Why Jesus is the greatest of all time… 1. Sin Separates Aaron will present the bull for his sin offering and make atonement for himself and his household. 7 Next he will take the two goats and place them before the Lord at the entrance to the tent of meeting. Leviticus 16:6-7 (CSB) For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. Romans 3:23 (CSB) 2. God Eliminates When he slaughters the male goat for the people’s sin offering and brings its blood inside the curtain, he will do the same w...
Nov 19, 2019•28 min
You are to consecrate the fiftieth year and proclaim freedom in the land for all its inhabitants. It will be your Jubilee, when each of you is to return to his property and each of you to his clan. Leviticus 25:10 (CSB) 1. I Have Freedom In Christ You are to make the purchase from your neighbor based on the number of years since the last Jubilee. He is to sell to you based on the number of remaining harvest year Leviticus 25:15 (CSB) The Spirit of the Lord God is on me, because the Lord has anoi...
Nov 12, 2019•40 min
1. My Physical Life Is In The Blood Life is in the blood, and I have given you the blood of animals to sacrifice in place of your own. Leviticus 17:11 (CSB) 2. My Spiritual Life Is In The Blood The Blood… A. Reconciles Me To God According to the law almost everything is purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness. Hebrews 9:22 (CSB) God presented him as an atoning sacrifice in his blood, received through faith, to demonstrate his righteousness, because in his r...
Nov 05, 2019•36 min
Holiness…What Is It? Belonging to God, set apart, different Progress, not perfection Why Would I Want To Be Holy? Brings Me Freedom For freedom, Christ set us free. Stand firm then and don’t submit again to a yoke of slavery. Galatians 5:1 (CSB) Helps Me See God Pursue peace with everyone, and holiness—without it no one will see the Lord. Hebrews 12:14 (NIV) Allows God To Use Me Now in a large house there are not only gold and silver vessels, but also those of wood and clay; some for honorable u...
Oct 29, 2019•39 min
You must not go about spreading slander among your people; you must not jeopardize your neighbor’s life; I am the Lord. “Do not harbor hatred against your brother. Rebuke your neighbor directly, and you will not incur guilt because of him. 18 Do not take revenge or bear a grudge against members of your community, but love your neighbor as yourself; I am the Lord. Leviticus 19:16-18 (CSB) 1. LOVE Do not take revenge or bear a grudge against members of your community, but love your neighbor as you...
Oct 13, 2019•30 min
For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is going to be revealed to us. For the creation eagerly waits with anticipation for God’s sons to be revealed. For the creation was subjected to futility—not willingly, but because of him who subjected it—in the hope that the creation itself will also be set free from the bondage to decay into the glorious freedom of God’s children. For we know that the whole creation has been groaning together wi...
Oct 08, 2019•26 min
Hallelujah! Praise God in His sanctuary. Praise Him in His mighty heavens. Praise Him for His powerful acts; praise Him for His abundant greatness. Praise Him with trumpet blast; praise Him with harp and lyre. Praise Him with tambourine and dance; praise Him with flute and strings. Praise Him with resounding cymbals; praise Him with clashing cymbals. Let everything that breathes praise the Lord. Hallelujah! Psalm 150:1-6 (CSB) 1. Where do I praise the Lord? Hallelujah! Praise God in His sanctuar...
Oct 02, 2019•38 min
Keep this Book of the Law always on your lips; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful. Joshua 1:8 (NIV) Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable–if anything is excellent or praiseworthy–think about such things. Philippians 4:8 (NIV) How Do I develop a positive, Godly mindset… 1) Don’t Overlook the Gr...
Sep 24, 2019•30 min
Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God, so that he may exalt you at the proper time, casting all your cares on him, because he cares about you. Be sober-minded, be alert. Your adversary the devil is prowling around like a roaring lion, looking for anyone he can devour. 1 Peter 5:6-8 (CSB) 1. Stay Alert–The Devil Attacks Be sober-minded, be alert. Your adversary the devil is prowling around like a roaring lion, looking for anyone he can devour. 1 Peter 5:8 (CSB) 2. Stay Hopefu...
Sep 18, 2019•29 min
1. HATE EVIL Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good. Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves. Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord. Romans 12:9-11 (CSB) 2. DON’T REPAY EVIL Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Be careful to do what is right in the eyes of everyone. If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone. Do not take revenge, my dear friends, but leave room for God’s wrat...
