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Intro How are you going in your faithfulness to the LORD? Perhaps you are early days as a Christian, and growing like crazy all the time, that’s great! But the reality for many of us is that we have been Christian for years and the early holiness gains we had seem like a distant memory. You may find…

Torah Portion: Numbers 16:1-18:32 Haftarah: Isaiah 66:1-24 Road Map Review Map of the Journey in the Wilderness Picture of the Priesthood of Zadok Zadok Sons of Levi/ Priesthood Genealogy Picture Sons of Levi: nazir ( Numbers 6:1-21 ), Nazareth (Heb. נָצְרַת) Nazir nṣr (to guard) Picture of the Branch…

Today is Resurrection Sunday. Culturally today is - Easter! Today is the day that we celebrate that our King has risen from the dead - and all of the wonderful things that means for us. Today - people across the world will celebrate Easter. Culturally we will celebrate with egg hunts and Easter bunnies,…

Introduction Today we begin an epic journey together through the vision of Isaiah Isaiah (& prophets generally) often seem intimidating to us Isaiah is both familiar and mysterious - we know many of the passages yet so much of it seems difficult Isaiah is daunting - from very beginning we are overwhelmed…

Torah Portion: Deuteronomy 1:1-3:22 Haftarah: Isaiah 1:1-27 Review Three Weeks discomfort. The physical Temple person. study of Torah. Evil Inclination Introduction Torah Portion: Deuteronomy 1:1-3:22 Haftarah: Isaiah 1:1-27 Three Weeks Picture of the Three Weeks of Sorrow/ 3 Rebukes 7 Consolations:…

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…

After this he went down to Capernaum, with his mother and his brothers and his disciples, and they stayed there for a few days. The Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. In the temple he found those who were selling oxen and sheep and pigeons, and the money-changers sitting…

1 Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring. 1 The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem. 2 It shall come to pass in the latter days that the mountain of the house of the Lord shall be established as the highest of the mountains, and shall be…

Leviticus 1:1-6:7 Review TORAH GPS We continue to use the Torah as our guide to do our portions So far we have come from Genesis to now Leviticus, and God has been at work Let me summarize it like this: B’Reisheet, in the beginning, God creates Paradise, but we fail to rest. God begins again with Avraham…

Time to Reason Isaiah 1:2-20 --- My sacrificial worship will only go as deep as my amazement in Christ and His work of redemption seen in the depths of the glory of the Gospel. “Mercies should never grow stale or look like common things to you.” — John Flavel God’s Case Against Judah - 1:2-4 Judah’s…

Introduction This Torah Portion goes from Numbers 25:10-30:1 Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest, lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience. But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he…

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…

There is a children’s song that talks about a little red waggon. I don’t know if you’ve heard it. “You can’t ride my little red wagon The seat is broke and the axle’s draggin” These lyrics are usually followed by some chanting of some kind, and then this line: “Second verse, same as the first, a little…

You and I are living in chaos and uncertainty, and the chaos demands your attention. On average, Americans receive up to 80 notifications on their smartphones every day, not counting actual phone calls. And they pick up and check their phones 150 times per day. We are being conditioned to live in constant…

Wednesday, March 31, 2021 Tony Padgett

The People’s Hearts Have Grown COLD Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth! For the Lord has spoken: “I have nourished and brought up children, And they have rebelled against Me; The ox knows its owner And the donkey its master’s crib; But Israel does not know, My people do not consider.” Alas, sinful…

This was a good year for our garden. It took a while to start ripping! but our squash really grew well. Our kale has provided us with many huge salads. And the tomatoes that I took out yesterday were all green but quite plentiful. And we had the surprise of returning ground cherry bushes that self seeded…

5 Therefore, when He came into the world, He said: “Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, But a body You have prepared for Me . 6 In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin You had no pleasure . 7 Then I said, ‘Behold, I have come— In the volume of the book it is written of Me— To do Your will, O…

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…

We continued our review of Isaiah 53, and of Acts 8, viewing the Gospel of Isaiah, and the remainder of Luke's account of Philip and the Ethiopean.

Broad strokes the outline of Micah: Cps. 1-3 Judgment (Throughout, notice the sharp language.) Cps. 4-5 Comfort Cp. 6 Israel on trial (parallel with Isaiah 1 ; see also Micah 1:2 ). Cp. 7 Conclusion (Micah reflects on his own message of cps. 1-6.) Micah has been called “the James of the OT.” Micah must…

Good morning. Grab your Bibles and turn with me to Luke chapter 3. As you are making your way to Luke 3 , I want to remind you of what King David said in Psalm 119 . “O how I love your law.” Antioch our church is a church that is commited to God’s Word and to teach God’s Word. The reason why that is…

When Maria Rubio of Lake Arthur, New Mexico, was making a burrito in 1977, she saw the face of Jesus on one of her tortillas. She was thrilled and showed it to her husband and neighbors, who all confirmed that the tortilla had a face that looked like the classic Roman Catholic images of Jesus. She took…

He shall be called Prince of Peace — Jesus is the Messiah who brings the restoration of shalom.

23 For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you. 24 God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with…