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In this message, we learn that David is promised that the long-awaited Redeemer King would descend from him.

In this message, we learn that David is promised that the long-awaited Redeemer King would descend from him.

In this message, we learn that David is promised that the long-awaited Redeemer King would descend from him.

Jesus, Son of the Father's Love, Creator, Redeemer, King the Cosmos - Colossians 1:15-20 Interim Preaching Pastor, Rick Baker

Christmas is when we celebrate the birth of Christ, but this event has far greater implications than many understand. This sermon gives a brief overview of how the Bible fits together in one, comprehensive metanarrative in which the birth, life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ is the central, paradigmatic event. The Bible is understood best in four movements that together explain what we call the Gospel (Good news), the message that Jesus Christ has died to pay for our sins, rose from the dead to give us new life, and is currently making all things new. The four movements are Creation, Fall, Redemption, and Restoration. We have hope of eternal glory because of His saving work.

The most important question you could ever answer in the entire world is this: Who do you say Jesus is? Some think of him as a good man, others a moral example, a revolutionary leader, a teacher. People in Jesus' day saw him as a great prophet. But Jesus is more. Jesus is the Christ, the promised Messiah, the Son of God, the Redeemer King, the suffering Son of Man. How do you see him? Will you embrace him for what he is?

Dr. Brian Payne | Pastor "Two Portraits of the Savior" | Genesis 14:1-24 1. A Portrait and Foreshadowing of our Redeemer King (1-17) 2. A Portrait and Foreshadowing of our Priest-King (18-21)

From Acts 13, Rev. Mensah Ameyaw walks us through Paul's first sermon after his conversion. Paul points to Jewish history, contrasting the slavery of Israelites in Egypt with our sinful condition. He will go on to present Jesus as the Redeemer-King, unjustly crucified by the very people He came to save, but whom God raised […]

Who is Jesus? Matthew seeks to answer this question for his audience of former Jews desperate for encouragement to cling to Christ. He begins his gospel with the genealogy and birth narrative of Jesus to show Jesus Christ has the right to redeem & reign over us because He pursues God's covenant of reconciliation. // Closing Prayer: Valley of Vision, "Christlikeness"

Sermon Outline: 1. The Summary of history: salvation or destruction by the Lord (Isaiah 33:1-12) 2. Zion sees and grieves over her sin, and then sees and enjoys the beauty of her King (Isaiah 33:13-24) 3. Gods permanent wrath on the nations will be satisfy His justice (Isaiah 34) 4. The Redeemer brings weak people to Himself in Zion with great gladness (Isaiah 35) Family Discussion Questions: 1. What is the main difference between waiting for the Lord and thinking Hell never come? 2. Why is the Law of God helpful for us to see the Gospel? 3. What are some ways that the presence of God is described- what do they teach us about God? 4. What does it mean to say that the Messiah is beautiful? 5. What would you tell someone who said that vengeance is wrong? 6. What does this passage tell us about how long Gods wrath for sin will last? 7. What were Lebanon, Carmel, and Sharon known for? How do those things help us look forward to the Lords return? 8. How does the vision of Zion give strength to those who are pilgrims on their way there? 9. Why is the highway to Zion called, the way of holiness? What impact is that to have upon us? 10. How do 35:10 and 33:13-16 tell us how sinners end up on the Way of Holiness and ultimately in Zion?

Exodus may have been written 1000s of years ago, but the message couldn't be more timely. God redeemed us so that we represent Him to the world. That's what we see in Exodus 19:1-8. Church Family, we've been redeemed to represent our Redeemer to the world. This text is a summons to the Church—to our church—to represent God's heart, law, and purposes in the world. We're not our own. We've been bought with a price. We belong to our Redeemer King. And we represent our Redeemer with gospel words and gospel actions.

The book of Samuel opened with a need for a king. It closes with a need for redemption. The greater Son of David fulfills both! Jesus is the Redeemer-King, the Sovereign Ruler of Israel and the Savior of the world. Apple: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/preach-the-word/id1449859151?mt=2 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2aSveQvIs7SPHWB4UcmSUQ

