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Welcome to Day 2584 of Wisdom-Trek. Thank you for joining me. This is Guthrie Chamberlain, Your Guide to Wisdom Day 2584– Prophecy, Idolatry, the Day of the Lord, Loyalty, Messiah – Jeremiah 23:5 Putnam Church Message – 03/09/2025 Sermon Series: Old Testament Orientation Message 9: Prophecy, Idolatry, the Day of the Lord, Loyalty, and Messiah Last week, we continued our Old Testament Orientation series and reviewed Prophetic Literature – God's Call to Repentance and Restoration. We also explored how it impacted the Ancient Israelites and our lives today. This week, we will expand our review of Prophetic Literature and focus on  Prophecy, Idolatry, the Day of the Lord, Loyalty, and Messiah. We will touch on some of the same themes as last week but from a slightly different aspect. Opening Prayer Heavenly Father, From the very beginning, You have called Your people to follow You with wholehearted devotion. You have spoken through Your prophets to call Your people back to You. You have warned against idolatry, declared the coming Day of the Lord, and promised restoration through Your Messiah. Today, as we open Your Word, give us eyes to see, ears to hear, and hearts ready to respond. May we understand the urgency of loyalty to You and recognize that our ultimate hope is in the Messiah You have sent. Teach us through the voices of the prophets and guide us in faithfulness. Teach us what it means to be truly loyal to You and help us understand the depth of Your promises. May we not fall into the same mistakes as those who came before us, but instead, may we stand firmly on Your truth. In Jesus' name, Amen. Introduction Let's climb back into our imagination station again this week. Picture yourself standing in the streets of Jerusalem during the reign of King Josiah. The temple has been cleaned of its idols, and a great revival has begun. The Book of the Law, long forgotten, has been rediscovered. The priests read its words aloud, and the people tremble before Yahweh for the first time in generations. But as you walk through the city, something troubles you. Not everyone is truly repentant. Some still carry small household idols hidden beneath their robes. Some mutter against the reforms, longing for the old days of the worship of idols that represented their false gods. The prophets continue to warn the people: “The Day of the Lord is coming! Do not return to idolatry! Be faithful to Yahweh, for He alone is God!” People stop. Some scoff. Some listen. “You have turned away from Yahweh! You bow before idols, chase after the gods of other nations, and forsake the covenant of your fathers! The Day of the Lord is coming—a day of judgment for the wicked and restoration for the faithful! But do not fear, for the Lord has promised a righteous King from David's line, one who will reign forever in justice and truth!” And yet, many ignore the warnings. Centuries later, we find ourselves in a similar situation. Many claim to follow God, yet their hearts are divided. Some chase after material wealth, some place their trust in human power, and some simply ignore the call of the Gospel. The message of the prophets is still relevant today. Today, we will explore five key prophetic themes: The Role of...

Will R2-D2 and C-3PO be able to get off the planet? Will the Rebel Alliance be able to defeat the Galactic Empire? Will Jesus be the one to kick out the Roman Empire? Join us for the message “This Isn't the Messiah You're Looking For.” This is a recording of the sermon portion of our service on 8/22/21

Will R2-D2 and C-3PO be able to get off the planet? Will the Rebel Alliance be able to defeat the Galactic Empire? Will Jesus be the one to kick out the Roman Empire? Join us for the message “This Isn't the Messiah You're Looking For.” This is a recording of the our complete service on 8/22/21

Not the Messiah You're Looking For preached by Steve Cavallaro from Mark 8:31–33.

Not the Messiah You're Looking For preached by Steve Cavallaro from Mark 8:31–33.

Not the Messiah You're Looking For preached by Steve Cavallaro from Mark 8:31–33.

9 February 2020 The Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time Matthew 5:13-16 + Homily 14 Minutes 11 Seconds Link to the Readings: http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/020920.cfm (New American Bible, Revised Edition) From the parish bulletin:    Luke the Evangelist is the patron saint of artists because he paints pictures with words. In describing the scene of old Simeon in the Temple encountering Jesus, Luke wrote that he “took him up in his arms” (Luke 2:28).    That word picture of an old man holding a forty-day-old baby, reminds one of the 1490 painting by the master Domenico Ghirlandaio, of a grandfather and his grandson embracing. The old man is anything but beautiful, save for his smile as he gazes at the angelic boy. The grandfather’s problematic nose is “warts and all,” as the bleak Oliver Cromwell instructed his own portraitist, Samuel Cooper. For noses, it competes with that of the vaudevillian Jimmy Durante who, incidentally, was married in 1921 in our sister parish of Holy Innocents.    That juxtaposition of old age and youth bonded by love is the “leitmotif” of the encounter in the Temple. But by what power of perception did Simeon recognize the infant Messiah? You might ask the same of the seventeen-year-old Saint Joan of Arc when she entered the Chateau of Chinon in 1429 and recognized the disguised future King Charles VII.    Good teachers discern potential in the classroom, like Saint Albert the Great seeing in his student Thomas Aquinas, mocked as a “Dumb Ox,” a future Doctor of the Church. But to discern the Messiah in diapers requires heavenly help, since prodigy is not greater than divinity.    God comes to us often in obscurity, through unexpected events and persons, rather than through celebrities. Famous people come and go, often through the passing of fashion. In the second century, Plutarch compared the celebrities of his Roman days with the heroes of classical Greece; but who today remembers Cleomenes, whom he matched with Camillus, or Philopoemen compared with Poplicola?    There are natural intuitions, such as Saint Albert recognizing in the clumsy young Thomas Aquinas the future Doctor of the Church. But Simeon and his accompanying prophetess Anna, like Joan of Arc, had their eyes opened by the Holy Spirit.    Albert Schweitzer was a hero of my youth and one of the most revered figures of the day. Now he is as remote in present consciousness as Jimmy Durante. He left us an image of the Messiah that Simeon would have understood: “He comes to us as One unknown, without a name, as of old, by the lakeside, He came to those men who knew Him not. He speaks to us the same words: ‘Follow thou me!’ and sets us to the tasks which He has to fulfill for our time. He commands. And to those who obey Him, whether they be wise or simple, He will reveal himself in the toils, the conflicts, the sufferings which they shall pass through in His fellowship, and, as an ineffable mystery, they shall learn in their own experience Who He is.”

