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What God wanted full Christian salvation to accomplish – Bible study audio
Here we continue in discussing aspects of the full weight of the reason for which God gave His Son Jesus Christ. We again delve into the meaning of grace and the mission or purpose(s) God had in mind. Call it His plan A. Its fulfillment depended upon people getting on board with the mission, and remaining unified and faithful. The Bible says as much. This explains that. Lord bless you.
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How the Protestant Reformation helped pull the rug out from under God’s desire for Christian unity – Audio sermon
The Protestant Reformation did many good things but also brought with it unintended consequences. One of these was the way the reformers from 1517 forward overwhelmingly approached the faith – and the precedents they established set the tone and defined the faith for those that followed to this day. Namely, many a Christian thinker has sought to delve into the spiritual work known as the Holy Bible with an intellect of the “carnal” mind. This carnal mind is the thoughts, biases, feelings and sensibilities of a person of the natural order, and not necessarily enlightened purely by the Holy Spirit. Galatians 5:20 says false teachings (heresies) are one of the…
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What salvation is and is not – audio Bible study
Salvation cost God His Son, and Christ His life. He did it out of love, and in hope of people who would recognize the full weight of this, and respond in kind. His grace is the enablement. Being born again is just the start. May the Lord bless you
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How God rebuked the Christians when the roots of denominationalism began – 1 Corinthians 1 – audio
The call for Christ’s assembly unified under His one Spirit, in the teaching of the apostles, was not considered optional or a suggestion. It was first called for by the Lord (John 17:20-23) and reiterated by the apostles whose goal was to establish a witness and testimony that – if people obeyed – would demonstrate with great effectiveness that God was among them. When the Corinthians began breaking into sub-sects – or factions, or divisions – the root of today’s denominationalism – the apostle Paul was greatly upset and wrote them saying not to do it. Lord bless you.
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The practical and direct admonitions of James 4&5 – audio
Despite the unfortunate fact that Martin Luther doubted the inspiration of the Epistle of James, it is acknowledged as God’s practical word to His people. Here we finish up our walkthrough of the epistle from 4:7 to the end. May the Lord bless you!
