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When overwhelmed by circumstances wisdom seeks a bigger purpose.

The Two Multitudes Good afternoon. I hope that everyone is having a great weekend. Today we are going to be looking at Revelation chapter seven. But before we get there I want to give us a kind of recap so that we can begin to see why so many in the persecuted church actually find comfort in this book.…

Pastor Luke preached about Jesus being with us in the hard times. He said that dark valleys are certain to come. ‎Fear vanishes when we sense the presence of our Shepherd. ‎God’s presence gives us comfort.

People who were killed and/or persecuted are the final examples of faith in Hebrews 11. This lesson examines the scriptures that encourage us to foster a faith that perseveres. As one scholar put it - "It takes more faith to endure than it does to escape."

Willing to Suffer for the Gospel

Acts Series | Acts 7:44-60 \ Stephen's Trial - Finale. Today, Stephen's story comes to a gruesome end with real-world implications for you and I today.

8 Stephen, who stood out among the believers for the way God’s grace was at work in his life and for his exceptional endowment with divine power, was doing great wonders and signs among the people. 54 Once the council members heard these words, they were enraged and began to grind their teeth at Stephen.…

Acts 7:51-60 “ You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did, so do you. Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who foretold the coming of the Just One, of whom you now have become the betrayers and murderers,…

National Geographic’s “Limitless with Chris Hemsworth” is a fascinating exploration of the ways humans can pursue longer, happier lives. One thing that becomes clear is that we can have longer, fuller lives if we stop seeking comfort and ease and choose to do hard things that test our limits. We are…

How do we remain "Unshakable" in a government that is designed to trap and persecute Christians today. Daniel gives us a great example of a faithfulness even unto death.

John the Baptist is martyred, and we learn about the cost of following Jesus.

Sermon on the killing of Stephen -- the church's first martyr.

We continue our study this morning in the book of Acts and the trial of Stephen. Today, we will look at how Stephen uses the biblical account of Moses from the Book of Exodus.

Stephen follows in the footsteps of Jesus and suffers for it.

We now follow Stephen into the wilderness this morning and see how he uses it in his defense of the Christian faith.

Pyrophobia, take a guess what that means? Well, “pyro” is the Greek word for fire and then “phobia” means fear. Therefore, pyrophobia means to have a fear of fire. Luckily, none of the youth had a fear of the bonfire that we had a couple of Friday’s ago. However, while I was at the store on Friday buying…

Stephen was more than a table barer, he was a servant of the Lord.

Common Grace The Four Horsemen White Horse of Conquest Red Horse of War Black Horse of Famine Pale Horse of Death The Martyrs The Wrath of Nature Man is finally confronted with complete inability

Baptism-- explain baptism: 3 Or don’t you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? 4 We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new…

v.9: With the opening of the fifth seal, we see the result of the work of the antichrist up to this point. These martyrs are those who will be saved (up to this point) during the tribulation. We know that they are tribulation saints, because they are part of the fifth seal, and all of the seals are part…

John Brebeuf and companions lived in harsh conditions with significant opposition but they acknowledged the Son of Man before others and earned their promised reward. They could see the glory of God and they knew that this revelation was true for the Native American as for the European settler and so they built the church. We need to keep this in mind in these waning decades of our culture, the liberal experiment, by not identifying with any side of the contemporary debate but being clear that we are for the Son of Man and therefore hold to Catholic Social Teaching . Then we too will experience the glory of the presence of Jesus.

What is the significance of Jesus’ description in verse 8? first & last - Eternality died & came to life - Resurrection The Church is undergoing tribulation at the time the letter was written Why is this Church considered poor? Jesus declares that they are actually rich (present tense statement) In what…

1. 관찰/해석 1절: 헤롯은 예수에 대한 소문을 들었다. 그는 예수에 관한 명성을 건너 들었을 뿐, 자신이 직접 예수를 만난 것은 아니었다. 이어지는 2절의 말씀이 헤롯이 구원의 역사를 전혀 이해하지 못하는 인물임을 보여준다. 분봉왕이란? 분봉왕(나눌 分, 봉할 封, 임금 王; tetrarch) 명 ●왕이나 황제의 허락하에서 한 나라의 일정 지역을 다스리던 군주. 왕보다는 다소 지위가 낮으나 왕으로도 불렸다. ●신약 당시 로마의 지배하에 있던 유대는 헤롯 대왕이 죽자 그의 세 아들 아켈라오, 헤롯 안디바, 헤롯 빌립이 로마 황제의…

This is a re-submission of a sermon I originally preached while pastor at Mt. Zion United Methodist Church in 2005. It was a part of a year-ling sermon series in the Gospel of John. In this passage, we cover the ministry of John the Baptist and the early calling of the disciples of Jesus.

Understanding Sin Premil - Jesus returns before tribulation/Literal 1000 year reign Postmil - Jesus returns at the end/Church establishes kingdom Amil - Jesus returns at the end of time/no kingdom I teach from a premil understanding Satan is bound The Saints reign with Jesus Satan is released and judged…