 Audio recordingSermon manuscript:To the disciples it appeared that everything was going well as Jesus made his way into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday. In fact, things were going very well. If they would have thought back on the past few years they would have recalled things that kings and prophets would have liked to have seen and heard. Jesus did many powerful signs. He made the blind see and the deaf hear. He fed the 5,000 and the 4,000. Jesus taught as one having authority, instead of like the teachers who were only trying to fill the time and cash their paycheck. Many were converted to faith in him. Jesus's overwhelming success might be one of the main things we should have in our mind's eye when we imagine that Palm Sunday. All around Jesus there were spontaneous acts of love, honor, and devotion. There was no campaign manager artificially pumping up the crowds with stirring music. That wasn't necessary. The crowds loved him, and worshipped him, and this is the only way to understand their actions: They threw down their garments on the road so that the donkey's colt, a small animal carrying a fully grown man, might walk on them. They cut palm branches in their hands and waved them about. Nobody was embarrassed. Nobody was self-conscious. All that they were conscious of was Jesus. They wanted to catch sight of him. They were praising God joyfully, with a loud voice, for all the miracles that they had seen. The words that the crowd said were heavy with all that those words signified. They sang, “Blessed is the king who comes in the Name of the Lord.” They are identifying Jesus as the king. This would have come as news to Pontius Pilate, the highest Roman official in that region, or to Herod, who ruled in Galilee. Jesus had no earthly office or authority. He was a poor Jew from the hinterlands. But these people recognize him as king. Furthermore, they do not recognize him as the king pending the approval of the Roman Caesar or any other human authority. They say that he is the king who comes in the Name of the Lord, the God of Israel. They do not see Jesus as an upstart, making his way to the top by his own bootstraps. They recognize him as the Christ, the anointed King, sent by none other than God himself. How else could he have done the signs or taught the way he taught? Believing that Jesus is the Christ, the Messiah, which means “the anointed one,” is the shortest Christian creed. These people have this confession of faith. The other thing that the crowds say is so outrageous that it makes the Pharisees embarrassed. They say, “Peace in heaven and glory in the highest.” This was a bit too much for the Pharisees. The Pharisees, like every believing Jew, was looking for the Christ, the one who would be like King David, but King David was just a man. The Pharisees fear that these people's theology is getting dangerously out of whack. A human being might be able to bring about peace on earth, but what is this about peace in heaven? Only God rules in heaven. Furthermore the people are giving him glory in the highest. Only God, and certainly no man, should be given glory in the highest. The Pharisees tell Jesus that his disciples are in need of a stern rebuke. But Jesus is not alarmed. The Pharisee's theology is correct, as far as that goes. But they do not see what the people see, and therefore they are wrong. The people see that Jesus is God. All glory, laud, and honor are to him, the Redeemer King. If he were but a man, then it would be inappropriate to say what they had said. Since he is God in the flesh, what they have said is entirely appropriate. All creation sings its praises to Jesus the King: Fields and floods, rocks, hills, and plains repeat the sounding joy, repeat the sounding joy, repeat, repeat the sounding joy. Palm Sunday is when everything was going splendidly for Jesus's disciples. This is just how they had hoped everything would go once it was revealed to them that Jesus is the Christ. Exciting things were in store. Oh, the places they might go! It's just a matter of time, they think, before the Gentiles start coming to Jerusalem with their expensive gifts. That will be sweet. And they had been with Jesus from the beginning. It's good to be friends with the king. But, as you know, at the end of this same week Jesus would appear before Pontius Pilate, battered and bruised. There he would declare, “My kingdom is not of this world. If it were, I would have commanded my angels so that I never would have been handed over to the Jewish leaders. But my kingdom is not of this world.” The crown that was placed on Jesus was not a crown of gold, but a crown of thorns. His throne was a cross. He was not held in honor, but was mocked and shamed. Those Pharisees who thought that he was blaspheming on Sunday probably thought that he was getting his comeuppance on Friday. It is fairly common, even among Christians, to look at Good Friday as the day the music died. But that is the wrong way to look at it. If anything, you could perhaps think of this event as a change in key in Jesus being king. It's like one of those bridges to a higher key that really brings the whole thing home. Good Friday was not an accident. It was not a derailment of Messianic hopes. For the disciples it certainly seemed that way at the time. They had dreams of sitting at Jesus's right and his left, being great in the eyes of their fellow human beings. But their sights were not set high enough. What the crowds sang on Palm Sunday was entirely accurate, even if they might not have fully realized it or understood how it might come about. This king who comes in the Name of the Lord brings about peace in heaven. Jesus's peace brings to an end the devil's accusations. The devil accuses us of our sins and would have us hate and fear God as a harsh judge. And he is a judge. He declares Jesus to be guilty and punishes him in our place. The punishment that should fall upon us, falls upon this divine king, until he is crushed and dies under the weight of it all. Thus there is no condemnation for those in Christ Jesus. The devil cannot accuse us of our sins before God because the Lord is our righteousness. The fact of the matter (and this is no wishful thinking, but a plain fact) is that God's peace and God's good will is towards men. God's favor rests upon mankind because Jesus the Christ has achieved peace in heaven. Even if, through progress and hard work, we were able to achieve world peace, cure cancer, and cure COVID while we're at it, together with all the other ambitions we might set for ourselves, these would be nothing compared to what this king does. Even if we were able to roll back all the curses and punishments that came with sin, we would still be alienated from our Creator. This king brings about reconciliation between God and sinners. Jesus works peace, good will, and happiness. But none of the great works this king does can really be seen now. They can only be known by faith alone. Many people get lost when the music changes its key. It's too high and they can't sing it. They are more interested in the things of this world: How do I get people to do what I want them to do? How do I use the limited resources to my greatest advantage? I look at you and I think, “What can I use you for?” All people are necessarily enslaved to their desires, whatever those desires might be, unless they are set free by dying and rising. We have to be born again by the water and the Spirit to see the kingdom of God. We have to die with Christ and be raised with Christ. We have to be baptized. Otherwise we will stick with what we have been doing since we were a baby. We will do whatever we can to manipulate others, to achieve our own ends. Jesus the king opens up a different way of looking at life. Instead of looking for how you can use others, you can look for how you can serve them. Instead of trying to lord it over others and have them serve you, you can become as the least and the servant of all. You can walk in the footsteps of your teacher and master. He came not to be served, but to serve, and give his life as a ransom for many. There is a tremendous change that takes place with the disciples' thinking from the way the disciples had been thinking on Palm Sunday. Those who continue to believe that Jesus is the Christ even after he is crucified, died, was buried, and on the third day rose from the dead have their thinking changed very much. You can tell it by their actions. The apostles did not go out into the world to create little kingdoms for themselves. They did not gather a following so that they could sit on thrones and live richly at the expense of others. Insofar as the Holy Spirit blessed them, they poured themselves out rather than trying to collect as much as they could. They were no longer afraid of suffering and loss. They were glad to suffer for the benefit of others. This also, just like with our Lord Jesus Christ, can be too high of a key for people to appreciate. It sounds dreadful, in a way, that we should love to the point of suffering and even death. What kind of glory is that? Suffering and death look terrible. There's no crown of gold. The adoring crowds are nowhere to be found, and we just might get the reward of abuse and scorn instead. But do not be afraid. Do not be discouraged. It is good to love others, no matter what anybody else might say. It is better to give than to receive, no matter what anybody else might say. It is better to serve than to be served, no matter what anybody else might say. During Holy Week there is something divine and beautiful going on, even though it can only be seen by faith alone. Apart from faith it looks like a tragedy. With faith it is seen for what it really is—peace in heaven. This is also true in the lives of Christians. The Holy Spirit works to bring about the image of God in them, the image of Christ the crucified. This is not a defeat. It is a victory. You can tell by the way the song goes. It is high and beautiful. So hark the glad sound! The Savior comes. The Savior promised long. Let ev'ry heart prepare a throne and ev'ry voice a song. Amen.

