Can I Trust God?
Exodus 3:1-15 (excerpts)
Delivered by Andy Langford on February 28, 2010
On the Sinai Peninsula, Moses was keeping the flock of his father in law Jethro, the priest of Midian. Moses led his flock beyond the wilderness, and came to the mountain of God. At the mountain, the angel of the LORD appeared to Moses in a flame of fire out of a bush. Moses looked, and the bush was blazing, yet the bush was not consumed.
Then Moses said, "I must turn aside and look at this great sight, and see why the bush is not burned up."
When the LORD saw that Moses had turned aside to see, God called to him out of the bush, "Moses, Moses!"
And Moses said, "Here I am."
Then God said, "Come no closer! Remove the sandals from your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground." God said further, "I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob."
And Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at God.
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What Happens When I Die?
Luke 24:13-35
Delivered by Andy Langford on February 14, 2010
Now on the first day of Easter, two of Jesus' followers were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem. The two followers were talking with each other about everything that had happened. As the two followers talked . . . with each other, Jesus himself came up and walked along with them; but the two followers were kept from recognizing him.
Jesus asked them, "What are you discussing together as you walk along?"
The two followers stood still, their faces downcast. One of them, named Cleopas, asked Jesus, "Are you only a visitor to Jerusalem and do not know the things that have happened there in these days?"
"What things?" the stranger asked.
The two followers replied, "About Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus was a prophet, powerful in word and deed before God and all the people. The chief priests and our rulers handed Jesus over to be sentenced to death, and they crucified him; but we had hoped that Jesus was the one who was going to redeem Israel. And what is more, it is the third day since all this took place. In addition, some of our women amazed us. The women went to the tomb early this morning but did not find Jesus' body. The women came and told us that they had seen a vision of angels, who said Jesus was alive. . . . ."
Jesus said to the two, "How foolish you are, and how slow to believe all that the prophets have spoken! Did not the Messiah have to suffer these things and then enter his glory?" And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, Jesus explained to them what was said in all the Scriptures concerning himself.
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Why Am I Not Where I Want To Be?
Luke 19:1-10
Delivered by Andy Langford on January 31, 2010
Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through. A man was there by the name of Zacchaeus; Zacchaeus was a chief tax collector and was wealthy.
Zacchaeus wanted to see who Jesus was, but because Zacchaeus was short he could not see over the crowd. So Zacchaeus ran ahead and climbed a sycamore tree to see Jesus . . ..
When Jesus reached the spot, Jesus looked up and said to him, "Zacchaeus, come down immediately. I must stay at your house today." So Zacchaeus came down at once and welcomed Jesus gladly.
All the people saw Jesus speaking with Zacchaeus and began to mutter, "Jesus has gone to be the guest of a sinner."
But Zacchaeus stood up and said to Jesus, "Look, Lord! Here and now I give half of my possessions to the poor, and if I have cheated anybody out of anything, I will pay back four times the amount."
Jesus said to him, "Today salvation has come to this house, because Zacchaeus, too, is a child of Abraham. For the Son of Man came to seek and to save what was lost." Luke 19:1-10 (adapted)
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Who is Jesus?
John 4:3-29 (excerpts)
Delivered by Andy Langford on January 24, 2010
So Jesus left Judea in the south and went back once more to Galilee in the north.
Now Jesus had to go through Samaria. So he came to a town in Samaria called Sychar, . . . , and Jesus, tired as he was from the journey, sat down by the well. It was about noon.
When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, AWill you give me a drink?. . .
The Samaritan woman said to Jesus, AYou are a Jew and I am a Samaritan woman. How can you ask me for a drink? (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.)
Jesus answered her, AIf you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked him and he would have given you living water.
ASir, the woman said, Ayou have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where can you get this living water? . . .
Jesus answered, A Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but those who drink the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life.
The woman said to Jesus, ASir, give me this water so that I won't get thirsty and have to keep coming here to draw water. . . .
Jesus said to her, ABelieve me, a time is coming when you will worship God the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. . . .
The woman said, A I know that the Messiah (called Christ) is coming. When the Messiah comes, he will explain everything to us.
Then Jesus declared, AI, the one speaking to you - I am he. . . .
Then, leaving her water jar, the woman went back to the town and said to the people, ACome, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this man be the Messiah? John 4:3-29 (excerpts, adapted)
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