Sep 10, 2019•29 min
1. INVITATION=INVITE AS MANY AS POSSIBLE Then Jesus said to his host, “When you give a luncheon or dinner, do not invite your friends, your brothers or sisters, your relatives, or your rich neighbors; if you do, they may invite you back and so you will be repaid. But when you give a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind, and you will be blessed. Although they cannot repay you, you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.” Luke 14:12-13 (NIV) “The servant came ba...
Sep 03, 2019•34 min
The Jewish Passover was near, and so Jesus went up to Jerusalem. In the temple he found people selling oxen, sheep, and doves, and he also found the money changers sitting there. After making a whip out of cords, he drove everyone out of the temple with their sheep and oxen. He also poured out the money changers’ coins and overturned the tables. He told those who were selling doves, “Get these things out of here! Stop turning my Father’s house into a marketplace!” And his disciples remembered th...
Aug 27, 2019•37 min
But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his possession, so that you may proclaim the praises of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. Once you were not a people, but now you are God’s people; you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy. 1 Peter 2:9-10 (CSB) 1. I’m Chosen But you are a chosen race… 1Peter 2:9 (CSB) Once you were not a people, but now you are God’s people. 1 Peter 2:10 (CSB) 2. I’m Called But you are a c...
Aug 20, 2019•34 min
1. Your Gifts Flow From Grace For by the grace given to me, I tell everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he should think. Instead, think sensibly, as God has distributed a measure of faith to each one. Romans 12:3 (CSB) According to the grace given to us, we have different gifts: If prophecy, use it according to the proportion of one’s faith… Romans 12:6 (CSB) 2. Your Gifts Differ From Others Now as we have many parts in one body, and all the parts do not have the same func...
Aug 13, 2019•38 min
Don’t Chase… 1. The Lies of Legalism Therefore don’t let anyone judge you in regard to food and drink or in the matter of a festival or a new moon or a sabbath day. These are a shadow of what was to come; the substance is the Messiah. Colossians 2:16-17 (CSB) 2. The Mirage of Mysticism Let no one disqualify you, insisting on ascetic practices and the worship of angels, claiming access to a visionary realm and inflated without cause by his fleshly mind. He doesn’t hold on to the head, from whom t...
Aug 06, 2019•37 min
In Christ… 1. I Am Full For the entire fullness of God’s nature dwells bodily in Christ, and you have been filled by him, who is the head over every ruler and authority. Colossians 2:9-10 (CSB) 2. I Am New You were also circumcised in him with a circumcision not done with hands, by putting off the body of flesh, in the circumcision of Christ. Colossians 2:11 (CSB) I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will remove your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. Ezekiel...
Jul 30, 2019•37 min
1. Jesus Is The Source Of Every S piritual Treasure I want their hearts to be encouraged and joined together in love, so that they may have all the riches of complete understanding and have the knowledge of God’s mystery—Christ. In Him all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge are hidden. Colossians 2:2-3 (CSB) 2. Access Your Spiritual Treasure So then, just as you have received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live in him… Colossians 2:6 (CSB) 3. Guar d Your Spiritual Treasure Be careful that ...
Jul 21, 2019•38 min
When Christ is in me… 1) I CAN STAY JOYFUL WHEN I’M HURTING Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and I am completing in my flesh what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions for his body, that is, the church. Colossians 1:24 (CSB) Three Reasons to Rejoice in Suffering A. WHEN YOU SUFFER, JESUS SUFFERS. As he traveled and was nearing Damascus, a light from heaven suddenly flashed around him. Falling to the ground, he heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?” Acts 9:3-4 ...
Jul 16, 2019•36 min
Jesus is my… 1) Liberator – He sets me free 2) Reflector – He helps me see the heart of God 3) Creator – He made me with purpose 4) Sustainer – He holds me together Jesus is my… 5) Leader – He guides me He is also the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that he might come to have first place in everything. Colossians 1:18 (CSB) 6) Filler – He fills me For God was pleased [to have] all His fullness dwell in Him… Colossians 1:19 (CSB) For every one of...
