Two thousand years ago, Jesus came to earth as a helpless baby. This birth wasn’t just random; it was planned and prophesied for thousands of years before it happened. Who was this prophesied to? The Chosen people of God, the Jews. Join Reverend Kenny Yates as he refocuses us on the true meaning of Christmas in his Christmas message, The Quest For Christmas Pt. 1: Israel’s Christmas Quest.
Micah 5:2-5 Matthew 2:5-6 Malachi 3:1 Isaiah 7:3-6 Isaiah 7:9b Isaiah 7:12 Isaiah 7:14 Psalm 2:1-2 Isaiah 9:6-7 (NKJV) John:1:46 Hebrews 12:2 Matthew 16:23 Luke 19:10 2 Corinthians 3:12-16 (NKJV)
The deity of Christ is one of the most debated topics in the Church. There are those who believe that because there is only one God, therefore, God has to be the Father alone and not Jesus, as Jesus was a man. But is that what the Bible says? Is Jesus God, or was He just a created being with a great purpose? Join Reverend Kenny Yates as he opens our eyes to key verses that are often overlooked in this pressing debate in his message, From Everlasting to Everlasting.
Psalms 90:1-2 John 8:56-59 Matthew 6:9 John 10:24-30 John 10:31-39 Genesis 1:1 Deuteronomy 6:4 John 1:1-5 Numbers 23:19 Ephesians 3:5 Hosea 11:9 John 3:17 John 12:47 John 14:28 John 16:7 Hebrews 10:12 John 1:29-34 Matthew 8:2 Matthew 9:18 Matthew 14:33 Matthew 15:25 Matthew 20:20 John 20:28 Acts 4:11-12 John 6:68
From Everlasting to Everlasting
Is Jesus God?
24 So the Jews gathered around Him and said to Him, “How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly.” 25 Jesus answered them, “I told you, and you do not believe. The works that I do in my Father’s name bear witness about me, 26 but you do not believe because you are not among my sheep. 27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. 28 I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand. 29 My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand. 30 I and the Father are one.” 31 The Jews picked up stones again to stone Him. 32 Jesus answered them, “I have shown you many good works from the Father; for which of them are you going to stone me?” 33 The Jews answered Him, “It is not for a good work that we are going to stone you but for blasphemy, because you, being a man, make yourself God.” 34 Jesus answered them, “Is it not written in your Law, ‘I said, you are gods’? 35 If He called them gods to whom the word of God came—and Scripture cannot be broken— 36 do you say of Him whom the Father consecrated and sent into the world, ‘You are blaspheming,’ because I said, ‘I am the Son of God’? 37 If I am not doing the works of my Father, then do not believe me; 38 but if I do them, even though you do not believe me, believe the works, that you may know and understand that the Father is in me and I am in the Father.” 39 Again they sought to arrest Him, but He escaped from their hands.
The term Trinity is often used in the Christian community to describe God. Within the Trinity, you have the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Many people believe that this is a man-made belief as the term ‘Trinity’ is never used in the Bible. So, does that mean that there is no evidence for the Trinity in the Bible? Join ArieRashelle as she searches through Scripture to find the Truth in her video, The Trinity Pt. 1: Is It Biblical?
Genesis 1:1 Exodus 20:3 Deuteronomy 32:17 Judges 17:5 Genesis 1:26-27 John 1:1-3 Colossians 1:15-17 Psalms 104:30 Job 33:4 Genesis 2:4 Exodus 3:15 Psalms 110:1 Matthew 22:44 Exodus 3:1-6 Isaiah 61:1-2a Luke 4:16-21 Luke 3:21-22 Matthew 28:19-20 Proverbs 18:10 Colossians 2:8-10 James 2:19
The Trinity
The Trinity In The Bible
26 Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” 27 So God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.
Genesis 1:26-27
4 These are the generations of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens.
Genesis 2:4
15 God also said to Moses, “Say this to the people of Israel: ‘The Lord, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you.’ This is my name forever, and thus I am to be remembered throughout all generations.”
