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INTRODUCTION . Deuteronomy - 1410 B.C. Ezra - 450-444 B.C. Postexilic period. (Return to Jerusalem after 70 years of being exiled to Babylon. Israel and Judah had both been taken in to exile for there refusal to obey God. God had ordered them not to intermarry with the people that lived in the land that…

For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name, that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with power through His Spirit in the inner man, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; and…

Torah Portion: Numbers 8:1-12:16 Haftarah: Zechariah 2:10-4:7 Review Map of the Journey in the Wilderness Picture of the Priesthood of Zadok - righteous Sons of Levi/ Priesthood Genealogy Picture Sons of Levi: nazir Nazareth Nazir nṣr Introduction Torah Portion: Numbers 8:1-12:16 Haftarah: Zechariah…

Genesis 37:1-40:23 Zechariah 2:10-4:7 Road Map Review Haftarah Introduction 6 Seek the Lord while He may be found, Call upon Him while He is near. 7 Let the wicked forsake his way, And the unrighteous man his thoughts; Let him return to the Lord , And He will have mercy on him; And to our God, For He…

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…

EZRA Ezra spans from 538-486 bc • This is the same time as BUDDHA , CONFUCIUS , and SOCRATES • The narrative picks up where 2 CHRONICLES left off • The events take place under the MEDO-PERSIAN empire The Babylonian empire has fallen to the MEDO-PERSIAN empire King Cyrus issues a decree for the Jews to…

There is certain background in Daniel chapter nine that is essential to understand the events that will unfold in the following chapters of Revelation. The angel Gabriel gave Daniel a prophecy involving seventy weeks. Sixty-nine of these weeks are history but they constitute the most astonishing passage…

12 Then all the congregation answered and said with a loud voice, As thou hast said, so must we do. 13 But the people are many, and it is a time of much rain, and we are not able to stand without, neither is this a work of one day or two: for we are many that have transgressed in this thing. 14 Let now…

A breach in your relationship with God is the most deadly foe Illustration of breach stopping supply Transition: A breach is most deadly when it is undetected. In order to avoid the surprise of the deadly foe: Properly Assess The foreign marriages were not something that took place over night. Ezra had…

Years ago there was a small band of man who we might refer to as fox hole buddies, but they were not soldiers. They shared a large amount of time working, traveling, and eating together. Their camaraderie was not without challenges, for they often bickered with one another and annoyed each other. Their…

Ezra 10:1–17 1 Now when Ezra had prayed, and when he had confessed, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there assembled unto him out of Israel a very great congregation of men and women and children: for the people wept very sore. 2 And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons…

1 Now when these things were done, the princes came to me, saying, The people of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites, have not separated themselves from the people of the lands, doing according to their abominations, even of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites,…

Illustration: In our dating years, Josslyn and I went down on a camp weekened to my cousin’s wedding in South Louisiana. She was sitting out with my family in the in the sanctuary and I was backstage with my cousin getting ready to walk out as one of the groomsmen. When I walked out and saw her sitting…

Joy “Music is a fair and lovely gift of God which has often wakened and moved me to the joy of preaching.… Next after theology, I give to music the highest place and the greatest honor.… My heart bubbles up and overflows in response to music, which has so often refreshed me and delivered me from dire…

P repare Your Heart Ezra 10:1 P lan to Obey Ezra 10:3 P artner with Other Christians who P ray Ezra 10:6 23 If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you withhold forgiveness from any, it is withheld.” 9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse…

Verse 1 While Ezra prayed and made confession… (What we covered last week in Ezra 9:6-15 ), after he had already been so distraught about the sin of the people in intermarrying with the people who worshipped other gods that he had pulled out his own hair and beard hair... As he prayed and made confession…

This morning we come to the section of 1 Corinthians in which Paul addresses the topic of divorce, however, divorce is not the main topic of this passage, rather it is the sacredness and beauty of marriage. This is why I have entitled my sermon using the words of Jesus, “What God Has Joined, Let Not…

The People Confess Their Sins 1 While Ezra prayed and made confession, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, a very great assembly of men, women, and children, gathered to him out of Israel, for the people wept bitterly. 2 And Shecaniah the son of Jehiel, of the sons of Elam, addressed…

1 After these things had been done, the officials approached me and said, “The people of Israel and the priests and the Levites have not separated themselves from the peoples of the lands with their abominations, from the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites,…

Isaiah 30:21 21 Your own ears will hear him. Right behind you a voice will say, “This is the way you should go,” whether to the right or to the left. The organ of speech; someone’s voice expresses a person’s character, thoughts and emotions, and attracts attention by its tone and volume. The human voice…

If there is one think the world now understand, it is how to prevent the spread of disease. Coronavirus and it’s disease, Covid-19, have drasticallyh impacted our day to day lives and things may never be the same From masks to gloves, to plexiglass seperated tellers and salespeople, we have become used…

What are we supposed to do when we sin? Find out as we watch Ezra's reaction to Israel's sin in our final message from the book of Ezra.

“Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.” We are called to examine ourselves (take inventory) regularly There are some testament examples of God calling his people to look at themselves honestly Hezekiah trusted in the Lord , the God of Israel. There was no one like him among all…

Sometimes life is about pig slop and fish guts. That was true for the prodigal son and for Jonah. The prodigal son ( Luke 15 ) ended up squandering his father’s wealth and eating pig slop. Jonah rebelled from God’s command to preach to Nineveh and ended up in the guts of a big fish. In The Story we will…