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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…

Numbers 21-25 The Book of Wanderings I don’t want to start off too difficult on a Wednesday night, but I have a Bible trivia question for you guys. If you’ve been with us through the last 20 chapters in the Book of Numbers it should not be too difficult for you. After a series of plagues and the hardening…

“No!” “You can’t!” “It won’t work!” “There is no way.” “We took a vote.” How do you hear it? Do these words give you a sense of victory, or do they give you a sense of defeat? It may depend on whether you’re the one hearing them or the one saying them. Either way the source of these words can often be…

We’ve been moving through CASKET EMPTY, and I don’t want us to lose sight of why we’re doing that. The whole idea of Casket Empty is to recognize God’s redemptive story throughout the Old Testament. Many have wondered did God create the world and then just leave it to run itself, and what we see throughout…

If we’re honest we’re always somewhere on the scale between belief and unbelief. I’ve shared with you many times the Father’s exclamation from Mark 9 when he brings his son to Jesus and asks him to heal him, “if he can.” Jesus responds: And Jesus said to him, “ ‘If you can’! All things are possible for…

Introduction Message about Choices we face in the life of a Christian Our theme this year (as you know) is ‘Such a Time as This’. Throughout this year, the LORD has given us messages as: ‘A Time to Send’ ‘A Time to Support’ ‘A Time to Share’ ‘A Time for Courage’ A Time for Consequence’ Today in recognition…

Torah Portion: Numbers 19:1-22:1 Haftarah: Judges 11:1-33 Review Map of the Journey in the Wilderness Picture of the Priesthood of Zadok Zadok comes Sons of Levi/ Priesthood Genealogy Picture Sons of Levi: nazir Nazareth nṣr Picture of the Branch of Righteousness Picture of the two fig trees and the…

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…

Today we are starting a series that I hope you will find interesting and engaging, but above all my hope and prayer is that this series will be a tool that God will use in your life to reach a lost and dying world. Today we are going to go back to basics and study the Good News. If you don’t feel comfortable…

The Dragon We are at war. We are in a war that began when the world began. A war that began between a woman and a serpent. God had created a world of goodness out of the darkness. Out of the depths of the chaotic nothingness, God created a world of order. He created a man named ADAM (which is the Hebrew…

Intro Have you ever built a sand castle? If you have built a sand castle on a beach, you know that you have to be strategic in where you build it. Build it too close to water and the tide may wash it away. Build it too far away and the sand is too dry to build with. It is helpful to have tools to build…

Isaiah 58-59 Good evening church! So glad you came tonight to join us through this journey through Isaiah. Let’s pray… Show us what you have for us, purify our ways, that we would honor You and bless You. 1 “Cry aloud, spare not; Lift up your voice like a trumpet; Tell My people their transgression,…

The GOSPEL READ John 3:1-18 passage 1) The Command/The Confusion Explain Nicodemus’ quandary His question - literally “Water and the spirit” He knows the Law, He knows what Moses wrote Interesting to look at the two on the road to Emmaus, Jesus uses Moses’ writing to point out that He is Messiah 2) What…

Continuing our study through the doctrine of Economics in light of Acts 4:32-5:16, with emphasis on the Righteous and Gracious Provision for the Poor.

Numbers 19:1-25:9 REVIEW TORAH GPS We continue to use the Torah as our guide to do our portions Study Numbers, and God has been at work We started talking about Bamidbar - in the wilderness / Numbers So far we can summarize what we have studied by this Summary Count all who can serve Adonai b’Midbar…

Psalm 135 God is so high above anything that we know or experience. He is so much higher than us, we do not have any hope of knowing who God is, or what He is like unless He reveals it to us. Man cannot see the spiritual — it is all around us — everywhere around us there are spiritual forces warring…

OVERVIEW OF BOOK Title: NUMBERS (Comes from the two CENSUSES that are in the book Author: Moses Date: 2nd month of 1445BC → 1406BC Begins exactly 1 year and 1 month after Exodus Audience: the 2nd generation after wandering in the wilderness Main Characters: Moses Aaron Miriam the nation of Israel Main…

Psalm 128 Let’s take a poll real quick, raise your hand if you want to be happy. Everyone wants to be happy, these verses tell us that the man who obeys its words will be blessed. The word translated blessed is a Hebrew word that means a person’s state of bliss. It is also translated in other verses…

We return to our series on the footsteps of Jesus. Previously, Jesus had called five disciples and performed his first miracle in Cana by turning water into wine. He also went to Jerusalem for Passover and overturned the money changers tables for running corrupt businesses in a house of worship. Today…

(S1) Phobia's or what people fear are pretty common—Spiders and snakes, small spaces, heights, dogs, thunder and lightening... FEAR of the DARK—MOM What looks like a simple chair during the day is transformed into a monster at night. Socks left on the floor suddenly appear to be snakes. The light, however,…

Introduction: Have you ever thought about how roads are cut and planned? I am reminded about the new corridor of route 35 between Putnam and Mason counties. It is amazing to see all of the work that was done. Valleys were filled in. Mountains were brought low and cut into. What seemed like an insurmountable…

We are continuing our survey of the Old Testament this morning, as we look at the overview of what took place after God revealed Himself to the people of Israel at Mt. Sinai. Each week, we have been asking two main questions. What do we learn about God? What do we learn about mankind, or ourselves? Over…

Genesis 3:14-15 Dec 17, 1927 8 year old S class submarine conducting tests off coast of MA. 2273 Any Hope Of Rescue? Someone has said that if you could convince a man there was no hope, he would curse the day he was born. Hope is an indispensable quality of life. Years ago the S-4 submarine was rammed…

Introduction This Torah Portion goes from Numbers 19:1-22:1 Chukat - Statute - Law Now the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, “This is the ordinance of the law which the Lord has commanded, saying: ‘Speak to the children of Israel, that they bring you a red heifer without blemish, in which there…

God dispersed the people for their own good, then later He united the peoples out of His mercy.