Sunday Sermon: Wisdom From God
/If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God
“If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you.”
Sunday Sermon: Seven Things For A New Year
/Seven Things For A New Year
1. New Vision
A. Pr. 29:18
B. Ha. 2:2-3
2. New Dependence
A. Ps. 118:8-9
B. Jer. 17:7-8
3. New Delight
A. Ps. 37:3-5
B. Phil. 4:4
C. Acts 16:34
4. New Desire
A. Ps. 27:4
5. New Direction
A. Ps. 32:8
B. Rom. 6:4
6. New Song
A. Ps. 40:3
7. New Decision
A. Ps. 34:1
B. Ps. 101:1-7
C. Jo. 24:15
D. Ru. 1:6
Sunday Sermon: Wise Men Opened Their Treasures
/Wise Men Opened Their Treasures
“When they saw the star, they were overjoyed. On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh. And having been warned in a dream not to go back to Herod, they returned to their country by another route.”
"They followed the Star"
Numbers 2:2 "The Israelites are to camp around the tent of meeting some distance from it, each of them under their standard and holding the banners of their family.”
Numbers 24:17 "I see him, but not now, I behold him, but not near. A star will come out of Jacob; a scepter will rise out of Israel. He will crush the foreheads of Moab, the skulls of all the people of Sheth."
"They believed the scriptures"
Matthew 2:6 "But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for out of you will come a ruler who will shepherd my people Israel.”
"When the star came to stable, they looked down for Jesus"
Matthew 2:9 "After they had heard the king, they went on their way, and the star they had seen when it rose went ahead of them until it stopped over the place where the child was."
"They were exceedingly rejoiced by seeing the star"
Mathew 2:10 "When they saw the star, they were overjoyed."
"They worshiped Jesus"
Matthew 2:11 "On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh."
Gold - Open Faith: 1 Peter 1:7 "These have come so that the proven genuineness of your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed."
Myrrh - Open Holiness: Hebrews 12:14 "Make every effort to live in peace with everyone and to be holy; without holiness no one will see the Lord."
Frankincense - Open Worship: Psalm 96:1-10
Sunday Sermon: Stand Before The Son of Man
/Stand Before The Son of Man
“Be careful, or your hearts will be weighed down with carousing, drunkenness and the anxieties of life, and that day will close on you suddenly like a trap. For it will come on all those who live on the face of the whole earth. Be always on the watch, and pray that you may be able to escape all that is about to happen, and that you may be able to stand before the Son of Man.”
“I am going to make Jerusalem a cup that sends all the surrounding peoples reeling. Judah will be besieged as well as Jerusalem. On that day, when all the nations of the earth are gathered against her, I will make Jerusalem an immovable rock for all the nations. All who try to move it will injure themselves”
“The Lord will be king over the whole earth. On that day there will be one Lord, and his name the only name.”
