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This week we look at what Heaven means in the Bible. Is it a place of mansions and harps and will we really go there when we die?

YAHWEH-Tsidkenu INTRODUCTION · A God Who can Make People Clean Again · Have you ever tried to please someone who couldn’t be pleased? o ILLUS. - teacher/student, assignment - boss/employee · Many think about God that way? · What’s it going to take to please God? Ps. 146:8 “The Lord loves the righteous”…

This evening’s text highlights an exceptionally important truth, viz., that Biblical covenants between God and man were generally sealed with the shedding of blood. I say generally because the Adamic covenant was inaugurated without the shedding of blood; the only blood mentioned in connection with it…

Malachi 4. Can we turn, once again, to the book of Malachi? [P] Those of you who were here last time I spoke, if you are astute, may have noticed that I skipped over a verse. You may recall that Malachi was delivering a heavy message from יהוה to the priests. He was giving them a right royal telling…

Reading: Jeremiah 7:1-11 / HC Q&A 99, 100 p.50 You shall not misuse the name of the LORD your God, for the LORD will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses his name. Exodus 20:7 (NIV) I. Always use God’s name Reverently A. Don’t take God’s name in Vain 1. Don’t use God’s name as a swear word a. God’s…

I AM! My wife and I have just one daughter who is nine years old, and she is learning to play the violin. Recently I have had a few Saturdays off and went with her to her orchestra lessons – they play a piece: “I have a dream”, based one Martin Luther King’s famous speech. Well Martin Luther King is…

Prayer Call Up the Mountain with the King —The Lord’s Prayer Revisited 1-11-09 Pray 4336 προσεύχομαι [proseuchomai /pros·yoo·khom·ahee/] v. From 4314 and 2172; TDNT 2:807; TDNTA 279; GK 4667; 87 occurrences; AV translates as “pray” 83 times, “make prayer” three times, and “pray for” once. 1 to offer…

Know yourself We read in Exodus 3.1-22 that Moses had moved on from being engaged to political life in Egypt to be minding sheep. Quite a come down. Yet... in a mysterious way it would prepare him well for the future. Moses was minding his own business MINDING SHEEP(!) when along came the voice of God!…

CHURCH ON RANDALL PLACE SERMON NOTES 3/8/09 “FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS” A STUDY IN ESTHER TODAY’S MESSAGE: “THE OLDER SHALL SERVE THE YOUNGER” ESTHER 3 I. Introduction a. The consequences of not eliminating completely that which seeks our demise. i. Old enemies (sins) may lay dormant for years but eventually…

I. Immanuel: God is with us. A. Name of God Mt. 1:23 The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call Him ‘Immanuel”—which means, “God with us.” Isa. 7:14 Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will…

First, we should pray—as Jesus did—to the heavenly Father. Jesus prayed very personally, addressing God as His Father, and He taught us to do the same. This approach to prayer, though, was radical to the Jewish people of our Lord’s day. If you study the prayers of the Old Testament, you’ll virtually…