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Torah: Exodus 1:1-6:1 Haftarah: Isa 27:6-28:13 , 29: 22-23 Road Map Review Dividing Two harlots Two choices: Esau and Jacob Two kingdoms Two roles of Messiah Two oxen: shor and rey-em Two sticks 1 Now the days of David drew near that he should die, and he charged Solomon his son, saying: 2 “I go the…

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…

Isaiah 36-39 Good evening church. Thank you for coming out this evening. Apparently we are going to get some more winter weather this evening. Open your Bibles with me to Isaiah chapter 36. I am going to try to move rapidly through this section without leaving any of the detail out. I won’t waste a lot…

We can be confident and still be very wrong. That can be insignificant, like when you get lost because you were confident a destination is in one place when it’s in another and you didn’t check your directions. Or it can be more serious, like being confident you turned the power off to a circuit you’re…

Are you aware of the Devils tactics? 4 And the Rabshakeh said to them, “Say to Hezekiah, ‘Thus says the great king, the king of Assyria: On what do you rest this trust of yours? 5 Do you think that mere words are strategy and power for war? In whom do you now trust, that you have rebelled against me?…

This Present Life The stories of Hezekiah speak to us today in so many ways. We seem to face similar challenges when it comes to following God. Will we trust? Will we obey? This present life will contain peaceful moments but also moments of testing, loss, and pain. Some may assume that God is only concerned…

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…

Mark 7:31–37 (NIV84) 31 Then Jesus left the vicinity of Tyre and went through Sidon, down to the Sea of Galilee and into the region of the Decapolis. 32 There some people brought to him a man who was deaf and could hardly talk, and they begged him to place his hand on the man. 33 After he took him aside,…

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.

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…

Notes Why do prophets sometimes do “strange things”? Isaiah once walked for three years dressed as a prisoner of war in Judah. Jeremiah wore a yoke on his shoulders for several months. Do I need to mention Ezekiel? He “played war” in the dirt for a time and even used a haircut to teach a theological…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Intro: Tomorrow will be the 246th year anniversary of the United States. Historically, that’s actually a long time for a nation to remain free. 246 years may seem like a long time, but did you know that 246 years is actually just 10-12 generations? But even its brief history on the world stage, God has…

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

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…

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…

Isaiah = the salvation of Yahweh or Yahweh is salvation He is the son of Amoz not to be confused with Amos the prophet. The salvation of Yahweh is the theme of the book. the word salvation appears 26 times in the book of Isaiah while only appearing 7 times in all the other prophets combined. Chapters…

Main Preaching Theme : The life giving power of Jesus the Messiah brings hope, joy, peace and salvation. Scene 1: We celebrate Christmas A special time of year, a time of hope, of joy. Shops fill with things we should not eat. Carols are sung. Most people go on holidays. There is an emphasis on good…

Redeeming this Season To redeem this time from simply being a time of stress and merriment, we better be serious about having a clear understanding of the Incarnation of Jesus Christ. Let’s review two important definition that we learned last week. Incarnation : The act of grace whereby Jesus came to…