CHURCH-WIDE MEMORY VERSE FOR AUGUST 2025
“Great peace have they which love they law: and nothing shall offend them.”
Psalm 119:165 NKJV
AUGUST 3, 2025
Sermon by Pastor Alvin O. Berkley
Leviticus 23:15-21
The Feast of Pentecost
The Feast of Pentecost is sometimes called the Feast of Weeks. Verse 15-16: “And you shall count unto you from the morrow of the Sabbath, from the sheaf of the wave offering, seven sabbaths shall be complete. The wave offering represented the first fruits of the harvest. Even unto the morrow after the seventh sabbath shall you number 50 days.” This is where we get the Pentecost, which simply means 50th.
Watch the Full Sermon: The Feast of Pentecost
Scripture Reference: Leviticus 23:15-21 NKJV
“‘And you shall count for yourselves from the day after the Sabbath, from the day that you brought the sheaf of the wave offering: seven Sabbaths shall be completed. Count fifty days to the day after the seventh Sabbath; then you shall offer a new grain offering to the Lord.
Emergent Themes:
- Put God first
- Jesus = First Fruits/New Body
- Burnt offering reflects total dedication
- The Church is the body of believers
- Desire. Obey. Yield
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baptized and filled
details
dwell
forgive
fulfillment
remember
two
AUGUST 10, 2025
Sermon by Pastor Alvin O. Berkley
Leviticus 23:23-25
The Sound of the Trumpets
The Feast of Trumpets is also known as Rosh-Hashanah, meaning “Head of the Year.” This day took place on the 1st day of the seventh month on the Jewish calendar. The Feast of Trumpet was a day marked by assembling. God wanted his people to assemble even in the Old Testament. It was a day when the people refrained from regular work. It was a day of holy convocation, commemorated by blowing of the trumpets.
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Leviticus 23:23-25
“Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, “Speak to the children of Israel, saying: ‘In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall have a sabbath-rest, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, a holy convocation. You shall do no customary work on it; and you shall offer an offering made by fire to the Lord.’”
Emergent Themes:
- Rosh-Hashanah
- Feast of Trumpet
- Assembly
- Refrain from work
- Blowing of he trumpets
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Word List: Coming Soon1
AUGUST 17, 2025
Sermon by Pastor Alvin O. Berkley
Leviticus 23:33-34
The Feast of Tabernacles
This is the 7th and last feast of the Lord. It is called the “Feast of Tabernacles.” The first 4 feasts came in the first part of the year. 4 months later came the last 3 of Jewish feast days. It all takes place on the 7thmonth. Notice verse 34. They are keeping these feast “unto the Lord.”
Look at verse 24. The second part of the feast began on the 1st day of the seventh month (the feast of trumpets).
Verse 27. On the 10th day of the 7th month there shall be “a day of Atonement.”
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Emergent Themes:
- Temporary dwellings in the wilderness
- Permanent dwelling to come
- Completion of the harvest
- Time of feasting, rejoicing, and giving thanks to God
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Word List:
covenant
explanation
gathered
implication
inspiration
satisfies
AUGUST 24, 2025
Sermon by Pastor Alvin O. Berkley
Leviticus 24:1-16
““Command the children of Israel that they bring to you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to make the lamps burn continually. Outside the veil of the Testimony, in the tabernacle of meeting, Aaron shall be in charge of it from evening until morning before the Lord continually; it shall be a statute forever in your generations. He shall be in charge of the lamps on the pure gold lampstand before the Lord continually.
Three Holy Things
The most important structure in the camp of Israel was the tabernacle the Sanctuary where God dwelt. The place where the priest ministered and served. It was sometimes referred to “the tent of Meeting.” In this chapter, the Lord gave Moses instructions concerning Three Holy Things.
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Emergent Themes:
- Care of the Tabernacle Lamps
- The Bread of the Tabernacle
- The Penalty for Blasphemy
- We are the new Light of the World
- We must remember God is Holy
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bread
burning
fellowship
light
Name
oil
war
worship
AUGUST 31, 2025
Guest: Sermon by Brother Yinka Fasinro, Our Missionary to Nigeria
