Approved Workmen

Approved Workmen

By Jake LiedkieReligion & SpiritualityChristianity
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Approved Workmen episodes

  • Living in Light of His Return - Thessalonians 5:1-11
    Paul deals with both the Parousia (the coming) and the Day of the Lord.
    His purpose is pastoral. It is the application of the truth into everyday
    life in a way that brings strength to the people of God.
    Lining out the exact chronology is difficult. There isn’t a single view
    that resolves every tension or answers every question.1 The tendency is to
    overstate our position by finding details within a passage that support our
    conclusion.
    Paul’s purpose right now is to examine the certainty of the end times
    events and the impact that certainty has on the church. Ethical
    eschatology. What we are not going to do then is to make this passage say
    more than it actually does.
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  • Living In Light of His Return - 1Thessalonians 4:13-18 - (Part 2)
    Grab your Bibles and turn with me to 1 Thessalonians 4. It’s our joy each
    week to open the Scriptures together and have the light of the mind of God
    come illuminate our thinking. This is a rich study. It’s a wonderful
    passage.
    Two comments I want to make up front:
    * There’s a temptation in eschatology studies to grab your favorite
    teacher and follow that position with a personal allegiance that’s
    based more in their influence than in the text. Just a word of
    caution. You all have your
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  • Standing for Truth (Part 2)

    What are the current dividing lines today that are forming between orthodox Christianity and those who are beginning to drift into error? How is the church vulnerable? And what is the temptation for our hearts?

    1 hr 19 min
  • Living In Light of His Return - 1 Thessalonians 4:13
    Where is the character of God? Where is the Gospel of God? Where is the
    encouragement? Where is the exhortation?
    We are going to make our way back to 1 Thessalonians today. We departed
    from Thessalonica for the summer. Typically, we have taken a trip into the
    Old Testament over the summers here at CBC. We left the letter at a
    strategic point. Paul was about to transition into matters known as
    eschatology.
    Eschatology is a compound word.
    Eschaton is a Greek word that means last. Ology of course is the suffix
    meaning study. Eschatology then is the study of last things. Studying
    eschatology together is a great experience. It gets right at the heart of
    how we handle God’s revelation to us. So, you will learn a lot about what
    we believe about Scripture here at CBC by how we approach eschatology. My
    goal is to provide as much clarity possible as we cover this ground.
    Paul speaks of the return of Jesus in 1 Thessalonians 4:13ff and the topic
    raises a number of questions and issues. Most significantly is the rapture,
    that is, the catching up of believers to meet Jesus face to face. This
    passage raises questions about when and how this will happen.
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  • Standing for Truth (Part 1)

    Truth is under attack in the church as Satan continually introduces new errors. Consider the state of the church today and where some of the front lines of these attacks are coming from.

    1 hr 19 min
  • Finding God in the Dark - Psalm 143
    One prayer that exemplifies one way of handling our difficult days.
    * Note: consider Absalom and the historical circumstance… what God did
    in David’s life through the painful experience of the ramifications
    of his sin and yet God’s grace, nevertheless..
    * This is a journal entry of one who is “satisfied” in the
    lovingkindness of the Lord.
    * Satan tempts us to doubt our God, especially when people are against
    us. Trains us in how to deal with enemies. But let’s face it—our
    enemies are chasing us down (typically) in the way that David was
    chased down. But spreading this thing out, we draw out many parallels
    to various issues in our own lives.
    * We’ve got to be okay being disliked and opposed.
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  • Praising Our Great God - Psalm 136
    Out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks… to praise is to extol.
    Why don’t we extol God?
    We must remember who it is we are dealing with.
    Many ways that we bring glory to God. We submit to him (obey). We adore him
    (we think right thoughts about him). We love him (affection). We praise
    him.
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  • Finding Inner Peace - Psalm 131
    Well I invite you take your copy of the Scriptures and make your way to
    Psalm 131 this morning. Psalm 131. I’ve entitled this message, “Finding
    Inner Peace” it sounds like something from an Eastern religion. But I think
    it captures what this Psalm is all about although perhaps presented a bit
    differently than we are accustomed to.
    This was a challenging sermon to prepare for. The Lord saw fit to humble me
    in this very truth before I brought it to you. This Psalm reveals that I
    have too much unmortified pride in my life. Too much striving against the
    Lord. Too much clutching at my own glory and refusing to walk by faith.
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