And He Healed them all: The Link between Holiness & Healing VII.mp3 Key Text: Rev.3:1-6 Hebrew 12:11-29 1 Thess. 5:1-11 2 Peter 3:8-18 Matt. 25:1-13 To those who overcome… History of Sardis: The name Sardis means “escaping ones”. Sardis was a wealthy city known for its wool and dye industries. It is also the place where modern money was born in that the first gold coins with standardized purity for general circulation where minted there in the 6th Century BC. At the time Jesus spoke these words to John, the ancient city of Sardis had […]
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And He Healed them all: The Link between Holiness & Healing VI.mp3 Key Text: 1 Peter 3:15 Heb. 11:8-13 1 Cor. 6:12 2 Peter 2:17-22 1 John 5:4,5 Rev. 2:7, 11, 17, 26 To those who overcome… Rev 2:18 And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write: “These things saith the Son of God, who hath his eyes like a flame of fire, and his feet are like unto burnished brass:” a. These things says the Son of God: Jesus first describes Himself with a title that emphasizes His deity. In Jewish thought, […]
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And He Healed them all: The Link between Holiness and Healing V.mp3 Key Text: 1 Peter 3:15 Gal. 6:7,8 1 Cor. 3:16-20 1 Cor. 6:12-20 1 Cor. 9:24-27 Rev. 2 Overview: Last Wednesday after teaching on “Entangled & Overcome” I realized a few things i had originally missed, so today I reviewed the 3 churches we just covered – adding to the teaching those things which I learned after our last service. As a consequence, much of this is written in the overview for Wednesday. For much more depth concerning this teaching please listen to the […]
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And He Healed them all: The Link between Holiness & Healing IV.mp3 Key Text: 1 Peter 3:15 Heb. 11:8-13 1 Cor. 6:12 2 Peter 2:17-22 1 John 5:4,5 Rev. 2:7, 11, 17, 26 Overview: Nearly half of the message tonight was review, so this overview will be brief. We went forward in our study of overcoming and being overcome. I will quickly mention here that the reason we are covering this is because it is connected to I Cor. 3:16-20; I Cor. 6:12-20; I Cor. 9:24-27; I Cor. 11: 17-22; 28-34 all of which address sin […]
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Faith: Tool or Relationship
Faith – Buzzword of Christianesse Other than Grace, Faith is perhaps the most misused and misunderstood word in the Christian vernacular. In its common usage throughout scripture, and especially the New Testament, it simply means full, relational trust in someone. Though “relational” is not technically part of the definition, it is part of the process! Trust is a relational term at its core, but when it is used in the realm of the “religious” it often becomes a work and is therefore NOT relational. AS such it becomes a merit badge rather than a proof of intimacy. This is especially true when […]
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