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The Good News Of Kingdom Values Alright, this morning we are going to look at the good news of kingdom values. And we are going to do that by looking 2 parables sandwiched around a challenge by Jesus to the pharisees. The first parable we are going to look at is confusing without context. But that’s…

Isaiah 1 & 2 Good evening church! It has been a blast meeting together as Growth Groups in our homes over the past few months, but it is nice to gather as a whole as well and fellowship together. It is my hope that as we continue to grow together, that our digging deeper into the Scriptures does not…

Summary Ezekiel 16 is known for being the most sexually explicit chapter in the Bible. Some scholars even consider it pornographic. The prophet casts the city of Jerusalem as a whore when articulating why God has condemned it and marked it for destruction. This episode explores the portrayal of spiritual…

Gen 18.1 - 22.24 , 2 Kings 4:1-37 , Luke 17:28-37 Then the Lord appeared to him by the terebinth trees of Mamre, as he was sitting in the tent door in the heat of the day. That word ‘appeared’ carries with it a sense of purpose – God does not appear without purpose or expectations. He appears so that…

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…

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…

Introduction Well good morning once again. It’s good to be with you today. Go ahead and turn in your Bible to the book of Hebrews, chapter 3. We are going to be diving into verses 7-19 this morning. As you do that I want to call your attention to a couple of additional announcements. On June 26 we are…

Intro: Jesus is now on His way to Jerusalem to present Himself as the Passover Lamb. He knows what lies ahead for Him. People are converging on Jerusalem from all directions to observe the Passover. Historians believe that 1-2 million Jews would have been in Jerusalem throughout this week. Imagine the…

Good morning, my name is John Lee and I serve Mission Church as the lead pastor. I am thrilled to be with you this morning, especially in this context, as we continue our current sermon series through the book of Ephesians entitled Gods Plan for God’s People. Please grab your copy of God’s Word and turn…

What scripture definitively supports the position that the Church will be the bride of Christ, rather than Israel being the bride? So, there are two, maybe three views of who Christ’s bride is. First, I do want you to note that there is no passage that actually uses the exact phrase, “The Bride of Christ.”…

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

Summary The words of Ezekiel 14-15 were addressed to Jewish elders in Babylon who had come to Ezekiel for a word from the Lord. Knowing they were still idol worshippers in their hearts, God refused to give them comfort. Instead he lowered the boom: Jerusalem’s judgment was certain. God’s case is presented…

2 Samuel 11-12 David has now conquered become king of the land, he has been approved of God; he has kept his word; he has received the Davidic Covenant; he has defeated his enemies; he has helped his friends and foes alike. He has done all that he could to care for the things of God. He has seen much…

Summary Revelation 21-22 is John’s climactic vision of the new Jerusalem and new earth. Not unexpectedly, there are deep Old Testament roots underlying his vision. But it is often a surprise to note that John specifically informs us that his end of days vision about the new, forever presence of God on…

Fornication 13 For you, brethren, were [indeed] called to freedom; only [do not let your] freedom be an incentive to your flesh and an opportunity or excuse [for selfishness], but through love you should serve one another. 14 For the whole Law [concerning human relationships] is complied with in the…

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…

summary Revelation 17-18 overlaps a good deal with elements in preceding chapters, most notably 13-16. In those earlier chapters readers were introduced to the Beast, the symbolic representation of anti-Eden chaos drawn from Daniel 7 ; Babylon as a metaphor for that system and cipher for the present…

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…

Where the Crawdads Sing In Delia Owens best-selling book, Where the Crawdads Sing, a young girl named Kya, lives in the marshes of North Carolina. Known to locals as "Marsh Girl,” Kya lived a hard, lonely life, abandoned and forgotten by virtually everybody except Tate, Kya first love who was the only…

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 has a history of getting people to do what THEY and everyone else thought they could not do God has a bible full of people doing things beyond their natural ability Moses had only a staff Delivered 1 million people Samson had the Jaw bone of a donkey Took out 1000 men David only had a few stones…