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The Cost of Closer Luke 9:23-27 Tim Nay Part of Closer - A Study in Luke February 25, 2024 23 And he said to all, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. —Luke 9:23 Having God come close is a choice 14 “Now therefore fear the Lord and serve him in sincerity and in faithfulness. Put away the gods that your fathers served beyond the River and i...

Closer In Our "Bondage" - Luke 8 Mike Maglish Part of Closer - A Study in Luke February 18, 2024 5 Things We Learn About the Authority of Jesus 1 Soon afterward he went on through cities and villages, proclaiming and bringing the good news of the kingdom of God. And the twelve were with him, 2 and also some women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary, called Magdalene...

Closer In Our Doubt Luke 7 Mike Maglish Part of Closer - A Study in Luke February 11, 2024 18 The disciples of John reported all these things to him. And John, 19 calling two of his disciples to him, sent them to the Lord, saying, “Are you the one who is to come, or shall we look for another?” 20 And when the men had come to him, they said, “John the Baptist has sent us to you, saying, ‘Are you th...

Faultfinders Finding Friendship - Luke 6 Luke 6:1-11, 37-42 Part of Closer - A Study in Luke February 4, 2024 CLOSER SERIES  Faultfinders Finding Friendship  by Tim Nay On a Sabbath, while he was going through the grainfields, his disciples plucked and ate some heads of grain, rubbing them in their hands. 2 But some of the Pharisees said, “Why are you doing what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath?...

In Our Work Luke 5:1-11 Tim Nay Part of Closer - A Study in Luke January 28, 2024 1 On one occasion, while the crowd was pressing in on him to hear the word of God, he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret, 2 and he saw two boats by the lake, but the fishermen had gone out of them and were washing their nets. 3 Getting into one of the boats, which was Simon’s, he asked him to put out a little fro...

Sympathetic Jesus Luke 4:1-30 Mike Maglish Part of Closer - A Study in Luke January 21, 2024 1 And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness 2 for forty days, being tempted by the devil. And he ate nothing during those days. And when they were ended, he was hungry. —Luke 4:1-2 God chose temptation Temptation #1  Turning Stones to Bread (vs...

Prepare for Jesus to Come Near Luke 3:1-22 Tim Nay Part of Closer - A Study in Luke January 14, 2024 In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene, 2 during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the wor...

Closer: An Overview of the Book of Luke Book of Luke Mike Maglish Part of Closer - A Study in Luke January 7, 2024 Synoptic Gospels (Sun = Together and Opsis = Seeing)  Matthew - King  Mark - Servant  Luke - Man  John - God  Luke focuses on the God - man Paul’s Doctor and Travel Companion (II Tim 4:11 & Phil 1:23-24)  An Historian  Author of Luke/Acts (27.5% of the New Testament)  A Gentile  1...

Spiritual Workout 1 Timothy 4:7-8 Tim Nay Part of Spiritual DisciplinesSpiritual workout December 31, 2023 Spiritual Workout  1 Timothy 4:7-8  Speaker: Tim Nay  6 if you put these things before the brothers, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, being trained in the words of the faith and of the goood doctrine that you have followed. 7 Have nothing to do with irreverent, silly myths. Rather...

The Song of Blessing Luke 2:27-28 Mike Maglish Part of Original Christmas Carols Strength for the Holidays December 24, 2023 27 And he came in the Spirit into the temple, and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him according to the custom of the Law, 28 he took him up in his arms and blessed God —Luke 2:27-2864 And immediately his mouth was opened and his tongue loosed, and he s...

Peace by Giving God Glory Luke 2:14 Tim Nay Part of Original Christmas CarolsStrength for the Holidays December 17, 2023 8 And in the same region there were shepherds out in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. 9 And an angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were filled with great fear. 10 And the angel said to them, “Fear not, for...

The Song of Salvation Luke 1:5-25; 67-80 Mike Maglish Part of Original Christmas CarolsStrength for the Holidays December 10, 2023 5 In the days of Herod, king of Judea, there was a priest named Zechariah, of the division of Abijah. And he had a wife from the daughters of Aaron , and her name was Elizabeth. 6 And they were both righteous before God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and...

