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The one and only authentic church of Jesus Christ
Have “the gates of Hades” prevailed against the church of Jesus Christ, or do we have a whole lot of compromise, imitations, and iniquity marring the testimony? Jesus once made a promise and declaration: And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it. – Mt 16:18 But what do we have today? Tens of thousands of sub-sects, divisions, denominations – pick your descriptor – of people who claim to represent the faith “once for all delivered to the saints” but who cannot agree. Is this God’s doing? Is all well and…
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Sermon On The Mount Part 2 – Friday June 30, 2017
This is a continuation of our talk on the Sermon on the Mount. Matt. 5:21-48 was covered. A couple weeks ago, we discussed Matt. 5:1-20. Lord bless you!
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The New Creation – Sunday June 25, 2017
The new creation is what God addresses in His Word, the Bible. His intent in redeeming a people to Himself, as foretold in the Old Testament, and fulfilled in the New Testament in Jesus Christ is to repair a broken relationship between humans He has called and Himself. Christians can become blurry on these things. Their “old man,” or “old creature” as they were “in Adam” may even try to act, but if they have been regenerated, they have a new spirit united with the Holy Spirit. It is this spirit alone that is called to act and do and pray, and so forth in “newness of life” (Rom 6).…
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The Love of God – A Christian’s Motivation – Sunday June 18, 2017
This is an overview on the true motive of why we Christians do anything in a life given to God. Paul the apostle said “the love of Christ constrains me,” and it is this agape love that is to be our core root motivation. Humans who operate under fear-based motives may actually do much for God, and even preach a God of love. However, if the balance of their heart’s motive is because they are more afraid of God because they have a son or daughter’s love for God, they miss the point. SEE ALSO: The Love of God They may even produce works and “fruit” that appears to be…
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Sermon on the Mount – Bible Study Audio – June 16, 2017
This is a line by line discussion of the Beatitudes – the Sermon on the Mount – from Mt. 5:1-20. That’s as far as we got in discussing sundry related topics and tangents. We will pick up the discussion and study from here next week, Lord willing. May the Lord Jesus Christ bless you!
