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February 9, 2020 Scripture: Hebrews 1:4-14 I. Jesus has a better name than angels. A. In Hebrews 1:4 we read that Jesus has “become as much superior to angels as the name he has inherited is more excellent than theirs.” In speaking about the name here, the author is referring to the title of the angels…
February 2, 2020 Scripture: Hebrews 1:1-3 I. God used to speak through the prophets. A. We see in verse 1 that in the past God spoke to our fathers by the prophets. The fathers in this verse refers to the Hebrew Christians’ Jewish ancestors. God would speak to these ancestors through intermediaries, through prophets. We have…
January 26, 2019 Scripture: Psalm 31 I. You keep serving by surrendering to our faithful God. A. Look at some of the difficulties that King David was facing in his service to God in Psalm 31:1: “In you, O LORD, do I take refuge; let me never be put to shame; in your righteousness deliver me.”…
January 12, 2020 Scripture: Psalm 29 I. You worship God because He is King. A. Psalm 29:1 reads, “Ascribe to the LORD, O heavenly beings, ascribe to the LORD glory and strength.” Who are these heavenly beings? We find an answer in Exodus 15:11 where the same Hebrew word that is translated with the words heavenly…
December 29, 2019 Scripture: John 1:1-5, 14 I. Jesus is God, yet distinct from God. A. In the first verse of his Gospel, John echoes the first verse in the whole Bible. Genesis 1:1: “In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.” But John says, “In the beginning was the Word.” Okay, then.…
December 22, 2019 Scripture: Isaiah 42:1-9 I. Jesus is better because He brings God’s truth to the world. A. While the idols are a delusion (Isa. 41:29), a lie, the servant brings God’s truth to the nations. Three times in verses 1 through 4 we read about the servant bringing justice. In verse 4 we…
December 15, 2019 Scripture: Micah 5:1-6 I. God is up to sending Jesus to rule on your behalf. A. Israel at this time had indeed gone down to nothing. The events of Micah 5 take place in 701 BC. Twenty years earlier, the northern tribes of Israel were defeated and destroyed by the Assyrians. And now…
December 8, 2019 Scripture: Isaiah 7:10-17 I. God is always sovereign over all nations and all people. A. Isaiah 7:2: “When the house of David was told, ‘Syria is in league with Ephraim,’ the heart of Ahaz and the heart of his people shook as the trees of the forest shake before the wind.” Syria and…
December 1, 2019 Scripture: Isaiah 9:1-7 I. Jesus gives you hope as a Wonderful Counselor. A. The people of Israel are experiencing gloom (vs. 1) and darkness (vs. 2). Isaiah had prophesied in chapter 8 that the Assyrians were going to invade Israel and take away Israel’s wealth and people. It was a dark time in…
November 24, 2019 Scripture: Exodus 36:1-7 I. You become generous when the Holy Spirit enters your life. A. In Exodus 36:1 we see two of the primary craftsmen that God used to build the beautiful tabernacle: Bezalel and Oholiab. Verse 1 says that God had put in them skill and intelligence to know how to do…
