Questions - Week 7: How Should I Read the Bible?
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Today’s question, “How should I read the Bible?” is often asked by new believers, church going people who’ve never read the Bible and those questioning what they’ve heard about the Bible. It is often stated this way: ⁃ Which is the best Bible translation? ⁃ Where should I start as I begin reading? ⁃ What schedule should I follow? ⁃ Where can I find extra help and resources? And the often not asked question, but should be asked: ⁃ What are...
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Rescued by Truth: Week 47
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How do we deal with worry that threatens to overwhelm us? Be it money, job security, relationships, health, current events... the list goes on! How does a believer deal with these? There is clear guidance and Godly wisdom in the Scriptures. Scripture testifies to this truth: God cares for His Children. He calls on us to TRUST in Him, REJECT the lies of the Enemy, ACT on His promises, and GROW in the new nature He has given us through faith in Christ Jesus.
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Two Year Gospel Study Week 99
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The Gospel of John Week 21 Scripture: John 16:1-5. This week we head into more of the final hours before Jesus’ arrest. We open with John 16:1-5 ““All this I have told you so that you will not fall away. They will put you out of the synagogue; in fact, the time is coming when anyone who kills you will think they are offering a service to God. They will do such things because they have not known the Father or me. I have told you this, so that when their time comes you will remember that I warned you about them. I did not tell you this from the beginning because I was with you, but now I...
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Real People, Real God - Zechariah: Faith
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God's promises require faith on our part. But what does faith look like?
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Real People, Real God - Josiah: Revival
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When King Josiah could have relaxed and coasted through the remainder of his life, instead he relentlessly pursued revival. Why?
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Real People, Real God - Hezekiah: Intercession (Part 2)
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When under attack from enemies, is God our last resort... or our first resort?
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Kings & Prophets: From Solomon to Jeremiah - Week 11
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Pastor beings today’s class with a Flashback to twelve years earlier from where we left off last week in order to take a look at the prophet Elisha. Elisha’s name means “God is my Salvation.” Even in this dark time of history, God uses Elisha to draw people back to Himself. Elisha’s Ministry ⁃ Moab revolts (2 Kings 3) against Israel. ⁃ Widow’s olive oil (2 Kings 4) God shows His love for individuals ⁃ Naaman healed (2 Kings 5) “The God of Israel is the God of the world!” ...
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Real People, Real God - Hezekiah: Intercession (Part 1)
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When under attack from enemies, is God our last resort... or our first resort?
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Real People, Real God - Elijah: Angel Armies
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Are we mere pawns of geo-political forces? Or is there more to this world than meets the eye?
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Questions - Week 6: Why Read the Old Testament?
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Today’s question, “Why read the Old Testament” is often asked by church going people. It is often stated this way: ⁃ The Old Testament is so hard to understand. ⁃ I like the New Testament better than the Old. ⁃ God seems so angry and mean in the Old. ⁃ Hasn’t the New Testament replaced the Old? ⁃ All those animal sacrifices are a huge turn off. Why read the Old Testament? Here are four main themes which Pastor will use to answer today’s...
info_outline“If someone dies, will they live again?”
Three Basic Views
1. Oblivion - there’s nothing more after this life. But Near Death Experiences (NDE's) are challenging this view.
2. Reincarnation - a view held mainly in the eastern world.
3. Afterlife - there is something beyond the grave, that our lives do not end when our bodies die. This is also at the heart of the biblical message.
Will All People Die? The answer is “No!” The Bible teaches in 1 Corinthians 15:51-52 that there will be one generation that does not, the one alive when Jesus returns. The Bible teaches a resurrection.
What happens when I die? A personal look using the Bible’s Testimony:
1. Life - God is the author of life. Genesis 2:7, Ecclesiastes 3:11
2. Death - is a reality because of sin. Genesis 3:19, Romans 5:12
3. Paradise - with Christ when we die. Luke 23:43, Philippians 1:23. But this is not our destiny.
4. Raised - The dead will be raised. Our destiny and future is to be bodily raised with new bodies that are glorified. 1 Corinthians 15:22, 1 Thessalonians 4:16
5. Judgement - For unbelievers it is a time of judgement, for believers their sins were judged at the Christ so that we do not need to suffer the punishment for our sins. For believers the judgement is a time of reward. 2 Corinthians 5:10, Hebrew 9:27 A believer’s life is to be lived as a thank you note to God.
6. Forever - believers will live forever in a new heaven and a new earth in new bodies with no pain, death or suffering. 2 Peter 3:13, Revelation 21:4. Our destiny is to live forever! That is why it is so important that we receive what God offers us: salvation, life, forgiveness, and assurance through faith in Jesus who died for us, rose from the grave and will return at the end of time.
For believers, death is not to be feared with dread, it is instead an assurance that there is more and that the best is yet to come. John 11:25 “Jesus said to her, ‘I’m the resurrection and the life. The one who believe in me will live, even through they die; and whoever lives by believing in me will never die. Do you believe this?’”
Do you believe what Jesus said to Martha? Will you respond to the gift God desires to bring to everyone, life forever with Him? He desires all to be saved through knowledge in the Lord Jesus Christ.
1. Sin - all have sinned and need a Savior and need to repent
2. Sorrow - realize we have sinned against a holy God, our Creator, and desire to repent. God is good and gracious and desires all repent and admit we are sinners responding with sorrow and trusting our Savior
3. Savior - the only One who can deliver us from death and the grave and a horrible future. He is the only who can give meaning to life today and meaning forever. We have a future beyond the grave.
What happens when I die? Jesus’ response to that question is, “I am the resurrection and the life, do you believe this?”
Follow up questions to consider:
⁃ How would you answer the question; “What happens when I die?”
⁃ Do you believe the Bible’s testimony about life beyond the grave? Why or why not
⁃ Are you trusting the Lord Jesus for your eternal destiny?
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