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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Please don your philosophical cap for a moment while I dissect the concept of obedience with you. First, let me begin with a fair enough definition: Obedience, in human behavior, is a form of “social influence in which a person yields to explicit instructions or orders from an authority figure”. Obedience is generally distinguished from
Obedience is the fruit of submission; the former being the action, the latter the motivation. To understand the absence of obedience requires an honest interrogation of one’s submissiveness to the Lord.I fear most Christians do not understand what Biblical submission is and, as a result, they suffer unnecessarily in darkness. Jesus said, “and you will know
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OUTLINE: ObedienceWhat begins at salvation, proper, with the command to obey the Gospel, continues throughout our lives as we are commanded to obey the Word (FYI – the same Holy Spirit that convicts us at salvation is the same One who convicts us as believers). 1Jn 5:3For this is the love of God, that we
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OUTLINE: Effective EvangelismWe noted that Jesus used the Law to lead people to salvation by grace through faith (ala Gal 3:24; Eph 2:8-9). Gal 3:24Therefore the Law has become our tutor to lead us to Christ, so that we may be justified by faith.“tutor”from paidagogos – a boy-leader, i.e. a servant whose office it was to take the children
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