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November
24 2010
Service

Have the courage to pursue Christ's mission for your life. John 11:8; John 9:4; 2Co 4:7-11

John 11:1 Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.   John 11:2 And it was the Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped His feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.   John 11:3 The sisters therefore sent to Him,...
November
14 2010
Service

The spiritual child to the spiritual adult - milk to solid food. Eph 1:5; Gal 5:25; 1Co 3:2-3; Heb 2:10-13

/Election is God’s desire for your life and predestination is God’s provision for your life. Together they are to result in a believer who knows he’s an adult son and lives as an adult son.\   Next we introduced adoption…   Eph 1:5 In love, He predestined us to adoption as sons...
November
12 2010
Service

Doctrine is designed to handle the pressures of life. Our job is to follow Him. John 11:1-7

John 11:1 Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.   It is very interesting that all the way through we always forget about Lazarus. Lazarus means God is my help.   Lazarus never complained. So the real hero is the one who isn’t...
November
10 2010
Service

The resuscitation of Lazarus part 1: When God delays your desire it advances His plan.

The seven credit cards of Messiah             In the first twelve chapters of John the whole emphasis is Jesus presenting the credit cards [works, divine good]. In chapters 13-21 He presents His message and completes His work [the cross].   1.  The...
November
07 2010
Service

The meaning of adoption into the Royal Family of God. Eph 1:5

We have introduced election and predestination. Further on in Eph 1 we will study them in more detail.   Every believer has been predestined to have God’s highest and best and God has done all the work in EP so that we can experience His highest and best in time.   /Election is God’s desire for...
November
05 2010
Service

The difference between having a relationship with God and knowing you have a relationship with God. John 10:38-442

John 10:30 "I and the Father are one.”   John 10:31 The Jews took up stones again to stone Him.   John 10:32 Jesus answered them, "I showed you many good works from the Father; for which of them are you stoning Me?"   John 10:33...
November
03 2010
Service

Arrogance, pride, and self-absorption destroys freedom, which is the ultimate power. John 10:38-39

John 10:28 and I give [by means of grace] eternal life to them, and they shall never perish [double negative – they will not no never perish]; and no one [no angel, no man, not even God] shall snatch them out of My hand.   John 10:29 "My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is...
October
31 2010
Service

Predestination - the boundaries God has given you so that you may receive God's highest and best.

Eph 1:5 In love, He predestined us to adoption as sons through Jesus Christ to Himself [that’s the environment of royalty], according to the kind intention of His will,   /“having predestinated” is the aorist active participle of the compound verb proorizo which means to predesign or to...
October
29 2010
Service

Jurisprudence under the Mosaic Law would have proved the deity of Christ. John 10:30-32

John 10:28 and I give [by means of grace] eternal life to them, and they shall never perish [double negative – they will not no never perish]; and no one [no angel, no man, not even God] shall snatch them out of My hand.   John 10:29 "My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is...
October
27 2010
Service

A relationship with God based on trust -eternal security. John 10:28-30

John 10:22 begins at the time of the Feast of Dedication which is Hanukah which is celebrated in the winter. This is two months after John 10:21.   John 10:22 At that time the Feast of the Dedication took place at Jerusalem;   John 10:23 it was winter, and Jesus was walking in the temple in the...
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