The Big Idea: The certainty of our eternal future informs, directs and empowers our present life experience.1 Corinthians 15:47-58THE SHAPE OF GOD'S FUTURE FOR US:Four Things we are certain to Experience in Our Future:1. DEATH WITH NO STING.“If we could be sure that death is annihilation, there would be no fear of it. But we cannot be totally sure. What people fear most is not that death is annihilation, but that it is not.” – EpicurusJesus did not come to bring judgment, but to bear it on our behalf!2. SUFFERING SWALLOWED UP IN VICTORY.Suffering isn't repaid, but is completely swallowed up in victory!3. PHYSICAL LIFE IN AN ETERNAL MATERIAL WORLD.4. FINALLY EXPERIENCING THE TRUE YOU.Response:● Keep praying over our nation!● ABC - place your life in the hands of our Redeemer King and your certain eternal future.● Live among your Oikos through the empowerment of your Hope.

We come to the conclusion of our Christmas Advent series, titled, -Creation, Fall, Redemption, Consummation-. Today we will look at where all of history is heading. All things in heaven and on earth are being united in Christ -Ephesians 1-10-.--Christmas. The celebration of the birth of our Savior. In Christ, we have received salvation. In Christ, we have redemption, the forgiveness of our sins. In Christ, we are restored to an eternal relationship with God our Father. All of this comes to us from our loving Father as a gift. God's grace. But the Apostle John says we have received more than grace- we have received grace upon grace. Blessing upon blessing. For from his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace. -John 1-16-. Listen to this message describing how God's children, those who have received and believed in Jesus Christ -John 1-12-, fit into God's glorious plan for the ages. Merry Christmas.

The nativity of our Lord Jesus is a setting filled with wonder. Yet, poignantly, a significant part of what makes the birthplace scene so wonderful is that looming ominously over the little body of our sinless savior is the shadow of a cross. Jesus, the Son of God, is also the Lamb of God. The Newborn King is also our Redeemer King. The Manger and the Cross are united into one story. The story of redemption. Come, listen in to this gospel message filled with pathos and joy and wonder. -Jesus - Our Redeemer King.-

The mission of the Servant. God promises to protect His people, despite their unfaithfulness. A call for the people to return.

The identity of the Servant. Jewish understanding. The Servant as a distinct individual.

In this episode of the AsOne Leadership Podcast, Luke Williams sits down with Carl Beech. Carl is the Senior Leader of Redeemer King Church in Chesterfield (UK), the President of CVM (Christian Vision for Men) and Founder of Edge Ministries. Luke and Carl talk about how 2020 has been a year like nothing we have previously experienced and how that impacts the Church. If you're a Church leader, this is a must listen podcast!

