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I absolutely love the energy of this new Podcast Episode! It is a real transmission … Listen with all of your senses as there is more to receive than just the spoken words as Siri Rishi is the “real thing”! When we met via zoom, we immediately went into a super deep conversation before I hit recording as if we had known each other for a long time already! And we definitely could have talked for more hours

 How did the baby in the original Moses basket become a Prince of Egypt?Why did a burning bush change his life forever?How does he help the pyramid builders discover who’s in charge of life and death?

Joining me today is someone who I consider to be a modern-day renaissance man. Calvin Sun is an Asian-American ER doctor, entrepreneur and world traveller living in New York City. Calvin is also the founder of the Monsoon Diaries, a travel blog and “tour company for people who hate group tours.” He shares his advice on how to maximize your time and money for travel, why you should travel as widely as possible while you’re young and how group travel can transform even for the most die-hard solo travellers. Thanks for tuning in and enjoy the show! On this episode we covered: His experiences of growing up in New York City His literal and metaphorical travels in the journey to become a doctor How his travels began with a photo of Halong Bay How a girl and a bet lead him to his first backpacking trip How he had to sink or swim as a traveller in Egypt Why solo travel is a form of controlled trauma The travel moment that changed his life forever Mindset shifts and personal transformation How he financed his world travels as a med school student How he overcame the “I don’t have time” barrier to travel The buffet analogy to life and travel The monsooning philosophy behind his travel style How his travel company grew organically through authenticity How to do group travel the right way to make lifelong friends And much more! Where to find Calvin: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/monsoondiaries/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/monsoondiaries/ Website: https://monsoondiaries.com Email: Calvin@monsoondiaries.com // calvindsun@gmail.com Follow Gary on IG: https://www.instagram.com/viajeroclub/   Join the Facebook Community : https://www.facebook.com/groups/407928276427355 If you enjoyed this episode, please don’t forget to hit Subscribe and leave us a review! Give a rating and review here!

This week at our DMF shabbat gathering, the kids are sitting up front in the first of what we call our family services. This lesson, albeit catered towards kids, is in many ways just as applicable for adults, if not more so. We explore the question: why didn't God just execute the tenth plague and get Israel out of Egypt? Why did He have to do all ten? Also, will there be a day in the future when He will once again judge the false hope, false security, and false faiths of the nations? If so why and how can we prepare. For more information on Dothan Messianic Fellowship, visit www.dothanmessianicfellowship.com  

On this episode of the She Reads Truth podcast, founders Raechel Myers and Amanda Bible Williams try to stump She Reads Truth content director, John Greco, with all their Christmas questions. When exactly was Jesus born? Was the “inn” really an inn? Were animals present? What about the wise men? How could Joseph and Mary afford to flee to Egypt? Why do we still have so many questions about a story we’ve known since we were kids? Armed with neon ski caps and cups of coffee, the trio ventures down these and other rabbit trails related to the Christmas story, asking, “What does Scripture actually say?” They find some answers and oddities along the way, and find, once again, that God’s Word only grows richer under the microscope of our honest questions. Read with Us: This episode corresponds to Week 3 of the She Reads Truth A Thrill of Hope: Advent 2019 reading plan found on the She Reads Truth app and SheReadsTruth.com. Advent 2019 Collection at ShopSheReadsTruth.com Additional show notes can be found at shereadstruth.com/podcast/advent-week-3

You Don't Have To Sin Anymore Zachariah's Prophecy Ross Tenneson / General Sanctification / Luke 1:57–79 Summary Exegetical Main Point: God deserves praise for sending Jesus to redeem his people and raising up John to prepare the way for him. Sermon Main Point: Jesus’s redemption frees us from the power (not just the penalty) of sin. Sticky: Jesus has freed us from having to sin. Connection (me) When I first graduated from University of Northwestern in St. Paul, I led a Bible study for some students and friends. I remember giving a lot of my time to serving and loving others. I made a little bargain with myself: God would continue to show me favor and bless me because I was serving him so fruitfully in my Bible study— even if I had a secret sin I was nurturing and hiding from the rest of the world. “It’s alright” (I would tell myself), as long as I keep making a big difference in other’s lives, God won’t actually care that much about this. I thought he will overlook it. Tension (We) What does God really think about the little areas of our lives where we