Strength for the Holidays Luke 1:26-56 Tim Nay Part of Original Christmas Carols Strength for the Holidays December 3, 2023 39 In those days Mary arose and went with haste into the hill country, to a town in Judah, 40 and she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth. 41 And when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, the baby leaped in her womb. And Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Sp...

Thankful for Kingdom Builders Romans 16:1-6 Mike Maglish Part of Identity A Study in Romans November 26, 2023 Kingdom Builders Give selflessly I commend to you our sister Phoebe, a servant of the church at Cenchreae, 2 that you may welcome her in the Lord in a way worthy of the saints, and help her in whatever she may need from you, for she has been a patron of many and of myself as well. —Romans...

Which Hill Should I Die On? Romans 14-15:7 Mike Maglish Part of Identity A Study in Romans November 19, 2023 OPINIONS  Music Style/Preferences  Politics (Jesus is on my side. Vote like me)  Playing Cards  Technology  How we spend our money  Church Structure  Holidays (Should we celebrate them)  Women’s Role in the church  Eschatology  Election Vs Free Will  Biblical Translations As for the one who...

God's Representatives Romans 13:1-14 Tim Nay Part of Identity A Study in Romans November 12, 2023 Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God. —Romans 13:1 No authority gets into office, without God’s allowance First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and tha...

Transformed Into Being Merciful Romans 12 Tim Nay Part of Identity A Study in Romans November 5, 2023 22 Note then the kindness and the severity of God: severity toward those who have fallen, but God’s kindness to you, provided you continue in his kindness. Otherwise you too will be cut off. —Romans 11:22 Mercy - Not Getting What You Do Deserve Grace - Getting What You Do Not Deserve I appeal to y...

We Are A People of Praise Romans 9-11 Mike Maglish Part of Identity A Study in Romans October 29, 2023 Mercy - Compassion or forgiveness shown toward someone whom it is within one’s power to punish or harm.  “Lord, do not hold this sin against them.” —Acts 7:606 But it is not as though the word of God has failed. For not all who are descended from Israel belong to Israel —Romans 9:630 What shall w...

The Train - The Destination Romans 7-8 Mike Maglish Part of Identity-A Study in RomansOctober 22, 2023 5 For while we were living in the flesh, our sinful passions, aroused by the law, were at work in our members to bear fruit for death. 6 But now we are released from the law, having died to that which held us captive, so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit and not in the old way of the wri...

Having Power Over Sin Romans 6 Tim Nay Part of IdentityA Study in Romans October 15, 2023 17 But thanks be to God, that you who were once slaves of sin have become obedient from the heart to the standard of teaching to which you were committed, —Romans 6:17What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound? 2 By no means! How can we who died to sin still live in it? 3 Do you n...

Peace & Joy Romans 5:1-11 Tim Nay Part of Identity A Study in Romans October 8, 2023 1 Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. 2 Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God. 3 Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering...

Let's be fair...Romans 3:21-26 Mike Maglish Part of IdentityA Study in Romans October 1, 2023 Justice: The maintenance or administration of what is JUST - Especially by the impartial adjustment of conflicting claims or the assignment of merited rewards or punishments.  See: Administration of law “Never pray for justice, because you might get some.”  — Margaret Atwood 21 But now the righteousn...

Knowing Our True Problem Romans 2-3:20 Mike Maglish Part of IdentityA Study in Romans September 24, 2023 Therefore you have no excuse, O man , every one of you who judges. For in passing judgment on another you condemn yourself, because you, the judge, practice the very same things. 2 We know that the judgment of God rightly falls on those who practice such things. 3 Do you suppose, O man —you who...

Self-Centered Identity Romans 1:18-32 Tim Nay Part of Identity A Study in Romans September 17, 2023 What does the Gospel save us from? Identifying ourselves as King 18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth. 19 For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them....

We Have a Gospel Identity Romans 1:16-17 Tim Nay Part of Identity A Study in Romans September 10, 2023 16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. 17 For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith, as it is written, “The righteous shall live by faith.” —Romans 1:16-178 but God...