Exodus 3:15
1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through Him, and without Him was not any thing made that was made.
The Church today struggles to see its prayers answered. We struggle to see God move in our lives and in our churches. Why is that? Has God changed, or are we missing something important in our prayer lives? Join Reverend Kenny Yates as he opens our eyes to the importance of desperate prayers in his message, Desperate For Jesus.
Psalms 122:6-7 Matthew 24:15-16 Matthew 24:32-34 Deuteronomy 30:3 Isaiah 43:6 Ezekiel 36:24 Matthew 14:13-14 Matthew 13:57 Matthew 14:13 Mark 6:32-34 Matthew 14:14 Hebrews 11:6 Isaiah 53:5 (KJV) Matthew 11:12 John 10:27 Matthew 14:16 1 Samuel 15:22b (NIV) Lamentations 2:18-19 Acts 12:1-5 Matthew 20:32-34
Desperate For Jesus
Jesus’ Reaction To The Desperation of People
13 Now when Jesus heard this, He withdrew from there in a boat to a desolate place by Himself. But when the crowds heard it, they followed Him on foot from the towns. 14When He went ashore He saw a great crowd, and He had compassion on them and healed their sick.
Matthew 14:13-14
32 And they went away in the boat to a desolate place by themselves. 33 Now many saw them going and recognized them, and they ran there on foot from all the towns and got there ahead of them. 34 When He went ashore He saw a great crowd, and He had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. And He began to teach them many things
This upcoming week is the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread. These two feasts have been combined into one feast that symbolizes and foreshadows the then-coming salvation offered to us through the sacrifice of our LORD and Savior, Jesus Christ. When we think about the Passover, we usually focus on the sacrificial lamb, but rarely do we focus on the unleavened bread, its meaning and symbolism. Join Reverend Kenny Yates as he opens our eyes to another connection between Jesus, The Passover, and the Exodus of the Israelites in his message, Jesus, Our Unleavened Bread.
14 This day shall be for you a memorial day, and you shall keep it as a feast to the Lord; throughout your generations, as a statute forever, you shall keep it as a feast. 15 Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread. On the first day you shall remove leaven out of your houses, for if anyone eats what is leavened, from the first day until the seventh day, that person shall be cut off from Israel. 16 On the first day you shall hold a holy assembly, and on the seventh day a holy assembly. No work shall be done on those days. But what everyone needs to eat, that alone may be prepared by you. 17 And you shall observe the Feast of Unleavened Bread, for on this very day I brought your hosts out of the land of Egypt. Therefore you shall observe this day, throughout your generations, as a statute forever. 18 In the first month, from the fourteenth day of the month at evening, you shall eat unleavened bread until the twenty-first day of the month at evening. 19 For seven days no leaven is to be found in your houses. If anyone eats what is leavened, that person will be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he is a sojourner or a native of the land. 20 You shall eat nothing leavened; in all your dwelling places you shall eat unleavened bread.
Lucifer is often referred to as the Morning Star, but Jesus refers to Himself as the Bright Morning Star. Does this mean that they are both morning stars or that Jesus is claiming to be Lucifer? Is Lucifer really a morning star, or is that simply a misunderstanding of Scripture? Join ArieRashelle as she searches through Scripture for the Truth in her video, Did Jesus Say He Was Lucifer?
Isaiah 14:12 Revelation 22:16 Genesis 1:5 Genesis 1:16 Job 38:6-7 Genesis 1:1-5 Genesis 1:14-19 2 Peter 1:19 Revelation 2:28 John 8:58 Exodus 3:14 Revelation 22:13 Isaiah 44:6 Isaiah 14:12-15 Philippians 2:5-11 Ephesians 2:11-17 Jeremiah 30:14 1 John 5:17 2 Corinthians 5:17-21 2 Peter 1:16-21 John 10:11 Luke 23:45-47 John 19:30 Romans 6:10-11 John 1:1-5 John 1:14 Numbers 24:15-19 Hebrews 10
12 How you are fallen from heaven, O Day Star, son of Dawn! How you are cut down to the ground, you who laid the nations low!
