Bible Study

Names of God: Jehovah Rapha - Part 2 + Jehovah Nissi

Pastor Tony Liuzzo (Lead Pastor) - Exodus 15 & 17 (Exodus 4:1-3; 15:25-26; 17:8-16; Jeremiah 30:17; Mark 2:16-17; 1 Peter 2:24; Isaiah 53:5; Luke 8:2; Psalms 103:2-3; Revelation 21:4; James 5:14-16; Acts 5:30)
 
When we see the American flag displayed, we recognize it as a symbol of freedom. It represents America, our nation, our freedom, and the land that we love. When we go to the Olympics, every country proudly runs into the stadium waving their flag, as a way to announce which country they are representing. This concept is in scripture as well.
During a great war that God's people were facing, Moses declared the Lord was their banner! We serve, live, and fight under the banner of our great God! When Satan's army sees us coming, they know that they are not at war with us, but with the God that we all serve. Our God is Jehovah Nissi! He is our Banner!
 
Bible study description:
Knowing someone's name is the very start of getting to know someone. It is what we use to call out to someone to get their attention. It is how we identify someone. 
Our God has many names. Each name of God reveals to us His character, His nature, and His attributes. Knowing His names brings us into a deeper relationship with Him because it allows us to know Him on a deeper level.
When we know His names, we can then call out to Him using His names. There is a reason that our God has so many names...there is power in the name of our God! Do you know our God by His names?
Names of God: Jehovah Rapha - Part 2 + Jehovah Nissi
Jehovah Rapha - Part 2III. God desires for us to know that He is our HealerJehovah Rapha = I AM the God who healsIV. He is GREATER than all sicknessVI. Application
Jehovah NissiI. Background/ContextII. The LORD My BannerIII. Application

Names of God: Jehovah Rapha - Part 1

Pastor Tony Liuzzo (Lead Pastor) - Exodus 15 (Exodus 3:7; 14:5-6, 13-16 & 22-31; 15:2-3, 5-6 & 22-26; Micah 7:19)
 
Out of all names of God, one of our favorites is Jehovah Rapha...The God who Heals! Why does this name mean so much to us? Because we are all broken! Some need physical healing, maybe emotional healing, but for sure, we all need spiritual healing. This name means that God gives hope! This name means that God is hope! Have you experienced God as Jehovah Rapha? He is the God who heals!
 
Bible study description:
Knowing someone's name is the very start of getting to know someone. It is what we use to call out to someone to get their attention. It is how we identify someone. 
Our God has many names. Each name of God reveals to us His character, His nature, and His attributes. Knowing His names brings us into a deeper relationship with Him because it allows us to know Him on a deeper level.
When we know His names, we can then call out to Him using His names. There is a reason that our God has so many names...there is power in the name of our God! Do you know our God by His names?
Names of God: Jehovah Rapha - Part 1
I. God desires for us to know He caresII. God desires for us to know He is a God who conquers

Names of God: Jehovah Jireh

Pastor Tony Liuzzo (Lead Pastor) - Genesis 22 (Genesis 22:1-19; James 2:20-26; Hebrews 11:1-2 & 17-19; Joshua 3:15-16)
 
In Genesis 22, we learn another name of God that comes from a complicated situation. Abraham is instructed to do something that would take a huge step of faith.
It is easy to say that we have faith in God, but God calls us to take action steps of faith. Faith is more than words, it is acting out our trust in God. When we do, we will discover that God is Jehovah Jireh! God has already gone before us to provide! He will never let us down!
 
