When the End Comes

Worship Service

February 16, 2024 - Ephesians 5:25-33 - Where do we get our ideas about love, and how do they compare with what the Bible says. Love is sacrificial, but it doesn't advertise its sacrifice. Love is also self-beneficial.

February 9, 202 5 - Ezekiel 28:20-26 - God has promised to judge all of Israel's neighbors for their treatment and influence upon Israel, but He does not excuse Israel, for they are being judged as well. We can never blame anyone else for our sin.

February 2, 2025 - Ezekiel 28:11-19 - The "Prince" of Tyre was Ethbaal III, but in this passage we are introduced to the power behind his throne, the "King" of Tyre, who is Satan himself. Like the prince of Tyre, his great sin was pride, and God will ultimately destroy him, consigning him to the Lake of Fire. He is a defeated enemy.

January 26 , 2025 - Ezekiel 28:1-10 - Apologies again for the last half of the message, more mic problems. The Prince of Tyre, because of the sin of pride, considered himself a god, and God has to take him down. It is a temptation that all of us face. It is a temptation that we all must struggle against.

January 19, 2025 - Ezekiel 27:1-36 - Ezekiel raises a lament over the city of Tyre, likening it to a stately ship that is wrecked by the east wind, and sinks with all hands and cargo lost. Human achievement is vain if God is rejected.

January 12, 2025 - I apologize for the audio, mic problems. You will probably need to turn it up. Ezekiel spends three chapters on Tyre. Tyre is targeted by Nebuchadnezzar right after Jerusalem, but Tyre is also typical of Human achievement and government, and the common failing of human beings - pride, and refusal to recognize God's Lordship.

January 5, 2025 - Ezekiel 25:1-17 - God pronounces judgment on Ammon, Moab, Eden, and Philistia, because of their treatment of His chosen people. We would do well to avoid the same fate.

December 29, 2024 - Acts 15:36-41 - John Mark needed both Paul and Barnabas in his life to help him become a man who was useful for the ministry. God is the God of second chances, and we learn most from our failures, if we respond in the right way.

December 15, 2024 - Ezekiel 24:15-27- Ezekiel is faced with a great personal tragedy, the loss of his beloved wife. Many would accuse God of cruelty because of this, but we should seek to see God's perspective about it.

December 8, 2024 - Ezekiel 24:1-14 - God uses the same metaphor the people used in 11:3, but with the opposite application. Jerusalem is indeed a cauldron, but not of safety, rather, a cauldron of destruction and judgment. Sin cannot be allowed to continue. It is a cancer that must be eradicated.

December 1, 2024 - Ezekiel 21:1-49 - Ezekiel propounds a parable of two sisters, Samaria and Jerusalem, and their political and spiritual adultery, as well as the consequences of such. It is a grave danger that the church of Jesus Christ has often been guilty of as well.

November 24 - There are some virtues that are only for creatures, not the creator, and one of those is Thankfulness. It is, in it's essence, an admission of our complete dependence upon God, and unthankfulness is closely related to the sins of entitlement and pride.

November 17, 2024 - Ezekiel 22:1-31 - God makes His case clearly against Jerusalem, illustrating that His governance is not arbitrary or capricious, but perfectly just.

November 10, 2024 - Ezekiel 20:45-21:32 - God warns the people of Jerusalem that He has drawn His sword, has polished and sharpened it, and will soon use it to bring retribution on Judah for her sins.

November 3, 2024 - Ezekiel 20:33-44 - After a scathing history lesson with a promise of judgment, God tempers his message to Israel by pledging to keep his promise of regathering them and restoring them to the land under his rulership.

October 27, 202 4 - Ezekiel 20:1-32 - Ezekiel gives the Elders who come to inquire of him a history lesson in the unfaithfulness of Israel, and the graciousness of God. But since they are continuing to worship idols and reject God, God will no longer withhold the judgment they deserve.

October 20, 2024 - Ezekiel 19:1-14 - A lament for the last two lions of Judah, a warning to Zedekiah, and a prediction that there would be no more kings of Israel until the King of Kings!

October 13 , 2024 - Ezekiel 18:1-32 - The people of Jerusalem were using a proverb that was false, and God was not pleased. He made clear to them that people would be punished for their own sins, not for the sins of their fathers. Those who repented would be forgiven, those who had lived a good life and then turned their back on it would be punished.

October 6, 2024 - Ezekiel 17:1-24 - Ezekiel's next metaphor teaches two major lessons, as well as predicting the future of Judah. God gives us the interpretation, so there is no speculation.

September 29, 2024 - Ezekiel 16:1-63 - The point of this metaphor is simple. Jerusalem has been unfaithful to God, and God is going to discipline her to bring her back, but He will never be unfaithful to her. God places a very high value on faithfulness, unlike fallen human beings.

September 22, 2024 - Ezekiel 15:1-8 - God likens Jerusalem to a fruitless vine, that is good for nothing but the fire. This metaphor is a common one in Scripture, and we can learn much from it.

September 15, 2024 - Ezekiel 14:1-23 - God has never promised to answer the requests of everyone. The Elders in Babylon were hypocrites, and God said He would not listen to them. He tells us why, so we can deduce from that what we must do to assure that God will listen to us. God is just, and He never acts arbitrarily.

