Cathedral of HIS Glory

A Word from Glory

Introduction: The Syrians together with Israel were close at hand for the invasion of the territory of Judah. Ahaz, the grandson of king Uzziah, was king of Judah and he did not know what to do. God told Ahaz to ask for a sign as high as heaven or as low as hell. But the king would not - so God gave a sign!

Isaiah 7:10 - 16 (NKJV) 10Moreover the Lord spoke again to Ahaz, saying, 11“Ask a sign for yourself from the Lord your God; ask it either in the depth or in the height above.” 12But Ahaz said, “I will not ask, nor will I test the Lord!” 13Then he said, “Hear now, O house of David! Is it a small thing for you to weary men, but will you weary my God also? 14Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and shall call His name Immanuel. 15Curds and honey He shall eat, that He may know to refuse the evil and choose the good. 16For before the Child shall know to refuse the evil and choose the good, the land that you dread will be forsaken by both her kings.

Isaiah said that God whistled and brought Egypt up to take away both the Syrians and Israel - but the sign was one for everlasting peace – the sign was the “Child”

Nehemiah 8:8 - 12 (NKJV) 8So they read distinctly from the book, in the Law of God; and they gave the sense, and helped them to understand the reading. 9And Nehemiah, who was the governor, Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who taught the people said to all the people, “This day is holy to the Lord your God; do not mourn nor weep.” For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the Law. 10Then he said to them, “Go your way, eat the fat, drink the sweet, and send portions to those for whom nothing is prepared; for this day is holy to our Lord. Do not sorrow, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.” 11So the Levites quieted all the people, saying, “Be still, for the day is holy; do not be grieved.” 12And all the people went their way to eat and drink, to send portions and rejoice greatly, because they understood the words that were declared to them.

A Word from Glory

Introduction: The Story
Esau and Jacob were the two sons of Isaac. Although twins, they were two different kinds of men.

Esau was “Daddy’s boy,” and Jacob was “Momma’s boy.”

Rebecca, “Mamma,” wanted her boy to have the blessing of the eldest.

When Isaac was old and blind, Rebecca devised a scheme to have “her Jacob” receive the blessing.

Esau was filled with such rage that he had thoughts of killing his brother.

Rebecca sent her son away to uncle Laban.

With Laban, Jacob prospered.

There are all kinds of theology and theory as to how, or what, it takes to be a Christian. Actually, the only way one can really know is by following the Scriptures. That’s what I want to do, follow the Scriptures so that you can be sure that you are “in Christ.”

Romans 3:21 - 26 (NKJV) 21But now the righteousness of God apart from the law is revealed, being witnessed by the Law and the Prophets, 22even the righteousness of God, through faith in Jesus Christ, to all and on all who believe. For there is no difference; 23for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, 25whom God set forth as a propitiation by His blood, through faith, to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance God had passed over the sins that were previously committed, 26to demonstrate at the present time His righteousness, that He might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.

Introduction: The two great tasks of Jesus were to usher in salvation through the cross and to baptize the Church in the Holy Spirit.

Matthew 3:7 - 12 (NKJV) 7But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, “Brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? 8Therefore bear fruits worthy of repentance, 9and do not think to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I say to you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones. 10And even now the ax is laid to the root of the trees. Therefore every tree which does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. 11I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance, but He who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. 12His winnowing fan is in His hand, and He will thoroughly clean out His threshing floor, and gather His wheat into the barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”

Luke 7:29 - 50 (NKJV) 29And when all the people heard Him, even the tax collectors justified God, having been baptized with the baptism of John. 30But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the will of God for themselves, not having been baptized by him. 31And the Lord said, “To what then shall I liken the men of this generation, and what are they like? 32They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling to one another, saying: ‘We played the flute for you, And you did not dance; We mourned to you, And you did not weep.’ 33For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon.’ 34The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Look, a glutton and a winebibber, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ 35But wisdom is justified by all her children.”

Jesus related his parables to the daily life around him. While Nazareth was not on the sea, Jesus spent a lot of time in Galilee, located on the inland sea. It was from Galilee that he called his fishermen disciples. So they well understood this story.

Matthew 13:47 - 51 (NKJV) 47“Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a dragnet that was cast into the sea and gathered some of every kind, 48which, when it was full, they drew to shore; and they sat down and gathered the good into vessels, but threw the bad away. 49So it will be at the end of the age. The angels will come forth, separate the wicked from among the just, 50and cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be wailing and gnashing of teeth.” 51Jesus said to them, “Have you understood all these things?” They said to Him, “Yes, Lord.”

Pastor Dennis Willis

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This is the Gospel of the Gospels. In it we have three parables concerning three lost men. One compared to a sheep simply wondered off; the second, compared to a coin was accidently lost; the third a prodigal son decided to go on purpose. Notice the reason for all three stories: "This Man receives sinners and eats with them."

A Word from Glory