The minister should begin the service of worship by calling the congregation, consistent with the Scriptures below, to the public, corporate, and reverent worship of God. After the call, the minister should invite the congregation to begin its worship by standing and singing a hymn of praise to God, proclaiming the glories of His person… Read More Call to Worship

Nehemiah Outline Basic events:  It is 445 BC, 13 years after Ezra’s reforms and 93 years after Jews under Cyrus the Great first returned from Exile in 538 BC. Artaxerxes is ruling in his 20th year and Nehemiah, a Jew, is serving as his cupbearer in the capital, Susa, where Esther’s beauty pageant had been held under… Read More Nehemiah Outline

Nehemiah Basics & Background Theme:  The Lord preserves and protects His people and accomplishes His redemptive purposes through responsible human agents at all levels of social position and power; His people have a special covenantal relationship with Him and need to reform in worship and daily living under His law. Basic events:  Nehemiah, a Jew,… Read More Nehemiah: Basics & Background

Matthew 3 In those days came John the Baptist: Jesus and John both virtually silent for 30 years – except for Jesus’ disputing with teachers in temple, Lk. 2:46 John possibly born and raised in nearby Hebron, – a city of priests and of refuge in the hill country of Judea, (Jos 11:21; 21:11, 13),… Read More Matthew 3

Matthew 2:1-12 Herod ruled the Jews at the time Jesus was born and was threatened by a new “king of the Jews.”  Gentile magi – wise men from the east – sought out the new King. We ought to trust in God’s word and His promises. OT prophecies are being fulfilled. 1.     Bethlehem of Judea – … Read More Matthew 2:1-12

Matthew 1 Introduction: General Outline vs. 1-17:         The Jewish pedigree of Jesus Christ – Abraham’s Seed appears vs. 18-25:       The Divine pedigree of Jesus Christ – God’s prophecy fulfilled The book of the generation:  “book” refers at least to the catalogue Matthew gives in the first half of the first chapter.  It… Read More Matthew 1

MATTHEW OVERVIEW I.      1st Narrative:  Chs. 1 – 4                 Introduction to Jesus Christ Teaching:  Chs. 5-7               The Sermon on the Mount II.     2nd Narrative:   Chs. 8-9:34          Evidence of the Kingdom’s Coming Teaching:  Chs. 9:35-10       The Mission Discourse III.   3rd Narrative:  Chs. 11-12          … Read More MATTHEW Overview/Outline

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