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Morning 15 September 24

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…

I know that we are starting to enter vacation season. Seems like these days people go on more trips than ever. I remember as a kid we would go on one to maybe two vacations a year. Most of the time these were planned out several months in advance and you could count down on your calendar until the day…

Go to the lost, give what you got, and bring peace. intro me We talk a lot at Hope City about how the Bible is our absolute authority - over tradition, over culture - because we believe it is God’s word to us. We want to be a church which hears what God has to say through it, and a church that tries…

Imparted Authority Matt 10:1-4 “And he called to him his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every disease and every affliction. The names of the twelve apostles are these: first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son…

A. Rapport for the time “Whether he lives, or whether he dies, whether he has health, or whatever he has sickness, whether he is rich, or whether he is poor, whether he pleases man, or whether he give offence, whether he is thought wise, or whether he is thought foolish, whether he gets blame, or whether…

Deuteronomy 1:1-3:22 REVIEW We completed the book of Bamidbar - in the wilderness / Numbers From that book, we will continue to speak about common themes in Deuteronomy/ Devarim Distorted Thinking Today very predominant We talked about the prophetic significance of the Golden Calf - idolatry We will…

The Mission Introduce, set timer, welcome, introduce series In Chapters 1 and 2 we were introduced to the king, and Matthew gave us proof that he is in fact the rightful heir to God’s kingdom. And in chapters 3 and 4 God comissions Jesus and he goes out and he states his purpose. Preach the message,…

But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and said unto them, Ye men of Judaea, and all ye that dwell at Jerusalem, be this known unto you, and hearken to my words: For these are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the day. But this is that which was spoken…

WWJD (What Would Jesus Do)?

Intro: There is a word in the English language that is often used, is always negative, and few preachers like to preach about it. Do you know what it is? Hell. Hell is charactered in many comic strips, rolled off the tongue as “light profanity,” screamed as a curse in people’s faces, feared by some,…

Peace is Not Guaranteed 34 “Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have not come to bring peace, but a sword. 35 For I have come to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. 36 And a person’s enemies will be…

Have you ever wanted to write a book? Me neither. Writing books is really hard. Reading books takes a while, I imagine writing one takes a little longer. Now, what’s funny is we’re a church of about 100 people, and we have several authors in our midst! Gene Poppino has helped write a book. Hannah Russell…

Last time we discussed Jesus healing the two blind men, commanding them to tell no one, but instead they proclaimed it all over the land. Jesus healed the man with a demon and was unable to speak. He was accused of casting out the demon by the prince of demons by the Pharisees. And, the last discourse…

Peter, John & James together served as the elders of authority in the Jerusalem church. James challenges those who claim to possess wisdom, yet they show little to no evidence. Jealousy and selfish ambition were evidence of false wisdom. The Greek eritheia (selfish ambition, NRSV) – a self-seeking pursuit…

Risk and Reward

Sent Out - Vs 5-7 A. Your Mission - vs 5-6 These twelve Jesus sent out with the following instructions: “Do not go among the Gentiles or enter any town of the Samaritans. Go rather to the lost sheep of Israel. 1. Specific to you a. Jesus sends them to the Jews b. Paul was sent to the Gentiles c. Who…

Intro: Have you ever doubted anything? Maybe you doubted your abilities, perhaps you doubted your lot in life, maybe you have even doubted God. Don’t worry, you are not alone in your doubt. It all started in the garden where Satan was able to deceive Eve into doubting the word of the Lord. No it did…

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…

1 And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease. 2 Now the names of the twelve apostles are these; The first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the…

Generosity “You have not lived today until you have done something for someone who can never repay you.” ― John Bunyan Abraham Lincoln said, ““I care not for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.” Generosity is seen in action. This morning I want to give you a paradox. This statement…

Introduction As we study through the Lord’s Prayer or the Model Prayer, we have seen that Jesus taught this on at least two occasions to His disciples. Recorded once in Luke in response to His disciples’ request, “Lord, teach us to pray,” and the other time is recorded in the Sermon on the Mount which…

For the past several weeks, we’ve walked through various TOPICS... various ANCHORS of Christianity And being something that we do every year... VISITING these topics in this way... SO FAR…we’ve covered... The Anchor of Prayer Anchor of Faith Anchor of Giving (last week) And now - this week - we come…

Introduction: Over the last several weeks, we have looked at Matthew 10 . This whole chapter is about the mission that Christ sent His disciples on. They were called to represent Him and go before Him to proclaim that the kingdom of God had arrived. They were told not to take anything for their journey…