Click Here to Listen to the other parts in the seriesReclaiming Easter (Part 1) - The Miracle of EasterReclaiming Easter (Part 2) - Regaining the High GroundReclaiming Easter (Part 3) - It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like...EasterFamilyLife Today® Radio Transcript  References to conferences, resources, or other special promotions may be obsolete. Regaining the High Ground Guest:                         Barbara Rainey        From the series:       Reclaiming Easter (Day 2 of 4)Air date:                     March 17, 2015  Bob: The cross is the universal symbol of the Christian faith; but through the years and in different countries, all around the world, there have been different styles of crosses that have represented Christianity. Barbara Rainey says, “That's a good thing.” Barbara: Jesus is universal—He's not American / He's not Western. He's for everyone—from every tongue, and every tribe and every nation, from every era. I wanted to have crosses that were international—that sort of brought us back to the idea that Jesus is for all people, for all time. Christ has been pushing into country after country, around the world, since He left us. The message is continuing to go on into every nation and every language. Bob: This is FamilyLife Today for Tuesday, March 17th. Our host is the President of FamilyLife®, Dennis Rainey, and I'm Bob Lepine. This is the season of the year when all of us should be surveying the wondrous cross. We'll talk on today's program about how we can make the cross more central to our celebration of Easter. Stay tuned. 1:00 And welcome to FamilyLife Today. Thanks for joining us on the Tuesday edition. The guy, who leads worship at our church, knows that, on the Sunday before Thanksgiving, he is going to be leading two hymns: “Come, Ye Thankful People, Come” and— Dennis: I want to guess! It's one of the Gettys' songs. Bob: No. Dennis: Really!? Bob: “We Gather Together.” Dennis: But you're kind of a Getty groupie. Bob: I would not call me a groupie. [Laughter] Dennis: A Getty groupie—that kind of has a sound to it; doesn't it? Bob: I am—I have a great appreciation for their work, and we sing a lot of their hymns in our worship service. But on the Sunday before Thanksgiving, it's always “We Gather Together” and “Come, Ye Thankful People, Come.” 2:00 The next Sunday, which is always the first Sunday of Advent, we always sing, “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel” and we sing “Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus.” You have to sing those on the first Sunday in Advent.  On Palm Sunday, which is coming up, here in a couple of weeks—on Palm Sunday, we always sing “All Glory, Laud, and Honor, to Thee Redeemer King.” Do you remember that song? It's about the kids and the palm branches. [Singing] “All glory, laud, and honor to Thee, Redeemer King!” Have you heard this? Dennis: Vaguely. Barbara: Yes! Bob: [Singing] “…to whom the lips of children made sweet hosannas ring.” There is something about those traditions. Michael, the worship leader, is very gracious to indulge us older folks who say, “We have to sing these things.” [Laughter] There's something about those traditions that are rich with meaning. Barbara: That's right. Dennis: No doubt about it. And the voice you're hearing say, “Amen,” over here is my wife, Barbara.  3:00 Welcome back to the broadcast. Barbara: Thank you. Dennis: The most requested guest we have on FamilyLife Today. In fact— Bob: Dennis requests you every time he can. He says, “Can we have Barbara on some more?” [Laughter] Dennis: Yes! No doubt about it. [Laughter] We're all about Easter and wanting to regain the high ground— Bob: Yes. Dennis: —the holy ground for the Easter season. You've got a big idea, Barbara. It's all about contrasting what Christmas is all about with Easter—just kind of calling families to focus on something really fresh and new this Easter season. Barbara: Well, my big idea is that God would grant us the favor in helping us, as believers, raise our awareness of the importance of the holiday of Easter. We put so much energy, money, time, and effort into Christmas—and there's nothing wrong with that—but, by comparison, we spend very little time, very little money, very little energy, and very little preparation to celebrate the greatest moment of history, which is Resurrection Sunday. 4:00 I'm hopeful that, over the course of time, as God grants favor, that we can help believers understand the importance of this holiday—the magnificence of what Christ has done for us—and then help them understand some new and fun ways that they can celebrate that day and make it meaningful because, as you just said, Bob, it's their traditions that help tie those things to hearts. The more our kids understand the truth of why we celebrate / why we do what we do, the more it becomes embedded in their hearts and in their souls. They go: “This is important! This has to mean something; otherwise, Mom and Dad and the other adults wouldn't have made such a big deal about it.” Dennis: You know, we spend the entire month of December preparing for Christmas Day—it's all about giving. You think we need to be spending the weeks, leading up to Easter, focusing on what theme around Easter? Barbara: Focusing on the theme of forgiveness.  5:00 Forgiveness is something we all need. We all need it, individually, because we all have offended God, at our core, because of our selfishness. We all, individually, need forgiveness.  Every one of us needs forgiveness, and we need to understand how it works—we need to understand how to give it / how to grant it—we need to understand the whole process because, in relationships with people, we need to practice forgiveness—so in your marriage / in your home with your kids—your kids need to learn how to forgive one another—at school with kids on the playground, and classmates, and bullies, and teachers who aren't fair, and all of that stuff—business relationships. We all need to understand and practice forgiveness—those of us who are called by Christ—focusing on forgiveness at Easter because of what Christ did for us and then the practical application into our lives of how we can be better forgivers. Dennis: And I think that's what a family is all about—that is following Christ—is learning how to forgive and love people, just as God, in Christ, loved and forgave us. 6:00 Bob: And this is something that has been a passion of yours for—well, it's a growing passion—because I've heard you talk about this pretty much every spring for the last couple of years, at least. Barbara: Right. Bob: You have been raising the banner on Easter— Barbara: Yes. Bob: —and saying: “Let's draw some attention to this holiday. Let's use it as a discipling tool in our home.” Barbara: Yes. Bob: And not just for our kids because our hearts need to be drawn back to this theme as well. Barbara: Oh, absolutely. Yes, I think that it is a growing thing for me—it is a growing passion that I have. When our children were little, I remember wanting to make more of Easter and wanted to do more for Easter; but I didn't really know what to do, and I was so busy and overwhelmed, and so I couldn't—I didn't do anything. Dennis: So you've created something called Behold the Lamb. Barbara: Yes. After our kids left, I had the time and the freedom to be able to think creatively, “What would I have liked to have had, when I was a mom, raising kids?”  7:00 One of the things that we created is Behold the Lamb. It comes in this cute little metal tin—inside are eight cards. What I like about those is—I can picture myself doing that with my kids, when they were at home and they were growing up, because each of them have a very short little lesson—I guess, for lack of a better word—that you can probably read in three minutes/four minutes. It doesn't take very long. Dennis: I've done it with our grandkids. Barbara: Yes. Dennis: They're all around the statements that Christ made: “I AM.” Barbara: Exactly. Dennis: “I am the Messiah,” “I am the Bread of Life,” “I am the Light of the World,” “I am the Door.” I took one of our grandkids through this—it took me less than five minutes. I know because my grandchild stayed on my lap the entire time and didn't crawl off. Barbara: Yes. Dennis: It was interesting that you were able to communicate the importance of what it meant when Jesus said, “I am the Bread of Life,” in a practical way to him—or her—and bring them into the celebration of Easter. Barbara: Yes; it gives moms and dads something that's very easy to do—  8:00 —pick out a card, read a card as the kids are packing their lunches or you're eating breakfast or whatever. Just read it very quickly or have one of your kids read it while you're driving in the car to school. It sort of sets the tone, not only for the day, but it's a way to do something meaningful every day of Holy Week, leading up to Easter. Bob: Yes. You mentioned there are eight of these cards. The thought would be that you could get the cardholder out— Barbara: Yes. Bob: —on Palm Sunday. Barbara: Yes. Bob: That would be when you would read the first of the eight cards. Barbara: That's correct. Bob: One a day; and then, on Easter Sunday, eight days later, you get to “I am the Resurrection and the Life.” You get a chance to unfold the resurrection of Christ; right? Barbara: Correct. What it does is—it allows you, as parents, to engage your kids in the meaning of Easter on those days leading up to Easter. There's something to read every day for those eight days up until Easter Sunday.  