New Church Essentials - Part 2- Life
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This week we continue with the them of the essentials of the New Church, in other words, the core ideas that define what the New Church actually is. Last week we looked at a unique view of God. This week our focus is on life. In the New Church one of the central teachings is that we must follow the Lord’s teachings, and it is only through this that we can receive salvation and eternal life. In the book of Revelation we see images of what it means to truly live what we believe and fight mightily to put it into practice.
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New Church Essentials - Part 1 - The Lord
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Our sermon series for New Church Day is going to be three parts. What's new about the New Church? We're going to look at what's new about an idea of the Lord, what's new about how you live your life, what's new about an understanding of the Lord's Word. The first one about the Lord, which we're going to do this Sunday, is going to be all about the oneness of God. How, when we look at the Lord Jesus Christ, we're seeing the fullness of God. We're seeing the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, all of it together in this one person who we can go to, relate to, have a relationship with, learn...
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Sorting Out Our Motives
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The relevant lessons were Matthew 13:24-30 on the parable of the wheat and tares, and AC #3993:8-9 on "mediate goods."
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Heaven on Limited Offer-Sermon
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When are you going to choose heaven? If you keep putting it off, when are you going to get there?
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Little By Little Spiritual Rebirth is a Gradual Process
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"Little by little I will drive them out from before you, until you have increased, and you inherit the land." (Exodus 23:30) References: Lessons: John 1:parts; Exodus 23:20-30; Revelation 21 & 22 parts
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Believing is Seeing: Healing Our Blindness
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Sermon of the Week - New Church Audio We are living in an unsettling time. Emotions are high, opinions stronger than ever, and charity wanes. We can think we are right and others are blind. But all of us are blind to some degree, from ignorance and from evil. But the key to seeing is the same - to allow the Lord to heal us with His strong truth and call to repentance, to open our eyes, even to the point that we not only see the truth about life, but our sight is opened to the Lord himself. Lessons: John 2, 9:1-41; Apocalypse Explained (AE) 475:17 Text: John 9:25
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The Road to Emmaus (sermon)
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Bryn Athyn Cathedral Luke 24:10-35, AE 617:21, AC 3863:14 Text: Luke 14:25,26
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Recognizing The Lord (Easter)
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References: Lessons: Isaiah 49:26, Luke 24:13-35, Arcana Coelestia (AC) 3863
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Taking Up the Cross (sermon)
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Bryn Athyn Cathedral Description: When the Lord’s disciples argued over who might sit on the Lord’s right hand and left hand in heaven, the Lord called them to think differently about greatness: they should seek to be least, rather than greatest, and to serve, rather than being served (Mark 10). How do we live by those teachings? References: Lessons: Isaiah 53:1-12, Mark 10:32-45, Arcana Coelestia (AC) 1812
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Unintentional Mistakes
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Should we pay for something we accidentally break? Do we need to say sorry if we did something by accident? How responsible are we for the things we don’t know? Jesus’ parable of the wise and foolish virgins will help guide us in answering these questions.
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Each new year that comes around completes a cycle of time. The passing of time can highlight a feeling that life is repetitious and that we haven’t gained any spiritual ground since the last cycle of time that came and went. However, the Lord is preparing us, slowly filling the empty places in our spirits until they are full. A completed cycle is symbolic of what our Teachings call a “fullness of state” – that moment in which we have been aptly prepared for our continued spiritual journeys, and that moment when, in humility, we are ready to let the Lord in.
References: Lessons: Exodus 12:1-11, Matthew 5:17-48 (selections), Arcana Coelestia (AC) 7839