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Life application of Hebrews 6-7 – Audio
Salvation in Jesus Christ is the most precious gift anyone can hope to receive, and the Epistle to the Hebrews nails this home. In our continuation of a life application of the epistle, we touch on real issues pertaining to life in God. The word was written to those in danger of drifting away, or who have not entered God’s rest – words so dire Martin Luther had serious controversy with the value of Hebrews. “It need not surprise one to find here bits of wood, hay, and straw,” said Luther of Hebrews according to The Facts About Luther, 1916–1987 reprint ed., p. 203, O’HarePF.
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The Law of the Spirit of Life in Christ Jesus – Audio
A foundational topic of a normal Christian life, the “law of the spirit” is something everyone should know. Like the lilies of the field that just grow, the law is a spontaneous phenomenon experienced by those rightly abiding in Christ, in faith, and this overcomes the “law of sin” (or the sin nature). The apostle Paul spoke of this in Rom 7 and 8 (copied in below). In Rom 8, he uses the term “law” in three different applications and this can be confusing to some. Colored in words help call out the different uses of the word “law” and this handout was given with this house church sermon. May…
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Hebrews 5 & 6, the Gospel and God’s Goodness – Audio
Hebrews has much to teach us, and this lesson loosely based on Hebrews 5 and part of 6 expounds on other related topics. The first couple minutes of the recording are missing, and we pick it up from there.
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How Hebrews 3-4 Speaks Relevantly to Christians Today
Here we have a continuation of a life-application study of Hebrews, focusing on chapters 3 and 4. God calls us to endure in the faith, enter His rest, know the love of God, obey Him and live in the rarified air of life in Him! SEE ALSO: Why the Epistle to the Hebrews is Relevant Today The Hebrew Christians in the first century were in danger of drifting away. They were either backslidden or threatened by persecution and in danger of recanting their faith. Our first safety is to be kept by the power of God, and hide ourselves in Him. This is a powerful spiritual reality, the narrow way,…
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Walking According to the Spirit is not Optional
Anyone who is born again has been given a new faculty whereby he/she may know God, hear His voice from within, be led and empowered by Him, and it is essential this, your spirit, be catered to. This made-alive spirit, united as one with Jesus Christ’s Spirit, is who God addresses when He gives commands, instructions, comforts, and all communications from the Bible. God is dealing with us as new creatures, and to cultivate this reality from Day One of coming to Christ is God’s will, and there is no life outside of it. Eph 2:1-6 – And you He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins, 2…
