Hope Alliance Nazareth
292 episodes - English - Latest episode: 3 days ago - ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsA sermon podcast of Hope Alliance Church
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In the Wilderness: The Faithfulness of God
July 04, 2021 14:00 - 26 minutes - 18 MBAfter all the people of God have been through in the wilderness, God makes it clear that He will be faithful to finish what He started...to fulfill the promises He made to His people to provide for them and be with them.
In the Wilderness: Faith Sees Better
June 27, 2021 14:00 - 37 minutes - 25.9 MBIn Numbers 32, some folks decided to settle for "good enough". But doing so is never God's enough. Moses knows this and challenges these folks that settling for good enough is a lack of faith that ignores direct commands of God and jeopardizes the faith of the community.
In the Wilderness: The Love and Justice of God
June 20, 2021 14:00 - 36 minutes - 25.2 MBIn Numbers 31 God brings judgement on the Midianites for their opposition to His kingdom advancement. In His providence He has mercy on Israel but condemns Midian. When we really analyze God's judgement, we find that we can either die to self because of His love or die in our sin because of our guilt.
In the Wilderness: God's Covenant Love
June 13, 2021 14:00 - 31 minutes - 21.4 MBAfter multiple failures, we see in Numbers that God's covenant love still remains. And that covenant love is actually what motivates our commitment and obedience to Him.
In the Wilderness: Daughters of a New Generation
June 06, 2021 04:00 - 40 minutes - 27.9 MBWith a new census, we once again see the faithfulness and the goodness of God. And both of these are even more apparent when God resounds to the daughters of Zelophehad. Though their father's sin had led to their deprivation, God welcomed them into an inheritance that legally wasn't theirs to share. In the same way, God has welcomed us into the inheritance of enteral life through Jesus.
In the Wilderness: Gospel Zeal
May 30, 2021 14:00 - 44 minutes - 30.5 MBIdolatry is zeal for anything other than God's honor. Fleshly zeal and religious zeal both end in pain and separation from God. But what we see in Numbers 25 is that zeal for God's honor starts with atonement and ends in a covenant of peace...foremost and finally with Jesus!
In the Wilderness: God as Promise-Keeper
May 23, 2021 14:00 - 36 minutes - 24.8 MBGod's promises spoken cannot be broken. What He has blessed cannot be cursed. He the power and the heart to fulfill all of His promises for His people...in and through Jesus.
In the Wilderness: Interrupted by God
May 16, 2021 14:00 - 43 minutes - 29.9 MBWhen you plan isn't working, perhaps God is. That's not meant to be motivational drivel. It's meant to encourage us that when God stops us and gets our attention, perhaps He is calling us to repent and believe something new in the Gospel!
In the Wilderness: Growing Faith
May 09, 2021 14:00 - 39 minutes - 26.9 MBThe new generation of Israel has moments of great faith followed by a massive failure. God's faithfulness sees them through as they learn to depend on Him daily and regularly repent. We can do the same because of love and power of God shown to us in Jesus on the cross.
In the Wilderness: Anger
May 02, 2021 14:00 - 34 minutes - 23.5 MBAnger typically makes much of us and less of God...and that's never good. In Numbers 20 Moses (and Aaron) lash out in anger and it has dire consequences. The good news is, Jesus shows us we don't have to be the judge, the deliverer, and the strategists and can instead make much of God and less of ourselves.
Bloom: Peace
April 25, 2021 14:00 - 37 minutes - 26.1 MBBecause of the resurrection, Godly people develop Godly peace personally and communally. The seeds of peace are sown in faith in what God has done, is doing, and will do someday in making all things new.
Bloom: Love
April 18, 2021 14:00 - 48 minutes - 33.2 MBLove begins and ends with liberation. Instead of seeking our liberation FOR self, the resurrection gives us liberation FROM our selves. That liberation makes us better lovers of God and others...which leads to their liberation.
