What does God’s love look like? (Eph. 3:16-21) Love’s starting point is God. (1 John 4:7-12) -love comes fresh from God (v7) -God is love (v8) -Not that we love God (v10) Our human love is not the standard of love. Our love is weak and insignificant, inadequate. Love focuses on others. -God sent His […]
Today we look at Exodus 20:8-11, the Sabbath day. Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Sabbath means intermission, to cease, to rest, a system of resting… work, then renew. (Col. 2:16). God offers us rest, a weekly day of rest (Mark 2:27) -Remember… it can be easy to forget -Holy… it is unique […]
Today we look at Exodus 20:7, and the topic of misusing God’s name. What does it mean ‘the name?’ a. Specific sense, referring to a person b. General sense, the image produced in the mind Don’t use God’s name in an empty way, anything less than reverential. Even euphemisms are not glorifying to God so […]
Today we continue in Exodus 20, looking at the topic of worshiping God, responding to God about what He’s done and who He is. I worship when the Holy Spirit is helping me respond to truth. (John 4:23, Phil. 3:3) I worship when I am occupied with God himself. (Heb. 12:28-39) I worship when I […]
Today we examine God’s rules and how they apply to the 21st century (Ex. 20). Most people like the law except when it restricts them. A. We hate the law. Enlightenment, theological liberalism, relativism, Freudian psychology, Marxism, Nietzsche philosophy, situational ethics all go against God’s law. Our sinful nature is always in conflict with God’s […]
God is a giver, one who likes to give gifts. Let’s look at some things that God wants to give us this year! -He wants to give us salvation. Rom. 6:23, Is. 1:18, Ez. 33:11, 2 Pet. 3:9 -He wants to give us sensitivity to sin. Rom. 5:17, 1 Pet. 1, Ps. 23, Prov. 10:2, […]
Today we look at Jesus the Servant, from Isaiah 42:1-4. God wants us to know more than just His name! -He was sustained by God (Ex. 17, Heb. 5:7-8) -He was selected by God, the “chosen” one, the Messiah. -He was spirit filled (Mt. 4:1, Rom. 8, Ps. 40, Heb. 10:8, Is. 50:5-6). Let us […]
2000 years ago, God put a gift on a tree, a cross. (Eph. 4:8, Matt. 7:11, Eph. 1:3) God has given us a gift according to His wealth (Rom. 8:31). He’s given us His best gift, life through His Son. -He’s rescued us (Eph. 2:8-9, from the penalty of sins (Col. 2:13, Rom. 8:1), from […]
Today we’re going to look at James 1, and troubles and trials. James 1:2… -whenever, they happen all the time -my brothers, they happen to even Christians (Ps. 73) -trials, they come in many forms -face, they can come suddenly -consider it pure joy, this is how we should react (1 Peter 1:6-9) God’s purpose […]
Do you have to have stuff for in order to be thankful? Do things have to be going well in life in order for us to be thankful? Today we look at Job 1:8-22. He had lost everything and yet continued to praise God. A. Job looked back (v. 21) “Naked I came…” 1. He […]