Flooding Creek (FCCC)

Intro Pyramids & Righteousness. I’m going to focus on Is 46:12-13 Quick Overview You might think that if the Babylonians are coming to defeath Israel (as God has promised) the surely their gods must be worth something right? Maybe they’re powerful? No. If you took their idols, they would go into exile…

Intro Teh Bible is unequivocal about God’s power and authority. It is absolutley clear. It does not hide it. The Scriptures clearly proclaim “God is Sovreign over everything” Now to what extent is God sovereign? What does it mean that God is sovereign? Is he sovereign like King Charles? Who is realy…

Intro The LORD Chooses His People (v1-5) “But now hear, O Jacob my servant, Israel whom I have chosen! Thus says the Lord who made you, who formed you from the womb and will help you: Fear not, O Jacob my servant, Jeshurun whom I have chosen. This is a comfort and a blessing Being chosen people is a…

Intro Fear not, for I am with you (v1-7) But now thus says the Lord , he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel: “Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine. When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm…

Intro If you get an opportunity to evangelise a follower of Judaism a key place to go to is these later parts of Isaiah. There are many beutiful prophecies here that are directly fulfilled by Jesus who is the prophesied Servant. For some Jews, hearing about these things is eye opening because it was…

Intro Context - North Fallen, Judah threatened. Looking forward to what God will do in the future for his people. Poetic language, uses metaphore and similie. The passage has 4 main parts, but the 3rd part is longer and has sections of it’s own. It’s a longer chapter, so let me hit the main things, and…

Intro Annecdote Recap History is going somewhere! Plan of Salvation Jesus returns Last Battle Resurrection Judgement Day and now... The World Destroyed and Remade - First Attempt The desctruction and renewing of the world has been attempted before. (not throwing shade) The World was made good, very good!…

Intro Recap: Jesus is coming back to wrap up this world and bring in the next He’s coming after periods of tribualtion and rebellion, there could be more to come. Jesus will decend from heaven, his people will meet him in the air, and then he will come to the earth for Judgment day. Now as a reminder,…

Intro The end of the world is a facinating topic to delve into. The world ending is the subject of many a movie and book. The apocalyptic is irresistable for our consideration. The Materialist throws out his projection of the end of the world to a billion years, when the sun expands sufficiently to burn…

Text: 12 “So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.” ( Matthew 7:12 ESV) Main Point: Outside Christ the Golden Rule is crushing; Inside Christ the Golden Rule is freeing. Outline: Introduction Universality of the Golden Rule Rabbi Shammai…

Intro This letter, Written by John the Apostle (johannes) Probably written from Ephesus is modern day Turkyie Probably written later in his life to the church to encourage them in their faith. We’ll shortly see how he encouraged them. John wrote a Gospel and the Reveleation of Jesus Christ. Concerning…

Introduction Exegetical Point: Through providence Paul was protected and enabled to keep working for Jesus. Homiletic Point: Be ready to work in uncomfortable circumstances for Jesus. Where we’ve been: What happened before Paul was imprisoned? We’re jumping into Acts this morning. It’s always a little…

Intro Closing out Hebrews Jesus is greater than the greatest things of Old Jesus fulfils the OT temple system, he’s our new High Priest We have been warned to remain faithful - 3 times We have been called to endurance under trial, to follow the example of the past Saints - the heroes of the faith. Despite…

Introduction We are coming to the end of Hebrews. Next week is our last Sermon! It’s taken us a couple years to get here. In this later part of this New testament letter we have been making our way through the “Hall of Faith” then dwelling on the way that Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith,…

Intro As we have been praying, we see the trials and diffucylties that you face. We have also seen the sinful ways people treat the body of Christ, and so I felt that before God i had a responsibility to speak to these issues. As a pastor, a shepherd, I have to shepherd you toward righteousness. Toward…

Intro Two options. Two ways to live. Two Mountains For you have not come to what may be touched, a blazing fire and darkness and gloom and a tempest and the sound of a trumpet and a voice whose words made the hearers beg that no further messages be spoken to them. Recipients of a spiritual kingdom For…

Intro Trees grown without wind are weak. Trees without wind collapse under their own weight, Wind causes thicker trunks, core strength, deeper roots and grow talkler. Everything about trees that make them better is caused by the stress of the wind. So if you ahte your tree, keep it out of the wind. It…

Intro End of the Hall of Faith Faith is active - these people lived it out and acted on the basis of God’s Word. But their faith was pointing somewhere - to a Hope that bouyed them along even when they suffered greatly. Have Faith in the midst of Suffering Women received back their dead by resurrection.…

Introduction Let me tell you a story. This is a story that has been pieced together by reading letters from two Russian teenagers in 1960s Soviet Russia. Their names are Maria and Varia The two Russian teenagers had once been schoolmates in a Communist boarding school. Varia, a member of the Communist…

Intro A reminder about the nature of our Christian faith: But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who have faith and preserve their souls. Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. For by it the people of old received their commendation.…