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Monday, November 13, 2017

When They Saw the Star They Rejoiced ~ Hear Christmas Sermons

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Matthew 2:10 is the tenth verse of the second chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament. The magi, dispatched by King Herod, have been shown the location of the infant Jesus by the Star of Bethlehem. In this verse they react to this.

 

In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads:


When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy.

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Saturday, April 5, 2014

Lord, What do you want me to do?

Lord, what do you want me to do? 

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 The conversion of Saul of Tarsus
teaches the identity of  Christians as
being so connected to Jesus Christ that whatever you do to or do for any one of them, even the least of them, you do it for or to JESUS.
Jesus is the head,
and his church are members of his body.
Following his conversion,
Saul, whom we know now as PAUL
asks
"LORD, what do you want me to do?"


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Thursday, January 9, 2014

God's Will... Grace and Mercy for ALL

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from the 
AMPLIFIED BIBLE TRANSLATION

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Romans 11

Amplified Bible (AMP)

11 I ask then: Has God totally rejected and disowned His people? Of course not! Why, I myself am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, a member of the tribe of Benjamin!

No, God has not rejected and disowned His people [whose destiny] He had marked out and appointed and foreknown from the beginning. Do you not know what the Scripture says of Elijah, how he pleads with God against Israel?

Lord, they have killed Your prophets; they have demolished Your altars, and I alone am left, and they seek my life.

But what is God’s reply to him? I have kept for Myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal!

So too at the present time there is a remnant (a small believing minority), selected (chosen) by grace (by God’s unmerited favor and graciousness).

But if it is by grace (His unmerited favor and graciousness), it is no longer conditioned on works or anything men have done. Otherwise, grace would no longer be grace [it would be meaningless].

What then [shall we conclude]? Israel failed to obtain what it sought [God’s favor by obedience to the Law]. Only the elect (those chosen few) obtained it, while the rest of them became callously indifferent (blinded, hardened, and made insensible to it).

As it is written, God gave them a spirit (an attitude) of stupor, eyes that should not see and ears that should not hear, [that has continued] down to this very day.

And David says, Let their table (their feasting, banqueting) become a snare and a trap, a pitfall and a [a]just retribution [[b]rebounding like a boomerang upon them];

10 Let their eyes be darkened (dimmed) so that they cannot see, and make them bend their back [stooping beneath their burden] forever.

11 So I ask, Have they stumbled so as to fall [to their utter spiritual ruin, irretrievably]? By no means! But through their false step and transgression salvation [has come] to the Gentiles, so as to arouse Israel [to see and feel what they forfeited] and so to make them jealous.

12 Now if their stumbling (their lapse, their transgression) has so enriched the world [at large], and if [Israel’s] failure means such riches for the Gentiles, think what an enrichment and greater advantage will follow their full reinstatement!

13 But now I am speaking to you who are Gentiles. Inasmuch then as I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I lay great stress on my ministry and magnify my office,

14 In the hope of making my fellow Jews jealous [in order to stir them up to imitate, copy, and appropriate], and thus managing to save some of them.

15 For if their rejection and exclusion from the benefits of salvation were [overruled] for the reconciliation of a world to God, what will their acceptance and admission mean? [It will be nothing short of] life from the dead!

16 Now if the first handful of dough offered as the firstfruits [Abraham and the patriarchs] is consecrated (holy), so is the whole mass [the nation of Israel]; and if the root [Abraham] is consecrated (holy), so are the branches.

17 But if some of the branches were broken off, while you, a wild olive shoot, were grafted in among them to share the richness [of the root and sap] of the olive tree,

18 Do not boast over the branches and pride yourself at their expense. If you do boast and feel superior, remember it is not you that support the root, but the root [that supports] you.

19 You will say then, Branches were broken (pruned) off so that I might be grafted in!

20 That is true. But they were broken (pruned) off because of their unbelief (their lack of real faith), and you are established through faith [because you do believe]. So do not become proud and conceited, but rather stand in awe and be reverently afraid.

21 For if God did not spare the natural branches [because of unbelief], neither will He spare you [if you are guilty of the same offense].

22 Then note and appreciate the gracious kindness and the severity of God: severity toward those who have fallen, but God’s gracious kindness to you—provided you continue in His grace and abide in His kindness; otherwise you too will be cut off (pruned away).

23 And even those others [the fallen branches, Jews], if they do not persist in [clinging to] their unbelief, will be grafted in, for God has the power to graft them in again.