Isaiah 14:12
The Morning Stars
6 On what were its bases sunk, or who laid its cornerstone, 7 when the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
Job 38:6-7
19 And we have the prophetic word more fully confirmed, to which you will do well to pay attention as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts,
2 Peter 1:19
25 Only hold fast what you have until I come. 26 The one who conquers and who keeps my works until the end, to him I will give authority over the nations, 27 and he will rule them with a rod of iron, as when earthen pots are broken in pieces, even as I myself have received authority from my Father. 28 And I will give him the morning star.
The crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus are two of the most revered days in history. Jesus was crucified alongside two thieves. Because it was the Day of Preparation, they didn’t want the men on the cross on the Sabbath; they asked Pilate to have their legs broken. When they got to Jesus, He was already dead, so His legs weren’t broken. This fulfilled many prophecies about Christ, but what was the significance? Why was it important that Jesus’ legs weren’t broken? Join Reverend Kenny Yates as he opens our eyes to the mystery behind this prophecy fulfilled in his Resurrection Sunday message, No Broken Bones.
Exodus 12:43-49 John 3:16 1 Peter 3:18 Numbers 9:5 Numbers 14:1-4 Psalms 103:10 2 Peter 3:9 1 Corinthians 10:14-22 Exodus 12:46-47 Romans 8:15-17 John 19:31-37 John 14:30 Psalms 51:7-9 Psalms 34:20 Psalms 51:10-14
No Broken Bones
The Crucifixion of Resurrection of Jesus
31 Since it was the day of Preparation, and so that the bodies would not remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a high day), the Jews asked Pilate that their legs might be broken and that they might be taken away. 32 So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first, and of the other who had been crucified with Him. 33 But when they came to Jesus and saw that He was already dead, they did not break His legs. 34 But one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and at once there came out blood and water. 35 He who saw it has borne witness—his testimony is true, and he knows that he is telling the truth—that you also may believe. 36 For these things took place that the Scripture might be fulfilled: “Not one of His bones will be broken.” 37 And again another Scripture says, “They will look on Him whom they have pierced.”
Jesus taught His disciples that wherever two or three are gathered in His name, He was there with them. This phrase has been used throughout the Church, especially whenever there is a small showing of people for a service. It’s used as an encouraging phrase today, but is that truly what Jesus meant? Even though we quote the verse correctly, are we misusing it? Join Reverend Kenny Yates as he searches through Scripture for the true meaning behind this saying in his video, Where Two Or Three Are Gathered.
For Where Two or Three Are Gathered In My Name, There Am I Among Them (Jesus)
15 If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault, between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother. 16 But if he does not listen, take one or two others along with you, that every charge may be established by the evidence of two or three witnesses. 17 If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. And if he refuses to listen even to the church, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector. 18 Truly, I say to you, whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. 19 Again I say to you, if two of you agree on earth about anything they ask, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven. 20 For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them.
Jesus made many bold statements, some of which we still don’t fully understand. One in particular is when Jesus was under attack by the Jews. Jesus stated that Abraham not only saw His day but was glad when he did. Abraham died more than a thousand years before Jesus came to the earth, so how could he see Jesus’ day? Join Rev. Kenny Yates as he searches through Scripture for the answer in his video, How Did Abraham See Jesus’ Day?
John 8:52-59 Genesis 22:1-2 John 3:16 Galatians 4:23-31 2 Chronicles 3:1 1 Chronicles 21:22 1 Chronicles 21:24 Hebrews 13:11-12 Genesis 22:8 Genesis 22:9 John 19:16-17 John 10:17-18 Hebrews 11:17-19 Genesis 22:18
Jesus and Abraham
How Did Abraham See Jesus’ Day?