tolerate sin and disobedience? How big of a deal is it to him and his plans for our lives? Is he alright if we live mostly holy lives and have a small area of sin we keep just to ourselves, especially if it’s not hurting anybody else? Revelation (God) Setting the Scene I want us to try to answer these questions as we walk through our passage today. I preached on this same text almost exactly a year ago. I focused on how Jesus frees us from the penalty of sin. In this sermon, I want to focus on what this text teaches us about freedom from the power of sin. I wish I had more time to talk about the narrative in verses 57-66. Please tune into the podcast to hear more. Essentially, Elizabeth gives birth to her child and they name him John (contrary to everyone’s expectations). Then, Zechariah her husband regains his ability to speak (he had lost it for not believing the angel’s promise his wife was to have a son in her old age. Then, he speaks the prophecy we read in the text. What does he prophecy about? Does he start by talking about his son, John? He doesn’t. He begins by first talking about Jesus before prophesying about his son, John.[1] He starts with Jesus because Jesus was greater than John and John’s chief purpose was to point others to Jesus. What then does he have to say about Jesus? The theme of his prophecy is that God has acted again to save his people by visiting and redeeming them (v. 68)[2]. Those words themselves, like so much of this passage, call to mind redemption history past and the ways God acted before to save and rescue his people. These words “visit” and “redeem” specifically refer to the event known as “the Exodus.” Many thousands of years ago before Jesus came, God’s people were in captivity in the nation of Egypt where they were slaves. God sent his servant Moses to tell his people that he was going to bring them out of the nation of Egypt and out of slavery. When Moses told God’s people that God was going to do this, they said: English Standard Version Chapter 4 31 And the people believed; and when they heard that the Lord had visited the people of Israel and that he had seen their affliction, they bowed their heads and worshiped. They called God’s drawing near to rescue them a “visit.” Later, God says to Moses: English Standard Version Chapter 6 6 Say therefore to the people of Israel, ‘I am the Lord, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will deliver you from slavery to them, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great acts of judgment. God called coming to deliver his people from slavery “redeeming.” It is a word that refers to purchasing someone else’s freedom from slavery. Therefore Zachariah is saying that in the coming of Jesus, God is doing something like what he did before in bringing his people out of Egypt and slavery: he is “visiting” and “redeeming” them. Except it’s a bigger deal now because Jesus is a bigger deal than Moses and everything that came before him. When Zachariah says, English Standard Version Chapter 1 68 “Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, for he has visited and redeemed his people He means that what happened before, where God brought his people out of captivity, has happened again, yet this time, even more greatly than before. How? In the coming of Jesus. We will see in the rest of Luke’s gospel that Jesus will live a perfect life and die in the place of his people. Yet, Zechariah, knowing that all of these things will come to pass, speaks as if they had already been accomplished.[3] Jesus has saved all of God’s people from slavery by dying on the cross. The Exodus, when God rescued all his people from Egypt, was an anticipation of what Jesus would accomplish in dying on the cross. What does that mean? It means a lot of things. And I want to focus on one particularly. Yet, before I get there, the first thing we must always remember is that Jesus giving us freedom from the slavery of sin means he frees us from the penalty of sin. When someone stops trusting in themselves and trying to earn God’s love and acceptance by being good enough, and instead trusts in Jesus that he was good enough for you and died in your place, from that very moment, God looks at you as if you had never sinned! Before your sins kept you from a relationship from him, now Jesus has forever cast them away from you and there is no longer anything keeping you from being in a relationship with God. Just like when the Israelites had left Egypt, they could no longer punish or harm them (even though they would try again and fail!), when someone trusts in Jesus, there is no longer any penalty for the sins he has committed since Jesus has already taken it all (and also the lingering feels and guilt and shame that go along with our sins). Who of you here today have never believed in Jesus for the forgiveness of your sins? Today could be the day you are finally forgiven and don’t have to live with guilt or shame anymore. You can finally be at peace with God and with yourself. Just listen to a verse later in our text where Zechariah prophecies about John’s mission (who would be the chief witness to Jesus): English Standard Version Chapter 1 76 And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High; for