New Hope Church

Then Moses said to him, “If your Presence does not go with us, do not send us up from here. How will anyone know that you are pleased with me and with your people unless you go with us? What else will distinguish me and your people from all the other people on the face of the earth?” —Exodus 33:15-16 By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, their starry host by the breath of his mouth. —Psalm 33:6 For those who find me find life and receive favor from the Lord.  But those who fail to find me harm themselves; all who hate me love death.” —Provers 8:35-36              What sets…

Then the Lord said to Moses, “See, I have chosen Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, and I have filled him with the Spirit of God, with wisdom, with understanding, with knowledge and with all kinds of skills— to make artistic designs for work in gold, silver and bronze, to cut and set stones, to work in wood, and to engage in all kinds of crafts. —Exodus 31:1-5 I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my loving eye on you. —Psalm 32:8              Work is good.  Our Lord God Almighty appointed us to work.  He did so with Adam…

“The Son of Man will go just as it is written about him. But woe to that man who betrays the Son of Man! It would be better for him if he had not been born.” —Matthew 26:24 “But after I have risen, I will go ahead of you into Galilee.” —Matthew 26:32 “My Father, if it is not possible for this cup to be taken away unless I drink it, may your will be done.” —Matthew 26:42 “Then go quickly and tell his disciples: ‘He has risen from the dead and is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him.’ Now I have told you.’” —Matthew…

Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world.’ —Matthew 25:34 Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.’ —Matthew 25:41 “Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life.” —Matthew 25:46              There are only two groups of people on this earth when it comes to who will be saved and who will not.  The sheep are those whose Shepherd is Jesus…

But he replied, ‘Truly I tell you, I don’t know you.’ —Matthew 25:2 Since you are my rock and my fortress, for the sake of your name lead and guide me. —Psalm 31:35              These are eternally frightening words to hear from Jesus—”Truly I tell you, I don’t know you.”  He says it again in Matthew 7:21-23— “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name and in your name drive out demons and…

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. And he will send his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other. —Matthew 24:30-31 So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him. —Matthew 24:44              Oh yes, Jesus will come!  Why hasn’t He come yet?  “The Lord is not slow…

Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold. —Matthew 24:12 And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.  “So when you see standing in the holy place ‘the abomination that causes desolation,’ spoken of through the prophet Daniel—let the reader understand— Matthew 24:14-15              Know that the end is near when there is an increase in wickedness and the love of most will grow cold.  Another indicator is that the “gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then…

My son, keep my words and store up my commands within you.  Keep my commands and you will live; guard my teachings as the apple of your eye.  Bind them on your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart. —Proverbs 7:1-3              God’s Word impacts people when they read it!  Is it any wonder that people have a fit when others want to post the Ten Commandments.  It is because we have kingdoms in conflict— the kingdom of darkness which the devil heads up and people need to “come to their senses and escape from the trap of the devil, who has taken them captive to do his…

Moses’ father-in-law replied, “What you are doing is not good. You and these people who come to you will only wear yourselves out. The work is too heavy for you; you cannot handle it alone. Listen now to me and I will give you some advice, and may God be with you. You must be the people’s representative before God and bring their disputes to him. Teach them his decrees and instructions, and show them the way they are to live and how they are to behave. But select capable men from all the people—men who fear God, trustworthy men who hate dishonest gain—and appoint them as officials over thousands, hundreds, fifties and tens. Have…

Jesus spoke to them again in parables, saying: “The kingdom of heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son.  He sent his servants to those who had been invited to the banquet to tell them to come, but they refused to come.  “Then he sent some more servants and said, ‘Tell those who have been invited that I have prepared my dinner: My oxen and fattened cattle have been butchered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet.’  “But they paid no attention and went off—one to his field, another to his business.  The rest seized his servants, mistreated them and killed them.  The king…