48 The Jews answered him, “Are we not right in saying that you are a Samaritan and have a demon?” 49 Jesus answered, “I do not have a demon, but I honor my Father, and you dishonor me. 50 Yet I do not seek my own glory; there is One who seeks it, and He is the judge. 51 Truly, truly, I say to you, if anyone keeps my word, he will never see death.” 52 The Jews said to Him, “Now we know that you have a demon! Abraham died, as did the prophets, yet you say, ‘If anyone keeps my word, he will never taste death.’ 53 Are you greater than our father Abraham, who died? And the prophets died! Who do you make yourself out to be?” 54 Jesus answered, “If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing. It is my Father who glorifies me, of whom you say, ‘He is our God.’ 55 But you have not known Him. I know Him. If I were to say that I do not know Him, I would be a liar like you, but I do know Him and I keep His word. 56 Your father Abraham rejoiced that he would see my day. He saw it and was glad.” 57 So the Jews said to Him, “You are not yet fifty years old, and have you seen Abraham?” 58 Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I am.”59 So they picked up stones to throw at Him, but Jesus hid Himself and went out of the temple.
The belief that God is made up of three separate persons (The Trinity Doctrine) with one mind, heart, and desire is the foundation of Christianity. This belief that Jesus is God is the very reason He was crucified and His followers attacked and persecuted. 2,000 years later, the divinity of the LORD Jesus Christ is still being questioned, debated, and discussed not just in the world but the Church. How can we say that Jesus saves us and call on His name for salvation, yet claim He was not God incarnate? This one statement alone is blasphemy if the divinity of Christ is from the Spirit of Error. Join ArieRashelle as she guides us through Scripture, pointing out multiple statements claiming the divinity of Jesus Christ in her video, Five Biblical Statements That Claim Jesus Is God.
Genesis 1:1 Isaiah 44:24-25 Genesis 1:1 Exodus 20:3 Deuteronomy 10:17 Psalms 82:1 Genesis 1:26-27 Colossians 1:15-20 Hebrews 6:19-20 Hebrews 1:1-4 1 John 2:22 John 1:29 Acts 8:32-35 Revelation 17:14 John 1 Revelation 19:13-16 Psalms 136:1-3 Matthew 22:37 Deuteronomy 6:5 Matthew 22:44 Psalms 110:1 1 Samuel 8:7 Isaiah 44:6 Isaiah 48:12 Revelation 1:8 Revelation 21:5-7 Revelation 22:12-13 John 10:11-18 Psalms 23:1 Zechariah 11:17 Jeremiah 23:1 Matthew 22:41-46 2 Corinthians 3:12-18 2 Corinthians 4:3-4 Matthew 1:23 Philippians 2:5-11 Matthew 1:1-17 Psalms 89:35-37 Acts 2:29-31 Revelation 5:5 Revelation 22:16 Philippians 2:10-11 Isaiah 45:23
Five Biblical Statements That Claim Jesus Is God
The Trinity Doctrine In The Bible
19 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.
Matthew 28:19-20
6 And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!”
Galatians 4:6
22 At that time the Feast of Dedication took place at Jerusalem. It was winter, 23 and Jesus was walking in the temple, in the colonnade of Solomon. 24 So the Jews gathered around Him and said to Him, “How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly.” 25 Jesus answered them, “I told you, and you do not believe. The works that I do in my Father’s name bear witness about me, 26 but you do not believe because you are not among my sheep. 27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. 28 I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand. 29 My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand.30 I and the Father are one.” 31 The Jews picked up stones again to stone him.32 Jesus answered them, “I have shown you many good works from the Father; for which of them are you going to stone me?” 33 The Jews answered Him, “It is not for a good work that we are going to stone you but for blasphemy, because you, being a man, make yourself God.”34 Jesus answered them, “Is it not written in your Law, ‘I said, you are gods’? 35 If He called them gods to whom the word of God came—and Scripture cannot be broken— 36 do you say of Him whom the Father consecrated and sent into the world, ‘You are blaspheming,’ because I said, ‘I am the Son of God’? 37 If I am not doing the works of my Father, then do not believe me; 38 but if I do them, even though you do not believe me, believe the works, that you may know and understand that the Father is in me and I am in the Father.” 39 Again they sought to arrest Him, but He escaped from their hands.
