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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…

Review Tanakh Brit Hadoshah Eber (ebur) I AM (grafted) Brit Chadasha - He appeared have life Brit Chadashah: ( John 4:3-14 ) Tribulation A New Moon Anani Introduction Summary Torah Portion: ( Gen 28:10-32:3 ) 10 Now Jacob went out from Beersheba and went toward Haran. 1 So Jacob went on his way, and…

(S1) Jesus’s came to shake things up—His entrance into the world, would disrupt the norm, turn humanities ways on its head—Change the order of things “30 But many who are the greatest now will be least important then, and those who seem least important now will be the greatest then.” In today’s gospel,…

Genesis 25:19-28:9 Malachi 1:1-2:7 Review In our last Halftarah portion we spoke about Abraham and David getting old זָקֵן Grow Old = ‎ ( zā·qēn ) Strongs 2204 Abraham makes Isaac his heir and David Salomon, despite the attempts of Adoniyahu to take over Now it’s time to speak about and to the generations…

Children 13 Then children were brought to him that he might lay his hands on them and pray. The disciples rebuked the people, 14 but Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of heaven.” 15 And he laid his hands on them and went away. Parents…

23 And Jesus said to His disciples, “Truly I say to you, it is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven. 24 “Again I say to you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.” 25 When the disciples heard this, they were very astonished…

Let the Little Children Come to Me INTRODUCTION Now when Jesus finished these sayings, he left Galilee and went to the region of Judea beyond the Jordan River. Large crowds followed him, and he healed them there. Then some Pharisees came to him in order to test him. They asked, “Is it lawful to divorce…

Carrying on the Kingdom Pre-Introduction: Set timer, introduce, Introduction: I want to talk about turning points. Every good story has a turning point. Good literature always has a point in the story where the main character has something that happens, or some fact is revealed that makes for the turning…

This morning we are going to look at Idolatry, now this is something we have covered in our Christian Ethics study on Sunday and Wednesday nights, but I think it is something we all need to understand. Now when I think of Idolatry This is what I think of, falling down before a statue or something like…

WWJD (What Would Jesus Do)?

There was a word that came into our everyday vocabulary a few years back. Some of you may know it and some of may have used it. That word is hoarding. If you look it up online at the Webster’s Dictionary web page you will get 3 definitions. I want to read to you two of them. The first one says... Hoarding…

Announcements Joint Service next week Evangelism goals Pastoral Prayer Scripture Reading INTRODUCTION We are moving into the story about the rich young ruler today . We are skipping the teaching on marriage and divorce because we covered that in a sermon prior to this sermon series through Matthew. The…

This Week’s Theme: Disciples Sacrifice for God This Week’s Word is Sacrifice: An important aspect of the relationship between God and humanity but whereas the OT describes many sacrifices, the New Testament announces the fulfillment of sacrifice in Jesus Christ. Memory Verse: Romans 12:1 “1 I beseech…

Influencing Change. Called to Lead: The Grounded Leader. Presented by OrLando Yarborough III Opening passage: Matthew 4:18–20 (NKJV) · At the age of 6 when I accepted Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior, I knew my life was changed but I didn't know the full extent of that change. · I knew I was saved…

Identifying your god. Not a concept. He’s a Person. The question: Do I trust Him?

Ver.13-15 Jesus Blesses Little Children Mark 10:16 “16 And He took them up in His arms, laid His hands on them, and blessed them.” Ver.16-22 Jesus Counsels the Rich Young Ruler Mark 10:17 “17 Now as He was going out on the road, one came running, knelt before Him, and asked Him, “Good Teacher, what shall…

Then children were brought to him that he might lay his hands on them and pray. The disciples rebuked the people, but Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of heaven.” And he laid his hands on them and went away. Who are the individuals…

Introduction Last week, we had church in the park That is a wonderful time of rest and unity in the Body of Christ. I am so grateful we can participate in an activity like this. I want to recap the summertime sermon series we have embarked upon. We are talking about the Gospel in the Gospels Briefly…

Just then someone came up and asked him, “Teacher, what good must I do to have eternal life?” “Why do you ask me about what is good?” he said to him. “There is only one who is good. If you want to enter into life, keep the commandments.” “Which ones?” he asked him. Jesus answered: Do not murder; do not…

Mark 8:34-38 34 When He had called the people to Himself, with His disciples also, He said to them, “Whoever desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me. 35 For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and the gospel’s…

Larry King was once asked: "If you could select any one person across all of history to interview, who would it be?" Mr. King's answer was that he would like to interview Jesus Christ. When the questioner followed with, "And what would you like to ask him?" King replied, "I would like to ask him if he…

WORSHIPPING CHRISTMAS OR CHRIST Isaiah 1:2-18 Yea, if we are not careful, we can worship the holiday more than we worship Christ. I’m afraid that is true in most folk’s lives in America and is probably what the majority of professing Christians do, we say how much we love Christmas, we say how important…

Lectionary Readings Job 23:2 (NIV) “Even today my complaint is bitter” Psalm 22:1 (NIV) My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, so far from my cries of anguish? Therefore the prudent keep quiet in such times, for the times are evil. Jesus looked at him and loved him.…

What Do Babbling Babies Have to Do with Strongholds? Why would the creator of the universe choose to rule the world through the babbling cries of needy humans? Psalm 8 describes Yahweh as the King of creation who made dependent humans his royal partners. This is unexpected and wonderful news to those…

Introduction : When John D. Rockefeller died, one man was curious about how much he left behind. Determined to find out, he set up an appointment with one of Rockefeller’s highest aides and asked, “How much did Rockefeller leave behind.” The aide answered, “All of it.” We may amass earthly treasures…