Bible study description:
Knowing someone's name is the very start of getting to know someone. It is what we use to call out to someone to get their attention. It is how we identify someone. 
Our God has many names. Each name of God reveals to us His character, His nature, and His attributes. Knowing His names brings us into a deeper relationship with Him because it allows us to know Him on a deeper level.
When we know His names, we can then call out to Him using His names. There is a reason that our God has so many names...there is power in the name of our God! Do you know our God by His names?
Names of God: Jehovah JirehI. Jehovah JirehJehovah Jireh = God will provideA. Jehovah = "He will be"B. Jireh = "to see"C. Application

Names of God: Adonai + Jehovah

Pastor Tony Liuzzo (Lead Pastor) - Genesis 1:1-3 & 26; 2:7; 3:8-9; 15:1-2; 17:1-5 & 16; 18:12; Matthew 20:8; Exodus 3:2-5 & 10-15; 6:2-6; Isaiah 9:6-7
 
The names of God that we have studied so far speak and explain the greatness of God. The next name of God describes our reaction to His greatness. It is more than acknowledging that we serve a great God, it is responding with submission to His authority and power. 
We will go back to Genesis to discover the significance to the name, Adonai!
 
Bible study description:
Knowing someone's name is the very start of getting to know someone. It is what we use to call out to someone to get their attention. It is how we identify someone. 
Our God has many names. Each name of God reveals to us His character, His nature, and His attributes. Knowing His names brings us into a deeper relationship with Him because it allows us to know Him on a deeper level.
When we know His names, we can then call out to Him using His names. There is a reason that our God has so many names...there is power in the name of our God! Do you know our God by His names?
Names of God: Adonai + JehovahI. AdonaiAdonai = LordA. examplesB. application
II. JehovahJehovah = LORDA. "I am the one who is"B. personal name of God

Names of God: El Roi

Pastor Tony Liuzzo (Lead Pastor) - Genesis 16 (Genesis 16:1-11 & 13; Matthew 10:30; 2 Chronicles 16:9; Psalms 33:6, 8-9 & 13-15)
 
We can feel alone in life sometimes. We can feel overwhelmed with life, and yet, nobody even notices.
In Genesis 16 we learn about a name of God from an unexpected person. In her darkest time, she learned that God was El Roi: The God who sees! God is Elohim...He made everything. But God is also El Roi, the God that sees you in the midst of your darkest times.
 
Bible study description:
Knowing someone's name is the very start of getting to know someone. It is what we use to call out to someone to get their attention. It is how we identify someone. 
Our God has many names. Each name of God reveals to us His character, His nature, and His attributes. Knowing His names brings us into a deeper relationship with Him because it allows us to know Him on a deeper level.
When we know His names, we can then call out to Him using His names. There is a reason that our God has so many names...there is power in the name of our God! Do you know our God by His names?
Names of God: El RoiEl Roi = the God who seesI. God sees youII. God cares about youIII. God helps you

Names of God: El Shaddai

Pastor Tony Liuzzo (Lead Pastor) - Genesis 12:1-4; 15:1-6; 16:1-2; 17:1-6, 15-17 & 19-21; 18:6-15; Romans 4:18-21
 
Knowing someone's name is the very start of getting to know someone. It is what we use to call out to someone to get their attention. It is how we identify someone. 
Our God has many names. Each name of God reveals to us His character, His nature, and His attributes. Knowing His names brings us into a deeper relationship with Him because it allows us to know Him on a deeper level.
When we know His names, we can then call out to Him using His names. There is a reason that our God has so many names...there is power in the name of our God! Do you know our God by His names?
Names of God: El ShaddaiI. El ShaddaiA. MeaningB. Definitions
II. Application: El Shaddai brings hope when there is noneA. El Shaddai does the impossibleB. God is not limited by your thinkingC. God is not limited by your circumstances

Names of God: Elohim

Pastor Tony Liuzzo (Lead Pastor) - Genesis 1 (Philippians 2:9-10; Matthew 6:9; Exodus 6:2-6; 20:7; Psalms 18:6-19; 29:2; 45:5; 69:30; 95:3; 103:1; 148:13; Revelation 1:18; 22:13; Romans 10:13; Acts 4:12; Deuteronomy 10:17; Genesis 1:1-3 & 26; 1 Corinthians 10:28; Mark 4:41)
 
