OPENING: Psalm 100 KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: Commitment to the local church means that, as a member, you are committing to God’s will for your church. Of principle value to this commitment is your obedience in the church (e.g., to the Word and to God’s delegated authority). Commitment, in God’s eyes, is very simple. […]
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KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: We are called/commanded to BE a community of brothers/sisters/mothers/fathers in the faith. And like ANY command, this requires OBEDIENCE. Our first reaction to challenging teaching or correction shouldn’t be defensiveness, but rather openness. This takes humility, as that is the essence of obedience. The Truth hurts sometimes, especially when there’s
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KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: Obedience needs to come from the heart; from a place of humility. A Cold Shell of Obedience – Blog from 8/2/19 There are two kinds of obedience: that which is done in love and that which is not. The litmus test is how we treat others. If our obedience forms
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KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: God has designed His creation to follow simple truths, such as ‘trees bear fruit after their own kind’. We shouldn’t expect anything different. These are ancient primitives that we can use as fundamental underpinnings to our understanding of God. God has designed His creation to follow simple truths, such as
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KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: “Living stones”, ala 1Pe 2:5, are another picture of the supernatural, and how we are NOTHING, even dead as a stone, without God’s help! “Conscience”: it is the point at which a person confronts God’s holiness. By grace, His Spirit convicts our conscience of the Word, AND how and when
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KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: “Pleasure Without Joy Is a Ruse”– blog 11/22/24 Satisfying fleshly desires will never be the source of joy; rather, it is, at best, a temporary “drug” to help you through the day. To give into the human heart’s base desires is to give into something that is truly sick and
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KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: John MacArthur onHeb 7:12-14 The Levitical priesthood was replaced by a new Priest, who offered a new sacrifice, under a New Covenant. [Jesus] abrogated the law by fulfilling it (cf. Mt 5:17) and providing the perfect that the law could never accomplish (Mt 5:20).We can learn some things from Bible
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OUTLINE:Know Your DestinyThe writer of Hebrews draws his audience of believers into fellowship with their destiny, as co-victors with the Champion who overcame death, itself, and therefore any real opposition we might face in life from our enemies. Jesus Knew His DestinyJesus condescended to Earth in order to become like those He intended to save
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I have a confession to make. There are times when I am reading the Bible and get to certain passages- you know, the ones with detailed censuses, land allotments, animal sacrifices, or temple measurements- and I just skim right over them. I know it is wrong and though I do not do it every read
OUTLINE: Recent BlogsThe Blessing of Knowing What You Don’t Know – 6/3/22A Love Letter to God’s Children – 5/27/22The Blessing of Knowing What You Don’t Know – 6/3/22Your peace isn’t dependent on you knowing everything; rather, it depends on you trusting in God to provide everything you need to know.Pr 30:5-6Every word of God proves true;he is a
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