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Torah Portion: Genesis 1:1-6:8 Haftarah: Isa 42:5-43:10 Brit Chadashah: John 1:1-17 Review Torah Portion: Genesis 1:1-6:8 Haftarah: Isa 42:5-43:10 Brit Chadashah: John 1:1-17 Introduction Torah Portion: Genesis 1:1-6:8 Haftarah: Isa 42:5-43:10 Brit Chadashah: John 1:1-17 Gibson Which Jesus? Combative…

Review Map of the Journey in the Wilderness Picture of the Priesthood of Zadok Zaddik - Sons of Levi/ Priesthood Genealogy Picture nazir Nazareth nṣr Picture of the Branch of Righteousness Picture of the two fig trees and the menorah Send / Inspect Picture/ Shelach/ Picture of Search Out / Hepor Picture…

Torah: Leviticus 16:1-18:30 Haftarah: Ezekiel 22:1-19 Review Shemini mikvah Tzaraat lashon hara i The Great Day Picture of Torah Readings Picture of the two prophecies Introduction A Holy People Picture of Torah Reading Summary of Torah Reading Torah: Leviticus 16:1-18:30 1 Now the Lord spoke to Moses…

Many of us remember a rhyme from our grade school playground: “Sticks and stones can break my bones but words can never hurt me.” We all probably know that this rhyme is not entirely true. Robert Fulghum in his book, All I Ever Really Needed to Know I Learned in Kindergarten, turned that phrase a bit…

32 “Now therefore, O sons, listen to me, For blessed are they who keep my ways. 33 “Heed instruction and be wise, And do not neglect it. 34 “Blessed is the man who listens to me, Watching daily at my gates, Waiting at my doorposts. 35 “For he who finds me finds life And obtains favor from the Lord .…

ETERNAL LIFE IS A PRESENT TENSE 35 Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will never go hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty. 36 But as I told you, you have seen me and still you do not believe. 37 All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever…

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…

Introduction E.g. Chasing the jet ski Fell off jet ski & had to keep swimming after it as it ‘snaked’ its way up the river By the time I caught it I was too exhausted and annoyed to keep going so I went back For many people happiness, contentment, satisfaction in life seems like chasing the jet ski It…

Genesis 28:10-32:3 Hosea 12:12- 14:9 Review In our last Hafltarah We spoke of Jacob and Esau - and their purpose After speaking of Esau and Jacob, Summary of The Torah Portion: Genesis 28:10-32:3 10 Now Jacob went out from Beersheba and went toward Haran. Vayetze Picture Jacob leaves his hometown of…

Proverbs 8:12-21 “I, wisdom, dwell with prudence, And I find knowledge and discretion. “The fear of Yahweh is to hate evil; Pride and arrogance and the evil way And the mouth of perverted words , I hate. “Counsel is mine and sound wisdom; I am understanding, might is mine. “By me kings reign, And rulers…

11 He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also, he has put eternity into man’s heart, yet so that he cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end. 13 The end of the matter; all has been heard. Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man. 7 everyone…

Deuteronomy 16:8-21:9 REVIEW This is our fifth message from Devarim- Deuteronomy elle-ha deverim = these are the words Picture of Journey An 11 day journey that lasted 40 years Reason why the journeys are moments and opportunities to learn The first generation that came out of Egypt was “thick headed”…

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…

Summary Colossians 1:13-20 contains some of the most important Christological content in the New Testament. It is also home to some of the most misunderstood. For example, does referring to Jesus as “firstborn” suggest that he was created? Does it point to chronology—that Jesus was the first created…

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…

Exodus 30:11-34:35 Review TORAH GPS I Do Mishpatim 10 Words Cornerstone Prism Ephod 144000 Introduction While as yet He had not made the earth or the fields, Or the primal dust of the world. When He prepared the heavens, I was there, When He drew a circle on the face of the deep, When He established…

Exodus 25:1-27:19 Review In our last Torah Portions We have talked about different topics The Torah is the manual how to serve God- gives a sense of direction, like a compass W/o direction you do not know where you are going or what you are doing. Pentacost Shavuot are to be viewed as seven times the…

B’reisheet In the Beginning Introduction How many of you know that the Bible was written in Hebrew Many say the OT was written in Hebrew, and the NT in Greek What we have is only what we have found as evidence: Greek documents showing the NT and Hebrew for the OT. However, most the characters and places…

Shoftim Introduction Torah Portion This Torah Portion goes from Deuteronomy 16:18-21:9 In our previous Torah portion we talked about Re’eh (beholding: a blessing, and a curse) We talked about having two choices related to obedience / disobedience = blessing / cursing Obedience to blessing We talked about…

How We are to Love God Whenever we study the Word of God, we ought to be considering all of those things we talk about from time to time. What did the passage mean to the original audience? How does it fit in with the chapter and book it is in, and how does it fit in with the Bible? What does it mean…

Introduction Imagine two neighboring houses. Pretty, tree-lined street. Similar architecture. One, yard manicured, bright and vibrant colors on the siding, windows glowing with light. The other has a yard overgrown, cracked brick and swaths of shingles missing, boards covering where windows once were.…

Good morning, Gateway! Psalm 34:1-6 Pray Intro I remember a car ride home with my mom from church when I was about 12 and I was a real know-it-all. Our church just got a new youth pastor, and my mom was asking me about the service. “How’d it go? What’d you think of the new guy?” “He seems nice, but I…

Signs Of An Idiot Attention Getter: Why the need for Guru’s Jordan Peterson - Male Responsibility; Dave Ramsey - Financial Responsibility; The Entire self -help section. Introduce Topic: People are looking for practical answers to real questions and problems. Scripture: Background: Challenge Audience:…

TRAINING ON TRAINING Proverbs 22:6 Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it. The BIble is a book of instruction and really is a training manual for most everything in our lives. So we can see many things that are so applicable to our lives today. In the…

Main Point: Evil is a problem for us, but it is not a problem for God—nor does it disprove God or His power and goodness. A Brief Survey of What Constitutes Evil Evil is not a thing, it is a description about the perversion of what is righteous—EVIL is the opposite of Good. Evil is not an entity that…