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Matthew 19:13-16 | Transcription: Matthew nineteen, verse thirteen. The children were brought to him, that he might lay his hands on them and pray. The disciples rebuked the people, but Jesus said, let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of heaven. And he laid his hands on them and went away. This passage answers one key question how does a person enter the kingdom of God? They don't enter it by earning it. They don't enter

Matthew 19:10-12 | Transcription: There are a few moments in Jesus's ministry where his disciples hear him clearly, but completely miss the point of what he's saying. This is one of those moments. The disciples are talking with Jesus about marriage. They hear the Pharisees ask Jesus a question about marriage. They hear the answer that Jesus gives them completely correctly, clearly. And yet they arrive at the completely wrong conclusions. Jesus has been teaching that marriage

1 Chronicles 7:1-19 | Transcription: The song we just sang had three stanzas to it, and each of those stanzas has its own promise, and they work progressively. And I assume you don't have your hymnals open, but I'll read you the first line of that song. The first stanza. Mine are days that God has numbered. God knows us. He has numbered our days and our time. He has made us to walk with him even in times of despair. We know that God has given us His Word to be a light for our

Isaiah 55:1-13 | Transcription: I don't know what you came to church expecting to get today, but whatever it is, this offer exceeds your expectations. Isaiah fifty five. Oh come, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters, and he who has no money, come, buy and eat. Come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. Why do you spend your money for that which isn't bread, and your labor for that which does not satisfy? Listen diligently to me, and eat what is good and deli

2 Corinthians 2:5-11 | Transcription: Second Corinthians, chapter two. As you do, I ask you, which one do you think is harder to confront someone or to forgive someone? Both are necessary. Both are commanded of us as Christians, and both of them require a degree of courage. Certainly, if we are going to be faithful followers of Jesus Christ, then we will need to be able to do both of those things. Confront and forgive. Jesus himself confronted sin without compromise. We just

Matthew 19:7-9 | Transcription: Matthew nineteen, verse seven, eight and nine is where we'll be this morning. Matthew nineteen, verse seven, the Pharisees said to Jesus, why then did Moses command one to give a certificate of divorce? And to send her away? Jesus said to the Pharisees, because of your hardness of heart, Moses allowed you to divorce your wives. But from the beginning it was not so. And I say to you, whoever divorces his wife except for sexual immorality and mar

1 Chronicles 6:1-81 | Transcription: First Chronicles. Chapter six describes the tribe of Levi. First Chronicles. Chapter four described the tribe of Judah and taught us that the promise of salvation comes to the world through a king, that God is going to bring his redemption to the world by giving a promise. And he gives his promise to certain people, and they would pass it down, leading to the King, Jesus Christ. Chapter five taught us that that promise comes with power, bu

Revelation 21:1-8 | Transcription: Good morning, Immanuel Bible Church. It's my privilege to introduce today's preacher. Good morning, Immanuel Bible Church. It's my privilege to introduce today's preacher. Nathan Busenitz is the current dean and executive vice president of the Master's Seminary. In addition to leading the seminary, he's also a pastor at Grace Community Church in Los Angeles. Nathan is married to Beth, and they have been friends with Deidre forever going back

1 Chronicles 5:1-26 | Transcription: We often assume that one's safety is about location. If we live inside of the right borders, or we're protected by the strongest military of our defenses are secure enough than we think that we are secure. That's how nations think. You hear in the news even of the missile attacks in Israel. I'm supposed to be leading a group there in May, and it's so easy for people to think and wonder, is it safe there right now? You graph out or map out

1 Chronicles 4:1-43 | Transcription: The Word of God in one Chronicles four gives you the genealogy of Judah and Simeon. And once you hear the word genealogy. Don't fall asleep. Stay with me, because you might think it's a list of names, but if you're going through First Chronicles four, you recognize that everything in First Chronicles four is showing you the depth of the Word of God. Dave, I don't know if it's possible for us to get the the slides up. If not, don't worry. M

Matthew 19:1-6 | Transcription: There is no doubt that marriage is under attack in our world, both from inside of the church and from outside of the church, from outside of the church. We live in a culture that treats marriage as a threat. Marriage, as far as our world is concerned, is incidental to gender. It is incidental. The number is incidental. It's an open question in our society. Can two, three or four people get married? It seems like every month there's some crazy s

Matthew 18:23-35 | Transcription: In nineteen sixty six, Michael Kahn, a clinical psychology student at Harvard University, did what has now become a very well-known and famous study. He posed as a medical student and offered college Harvard undergrad students twenty dollars to take their blood pressure as a medical student, twenty dollars back in nineteen sixty six was actual money back then. These people agreed. And while he was taking their blood pressure, posing as a medi

1 Chronicles 3:1-24 | Transcription: It is Presidents Day weekend. Amen. While it seems obvious now that our country has a president, it was not always so obvious during the era of the Founding Fathers as they were writing the Constitution and negotiating and trying to get all thirteen colonies on board. There was actually a very complicated debate on what the president would be called. The Founding Fathers had agreed on three branches of government. They agreed that one bran

Matthew 18:21-22 | Transcription: Matthew eighteen, verses twenty one and twenty two Peter came to Jesus said to him, Lord, how many times will my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? As many as seven times. Jesus said to him, I don't say to you seven times, but seventy times seven. Somebody asked me last week what I'm preaching on at Emmanuel, somebody who's not from this church. And I said, I'm preaching on Matthew eighteen and they said, the church discipline part or

1 Chronicles 2:1-55 | Transcription: First Chronicles chapter two. Just the first two verses here. These are the sons of Israel, Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. You know, the world has not always been like it is right now. There was a period of time in the world where there was people but no sin. We refer to that as the age of innocence. And we looked at that. The beginning of First Chronicles. First Chronicles

Matthew 18:18-20 | Transcription: You can open your Bibles. As I said to Matthew eighteen. Uh, but I'm going to begin tonight by reading a verse from first Corinthians thirteen. It's a verse that you you don't need to flip to, because I'm sure you likely know it, or at least you recognize it when I read it. Let me pray for us and then we'll begin. Lord, we do pray that you would be glorified and magnified in the life of our church. Tonight we pray that your Word would come al

Matthew 18:15-17 | Transcription: Matthew eighteen, verse fifteen if your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother. If he does not listen, take one or two others along with you, that every charge may be established by the evidence of two or three witnesses. If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. And he refuses to listen, even to the church. Let him to be to you as a Genti

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