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Bible Study: 1 John – March 31, 2017
These are the audio files from our Friday night Bible study. They are based on the first several chapters of 1 John, line by line, with commentary and biblical cross references as related to the Christian life. On the third recording, we get into talking about keeping one’s self from error. The handout for that is below in text. To listen, simply click on the > button to play. Track 1 Track 2 Note this is truncated because the card was full on the recorder. Track 3
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Subjecting One’s Spiritual Leading to the Light
Do you hear from God? The scriptures in John 10 do indeed say “My sheep hear my voice,” so this is a promise, but we must all take care. The only 100-percent validated words of God we have are the inspired scriptures. These were written by “holy men of old” under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. While they have been under attack for the last 2,000 years since the Lord Jesus Christ was raised from the dead, what has been passed along has been vetted. Jesus even said His words were eternal. Mt 24:35 – Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will by no means pass…
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Christ’s Only Way: The Local Church
Pay attention: Your Christian life depends on grasping what this message says. If we ever hope to let God do all He wants to do in us, and be conformed truly to the image of Jesus Christ in our lifetimes, it is vital we see His model of the local church. Do you want that Christian? It is the will of God for us! We need to see it, and desire to fit into Christ’s local body that His Spirit adds us to, and see the priority of this reality of “body life” far above modern vague notions of a universal body composed of all believers everywhere. Although there is…
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Becoming spiritual; guarding against the flesh
Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me. – John. 15:4 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. – Gal 5:25 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. – 1 Cor. 2:14 And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ. 1 Cor. 3:1 For ye are…
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The Sequence of Seeking God
Christians can get confused, even those who are well meaning, but the Word lays out several conditions and principles for letting God be God, and leading us as He wills. God said He would be a refining fire, fuller’s soap, and would thoroughly clean us out of who we were as fallen beings and form us into the image of His Son Jesus – if we do not squirm out. Assuming you, dear reader, wish to take this covenant with the Lord as seriously as He hopes we will, there are things to keep in mind, and have faith for. First, it’s vital to understand that God’s redemption of His…
