Podcast: Christianity 101
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106 (052) Purpose – The Seal of the Holy Spirit.
I can think of no better way to find, understand, and fulfill our purpose than to look at Jesus’ life as the pattern. I see three essential areas as important “faith” issues that Jesus experienced, and as disciples of Jesus Christ, we should experience also. The three encounters Jesus faced before He entered into His…
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105 (051) – Finding Your Purpose, Part 2
JESUS OUR EXAMPLE. John 14:12 “Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do he will do also; and greater works than these he will do, because I go to My Father.” If we want to do what Jesus did then we must go through the same process…
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104 (050) – Finding Your Purpose is a Process!
The Three Encounters Jesus Experienced as He Began to Fulfill the Father’s Purpose. The best way to settle the question of Purpose is to look at the scriptures and the example Jesus gave us. We need to distinguish between our spiritual purpose and our natural purpose. Our natural purpose is to be a son/daughter, father/mother,…
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103 (049) – Your Purpose in Christ!
Review of Last Post Your Father is God. While all humans are the children of God, as believers in Jesus Christ we have the position as sons (daughters) and as such we inherit the promises of God.(Matthew 5:16, Matthew 5:48, Matthew 6:1, Matthew 6:8, Mark 11:25, Luke 6:36). As a result of our position as sons, we…
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102 (048) – To Be or to Do, that is the question?
In the last post, we concluded that Confidence is of the soul, and Faith is of the spirit. With Confidence, we “move or motivate” people to follow, whereas Faith moves God to show Himself strong on our behalf. Confidence in General In the natural some people are effortlessly confident. They are optimistic and see the…
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101 (047) – The Christian Spiritual Life.
“And a threefold cord is not quickly broken” (Eccl 4:12) A study of the inter-relationship between God’s Word, the Leading of the Holy Spirit and Faith. The words Faith and confidence are often used interchangeably, but they are two different words in the Bible. Confidence is natural; Faith is supernatural or spiritual.