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In Part 2 of "The Last Days," we continue to look at the Prophetic study of the Last Days viewing history in light of future Eschatology (the study of Christ's Second Coming) and all that had been written for our admonition. We will take time to study this fascinating chapter that even those closest to Jesus, while He was on earth, were so ignorant regarding His plan to return and establish His Ki...

In this life, we are aware of various kinds of authority given unto society. We have parental authority, civil authority, political authority, law enforcement authority, and employer authority. Yet, the most significant authority is the authority that comes from our Creator, God Alone. It is this authority that fallen people reject and are ignorant. Jesus' teachings are for the good of all the wor...

Last week, we ended with the declaration that Peter made to Jesus that He is The Christ, The Son of The Living God. Jesus told Peter that the only way he would know this was by direct revelation from God. We are all confronted daily with the Truth that Jesus is Lord of all, yet we live at times as though He isn't. For us, like Peter, we have to experience daily encounters with the Truth given to u...

Jesus' ministry is growing and impacting many lives, and His signs and wonders fame is spreading quickly. John the Baptist is in prison and he wanted confirmation that Jesus truly is the Messiah. John was probably anticipating the coming Kingdom of God and wondering why he is still in prison. Faith is weakened by our unbelief. We at times wonder if Jesus has all power and why do we find ourselves...

This morning, we celebrate the glorious resurrection of Jesus from the dead, manifested by the empty tomb, and having over 500 eye witnesses of His physical body now alive. This event in human history signifies that God our Creator, has nothing but good things ahead for all who trust in Christ alone for the forgiveness of sin. Without the Resurrection, we would have no hope for anything beyond the...

The key events that Christians believe and follow are the crucifixion, death, burial, resurrection and ascension of Jesus Christ. This is our Salvation History! Today, we will look at and review beginning with Palm Sunday, what is known throughout the world as Holy Week. The prophetical fulfillment of Jesus' public ministry through His Suffering, Death and Glorious Resurrection. Glory To Jesus Chr...

Everyday, we are challenged by two opposing directions to daily living. One concerns how we measure the sins of others in relationship to our own lives. We also have great need of knowing how to discern between motives for prayer and asking God for help persistently. How do we treat others? Do we understand reciprocity and it's impact on outcomes in personal relationships? Everything regarding per...

Jesus knows how we are wired and He takes some of the most basic conflicts we can have in life and simplifies the right focus. As people, we know the importance of having resources to survive, provide for our families, and also enjoy life. The struggle most of us have is worry. We worry that we may not have what we need. Jesus knows investments better than any financial planner. He describes how w...

Jesus continues to teach the Sermon On The Mount to His followers. The specific focus is The Lord's teaching on the motive of the heart in our giving, praying, and fasting. These spiritual foundational blocks are part of preparing our hearts for experiencing God's grace. Jesus is making the distinction of what needs to be occurring within our hearts when we give, pray and fast. He warns of the pri...

Today, we continue with the Sermon On The Mount. Jesus continues His message in how to live as Children of God and Children of The Light. There is an expectation that is reflected on Jesus being clear regarding sin and attitudes we have when we don't follow the teachings of Jesus. He truly has saved us to become like Him in all our daily dealings with life and people. We cannot live as Christ live...

Working through the Sermon On The Mount, we are face-to-face with the reality of how we all have personally broken God's Holy Law. The fact that Jesus tells us that our motives and thoughts, aside from our actions, are recognized as breaking the law and are sinful. God gave us His Law to prevent us from destroying our lives and suffering the painful consequences of disobedience to His Word. Truly...

Jesus teaching in this section of scripture describes the inability of sinners to obtain perfection by their own efforts. We evaluate our self-efforts to achieve God's standards by what we don't do that is sinful. However, Jesus says it's not only the act of sin, but the thought of sin that is harbored within our hearts that declares us guilty of breaking His law. Jesus never said the law had no b...

