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This Week’s Theme: God Set Apart His People Word for the Week is God’s Promises: They reveal his particular and eternal purposes to which he is unchangeably committed and upon which believers can totally depend. These promises are, however, conditional upon obedience on the part of believers. Memory…

Introduction I began to name this the ‘Bible Person Study’, but chose to go with the ‘Bible Character Study’. I hesitated to name it that, as I don’t want to diminish the fact that these are real people we’ll be examining. But the reason that it’s named the Bible Character Study is because we’ll be focusing…

Torah Portion: Exodus 35:1-38:20 Haftarah: 2 Kings 11:17-12:17 Review Two Harlots Hebrew Bitterness Pride Picture of Korah Bold New Moon Picture of Time between New and full moon Picture of New and full moon Top ten songs of the Torah MISHPATIM: Heart Felt Offering Elijah Attributes of Mercy Introduction…

Due to the holiday this is a 7 week series. September and October. There will be a lot of review but not exactly the same as Bible study 101 but this has been the most requested reteach. 1. What is so special about the Bible? We need to understand what’s special before we start studying. A. The Bible…

This Week’s Theme: Show Some Love Word of the Week: Commandment - A a mandate; an order or injunction given by authority; charge; precept. Why do ye transgress the commandment of God. Matthew 15:3. Memory Verse: Mark 12:30 And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul,…

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…

Numbers 19:1-25:9 REVIEW TORAH GPS We continue to use the Torah as our guide to do our portions Study Numbers, and God has been at work We started talking about Bamidbar - in the wilderness / Numbers So far we can summarize what we have studied by this Summary Count all who can serve Adonai b’Midbar…

23 Now before faith came, we were held captive under the law, imprisoned until the coming faith would be revealed. 24 So then, the law was our guardian until Christ came, in order that we might be justified by faith. 25 But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian, 26 for in Christ…

Jesus instituted His Supper on the night He was betrayed. He gave his disciples a Sacrament that proclaimed his death before it even happened. See the extent of the love of Christ: He gave them his body and blood sacrificed for sin, before it had been done! He had come to be the atoning sacrifice for…

1 Then he said to Moses, “Come up to the Lord , you and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel, and worship from afar. 2 Moses alone shall come near to the Lord , but the others shall not come near, and the people shall not come up with him.” 3 Moses came and told the people all…

Over the next few weeks we are going to take a look at the final week of Jesus. That means today we are beginning with Sunday. What has become known as Palm Sunday. On Palm Sunday Jesus fulfilled a prophecy about the messiah, which is why it was so significant that he rode into town on a donkey. This…

Pyramids -We’re Jumping back in to our Pyramids Series on the book of Exodus -and today the text we have ready to read is chapters 19 through 24 -I understand that’s a lot of bible -But We’re not going to read every single verse. Instead we’re going to get up in the airplane and try to take a 30,000…

Exodus 21:2-22:16 Review In our last Torah Portions We have talked about different topics The Torah is the manual how to serve God- gives a sense of direction, like a compass W/o direction you do not know where you are going or what you are doing. We talked about Yitro This is the name of Moses’ father…

Exodus 18:1-20:23 In our last Torah Portion Beshalach - When Set forth Send 8938 שָׁלַח ( šā·lǎḥ ): v.; ≡ Str 7971; TWOT 2394— 1. LN 15.34–15.74 (qal) send out , The Torah is the manual how to serve God- gives a sense of direction, like a compass W/o direction you do not know where you are going or what…

Exodus” means “a going out,” or “departure” (taken from the Septuagint and the Greek noun exodos). The book of Exodus provides the historical account of God’s deliverance of His people from Egypt’s cruel slavery. The narrative captivates and challenges us. In the period of Exodus, however, Egypt was…

Intro The whole world runs on relationships. Everywhere you look you’ll see an interconnected web of relationships. Every part of our communal life is based around relationships between people. Some are familial, some are business, some are civil, some are military, some are religious. One thing it doesn’t…

Introduction This Torah Portion goes from Numbers 19:1-22:1 Chukat - Statute - Law Now the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, “This is the ordinance of the law which the Lord has commanded, saying: ‘Speak to the children of Israel, that they bring you a red heifer without blemish, in which there…

Welcome... Introduce self... Pray... Recap story: (very fast version) Recap the law: The law demonstrates God’s righteousness It’s summed up in “Love God, love others” The law is more than a code, it’s a narrative Christians are not under the law. God’s covenant (relationship, with its terms, conditions,…

Laws for a Holy Nation The Mosaic Covenant 2 “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. 3 “You shall have no other gods before Me. God, who is the only God, must always come first Living a Full Life: A Pictorial Interpretation of the Ten Commandments…

Hebrews 9 Now even the first covenant had regulations of divine worship and the earthly sanctuary. For there was a tabernacle prepared, the outer one, in which were the lampstand and the table and the sacred bread; this is called the holy place. Behind the second veil there was a tabernacle which is…

The Contest Plague of blood 16 But indeed for this purpose I have raised you up, that I may show My power in you, and that My name may be declared in all the earth. Plagues of frogs Plagues of lice Plagues of flies Pharaoh’s compromising offer. Characters: God, Moses, Pharaoh, Aaron. If God be against…

From Slavery to Nationhood The Cry of a People 6 And Joseph died, all his brothers, and all that generation. 7 But the children of Israel were fruitful and increased abundantly, multiplied and grew exceedingly mighty; and the land was filled with them. 8 Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who did…

Good morning, Gateway! Scripture Prayer Intro - We are in week 4 of our year of Biblical Exploration. We are walking through the story of the Bible as a church community throughout the year, January Thru December. Why are we doing this? We are followers of Jesus and we want to have the same relationship…

David Foster Wallace once gave a commencement address titled, “This Is Water,” where he called out our culture’s obsession of worshiping false gods—beauty, power, intellect—as well as living as though large, noble, transcendent truths hold no power. He said, “You get to decide what to worship.… Everybody…

Let us pray…Gracious and loving God, as we come before you this morning, we all have needs, wants, and desires in our hearts. And so, in this day and in this time, as we listen and hear, we ask you to help us clear all the desires that are selfish so that we can focus solely upon the things that we need…