Bloom: Cultivating Joy
April 11, 2021 14:00 - 49 minutes - 34.1 MBBecause of what God has done, is doing, and will do, we can cultivate the fruit of joy in our lives.
Bloom: Easter as New Creation
April 04, 2021 14:00 - 28 minutes - 19.7 MBIt is exactly the right mistake to make to see Jesus as a gardener outside his tomb. At the resurrection of Jesus, new creation has begun and as followers of Jesus, we are part of it. We can "bloom" in the wilderness with evidence of this new creation displaying joy, love, and peace.
In the Wilderness: Our Need for Purification
March 28, 2021 14:00 - 47 minutes - 33 MBFollowing their rebellion, the people of Israel sense the great separation between them and a holy God. But God, in His grace, provides intermediaries and purification. In the Gospel of Jesus, we find the grace to be in the presence of a holy God.
In the Wilderness: Grace Upon Grace
March 21, 2021 14:00 - 47 minutes - 32.9 MBIn Numbers 16 & 17 we find the people of God responding to God's grace with more rebellion and grumbling, to the point of challenging God's appointment of Aaron as high priest. But God demonstrates his grace to the people and his vindication of Aaron when Aaron acts as the mediator between the living and the dead...just like Christ.
In the Wilderness: Fellowship with God
March 14, 2021 15:00 - 39 minutes - 27.1 MBNumbers 14 ends with a question mark: since an unbelieving generation will be condemned to die in the wilderness, and the next generation will wander for 40 years, what will come of God's promise to enter the land? Numbers 15 is the answer: God still desires fellowship with His people by His grace and their obedience.
In the Wilderness: Perspective, Belief, and Doubt
March 07, 2021 15:00 - 37 minutes - 25.8 MBIn Numbers 13 and 14 we encounter two different groups of people: those that believe God and see things from His perspective, and those that doubt God and see things through their own eyes. Both have seen God's power, character and promises...but come away with different convictions.
In the Wilderness: Envy (Grumbling II)
February 28, 2021 15:00 - 37 minutes - 25.8 MBIn Numbers 11 and 12, we find God generously putting His Spirit on other leaders so that a grumbling Moses isn't alone in leading the people. But shortly thereafter, his own sister and brother disparage him in their envy. We learn that envy is simply a different form of grumbling...being unhappy about what God has given someone else. But in the Gospel, we have all we need.
In the Wilderness: Grumbling
February 21, 2021 15:00 - 43 minutes - 29.9 MBOnly a few days into their journey to the Promised Land, the people of Israel begin to grumble and complain. The problem isn't wishing for better circumstances, it's that grumbling is caused by ingratitude and faith in self that leads us away from God. However, a life of gratitude for God's grace leads to full life.
In the Wilderness: The Guiding Presence of God
February 14, 2021 15:00 - 33 minutes - 22.9 MBIn Numbers 9&10 the people of God finally get on the journey to the promised land. The author wants us to see that the culmination of the people's covenant obedience is the constant presence of the living God to comfort and guide them into the Promised Land.
In the Wilderness: Passover...Again
February 07, 2021 15:00 - 27 minutes - 19.2 MBBefore they commence their journey to the Promised Land, God calls the Israelites to celebrate Passover...again. What we find is that Passover doesn't just set them free, it's what keeps them free. We, too, are called to continue to celebrate the ultimate Passover in Jesus...it's what keeps us free.
In the Wilderness: God Puts His Name on His Children
January 31, 2021 15:00 - 34 minutes - 23.7 MBIn Numbers 6 and 7 we find the people of God being blessed by God, responding in worship, and enjoying His presence. We, too, can have the blessing of God on us through Jesus.
In the Wilderness: Sin and God
January 24, 2021 15:00 - 42 minutes - 29.1 MBIn Numbers 5, the author wants the readers to see how God's presence cannot abide impurity or sin in the camp. And the people of God will demonstrate their impurity again and again in the wilderness. But praise God for His mercy that accepts the atonement for not just Israel's sins, but ours as well.