Knowing someone's name is the very start of getting to know someone. It is what we use to call out to someone to get their attention. It is how we identify someone. 
Our God has many names. Each name of God reveals to us His character, His nature, and His attributes. Knowing His names brings us into a deeper relationship with Him because it allows us to know Him on a deeper level.
When we know His names, we can then call out to Him using His names. There is a reason that our God has so many names...there is power in the name of our God! Do you know our God by His names?
Names of God: ElohimI. Why study the names of God? + Why so many names?A. His name is greater!B. His name should be honored!C. His name holds power!D. His name should be known!
II. Names of GodA. Jehovah (Yahweh)B. ElohimC. Adonai
III. ElohimA. MeaningB. Application

Names of God: Introduction

Pastor Chris Andrews (Discipleship + Missions Pastor) - Psalms 19:1 & 9-10; Exodus 20:7; Proverbs 18:10
 
Knowing someone's name is the very start of getting to know someone. It is what we use to call out to someone to get their attention. It is how we identify someone. 
Our God has many names. Each name of God reveals to us His character, His nature, and His attributes. Knowing His names brings us into a deeper relationship with Him because it allows us to know Him on a deeper level.
When we know His names, we can then call out to Him using His names. There is a reason that our God has so many names...there is power in the name of our God! Do you know our God by His names?
Names of God: Introduction
Why should we learn and understand the names of God?I. The names of God help us understand and reverence God.II. The names of God build our trust in God.III. The names of God are anchors for the soul.

The Burden of Holiness: The Book of Leviticus (Week 6)

John Sullivan (FBC Trustee + Deacon) - Leviticus 20, 23 & 25 (Leviticus 20:1-6 & 9; 23:1-44; 25:1-54; 2 Chronicles 36:20-21)
 
Every year, thousands of people set out to read the Bible in its entirety; every year, a large percentage stop when they get to Leviticus, a book that lays out in embarrassing detail the limits of God's law for the Israelites.
What can we learn from this strange book? Join us as we seek to understand its place in the larger narrative of the Bible, and learn how it speaks to us today.
The Burden of Holiness: The Book of Leviticus
Week 6
I. IntroductionA. “Be holy, as I am holy.”B. Holiness looks different.
II. The Holiness Code - ContinuedA. 20:1-5: No Molech WorshipB. 20:6: No divinationC. 20:9: Honoring Parents
III. The FestivalsA. 23:1-3: The SabbathB. 23:4-8: The PassoverC. 23:9-14: Feast of First FruitsD. 23:15-22: Festival of WeeksE. 23:23-25: Rosh HashanahF. 23:26-32: Day of AtonementG. 23:33-44: The Feast of Booths
IV. Jubilee (Leviticus 25)A. 25:1-7: The Land is givenB. 25:8-55: JubileeC. 2 Chronicles 36:20-21D. Stewards + Kings
V. What can we learn?A. The Holiness of GodB. The Nature of Sacred SpaceC. The Position of Israel (and of the Church)D. The Saturation of Sanctification 

The Burden of Holiness: The Book of Leviticus (Week 5)

John Sullivan (FBC Trustee + Deacon) - Leviticus 18-20 (Leviticus 18:1-8, 18-19 & 21-25; 19:1-5, 9-19 & 21-25; 20:1-6)
 
