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Navigating Life and Relationships: Abraham
Today Pastor Kevin begins a new message series called Navigating Life and Relationships. This series is designed to help us in our relationships with God and others. For the next several weeks, we will consider the examples of several people from the Bible to discover how God is vitally interested in all aspects of our lives. Today we will look at Genesis 12 to to see four truths about the life of Abraham that show us how to strengthen our relationships with God and others.
Kids Corner: Dealing with Despair
Nothing is forever, and this can bring a lot of sadness to people. This week Kyle and Ashley learn how we can help those who are hurting and why we can have hope.
Kids Corner: The Right Reason to Praise
Sometimes people do good things just so they can get the rewards, but this week the kids gang learn the real reason we should do the right thing.
The Defeat of the Dragon (Evening Service)
We resume where we left off in chapter 12. The cast of players is the same. There is the great red, seven-headed dragon who is Satan. There is the woman who is OT Israel and NT church, meaning the people of God in all ages. There is the child born who is Christ. In 12:5 we had the summary of the life of Christ from birth to ascension. Now we have the ramifications of that life described in detail. The scene described here in this vision is not the fall of Satan around the time of creation, but the defeat of Satan in the crucifixion and resurrection. With the cross came sweeping consequences not just personally and not just globally, but cosmically.
The Woman and the Dragon
We are at the half way point of Revelation, eleven chapters down and eleven to go. It is fitting to note that the end of chapter eleven is a pinnacle kind of chapter. Last week we were listening to trumpets and singing: Revelation 11:15-16 Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, saying, “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he shall reign forever and ever.” Christ has ascended to His throne and has been coronated as King and has begun His reign. It is a Sunday to Monday kind of jolt when a new scene opens and we come face to face with Satan. When we walk out of the doors of the church we walk back into a world ruled by a devil. When we turn the page to Revelation 12 we are flashing back to the middle of the story and the story is a war, a battle scene, with images we have never seen or heard before. Is there anything more vulnerable than a woman about to give birth? She is totally preoccupied with one thing, all her mental, emotional and physical energy focused on one thing. Is there anything more frightening or threatening than a huge dragon, unless it would be seven headed dragon with ten horns? We are entering a powerful drama filled with danger and intensity, a great clash of good and evil. A dragon that intends to eat the world’s last hope the moment it’s born. Let’s look at the three characters in this great drama.
WHAT DO WE LEARN ABOUT SATAN, THE WORLD, AND THE KINGDOM OF GOD (Message #4 * Revelation 12) 03-22-2015
1. Satan’s Limited Reign: & Our Call to Persevering Faith & Wisdom ● He is a defeated yet formidable enemy ● His authority comes from God, and He operates as a counterfeit-trinity ● He deceives & rules the world, and He conquers the saints ● He will suffer eternal torment in hell ● Our Call: Embrace persevering-faith and prophetic-wisdom 2. The Idolatrous World: & Our call to Holiness & Worship ● The world is demonic, idolatrous & immoral: living in luxury & enslaving humans for profitable gain ● The world is deceived, refuses to repent, & is drunk with the blood of the saints ● The world will come to an end in a single hour… ● Our Call: come out of her & worship God 3. The Kingdom of God: & Our Call to Conquer as “Witnesses” for Christ ● King Jesus has defeated Satan: & one day the Kingdom of the world will become the kingdom of God ● Jesus has made us a kingdom & priests: for now we’re in tribulation, but one day we will reign on the earth ● Conquer as Christ’s witnesses: who love Jesus more than our own lives
Revelation 12: A Dragon at Christmas
Not your ordinary Christmas passage, but it does give us the background for all the hostility that we see against followers of this child born in Bethleham. A dragon is not what you want for Christmas, none the less he is very active in the world today. It brings to mind the scene in Lewis' Narnia where Santa gives the children weapons to fight their battle with. God is on the throne. Merry Christmas. There is a little story about St. Nick too. not what you would think either.
Draconic Motivations
Knowing the motivations of our greatest adversary can help us prepare to confront his plan of attack against us.