you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways, 77 to give knowledge of salvation to his people in the forgiveness of their sins, The forgiveness of sins central to John’s message because for all of us: nothing else really matters until our sins are forgiven and we are right with God. The Purpose of the Redemption However, I did mention I wanted to focus on another aspect of freedom from sin today. We can see this reason (that I am about to mention) back in Exodus when God is freeing his people from slavery in Egypt. One good question we could ask to get at what I am talking about it: Why did God free his people from slavery in Egypt? Why go through all the trouble and perform all these miracles? There are a number of different reasons (different Bible verses show us different reasons). I want to bring one to the forefront. God tells Moses to say to Pharaoh in Exodus 7:16: English Standard Version Chapter 7 16 And you shall say to him, ‘The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, sent me to you, saying, “Let my people go, that they may serve me in the wilderness.” But so far, you have not obeyed. The Hebrew word for “serve” means they would work for the Lord to do the tasks he wanted them to accomplish. In essence, that they would do his will. And so you know, this reason of God releasing his people so that they may leave and serve him (rather than serving Pharaoh!) comes up again and again and again in Exodus. I don’t think Pharaoh liked the idea of the Israelites doing God’s will instead of doing his will (and neither does your flesh and the devil). Yet, God showed extensive power to release his people to go and serve him. One striking thing we see in our passage is that Zechariah says the same purpose behind the freedom from slavery Jesus comes to give us is that it is for the same purpose! Look at verses 74-75: English Standard Version Chapter 1 74 that we, being delivered from the hand of our enemies, might serve him without fear, 75 in holiness and righteousness before him all our days. God’s purpose in setting us free from sin is that we would live with obedience to him. He doesn’t want us to serve any modern-day Pharoah like our own flesh, this world, or the devil. He wants our allegiance to belong to him alone! Friends who don’t know Jesus yet, it is so important for you to grasp what I am about to say. The way our hearts automatically think is as follows: I obey God in order to receive his love and acceptance. The Bible flips our human logic right on it’s head! Instead, the gospel teaches us, I freely receive God’s love and acceptance in order to obey God.[4] Application (You) Now I want this statement to land on those who are already following Jesus because I think a lot of us are missing something big. Since we know Jesus saves us by grace and not by works, our obedience may be important to us, but it is not nearly as important as other aspect of Christianity like faith in Christ and the forgiveness of our sins. Yet, the Bible does not describe God’s call to us for all-of-life obedience as having secondary importance. In fact, serving God in holiness and righteousness seems to be one of the central benefits of Jesus’s salvation alongside forgiveness of sin. It’s not like the forgiveness of sins is the exclusive thing you celebrate and living with obedience is off on the side. Rather, it’s, “I used to live with a lifestyle of disobedience to God, and now that Jesus has saved me, he has set me free and I can obey him!” That’s part of the good news of our salvation. This is at the very heart of what Jesus is dying on the cross for and we dare not treat it with secondary importance. And church, how did we get from what I am talking about: that living in a God-honoring way is at the heart of the blessings Jesus is giving us in his death to “obedience is an unpleasant and annoying part of the Christian life I tolerate because I have to”? Before, you couldn’t live like Jesus; now you can. Jesus didn’t just set us free from the penalty of sin; he set us free from the power of sin. We get to forsake all of the old ugliness of our past selves and live like Jesus did. How is that not one blessing we are not bursting at the seams to receive and put into practice on a daily basis? (And I know I haven’t told you how to do it yet, and I will, but I want us all to get a sense for how our hearts should feel about it first). Church, this message is a plea for us to embrace the reality that we can live like Jesus as a blessing (not just a duty) and not to tolerate any stronghold of sin in our lives! Did you know that when you tolerate sin in your life you are acting you are like you are still in the slavery Jesus had already set you free from and even giving sin control over you? Sin always puts some value or desire above God, and therefore you become a servant of that rather than of God. Lie 1: And more than that, we all tell ourselves “I can control this sin” and “I’ll just keep it in this little corner of my life.” And yet, it never stays there. It grows beyond its boundaries and often ends up actually taking control of us. This reality goes all the way back to the beginning of Genesis when God warns Cain who had just given into his