Sunday 03/23/14 Topic: What is Victory in Christ? Series – What is Victory in Christ.mp3 Click here to watch the video. Victory in Christ This morning I was all prepared to teach the second segment of the teaching of the Ministry of the Holy Spirit in the Life of Christ, but God had other plans. In worship, as we sang the song below, the Lord dropped in my heart another message about victory in the Christian life and specifically concerning temptation and sin. So I taught on Victory in Christ! Satan is not interested in you or your […]
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The Ministry of the Holy Spirit X
Sunday 03/16/14 Topic: Review: The Ministry of the Holy Spirit in the Life of Christ I Series – The Ministry of the Holy Spirit X.mp3 Click here to watch the video. Key Text: Matt.1:20 Matt. 3:13-17 John 1:32,33 (Jn. 14:14-16) Matt. 4:1 James 1:13 Matt. 6:13 Luke 4:14-18-19 Partnership in Ministry We began a new phase in our study of the ministry of the Holy Spirit as it was active in the life and ministry of Jesus Christ. We touched on several things today, but one point we spend some time with was, when the scriptures clearly state […]
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Sunday 02/16/14 Topic: Review: Co-partnership in His Sufferings VII Series – The Ministry of the Holy Spirit IX.mp3 Click here to watch the video. Key Text: 1 Peter 3:8-12 1 Cor. 8:1-13 Rom. 14:1-23 Partnership in sufferings To begin with we went back over 1 Peter 3:8-12 which we ended with last week. We did this because this verse as translated in the English, has the unfortunate effect of making us think it is all about us. Let’s look at it, “Now finally, all of you should be like-minded and sympathetic, should love believers, and be compassionate and humble, […]
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Sunday 02/09/14 Topic: Review: Co-partnership in His Sufferings VI Series – The Ministry of the Holy Spirit VIII.mp3 Click here to watch the video. Key Text: 2 Thess. 1:3-12 1 Peter 3:8-12 Partnership in His sufferings… In this teaching we addressed a difficult passage, one which is not widely taught in America anymore, and that is the calling to suffer as a demonstration of your worthiness of the Kingdom of God. A glass half empty person will hear this the wrong way. This suffering is NOT something God subjects us to in order to prove anything to Himself. […]
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Sunday 02/02/14 Topic: Review: Finding our Identity in Christ Series – Our Identity in Christ.mp3 Click here to watch the video. Kenny Merritt is a relatively new friend of mine with whom I can already see I will grow closer and more dear as the years progress. In this video, Kenny talks about how as Christians, we tend to draw our sense of self-worth from our expectations of how others perceive us and NOT from Christ. These expectations are dangerous in the life of the believer for they refocus their hearts and energies on the things of this world […]
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