Kings & Prophets: From Solomon to Jeremiah - Week 6
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This class will focus on Rehoboam the king of Judah, the southern kingdom, and his son Abijah as found in 1 Kings 14-15 and 2 Chronicles 11-13. They reigned 931-910 BC. In 2 Chronicles 12:1-5 we read that 5 years into Rehoboam’s reign that he and his kingdom have abandoned the law of the Lord. Rehoboam rules from Jerusalem and is attacked by the king of Egypt who has a huge army and captures the cities along the way to Jerusalem. Then the prophet Shemaiah comes and tells Rehoboam, “This is what the Lord says, ‘You have abandoned me; therefore I now abandon you to Shishak (Egyptian...
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The Living One - Week 6: The Great Shepherd
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In the last 40 years, scholars have thrown out several centuries of scholarly speculation on the Gospel of John. This book was written by Jesus’ best friend, an eyewitness to the life of Jesus. It testifies to the powerful and encouraging message for people then, and still for us today!
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The Living One - Week 5: Lord and God!
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When "Doubting Thomas" saw the risen Lord for himself, his skepticism changed to acknowledgement of Jesus as "My Lord and my God." Jesus responded by saying, “Because you have seen me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen, and have believed.” The Holy Spirit still brings faith to those who will hear, even in our skeptical generation. Today’s message invites us to come meet Jesus as we explore the story of the disciple Thomas. He was a brave believer who was willing to die for Jesus, but also one who is most well known as “Doubting Thomas.” Our world is one of...
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The Living One - Week 4: Who Would Invent This?
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Everything stands and falls on the resurrection of Jesus Christ. It is the heart of the New Testament, and also the greatest message the world has ever heard. Christ is risen! Today’s message explores cowardice, crucifixion, corroboration, confusion and finally courage that opens our eyes to be convinced! Christ is risen, and in Him is our hope for today and forever, for He IS The Living One!
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Dig Deeper - Week 3: Temptation & Testing
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We take a look at Matthew 6:13, a portion of The Lord’s Prayer. “And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.” However, we read in James 1:13 “When tempted, no one should say, ‘God is tempting me.’ For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he tempt anyone;” So are these two verses contracting each other? Or are we misunderstanding something. So let’s look at the original words used in this Scripture. 1. Peirazō - verb meaning to test/try or tempt - two very different meanings 2. Peirasmos - noun...
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The Living One - Week 3: They Were Clueless
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The way of the Messiah leads to the cross, and that is the measure of the love of God. But we discover that many (including Jesus’ disciples) were clueless! This message takes a look at the events of Palm Sunday, and how Jesus had repeatedly predicted his crucifixion and His resurrection on the third day. However, “they were clueless.” Let us not be clueless!
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The Living One - Week 2: Why Reject Him?
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Today’s question is an exploration of why people reject Jesus. What is it that causes people to doubt Him? Why do people turn their backs on what God is offering to everyone through Christ Jesus? Pastor Dodge examines these assumptions and counters them with the truth of the scriptures.
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Questions - Week 14: Why Am I So Tempted?
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Common questions on this age old topic: ⁃ Why is sin so tempting? ⁃ Why do I do things I don’t want to do? ⁃ How can I conquer temptation? ⁃ Where can I find strength to resist? ⁃ Why is this so difficult? Genesis 3:1-7 - First sin in the Bible. But prior to sin, Adam and Eve were in a time of blissful innocence. A perfect creation, perfect relationship with God, perfect relationship with each other. No death, no sorrow, no pain, but that...
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Kings & Prophets: From Solomon to Jeremiah - Week 5
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Pastor begins with a brief overview of Solomon’s divided kingdom. Judah was in the south with two tribes ruled by a descendant of David, Reheboam. Israel in the north with ten tribes was ruled by Jeroboam (1 Kings 11-14) 931-910 BC. God had said that Jeroboam’s kingship would be blessed if he followed the Lord, but he chose the exact opposite path. In today’s class we will look closely at three incidents with Jeroboam. In 1 Kings 12:31-33 we read some of the first things he did that were against God, everything Jeroboam did was counterfeit, just like what the enemy always tries to...
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The Living One - Week 1: Did He Really Live?
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This teaching compares non-Christian writings of Tacitus, Josephus, Suetonius and Pliny from the first and second centuries to the New Testament writings. The evidence is clear and calls us to recognize we are sinners in need of a Savior, The Living One!
info_outlineScripture: 1 Corinthians 15:14, 1 Corinthians 1:22-23.
The Fingerprints study today will show us the Lord Jesus risen from the grave, gloriously exalted at the Father’s right hand and returning soon!
Today, we explore the fundamental teaching of the Christian faith and the heart of the Bible: The Resurrection of Jesus. We will take a look at God’s fingerprints that testify to the risen Jesus Christ.
1 Corinthians 15:14 “And if Christ has not been raised, what we preach doesn’t mean anything. Your faith doesn’t mean anything either.”
5 Fingerprints:
⁃ The Women - Matthew, Mark, Luke and John all say Mary Magdalene was the first to see Jesus. In that culture and in that day they would not have used the eyewitness of a woman to prove a story was true. They would not begin the resurrection story with a woman to first see Jesus risen.
⁃ The Tomb - all Gospel authors admit the tomb was empty. We see eye witnesses who believed Jesus, but also hostile witnesses, opponents of the faith, who in fact admitted the tomb was empty.
⁃ The Failure - the failure of Jesus’ friends to look good - when Jesus was arrested, they ran away as he was arrested. Peter denied knowing Jesus three times. At the cross only 1 of the 12 was there. They were hiding, afraid and not ever expecting Him to rise. And yet what happened to these fearful men? These individuals who cowered, who ran and hid became some of the most courageous witnesses the world has ever known. And during their lifetimes they turned the world upside down with their testimonies of Jesus. The truth of Jesus’ resurrection changed their lives. They laid their lives on the line and were willing to die for the truth of Christ’s resurrection.
⁃ The Scandal - Jesus was crucified. How could any one worship someone who was crucified - a death reserved for the most evil of people. So having Christ die by crucifixion - would not be the way to encourage people to see the story as true.
⁃ The Enemy - Saul was a brilliant man who was a bulldog who recognized that the message of Jesus needed to fall or Judaism would fall. He hunted down followers of Jesus, arrested them, supported their deaths, AND THEN he met the risen Jesus on a walk to Damascus and under the Light and Voice of Christ, Saul was changed and became the apostle Paul, a mighty warrior for Christ. This enemy - Saul - became the missionary Paul! All because He encountered the risen Christ. The enemy became a man who freely gave himself to faith in Jesus.
Today’s fingerprints put together a chain of evidence - fingerprints of God. Everything stands or falls on this one event in human history. No one would invent this story unless it was true!!! Jesus is risen! This is real, this is genuine and this is true and He’s coming back! Because He’s risen, we’re gonna live forever! With Him!
Pastor closes class with an invitation to receive Jesus as your personal Savior and leads us in a sinner’s prayer of repentance and then acceptance of Christ.
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