New Hope Church

THE COMING SHOCK OF REALITY! “Immediately after the distress of those days “‘the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the heavenly bodies will be shaken.’  “Then will appear the sign of the Son of Man in heaven. And then all the peoples of the earth will mourn when they see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven, with power and great glory. —Matthew 24:29-30 See, the day of the Lord is coming —a cruel day, with wrath and fierce anger— to make the land desolate and destroy the sinners within it. The stars of heaven and…

A COUPLE INDICATORS OF THE END And because lawlessness will be increased, the love of many will grow cold… And this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.— Matthew 24:12,14             Lawlessness will be increased… It is interesting that this does not simple say that lawlessness will increase, but that lawlessness WILL BE INCREASED.  There will be an intentional, active and purposefulness for someone(s) to cause lawlessness to intensify.  That is one of the signs that the end is getting nearer.             As we look at the United States there is a deliberate destabilization…

RELIGIOUS HYPOCRITES Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! —Matthew 23:13, 15, 23, 25, 27, 29             Those who are “religious hypocrites” only play the part of what they portray to be.  There has been no change in them, just an outward appearance of change.  What they are on the outside is not what they really are on the inside.  Jesus said of these type people— They hinder people from entering the kingdom of heaven. They are not themselves entering the kingdom of heaven. They will travel long distances to make a convert. They make that convert twice as much a child of hell as they…

PRACTICE WHAT YOU PREACH! Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples: “The teachers of the law and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat. So you must be careful to do everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach. —Matthew 23:1-3             Do we live our lives according to what we say?  Do we practice in our own lives what we preach to others?  Are we living out what we say we believe?  Is what we say really what we believe?  A lived life will reveal if one truly believes what is spoken as belief.             It is a…

GOD-GIVEN ABILITY And I have given to all able men ability, that they may make all that I have commanded you. —Exodus 31:6             What God has called you to do He will give you the ability to do it and He will gather all those who are to serve with you as well and give them the ability to accomplish what He desires.  This is a wonderful truth.  He calls us to a work and He equips us for the work.  He calls us to a work and He calls others to the work to work with us.  He does it!  Will you trust Him for it?             So…

GIVE! Then the Pharisees went and plotted how to entangle him in his words. And they sent their disciples to him, along with the Herodians, saying, “Teacher, we know that you are true and teach the way of God truthfully, and you do not care about anyone’s opinion, for you are not swayed by appearances. Tell us, then, what you think. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?” But Jesus, aware of their malice, said, “Why put me to the test, you hypocrites? Show me the coin for the tax.” And they brought him a denarius. And Jesus said to them, “Whose likeness and inscription is this?” They said, “Caesar’s.” Then he said…

NOT WORKS OR POSITION, BUT REPENTANCE AND BELIEF Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and the prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God ahead of you. For John came to you to show you the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and the prostitutes did. And even after you saw this, you did not repent and believe him. —Matthew 21:31-32 Therefore I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit. Anyone who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; anyone on whom it falls…

FAITH IN PRAYER Jesus replied, “Truly I tell you, if you have faith and do not doubt, not only can you do what was done to the fig tree, but also you can say to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and it will be done. If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.” —Matthew 21:19-22             Faith— “Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see” (Hebrews 11:1).  So what do you have confident assurance of that you hope for, but presently do not see?  If you are convinced this is the Lord’s will and truly believe…

SERVE PEOPLE AND NOT LORD IT OVER PEOPLE You shall not pervert the justice due to your poor in his lawsuit. Keep far from a false charge, and do not kill the innocent and righteous, for I will not acquit the wicked. And you shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and subverts the cause of those who are in the right. —Exodus 23:6-8 But Jesus called them to him and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them. It shall not be so among you. But whoever would be great among you must be your servant, and…

BORNE ON EAGLES WINGS! You yourselves have seen what I did to Egypt, and how I carried you on eagles’ wings and brought you to myself. —Exodus 19:4 https://youtu.be/dOnhBKPSuWA?t=123             When our Lord acts we can be assured that He will carry out exactly what He desires.  We are safe in Jesus.  Our home is in heaven and He will carry us on eagle wings and bring us to Himself.  Just has He had done with the Israelites from Egypt so He will bring all those to heaven who love Him.  That is His promise and we can be fully assured He will do what He said.  So let us…