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Genesis 25:19-28:9 Malachi 1:1-2:7 Review In our last Halftarah portion we spoke about Abraham and David getting old זָקֵן Grow Old = ‎ ( zā·qēn ) Strongs 2204 Abraham makes Isaac his heir and David Salomon, despite the attempts of Adoniyahu to take over Now it’s time to speak about and to the generations…

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…

Introduction: Wednesday night we dug into Romans 8:18-25 For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. For the earnest expectation of the creation eagerly waits for the revealing of the sons of God. For the creation…

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…

Isaiah 34-35 Good evening church! 1 Come near, you nations, to hear; And heed, you people! Let the earth hear, and all that is in it, The world and all things that come forth from it. 2 For the indignation of the Lord is against all nations, And His fury against all their armies; He has utterly destroyed…

Isaiah 32 & 33 Good evening church! Turn with me in your Bibles to Isaiah chapter 32 and we will begin. Let’s pray... 1 Behold, a king will reign in righteousness, And princes will rule with justice. I want to make three points before we get too far into this tonight so I’ll do that here. The first is…

Intro ; A couple of weeks ago I was told by a church member that I had skipped some scriptures while preaching through the Gospel of Mark. I told him I would be coming back to it after Easter, but I was thankful that someone noticed. So today we came back to that scripture found in Mark 13 . But before…

“War and Peace” Rev Thomas A West Sr. March 13, 2022 Scripture: Psalm 120:6–7 (NKJV) 6 My soul has dwelt too long With one who hates peace. 7 I am for peace; But when I speak, they are for war. Let me start with this statement from Matthew 6:24 “ No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate…

Revelation 6 Summary Revelation 6 introduces the reader to the unsealing of the scroll of Revelation 5 . The first such act unleashes the four horsemen of the apocalypse. A variety of Old Testament passages and images are involved in the ensuing description of the terrible events that follow. In this…

Introduction 1 Woe to you who plunder, though you have not been plundered; And you who deal treacherously, though they have not dealt treacherously with you! When you cease plundering, You will be plundered; When you make an end of dealing treacherously, They will deal treacherously with you. 2 O Lord…

Vengeance. An injured party’s desire for retribution or repayment from those who harmed him or to demonstrate his innocence against false accusations. Vengeance demonstrates God’s righteousness in compensating the wrong with right. (Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology) Webster 1828 dictionary…

The Beginning State in Genesis 1 Is Nonfunctional If existence in the ancient world was best defined in functional terms rather than material ones, as suggested in previous chapters, and “create” is the activity that brings the transition from nonexistence to existence, then “creation” would also be…

Illustration: Thank you mom for that meal; it was really good. This is music to a mom’s ears especially after something she spent much time to prepare. This is like the campers at camp saying: “Thank you camp cooks” after each meal. Consider the same scenario in which after the meal the kids began to…

I Have Engraved You on the Palms of My Hands Isaiah 49:8–16 (ESV) 8 Thus says the Lord: “In a time of favor I have answered you; in a day of salvation I have helped you; I will keep you and give you as a covenant to the people, to establish the land, to apportion the desolate heritages, 9 saying to the…

Have you ever wondered if justice will ever prevail? Like me, do you find yourself lamenting because wickedness and injustice prospers? I have good news! It will not always be so. We can rejoice in God’s judgement. Revelation 18:1-3 . 1 After this I saw another angel coming down from heaven, having great…

Hallelujah! Praise Our God! ( Revelation 19:1-10 ) Hallelujah! God Saves! ( Rev. 19:1 ) 1. God saves sinners Salvation belongs to our God! Promise of Christmas is promise of a Saviour Matt. 1:21 – And she will bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name Jesus, for He will save His people from their…

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 continue to follow the expansion of God the Holy Spirit in the book of Acts in pushing the church out of Jerusalem and expanding the conentric rings of ministry from Jews to Gentiles, focusing on the non-Jewish but observant Samaritans and Ethiopians.

Today we are starting a series that I hope you will find interesting and engaging, but above all my hope and prayer is that this series will be a tool that God will use in your life to reach a lost and dying world. Today we are going to go back to basics and study the Good News. If you don’t feel comfortable…

Timeline of the Wrath Order of Judgements What are the biblical clues? Rev 6:12-17 ; Mt 24:29-30 ; Isaiah 34:1–4 Revelation 6:12–17 “12 When he opened the sixth seal, I looked, and behold, there was a great earthquake, and the sun became black as sackcloth, the full moon became like blood, 13 and the…

Isa 40 Isaiah 40:1–4 ““ Comfort , yes, comfort My people!” Says your God. “ Speak comfort to Jerusalem, and cry out to her, That her warfare is ended, That her iniquity is pardoned; For she has received from the Lord’s hand Double for all her sins.” The voice of one crying in the wilderness: “Prepare…

Does the way that you live give thanks to the Lord for His presence and at the same time, proclaim His greatness to to all people? As God’s people, we are called to live in such a way. Your trust in God dictates your manner of living and your manner of living proclaims in who or what you trust. The way…

Isaiah 12:24-18:7; Luke 21:20-28 Introduction Our passage today is a difficult one (& large) My guess is you’ve probably never heard an exposition on Isaiah 15-20 After today, you still won’t I am thankful to hear one of my favorite Bible expositors, S. Lewis Johnson, even confess that he is puzzled…

Introduction It is the Christmas time. We have all read that passage in Matthew 1:23 ““The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel” (which means “God with us”).” taken from Isaiah 7:14 . Let’s Read the passage 10 Again the Lord spoke to Ahaz, 11 “Ask the Lord your…

Allow the promises and prophecies of what will happen then, shape your faith in and mission with Christ here and now!