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The full meaning of grace and Christian salvation – audio Bible study
Jesus Christ and His faithful apostles had a number of objectives in His kingdom, and all His people who are to represent Him. This study builds on topics here and here. It continues talking about grace, its full meaning, and examines the character of Christ’s people by the full weight of the New Testament standard. Lord bless you!
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Becoming a ‘spiritual’ Christian – audio sermon
The goal of the gospel is that those born again become what the Apostle Paul meant when he described “spiritual” Christians. Although Jesus said one must become like a little child to enter His kingdom, He did not mean that they should stay “babes” forever. In 1 Corinthians 3, the Apostle Paul rebukes the Corinthian Christians for being just this – carnal, not spiritual, and thus babes in Christ, when in the mind of God, it was expected that they become spiritual. Put simply, a spiritual Christian is one whose new, made-alive spirit in Christ is in control, and brings the whole person into subjection to Christ in them. By…
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Bible Study: 1 Corinthians 3-4 May 19, 2017
This is a recording of a study and commentary on 1 Cor 3,4. It continues from the study on 1 Cor 1,2. There are realities perceived in this natural world, and there is God’s reality. Of the two, the former is temporary, the latter is eternal, and this is seen and works according to God’s eternal perspective. In his epistle, Paul the apostle was striving against factions breaking out in Corinth. For when one says, “I am of Paul,” and another, “I am of Apollos,” are you not carnal? – 1 Cor 3:4 The Corinthians were declared “carnal.” We are called to know God and let the new man, the…
