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Why do we need warnings? Imagine you are driving to your best friends house! You are excited to go visit them but there has been a storm. Unbeknownst to you, the road has been washed out. As you get closer to your destination you speed up a bit in anticipation. What’s that? A warning sign? The road is…

Romans 11:25-36 As Paul writes these chapters he is letting the Christians in Rome know that it is a surety that God will Redeem Israel. God loves is unchangeable. If Israel will call upon the name of the Lord they will be saved. This is evident in their history, and it will be true in their future.…

12 Indeed, all who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted, 13 while evil people and impostors will go on from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived. 14 But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have firmly believed, knowing from whom you learned it 15 and how…

Introduction Purity in things?? Acceptable limits of certain impurities?? When it comes to the Gospel, how important is purity? When people tell me they don’t believe in God, I like to ask them about God. Usually, there are several things that they’ve heard about God that aren’t biblical. Things which…

Forbidden Worship Our worship must not reverse God’s order Last week, we began Deut 4 , where Moses is continuing his speech to the younger generation of Israelites, the ones who were young at the beginning of the wandering in the desert, as well as some who were born during that time. Moses had commanded…

A Desperate Need to Seek God Rev. Thomas A. West, Sr February 13, 2022 In this time in our lives we all need to be reminded of our utter dependence upon God for all things. At times, we suffer because we won’t admit our need of the Father, relying instead on our own strength. God is patient with us,…

Introduction So far we have discussed the book of Deuteronomy as the briefing Moses is giving the children of Israel, concerning the Law of God, given at Sinai. Last week, we talked about how words have power and meaning . We made emphasis on the following: Covenant = 27x love = 25x Remember =14x (9x…

The Name YHWH = Yahweh = The LORD, was considered too sacred to pronounce, so adonai = my lord was substituted in reading The Name Yahweh is best described to mean “present to act” Immanuel = God is with us, Yahweh is present, accessible to help when we call 23 “ Behold , the virgin shall be with child…

Intro In 2012, Cecilia Giménez , an 82-year-old widow and amateur painter, attempted to restore Ecce Homo , this is a hundred year old painting of Jesus crowned with thorns in her local church in Borja, Spain. Here is what the painting looked like originally: SHOW PAINTING 1 Moisture on the walls of…

Hello and welcome to today’s podcast. Today we have come to what will be the final section of the LP. Up to this point we have talked about how we should shift our approach to the LP. And how it mirrors that of the Israelite’s exodus form Egypt. And how there is so much more to this prayer than a mere…

“No!” “You can’t!” “It won’t work!” “There is no way.” “We took a vote.” How do you hear it? Do these words give you a sense of victory, or do they give you a sense of defeat? It may depend on whether you’re the one hearing them or the one saying them. Either way the source of these words can often be…

We’ve been moving through CASKET EMPTY, and I don’t want us to lose sight of why we’re doing that. The whole idea of Casket Empty is to recognize God’s redemptive story throughout the Old Testament. Many have wondered did God create the world and then just leave it to run itself, and what we see throughout…

If we’re honest we’re always somewhere on the scale between belief and unbelief. I’ve shared with you many times the Father’s exclamation from Mark 9 when he brings his son to Jesus and asks him to heal him, “if he can.” Jesus responds: And Jesus said to him, “ ‘If you can’! All things are possible for…

What is the real definition of love? What does God's love mean for us? Also, learn what God's love is not.

Introduction Torah Portion This Torah Portion goes from Deuteronomy 3:23-7:11 In our previous Torah portion we talked about Moses feeling tired, perhaps even angry How can I alone bear your problems and your burdens and your complaints? Moses had to establish lines of command through the tribes to organize…

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…

This Week’s Theme: Choose Wisdom This Week’s Word is Wisdom: The quality of knowledge, discernment and understanding characteristic of God himself. True wisdom is a gift of the Holy Spirit. Scripture affirms that true human wisdom is a gift from God and points out the folly of trusting in mere human…

Our text today from Deuteronomy 6 , is about the testing of our faith. When Scripture speaks of the “ testing ” of our faith it is referring to one of two things. The first is the “ testing ” of the QUALITY of our faith, and the second is the “ testing ” which ENHANCES our faith. In my message this morning,…

What does it mean to be human? After all, I might be going out a a limb here, but I am fairly confident, in my limited intellect, that it is safe to say that we all consider ourselves to be — human! But, what does it mean to, “be human?” In Psychology Today, David Livingstone Smith, Ph.D., professor…

"A prisoner about to be executed asked to be brought before the sultan. Granted, in pleading for his life, he said to the sultan, 'If you will spare me for a year, I will teach your favorite black horse to talk.' Intrigued by the idea, the sultan accepted this proposition, and the prisoner was returned…

Our Scripture lesson this morning begins with this warning, “ watch yourselves very carefully ”. This is the type of warning you would give a person if they were about to walk through a minefield, sky dive or perform open-heart surgery for the first time. One miss step or false move is the difference…

Great Commandments In the next several weeks, you will find the parts of Deuteronomy we have already looked at and those to come interweaving with each other, with a continuous theme throughout. The theme is that through Moses, God is reminding the Israelites that He is their God, and has already shown…

16 “If a man seduces a virgin who is not betrothed and lies with her, he shall give the bride-price for her and make her his wife. 17 If her father utterly refuses to give her to him, he shall pay money equal to the bride-price for virgins. 18 “You shall not permit a sorceress to live. 19 “Whoever lies…

Walk in the Truth As we continue on in our series on the book of Deuteronomy we come to a transition in Moses speech. If you remember chapter 1 verse 1 we are told that Moses is teaching the people: 1 These are the words that Moses spoke to all Israel beyond the Jordan in the wilderness, in the Arabah…

I know that we’ve been making our way through 1 & 2 Samuel - having just broke in to 2 Samuel a couple weeks ago... BUT... - with Easter on our door step – we’re actually going to start an Easter Series today that will take us right to Easter Sunday. · This series is one that we actually walked through…