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There are many grey areas like dancing for example. And so, the question comes up: can you dance? And the answer is some can and some can’t. All kidding aside, how should we respond to the differing ideas about what’s acceptable for the Christian? We’ll look into that today on Abounding Grace with pastor Ed Taylor.

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Pastor Ed Taylor will bring today’s message, centered on the reproving work of the Spirit of God. One of the ministries of the Spirit is to convict the world of sin. If you’re a believer you’re familiar with this all too well. You’re in sin, and you’re miserable. Deep down inside you feel conviction that what you did was wrong! That’s the Holy Spirit at work and we'll learn more about it today.

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Self-centeredness is at epic proportions today. Need proof, just think for a moment about how much you think about yourself in a given day, or how many posts on social media are about yourself. But today on Abounding Grace we’d like to challenge you to get outside of yourself and start caring about others. In doing so, you’ll capture the heart of Christ. That’s the big takeaway in today’s lesson from John chapter sixteen.

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Pastor Ed Taylor is leading us through the Gospel of John right now, and today we find Christ preparing His disciples for what was ahead of them. In just a few short hours, Jesus would be on the cross, and He would be leaving them. But He would not leave them alone, for His Holy Spirit would soon enter the scene. Just as He would help them through life, He’s our great helper too! We’re in John chapter sixteen.

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Maybe you’ve noticed the growing hostility and hatred towards Christians in the world as we know it? If you stand up for righteousness or share the gospel, it’s quite likely people will make fun of you or even lash out in anger towards you. But this shouldn’t surprise us. As we’ll learn today, Jesus said this sort of thing would happen. Today on Abounding Grace we aim to complete John chapter fifteen, which describes the response to light and truth.

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Jesus warned us that just as the world hated Him, His followers would be hated too. And you don’t have to look long and hard to see the truth of that statement lived out right before our very eyes. In today’s message pastor Ed says the response to light is either love or hate. It’s a choice each of us must make.

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Time is of the essence because the Lord is coming. But it’s not hard to see, many in the Church are sleeping! It’s time to wakeup, and today’s Abounding Grace with pastor Ed Taylor will sound the alarm. Even in the early Church some began to slumber and needed a wakeup call.

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Pastor Ed Taylor will be in John chapter fifteen at verse sixteen. You don’t have to look far in today’s world to see examples of hatred. Sadly even from those you wouldn’t expect. But God wants us to be shining examples of His love, and you can be sure we’ll stand out as we do. But what does love look like? Stick around and find out. You’ll see it has more to do with a choice than an emotion.

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If I was to ask you, what does love look like, how would you answer that? Now see if it matches what First Corinthians thirteen has to say to us. We’ll learn that love is the choice of obedience, rather than just some sort of emotion that changes from one day to the next. We’ll also be challenged to love as God would have us.

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Pastor Ed Taylor will join us in John’s gospel chapter fifteen, and a section of Scripture where Jesus is teaching His disciples about abiding in Him. God isn’t wanting to rob you of joy, but rather He wants to bring it into our lives. You may be surprised when you hear what unleashes that joy to us. Part of it involves hungering and thirsting after righteousness. We’ll spend a good amount of time today in Matthew 5, looking at the Beatitudes.

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