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What is going on Behind the Scenes? In Ephesians 6:12 we read “For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.” Simply put our warfare is not against…

You’ve likely heard the phrase, “The patience of Job.” Have you read the book of Job? It’s an interesting book. You could read chapters 1 & 2, and then skip to chapter 42, and basically know the whole story. Yet the book is 42 chapters long! There is much to learn in this book and I promise not to spend…

The Christian and The Cross SECOND SUNDAY IN LENT MARK 8:31-38 Being a Christian is fantastic! As you embrace Christ, your problems become opportunities, heartaches turn into joys, bad times fade into the past. Your career succeeds as it never has. Your relationship with those around you is enhanced.…

This Week’s Theme: Steadfastness in Suffering Word for the Week is Suffering: It is the experience of pain or distress, both physical and emotional. Scripture is thoroughly realistic about the place of suffering in the world and in the lives of believers. To become a Christian is not to escape from suffering,…

Our chapter begins with what almost feels like an echo. Genesis 1 and Genesis 2 tell the same story from two different perspectives, this is not that. In chapter 2 once again we’re in this heavenly courtroom, and Satan “also came among them to present himself before the LORD.” And again we have this…

NOTE: This is a manuscript, and not a transcript of this message. The actual presentation of the message differed from the manuscript through the leading of the Holy Spirit. Therefore, it is possible, and even likely that there is material in this manuscript that was not included in the live presentation…

The Testing of Job: Faith in the Face of Loss 1: The Testing of Job – Introduction and Overview Date: Wednesday Night, October 2, 2024 Main Text: Job 1:1–22 (KJV) Introduction to the Book of Job: The book of Job is considered one of the oldest books of the Bible, rich in poetic language, theological…

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…

Job’s Integrity I registered for the July 4th 47th Annual Twin Sizzler Bike Race. in Medina. Back in May I registered for this race, and it happened on July 4th. I got the T-shirt. The real deal- Job. 1 There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job, and that man was blameless and upright, one…

Welcome Good morning once again everyone. Last week we left off with the ending of Genesis in our Gospel Story sermon series. We looked at the life of Joseph and how he faced a lot of closed doors, but ultimately God used those closed doors for his glory and purpose which allowed Joseph and his entire…

As Americans, we prefer a God who is small a God we can manage, predict and control. We want a God that feels safe to us. One that we can fully understand and explain. One that doesn’t embarrass, confuse, contradict us or make us made. We want what C.S. Lewis called a “tamed lion”. The God of the Bible…

God’s providence is supreme, and therefore sovereign … He is the sole arbiter of events and destines … So that it is as clear that God rules alone as that he rules at all, that he rules everywhere as that eh rules anywhere; that he governs all agents, all causes, all events, as that he governs any of…

The Gospel Project® for Adults Leader Guide CSB, Unit 1, Session 6 © 2018 LifeWay Christian Resources Permission granted to reproduce and distribute within the license agreement with purchaser. Suffering and God’s Presence Summary and Goal We don’t know for sure when Job lived, much less when the book…

Last week: sin causes suffering. This was a major, if not THE major takeway from last week. Because of the sin of humanity, starting with Adam & Eve, suffering, unbearable pain, and evil is part of our world. The Bible does not teach Karma. In a concept very similar, from what I can tell, to Karma the…

Who likes tests? Personal story Tests are not punishment. 1 There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job, and that man was blameless and upright, one who feared God and turned away from evil. 2 There were born to him seven sons and three daughters. 3 He possessed 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500…

We believe in the Devil Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. The character know as Satan or the Devil is mentioned more than 85 times throughout with 67 of them in the New testament and 31 of those times it was by Jesus Many…

Faith Our body’s are not our own Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God with your body. our lives are not our own and I no longer live, but Christ lives in…

Scriptures to memorize to assist with getting rid of a critical spirit.

Use truth to overcome criticism, what the Bible says.

Looking at the camouflage those with a critical spirit put up.

Theology and Suffering Our awareness of the extent of suffering is much higher now than in the past. America is protected. We are protected from suffering around the world because we are somewhat isolated by two oceans. We are protected from suffering in Mexico and Canada because of border issues. We…

And through this part of the story God teaches us the importance of trusting in His absolute wisdom and plan. There are two reasons given for why we need to trust God’s wisdom even during severe suffering. We looked at the first reason last week: We need to trust the absolute wisdom and plan of God because…

We’ve come to the end of the book of Job. He’s experienced horrific tragedy. After that the unsolicited advice of his comforter turned accuser friends. And just prior to our reading today a very personal encounter with the creator God himself. Here at the end of our book we find, what I believe to be…

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…

Hindered but not Hopeless Two weeks ago we saw how to stand strong when persecution comes we saw how the church at thessaloniaca stood strong in their persecution we were able to see how we can stand strong when our persecution comes by recieveing the word when preached, remember that we are not alone,…