When the “Golden Calf” Came Out  If I asked you tonight, do you serve a“golden calf”? Are you worshipping idols?  What if I said that you “might” or “probably” are worshipping things other than God!  God considers anything that comes between us and Him is idolatry, “golden calf” or sin  Exodus 32:1-61) God __________________His people to Worship Exodus 24:7, 12; 25:8; 29:46; 31:18; John 4:23-24; Acts 17:24-252) People become __________________Exodus 24:12, 18; 32:1; Lk 12:22, 30-31; Phil. 4:6-7; James 5:7-83) People love to __________________ and __________________Exodus 16:2-3; Phil. 2:14-15; Jude 1:14-164) We often __________________ and make __________________ for our sins a) Adam & Eve (Gen 3:3,10-13) b) Aaron (Ex32:4-6; 19, 21-24) c) Job(Job 19:4) d) Me? (Rom 14:10-12) 5) What is the __________________ _____________ in your life? Colossians 3:5 a) ____________________ or ____________________ b) ____________________ c) ____________________ and ____________________ d) Seeking worldly ____________________ 6) Confusing _____________Worship with _____________ Worship Exodus 32:4-6, 8; Gal 1:6-10; Lk 6:46-49; 2 Tim 3:15-17; 2 Peter 1:20-217) Cost is great for ____________ worship Col 3:5-7; Lk 14:27-28; Rom 2:5-8, 118) Conclusion Exodus 32:19-20, 35; Joshua 24:14-15; John 4:24; 1 John 1:9

The Empty Barrel All too often we look in the wrong places today, to see the power of God. As a society, we are easily side-tracked by the illusion that we have risen to new levels of intelligence and that our enlightened awareness of the how the world around us functions has equipped us with every possible solution to solve the most difficult problems. Yet, throughout time, God has chosen simple, humbling ways to show his people what He can do with those who are ready to yield to Him through faith, (1 Kngs 18:38-39) Elijah and the widow at Zarephath (1 Kings 17:8-16) 1.)Sometimes things can seem _________, a. Think about her place in life (1 Kings 17:10-12;Duet15:11) b. Realize her problems in life (vs.l2) c. Look at her plan for the balance of life. Others have felt this way. (Ex.2:11-15;1 Kngs19:4; Jonah 2:4; Mark 4:38;Gen.37:34-35; Psalm 42) 2,)The Wisdom of God and the ___________ of man. a. An Unusual Relationship (vs. 9; Luke 4:25-26) b. An Untroubled Request (vs,11, 13-14; James 5:17-18). c. An Uneasy Response (vs,15; Matt.l7:2Q God can be trusted to meet our needs in every way. (2 Cor.12:9; Matt,6:25-34; Phil.4:l9; Heb 13:5; Matt 28:20;lsa.43:2; Rom.8:28-29) 3.) "Do Not Fear"...God is ___________ (vs.16) a. With every step and accomplishment of faith, there are still trials and tests (w1749) b, Many who have served God still faced tests of their faith, (Heb, 11:13, 32-38) c. Both Elijah and the widow still had to depend on God. (w.21-24) It is easy to see how God works through and cares for those who are willing to yield to Him in faith. The bible shows us those things many times over. The question becomes, will we be one of those people? Will we trust in the true power of God to shape us and use us in even the smallest ways?

Psalm 137:1-9 (KJV) 1 By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. 2 We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. 3 For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion. 4 How shall we sing the LORD'S song in a strange land? 5 If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. 6 If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy. 7 Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof. 8 O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us. 9 Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.

“Save Yourselves From This Crooked Generation” “Let all the house of Israel therefore know for certain that God has made him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom you crucified.”Now when they heard this they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?” And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. For the promise is for you and for your children and for all who are far off, everyone whom the Lord our God calls to himself.” And with many other words he bore witness and continued to exhort them, saying, “Save yourselves from this crooked generation.” So those who received his word were baptized, and there were added that day about three thousand souls.(Acts 2:36-41) Vital Principles We Need to Understand: 1. I am a part of a____________generation.(Prov 11:5; Acts 2:40; 17:24-27; 1 Pet2:18) 2. Without____________, the steps of a crooked generation lead further and further away from God.(Rom 1:24; Eph 2:12) 3. One crooked generation has followed another crooked generation has followed another crooked generation as long as there have been____________.(Deut 32:1-6; Matt 17:17; Phil 2:14-16) 4.God is able and willing to take what I have made crooked and make it_____________again.(Luke 3:1-6; Acts 2:23, 36; 2 Pet 3:9) 5.To be saved, I must________________and wholeheartedly respond to God’s gracious invitation. (Acts 2:40, 38-39, 41)

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Can We Trust the New Testament by Doy Moyer Can We Trust the New Testament by Doy Moyer "Were the authors in a position to know? Historical Intent, Eye witness claims, Luke 1:1-4" "Authorship established early" "Why choose " "Mark 1 or " "Luke" " if made up?" "Copies reasonably close to the originals?""Over 5,800 Greek manuscripts (from @ 50 to 1,500 yrs) Over 10,000 Latin manuscripts""Hundreds of Coptic, hundreds of Syriac manuscripts""Over 2,000 more other ancient translations"" ""The quotations by the church fathers of the New Testament number""well over one million -and counting"" (Reinventing Jesus, 81}." """The wealth of material that is available for determining the wording of""the original New Testament is staggering: more than fifty-seven hundred Greek New Testament manuscripts, as many as twenty thousand versions, and more than one million quotations by patristic writers. In comparison with the average ancient Greek author,the New Testament copies are well over a thousand times more plentiful. If the average-sized manuscript were two and one-half inches thick, all the copies of the works of an average Greek author would stack up four feet high, while the copies of the New Testament would stack up to over a mile high! This is indeed an embarrassment of riches."""" Reinventin Jesus, 82

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