sinful desire and murdered his brother: English Standard Version Chapter 4 7 If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin is crouching at the door. Its desire is contrary to you, but you must rule over it.” Lie 2: I’m going to give into this particular sin anyway; I don’t have the strength to resist it. Since Jesus has set us free from the power of sin, believers, there isn’t actually a sin that you have to commit anymore. In setting you free, Jesus has actually put you back in control of you. That belittles what Jesus has done for you! 1 Corinthians 10:13 says, English Standard Version Chapter 10 13 No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it. So, what is it like then when we as believers tolerate sin in our lives and make peace with certain patterns of disobedience? Well, since sin grows beyond our little space we have made for it and takes control of our desires and interferes with our relationship with Jesus and others, it is like these hand-cuffs. Even though sin promises us freedom, it ends up feeling like these when it is destroying our relationships with God and with our spouse and with one another. And since no one or anything any longer can force us to sin, it’s not like someone else is coming up and slapping these on; rather, we are closing them on our own wrists. How tragic. I end up feeling like this sometimes because of my own making. I find myself serving my sin instead of serving my Lord who set me free from my sin! And yet, even if this is where any of you are this evening, you do not have to stay there! Do you hear me? Christ has set you free from the power of sin and you can take these things off no matter how tight you’ve pushed them on. For those of you with any doubt that it is a pleasant and better thing to live with obedience to Jesus (and not just an obligation Christians have), this is what it looks and feels like to be free! And so you know, this pastor has hand cuffs he needs to be taking off of his own life. My language when I am mad and upset and frustrating me is not holy and righteous. It is profane and vulgar. Yes, I do a careful job of hiding it for you— but trust me, it is not pretty. Yet, when I am talking like that, I am acting like and feel like a slave! My anger and need to control controls me! I’m acting like Jesus has not gone through his death and resurrection so I don’t even have to live like that anymore. And yet, I can live like that! He has given me everything I need to be slow to anger and have holy speech. Ground (Jesus) Some of you are probably wringing your hands together asking, when is he going to explain how we do what he is talking about? (1) I am excited to get to it now. Part of it is just a plain and simple trust in Jesus that he is able to give you freedom from the power of sin. If you don’t know that his death was meant to set you free from sin’s power (which I hope you do now!), you will hardly trust in him to set you free from sin’s power. And if you are not trusting in him to do that, you won’t receive that power (just like if you don’t trust in him to forgive you of your sins, he will not forgive you of your sins). Jesus is the source of our ability to not habitually commit sin in our lives and we receive it through our trust in him (podcast for more). (2) The other point I want to make goes back to a big point in our text today I have not been able to get to yet is from a big part of our text I have not been able to get to yet. Please take a look at verses 69-74, English Standard Version Chapter 1 69 and has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David, 70 as he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets from of old, 71 that we should be saved from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us; 72 to show the mercy promised to our fathers and to remember his holy covenant, 73 the oath that he swore to our father Abraham, to grant us 74 that we, being delivered from the hand of our enemies, might serve him without fear, Very quickly, the “horn of salvation” is a reference to the strength with which God saves us (the horn reminds us of the ox.[5] Also, our “enemies” and “those who hate us” want to cause us to sin because that’s the most effective way to destroy a Christian. Yet, what I want to draw attention to is the other things these verses highlight. To what “he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets from of old” and “to show the mercy promised to our fathers” and “to remember his holy covenant” and “the oath that he swore to our father Abraham” The freedom from sin that I am speaking to you about today is not anything Luke made up out of thin air. Jesus came to free his people from sin in fulfillment of numerous promises and prophecies all over the Old Testament. In fact, Jesus even chastised Jews who should have known the Old Testament for not understanding what he came to do. And I would be surprised if Luke only wanted us to be aware that Jesus came in fulfillment of these promises (as if he was just trying to inform our minds). Rather, I believe he is trying to change our hearts to keep depending on God’s promises (just like the Old Testament saints did) especially now that he has the great track record of keeping