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In Romans 1:1–2, Paul introduces himself as a servant of Jesus Christ, chosen by God and sent to preach the good news. His introduction reminds us that our calling comes from God, not ourselves, and challenges us to clearly communicate who we serve, what God has called us to do, and how we are called to serve others. Paul also explains that the gospel was promised long ago through God's prophets in the Holy Scriptures, showing that the Old Testament is foundational to the good news of Jesus Christ and cannot be separated from the New Testament. Just as God promised the coming of Jesus before it happened, He often makes promises to us before they come to pass. Our responsibility is to respond with faith, obedience, and a willingness to participate in what God has promised. God may also confirm His promises through multiple people so that we recognize His direction and confidently move forward in our calling.

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Romans 1:1-2 NLT

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Many times we lack success because fear is stronger than faith in our lives. Even a little bit of fear is like kryptonite to our faith and makes it ineffective. In today's message, discover why fear is stronger in your life and how to flip the situation around to make your faith stronger.

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Hebrews 11:1 KJV, Matthew 14:22-31 KJV, James 1:23-25 KJV, Mark 4:24-25 NLT

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Fear produces a life of failures, and this is a life we don't want. Since fear is a dangerous spiritual force, we need to remove it. In this message, discover the root cause of fear and the solution to remove it from your life.

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Romans 8:15 KJV, Genesis 3:7-10 KJV, 1 John 4:18 KJV, 1 John 4:16 KJV, Romans 5:5 KJV, Joshua 1:9 KJV, Romans 8:31 KJV, Revelation 21:8 KJV

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Fear is a dangerous mindset that creates a future you don't want. It's a future of failure, frustrations, and unachieved goals because fear robs you of the faith required to succeed in life and business. Therefore, we must guard our mind and emotions against fear so we can succeed in the calling God has given us.

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Hebrews 11:1 KJV, Hebrews 2:15 KJV, 2 Timothy 1:7 KJV, 1 John 4:18 KJV, Job 1:6-12 KJV, Job 3:24-26 KJV, Job 1:4-5 KJV

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Here's part 2 of this week's office hours.

Part 2 begins with Deborah explaining that Pastor Amos's recent teaching sent her into her own study. She still isn't persuaded that Jesus suffered in hell, because she finds no Scripture saying God's wrath continued after the cross. She also hears "It is finished" as the beginning of salvation, sanctification and glorification, and she asks what the purpose of that suffering would be. Pastor Amos explains that most of the church has held the traditional view that Jesus did not suffer in hell, while he grew up in Word of Faith teaching that he did. He says Scripture gives no details of what happened between Friday and Sunday, so every position involves inference. His case is substitution: Jesus took the sinner's place, and the full penalty for sin includes spiritual death, which he sees in Jesus' cry of abandonment on the cross and in the statement that God made him sin for us.

Deborah answers that Jesus bore our sins but did not become sin, because that would compromise his holiness and sovereignty. She also thinks the abandonment happened on earth and that Scripture says God would not abandon his soul in Hades. Pastor Amos suggests that promise means God would not leave him there, and he assigns her homework: ask what about the idea troubles her, and what "becoming sin" says about Jesus being God. He notes that some people call God a child abuser for punishing his Son, which keeps them from receiving Jesus.

Sonja asks what difference any of this makes in daily life. Pastor Amos says the practical gain is gratitude from grasping the full weight of what Jesus bore, and that the idea can stir a defensive reaction, like hearing someone insult your mother. Bose adds that remembering what Christ endured makes any sacrifice we're asked to make feel small. Hope says Jesus became sin because he had a job to do, and that he suffered and defeated death, hell and the grave so he could understand and help us.

Pastor Amos closes by saying that human minds are limited and that two things can be true at once, as when God turned from Adam yet clothed him. He says the goal of every Bible study is for each person to study it for themselves until they can say "that's right," not merely repeat what a pastor said. He values the wrestling and compares it to the early church's council over circumcision. Deborah ends with a closing prayer.

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As Christians, we should be imitators of God. However, when your words and thoughts are different than the Word of God, then you are acting like Satan. Take a listen to dig into this concept, so you align your thoughts and words with God's Word and receive what God has for you.

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Isaiah 55:8-9 KJV, I Corinthians 1:27 KJV, Matthew 16:21-23 KJV, Isaiah 14:12-15 KJV

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The replay of office hours this week is broken up into two parts.

In this part 1 Bose asks about a pastor who took a second wife. Pastor Amos says polygamy was God's permissive will rather than his prescriptive will, and that it was already fading by Jesus' time. He leans toward calling it a sin like adultery but wants more study before saying it sends someone to hell. He is clear that it disqualifies a pastor. He points to Jesus' "the two shall become one flesh" as one-and-one, and says Old Covenant rules such as not reducing a second wife's food rations protected vulnerable people. Ark adds that a man who defends multiple wives would likely reject multiple husbands. Hope objects that adultery in the Old Covenant looks one-sided. Pastor Amos agrees and explains that it worked like property rights. He adds that Jesus addressed both husbands and wives, and that divorcing a spouse to marry someone else is adultery in God's eyes.

The conversation widens when Doyin asks about "test marriages." Pastor Amos compares it to Married at First Sight and says people miss the covenant nature of marriage. He contrasts an "I" marriage ("what can I get out of this") with a "we" covenant of serving each other. He argues that living out the biblical roles, such as wives submitting in everything and husbands loving like Christ and treating wives as the weaker vessel, takes someone truly rooted in the Word. Bose says believers should start from the Bible rather than from worldly equality. Micah calls selfishness the root problem, wants no-fault divorce ended, and likens the friction of marriage to sandpaper that smooths character with Christ at the center.

Pastor Amos then notes that Jesus said not everyone should marry, and that trauma can make a God-centered marriage very hard. Deborah closes with cultural views on divorce, statistics on who files, the toll on children, and the lies she believes young women are told. She says only the Word of God closes the gap and that things may get worse before they get better. Pastor Amos adds that they may not get better, and that is where the part ends.

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The Bible is black and white on lots of issues. However, there are many issues (we'll face in life) that are not directly addressed in the Bible. These are gray areas of Christianity, and they can weaken your Faith if you aren't careful. Take a listen to today's message to dig into this concept.

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Romans 14:1-9,13-14,23 AMP

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If Jesus bore the torment of hell, how do we make sense of His promise to the thief on the cross that they would be together in paradise that very day? What do His final words, a prayer entrusting His spirit into God's hands, reveal about where He believed He was going? And when He declared, "It is finished," what exactly was finished: the entire work of salvation or something more specific? These are the strongest objections to the idea that Jesus suffered in the realm of the dead, so let's address them. Whether you believe Jesuss suffered in hell, reject it, or are still deciding, these questions invite you to examine one of the most debated topics in Christian theology with care and an open mind.

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Luke 23:42-43 NIV, Mark 15:33-34,37 NIV, John 19:31-33 NIV, John 20:16-17 NIV, Luke 16, Luke 23:46 NIV, Psalm 31:3-5 NIV, Psalm 31:1 KJV, Psalm 31:9-10 KJV, John 19:30 KJV, Hebrews 10:9-14 NIV, Matthew 27:50-51 NIV, Hebrews 9:7 NIV, Hebrews 10:19-20 NIV, 1 Corinthians 15:17 KJV, Romans 4:25 KJV

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There's a video circulating on social media of a pastor introducing his second wife. In fact, his first wife is the one introducing the second wife. One of our CFE members brought this video to my attention and asked me to comment on the practice of polygamy, particularly whether God allows pastors to have multiple wives. Here are my thoughts on this.

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