Hello,
I have finished God’s Word. Yay! This work has exceeded my expectations so I am anxious to see what God might do with it. The link below will connect you with a PDF version of the book. I would appreciate any proof reading help. Let me know if you find anything. Thanks. And let me know what you think in general.
I have sent a proof copy to be printed and should have that back next week. Looks like the cost of the book when everything is ready will be about $10.
MP3: Grace and the Grandmothers of Jesus Messiah : Matthew 1 : ffc : dave scott : 121315 AM MESSAGE
WMA: Grace and the Grandmothers of Jesus Messiah : Matthew 1 : ffc : dave scott : 121315 AM MESSAGE
Matthew begins his gospel with these words: “The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.”
He is the only gospel writer to begin in this way. In fact, of the others, only Luke (chapter three) has a genealogy of Christ but NO women are mentioned. Mark starts in Isaiah. Luke begins in the days of Herod. John begins “in the beginning” referring to what we call eternity past.
And in this genealogy that Matthew gives us, this God-inspired account of the family tree of Jesus Christ, only five women are mentioned. Four of these women—Tamar, Rahab, Ruth and Bathsheba—are enveloped in stories of sex, power, position and intrigue.
No “good girls” mentioned except Mary, the young virgin who was the mother of Jesus. No Sarah, no Rebecca, no Rachel. Why?
Why would God put his list together in this way? And it was intentional. God doesn’t waste words. He has a purpose. So this morning we ask, Why?
Message Title: Grace & the Grandmothers of Jesus Christ!
Message Text: Matthew 1
“A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away …”
That is the opening crawl beginning every film in the Star Wars series.
Now listen to our text for today.
“Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets …”
“A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away …”
“Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets …”
Both lines capture us. Both lines thrust us into an amazing journey and an epic struggle between good and evil.
But only one of these stories is true. Only one of these stories is set in eternity. Only one of these stories has life or death meaning for every person who has been born on this planet. Only one can deliver the hope promised.
One story dies with its human creators, the other continues forever, goodness beyond what our minds can conceive.
God coming to Earth. Do we understand what has happened? Do we understand what we have?
Message Title: Jesus Messiah-The Prequel
Message Text: Hebrews 1:1, 2-14-18 & Selected
MP3: Jesus Messiah-The Prequel : Hebrews 1-1 : 2-14-18 : ffc : dave scott : 120615
WMA: Jesus Messiah-The Prequel : Hebrews 1-1 : 2-14-18 : ffc : dave scott : 120615 AM
MP3: Mockers Will Mock : Psalm 115 : ffc : dave scott : 120615 PM
WMA: Mockers Will Mock : Psalm 115 : ffc : dave scott : 120615 PM
MP3: LESSON 8 : Who Gets It : James 3-13-18 : ffc : dave scott : 112915
WMA: LESSON 8 : Who Gets It : James 3-13-18 : ffc : dave scott : 112915
And … I am not going to bemoan the commercialism. What else should we expect from a world apart from Christ? Besides, I like the excitement of sharing gifts. I like bringing happiness to people in this way and sharing the happiness of others doing the same. I like hitting Amazon for just the right gift for the person I love and picturing their joy. Guys, I’m a little hesitant to say this out loud, but I like shopping with my wife. There. I’m out of the closet. 🙂
Commercialism and Black Friday and Cyber Monday and dysfunctional family gatherings … That isn’t the Christian problem, as in what the follower of Jesus should identify if he or she is confused about the meaning of Christmas. It is easy to point the finger and blame, but really, who is to blame if you are not honoring God in your life?
Our problem is that it is easy to forget, to lose our spiritual edge and awareness.
Even something as momentous, as epochal as the Son of God coming to this planet to bring us salvation. The mockers even bring our attention to how long it has been and our foolishness in hanging on to hope that was promised 2,000 years ago.
And we cannot remember, not on our own.
So we are going to look into the distant past and look into the distant future to remind ourselves what has happened and what that means to us when the Son of God came to Earth as an infant Child.
Message Title: Jesus Messiah-The Prequel!
Message Text: Hebrews 1:1-2, 2:14-18 & Selected
I can also burn these songs to CD at your request.
CHOIR MP3: Thanksgiving 2015 FFC Choir Congregation Logic Ed 112215