Weekly Sabbath Sermon

Jonah’s story challenges assumptions. Assumptions about what it means to be “chosen”… not a free ticket but a responsibility. Assumptions about the power of human freedom within the framework of prophecy and the will of God.

Jonah 1:1  this verse allows us to find Jonah in 1 Kings 14:23-25 . He came from a town in northern Israel on the south coast of the sea of Galilee near Nazareth. He appears to be a part of the company of prophets surrounding the king of the norther tribes… Jeroboam II. The time frame would be 780 BC.... about 50 years before northern Israel would fall to the Assyrians.

God wants us to know and understand Him through 1) what He does (hesed, exercises kindness, grace, mercy) and 2) what He says (guidelines for justice and righteousness). However, most professing Christians (Catholic, Protestant, Orthodox) insist that God must be understood in a very different manner... the trinity. Get a FREE copy of our eBook "Is God a Trinity?" Full details are at this link: htt...

There is no explicit command for us to wear certain types of clothing to Sabbath services. Jackets... ties... robes... togas... tunics... dresses... pantyhose... sandals. God leaves us to our own devices in inventing different ways to dress. How we dress (especially for special occasions) comes and goes as the decades and centuries roll by. Given enough time jackets and ties will disappear… but th...

The Creator made the Sabbath for multiple functions: it is a day of instruction, it is a prophetic shadow of things passed, and things yet to come, and it is a sign of recognition between the Most High God and the people He is working with.

Regarding the time of His return, Jesus teaches readiness and vigilance. Then He hints that it comes suddenly after a long long time... and as a thief in the night.

The relevance of the day of Atonement for new covenant believers is covered in the book of Hebrews. It directly addresses two of the four main themes of the day. Get a FREE copy of our eBook "What Really Happens After Death?" Full details are at this link: http://eepurl.com/ddB0yb The Day of Atonement Has Meaning For Our Time Hebrew 9:8-10 - one of the features of the day of atonement is: our pres...

Resurrection from the dead and the gift of eternal life is the “hope” of all mankind. To no longer fear or anticipate death. The scriptures teach that ALL will be raised (John 5:28) but that there is an order in which the dead will be resurrected. The Feast of Trumpets celebrates and proclaims the resurrection of those who are in Christ at His return. the resurrection of the just… the better resur...

Joel uses a contemporary plague of locusts to issue a general call to repentance in light of the coming Day of the Lord. Get a FREE copy of our eBook "The Horsemen of the Apocalypse" Full details are at this link: http://eepurl.com/ddAzcX the trumpet calls the believers to the sacred assembly. To consider the terrifying things they have heard and seen... to repent and seek deliverance. Those who m...

Today, lets look at prayer as a form of self discipline. We'll discuss some helpful techniques to improve and focus your prayer life and then a brief discussion on the content or prayers. Get a FREE copy of our eBook "What Really Happens After Death?" Full details are at this link: http://eepurl.com/ddB0yb Photos by Unknown author is licensed under CC BY-NC.​ https://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...

The battles between the king of the north and the king of the south is the longest and most detailed of the prophetic visions given to Daniel. It adds detail to previous visions but without the symbolism or riddle. The focus of the vision is the person who will rise up at the end time... a.k.a. the man of lawlessness, the anti-Christ, the beast. Here is a link to the handout used in the message -...

Sins of hostility and enmity are about how we think about others. Do we think of a treat others as friends, or enemies... are they family or are they rivals? This applies within the Church and outside the Church. If God is going to raise you up to be seated with Christ and assist Him in the millennial rule and beyond... you have to build a positive outlook towards others. Get a FREE copy of our eB...

Holiness can be undermined by bitterness… leading to defilement… leading us to becoming godless and profane. Along the way I’m going to add definition to: Holiness - set apart for a God given purpose Bitterness - focusing on the negative Defilement - caused by disobedience Profane - unable to see, unwilling to acknowledge God’s purpose The path from holy to profane, is a path from life with purpos...