In the Wilderness: Transporting the Tabernacle
January 10, 2021 15:00 - 37 minutes - 26.1 MBIn Numbers 3, 4, and 8 we find the role of the Levites described. In short, they were set apart by God to remind people of God's mercy, to help others center on God's presence, and to carry the house of God everywhere He instructed. This special calling also gives purpose to our lives today in the Gospel.
In the Wilderness: Centering Around God
January 10, 2021 15:00 - 34 minutes - 23.7 MBThe book of Numbers, also called "In the Wilderness", begins with the people of God having been freed from slavery so they could center theirs lives in worship around God in the tabernacle. So, too, today the people of God are able to center around God because Jesus tabernacled among us...centering himself in our midst by his Spirit.
In the Wilderness: Transporting the Tabernacle
January 10, 2021 15:00 - 37 minutes - 26.1 MBIn Numbers 3, 4, and 8 we find the role of the Levites described. In short, they were set apart by God to remind people of God's mercy, to help others center on God's presence, and to carry the house of God everywhere He instructed. This special calling also gives purpose to our lives today in the Gospel.
Better Suffering in 2021
January 03, 2021 15:00 - 35 minutes - 24.4 MBOver and over the New Testament writers call the people of God to rejoice IN their suffering and seem to believe that good can come from it. In 2021, we will have trials and tribulations. How will we suffer well?
Do Not Be Afraid: Jesus, the Promised King
December 20, 2020 15:00 - 37 minutes - 25.5 MBGod delivers on His many promises from over many years to crown a new King David. Jesus reigns with the heart of God and delivers his people to salvation, justice, and righteousness.
Do Not Be Afraid: Jesus, the Greatness of God
December 13, 2020 15:00 - 23 minutes - 16 MBWe find hope and joy in the midst of fear and struggle because our Great and High God became small and lowly. The incarnation demonstrates the love of God for His people despite their unfaithfulness. The greatness of God saves us from ourselves.
Do Not Be Afraid: Jesus, Joshua, and the Promised Land
December 06, 2020 15:00 - 32 minutes - 22.3 MBJesus is the second, better Joshua. He leads his people into the promised land of full life, now and in the future. That gives us joy and hope in the midst of our fears and struggles.
Hope in the Favor of God
November 29, 2020 15:00 - 32 minutes - 22.4 MBIn Luke 1, Mary experiences real fear, but she is comforted by the favor of God which gives her hope. We can experience true hope and joy in the midst of our fears because of the favor of God shown through Jesus.
Do Not Be Afraid: Jesus, the Favor of God
November 29, 2020 15:00 - 32 minutes - 22.4 MBIn Luke 1, Mary experiences real fear, but she is comforted by the favor of God which gives her hope. We can experience true hope and joy in the midst of our fears because of the favor of God shown through Jesus.
Being the People of God: Generosity
November 22, 2020 00:00 - 34 minutes - 23.6 MBThe People of God have always been called to trust God and be generous. But instead, going all the way back to Eden, they've been a people with a scarcity mindset. Jesus redeems us in his generosity and frees us to be generous.
Being the People of God: Gospel Leadership
November 15, 2020 00:00 - 35 minutes - 24.3 MBThe people of God have always had shepherds...Moses, Joshua, David, the prophets, apostles, and elders. But they're all pointing to the chief shepherd: Jesus.
Being the People of God: Scattered as Ambassadors
November 08, 2020 00:00 - 37 minutes - 25.6 MBThe people of God are both gathered and scattered for the glory of God. Jesus has sent out his disciples as ambassadors of his kingdom to bring his peace and power into the world.
Being the People of God: In Prayer
October 31, 2020 23:00 - 53 minutes - 37.1 MBPrayer is a key way in which the people of God stay connected to the Vine; how the body stays connected to the Head which is Jesus. The people of God pray to the Father for their basic needs. But it's through prayer at a deeper level that relationship with the Father and transformation in the Gospel happens.
