THERE IS A WIDELY HELD BELIEF THAT A PERSON CANNOT KNOW IF THEY ARE SAVED UNTIL THEY DIE. THIS IS NOT SO. IT IS NO SECRET WHEN A PERSON GETS SAVED. YOU CAN’T BE CLOSE TO GOD AND PEOPLE NOT KNOW IT. WHEN MOSES CAME DOWN FROM THE MOUNT, THE PEOPLE COULD SEE A DIFFERENCE IN HIM.
Read moreDID YOU EVER HEAR SOMEONE ACCUSE A CHILD OF BEING A STRONG-WILLED CHILD ? WHAT DOES THAT MEAN ? CAN BEING A STRONG-WILLED PERSON POSSIBLY BE A GOOD THING ? YES. WE NEED TO BE STRONG-WILLED WHEN IT COMES TO THE THINGS OF GOD. WE NEED TO STAND OUR GROUND AND BE FAITHFUL, REGARDLESS WHAT OTHERS THINK, SAY,
Read moreCAN WE FEEL GOOD WHEN WE ARE WRONG ? YES. MANY PEOPLE DECEIVE THEMSELVES INTO THINKING THAT THEY ARE GOING TO HEAVEN. THEIR REASONING IS THAT THEY HAVEN’T DONE ANYTHING WORTHY OF HELL, AND THEY HAVE SOME GOOD WORKS TO BACK THAT UP. KEY: OUR JUDGMENT OF RIGHT AND WRONG MUST BE BASED ON GOD’S WORD, NOT OUR OWN FEELINGS.
Read moreRESTORE – God has the power to do it in all types of things THE PROBLEM WITH THE LEGAL SYSTEM TODAY IS THAT GENERALLY, PEOPLE ARE NOT MADE TO RESTORE WHAT THEY HAVE STOLEN OR BROKEN IN A CRIMINAL ACT. 1. RESTORING THE MATERIAL THINGS. A. GOD’S LAW REQUIRES THAT THINGS INJURED OR TAKEN SHOULD BE RESTORED. Exodus
Read moreMAN HAS THIS ASPECT OF TOGETHERNESS AND UNITY–MANKIND IS UNIFIED IN TOGETHER DISOBEYING GOD. Psalms 14:3 They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one. 1. DOING THINGS TOGETHER COUNTS TO GOD. A. THE ACTIONS OF GENERATIONS ARE PUT TOGETHER WHEN GOD JUDGES A NATION. Isaiah 65:7
Read moreARE WE LOCKED INTO UNDERSTANDING ONLY OUR PRESENT EXISTENCE ? WHEN ASTRONAUTS ARE PLANNING TRIPS TO OTHER PLANETS TO STUDY THE ENVIRONMENT VERY CAREFULLY, HOW IMPORTANT IS IT TO KNOW THE CONDITIONS THEY WILL FACE ? Without knowing their surroundings, they could leave a space craft, and walk onto a planet where there are gasses that could penetrate their suits.
Read morePsalms 86:15 But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth. 1. GOD’S PATIENCE HAS A PURPOSE. A. GOD IS WAITING FOR US TO CHANGE. Romans 2:3-4 And thinkest thou this, O man, that judgest them which do such things, and doest the same, that thou shalt
Read moreFighting The World Fighting against the interests that this world offers so that we might focus on the things that God offers. 1. TAKING THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE CHOICE OF WHAT WE WANT. A. WE CAN CHOSE TO MAKE DECISIONS WITH DEFICIENT MINDS AND INFORMATION WHAT HAS SIN AFFFECTED ? DID YOU KNOW THAT IT NOT ONLY AFFECTED
Read morePower To Endure THERE ARE FEW DESCIPLES OF JESUS TODAY BECAUSE FEW HAVE THE HEART TO CONTINUE WITH HIM. “Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed;” JOHN 8:31 CHURCHES PROMOTE THIS BY NOT GETTING PEOPLE SEEKING ANSWERS ANCHORED IN THE WORD OF GOD. “And
Read moreWE MUST NEVER COUNT ON TOMORROW 1. TO DO WHAT GOD WANTS DONE TODAY. A. It makes us vulnerable to the enemy. 2 Timothy 2:26 And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will. – Israel during the exodus. What if they delayed to follow God’s instructions
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