Introduction We have just heard the Christmas story told through the words of Scripture through the readings we have heard as well as the Hymns that were sung by our Choir as well as our congregational singing as well as through the nativity scene as it was laid out by the kids. What we have heard is…

Liberty University The Book of Hebrew’s Use of the Old Testament To Preach the Gospel A paper submitted to Dr. Adeyemi In partial fulfillment of the Requirements for the course NBST 654 Liberty Theological seminary By Christopher W. Myers Lynchburg, Virginia Sunday, 07 December, 2008 Table of Contents…

The Gospel According to Jesus: Against Antichrist Text: I John 2: (17)18 – 25 Introduction: The last few months we are studying the First Epistle of John and so far we are learning what it means to walk in the light. That involves: keeping His commandments (2:3), loving one another (2:10), rejoice in…

1 The Lord says to my Lord: “Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool.” 2 The Lord sends forth from Zion your mighty scepter. Rule in the midst of your enemies! 3 Your people will offer themselves freely on the day of your power, in holy garments; from the womb of the morning, the…

Jesus' exclusive identity and all sufficient work.

Christmas: God’s Greatest Revelation Hebrews 1:1-4 Couple had a Christmas wedding. Beautiful ceremony. Wonderful reception. Took their honeymoon in Washington, D.C. Wonderful time. Beautiful White House Christmas tree. Saw all of the buildings decorated and lit up for Christmas. Took a romantic carriage…

The Elder: To the elect lady and her children: I love all of you in the truth—and not only I, but also all who have come to know the truth — because of the truth that remains in us and will be with us forever. Grace, mercy, and peace will be with us from God the Father and from Jesus Christ, the Son…

YHWH said to Abraham Chapter LIX.--God distinct from the Father conversed with Moses. When I had spoken these words, I continued: "Permit me, further, to show you from the book of Exodus how this same One, who is both Angel, and God, and Lord, and man, and who appeared in human form to Abraham and Isaac,11…

Carol - Frank - Tom …SPRC…Scott Reception next Sunday at RHUMC. ----------- Camp Pecometh… Poison Ivy Easy to catch… Sadly, this isn’t the case for the Gospel in our world…or in our churches because many people have been inoculated to the gospel. The nature of vaccines has shown us that goodness can…

The Deity and Humanity of Christ Before we can answer WHAT Christ did, we must answer WHO Christ is. In order to understand the WHAT we must understand the WHO. This discussion is very similar to the one we had on the Trinity. If you remember the Trinitarian controversies that surrounded the early church,…

Love Rock Hall Day Grilling Group ----------- Mom’s I have to tell you all a secret that we have been keeping from you for a long time. This is probably going to get me in trouble…especially with my peers in the baby of the family club. But we…your kids… we aren’t as nice, we aren’t as clean, we aren’t…

Introduction Good morning and welcome. This morning we will be continuing our series in the Gospel of Mark, picking up right where we left off last week—in Mark 5 , we will be starting in verse 21. That’s Mark 5:21 . Preliminaries For those of you who may be new or newish to Santa Cruz Baptist, we began…

Introduction Get us rolling with this thought for devotional and to frame our night, from NT Wright: “It is not a miscellaneous collection of ‘helpful thoughts’. It is a particular letter written to a particular congregation at one point in its (very early) history. To believe, in fact, that Colossians…

True believers are those who put love in action by directing their love toward other believers, embracing the display of God's love toward them and by living a life of obedience to God's Word.

Truth is under assault. More specifically biblical truth is under assault. Out of the world’s mouth you will here that creation is myth and evolution is scientific and has been proven through scientific observation. And out of the same mouth, we told that gender is fluid and relative regardless of scientific observation. Truth is under assault. In today’s passage we see truth is the main topic and Jesus brings truth and shares how you can know truth.

In John 1:35-42 we find Jesus once again crossing paths with John the Baptist, but this time Jesus has a conversation with some followers.

Introduction/Scripture The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him. He is…

In John 1:19-28 we get a glimpse into the ministry of John the Baptist. The ministry role of John Baptist provides for believers an example of how to proclaim Christ.

In John 2:13-25 we find Jesus entering the temple and much to His dismay he finds a marketplace. In his humble righteous anger, Jesus clears out the merchants and in so doing, his actions point to his messiahship.

Walking through a Biblical representaion of who Jesus is.

Three agents that are involved when a person comes to salvation. 1 Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. 2 This man came to Jesus by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do unless God is…

This passage is one of the most well known and preached about passages of Scripture, the woman at the well. In this two part message we will look at the the encounter that Jesus had with this Samaritan woman and its ramifications. In this message we will focus on Jesus' identification to the woman the 4 ways that He is the Messiah.

In this passage see John the Baptist demonstrates the sovereignty of God in his life ministry and he will live it out til the end.

The Person of Christ The biblical teaching about the person of Christ is the following: Jesus Christ was fully God and fully man in one person, and will be so forever. Key Terms: Incarnation - Jesus’ assumption of human nature. His becoming a human being in a specific time and place. The Humanity of…