KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: Freedom isn’t found in autonomy. Freedom is found in serving the One who created you. We are always a slave. Freedom and slavery are not mutually exclusive terms (that’s what Satan wants you to believe). Freedom is found in DOING the Word of God. LOVE is not a vapid emotion […]
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KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: “Freedom comes through servitude.” – Pastor Barfield of High Plains Fellowship Church We are always a slave. Freedom and slavery are not mutually exclusive terms (that’s what Satan wants you to believe). LOVE is not a vapid emotion that “feels” its way to righteousness. Love isn’t love if it lacks
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I was listening to a popular Christian financial advisor the other day. He received a call into his radio program and the caller, who sounded somewhat confused and distraught, asked for some advice. He had purchased a home in Colorado for $500K three years prior, paid off more than half of it, and was in
OUTLINE: “with his wounds we are healed”Jesus Christ was on a mission to pay the penalty for the sins of those who would be “healed”. The only people who are said to be healed in Holy Scripture are “we”believers. Therefore, “he was crushed for our iniquities” (“our” = the elect) and “the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us
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OUTLINE: Ac 10:34b [KJV]“God is no respecter of persons”The Effects of HumanismMan is always trying to gain some advantage against God’s sovereignty, even if only slightly (at first). For example, he is predisposed to syncretism (mixing religions and secular schools of thought). This is catastrophic to God’s salvific plan. God’s Power, Not Man’sWithout God’s direct
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OUTLINE:Learning God’s PerspectiveBecause of our lifetime training in the ways of the world, certain spiritual truths in the Bible hit us the wrong way at first. To “Receive” The Lord- Jn 1:12“Lambano” does not mean a passive, sit back and receive thing. It’s an active thing; to take hold of, to grab hold of, or
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OUTLINE: Learning God’s PerspectiveBecause of our lifetime training in the ways of the world, certain spiritual truths in the Bible hit us the wrong way at first. Take Hold By FaithWe should “receive” His truth, whatever it is He reveals to us from His Word, so that we can enter into His joy. Jn 8:31-32, 15:10-11
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OUTLINE: Slavery Is Real, For You! Since Christ has redeemed you from the slave market of sin, you are His possession (Tit 2:14). There are eternal implications of this that you ought to be ever-so-grateful for! Being a slave of Christ is the best thing you could ever hope to be (ref: the alternative is being
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OUTLINE: Slavery Is Real, For You!Since Christ has redeemed you from the slave market of sin, you are His possession (Tit 2:14). There are eternal implications of this that you ought to be ever-so-grateful for! Being a slave of Christ is the best thing you could ever hope to be (ref: the alternative is being
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