Sexual immorality is a top priority among the sin lists of Paul. Those who are not working to overcome all the items on these sin lists will not have a place in the kingdom of God. Pay attention to the prominence of sexual sins. Get a FREE copy of our eBook "What Really Happens After Death?" Full details are at this link: http://eepurl.com/ddB0yb The 7th commandment is the beginning of our Creator...

On all these sins of the tongue I hope that looking into the meaning helps you identify and avoid “sins of the tongue”. They are... Deceit​ Whispering​ Backbiting​ Reproach​ Reviling​ Clamor​ Hater of God​ Evil Speaking​ Filthy​ talk Foolish​ talk Jesting​ Get a FREE copy of our eBook "What Really Happens After Death?" Full details are at this link: http://eepurl.com/ddB0yb

The apostle Paul is known for providing interesting lists of spiritual virtues and vices commonly known as “the sin lists”. There are 8 of these sin lists. Your bible contains other such lists but I’m limiting myself to these 8 sin lists. In this message we will cover the category of quarreling. Which is: strife, self-ambition, sedition, heresy, conceits, and tumults. The multiple and different wo...

The sin we are to remove from our lives is defined by God's word. It covers a wide span of human behavior; word, action, thought, attitudes, omission, ignorance, and conscience. Get a FREE copy of our eBook "What Really Happens After Death?" Full details are at this link: http://eepurl.com/ddB0yb In this message we will cover: Defining Sin Sin & Law Sin and Choice: Living According to the Spir...

Since the very beginning there has been opposition to God's truth and His church. Some opponents even make the bold claim that Jesus death by crucifixion never happened. Get a FREE copy of our eBook "What Really Happens After Death?" Full details are at this link: http://eepurl.com/ddB0yb The scriptural record combined with the Romans records of history indicate Jesus death came to pass by crucifi...

Mary Magdalene knew she owed Jesus a lot… everything really. He saved her from torment… He saved her from death… and now He had opened up the door to life everlasting. .. she saw Him raised from the dead… and she will see Him again. Get a FREE copy of our eBook "What Really Happens After Death?" Full details are at this link: http://eepurl.com/ddB0yb As a human being… Mary Magdalene was nobody spe...

The letters to the 7 Churches of the book of Revelation show different attributes of Christ as the head of the church. Get a FREE copy of our eBook "Jesus Christ: The Real Story" Full details are at this link: http://eepurl.com/glCjCD Revelation chapters 2 & 3 contain messages written for and sent to the 7 Churches: Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamos, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea. ▶ Eac...

The biblical holy days are presented to us as 3 seasons of harvest, two grain harvests in spring and early summer, then a produce harvest in the fall. The first festival season is Passover and Unleavened Bread, the second is the Feast of Weeks, the final is the Festival of Tabernacles. The United Church of God teaches that the second grain harvest… the harvest of wheat which happens at the same ti...

The 70 weeks prophecy is the essential prophecy of the bible: ◾ It ties into Persian history with the proclamation which allows us to figure out the start of the countdown ◾ It provides numbers that allow us to predict when events would happen ◾ These numbers correspond to the time of the crucifixion which then mesh with the 3 days and 3 nights, the holy day sequence, and the lunar solar calend...

In the year 538 BC. the prophet Daniel was watching the ancient prophecy of Judah's return from Babylon after 70 years of captivity come to pass before his very eyes! We might expect Daniel's prayer to be filled with joy and thanksgiving... but he responds with a prayer confession the sins of Israel and requesting merciful forgiveness. This is a model for us. Get a FREE copy of our eBook "What Rea...

The Word who was God and was with God became flesh and blood and lived like one of us. But how can a God become a human being ? Many people stumble and become confused about the person and life of Jesus. “Was he a real human being just like us… or was he a human being with incredible super powers?” Or “when He was a human being, was He still God?” Get a FREE copy of our eBook "What Really Happens...

What does the bible say about Jesus' mission and purpose as Messiah . Out of the tens of thousands Jesus reached, He was misunderstood and rejected by almost everyone. Only 120 people were there when the Church of God began with the receipt of the holy spirit. There was much misunderstanding among those who listened to Jesus about what the mission and purpose of the messiah was. Today, we still ha...