As Zechariah brings his message to a close, he ends by putting the nation of Israel's attention on their coming Messiah and the culmination of God's plan for history as we know it.

While the unbeliever is “born blind” in spiritual darkness, we will see today that John says even Christians who have had their eyes opened can go spiritually blind if they remain in sin and darkness too long.

Pastor Mark's Wednesday evening teachings will give us an overview of God's Word from Genesis to Revelation. Tonight, Pastor Mark continues on in the book of 1 Kings.

As we get into chapter 2 today we will see John address sin, how we deal with it, and the difference in knowing “about” Jesus and actually “knowing” Him. How can we tell the difference? Pastor Mark explains.

Pastor Mark's Wednesday evening teachings will give us an overview of God's Word from Genesis to Revelation. Tonight, Pastor Mark continues on in the book of 1 Kings

Last week we came to the official end of the judges of Israel with Samson, yet we still have 5 chapters left in the book. The remaining chapters of Judges are simply events that took place earlier throughout the time of the Judges. That means the rest of the book of Judges is not in Chronological order, but simply reveals events that happened during this time period. Today we begin looking at a story of a family who desperately wanted to include God in their lives, but simply didn’t know how. So they completely went about it the wrong way.

How many of us are suffering consequences due to a situation that was out of our control? How many of are suffering consequences because of a foolish decision? You see the reality is we face both scenarios throughout our lives. Consequences come in different shapes and sizes, but they always come with sorrow and grief. Some consequences are a direct chastisement from the Lord due to direct disobedience, however some consequences are simply due to the results of a fallen world and the laws of nature.

Once again, today’s message contains an uncannily timely warning for our nation! While the Lord never approves of evil, sometimes He will allow something shocking to occur as a wake-up call to those whose hearts are too hard to hear Him in any other way. The grisly actions the Levite took after the abuse and violent death of his concubine were intended to shock the complacent Israelites out of their numbness to sin, and into repentance! May we believers always have hearts that are soft and sensitive to the Spirit, so that we can be a beacon of holy grace to reveal the light of the Lord to those in darkness!

When we began the study about Micah in chapter 17, we looked at his attempt to reach God by false religion. He tried by creating his own system to reach God, which included making idols and hiring his own priest. Both of which were forbidden by God. Today we will see the culmination of this false attempt to please God by his own efforts with the stealing of his gods, and even his priest! But something to take note of in this passage, not only his sincerity in his false religion, but also the sincerity of the Danites who stole his gods and his priest. Both were very sincere in what they were doing and in what they believed in. Yet both were very wrong and deceived. As we look deeper into this passage we will discover that just because someone is sincere does not mean they are right.

We celebrate our national independence and the blessing of freedom every July 4th. As Americans, we also recognize there is a downside to freedom. Even as freedom creates the opportunity to do right, it also creates the opportunity to do wrong. This is what we will see today with the children of Israel.