Bob: Is this something you can read to a five-year-old, or a ten- year-old, or a fifteen-year-old? 9:00 Barbara: I think you can read to as young as a five year-olds, yes—through eighteen. You know, the eighteen-year-olds—I don't think they're going to be bored by it because it's short—they're not going to roll their eyes and go, “Oh, it's another story about David and Goliath!” These are stories about what Christ did each of the days of His last week of life. So, when you look at that and you think about Jesus coming into the Temple, an eighteen-year-old/sixteen-year-old—they can imagine what that might have been like because He knew He was about to be executed. Bob: Yes. Barbara: As you lead your children into thinking about these, you just don't know, when they get off the bus or when they're walking between classes, what they're thinking about. It's a way to invest, spiritually, in your children, leading up to Easter. Dennis: You actually got an email from a radio listener—. Barbara: I did! Dennis: —who wrote quite a story about a little boy by the name of Nathan. Barbara: Nathan, yes.  10:00 His mom wrote a really long story about the whole process, but the bottom line is that she used the Behold the Lamb cards. As God would have it, when they read the Palm Sunday story, Nathan decided that that was the impetus for him wanting to receive Christ.  Dennis: Yes, I'm reading it. The little boy turned to his mom and said: “Mom, you're talking about things that are eternal. When I die, will I go to heaven?” So it gave the mom an opportunity to talk about how Jesus is the door—He is the way, the truth, and the life. He's how you get to heaven, and you can have a personal relationship with Him. She led him to Christ, at that point. It was the end of a lot of conversations she had had with that little boy. Barbara: Yes. Bob: These cards can go back in the card holder, but you've also—you've got—what is it?—a chain?  Barbara: Yes; if you buy it, it comes with what we call a “chain garland.” It's a chain that has 15 little metal clips. You can clip the cards on the chain and hang it on your fireplace mantle or you can hang it on a wall—or you can put little push pin tacks on the wall and hang it on that. It's a way that you can—almost like counting down the days to Christmas.  11:00 You hang up a card, one each day, until Easter Sunday. Bob: Yes. Barbara: Kids like that. Kids like counting down the days until—I mean, they count the days until their birthday, they count down the days until school is out, and they count down the days until they can go to camp. There's something about building anticipation that's important for all of us. As you read these cards and you hang them up, one by one, you're building the sense of anticipation for the grand finale, which is Easter Sunday. It helps prepare kids' hearts for understanding that this is really a big deal. Bob: I was counting down the days to the jelly beans. Barbara: Yes, jelly beans at Easter.  Bob: You didn't like jelly beans?! Barbara: No, I didn't like jelly beans. Bob: Did you like—  Barbara: Chocolate eggs! [Laughter] Dennis: You've got to keep in mind that this was before they created the kind of jelly beans they have today. Bob: The gourmet jelly beans! Dennis: Yes, no doubt about it. Barbara: Well, I might have liked the gourmet jelly beans, but I didn't like the originals. [Laughter] Bob: In addition to the garland that's hanging in the home—that is reminding you that Easter is just around the corner, you also have designed crosses.  12:00 Listeners, who were listening at Christmastime, remember that we talked about seven crosses/ornaments that could be hung on your Christmas tree. They're called Adorenaments®.  Barbara: Yes. Bob: You actually had Easter in mind when you made the Christmas ornaments; right? Barbara: We did because the thing about the names of Christ that I think is so important is that we need to know the names of Christ every day of the year, not just at Christmas or not just at some other holiday. We need to be reminded of who He is and what He has done for us. When we created the crosses, we wanted to be able to find a way for them to be displayed at Easter. As we decorate our homes for Christmas, we wanted to have some things that people could put up at Easter that, again, are visual reminders that help us remember what the Easter holiday is all about.  We have a set of three crosses for Easter. You can put them on your dining room table and create a really nice arrangement, say on Palm Sunday, and it is there all week.  13:00 It's a reminder to the family, all week long, that: “This is Easter week,” / “This is Holy week. This is really a big deal.” You can put them on your kitchen counter—you can line them up in a window or put them on the fireplace mantle. The sky's the limit, really, as to how you want to use them. Bob: You're not hanging them on a tree Barbara: No. Bob: You've got stands for them— Barbara: Yes. Bob: —so they can sit on the stands. They're three different heights— Barbara: Yes, they're graduated heights. Bob: —so there's a little bit of an artistic touch to it; right? Barbara: Exactly! That was very nice of you—I appreciate that. [Laughter] Dennis: And the cool thing about this is—when Barbara set out to create Adorenaments, she did so around the names of Christ. The first year was around His Christmas names, from Luke and Isaiah. Barbara: Yes. Dennis: The next year was His royal names—each of the Adorenaments is in the shape of a different crown. This year, you've chosen different crosses from different periods/different eras of church history. Each of these three crosses bears a different name. 14:00 Barbara: Correct. One of the reasons that—it was really fun to do, I have to say—to do the research on all the different kinds of crosses. If you've not ever done it, just google “crosses” and look at how many different shapes, and sizes, and designs there are. It's very fascinating, but it was fun to do the research. Part of the reason I wanted to do it is because Jesus is universal—He's not American / He's not Western. He's for everyone—from every tribe, and every tongue, and every nation—from every era. I wanted to have crosses that were international—that sort of brought us back to the idea that Jesus is for all people, for all time.  We have a Celtic cross. We have an Armenian cross. We have an Ethiopian cross. We have the Jerusalem cross. The idea is— Dennis: One of them is right here—it's the anchor cross. Barbara: Oh, yes. I forgot the anchor cross. The idea is that each shape of the cross also has history to it because Christ has been pushing into country after country, around the world, since He left us. The message is continuing to go on into every nation and every language. 15:00 Bob: The three names that you've selected to display at Eastertime are Great High Priest, Mediator, and Messiah. Barbara: Yes, correct. Bob: Messiah is one we all know—Jesus is the Messiah. That's pretty common. Barbara: Yes. Bob: But I'm not sure that people really stop and think about what it means that Jesus was—and is—the Messiah, the Promised One of God. Barbara: Yes. What is so interesting is that Jesus was promised, from the very beginning. I don't think that's as common to all of us, as believers, as it should be. From the very beginning, He was promised—the Jewish people knew it. They knew He was promised, and they looked for centuries for the coming Messiah. They knew that the Messiah was going to come and deliver them.  