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June
08 2017
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Judges 12-13. Death of Jephthah; judges Ibzan, Elon, and Abdon; introduction to Samson.

Title: Judges 12-13. Death of Jephthah; judges Ibzan, Elon, and Abdon; introduction to Samson.   Due to self-centeredness, ignorance, and paganism Israel did not have peace and unity and war ensued.   Jdg 12:1 Then the men of Ephraim were summoned, and they crossed to Zaphon...
June
07 2017
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Judges 12. Jephthah, part 12: War with Ephraim - Love is unity and not a perfect condition - Gal 6:1-5.

Title: Judges 12. Jephthah, part 12: War with Ephraim - Love is unity and not a perfect condition - Gal 6:1-5.   Community or unity does not mean that everyone is always holy.   Gal 6:1 Brethren, even if a man is caught [caught up as in a net] in any trespass...
June
06 2017
Service

Judges 12. Jephthah, part 11: War with Ephraim - Love is unity and not a perfect condition - Gal 6:1-5.

Title: Judges 12. Jephthah, part 11: War with Ephraim - Love is unity and not a perfect condition - Gal 6:1-5.   God makes us what we are if we are following Him. God makes the local church what it is if His word is magnified.   Community or unity does not mean that everyone is always holy....
June
04 2017
Service

Names of God: YHVH, part 4. The face of God to Moses and to the church.

Title: Names of God: YHVH, part 4. The face of God to Moses and to the church.   As we continue in our study of the Names of God, I want to first say a few words about the third commandment:   [turn to] Exo 20:7 You shall not take [take up,...
June
02 2017
Service

Judges 12. Jephthah, part 10: War with Ephraim - Love: the perfect bond of unity.

Title: Judges 12. Jephthah, part 10: War with Ephraim - Love: the perfect bond of unity.   God makes us what we are if we are following Him. God makes the local church what it is if His word is magnified. For the sake of our study we will not consider what God makes of the saint or the church that refuses to follow His...
June
01 2017
Service

Judges 12. Jephthah, part 9: War with Ephraim - acceptance of God's righteous way brings peace.

Title: Judges 12. Jephthah, part 9: War with Ephraim - acceptance of God's righteous way brings peace.   As we witnessed last time:   We do not only trust God for the circumstances of our life, but for how we turn out or mature personally. Since it is God who causes the growth, God who reveals truth in...
May
31 2017
Service

Judges 12. Jephthah, part 8: War with Ephraim. Peace and unity in the church

Title: Judges 12. Jephthah, part 8: War with Ephraim. Peace and unity in the church.   Gilead under the leadership of Jephthah goes to war with Ephraim. The jealous and self-centered Ephraimites provoked war with hostile threats against Gilead, who are a sub-set of Manasseh. Gilead will resoundingly defeat them, but the fact that there...
May
30 2017
Service

Judges 12. Jephthah, part 7: War with Ephraim.

Title: Judges 12. Jephthah, part 7: War with Ephraim.     War with Ephraim. Ephraim is consistently jealous and self-centered as they seek rulership in Israel.   In the book of Judges, the Ephraimites are presented as self-centered, factious, easily offended,...
May
28 2017
Service

Names of God: YHVH, part 3. The face of God to Moses and to the church.

Title: Names of God: YHVH, part 3. The face of God to Moses and to the church.     The name Yavah or Jehovah comes from the imperfect of the verb to be. At any given time, Jehovah was being that which He was being. This implies much more than the fact that He is eternal. It also reveals that God was, is, and always...
May
26 2017
Service

Judges 11. Jephthah, part 6: War with Ammon. Jephthah's vow. War with Ephraim.

Title: Judges 11. Jephthah, part 6: War with Ammon. Jephthah's vow. War with Ephraim.     Jdg 11:28 But the king of the sons of Ammon disregarded the message which Jephthah sent him.   Jdg 11:29 Now the Spirit of the Lord came upon Jephthah, so that he passed through Gilead...
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