Emmanuel Glorified We Live in the Presence of the LORD our King
Our first scripture this morning comes from Paul’s letter to the Corinthians, his first letter, chapter 15, beginning with the 35th verse. But someone will ask, ‘How are the dead raised? With what kind of body do they come?’ You foolish person! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies. And what you sow is not the body that is to be but a bare kernel, perhaps of wheat or of some other grain. But God gives…
Emmanuel The Holy Spirit Sanctifies us to be New Tabernacles
If you’ll turn with me in your Bibles, our first scripture passage comes from the prophet Joel in chapter 2. Beginning with the 28th verse, Joel writes: ‘And it shall come to pass afterward that I will pour out my spirit on all flesh; your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, and your young men shall see visions. Even on the male and female servants, in those days I will pour out my spirit.…
Emmanuel Jesus Christ Restores Us to the Father
If you would please turn with me in your Bibles, our first scripture passage this morning comes from Matthew chapter 1, beginning with the 18th verse. Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way: when his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together, she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit. And her husband Joseph, being a just man and unwilling to put her to shame, resolved to divorce
Emmanuel But We’re Not With God | Sermon on Ezekiel 10
Our first scripture this morning comes from the book of First Kings, chapter nine, beginning with the sixth verse. Please turn with me in your bibles. This is the Lord speaking to Solomon following the dedication of the temple: ‘But if you turn aside from following me, you or your children, and do not keep my commandments and my statutes that I have set before you, but go and serve other gods and worship them, then I will cut off…
Children of God Sunday – The Man Born Blind (John 9) | Sermon on Chapter 9
Our principle scripture for this morning that the kids will be getting to learn from is John chapter nine. It is the entire chapter, so if you will turn with me. As Jesus passed by, he saw a man blind from birth, and his disciples asked him, ‘Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?’ Jesus answered, ‘It was not that this man sinned or his parents, but that the works of God might be…
Emmanuel The Temple of the LORD
Our first scripture this morning comes from the book of Second Samuel. If you’ll turn with me in your Bibles to chapter seven beginning with the first verse. Now when the king lived in his house and the Lord had given him rest from all his surrounding enemies, the king said to Nathan the prophet, ‘See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwells in a tent.’ And Nathan said to the king, ‘Go,…
Emmanuel The Tabernacle of the LORD
Our scripture today comes from the book of Exodus. So if you’ll please turn with me in your Bibles, we will begin with Exodus 25, verses 1 through 9. The Lord said to Moses, “Speak to the people of Israel that they take for me a contribution from every man whose heart moves him. You shall receive the contribution for me and this is the contribution that you shall receive from them: gold, silver, and bronze; blue and purple and…
Emmanuel Walking in the cool of the day with the LORD
If you’ll turn with me in your Bibles this morning, we’re going back towards the beginning, covering territory again but saying different things, looking at things slightly differently. Turning first to Genesis chapter 2, beginning with the eighth verse: ‘And the Lord God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, and there He put the man whom He had formed. And out of the ground the Lord God made to spring up every tree that is pleasant to the…
Pastor Joseph reading the Declaration of Independence
Long ago, before the days of Murrow and Cronkite and Dan Rather, and any of these nameless people who are on TV today, when news was needed to be shared, it was brought and read in church. There was a time in the not so distant past where everybody was in church on Sunday morning. In some places, it was law; in others, it was because of their faith and their fervent desire to hear the word of God. The…
Responding to Our LORD The Hour of Decision | Sermon on Joshua 24:14-25
Our first text today comes from the book of Joshua, chapter 24. If you would please turn with me in your Bibles, we will be beginning at the 14th verse. Joshua is speaking to the gathered elders of Israel, saying: ‘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 in Egypt, and serve the Lord. And if it is evil in your eyes to…
Responding to Our LORD Thou Shalt | Sermon on Exodus 19:3
Our first scripture passage should be very familiar to all of us because I read it last week and added a little bit more this week. But please turn with me in your Bibles to Exodus. We’re actually going to start a little bit further back in chapter 19, with the third verse. And yes, what I am reading sounds different than it looks on the screen because I am reading this, as I did last week, from the King…
Respounding to our LORD The Law of God | Sermon on Exodus 20:1-20, Matthew 22:34-40
Our first scripture passage this morning comes from the book of Exodus and is, hopefully, quite familiar to many of us. Exodus chapter 20, beginning with verse 1. If you return with me in your Bibles, ‘And God spake all these words, saying, ‘I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Thou shalt have no other gods before me. Thou shalt not make unto thee any…