24 For if you have been cut from what is by nature a wild olive tree, and against nature grafted into a cultivated olive tree, how much easier will it be to graft these natural [branches] back on [the original parent stock of] their own olive tree.

25 Lest you be self-opinionated (wise in your own conceits), I do not want you to miss this hidden truth and mystery, brethren: a hardening (insensibility) has [temporarily] befallen a part of Israel [to last] until the [c]full number of the ingathering of the Gentiles has come in,

26 And so all Israel will be saved. As it is written, The Deliverer will come from Zion, He will banish ungodliness from Jacob.

27 And this will be My covenant (My agreement) with them when I shall take away their sins.

28 From the point of view of the Gospel (good news), they [the Jews, at present] are enemies [of God], which is for your advantage and benefit. But from the point of view of God’s choice (of election, of divine selection), they are still the beloved (dear to Him) for the sake of their forefathers.

29 For God’s gifts and His call are irrevocable. [He never withdraws them when once they are given, and He does not change His mind about those to whom He gives His grace or to whom He sends His call.]

30 Just as you were once disobedient and rebellious toward God but now have obtained [His] mercy, through their disobedience,

31 So they also now are being disobedient [when you are receiving mercy], that they in turn may one day, through the mercy you are enjoying, also receive mercy [that they may share the mercy which has been shown to you—through you as messengers of the Gospel to them].

32 For God has consigned (penned up) all men to disobedience, only that He may have mercy on them all [alike].

33 Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unfathomable (inscrutable, unsearchable) are His judgments (His decisions)! And how untraceable (mysterious, undiscoverable) are His ways (His methods, His paths)!

34 For who has known the mind of the Lord and who has understood His thoughts, or who has [ever] been His counselor?

35 Or who has first given God anything that he might be paid back or that he could claim a recompense?

36 For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. [For all things originate with Him and come from Him; all things live through Him, and all things center in and tend to consummate and to end in Him.] To Him be glory forever! Amen (so be it). 

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Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Real Christian Love

 Isaiah 66:13 - As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem.

 1 Thessalonians 2:7 CEB

although we could have thrown our weight around as Christ's apostles. Instead, we were gentle with you like a nursing mother caring for her own children.

John 13:34-35                 click picture for SERMON  

New King James Version (NKJV)
34 A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another. 35 By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.”

Friday, October 25, 2013

Courage and Encouragement in the Lord

Find courage through encouragement 
in the Lord and encourage others.
... from the study of Acts 16: 35-40
 [ Click the picture above to listen to this SERMON ]

Saturday, October 12, 2013

The Good News of Jesus is the Purpose of The Church

The Law alone will save no-one
Only Jesus Can Save.
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Not Superstar Preachers in Mega-Churches
But
The Message... The Gospel
The Good News
That
Jesus Christ
Left with his Disciples
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Friday, October 11, 2013

Faith Pleases God

FAITH
~~~
 Without Faith it is impossible to please God.
[ Click on the photo above to hear a short sermon ]

Thursday, August 8, 2013

Christianity is about CHANGE...

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God can choose any man to change and to use for his Glory!
Regardless of any previous background or condition,
whether they be Jew or Gentile, even Pagans, Muslims, and sinners against the Faith, when God chooses to direct your destiny to fulfill His Holy will, no man can deny His sovereignty.
God is God.
Remember Saul of Tarsus, later named Paul, was converted to follow Jesus Christ and to lead others in discipleship after he had been guilty of persecuting Christians.
God is all powerful and we must trust Him to judge remembering His ways are NOT like man.

Click on the picture above to hear the sermon taken from ACTS, delivered by Pastor Jim Cymbala 
at Brooklyn Tabernacle.

Sunday, August 4, 2013

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Sermon to play.
HEAR...
(Pastor Cymballa of Brooklyn Tabernacle)

Wednesday, July 17, 2013

The Book of ACTS

Kerygma: Preaching/Message/Proclamation
Didache: Apostles Doctrine/Teachings/Instructions

In the Book of ACTS, the message through descriptive stories are 
Accompanied by Signs and Wonders.

The message proclaims the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus.
As disciples we are to boldly lift up the name of JESUS and proclaim who He is.


Sunday, May 12, 2013

Are YOU my brother... my sister... ?

This IS a WORD for anyone who believes they are a Christian.

Click on the Picture to hear the SERMON from today. Philippians 2: 25