity from the waters of the great flood.…

Have you ever had all your support and comfort taken away and found yourself stronger as a result? In our passage today, we’ll see that God uses discomfort to purify a remnant of believers who will work for restoration in our world. Isaiah prophecies disaster brought on by Israel’s sin, but also the…

Romans 9:1-3 . 1 I am speaking the truth in Christ—I am not lying; my conscience bears me witness in the Holy Spirit— 2 that I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart. 3 For I could wish that I myself were accursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, my kinsmen according…

God’s People Setting Out From Egypt We last left Moses at the head of a great company of Israelites, who are finally departing Egypt after more than 400 years of service to the Egyptian Pharaoh, and years of salvation from famine in Canaan as God preserved and grew his people for this day. They did not…

11 Concerning him we have much to say, and it is hard to explain, since you have become dull of hearing. 12 For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you have need again for someone to teach you the elementary principles of the oracles of God, and you have come to need milk and not solid food.…

Intro: NC State Wolfpack (I was Derek Whittenberg) (Lorenzo Charles) I grew up in a family where rivalry was normal. Now I told you that I idolized Derek Whittenberg, and I did, but that was dangerous ground in my family. You see I grew up in Tarheel country. To pull outside of the Tarheels was dangerous.…

5 “Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord , when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land. A Righteous Branch Reign as King Deal Wisely Execute Justice and Righteousness 6 In his days Judah…

In 1970, the Apollo 13 mission faced a life-threatening crisis when an oxygen tank exploded in space. The astronauts aboard the spacecraft, along with mission control teams on Earth, had to quickly and clearly communicate under extreme pressure to solve the problems that unfolded. Everyone involved shared…

Building a People of God With Unusual Characters I hope you are enjoying and benefiting from these stories from Genesis that we are looking at so we can see God at work in the lives of people that are not just like everyone else around them, these unusual characters that God is forming into the founders…

Called Disciples Let me preface this week and this month with a few things before I start. Pastor Steve has been very generous to allow me preach this month and I appreciate that tremendously. He is your pastor and I am not. With that said, I am not here to passify you until Pastor comes back. I am here…

Leader Guide CSB, Unit 4, Session 1 © 2018 LifeWay Christian Resources, Permission granted to reproduce and distribute within the license agreement with purchaser, edited by Rev. Lex DeLong, M.A. God Redeems Betrayal Summary and Goal In this session, we will see that Jacob’s favoritism did not stop with…

Introduction Dispensationalism (misunderstood) has had its fair share of nutty ideas Every view of eschatology has its weirdos & strange ideas Mostly, our problem is our speculation We like to read current events into Scripture e.g. I heard a theory this week that the Apostle John isn’t dead God has…

God’s Unique or Unusual Characters So far, our band of unique characters has covered Noah, Abraham, Isaac’s wife Rebekah, our first lesson on Joseph, then Leah & Rachel. Today we’re back to Joseph, as he returns home to the promised lands of Canaan. He has been in the indentured service of his uncle…

1 In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came by the hand of Haggai the prophet to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest: 2 “Thus says the Lord of hosts: These people…

Building a People of God With Unusual Characters Noah, Abraham, Rebekah, Jacob; Leah and Rachel; Jacob, Joseph, Moses. Last week we talked about Rebekah, the wife of Isaac, who was quite a mother of deceit. As the hapless old man Isaac sat waiting for his eldest twin Esau to bring home wild game and…