Messiah actually means “Anointed One” in Hebrew. It also means “Savior.” The term, “Messiah,” was a term that was used often in the Bible to refer to this “Coming One.”  16:00 We know Him as Jesus—Jewish believers know Him as Jesus. But most of the Jews do not know who He is yet—they still think He is yet to come. Bob: Jews in the Old Testament had developed a picture of who the coming Messiah would be—what He would look like / what He would act like. Barbara: Yes. Bob: It was really just one aspect of His Messianic ministry. Barbara: Yes, the Jews in the Old Testament thought the Messiah was going to come as a conquering King—He was going to deliver them. They had been oppressed over, and over, and over again. They really hung onto those prophecies of Him coming as their deliverer; but they overlooked the fact that Jesus is also spoken of, in the Old Testament, as one who was going to come and be their “Suffering Servant.” He was also going to be their sacrifice. That missed their eyes and their understanding—most of them. Bob: Which is why—when Jesus was declared as the Messiah /when people said, “Could He be the Messiah?” others looked and said, “No, He can't be because He's not here with a sword.” 17:00 Barbara: —“with a sword.” Bob: “He's not here on a horse, charging in and toppling political structures.” Barbara: Yes. Dennis: “He's not a politician.” Bob: There is a day coming when He'll come on a horse with a sword. Barbara: He will! That's right. Bob: So His Messianic ministry will fulfill that picture. Barbara: Yes. Bob: But they missed the first coming; didn't they? Barbara: They did. That's a part of why Easter is such a wonderful celebration because we, not only celebrate what He did for us on the cross, but we celebrate that He's coming back because that first part of what He was to do is fulfilled and now we're waiting on the second part—we're waiting on Him to come back again. I think, at Easter, we not only celebrate what He did for us in the past, but it's a time to look forward to what He is going to do in the future. It may be a very near future too. We've been waiting for a long time, and it may be just around the corner. That makes celebrating Easter even more fun. 18:00 Dennis: It does. And I don't think I've asked you, even though I watched you create these: “Why did you pick the anchor cross?”—which is really pretty interesting; isn't it Bob? I don't think I'd ever seen this until Barbara created this—but it's a cross that, literally, is in the shape of an anchor—I didn't know there was one. “Where did you find it; and why did you decide to put ‘Messiah' on that cross?” Barbara: Well, two answers to that question. As I was looking through for different shapes of crosses, I found the anchor cross. When I saw it, I remembered that, when I was a child and I went through confirmation class in my church—I don't know if it was my parents or somebody else—but somebody gave me a charm for my charm bracelet. Charm bracelets were really a big deal then. The charm consisted of three small charms, all looped together on one ring. There was a cross, which represented faith; there was a heart, which represented love; and then there was an anchor. At the time, I had no idea what the anchor meant; but I came to learn that the anchor represents hope. In 1 Corinthians, we hear “faith, hope, and love, these three.” 19:00 So, faith is the cross, love is the heart, and the anchor is hope. There's a verse in Hebrews, where it talks about Jesus being “the anchor of our soul.” It talks about—we have hope because of Jesus being the anchor. It was just obvious to put “Messiah” on the anchor cross because the Messiah is our Savior—He is our hope / He is our anchor. Because of Him, we can be sure and we can have a steadfast faith that will not waver because of what He has done for us. Bob: Each of these ornaments that you can display on a stand—there is a card for each one that explains, not only the name that's displayed, but a little bit about the cross. If your kids are looking and say, “That looks like an anchor,” you have an opportunity, as a mom or a dad to say, “Well, let me read this to you,” and explain to them what's going on. Barbara: Yes; because I think we have lost—in the modern church, we have lost a lot of our historical Christianity. The anchor cross has been around almost since the time of Christ.  20:00 It's been around for a long, long time. I had forgotten all about it. I don't think too many people even know what it stands for and why it's important. I think we need to recapture some of that. I'm hopeful that the focus on Jesus as our Messiah and He is also our anchor—He holds our faith steadfast because of what He does—I hope that becomes more common knowledge in the church as we talk about who He is and what He did. Dennis: And I think one of the things we don't talk a lot about today is the Savior's different names. You know, each of these names gives us a different facet. It's almost like He is a diamond and each of these names is a facet of His glory and of His character. You come to know Him by virtue of His names, and what He's like, and who He is—then, passing those names onto our children to introduce them to Him as well. 21:00 Messiah gets at the heart of the issue. He came to save us from our sins—that's what Easter is all about.  Bob: And I really think people need to get a visual of what we've been talking about. I mean, we can describe the resources you've been working on, Barbara, but folks need to see what these crosses look like—what the anchor cross looks like, and what the Ethiopian cross looks like, and the stands that they can hang on, and the other resources that you've been working on. There's the Easter banner—there's the Behold the Lamb chain with the cards that attach to that. You've got a lot of Easter resources that you've been working on.  Barbara: Yes. Bob: If folks go to EverThineHome.com, they can see the complete collection. We've put a website together so that folks can see all that you've been doing. Again, it is EverThineHome.com to see FamilyLife's collection of resources that have been designed by Barbara Rainey.  22:00 You can also call if you have any questions about these resources, or you can order over the phone. Our toll-free number is 1-800-FL-TODAY. That's 1-800-“F” as in family, “L” as in life, and then, the word, “TODAY.” Or, again, go to the Ever Thine Home website, which is EverThineHome.com. You know, we have talked, for years, here on FamilyLife Today, about how strategic holidays can be in a family's life—how you can take advantage of these naturally-occurring dates on a calendar to share biblical truth with your kids—use as a discipling opportunity. In fact, it was a couple of decades ago that we developed a resource called Resurrection Eggs® that puts symbols from Holy Week in these 12 eggs and allow children to learn the Easter story by opening these eggs, one egg at a time, and learning what the donkey means, and learning why there's a crown of thorns, or learning why there are nails included in the eggs. 23:00 We've heard some great stories about how parents and grandparents have used this resource with their children, their grandchildren, neighbor kids, kids at school. We thought, this year, we'd love to send a set of Resurrection Eggs to any listener who will put these eggs to good use. If you'd like a set, all we would ask is that you would make a donation to help support this ministry; and we are happy to send a set to you. We are listener-supported—we depend on your donations to do the work we do. If you will go to FamilyLifeToday.com, and click the link that says, “I CARE,” and make an online donation—be as generous as you can possibly be—we will send you a set of Resurrection Eggs as our thank-you gift for your financial support.  Again, the website: FamilyLifeToday.com. Click the link that says, “I CARE,” and make an online donation; or call 1-800-FL-TODAY. Make your donation over the phone and request a set of Resurrection Eggs.  24:00 Of course, you can mail a donation to FamilyLife at PO Box 7111, Little Rock, AR. Our zip code is 72223. Make sure you let us know that you are interested in a set of Resurrection Eggs when you mail a donation, and we'll get them mailed to you.  And we hope you can join us again tomorrow when we're going to talk more about the names of Jesus that we ought to be meditating on as we head toward the celebration of His resurrection. I hope you can tune in for that. I want to thank our engineer today, Keith Lynch, along with our entire broadcast production team. On behalf of our host, Dennis Rainey, I'm Bob Lepine. We will see you back next time for another edition of FamilyLife Today FamilyLife Today is a production of FamilyLife of Little Rock, Arkansas. Help for today. Hope for tomorrow.  Copyright © FamilyLife. All rights reserved. www.FamilyLife.com    