Jun 25, 2019•32 min
Christ is my… 1. Liberator – He sets me free. In him we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. Colossians 1:14 (CSB) 2. Reflector – He helps me see the heart of God. He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. Colossians 1:15 (CSB) 3. Creator – He designed me for a specific purpose. …the firstborn over all creation. Colossians 1:15 (CSB) For everything was created by him, in heaven and on earth, the visible and the invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers o...
Jun 18, 2019•34 min
Three Gratitude Goals 1. I Should Be Grateful Beyond My Circumstances We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, 4 for we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love you have for all the saints 5 because of the hope reserved for you in heaven. Colossians 1:3-5 (CSB) 2. I Should Be Grateful for the Growth of the Gospel You have already heard about this hope in the word of truth, the gospel 6 that has come to you. It is bearing fruit and growing al...
Jun 10, 2019•34 min
1. WHO SHOULD BE BAPTIZED? Crispus, the leader of the synagogue, believed in the Lord, along with his whole household. Many of the Corinthians, when they heard, believed and were baptized. Acts 18:8 (CSB) 2. WHAT IS THE MEANING OF BAPTISM? For you were buried with Christ when you were baptized. And with him you were raised to new life because you trusted the mighty power of God, who raised Christ from the dead. Colossians 2:12 (NLT) Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: T...
Jun 04, 2019•32 min
Tithing Is Wise Because It… 1. Honors the Lord Honor the Lord with your wealth and with the firstfruits of all your produce; then your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will be bursting with wine. Proverbs 3:9-10 (ESV) One tenth of the produce of the land, whether grain from the fields or fruit from the trees, belongs to the Lord and must be set apart to him as holy. Leviticus 27:30 (NLT) 2. Allows God to Bless Me Honor the Lord with your wealth and with the firstfruits of all your...
May 28, 2019•29 min
In the course of time Cain brought some of the fruits of the soil as an offering to the Lord. And Abel also brought an offering—fat portions from some of the firstborn of his flock. The Lord looked with favor on Abel and his offering, but on Cain and his offering he did not look with favor. So Cain was very angry, and his face was downcast. Genesis 4:3-5 (NIV) It was by faith that Abel brought a more acceptable offering to God than Cain did. Abel’s offering gave evidence that he was a righteous ...
May 23, 2019•31 min
1. Love Momma Love “Listen, Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. 5 Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength. These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts…” Deuteronomy 6:4-6 (CSB) 2. Teach Momma Teach “These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Tie them as s...
May 14, 2019•34 min
Edge Church Mission Statement: People helping people, find and follow Christ. 1. What are the core values of Edge Church? a) Life Transformation And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved. Acts 2:47 (NIV) b) Levels of Excellence Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men… Colossians 3:23 (NIV) c) Loyalty Obey your spiritual leaders, and do what they say. Their work is to watch over your souls, and they are accountable to God. Gi...
May 07, 2019•32 min
1. Examine Prayerfully Save me, I pray, from the hand of my brother Esau, for I am afraid he will come and attack me… Genesis 32:11 (NIV) 2. Engage in Restoration He spent the night there, and from what he had with him he selected a gift for his brother Esau. Genesis 32:13 (NIV) Therefore, if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, leave your gift there in front of the altar. First go and be reconciled to your brother; then come and...
Apr 30, 2019•31 min
SIN – ACKNOWLEDGE MY SIN …for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God… Romans 3:23 (NIV) TRUTH – ADMIT I NEED JESUS Jesus told him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me. John 14:6 (NLT) For there is one God and one mediator between God and humanity, the man Christ Jesus… 1 Timothy 2:5 (CSB) ENTRUST – MY LIFE AND FUTURE TO JESUS But everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved. Acts 2:21 (NIV) PEACE – MAKE MY PEACE WITH GOD...
Apr 23, 2019•33 min
I Will Overcome By… 1. Believing In Jesus Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father also loves the one born of him…because everyone who has been born of God conquers the world. This is the victory that has conquered the world: our faith. Who is the one who conquers the world but the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God? 1 John 5:1-5 (CSB) 2. Loving Others Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and...
Apr 16, 2019•32 min
1. God’s Love Flows To Me The one who does not love does not know God, because God is love. God’s love was revealed among us in this way: God sent his one and only Son into the world so that we might live through him. Love consists in this: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins. 1 John 4:8-10 (CSB) …I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore, I have continued to extend faithful love to you. Jeremiah 31:3 (CSB) 2. God’s Lov...
Apr 09, 2019•32 min
