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Characteristic of the day: Imagine for a moment that you are walking down the street by a park and you see an elderly woman being attacked by a gang of thugs. Then you observe a policeman, sitting on one of the park benches, perusing the local paper. You shout to the policeman, pointing to the woman…

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 30:2-36:13 Haftarah: Jeremiah 2:4-28 ; 4:1-2 Review Wilderness Picture of the Priesthood of Zadok Zaddik - Sons of Levi/ Priesthood Genealogy Picture Sons of Levi: nazir Nazareth (Heb. נָצְרַת) nṣr ( Picture of the Branch of Righteousness Picture of the two fig trees and the menorah…

Torah Portion: Leviticus 26:3-27:34 Haftarah: Jeremiah 16:19- 17:14 Road Map Review Shemini (8) mikvah Tzaraat lashon hara The Great Day - HaGadol Picture of Torah Readings Summary of the Passover Torah Readings The term Chol HaMo’ed Picture of the two prophecies. dry bones and Ingathering A Holy People…

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…

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…

After taking a slight diversion in June as we looked at the book of Jonah, we now return to where we left off in the Gospel of Luke. In this morning’s text, we see the amazing story of the healing of a leper. Since it was 5 weeks ago we were last in Luke, let us be reminded that the previous passage…

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…

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…

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…

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…

The only antidote for the greatest disease of man has Gospel written all over it.

Woe To You (Part 2) Luke 11:45-54 Last week we looked at the first part of this section of Luke. Jesus addressed the Pharisees and their hypocritical teaching and standards toward the common man. As Jesus was speaking to the Pharisees, he begins to offend others sitting at the table. Jesus often offends…

Not Ready . . . Live Ready 31 And he began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes and be killed, and after three days rise again. 32 And he said this plainly. And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. 33 But…

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…

Half Dead 30 And Jesus answering said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him , and departed, leaving him half dead. 31 And by chance there came down a certain priest that way: and when he saw him, he passed by on…

Introduction Isaiah 9 is a passage that is usually associated with Christmas (esp. 9:6-7) It’s actually climax of messages that begin in Isaiah 8 In this section there are 4 messages and 2 moments of reflection First 3 messages calling Israel to repentance & encouraging Isaiah & remnant 1st reflection…

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…

Introduction Isaiah 5 is divided into 2 sections: Isa. 5:1-7 - song of the vineyard (it’s a disappointing vineyard) Isa. 5:8-30 - is about the fruit of the vineyard (wild, worthless grapes) We’re just going to listen to the song this morning I don’t know how good a singer Isaiah was but he’s a master…

We continue our series with what every Christian should have in their live and even more so before this stage, prayer. Today we are discussing the topic of praying for your future spouse. This is the most important part of this journey. 10 Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name…

Review Two harlots Two Two Two Two Two Two W‌e Hebrew Bitterness Pride Shema - 1. 2. 3. Picture of Korah Bold Korah Picture of Tannin Picture of three plagues (1) (2) (3) New Moon Picture of Hodesh Full Moon Picture of Moed ‎ Picture of Time between New and full moon Picture of New and full moon Picture…