The Beatitudes are the teachings of Jesus on the true meaning of being a Christian. When we read these nine principles of being blessed, and happy in our daily lives, we learn our heart needs to become like the heart of Jesus. The teaching is deep and goes to the core of why we have so many human self-centered attitudes that circumvent the life of Christ who dwells in the hearts of believers. We n...

Jesus has begun to preach the Gospel and as He is moving about Capernaum He begins to specifically call certain fishermen. Jesus had a plan for each of these men to learn to become disciples of His ministry. These men became followers and students of Christ's Way of ministry. What's interesting is that as Jesus called them they immediately left what they were doing and followed Him. There was no l...

The Sunday before Christmas, we find ourselves studying the watch care of The Father for His Son. So many evidences in Matthew Chapter 2 regarding the perfect all knowing discernment of The Father in preventing His only begotten Son from being killed. The enemy cannot take Christ's life, only Christ has the power to lay down His life and take it up again. The evil plan of Satan was to take Christ'...

The Miraculous Virgin Birth is one of the key elements of Christ being born fully God and fully man. The Incarnation, God the Son, becoming fully human so He could reconcile us as sinners to to The Father. Christ had to be born apart from the seed of man as sin came forth through the man, Adam. If Christ was a descendant of Adam, it would not be possible for Him to be our Savior from sin. As in Ad...

Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful. Missionary from Macedonia Phillip Jackson. Throughout my life, I have seen God do big things through prayer. But personally, I have struggled with cynicism , inconsistency, and distraction. Today, we will consider ways that we can apply God's Word and Paul's admonition to "Devote Ourselves To Prayer." I'll share personally how God is helpin...

The Lord Jesus faces one of the greatest tests apart from the cross showing us He is all powerful. The temptations He endured and overcame were based upon the lust of the eye, the lust of the flesh, and the pride of life; things we are all tempted by in daily life. The temptations were very similar to what the enemy used in the garden to tempt Adam and Eve. The way out and through temptation is us...

The beginning of Jesus' earthly ministry began the day He was Baptized. The Holy Trinity is seen participating together: Father, Son and Holy Spirit as Jesus is baptized. The reality of why Christ was born will now be manifest to the entire world and all of human history. That Christ alone fulfills all righteousness by His very life, God being manifest in the flesh, in His human life. Jesus didn't...

Today we are continuing our study through God's Word picking up after 400 years of silence since the book of Malachi. Much was occurring with the nation of Israel, yet God was silent. It is believed Matthew the tax collector was the author of this book. This book was written to the Jewish people prior to the destruction of the temple in AD 70. The main theme is to present Jesus Christ as the Messi...

Today we study God's heart regarding sharing the wealth He has given to us. Israel really lost focus with regard to their personal relationship with the God, who miraculously delivered them from bondage. Malachi discusses how God sees and challenges Israel to realize the privilege and responsibility they have to invest in God's Kingdom. God has given the principle of sowing and reaping throughout...

We know from Bible history the first messenger preparing the way of the Lord was John The Baptist at Christ's first coming. He had a message of Repentance. The second messenger is believed to be Elijah, prior to Christ's Second Coming. When Christ returns prior to His actual Second Coming, the World will experience what is called The Day of The Lord. In this section of scripture, we see the coming...

The Nation of Israel's habitual problem, the further they fell away from God the greater the moral decline. Through intermarriage with pagan foreign women and arbitrarily divorcing the wives of their youth they aligned themselves with the deceptions of the devil. Just like we see the culture today Israel rebelled against God's spiritual foundational divine institution of marriage. Living with indi...

In the days of Israel's long journey throughout Old Testament History, we have learned from their example. They were rebellious, unyielding, forgot God's judgements, and mercy. They were given help and after God delivered they would forget His mercy presuming upon His Grace. The people, along with the Spiritual leaders and the Priests, would take their relationship with God casually; cutting corne...

We continue today to reflect on the offenses the priest's made in not offering to The Lord the best offering. Because of their hearts of spiritual declension and apathy, their ministry was rejected by God. However, The Lord is always merciful as He corrects His people to repent and confess their wrongs so He can restore them to His work and that they would once again have the joy of their salvatio...