Satan Was Listening, Are You?

Satan Was Listening Are You? Luke 4:1-13 In the passage before us Satan tempted the Lord Jesus Christ three different times. In all three cases Jesus defeated Satan by quoting a passage of scripture. But if we look closely to the words that Jesus quoted we can see an interesting...

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Manifesting the Works of God

Manifesting the Works of God Jn.9:1-37 Verses 1-5, imagine yourself as that blind man, hopeless – verse 32 Typology of us being as the blind man lost and without hope Our purpose is to manifest the works of God Do you have a Testimony of the Change? Verses  8-9, People...

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The Doctrine of Sanctification

Introduction:              In six days God completed creation. Then on the seventh day He ended the work and rested. He blessed that seventh day and Sanctified it. Anything that is Sanctified, means that it is set apart for a sacred purpose, the act of making holy. [Ex.20:8] “to keep it...

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Four Essentials in Prayer, 1 Tim 2:8

In 1 Tim 2:1-8, we find that prayer is essential.  In 1 Tim 2:8, we see that there are four essentials in prayer.  When you pray you must: Be instant – Paul said, “I will therefore that men pray everywhere…”.  In Rom 12:12, he said, “continuing instant in prayer.”  Prayer...

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Why They Don’t Get It, Matt 13:9-17

When you think about people’s response to the Bible, do you ever wonder why some people get it and some people don’t.  How is it that two people can sit through the same message and one comes away edified and the other mystified?  One leaves enthused and the other leaves...

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Prophesied Salvation, 1 Pet 1:10-12

In 1 Pet 1:10-12 we see that the Old Testament prophets prophesied of the salvation that we have.  They prophesied “the grace that should come unto you.”  They “testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow.”  These things were revealed to them but they ministered them...

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The Lord Trieth The Righteous, Ps 11:5

According to Ps 11:5, “the Lord trieth the righteous.  To try is to put to test or trial; to prove.   When you go through something difficult in your life that puts you to the test, it’s helpful to remember that it isn’t necessarily something that an enemy is doing...

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Heating Up Lukewarm Christians, Rev 3:14-19

The illustration that God uses in Rev 3:16 to describe the lukewarm people of the church of the Laodiceans is a lukewarm beverage.  A hot beverage will naturally become lukewarm if it is not reheated.  I sometimes microwave coffee to keep it very hot while I’m drinking it.  Likewise, we...

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Religion Versus Relationship, Acts 17:22-34

In Acts 17:22-34 Paul is preaching on Mars Hill in Athens.  The Athenians were much like we are today.  They “spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell, or to hear some new thing.”  In this passage we find that the mindsets of those who seek God through...

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Written to Strangers, 1 Pet 1:1-9

Peter wrote to “strangers” in Asia.  Paul couldn’t go there [Acts 16:6-7] but Peter did.  Some of these people might have heard Peter preach in Acts 2.  See Acts 2:9. He calls them “strangers” because when we get saved, we are “a peculiar people,” [1 Pet 2:9], “which were not...

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