When He Had Opened the Book

"And He came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up: and, as His custom was, He went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read.  And there was delivered unto Him the book of the prophet Esaias, and when He had opened the book, He found the place where …

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God Spoke All These Words…

"And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they removed, and stood afar off. And they said unto Moses, 'Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die.' And Moses …

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The Children of Israel Shall Come

"In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together, going and weeping: they shall go, and seek the LORD their God. They shall ask the way to Zion with their faces thitherward, saying, Come, and let us join ourselves to the LORD …

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When GOD Visits His People

And the people believed: and when they heard that the LORD had visited the children of Israel, and that He had looked upon their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshipped. Exodus 4:31 (KJV) Israel has at this point been in Egyptian captivity for 400 years. They have cried out to the LORD to intervene …

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Zion’s Deliverance and Deliverer

“But upon Mount Zion shall be deliverance, and there shall be holiness; and the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions. And the house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau for stubble, and they shall kindle in them, and devour them; and there …

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The Wrath to Come

"For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ, who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with Him." 1 Thessalonians 5:9-10 (KJV) This letter from Paul the apostle to the Thessalonian Church was written to encourage and comfort them.  They …

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Deliverance is Coming

But upon Mount Zion shall be deliverance, and there shall be holiness; and the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions." Obadiah 1:17 (KJV) Mount Zion for the Jew was and is a place of hope, peace, the presence of God the LORD.  Of course this is speaking of Jerusalem which sits on a hill …

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GOD Disciplines His People

"And when the LORD saw that they humbled themselves, the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah, saying, They have humbled themselves; therefore I will not destroy them, but I will grant them some deliverance; and My wrath shall not be poured out upon Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak. Nevertheless they shall be his …

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Romans 5:1-11 What Happens When People Get Right With God

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN PEOPLE GET RIGHT WITH GOD Romans 5:1-11 OUTLINE – I. THEY HAVE PEACE WITH GOD (v. 1). II. THEY HAVE ACCESS TO GOD (v. 2a). III. THEY HAVE A GLORIOUS HOPE (v. 2b). IV. THEY HAVE A DEVELOPING CHRISTIAN CHARACTER (vv. 3-4). V. THEY HAVE GOD’S LOVE WITHIN (vv. 5-8). VI. THEY …

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