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Deuteronomy 29:9-31:30 REVIEW This is our 8th message from Devarim elle-ha deverim = these are the words Picture of Journey Reason why the journeys -opportunities to learn The first generation that came out of Egypt was “thick headed” Devarim is like an executive meeting to evaluate where we have been,…

INTRODUCTION Honesty Defined truthfulness, sincerity freedom from deceit or fraud We can all agree, christian and non-christian, that a Bible-based Christian must be truthful, sincere, not deceitful, and definitely not perpetrating a fraud. Christians Must Be Honest Note title of lesson Play on “do as…

Intro: There is a word in the English language that is often used, is always negative, and few preachers like to preach about it. Do you know what it is? Hell. Hell is charactered in many comic strips, rolled off the tongue as “light profanity,” screamed as a curse in people’s faces, feared by some,…

What do we know about God? God is ++Omnipotent _All Powerful_ ++Omniscient _All Knowing_ ++Omnipresent _Everywhere Present_ Can we do anything to stop or hinder God’s purposes? 1 Now the two angels came to Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gate of Sodom. When Lot saw them, he rose to meet…

This is our 3rd week in the teaching portion of our EMPTY acronym, our flyover of the New Testament. It’s a 40,000 foot flyover, but its giving us a sense of the overarching message of redemption and seeing the connections of the New Testament back to the Old, and the flow of the story from Genesis on.…

1 But there were also false prophets among the people, even as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Lord who bought them, and bring on themselves swift destruction. 2 And many will follow their destructive ways, because of whom the…

GOD… a wrong concept of Him, who He is, how He deals with sin… it can impact this life and all eternity to come. A right concept impact and change our behavior as we will see today. A wrong concept can have dire consequences.... WHAT IS YOUR CONCEPT OF GOD? What is your concept of God? Is He a sweet…

Why would a God who loves us allow disasters to happen? (i.e. human trafficking, sexual abuse, war, etc.)? One of the primary issues that have caused people to leave the faith or simply not come to faith. Natural Evil Things happen to us against our will and well-being. Fires, accidents, disease, earthquakes,…

17 But you, beloved, ought to remember the words that were spoken beforehand by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ, 18 that they were saying to you, “In the last time there will be mockers, following after their own ungodly lusts.” 19 These are the ones who cause divisions, worldly-minded, devoid…

False Prophets and Teachers But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction. And many will follow their sensuality, and…

I believe: The church is plagued with dissatisfaction. The church is focusing more on being welcoming and entertaining than it is on worshiping God. The culture is pushing back on Christianity with such force that we must purify and reform ourselves, else be found to be hypocrites. Read 2 Peter 2 . 11…

1 Corinthians 6:1–11 (NIV) 1 If any of you has a dispute with another, do you dare to take it before the ungodly for judgment instead of before the Lord’s people? 2 Or do you not know that the Lord’s people will judge the world? And if you are to judge the world, are you not competent to judge trivial…

Review Review Question #1 : Peter wrote this epistle as a reminder for Christians to read and understand the Book of Revelation NO Review Question #2 : What experience in Jesus’ life does Peter refer to as an example of witnessing the Lord’s honor and glory? The transfiguration on the mount Review Question…

INTRODUCTION Comes from the Greek Word hamartia To err A bad action, evil deed To miss the mark In Greek Tragedy it is a defect within the hero (Protagonist) A sinning, whether it occurs by omission or commission, in thought and feeling or in speech and action To fall short Sin, though it is a small…

Hermon is the highest most majestic peak in the Levant. dominates the Golan Heights between Isreal and Syria. Long been a “holy site” the Gilgamesh epic (written around time of Jacob) Hermon was called the secret dwelling place o fthe the Annunaki … the Ninevite version names the god killed as Humbaba…

What is your concept of God? Is He a sweet grandpa in the sky sitting in His rocking chair on some cosmic porch? Do you see Him as a great cosmic bully, showing off His power at different times just because He can Are you thinking of Him more as an essence or feeling like love or goodness Maybe God to…

How am I responding to the work of God in my life now? Revelation 8:13 . 13 Then I looked, and I heard an eagle crying with a loud voice as it flew directly overhead, “Woe, woe, woe to those who dwell on the earth, at the blasts of the other trumpets that the three angels are about to blow!” What kind…

4 By faith Abel offered to God a more acceptable sacrifice than Cain, through which he was commended as righteous, God commending him by accepting his gifts. And through his faith, though he died, he still speaks. 5 By faith Enoch was taken up so that he should not see death, and he was not found, because…

Jesus has complete and unmatched authority over all things, including sickness, death, and spiritual forces. Join Pastor Steve as he looks at Mark 1:21-28 and shows how Jesus' authority was demonstrated in the synagogue in Capernaum.

Introduction: Power and Authority. We mentioned these terms last week but didn’t fully define them. Today we are going to see them illustrated in a mighty way as we see the supernatural works of the Messiah. Authority describes the overarching divinity of Christ. There is no one higher than Him. This…

1 Peter 3:15-22 As we begin a new year of taking our next steps in following Christ, what experiences lie ahead? Peter provides us with some helpful, God-given thoughts to prepare us for the future – even if the year ahead will bring more hardship and suffering our way, though it will certainly also…

Divine Transgression After the ruin of Eden, the human story heads south in a hurry. That is to be expected. The curses that followed the events in the garden bound the fate of humanity with the spiritual descendents of the Nachash, all those who oppose the rule of God either in the earthly or spiritual…

Is Lucifer — Satan, in the Bible? ( Ezekiel 28:11-19 ) ++The word ”Lucifer” is not in most manuscripts. ++The Hebrew word for “Venus,” who was known in mythology as "the morning star," was found there in Ezek. 28 . ++That word for “Venus,” translated into Latin , is “Lucifer.” ++However, “Lucifer” is…

Summary This meeting focuses on Jude 4-5 . In Jude 4 , the false teachers who are Jude’s opponents are said to have long ago “been designated for condemnation.” What does this phrase mean? In Jude 5 , the author shocks his readers by informing them that it was Jesus who saved the Israelites from Egypt.…

There are many statements condeming the character, practice, and doctrine of false teachers who were leading astray the sheep of Christ.