OUTLINE: Jn 5:17But He (Jesus) answered them, “My Father is working until now, and I Myself am working.”God Loves OrphansGod our Father said “I want you. I’ll save you. Come into My home. I will be your Father.” God’s Love For OrphansWhen we approach someone with the Gospel, we are letting them know that God wants […]
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OUTLINE: Jn 5:17But He (Jesus) answered them, “My Father is working until now, and I Myself am working.” God Loves OrphansGod our Father said “I want you. I’ll save you. Come into My home. I will be your Father.” God’s Love For OrphansWhen we approach someone with the Gospel, we are letting them know that God
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God made us for Himself: that is the only explanation that satisfies the heart of a thinking man, whatever his wild reason may say. Should faulty education and perverse reasoning lead a man to conclude otherwise, there is little that any Christian can do for him. For such a man I have no message. —
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OUTLINE: Jn 17:3 [ASV]And this is life eternal, that they should know thee the only true God, and him whom thou didst send, (even) Jesus Christ. Jn 15:4“Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself unless it abides in the vine, so neither can you unless you abide in Me.AND:Jn 15:10“If you keep
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OUTLINE: Jn 17:3 ASVAnd this is life eternal, that they should know thee the only true God, and him whom thou didst send, (even) Jesus Christ. What/Who Is Eternal Life?God is not only the source of all life, but the embodiment of it. 1 Jn 5:20And we know that the Son of God has come, and has
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OUTLINE: What/Who Is Eternal Life?God is not only the source of all life, but the embodiment of it. The Opposite of LifeDeath is the opposite of life. It is what God promised mankind in the event they ever disobeyed Him. By its very nature, disobedience is a proclamation of ejection from the sphere of eternal life, namely
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“What are we celebrating?” This one question has been recurring from my pulpit for quite some time now. The context typically includes an admixture of invitation, partiality, oversight, and misguided emotions. The example most often mentioned concerns family (I’m speaking of blood relatives, particularly immediate family members). Family represents a natural petri dish for conflict.
OUTLINE: ObedienceObedience isn’t just wrought with blessings, but it is an imperative, an absolute; it isn’t optional for a believer. This is something Jesus plainly stated (Jn 14:15, 15:8-14). The Opposite of LifeDeath is the opposite of life. It is what God promised mankind in the event they ever disobeyed Him. By its very nature, disobedience is a
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OUTLINE: Controlled By Sin?Obedience is the escape or the rescue from the deceitfulness of sin. ObedienceObedience isn’t just wrought with blessings, but it is an imperative, an absolute; it isn’t optional for a believer. This is something Jesus plainly stated (Jn 14:15, 15:8-14). ObedienceIf “grace and truth were realized through Jesus Christ” (Jn 1:17b), then the object of our obedience is Christ
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OUTLINE: Serving Truth, Not FeelingsWe don’t have the right to “feel” our doctrines into existence. Whatever we are meant to believe is laid out in the Bible. “You shall not add to the word which I am commanding you, nor take away from it, that you may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which
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