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!
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Big Questions - Power... When the Holy Spirit Comes
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Pentecost, the gift of the Holy Spirit to believers, is all about the power of God -- the power to live a new life, the power to give glory to the Living God, the power of faith that transforms us and that beckons to others to come to God as well!
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Big Questions - My Witnesses... To the Ends of the Earth
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It is easy to get distracted by other things — some of them perhaps important things — but Jesus makes it clear to His followers that our primary task is make disciples. To that end, we are to be His witnesses, "even to the ends of the earth."
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Dig Deeper - Week 2: The "Submission" Passage
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Today’s class is a study of Ephesians 5:21-33. A group of verses that are controversial, often attacked and many times misunderstood. Ephesians 5:21-22 “Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ. Wives, [submit] yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord.” In the original Greek text the second [submit] word is not there. There is not a verb in this sentence and so in traditional Greek practice, you take the verb from the previous sentence and insert it into the next sentence. Please note that this is really important - because what this is saying is,...
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Big Questions - Obey... Everything I Have Commanded
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Obedience is not optional - it is command from Jesus Himself. But we are not saved because we obey; rather, we obey the Lord because He has saved us!
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Big Questions - All Authority... in Heaven and on Earth
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God has chosen you and me not simply to be religious, but to be disciples. We are to follow Jesus faithfully, grow in the knowledge and love of Him, and share with others the powerful things He has done so that they become disciples too!
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Questions - Week 13: Is Marriage Outdated?
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In this message we will look at what the Scriptures have to say about marriage, analyze concerns and questions raised in our day, overview the cultural changes that have led to many questioning the value and benefit of marriage, and do so from a Christian worldview. We will also take a look at some secular contemporary research and what it indicates. Common Reactions: 1. The culture has changed: - Married Couples comprised: 1950 — 78% of all US households 2020 — 47%...
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Kings & Prophets: From Solomon to Jeremiah - Week 4
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Our study opens with a look at Civil War between Rehoboam and Judah vs. Jeroboam and Israel (931-910 BC). 1 Kings 12:1 We read that Rehoboam went to Shechem, “for all Israel had gone there to make him king.” Shechem was an historic site for the nation from about 500 years early when Levitical priests recited the blessings and the curses from Mount Ebal and Mount Gerizim. Shechem is the city near these two mountains. In verses 3 and 4 we read that Jeroboam challenges Rehoboam. Reheboam goes to 2 advisory boards. One was the elders that had served under his father, Solomon. They...
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Big Questions - Lord and God! Jesus' Amazing Claims
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Lord and God? A great moral teacher? A very good man? What claims did Jesus actually make about His identity?
info_outlineIt is God's desire that this nation be brought back to Him. He desires that the arm of judgment be withheld from the land. The only way that will take place is for the children of God to cry out to Him and come before Him in prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, interceding for our country. Because only a move of the Holy Spirit, can restore and redeem what is broken.
From Pastor Chris Dodge: "I pray for my country and I pray God that He will enable me to intercede as never before. I pray that you too will be down on your knees for this land."
1 Timothy 2:1-6
God is pleased when we take Him at His Word and cry out for our nation to know and follow Christ.
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Today God is saying to His people pray for those in need, understand that God’s Holy Spirit is calling His people to be a people of prayer. One of the things that we have seen over these last months is God telling us to be in prayer. The Holy Spirit has been pleading with us to pray for this land, pray for its leaders, pray for it’s people, that God may bring people back to Him. I am not sharing anything that none of you haven’t already figured out. We are living in very, very difficult and dangerous times and it is absolutely essential that God’s people pray. He is calling us to come before the throne in heaven with prayers for our people, for our leaders, for our country, and for the nations of the world.
When God’s people listen to His voice and come before Him in prayer He hears, He answers, and He responds. I believe He is telling us in this very critical juncture not only in our nations history but in the history of this planet that it is absolutely essential for God’s people, the faithful remnant, to be a people of prayer asking that God would do a mighty work in our day calling people back to Him. Paul says, “I urge, then, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for all people - for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness.” Now what does it mean to live a peaceful and quiet life in all godliness and holiness? Does that mean that we are supposed to have a nice middle-class lifestyle and be able to sit back and just enjoy our days? No! It means we are praying and coming before the throne of God that opportunities may be given to bring the message of Jesus to the nation and to the world. We are praying that there would be times of peace and refreshing so that people’s hearts would be open to hear the voice of the living God and to respond to what He has done. Just so we know that’s what God has in mind and what the apostle was all about listen to the next two verses. 1 Timothy 2:3-4, Paul says, “This is good, and pleases God our Savior, who wants all people to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth.” God’s desire is that every man, woman, and child on the face of this planet come to know His love and mercy in Jesus Christ. The Scriptures cry that out. You and I are living in an amazing time. These are such exciting days in every sense of the word. Yes, they are frightening in some ways, but for the person who knows the living God we know He’s got this. We know that in the end God wins and so do we, and therefore, we are not fearful
We are closer than ever before to the fulfillment of the ages, If ever there were a time when God’s people needed to be praying this is it because He desires all people to be saved, and that ought to be not only on our hearts but at the heart of our prayers. This is where our lives are to be focused. Listen to what the apostle says, 1 Timothy 2:5-6, Paul writes and he says, “For there is one God and one mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself as a ransom for all people. This has now been witnessed to at the proper time.” If it was the proper time 2000 years ago what time is it now as are watching all of the promises of God unfold before our very eyes? Jesus is not only the Messiah of Israel and the Hope of the nations, He is the only one who can rescue. He is the only one who can save. He is the only one who can renew a life, restore a family, rebuild a broken heart, heal permanently a ruptured soul. He is God. He is good. He is the Redeemer and He listens to the prayers of his children.