September 8, 2024 - Ezekiel 13:1-23 - Ezekiel addresses the false prophets and prophetesses. They are whitewashing the edifice of lies that the people are building, and failing to build a wall of truth. They will perish in the devastation that is sure to follow.

September 1, 2024 - Ezekiel 12:1-28 - God is not stingy with the truth. He proclaims it over and over, in various ways. In this chapter, he has Ezekiel perform a drama, picturing what is going to happen to King Zedekiah, and he assures the people that He will do as He says, and soon.

August 25, 2024 - Ezekiel 11:1-25 - Wicked rulers contribute massively to the fall of a people. Also, many feel that what is happening to them is a catastrophe, but often, as in the case of the people who were taken into captivity, they are actually being blessed and preserved.

August 18th, 2024 - Ezekiel 10:1-22 - Ichabod means "the glory is departed" and that is exactly what happens in this chapter. God deserts the temple in Jerusalem, and the land is ripe for judgment. What triggered this worst of all possible events?

August 11th, 2024 - Ezekiel 9:1-11 - God shows Ezekiel what He intends to do about the abominations that Jerusalem has been engaged in, and it isn't pretty. But there are some people who will be spared, and He explains why, and there are others who will be judged first, and there is an explanation for that also.

August 4, 2024 - Ezekiel 8:1-18 - In this passage God shows Ezekiel the abominations that the people of Jerusalem are committing, which include both open and secret idolatry. In your imagination, your room of pictures, what are you worshipping?

July 14, 2024 - Ezekiel 6:1-14 - The sin of God's people that triggered the judgment God is promising was idolatry. God declares through Ezekiel that His judgment will result in his people knowing that He is God. There is no more important knowledge that we can have than the knowledge that God is Lord. Knowing God is critical.

June 23, 2024 - Ezekiel 5:1-17 - God gives Ezekiel an object lesson for the people, and the interpretation is that Jerusalem will be destroyed, 2 thirds of the people killed, and one third scattered over the earth. Because they had not glorified God in their living, God will glorify Himself in their judgement. God's glory is inevitable.

June 16, 2024 - Genesis 1:26-31- when God finished His work in creation, that didn't mean there was nothing left to do. God intended that the humans he was creating would add to His creation, increasing order, managing and enhancing His work. Fatherhood is a huge part of this.

June 9, 2024 - Ezekiel 4:1-17 Ezekiel is called upon to illustrate the siege of Jerusalem by participating in it vicariously. It cost him deeply to be God's mouthpiece, and it will cost us as well.

June 2nd , 2024 - Ezekiel 3:16-27 - Ezekiel is given the job of watchman for God's people. He is warning about temporal danger, but we are watchmen as well, and our message is one of Spiritual and eternal danger. It is a serious responsibility.

May 19th, 2024 - Ezekiel 3:1-15 - Ezekiel wasn't doing cross cultural ministry, and God said if he had been they would have listened. In some cases, same culture communication is tougher, and it takes tough people to do it.

May 12th, 2024 - Proverbs 31:1-9 - God's Word, and especially Proverbs, rates mothers pretty high. The challenges of motherhood are pretty significant, and Proverbs has much to say about being a good mother. Thank God for good mothers!

May 5th, 2024 - Ezekiel 2:1-10 - After seeing the vision of the Glory of God, Ezekiel is called by God to declare His Word to His people. They would know that a prophet had been among them! I apologize again for the audio quality, we are still having mic issues.

April 28, 2024 - Ezekiel 1:4-28 - God gives Ezekiel a vision of His glory, in preparation for his ministry. We all need the same vision. I apologize for the drop in audio quality toward the end. We seem to have lost a mic.

April 14, 2024 - Ezekiel 1:1-3 - The life and times of Ezekiel the prophet, and the background information for this book.

April 7, 2024 - In a post-truth society, we must return to and understand what truth is, where we discover it, and why we should tell it. The love of truth must become the foundation upon which we build everything else.

March 31, 2024 - The resurrection is required belief for the Christian, and there is plenty of evidence for it, but we are not required to feel that it is true, which is much harder to do, and for many reasons. We must trust our minds more than our hearts!

Ma rch 24, 2024 - The disciples went from the highest of Mountain Tops to the lowest of valleys in one week. In both, God's purposes were being accomplished.

Mar ch 17, 2024 - What is a Worldview, how do we develop one, and how do we know which one is right?

March 10, 2024 - Why should you be baptized, is it for today, and how young can one be baptized?

March 3rd - What is the significance of water baptism, and why should christians be baptized?

February 25, 2024 - I Corinthians 12:12-27 - Evidence that the early church did indeed have a membership, and why membership is essential to church life.

February 18th, II Timothy 4:16-22 - God is sufficient to meet all our needs, but that doesn't mean He meets them all directly. In fact, He meets most of our needs mediately. But when we are all alone, He is there for us. Paul was forsaken by men, but not by God.

I Timothy 4:1-5 - Marriage is under attach in our generation, but it was ordained by God, and is an institution that ought to be defended. It is the best school in which to learn divine, self-sacrificial love, and is a major part of God's plan for sanctification of the majority of people.

II Timothy 4:9-15 - Paul has been left mostly alone in Rome, and he urges Timothy to come to him. We see Paul lonely, forsaken, tired, and discouraged. He isn't that much different than you and I! My apologies for the recording - we had mic problems.