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Our Scripture lesson this morning comes from Deuteronomy 8:7-20 : For the Lord your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and springs, flowing out in the valleys and hills, a land of wheat and barley, of vines and fig trees and pomegranates, a land of olive trees…

Faithfulnes is rewarded, while manipulation of hte Word is never tolerated.

We often complain about things in life. The economy. Our jobs. The state of this world. We often feel empty and robbed of "the good things in life." But the Apostle Paul saw things differently. Instead of complaining about what he didn't have, he understood and rejoiced in what he did have. Riches in Christ. Listen today as Pastor Leger begins his teaching on the book of Ephesians.

The world tells us our value comes from obtaining wealth. The countercultural kingdom teaches Christians to be content and to leave a legacy of following Jesus.

Contribution has no place in entering the Kingdom of God: Jesus paid the only price necessary for access.

Leviathan imagery the Leviathan imagery with the Genesis 3 imagery. But catch the point here—there's a certain logic to portraying the divine enemy in this way because the serpent becomes a symbol of disorder, disruption, adversarial hostility to the way God wants things. That is not an accident. In…

As we come to our scripture today, I want to give you a warning. It’s not a comfortable one. We all have our favorite passages to quote for encouragement, to make people feel good, and to lift people up. I’m willing to bet todays passage is not one of them. I’ll confess to you that though I’d planned…

Today, we continue with our study of James. We are learning from him how to have a Faith That Works. Remember that James is a very practical man… He doesn’t waste time with “fluff”… He gets right to the point and doesn’t sugar-coat the truth… So far, we have learned that we MUST welcome trials with JOY……

Jesus uses this parable to convey the reversals of God’s kingdom. The rich man is defined by the quality of his clothes and the abundance of food. Purple is the color of royalty – difficult to create; expensive. Fine linen – probably expensive imported Egyptian cloth. Feasted sumptuously every day, likely…

Summary: Is it good to be rich? What’s good about it? What’s bad about it? James is addressing an extreme here. But extremes start with non-extremes. Who is James writing about here? James has addressed wealth before, primarily to believers ( James 1:9–11 ; James 2:1–7 ; James 4:13-17 ). Here James seems…

8 Hear, my son, your father’s instruction, and forsake not your mother’s teaching, 9 for they are a graceful garland for your head and pendants for your neck. 10 My son, if sinners entice you, do not consent. 11 If they say, “Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood; let us ambush the innocent without…

Introduction Text And getting into a boat he crossed over and came to his own city. Jesus is returning to Israel. Specifically, Jesus is going to Capernaum. We may think that “his city” is Nazareth, but a few chapters ago, Jesus moved to Capernaum and was living there for some time. Map And behold, some…

As James comes to the end of his letter, he presents in stark contrast, two ways to live. We can be like wealthy landowners who exploit others so that they might live a life of luxury. But they will soon suffer the consequences of their greed. Or we can be patient and endure as we wait for Christ's return, caring for one another. We have to choose one or the other, we cannot be a double-minded person who vacilates between both, because they are so opposed.

19 but the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word, and it proves unfruitful. Thesis/Central Idea: The cares of this world are the pursuit of possessions and wealth, and a preoccupation with material things is futile and dissatisfying.…

On the surface, the man in the parable was very blessed because his land produced abundantly. Most people would say that he had made good. What a great blessing. However, it had rather turned out to be a curse because of the way he handled it. Let's look at how Jesus taught us to avoid the idolatry of life.

ABRAHAM’S SEED The family of Isaac Genesis 25:18–34 Rebekah—the mother of twins 25:18–26 Esau and Jacob exchange birthrights 25:27–34 Isaac established in Canaan 26:1–33 The covenant confirmed to Isaac 26:1–5 Troubles with Abimelech 26:6–22 God’s blessing in Isaac 26:23–33 The patriarchal blessing 26:34–28:9…

November is missions emphasis month. Why do we have a missions emphasis month? What is the point? We have several goals in mind including: to revive and increase our zeal for the Great Commission, to help you get to know, in a personal way our current missionaries, and to inspire you to give generously…

Introduction Welcome God and Money Week 3 Once again I am indebted to Capitol Hill Baptist Church for their wonderful material on this subject that has been so helpful to me. Summarize the last two weeks. - You don’t own what you own. - We are stewards to use what we have been given for the purposes…

Abraham Genesis 12:1–25:18 Isaac and Jacob Genesis 25:19–36:43 Joseph Genesis 37:1–50:26 ABRAHAM Background and Time Temporal Prosperity Customs and culture A Man of Faith Consider the sixfold promise God made to Abraham: 1. “I will make of thee a great nation.” 2. “I will bless thee.” 3. “I will make…

James has been writing about the contrast between the value systems of the world and the believer. He began by contrasting how wisdom differed between the world and godly wisdom. Last week, we examined the idea of whether God is considered within our plans or is He simply an afterthought Tonight, we…

Someone in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.” But he said to him, “Man, who made me a judge or arbitrator over you?” And he said to them, “Take care, and be on your guard against all covetousness, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his…

Pull yourself together If you want something done right, you have to do it yourself Just believe in yourself! Remember to look out for number one God helps those who help themselves! ( Most quoted passage of scripture that IS NOT in the bible!) Truth is He helps those who cannot help themselves and as…

If you’ve been with us - you know that for the month of May, we are discussing various topics within Christianity... Topics that I believe - if NOT discussed on a regular basis (annual for us) - that we’ll run the risk of getting ourselves OUT AHEAD of GOD... instead of being LED - BY Him! We started…

EST. In His House It’s always been God’s heart to dwell among his people. 8 “Then have them make a sanctuary for me, and I will dwell among them. 11 I will live among you, and I will not despise you. 12 I will walk among you; I will be your God, and you will be my people. I Will live, I Will walk, I…

Intro review: God ‘s kingdom Inheritance five lists of those who do not inherit: sexually immoral (summary term) idolaters (idol of body and gratifying flesh) adulterers (not committed to the design of God between man and woman and those who lust after those whom they are not married to) effeminate homosexuals…