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by Sandy Shaw
October 17, 2022
II Corinthians Chapter 4 – I read this passage at a recent Fraternal. Yes, we are in it together.
“Don’t do it. Don’t do it.” That was a word given to man I was talking with some weeks ago. He almost left the ministry – he could almost take no more –
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October 10, 2022
We come to Mathew Chapter 8 verse 5 - Jesus now enters Capernaum. It will be a familiar passage for many but there are times when lessons need refreshing.
Much of the ministry of Jesus has been spontaneous, as those in need met him, or came to him, or he would be walking along the road. Jesus
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October 3, 2022
In Matthew Chapter 8, Jesus comes from these slopes, not far from Capernaum, where he has been teaching the Sermon on the Mount, and a man approaches Jesus. We are told that he is full of leprosy – covered with leprosy – Luke 5.
Think of the pain - isolation - ostracism
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September 26, 2022
We are looking at that question – “Who is this Jesus?” - from Matthew Chapter 21 and verse 10 – focusing our thoughts upon the humanity of Jesus – the manliness of Jesus Christ.
We saw that from every page of the Gospels as we roamed all over the various aspects of the
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September 19, 2022
Jesus Christ’s’ presence at a wedding could transform the situation – his meeting a funeral procession could turn tragedy into rejoicing. His words when he spoke about sin and hypocrisy were searing and scorching – yet, when dealing with a sinner no one has ever been so tender and merciful and compassionate!
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September 12, 2022
“Who is this?” The people asked then – and some may still be curiously wondering today. The question was asked in Matthew Chapter 21 verse 10, regarding Jesus Christ.
In Jesus, God has come to man – born in Bethlehem – in an outhouse beside the animals.
For some
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September 5, 2022
We are reading in Matthew Chapter 21 – and last week I spoke about the coming and ministry and life of Jesus Christ, the Son of God, as being a watershed. Everything has been leading up to this moment and from the life and death and resurrection of Jesus, everything flows.
I remember my friend
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August 29, 2022
So many people do not know who Jesus is. I have heard of all kinds of versions of Jesus.
Turn to Matthew Chapter 21 and verse 10 – The setting is Jesus Christ riding into Jerusalem a week or so prior to his being crucified. It is a highly emotional scene. It is a highly emotional season
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August 22, 2022
Jeremiah Chapters 8 and 9. We come to the Word of God - always - in the Name of Jesus Christ - expecting Jesus to speak to us through this Word and expecting the Holy Spirit to minister to us, in some way.
No wonder Jeremiah was unpopular. A man who preaches and proclaims and prophecies and speaks
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August 15, 2022
We move on to Jeremiah Chapter 7 - and this section goes right through to Chapter 8 verse 3.
The background to this prophecy is in II Kings Chapter 22 - also in II Chronicles Chapters 34 and 35.
There was a general RENEWAL going on in Jerusalem -
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In Jeremiah Chapter 5 and at verse 5 we read that Jeremiah sets out to go and speak to the leaders - but they too have compromised their principles - “Surely they will know the way of the Lord - surely they will know what God requires of them.”
Yes, they knew - but they had thrown off
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August 1, 2022
We come to Jeremiah Chapter 5. This preaching of Jeremiah - these messages - these addresses - are so relevant to our nation today. We see that again in the verses we are reading.
Remember the situation in which Jeremiah was prophesying - and to whom - the nation of Israel. There are two remarkable
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July 25, 2022
We are reading the prophetic preaching of a young man – Jeremiah – the early preaching of this young man - preaching to a people who really didn’t want to hear - to people who did not want to listen nor pay any attention. GOD was speaking and they were not interested. Jeremiah was chosen, called, and
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As we read Jeremiah Chapters 2 and 3 - the whole Hebrew nation is in view. Prophets tend to ignore the divided kingdom. They speak to the whole people of God. There had been a degree of prosperity and then there crept in the rot of compromise and complacency.
There were too many other things to
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July 11, 2022
We move into Jeremiah Chapter 2 – and from verse 1 right down to Chapter 3 verse 5, we have one of his sermons - one of his messages, or addresses.
We are reading of a young man - in his teens - preaching for the first time - not in the Temple, but in the streets of Jerusalem - to very unsympathetic
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Jeremiah the prophet - like every true prophet - spoke from God and spoke for God - and his words came true. This is what marks him out as a true prophet.
Deuteronomy 18 verse 22. The mark of a true prophet - and the mark of a false prophet. Beware of the man who says something is going to happen
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Why did Almighty God choose this teenager? God saw something in Jeremiah - and God knew He could put more into him. Jeremiah means - GOD HURLS - God throws - God fights - and soon Jeremiah would be throwing God’s Word at the world - hurling heaven’s message across Jerusalem - fighting the depths of sin into
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June 20, 2022
Jeremiah is one of the prophets raised up by our Loving God in Israel at a time when the situation was serious and critical - the nation was facing a crisis - the nation was facing the Judgement of God. Open your Bible at Jeremiah Chapter 1.
Who is he? Who is this man? Where did he come from?
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It is seldom easy to leave a book and no more so than Paul’s letter to the Romans. Here is a brief summary or overview.
The first four Chapters are concerned with Faith - then Chapters 5 to 8 deal with Hope - then Chapters 9,10 and 11, the place of Jews and Gentiles in the economy of God - then Love in 12 –
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June 6, 2022
In Romans Chapters 16 we have been reading about people - we have this list of names of people - and how Paul appreciated people who had served Jesus Christ - how he noticed what they had done - and sometimes the degree of intensity and hardship and suffering which their faithfulness had brought upon them.
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Remembering names can sometimes be a very hard thing. If you pray for people, that will help you remember their name. Some people pray for those they have met during the day - and they remember their names more easily.
We come to Romans Chapter 16 and verse 3 – A married couple - Priscilla
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May 23, 2022
We come to Romans Chapter 16. Consider what Paul has been writing about in these Chapters - the centralities of The Christian Faith - Israel and the place of Israel in the plan of God - the importance of presenting your body - and being totally committed to Jesus Christ - how we can know the Will of God
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As we complete our reading of Romans Chapter 15 – remind us of how Paul’s deep concerns was for the peace and harmony and unity of this fellowship in Rome - we have read of how he pleaded with these people to keep together - to remain one in Christ - to welcome, receive and accept one another
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There are times when it is not only what you can do - but what you can bear. Who can you lift up? Who can you support? Paul was an apostle - apostles are not people above us lording it over us - but under us supporting us - like the foundation of a wall.
We are in Romans Chapter 15 at verse 4.
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Romans Chapter 15 verses 1 to 16 – Having looked at Chapters 12 to 14 a few months ago, now we are reading of how this dear man Paul had one great concern in his heart for The Church of Jesus Christ - that of Peace and Harmony.
He had so many concerns - for truth and love and the flowing of The
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