Every year, thousands of people set out to read the Bible in its entirety; every year, a large percentage stop when they get to Leviticus, a book that lays out in embarrassing detail the limits of God's law for the Israelites.
What can we learn from this strange book? Join us as we seek to understand its place in the larger narrative of the Bible, and learn how it speaks to us today.
The Burden of Holiness: The Book of Leviticus
Week 5
I. IntroductionA. “Be holy, as I am holy.”B. Holiness looks strange from the outside. 
II. God’s CharacterA. God is doing something specific with the Israelites, and is preparing them for a special destiny; they are to be God’s family, and to extend that idea to all humanity through adoption. --- 1. The Levitical system emphasizes order and sustainability. --- 2. The Levitical system emphasizes difference between the Israelites and other cultures. B. God cares about separation, and expresses that concern with separation through: --- 1. Concepts of purity and cleanliness--- 2. Concepts of sacred space--- 3. The idea that the closer you draw to the presence of God / sacred space, the more separate and different you must beC. God cares about life and order--- 1. To the ancient mind, certain substances and parts of the body suggested the idea of life-force--- 2. Certain ideas and concepts are emphasized or are part of the law because of the idea of order or rightness (i.e. a return to sacred space)
III. Sexual EthicsA. Sheer:  Close relationsB. Ermah:  Prohibited activityC. Justification / reason for these concepts:  they emphasize order and sustainability
IV. The Holiness CodeA. Leviticus 19:1-18; 20:  Rules for right conduct--- 1. 19:1-4:  Revere Father and Mother--- 2. 19:11-12:  Do not swear falsely in the Lord’s name--- 3. 19:14:  The deaf and the blind--- 4. 19:15:  Partiality in justice--- 5. 20:1-5:  Molech worship--- 6. 20:6:  Mediums and the raising of the dead--- 7. 20:9 Dishonoring parentsB. Against mixtures:  Leviticus 19:19

Supernatural Reactions: How to NOT Freak Out

Pastor Chris Andrews (Discipleship + Missions Pastor) - Philippians 4:4-9 (Philippians 1:12-19; 4:1-9; James 1:19-20; Ephesians 4:29; Matthew 6:25-27 & 33-34; 2 Timothy 1:7; 1 Peter 5:7; Proverbs 4:23)
 
Life is full of the unexpected. When those surprises are not pleasant, how can Christians respond in a way that displays our faith in Christ?
Listen to how we should react to negative circumstances.
Supernatural Reactions: How to NOT Freak Out1. Consider God's Goodness2. Proceed gently in your relationships3. Receive God's peace through prayer4. Think about what you are thinking about5. Take action on what you know to do now

The Burden of Holiness: The Book of Leviticus (Week 4)

John Sullivan (FBC Trustee + Deacon) - Leviticus 11-15 (Leviticus 11:1-47; 12:1-8; Acts 10:1-22; 1 Peter 1:13-16; Mark 7:18-23)
 
Every year, thousands of people set out to read the Bible in its entirety; every year, a large percentage stop when they get to Leviticus, a book that lays out in embarrassing detail the limits of God's law for the Israelites.
What can we learn from this strange book? Join us as we seek to understand its place in the larger narrative of the Bible, and learn how it speaks to us today.
The Burden of Holiness: The Book of Leviticus
Week 4
I. RecapA. “Be holy, as I am holy.”B. Holiness is weird.
II. The “Holiness” Rules for Purity-ImpurityA. Being Clean versus Committing SinB. 4 Major Categories of Cleanliness Law--- 1. Leviticus 11: Clean and Unclean Food--- 2. Leviticus 12: Childbirth--- 3. Leviticus 13-14: Skin Diseases & Molds--- 4. Leviticus 15: DischargesC. Purpose--- 1. Symbolic practices reminding Israel of God’s holy presence--- 2. God is the author of life. Things connected with death: bodies, skin disease, blood, bodily fluid — create symbolic impurity. --- 3. Being “impure” is not a sin.--- 4. But barging into God’s presence in a state of impurity is a negative act.
III.  The Dietary LawsA. Classification of Animals--- 1. Beasts of the Field (11:3-8)--- 2. Fishes (11:9-12)--- 3. Birds (11:13-19)--- 4. Insects (11:20-23)--- 5. Four-Pawed Creatures (11:24-28)--- 6. Swarming Things (11:29-40)B. Why did the Dietary Laws exist?--- 1. Every meal sets the Israelites apart from their neighbors & emphasized God’s holiness.--- 2. Dietary reasonsC. Application in the New Testament--- 1. “Rise Peter” (Acts 10:9-16)--- 2. 1 Peter 1:13--- 3. The Final Word: Mark 7:18-23