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Bible Study: 1 Corinthians 1:1-2 – Audio
This is a recording from a Bible study Friday May 12, 2017 on lessons learned from the first two chapters of First Corinthians. Far from being an irrelevant old letter to people far removed in time and culture, this epistle written somewhere in the mid 50s A.D. is extremely applicable to us today. Whole books have been written analyzing First Corinthians, but a few takeaway messages include that it is possible to be a genuine Christian, even manifesting miracles and gifts of the Holy Spirit, and yet still be “carnal” – and not “spiritual” (1 Cor 3). The Apostle Paul had planted the Corinthian church and he was appealing to…
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Prayer and self-deliverance (pt2) – Sunday May 7, 2017
This is an audio recording from a Sunday morning message at a house church. It builds on last week’s message on consecration and prayer. It includes personal testimonial and life experience in seeking God. Any Christian who wants all of God has great and powerful tools given in this “better covenant with better promises.” God is love, and He wants us to personally know Him. Christianity was never meant to be anything less than a restoration of a broken relationship between the Holy God and His fallen creation, man. We who are the blood-bought and who want no substitutes for real Christianity, are called to align our wills with God…
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Romans 7 Bible Study – Audio – May 5, 2017
This is a recorded Bible study centering on Romans 7 with context given from Romand 6 and the beginning of 8. Some people have questioned whether Romans 7 was speaking of a regenerated Christian experience, or the struggles of an Old Testament Jew – which Paul had been prior to his conversion. It is most definitely about a Christian experience and can be summed as being about a Christian’s deliverance from the law. Christians are commonly taught we are “not under law, but under grace,” and it is in Romans 6 and 7 that Paul under the Holy Spirit’s inspiration explains we died to the law when we were crucified…
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Consecration and prayer – Sunday April 30, 2017
This is an audio recording of a house church message. Unedited notes used as a guideline for the message follow the audio player below. By God’s reckoning, Christians are privileged greatly in this “better covenant with better promises” (Heb. 8:6) to be priests dedicated to God’s service. This is not speaking of “priests” as the Roman Catholic or any other orthodox system means it, but as the Bible speaks of the priesthood of all believers. The term for being given to God’s service is “consecration.” This is a one-time dedication to God first typified in the Old Testament, and in the New Testament all Christians are called to be “kings…
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Renewing the Mind – Sunday April 23, 2017
Here is a recording on renewing the mind from a house church meeting April 23, 2017. It talks about renewing the mind. The notes worked from during the message are dropped in below. Also below that is an image of Rom 7 and 8 with text colored to call out key words. Explanation of this from Rom 7,8 is in the second half of the lesson. It was handed out to the people (maybe 12-16 people there, estimated, but did not count). Message Outline Renew the Mind – 4/23/17 Know who you are in Christ – carnal mind / spiritual mind Desire God in relationship – not a new To-Do…