Cascade Vineyard ChurchPastor Glenn Schroder September 15th, 2019“This is Not the Messiah You’re Looking For”Scripture references:Luke 9:18026Micah 4:3www.cascadevineyard.orgSupport the show (https://cascadevineyard.org/give)

In the summer, when the weather is hot day after day, it makes us long for a break. Our bodies grow tired of the heat. We grow tired of being hot and thirsty. Everything around us grows tired of the heat – grass yellows, flowers wither, trees droop. Everything around us needs relief. We need the summer doldrums broken up by a day of cool, rainy weather – a day of renewal. This is how our lives can be spiritually too. Sometimes we go through seasons when it seems like there’s been no relief, just doldrums of summer. Sometimes it can seem like it has been a long time since the Lord has done anything new in our lives. We need renewal, revival, refreshing, restoration. We need the Lord to move again, to lead us again, to show us something of himself afresh. This was where Israel was in Mark 1. Malachi was the last prophet sent by God to the people of Israel, to speak words of the Lord. But that was 400 years ago. The people were ready for a new word. Mark 1:1-15 v. 1 – “Son of God” – written to Roman Christians, proves that demonstrate Jesus is the Son of God, with power and authority over disease, the natural world, and the spiritual realm. vv 2-3 – Malachi had prophesied that a messenger would come ahead of God’s Messiah. Notice: Prepare the way, and make straight paths vv. 4-5 – John the Baptist was that messenger. To prepare the way for Jesus the Messiah, John preached a new word from the Lord: that people needed to confess their sin individually. He was a herald who told people ahead of the Messiah that there would be a new way to relate to God. He used baptism in a new way. Before John, people who were converted into Judaism were baptized. But John used baptism as a sign of repentance from sins. John preached you need to confess and repent of sins, you need of forgiveness. Isn’t it interesting that in God’s plan he would send a man ahead of the Messiah? You would think that Jesus on his own would be all that anyone needed. It is interesting that John is sent to prepare people for Jesus. But that is how it was in your life when you first came to Christ. Someone helped you see your sin. Someone helped you see your need for forgiveness. Someone helped you see your need for Christ. Someone made a straight path for Jesus to come into your life. Thank God for them, they were like John sent to you to prepare you to received Christ. It was all orchestrated by God, but carried out by a very common man or woman. People need someone to prepare them for Christ. Your family member, friend, classmate, neighbor, business contact, if they have not believed in Jesus, they need someone to prepare them. How can you “prepare the way?” 1. Explain their need for forgiveness. Explain how we all need to turn from sinful temptations and attitudes and from dead-end worldly pursuits. 2. Tell them how you found forgiveness in Christ. Tell them how you knew you were sinful and found forgiveness in Christ. 3. Tell them how it has changed your life. To be free from sin, shame, guilt. New meaning. People need our help to prepare them to receive Christ. In his grace, God lets us be a part of him changing lives. What about you and me? Do we need still need to be prepared to meet Christ? We do. We need to continually confess and repent. Confession of sin and repentance is not a one-time event. We need to ask the Lord to search our hearts and to help us see sinful attitudes and disobedience. Then we need to take them to Christ and ask him to cover that too and cleanse us. Are you stuck in the summer doldrums spiritually? Are you preparing your heart for Christ? Are you making a straight path for him into your life? Be ready to receive his grace by remembering your need for it. Thirst for his forgiveness, hunger for his presence. If he came to you with a new word or new direction or new revelation, would you be ready? God is ready with an endless store of refreshing, renewal, restoration, revival. But he waits until we have been obedient with what he’s already given. He won’t refill your cup until you’ve taken a drink of what he’s already given you. Mark 4:24-25 Greater obedience leads to greater revelation. Have you been obedient to what God’s already given you? Step out in faith to do or believe what He’s already said. Lord, help us prepare the way in other’s lives. Help us continually prepare the way in our lives through confession and greater obedience.