all of them by sending his son Jesus! And if you have any doubt that the promises of God are supposed to make us more holy, listen to 2 Cor 7:1, English Standard Version Chapter 7 7 Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body and spirit, bringing holiness to completion in the fear of God. Let me just share from my own experience. I have found it so helpful to have scriptural promises I can quote to myself when I am battling with temptation (and even now as I am preaching this I am reminded I need to start doing this more often!). If you want one practical nugget you can walk away with today, here it is: memorize at least one verse that addresses God’s deliverance from temptation that you can quote in moments of temptation. Historically, mine has been Gal 5:16, “walk by the Spirit and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.” I remember myself quoting that verse over and over again in moments where I was battling with sin. Use my verse or come up with another! See what power there is in God’s promises because of what Jesus did! (more on Podcast). Now after all this, you might be wondering... Ross, are you suggesting I could never sin again in my life because I am not under sins power and I don’t ever have to commit a sin? You all are really going to have to listen to the podcast this week. I wish I had time to get into that question, because it’s a big one. At the very least, let’s just agree we as believers have the power to break the pattern of sin in our life because Jesus gives us that kind of power. Imagination (We) I have focused so much on the consequences of sin that I have risked not highlighting the beauty of obedience. Friends, listen to these verses, English Standard Version Chapter 1 74 that we, being delivered from the hand of our enemies, might serve him without fear, 75 in holiness and righteousness before him all our days. and English Standard Version Chapter 1 77 to give knowledge of salvation to his people in the forgiveness of their sins, 78 because of the tender mercy of our God, whereby the sunrise shall visit us from on high 79 to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.” A lifestyle of obedience to God is beautiful. When we destroy strongholds of sin in our life and live like we belong to Jesus, Luke calls it, “serving him without fear in holiness and righteousness before him all our days” and a light “guiding our feet in the way of peace.” What is so beautiful about obedience ultimately is that we all start to resemble Jesus in the way we live and love others. Also, I wonder what works of God we are missing out on because of our sin in our lives. I wonder what we would see (whether it would be revival or missionaries who go) if we took new steps into obedience. Glorification (Jesus) Jesus is so good in what he has offered us. He died so that we could live like he did— selfless, focused on the greatness of God, compassionate to the poor and needy, useful to others, and dedicated to integrity and holiness in all of life. There is a beauty that emanates off of a person like this just as there is an ultimate beauty that flows forth from Jesus. Holiness and righteousness matters because Jesus is holy and righteous and beautiful above all others. [1] Cf. Stein, R. H. (1992). Luke (Vol. 24, p. 99). Nashville: Broadman & Holman Publishers. [2] Bock, D. L. (1996). Luke (p. 75). Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing House. [3] Just, A. A. (Ed.). (2005). Luke (p. 32). Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press. [4] Tim Keller: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8i0Y8qoi44. [5] Bock, D. L. (1996). Luke (p. 75). Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing House.

Sermon - Control Your Desires or Face Spiritual Ruin - 1 Corinthians 10-1-13----1-Redemptive Blessings of Israel - vv1-4--a.Deliverance from bondage--b.Continual presence of God--c.Baptism into the covenant people of God--d.Ongoing provision from Christ----2-God-s judgment upon most of Israel - v5----3-Learn from the negative example of Israel - vv6-11--a.Avoid idolatry - Ex 32-1-6--b.Flee sexual immorality - Num 25-1-9--c.Do not test the Lord - Num 21-4-9--d.Do not grumble against the Lord - Num 14-2- 16-41-50----4-Final Warning - Encouragement for the Corinthians - vv12-13----Preparing my heart for the sermon------What do Christians have in common with the Israelites who were brought out of Egypt------What was the fate of the Israelites who came out of Egypt- Why did that happen------How does Israel serve as an example to the Corinthians and to us------Other passages to consider - Ex 13-17-14-31- 16-1-17-7- 32-1-6- Num 14-1-35- 16-41-50- 20-2-13- 21-4-9- Ps 78-1-43- 106- Heb 3-7-4-13- 1 Pet 1-10-12----Digging Deeper------How does God use examples in our lives------What was the root issue with the Israelites- How are the Corinthians showing they are in the same danger------In what areas do I need to exercise more self-control- How can I grow in self-control------How does v13 encourage us as we seek to be self-controlled-

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What was the meaning and purpose of the ten plagues of Egypt? Why did God send such devastating plagues on the Egyptians?