Series: In Pursuit of Relational knowledge
Out of all the things that Jesus could have taught, just before going to the cross, just before being separated from His disciples, THIS is the one thing He was led to tell them about.
It was and is a very important lesson. You can get nowhere with God if you are unwilling to embrace the intimacy of vulnerability and dependance. The proud of heart can have no admittance and can bear no fruit!
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Series: In Pursuit of Relational knowledge
We ventured away from John 15 today as we studied correlating scriptures which help up develop a more broadstroked vista of our position as branches in our Vine.
Our spirits have been made alive in and to God, our souls are being converted to think, see, feel and desire as God does, but we live in a physical body which still has both sin and death in it. So while we have very real desires to honor and obey our God and Father, we also have very real enticements from our flesh to do otherwise.
This inward conflict is not simply one of external morality, but one of intrinsic inner character at war with an external hard wiring. As such, like Paul lamented, “I find myself doing the very things I hate!”
Today we learned a little more about this, so as to better understand how to live out our “branchness” and bear fruit pleasing to God.
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Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:07:08 — 115.5MB)Subscribe: Spotify | RSS Sunday 06/18/23 Message: The Father – benefits of being His children ***Video is HERE*** Share this: The Father – benefits of being His children Today is Father’s day and upon THE Father, is where I am going to focus my teaching this morning. Now you may remember that I did not focus this year on Mothers so you may wonder why, this year, I am choosing to place more focus upon fathers than mothers. Well… First off, let me say that one of the most popular messages on our church […]
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Podcast: Download (Duration: 59:14 — 80.7MB)Subscribe: Spotify | RSS Sunday 06/11/23 Message: How Genuine is our Love & Pursuit of God Pt. 2 ***Video is HERE*** Share this: How Genuine is our Love & Pursuit of God Pt. 2 Last week after reviewing the two primary reasons why we are to pursue an intimate knowing the Father through our Lord Jesus Christ, I introduced a third reason. This third reason has to do with Ministry to our Brothers and Sisters in Christ. It is to seek the face of God in intercession on behalf of one another that He […]
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Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:32:46 — 126.0MB)Subscribe: Spotify | RSS Sunday 06/04/23 Message: How Genuine is our Love & Pursuit of God ***Video is HERE*** Share this: How Genuine is our Love & Pursuit of God So far this year we have taken our cue from 2Peter 1:1-11. In it we are informed both directly and indirectly about the all-surpassing importance of continually coming to know the Father more intimately and completely by means of knowing Jesus more intimately and completely. Peter refers to this as a pursuit we should all be actively engaged in. So far we have seen […]
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