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Prayer Let’s pray. Preamble When considering what to bring out of the Christmas story I had one word that kept coming back to me again and again. I had no idea how I would deal with it, but of all the words I could have chosen to focus on, this seemed the most important and is at the very heart of what…

GOAL — That hearers rejoice to know that, just as God loves and is pleased with His Son, Jesus; therefore, He loves and is pleased with us who are baptized into Christ. MALADY — We sometimes see baptism as nothing more than a tradition, or we are able live any way we wish, now that we are baptized. MEANS…

Review Map of the Journey in the Wilderness Picture of the Priesthood of Zadok Zaddik - Sons of Levi/ Priesthood Genealogy Picture nazir Nazareth nṣr Picture of the Branch of Righteousness Picture of the two fig trees and the menorah Send / Inspect Picture/ Shelach/ Picture of Search Out / Hepor Picture…

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…

Promise of Freedom – God Always Had a Plan Jesus, a light to the Gentiles Isaiah 42:6 , 49:6 , Luke 2:25-32 , Acts 26:23 I was very amused the other day when a friend of mine put up a post Well there you go folks. The end is nigh.... and we missed it! Many people approach Scripture thinking that they…

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…

Countdown Video: Thank you for joining Faith Vision Christian Ministries Faith Vision i s a Christian church, based on the Word of God. We are a training ground for all things Jesus Christ. We are loving God , Loving People living by faith Thank you for joining us today , Please set everything aside…

Isaiah 49 Now, as promised we are slowing down a bit in our study of Isaiah. I mentioned when we first started the book that the book has two themes, chapters 1–39 . Judgment. Chapters 40–66 speak more of salvation and comfort. What I haven’t mentioned yet as I’ve been waiting to get to this part is…

Look! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world. For centuries Israel offered sacrifices to God for sin. Over and over, blood flowed, testifying that the penalty of sin was death. But over and over, a substitute stood in place of the sinner. Countless animals died under the priestly knife as…

This Torah Portion: Gen 25:19 - 28:9 Introduction In the previous Torah portions we talked about God calling Abraham out of his country and family We talked about the tests that Abraham faced - tests which are not passing or failing tests, but a benefit to us We also heard last two weeks how Messiah…

49:1-3 - The Servant’s identity called from the womb - identity comes from God (what are the sources we look to for our identity?) - this calling is connected to speaking for God, words that will act as a sword or an arrow, driving God’s words home into the hearts of those that hear Him Jesus’ identity…

Messiah as Ideal Israel 1 Listen to me, O coastlands, and give attention, you peoples from afar. The Lord called me from the womb, from the body of my mother he named my name. 2 He made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand he hid me; he made me a polished arrow; in his quiver he hid…

THE DISPUTE (1-6) THE DEFENSE (6-18) PAST (6-11) PRESENT (12) FUTURE (13-18) THE DECISION (19-35) THE DISPUTE (36-41) DOCTRINAL DISAGREEMENT DIFFERENCE OF OPINION CHAPTER 14 ENDED... Open door of faith to the gentiles (27) Some Jews believed (1) Gentiles believed (1,21) Congregations were established…

God Is Faithful 5 And now the Lord says, he who formed me from the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob back to him; and that Israel might be gathered to him— for I am honored in the eyes of the Lord , and my God has become my strength— 6 he says: “It is too light a thing that you should be my servant…

Isaiah 49-50

The Tower of Babel Spread out over the Earth So let’s look at what happened. In the beginning God created everything and the first people he created was Adam and Eve. After he created Adam and Eve he told them to multiply and spread out over the earth. 28 God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful,…

Retribution from God 1-39 Restoration by God 40-66 Section 1- Restoration by Cyrus Chapters 40-48 “There is no peace for the wicked,” says the Lord . Section 2- Restoration by Jesus Chapters 49-57 There is no peace for the wicked,” says my God. Section 3- Restoration by the Hand of God Chapters 58-66…

Introduction: If you have your Bibles let me invite you to open with me to the book of Acts chapter 13. If you are new with us here this morning, we welcome you into our study of the book of Acts. This book of the Bible tells the story of the creation of the Christian church and the spread of the Christian…

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.

It is God’s will to reveal his power in wrath and mercy, to display his glory to all peoples. Romans 9:22-24 . 22 What if God, desiring to show his wrath and to make known his power, has endured with much patience vessels of wrath prepared for destruction, 23 in order to make known the riches of his…

This is the fourth vision given to Zechariah, with Joshua the high priest as the central part of the vision. The Hebrew word translated Joshua means “Yahweh saves”; in the New Testament, the name Jesus means “Yahweh saves”! Along with the books of Ezra and Haggai, Joshua emerges with Zerubbabel as the…

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…

Introduction 17 Now if you call yourself a Jew, and rely on the law, and boast in God, 18 and know his will, and approve the things that are superior, being instructed from the law, 19 and if you are convinced that you are a guide for the blind, a light to those in darkness, 20 an instructor of the ignorant,…