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God Brings His People Home!
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Part 1a: 24 min
Part 1b: 21 min
Full Message
Main Passages: Ezra 1:1-8; 3:1-13
“God kept His promise to bring His people out of exile and back to the promised land. As God’s people gathered in Jerusalem, they made their worship of God their first priority and proclaimed God’s faithfulness through their actions. As Christians, we celebrate and give thanks to God for bringing us out of our exile to sin and death. In our worship, we proclaim the goodness of the Lord so that others might taste and see that He is good.” – The Gospel Project
Theological Theme:
Worshiping God – Father, Son and Holy Spirit should be the first priority of His people.
Christ Connection:
God kept His promise to bring His people out of exile in Babylon and restore their freedom to worship Him. Since Adam and Eve sinned, all humans have been in exile from the garden and are in need of deliverance. Jesus came to end this exile, bring His people home, and restore our freedom to worship.
“It is only when we grasp God’s unyielding desire to be with us that we begin to see the ultimate purpose of the cross. It is more than a vehicle to rescue us from death; it transports us into the arms of Life.” –Skye Jethani
Missional Application:
God The Holy Spirit calls us to make worship our first priority so others will see the goodness of the Lord.
“The primary reason the church gathers is to glorify God. We gather together for corporate worship to ascribe unto God the worship that is due Him.” –Matt Boswell
*Picture courtesy www.callieharbin.org
Anticipating Jesus – Our Soon Coming King!
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Part 1a: 32 min
Part 1b: 25 min
Full Message
Main Passage: Isaiah 11:1-10
“One of the prophecies from Isaiah, written around seven hundred years before the time of Christ, was written to the Jewish people in Judah to inform them of a future King. This unlikely King from the line of David would be filled with the Spirit and would bring God’s justice and redemption to the world. In seeing Isaiah’s vision of the coming King, we understand our need for God’s salvation and the reason we are incorporated into God’s people, who exist for His mission.” – The Gospel Project
Theological Theme:
The Old Testament foretells the birth of King Jesus, sent by the Father as Jesus Revealed in the biblical New Testament.
Christ Connection:
Isaiah and many of the other prophets in the Old Testament prophesied about the coming King who will establish David’s throne forever. Jesus of Nazareth, the Father’s Son in flesh, is the King who fulfills these ancient prophecies.
Missional Application:
God The Holy Spirit calls us to anticipate the second coming of King Jesus by declaring His message of redemption and demonstrating His love in His Grace and Power.
*Picture courtesy of pinterest.com
Easter 2014: Who Jesus Is, and Who You Are, In His Resurrection!
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In this Easter Message, Pastor Tim, of New Life Fellowship Baltimore, Maryland, proclaims not only the Good News of the God Revealed in Jesus, but what it MEANS RIGHT NOW AND FOREVER FOR YOU in your Co-resurrection with Jesus! You are sure to be met and challenged by the Spirit of God in and through this adventure of hearing His Good News!
Participation In The Coming Of Jesus Christ…!, part 7
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In this 7th and last message of the Gospel series at New Life Fellowship of Baltimore, Maryland, entitled: “Participation in the Coming of Jesus Christ…!“, Pastor Tim continues to Proclaim the Good News of the God Revealed in Jesus! In particular he helps us ask and answer:
“If God is HERE, and the Life of the Age to come has BEGUN, and our LIFE HERE HAS MEANING TOO, then why do we yet look for Jesus’ Reappearance?”
Pastor T also considers:
- What we can and should be doing as we wait for Jesus’ reappearance
- How we can take part in paying God the highest compliment ever in the meantime,
- And responds to 3 questions from the audience in the light of the Jesus proclaimed in this series
Check it out!
Participation In The Coming Of Jesus Christ…!, part 6
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Leave a comment ADVENT/EPIPHANY – All of Humanity Included In the Love and Life of the Whole God
In this 6th message of the Gospel series at New Life Fellowship of Baltimore, Maryland, entitled: “Participation in the Coming of Jesus Christ…!“, Pastor Tim continues to Proclaim the Good News of the God Revealed in Jesus! In particular he helps us see:
- How the mix of Greek philosophy with Christianity has affected songs we write and sing about “G-O-D” (You’ll get a laugh out of one “hit” song and maybe understand your grandparents a little better! haha!)
