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Big Idea: Elevating God as Holy and Worthy is an essential act of faith. God is Holy God is eternal God is creator God is worthy God will be eternally praised God is Holy throughout scripture: In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. Here God’s holiness is displayed in that He was the…

The God of Truth Today we are looking at another one of the hard sayings of Jesus. We have watched him take on the perspectives of the day, confront the norm, and challenge the heart. In this passage we have the privilege of seeing Jesus take on our perspective of verbal communication, our words and…

The Purpose Fascination - Discovery - Identity - Authenticity One day, Napoleon was speaking of the Divinity of Christ; when General Bertrand said:— “I can not conceive, sire, how a great man like you can believe that the Supreme Being ever exhibited himself to men under a human form, with a body, a…

A. Rapport for the time What has a high value in your life? Think for a moment of what really is important to you. Now, quickly compare that to the list of activities that you participate in on a regular basis. There may be times in my life when those two events do not line up. B. Reading of the text…

Wedding Clothes Now when the Pharisees 38 heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, 39 they assembled together. 40 And one of them, an expert in religious law, 41 asked him a question to test 42 him: “Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?” 43 Jesus 44 said to him, “ ‘ Love 45 the Lord…

Leviticus 1:1-6:7 Review TORAH GPS We continue to use the Torah as our guide to do our portions So far we have come from Genesis to now Leviticus, and God has been at work Let me summarize it like this: B’Reisheet, in the beginning, God creates Paradise, but we fail to rest. God begins again with Avraham…

WWJD (What Would Jesus Do)?

Religion or Relationship?

Intro This morning we are continuing our slow, steady march through the Sermon on the Mount in the book of Matthew. Go ahead and open to Matthew, chapter 5, verses 33-42 and stick your thumb in there. If I say these phrases, what comes to mind? “Pinky promise” “Cross my heart and hope to die” illustration…

Matt 23:1-12 ; 23-28 Jesus publicly condemns the Pharisees (23:1–12). 1. The wickedness of these men (23:1–7) a. They do not practice what they preach (23:1–3). b. They place heavy burdens upon the people (23:4). c. They do everything for show (23:5, 7). d. They demand to occupy the place of prominence…

19 Therefore, whoever breaks one of the least of these commands and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven. But whoever does and teaches these commands will be called great in the kingdom of heaven. We want to be great kingdom citizens. 21 “You have heard that it…

Palm Sunday Foretold by the Prophets 9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; He is just and endowed with salvation, Humble, and mounted on a donkey, Even on a colt, the foal of a donkey. 22 The stone which the builders rejected…

Where do we start? 10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. 10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; A good understanding have all those who do His commandments; His praise endures forever. What do we tend to fear? The unknown…

Let me tell you a story from my childhood Two weeks ago we talked about the introduction to the passage that we are looking at today. Interesting Structure Introduction (vss. 1-12) A. First woe (vs. 13) B. Second woe (vs. 15) C. Third woe D. Fourth woe C. Fifth woe B. Sixth woe A. Seventh woe Conclusion…

Intro Joke - If the 3 wisemen had been 3 wise women, they would have asked for directions so they would not have been late… been on time… helped deliver the baby Jesus… leaned the stable, cooked a meal… and bought disposable diapers…. I love to watch some of these stunts that people do that just seem…

We have discussed many different religions throughout this series and we have come to what I desire to be the last one. That is, how to evangelize Jewish people. 1 Now when Jesus was born in Beth-lehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, 2…

The Hypostatic Union In a previous week we addressed the topic of Jesus as the Son of God, and Jesus as the Son of man. We even covered “why it was necessary for the redeemer to be God?” And why it was necessary for the redeemer to be man?’ Today will involve the next logical question from that - How…

We have discussed many different religions throughout this series and we have come to what I desire to be the last one. That is, how to evangelize Jewish people. 1 Now when Jesus was born in Beth-lehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, 2…

The door of repentance leads into the Kingdom and into its righteousness. Intro me We have a lot of ground to cover today so we’re doing to dive right in. We’re continuing to follow the story of Jesus as told by Matthew in the bible. And we’re into Jesus’ final week, everything is coming to a head in…

Prelude................................... streamed music, tribute video Family Processional: Prayer & Scripture:........... Rev. David Thomas ( John 3:14-16 ) "And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up; [15] that whoever believes may in Him have eternal…

Unshakable Faith in Uncertain Times 27 And this word , Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that are made, that those things which cannot be shaken may remain. 28 Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may…

We have discussed many different religions throughout this series and we have come to what I desire to be the last one. That is, how to evangelize Jewish people. 1 Now when Jesus was born in Beth-lehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, 2…

Heaven as God’s habitation Heaven is the place of God's abode. However, in the OT, no distinction is made between the sky and heaven. We are only told that His throne is above it or beyond it. This points to the fact that He exists in an omnipresent way, with a locale beyond space and time but that also…

“The hinge of history is on the door of a Bethlehem stable.” — Ralph W. Sockman The Bible tells one big story. It’s God’s story, and it is the central story of the universe. What does this illustration represent? This might be the most amazing data picture you see in a lifetime! It shows the 63,779 cross-references…

We finished our study of the What the New Testament Says About Yeshua-Jesus. We looked at the claims of Jewishness, Kingship, and the Messiahship of Yeshuah-Jesus. We reviewed Alternative to the Two Messiahs Theory. Finally, we took a look at How Did the Wise Men Know? Or is Astrology Valid?