Matt. 13:44  The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and covered up. Then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.  The Treasure is Jesus Christ, Eternal King, LORD and Savior of the world. The Field is The Kingdom of GOD/Heaven. SO the Heart of Jesus’ message is that the Treasure and the Field are INSEPARABLE!  It is IMPOSSIBLE to have Jesus without selling off the world to possess His Kingdom.   This is the Permanent, Unchangeable, Non-negotiable FACT of the KOG, that it’s impossible to possess the TREASURE without relocating to The FIELD.  So, what is The KOG?  And how do we live in it? ----more---- The KOG is the Sovereign Reign of the Eternal GOD and Redeemer-King, Jesus Christ.  When you’re submitting your life to Him you’re living in the KOG.  Jesus Is King & LORD!  That is the simple commanding policy of the Kingdom. There are no elections.  No evolving philosophies.  No changing morals.  The I Am Is What Is. In the KOG all Provisions are Perfect, and Complete, and Flow from The King… Rom. 14:17 For the kingdom of God IS…Righteousness and Peace and Joy in the Holy Spirit. Righteousness isn’t being correct.  It’s Standing forgiven in Christ Peace isn’t when people are in agreement with you.  It’s when you’re in agreement with GOD. Joy isn’t when you get what you want, but when GOD gets YOU! Heb. 12:28-29 Since we are receiving a Kingdom that is UNSHAKABLE, let us be thankful and please God by worshiping him with holy fear and awe.  For our God is a devouring fire. The KOG arises through true inner worship not outer striving. Psa. 46:9-10 He brings an end to wars throughout the earth; he shatters the bow and breaks the spear; he burns the shields with fire.  He says, “Stop your striving and recognize that I am God!   I will be exalted over the nations! I will be exalted over the earth!”  Oh how the Church needs to reorient to the Field today! The Kingdom Now And The Kingdom To Come At the birth of King Jesus, GOD began to re-establish His K’dom in the earth in 2 Stages…   Mark 4:26 And Jesus said…the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground (Process); Luke 21:31 …when you see these things taking place, you know that the kingdom of God is near. First SEED Form in the lives of People, and then Full Manifestation at the return of King Jesus.    SO in the present world the Kingdom of Darkness and the Kingdom of GOD exist simultaneously as the KOG grows.   The K’dom is Given but not yet fully Received.  The Covenant Promises are given to be received by Faith, but not yet the Rule of the Land. We are healed (1Pe. 2:24) but we still get sick. We have GOD’s Peace… John 14:27 I am leaving you with a gift—peace of mind and heart. And the peace I give is a gift the world cannot give. So don’t be troubled or afraid.  But we still fight off worry and strife. For those who’ve bought The Field there’s constant tension and skirmishes along the borderlines between these 2 kingdoms in conflict.  Acts 14:22 (Paul was) strengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging them to continue in the faith, and saying that through many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God. But Stand firm in the Field and the Treasure will keep you from falling. 1Cor. 15:58 So then, dear brothers and sisters, be firm. Do not be moved! Always be outstanding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord   Kingdom Purpose In The Age Of Grace This period exists for the purpose of redeeming people from among the Lost into the KOG BEFORE His reign upon the Earth begins!   Col. 1:12-14  GOD has enabled you to share in the inheritance that belongs to his people, who live in the light.   For he has rescued us from the kingdom of darkness and transferred us into the KINGDOM OF HIS BELOVED SON. As an Ambassador of the K’dom, GOD wants His Light of Righteousness, Peace, and Joy to shine out through you to those in Darkness. The Kingdom Is A Family The KOG is a FAMILY that you must be born into… John 3:5-7   Jesus replied, “I assure you, no one can enter the Kingdom of God without being born of water and the Spirit.  Humans can reproduce only human life, but the Holy Spirit gives birth to spiritual life. So don’t be surprised when I say, ‘You must be born again.   The K’dom is GOD’s manifest Love for man. Rom. 5:8 But God demonstrates his own love for us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. The greatness of GOD’s Love wasn’t shown by preventing man from rebelling, but by Redeeming and lifting us out from Rebellion!  