- How we might better understand the term “Son of Man” and what is being conveyed more meaningfully to us about the God Who is with and for us on our side!
- The 4 “D’s” that represent ways we take part with Jesus RIGHT NOW in His coming that match up with Who God is, and who we are in Him in His Ministry of Good News as believers!
We laughed a lot, too! Check it out! 🙂
Participation In The Coming Of Jesus Christ…!, part 5
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Leave a comment ADVENT/EPIPHANY – Humanity Revealed to Be in the Vice-like and Gentle Grip of Our Relational God
In this 5th message of the Gospel series at New Life Fellowship of Baltimore, Maryland, entitled: “Participation in the Coming of Jesus Christ…!“, Part 5, Pastor Tim continues to be encountered by Jesus, along with the congregation about Jesus’ Presence and Coming, and what it means for us in our day. In this message hear (more in-depth) at least 4 reasons we find it difficult to experience the fullness of joy even though we believe and are included in the Life of God the Trinity in Jesus!
Another interesting day in the Good News! Yay!
Participation In The Coming Of Jesus Christ…!, part 4
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Comments (6) ADVENT – God, The Suffering Servant, In His Coming
In this encounter with Jesus about His Presence and Coming, He addressed us in the Spirit at New Life Fellowship with Good News responses to:
- The ULTIMATE reason for YOUR much suffering
- Why you have nothing to fear from Father, REALLY
- How you can know EXACTLY when Earth’s worst days are upon it, and
- Why we should NOT believe in sin and other “things”
It was an interesting day in the Good News! Wow!
Participation In The Coming Of Jesus Christ…!, part 3
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In this 3rd message of the series “Participation In The Coming Of Jesus Christ…”, proclaimed at New Life Fellowship of Baltimore, Maryland, the questions are still: Is this our vision of the world – where the life of the Father, Son, and Spirit is literally EARTHING itself in human life in the world? Where Christ is already present and becoming more present all the time? Be THRILLED at Who God IS and what He has done as the Triune God of Grace who has joined us in the dirt!
Check out this article by John Stonecypher on this site to supplement your hearing of the Word of the Lord on this subject: https://trinityandhumanity.com/2013/05/30/proposal-an-eschatology-where-god-is-more-present-than-absent/
Participation In The Coming Of Jesus Christ…!, part 2
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Comments (4) ADVENT – The Friendly God In His Coming
In this Advent Season of focusing on the Coming and Presence of God the Blessed Trinity, this 2nd message in the series, proclaimed at New Life Fellowship of Baltimore, Maryland, helps to ask and answer the question: If God the Trinity Is, and Was, and Is To Come, could this really mean that things are getting worse, and worse, and worse, and that God’s Coming REALLY means that He isn’t already here? Be shocked at what we have forgotten and is being restored in the Church’s experience by our Gracious Social God in this proclamation of God the Father, Son and Spirit as His Good News.
Check out this article by John Stonecypher on this site to supplement your hearing of the Word of the Lord on this subject: https://trinityandhumanity.com/2013/05/30/proposal-an-eschatology-where-god-is-more-present-than-absent/
Participation In The Coming Of Jesus Christ…! part 1
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In this Advent Season of focusing on the Coming of the Lord, this 1st sermon in this series, proclaimed at New Life Fellowship of Baltimore, Maryland, helps to ask and answer the questions: What is Advent according to the Reality of the Relational God Revealed in Jesus Christ? ,and, What does the Coming of this Social God mean for our Present Participation in His Love and Life? You may be pleasantly surprised and even shocked at the responses in this proclamation of God the Father, Son and Spirit’s Good News.
Check out this article by John Stonecypher on this site to supplement your hearing of the Word of the Lord on this subject: https://trinityandhumanity.com/2013/05/30/proposal-an-eschatology-where-god-is-more-present-than-absent/
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