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Hosanna
Jesus comes to Jerusalem as king. “As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage and Bethany at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two of his disciples, saying to them, ‘Go to the village ahead of you, and just as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, which no one has ever…
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God’s final word: his Son
“In the past God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets at many times and in various ways, but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom also he made the universe. The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and…
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God’s Judgement is Justice.
The Song of the vineyard. “I will sing for the one I love a song about his vineyard: My loved one had a vineyard on a fertile hillside. He dug it up and cleared it of stones and planted it with the choicest of vines. He built a watchtower in it and cut out a…
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Jesus has all authority.
Psalms 118 “But as for me, I watch in hope for the Lord, I wait for God my Savior, my God will hear me.” (Micah 7:7) What is Jesus able to do with this authority? Jesus has authority to forgive sins. In Mark 2 Jesus in Capernaum preaching about the kingdom of God and many people in…
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Jesus, the gift of God – part 5
Song: Psalms 117 “Praise the Lord, all you nations, extol him, all you peoples. For great is his love towards us, and the faithfulness of the Lord endures forever.” “But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come for me one who will be ruler over Israel,…
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The Rejected King – Part 5
Who you reject when you reject God as your king. The God who saves. Song: Psalms 100 God has given salvation freely as a gift to all who call on him for salvation and believe that he is able to save; and who follow not what the world is saying is right but what God is…
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Jesus, the gift of God – Part 4
Jesus is the great high priest of a new covenant. God instituted the priesthood as a gift of mercy for his people. Before the greatest gift of mercy, and the great high priest of Jesus, the wrath of God and God’s judgement and justice was kept from his people through the ministry of the priesthood;…
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Jesus, the gift of God – Part 3
“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him” (Matthew…
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Jesus, the gift of God – Part 2
Jesus is the great high priest of a new covenant, who fights against your enemies to give you victory. Deuteronomy 20:4 The priesthood reminds the people of God who God is and what he is capable of doing on behalf of those who trust in him. You may be familiar with priests or the term…
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The Rejected King – Part 4
Song: Psalms 90 Who you reject when you reject God as your king. The God who is to be worshipped and feared for his power to destroy. “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction” (Proverbs 1:7) There was a great port city of Tyre, described in Ezekiel 27 and God…