This is the lesson in which we come to the event that launched the Lord's earthly ministry - His water baptism.  He was 30 years old.  He had supported His widowed mother as the son of His earthly, step-father until His brothers were able to assume responsibility and His sisters were likely married.  He was ready to fulfill His obligations to the whole world as the Son of His heavenly Father!  After thousands of years of anticipation, the Redeemer-King appeared before His faithful forerunner, John the Baptist, for His "coronation" or "commissioning" service. Why did the Baptist protest baptising Jesus?  Why, in fact, did Jesus need to baptised at all?  Wasn't John's baptism a baptism of repentance and confession of sin?  Jesus was sinless!  Does this indicate a "consciousness of sin" on Jesus' part, as liberal theologians proclaim? What are the various types of baptisms mentioned in Scripture?  You may be surpsied how many there are!  We discuss the one time in Scripture the Holy Spirit was represented as a dove, and what it signified.  We also discuss the first of three times in the New Testament God the Father spoke from Heaven His approval of His Beloved Son.  All three Members of the Trinity were involved in this important event!

Your hosts Andy Bannister and Kristi Mair are joined by Andy Kind for this episode of the Persuasive Evangelism Podcast, recorded live at CreationFest 2019.Andy Kind is a preacher and stand-up comedian. As well as travelling the world telling jokes and talking about Jesus, he lives in Chesterfield and is on the staff of Redeemer King church. Find him @andykindcomedy or andykind.co.ukQuestions about the show? Contact Andy on Twitter @andygbannisterSupport the show (https://www.solas-cpc.org/podcast-book-offer/)

The issue for Israel in Isaiah’s time was in whom would they ultimately trust? Would they ultimately trust in themselves, in the foreign nations around them, or would they ultimately trust in God?

Find out the beautiful Christmas tradition your family could do at home to remember the true meaning of Christmas.

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"Immanuel, God with us,You, our Redeemer King, full of grace and glory, came one holy night, to save us and change our story." For this year's Advent readings at The Austin Stone Community Church, we asked some of our Story Team artists to write poetic prayers that center around the birth of Jesus and the salvation that first came to us in a manger. We hope these prayers stir your heart to worship Jesus along with us.