Being the People of God: Gathered Around the Truth
October 25, 2020 04:00 - 37 minutes - 25.6 MBThe Bible is critical to our identity as the people of God. It speaks his word to us with authority by relaying the gospel and its implications on our lives. When we embrace it with an open heart as a church and as individuals, God uses it to teach us the gospel, rebuke and correct us when we embrace false gospels, and train us in how to live in light of the gospel.
Being the People of God: Sacred Assembly
October 18, 2020 14:00 - 31 minutes - 21.6 MBGoing to church is not a new invention. For thousands of years the people of God have gathered in sacred assembly one day out of the week to recenter around one God, in His presence, to encourage one another, and to worship in hope.
Being the People of God - In Normal Life
October 11, 2020 14:00 - 45 minutes - 31.6 MBBeing the People fo God is an identity, not an event. And most of that takes place on the 6.5 days we are NOT "in church". The Apostle Paul and the early church show us what this looks like.
Being the People of God: One Body, Many Parts
October 04, 2020 14:00 - 42 minutes - 29.1 MBAs the people of God, the church is the body of Christ but made up of many parts. Each part does its work for the common good which makes the fullness of Jesus known out into the world AND matures the body in the Gospel.
Being the People of God: One Body
September 27, 2020 13:00 - 46 minutes - 31.9 MBIn his letter to the Ephesians, Paul makes it clear that we ARE one in the Gospel, and can maintain that same oneness through the Gospel rather than our own efforts or legalism. And when we are one, God gets the glory!
Being the People of God: Jesus as the Head of the Body
September 21, 2020 03:00 - 54 minutes - 37.5 MBPaul picks an interesting analogy for the people of God: a body with Jesus as the head. It's meant to indicate the power that Jesus has, but also his loving connection to his people. Our goal as individuals and as a church is to stay connected to Jesus and the Gospel...like branches to a vine.
Therefore (Hebrews 10:19-25)
September 06, 2020 14:00 - 29 minutes - 20 MBIn Hebrews 10 the author encourages us that in the midst of struggle and turmoil to not turn back to religion, but instead rely on our relationship with Jesus to draw near to God, hold on to hope, and encourage one another.
Fisher of Men: Peter Stands Up
August 23, 2020 14:00 - 35 minutes - 24.7 MBAfter Jesus ascends to heaven, Peter assumes the role of being the rock of the early church that fishes for people. And rather than trying to gain power to control a physical empire, Peter tells a new story of the power of the resurrection...and it changes the course of history.
Fisher of Men: Peter's Restoration
August 16, 2020 15:00 - 39 minutes - 27 MBPeter's stunning and dramatic fall is met by the even more stunning and dramatic forgiveness of Jesus. In this story we see the incredible reversals that happen in Peter through the reconciling and restoring work of Jesus.
Fisher of Men: Peter's Restoration
August 16, 2020 15:00 - 39 minutes - 27 MBPeter's stunning and dramatic fall is met by the even more stunning and dramatic forgiveness of Jesus. In this story we see the incredible reversals that happen in Peter through the reconciling and restoring work of Jesus.
Fisher of Men: Conviction in the Courtyard
August 09, 2020 14:00 - 32 minutes - 22.5 MBIn the famous story of Peter's denials of Jesus, we find that Peter is actually declaring all that he is not. And Jesus is declaring "I am". And what Peter learns is still true for us today: that God looks at us with pure love despite all that we are not.
Fisher of Men: Prayer
August 02, 2020 14:00 - 34 minutes - 23.9 MBIn the Garden of Gethsemane, as Jesus prayed in sorry, Peter slept in sorrow. And what he learned there and teaches us is that prayer is a powerful guard against the enemy of our souls and a guide for our passions.
Fisher of Men: Servant King
July 26, 2020 13:00 - 33 minutes - 23.4 MBIn John 13, Peter learns what it means to be cleansed by Jesus and to join him in serving others. We learn that when our identity is rooted in the Gospel, we can join Jesus in serving others, too.