Simeon was found…

* WATCHING (25)* Notice his…* Example to us* …just and devout…* Experience to us* …the Holy Ghost was upon him…* WORSHIPPING (27)* Worship was a…* Personal praise* Universal praise* WARNING (33-35)* A warning about…* Her SON * … Behold, this Child is set for the fall and rising again of many…* Her sorrow* … Yea, a sword shall pierce through thy own soul…

Luke 1: 5-23

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DEDICATION (vv. 5-6)

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Zacharias – “Jehovah has remembered”

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Elizabeth – “God is my oath”

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Notice Zacharias’s dedication in his…

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Personal life

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 …and they were both righteous before God

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Public life

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…all the commandments and ordinances… blameless…

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DIRECTIONS (vv. 7-17)

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Directions begin with an…

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Appearance

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It continues with an…

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Announcement

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DECISION (vv. 18-23)

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Base decisions on…

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Human perspectives

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Heavenly promises

These 42 generations are about…

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God’s GRACE

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God’s grace by some…

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Unexpected names

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Unfamiliar names

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God’s GUARDING

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God’s guarding through…

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Choices God made

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Challenges God made

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God’s GLORY

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Jesus is the…

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Promise of God

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Presence of God

As he was setting out on a journey, a man ran up, knelt down before him, and asked him, “Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”   “Why do you call me good?” Jesus asked him. “No one is good except God alone.  You know the commandments: Do not murder;  do not commit adultery;  do not steal;  do not bear false witness;  do not defraud;  honor  your father and mother. ”  He said to him, “Teacher, I have kept all these from my youth.”  Looking at him, Jesus loved him and said to him, “You lack one thing: Go, sell all you have and give to the poor,  and you will have treasure  in heaven.  Then come,  follow me.”  But he was dismayed by this demand, and he went away grieving, because he had many possessions.

Mark 10:17‭-‬22

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DILEMMA (v. 17)

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The dilemma about…

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Salvation

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It’s not about…

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A sincere desire

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Something you do

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For you are saved by grace through faith, and this is not from yourselves; it is God’s gift —  not from works, so that no one can boast.  Ephesians 2:8‭-‬9

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The Savior

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DISCOVERY (v. 17-21)

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Discovered his…

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Spiritual condition

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Discovered he was spiritually…

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Poor

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Pitiful

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On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, didn’t we prophesy in your name, drive out demons  in your name, and do many miracles in your name?’ Matthew 7:22

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Prisoner

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Savior’s credentials

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Discovered Jesus was…

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Patient

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To the point

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DECISION (v. 22)

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This man chose…

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Darkness over light

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For everyone who does evil hates  the light and avoids it,  so that his deeds  may not be exposed.  John 3:20

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Death over life

You were also circumcised in him with a circumcision not done with hands, by putting off the body of flesh, in the circumcision of Christ,  when you were buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.

Colossians 2:11‭-‬12

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PLACEMENT OF (v. 10-11a)

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and you have been filled by him, who is the head over every ruler and authority.  Colossians 2:10

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PUTTING OFF (v. 11b)

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POINTING OUT (v. 11c)

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PICTURE ONLY (v. 12)

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for you were bought at a price. So glorify God with your body.                       1 Corinthians 6:20

give thanks in everything; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.

1 Thessalonians 5:18

“How many loaves do you have?” Jesus asked them. “Seven,” they said, “and a few small fish.”  After commanding the crowd to sit down on the ground, he took the seven loaves and the fish, gave thanks, broke them, and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds.

Matthew 15:34‭-‬36

Being truly thankful is about…

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An AWARENESS (34)

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How many loaves do you have?” Jesus asked them. “Seven,” they said, “and a few small fish.”

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Be…

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Conscious of the little blessings…

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Content will the little blessings

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ATTITUDES (36)

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…took the seven loaves and the fish, gave thanks…

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An attitude of…

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Trusting Jesus

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Telling Jesus

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ABUNDANCE (36)

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…broke them, and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds.

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Jesus…

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Knows the situation

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Sends the supply

Then they sailed to the region of the Gerasenes, which is opposite Galilee. When he got out on land, a demon-possessed man from the town met him. For a long time he had worn no clothes and did not stay in a house but in the tombs. When he saw Jesus, he cried out, fell down before him, and said in a loud voice, “What do you have to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg you, don’t torment me!” For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. Many times it had seized him, and though he was guarded, bound by chains and shackles, he would snap the restraints and be driven by the demon into deserted places.   “What is your name?” Jesus asked him. “Legion,” he said, because many demons had entered him. And they begged him not to banish them to the abyss.  A large herd of pigs was there, feeding on the hillside. The demons begged him to permit them to enter the pigs, and he gave them permission. The demons came out of the man and entered the pigs, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and drowned.  When the men who tended them saw what had happened, they ran off and reported it in the town and in the countryside. Then people went out to see what had happened. They came to Jesus and found the man the demons had departed from, sitting at Jesus’s feet, dressed and in his right mind. And they were afraid. Meanwhile, the eyewitnesses reported to them how the demon-possessed man was delivered.  Then all the people of the Gerasene region asked him to leave them, because they were gripped by great fear. So getting into the boat, he returned.  The man from whom the demons had departed begged him earnestly to be with him. But he sent him away and said, “Go back to your home, and tell all that God has done for you.” And off he went, proclaiming throughout the town how much Jesus had done for him.

Luke 8:26‭-‬39

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MAN

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The man was…

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Disturbed

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Dead

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MESSIAH

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See the Messiah’s…

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Concern

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Hear the Messiah’s…

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Command

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MIRACLE

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Jesus gave this man…

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Power in his life

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Peace in his life

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Purpose in his life

So then, just as you have received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live in him, being rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, and overflowing with gratitude.  Be careful that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deceit based on human tradition, based on the elements of the world, rather than Christ.  For the entire fullness of God’s nature dwells bodily in Christ, and you have been filled by him, who is the head over every ruler and authority.

Colossians 2:6‭-‬10

Notice the…

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RECEIVING principle

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Receiving is about…

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Accepting Jesus

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…just as you have received Christ Jesus as Lord…

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Applying Jesus

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…continue to live in him…

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ROOT principle

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Rooted in…

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Grounding

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…rooted…

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Growing

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…built up in him and established in the faith…

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Guidance

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…just as you were taught…

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Gratitude

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…and overflowing with gratitude.

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REASONING principle

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Reasoning is NOT worldly…

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Philosophy

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Be careful that no one takes you captive through philosophy…

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Principles

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… and  empty deceit based on human tradition…

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REDEEMER principle

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It is about the…

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Fullness of Jesus (9a)

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Form of Jesus (9b)

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Finishing of Jesus

Moses said to Hobab, descendant of Reuel the Midianite and Moses’s relative by marriage: “We’re setting out for the place the Lord promised: ‘I will give it to you.’ Come with us, and we will treat you well, for the Lord has promised good things to Israel.”  But he replied to him, “I don’t want to go. Instead, I will go to my own land and my relatives.”

Numbers 10:29‭-‬30

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REUNION

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A special reunion because of…

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The time that was behind them

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“We’re setting out…”

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The trip that was before them

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REQUEST

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The request involves…

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The destination that Moses explains

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“…the place the Lord promised…”

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The desire that Moses expresses

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“Come with us…”

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REJECTION

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The rejection is about…

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A denial (29)

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A danger

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Moses sent one thousand from each tribe to war. They went with Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest, in whose care were the holy objects and signal trumpets.  They waged war against Midian, as the Lord had commanded Moses, and killed every male. – Numbers 31:6‭-‬7