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Title: "The Ascension: Our Hope and Commission" I. Introduction A. Opening Prayer B. Welcoming the congregation and setting the context for Ascension Day C. Highlighting the significance of Jesus' ascension II. Understanding the Ascension ( Acts 1:1-3 ) A. Exploring the post-resurrection appearances…

Summary In Jude 14-16 , the author continues the theme of the judgment of his opponents, the false teachers. In this instance, Jude cites the book of Enoch (1 Enoch 1:9) specifically to make his case. In this episode, we discuss the implications of Jude’s citation of 1 Enoch and the Old Testament sources…

GOD'S PROMISE MAKES A DIFFERENCE GOAL: That the Christian yearn for the trumpet call of God indicating the Lord’s return, which means we will be with the Lord forever. MALADY: We doubt God’s Word when it comes to death and instead, we adopt this pagan world’s idea that death is bad. We make decisions…

Scripture Reading: Daniel 6:20-23 . Title of Message: God is Faithful “God is faithful!” Silas’s Accident Praying for your spiritual refreshment this week Pastor and for satan to be subdued. It must be important if all of these distractions have occurred already. - Jon Griffeth “God is faithful!” Deuteronomy…

The Rider of the Clouds A few of the fundamental elements of the Old Testament mosaic are familiar and we will not take the time to analyze those. One of these is kingship. The Israelite kingship had a quasi-divine flavor, which was common in the Near East - civilizations believed kingship was instituted…

Exodus 13:17-14:31 Introduction In our last Torah Portion we talked about the Plagues So the Lord said to Moses: “See, I have made you as God to Pharaoh, and Aaron your brother shall be your prophet. You shall speak all that I command you. And Aaron your brother shall tell Pharaoh to send the children…

Vezot ha’ Bracha This is the Blessing Introduction Torah Portion This Torah Portion goes from Deuteronomy 33:1-34:12 But will only cover from Verse 1 to 29 Last Torah portion we spoke about the Song of Moses in Deuteronomy 32 We spoke about GIVE AN EAR Give EAR Requirement of our repentance - its prophetic…

Ezekiel 1 Part Two We will finish chapter one today, in reality it is more supportive of the simplicity of the element Now as I looked at the living creatures, I saw a wheel on the earth beside the living creatures, one for each of the four of them. As for the appearance of the wheels and their construction:…

Today is the second Sunday of what we call Advent. Advent is the celebration of the coming of our Savior, Jesus. As we go through this advent season, we are looking at the account of his coming, and focusing on basic themes of our Christian lives. Last week, we saw the angel appearing to Zechariah, and…

Intro Apocalypse - what does it mean? In means “Revelation” Apocalyptic writing is confusing and weird, but ultimately it is there to reveal a message, not hide it. So we’re looking at apocalyptic writing today. It may be confusing and strange, but it is here to reveal God to us. To reveal his plan of…

Daniel and his friends experienced a forced adventure when they were taken away to Babylon. And every choice they made led to a specific consequence. However, these men made choices based on their faith in God, and God blessed and preserved His faithful ones in a dangerous foreign land. Today we have…

Introduction So far in Daniel’s Story I’ve retold historical events. They have been stories that illustrate the relationship God has with His faithful people in times of crisis. There were stories that showed the grace of God in pursuing the hearts of pagan kings. They were stories that demonstrated…

Tough as Nails Today we are starting a new series we are calling “Unbreakable”. In this series we are going to look at the first few chapters of the book of Daniel. For several weeks now, God has been putting Daniel on my mind. Specifically this early part of his life. As I was preparing for this series…

4 Kingdoms of Daniel We are looking today at kingdoms of this world the kingdoms of the past we will casually look at ‘ but I want to specifically want to look at the last 2 the kingdom of the antichrist and The kingdom of our Lord and Savior, Jesus the Christ 3 And four great beasts came up from the…

Holy Trinity Sunday The Great Commission is not only the mission of the Holy Trinity, but God’s mission for His people of whom He has commissioned to make disciiples.

Last week we saw Daniel’s vision of 4 beasts. We saw that they represented kingdoms and they paralleled the different parts of the statue in Neb.’s dream. We identified the beasts as ... Babylon Medo-Persia Greece Rome … which is the majority report amongst evangelical scholars. And we said the point…

Dan 7:1-14 Prophesy Isn’t an exact Science Unfolds History and is Unfolding in History Has Types and Shadows Each Kingdom is represented as an Animal/Beast Each Beastly animal become more savage God on His Throne White Hair: Ancient/Time/Wisdom White Rob: Pure/Holiness Bronze (Judgement) Fire flowing…

Looking back Looking back historically is a good reminder where we have been so we can have better understanding of where we are going. Daniel is in the midst of a vision and it grieved his spirit (Dan7:15). Today we look at a description of a part of the vision including the Ancient of days, judgment,…

Palm Sunday Foretold by the Prophets 9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; He is just and endowed with salvation, Humble, and mounted on a donkey, Even on a colt, the foal of a donkey. 22 The stone which the builders rejected…

Where do we start? 10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. 10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; A good understanding have all those who do His commandments; His praise endures forever. What do we tend to fear? The unknown…

Daniel’s Vision The events that take place in Daniel chapter 7 chronologically take place before the events of Daniel chapter 5. God was going to let Daniel in “on a little secret.” God, in this dream, was going to tell Daniel what the future held just as He done with other prophets. For us, some of…

Last week in our study of Daniel. We will end on chapter 7 Encourage you to continue reading the last few chapters on your own. Daniel is applicable to us today. Daniel is a book that provides a message of hope to it’s audience in Daniel’s day, but for us as well. Message is timeless. Let’s read in Daniel…

A Prayer Jesus could have made, but didn’t One note while still in the garden Jesus mentions a prayer that He could have made, but chose not to. His arrest was voluntary submission to the plan. Angels are ministering spirits available for the work of God Heb 1:14 “Are they not all ministering spirits…

Good morning! If we haven’t met... QR Code in the back Membership Class Party today at Jeff & Paula’s House - bring a side! Gene Poppino Prayer & Scripture We have arrived at the climax of this section of Matthew. Matthew has been showing us Jesus. Matthew began by telling us, this is who I believe Jesus…

Revelation 3:5 . 5 The one who conquers will be clothed thus in white garments, and I will never blot his name out of the book of life. I will confess his name before my Father and before his angels. What is the Book of Life? It is a record of the citizens of the Kingdom of Heaven. The mundane task of…