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The Lamb Who Would Be Shepherd

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Sermon: Jesus and the Holy Spirit

Do you want to be like Jesus? I don’t know how many of you are old enough or illuminated enough to remember the old tv series, Lost in Space. It was the saga of the Robinson family lost in the vast reaches

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Studies in Revelation: The Deity of Jesus

The apostle John clearly believes that Jesus is God, giving testimony to this throughout his Gospel (see John 1:1 and the Jehovah’s Witnesses). Jesus is not God’s highest creation but a member of the

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Studies in Revelation: Marriage of the Lamb

There is some potential confusion created by the references to the Lord Jesus’ marriage, specifically in regard to who he is marrying. 6 Then I heard what sounded like a great multitude, like the roar

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Studies in Revelation: Visions of Jesus

When you get to heaven and see Jesus, what will he look like? There are two visions of Jesus that John sees, one on earth and one in heaven. Neither one, I propose, is what Jesus normally looks like. 12 I

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Studies in Revelation: Epithets of Jesus

What bynames or descriptions would you give of Jesus? Revelation has several. Firstborn from the Dead Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings

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Studies in Revelation: Jesus the Judge

Jesus is the Judge. He told us he would be: Moreover, the Father judges no one, but has entrusted all judgment to the Son (John 5:22) But we have only seen him as the Savior. But now that he has completed

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Studies in Revelation: Jesus the Lamb

John describes Jesus 39 times as the Lamb in his prophetic letter. He refers to him as Jesus only 12 times, as Christ only 6 times, Lord 7 times, no times as Savior. Embraced in the title Lamb is all the

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Studies in Revelation: Jesus the Revelator

John tells us in the very first line of his letter to the seven churches that this is the “revelation of Jesus which God gave him to show his servants.” The phrase “revelation of Jesus” has some

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Daniel 7:9-14, The Kingdom of the Son of Man

Why did Jesus often refer to himself as the Son of Man? Like when Jesus asked the man born blind, whom he had healed, “Do you believe in the Son of Man?” And the healed man said, basically, tell me

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Sermon on John 11:17-37, Jesus Is the Resurrection and the Life

I encountered Jesus at the age of 16, or maybe I should say I began encountering him. He was speaking to me through a new acquaintance at school, a guy who was challenging what I believed (I claimed to

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Sermon on John 1:1, The Word Was God

Many years ago, I think around 1990, a woman in my church came to me concerned about her niece.  Her niece, Christie, had converted to Jehovah’s Witnesses, and had corresponded with her aunt about it

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Sermon on Imitating Jesus

Who do you imitate?  Do you like the idea of imitating?  What, if anything, puts you off to imitating someone great? Ephesians 5:1–2, Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. And walk in

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Sermon on Jesus Last Words on the Cross: I Thirst

I Thirst John 19:28-30 Later, knowing that all was now completed, and so that the Scripture would be fulfilled, Jesus said, “I am thirsty.”  A jar of wine vinegar was there, so they soaked a sponge

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Sermon on Luke 23:32-33, 39-43, Today You Will Be With Me in Paradise

“Two other men, both criminals, were also led out with him to be executed. When they came to the place called the Skull, there they crucified him, along with the criminals – one on his right, the

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