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So - today we come to our RECAP of 2 Kings…and to close we’ll see how this book finishes off. As I went back this week - and looked at the sermons that compiled this series (this book).... It was amazing to see the - PROGRESSION of GOD’S STORY FOR MAN - in what God was teaching man along the way - THRU…

Today we are wrapping up this six part study of the Good News called, “Life in 6 Words.” We get these six words by using the word “Gospel” as an acrostic. As a way of review, let’s walk through these six words one final time… G - God created us to be with Him. ( Genesis 1-2 ) O - Our sins separate us…

Sacrificial Children #sermon #fathersday Some Back Story So Israel had some kings… Saul > David > Solomon [Solomon Turns from the Lord] ( 1 Kings 11:1-8 ) King Solomon loved many foreign women in addition to Pharaoh’s daughter: Moabite, Ammonite, Edomite, Sidonian, and Hittite women 2 from the nations…

Introduction Today’s talk is about a king and idolatry. This seems totally removed from our modern Australian life where if you talk about idolatry, people would look at you as if you came from Mars. We are secular, we are not religious as the ABC reminded us this week from the census. Now that Labour…

Our world is broken. I know this seems to be a no brainer. But I think sometimes we need to realize and make the obvious known. We cannot deny this fact. I recently read a quote from the LOTR triology where Frodo states, “I wish I did not have to see this.” To which Gandalf replies, “So too all who live…

Verses 21-23 The Passover was commanded by God to be observed the first time by faith in Exodus 12 just before God was to rescue the Children of Israel out of Egypt, it was then meant to be a yearly occurrence that would remind the children of Israel of God’s faithfulness and power to save those who…

Pastor Steve reads through 2 Chronicles and 2 Kings as we look at a few kings “moments in time”

Welcome back to part 15 of our Story Series - this chronological look at the Bible. Up to this point, the Creator God, whose creation chose to rebel and sin in the Garden, has graciously chosen a group of people to represent him. They have proven over and over again that they can’t live up to God’s standard,…

Opening Prayer: Heavenly Father, We come before You today with grateful hearts, thanking You for the gift of family and the privilege of coming together to seek Your face. As we gather in Your presence, we ask for Your Holy Spirit to be among us, guiding our thoughts and opening our hearts to the message…

Today we are starting a series that I hope you will find interesting and engaging, but above all my hope and prayer is that this series will be a tool that God will use in your life to reach a lost and dying world. Today we are going to go back to basics and study the Good News. If you don’t feel comfortable…

Zephaniah, the name itself means “the Lord hides,” Likely written around 621 B.C. Josiah began to make major policy changes as he “began to seek the God of David his father” ( 2 Chr 34:3 ). Apparently, this indicates that he renounced the gods of Assyria and rejected completely the syncretistic policies…

Leader Guide ESV, Unit 15, Session 2 © 2019 LifeWay Christian Resources, Permission granted to reproduce and distribute within the license agreement with purchaser. Edited by Rev. Lex DeLong, M.A., Feb. 2023. Summary and Goal The kingdom of Judah had been led into sin and rebellion by her unfaithful…

Genesis 3:14-15 Dec 17, 1927 8 year old S class submarine conducting tests off coast of MA. 2273 Any Hope Of Rescue? Someone has said that if you could convince a man there was no hope, he would curse the day he was born. Hope is an indispensable quality of life. Years ago the S-4 submarine was rammed…

God dispersed the people for their own good, then later He united the peoples out of His mercy.

Good morning, Gateway Chapel! Read Psalm 139:1-10 1 O Lord , you have searched me and known me! 2 You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from afar. 3 You search out my path and my lying down and are acquainted with all my ways. 4 Even before a word is on my tongue, behold,…

Does anyone know what this picture represents? This might be the most amazing data picture you see in a lifetime! It shows the 63,779 cross-references in the Bible. The white bars along the bottom represent each Bible chapter, Gen. 1 - Rev. 22 . The line’s color shows the reference’s distance from the…

Scripture And he brought me to the entrance of the court, and when I looked, behold, there was a hole in the wall. Then he said to me, “Son of man, dig in the wall.” So I dug in the wall, and behold, there was an entrance. And he said to me, “Go in, and see the vile abominations that they are committing…

Good morning, Gateway! Scripture: Psalm 31 . Prayer Intro Good morning, again! August 5, 2001 was a beautiful night in Cleveland, Ohio at Jacobs Field, especially if you were a Seattle Mariners fan. The Mariners coming into the game were 80-30, they had won the first two games of the series, and seemed…

Good morning, Gateway! Scripture: Lam 3:21-26 . God of creation. God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. God of the covenant. You are merciful, and gracious, slower to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness, keeping steadfast love for thousands, forgiving iniquity and sin, but you are also…

What do you believe about God? What God do you serve?

Last Spring, we studied through the Sermon on the Mount. One of the great themes of Matthew is the coming kingdom. The Book of Revelation speaks of the time when that new kingdom is fully realized. I shared with our Elders a week ago an observation that I gleaned about songs describing Heaven. Historically…

The Dilemma of Belief. Have you ever had those moments when you wondered, “Is this really true?” Maybe life has gotten difficult. Maybe you have come to the Derailment of your hopes and dreams like Joseph, Mary’s husband, when he found out that his betrothed bride was pregnant after all his time and…

God’s servants must do all they can to ensure that God’s program of blessing continues from generation to generation without interruption.

The ability to affect others or events;also, the experience of being affected by someone or something else. Scripture recognizes the wide-ranging power of influence for both good and evil.