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A Defiled Heart Made Clean Sermon Goal: That hearers confess that their hearts produce nothing but evil but that by the Gospel God creates in them new, clean hearts that desire to keep his commandments. “Just follow your heart.” Or, “Their heart was in the right place.” Undoubtedly you’ve heard these…

Order of Service Welcome Prayer Hymn - Notices Prayer Meeting - 7:30pm Friday 7pm - Online Sunday Morning 11am & 6pm Tithes & Offerings - £ Main Prayer Hymn - Reading “And now, O Israel, listen to the statutes and the rules that I am teaching you, and do them, that you may live, and go in and take possession…

What are you doing here? Repeated question Out of my comfort zone learning lots of things Information vs. Experience Getting to know people Passion, gentleness, determination, mana Experiences I’ve never had before Tangata whenua side of powhiri sharing in the kitchen, and in the laundry making friends…

Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you, for to do them , that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the Lord God of your fathers giveth you. Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that…

Belong The 1975 Methodist Liturgy for Baptism & confirmation asks the candidates: - God the father, creator of heaven and Earth? - His Son, Jesus Christ, who redeemed humankind? - the Holy Spirit, who sanctifies the people of God? And how our belief in God as Trinity - Father, Son and Holy Spirit gives…

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…

Introduction: Question 2: What rule has God given to direct us how we may glorify and enjoy Him? Question 2: What rule has God given to direct us how we may glorify and enjoy Him? The Word of God, which is contained in the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments, is the only rule to direct us how we…

Genesis 28:10-32:3 Hosea 12:12- 14:9 Review In our last Hafltarah We spoke of Jacob and Esau - and their purpose After speaking of Esau and Jacob, Summary of The Torah Portion: Genesis 28:10-32:3 10 Now Jacob went out from Beersheba and went toward Haran. Vayetze Picture Jacob leaves his hometown of…

Isaiah 40:27-41:16 Review We continue with the new cycle of Halftarah readings The Halfarah are supplementary scriptures that go alone with the Torah Portions The third reading from the book of Genesis is named Lech Lecha. It means "go forth." The first verse says, "Now the LORD said to Abram, 'Go forth…

15 “The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your brothers—it is to him you shall listen— 16 You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name,…

Good Morning. If you have your Bibles turn with me to Psalm 25 . King David the author of Psalms 25 finds that he is in trouble and danger. His foes are many. He has no idea what to do about his situation or even where to go, but he knows to call out to His God. David realizes that he needs God’s deliverance,…

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…

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…

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…

Second Temple Literature Now, again, we could go off and talk about the worldwide, encompassing nature of the temple. And there was this inordinately literalistic-defying description of a temple 1,500 miles high and all this kind of stuff. This is known elsewhere in Second Temple Jewish literature, where…

This morning, I am going to use the New American Standard Bible for our Scripture reading. I have chosen to do so because there are four words in our text that I believe they translated more accurately than our pew Bible. We begin at vs.1 , of chapter four. “Now, Israel, listen to the statutes and the…

Is The Bible Enough? The Westminster Confession of Faith: Edinburgh Edition (Chapter I. Of the Holy Scripture) VI. The whole counsel of God, concerning all things necessary for his own glory, man’s salvation, faith, and life, is either expressly set down in scripture, or by good and necessary consequence…

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…

There has been a lot of focus on education over the past several months. Tomorrow, students will be going back to school - virtually - here in Mecklenburg County. Our students here at South Charlotte Baptist Academy will go back to school - in person - on Monday, August 31. Turn to and read Deuteronomy…

“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…

God’s demands are legitimate. Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you, for to do them , that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the Lord God of your fathers giveth you. Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall…

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…

Romans 9:1-3 . 1 I am speaking the truth in Christ—I am not lying; my conscience bears me witness in the Holy Spirit— 2 that I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart. 3 For I could wish that I myself were accursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, my kinsmen according…