OUTLINE: Php 2:12a [Amplified Classic]Therefore, my dear ones, as you have always obeyed [my suggestions], so now, not only [with the enthusiasm you would show] in my presence but much more because I am absent…Php 2:12b [Amplified Classic]…work out (cultivate, carry out to the goal, and fully complete) your own salvation with reverence and awe […]
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OUTLINE: Php 2:12a [Amplified Classic]Therefore, my dear ones, as you have always obeyed [my suggestions], so now, not only [with the enthusiasm you would show] in my presence but much more because I am absent…Php 2:12b [Amplified Classic]…work out (cultivate, carry out to the goal, and fully complete) your own salvation with reverence and awe
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The question on the table is this, “What, exactly, is authority orientation?” The term “authority orientation” is a theological one used to describe a person’s willingness to orient to God-ordained authority. Can this type of orientation be perverted, where a person claims it’s one way but the truth, in God’s eyes, is another? Of course, hence the
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OUTLINE: Be Careful What You TreasureIf we treasure a counterfeit, we suffer for it. Sources of Counterfeit “Self-Esteem”Your education, work, or incomeYour appearance or dressYour kindness, niceness, sweetnessYour reputation, accomplishments, “success”Your religion 1Co 15:10But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not in vain. On the
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I recently read John Steinbeck’s East of Eden. One of the characters, a farmer, was described as being quite content because he was, by contemporary social standards, uneducated. Because of this, he wasn’t distracted, drawn, or enticed by the lure of ‘better things’ outside of his ‘small’ circle of existence (I write with human perspective here).
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OUTLINE: Synthesize2Co 9:15 [NLT] Thank God for this gift too wonderful for words!– AND –Lk 12:34 [NLT] Wherever your treasure is, there the desires of your heart will also be. The Value of JesusJesus, His person, is the “treasure”! When a person values Him above all else, their heart is with Him always. (ref: Eph 3:14-19; Php 3:7-15) J. C.
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OUTLINE: LifeLife is short. Life has context. Without said context, our lives are vapid and we lack the perspective that gives us a sense of purpose. What’s worse than roaming the Earth without a purpose??? We Are Christ’s BrideChrist has gone to prepare a home for His Bride (Jn 14:1-4), the Church (we believers). Those who
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OUTLINE: Mt 16:26For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what shall a man give in return for his soul? WisdomIf you’re not with God, you’re against Him (Mt 12:30) – there is no neutrality. If you’re against Him, your life is vapid, your purposes
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For over a decade, the Spirit’s been teaching my congregation the value of “seeing it all as truth,” as I like to say, which is a summary phrase derived from Paul’s words in the Book of Ephesians. But when anything is exposed by the light, it becomes visible, for anything that becomes visible is light. —
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OUTLINE: The Value of Reading Your BibleDaily reading of the Bible often results in the most profound realizations! If it is used by the Spirit to guide a pastor, it can certainly be used to guide you! We humans have a really bad habit of forgetting where we came from.Deu 31:20For when I bring them
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