Cornerstone Truth

Morning assembly for June 9th with Bill Compton

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We are the Children of God!  We are the Bride of Christ! 

We have an eternal relationship with the LORD Jesus Christ based upon genuine faithfulness and real love, not rules and regulations!

Our Hope is eternally secure through Faith and Love! Christ’s love and faithfulness is demonstrated in His living a holy and blameless life and then sacrificing Himself for us on the cross, and even now, in His continual presence and intercession for us as our High Priest. 

For us, our commitment to faithful obedience and sacrificial love in serving God our Father and our Lord Jesus also secures the Hope of our eternal inheritance.  In this sermon we will examine the scriptural basis for these truths and we will also be called to count the cost to remain faithful until the Lord Jesus returns for us.

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Brian Bragg gives morning assembly sermon.

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Jesus Christ reigns Supreme over all of Creation!   As the great Apostle Paul wrote to the church at Colossae, “For by Him all thing were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities – all things have been created through Him and for Him.”   Peter tells us that we are protected by the power of God!  The hope of our salvation and our eternal inheritance is secure in Him.  It must be added though, His power to save and secure is based upon our faith.  Notice Peter says we, “who are protected by God through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.”   We are told by Paul that faith comes by hearing and responding to the word of God.  Peter also confirms, “that His divine power has granted to us everything we need for life and godliness through the true knowledge of Him who called us into His own glory and excellence.”  Let us then discover the great power by which we are protected and the amazing faith that we can possess by listening to and humbly following the word of the Lord Jesus! 

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May 12th Morning Assembly

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Did you know that if it were not for the LORD’s deep and abiding mercy for mankind we would all be hopelessly lost?  This morning we will discover that our living hope has been and continues to be secured by Christ’s mercy!  This morning’s sermon title is “God’s Great Mercy Secures Our Hope!”  We will search the Scriptures to discover that our hope of eternal life is realized through our union together with Him through the washing of regeneration and renewal by the Holy Spirit who indwells the Christian man or woman.  We will also learn through prophecy that this hope founded upon God’s mercy has been and continues to be the anchor for our souls unto eternity.  Finally, we will find that the LORD’s continuing mercy is what sustains our living hope until this hope is fully realized at the coming for our LORD Jesus Christ

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This morning we will discover that the faith and hope of the saints of old was based on their conviction that God’s promise and provision was and and continues to be the hope of the resurrection of the dead unto life eternal with God.  Our lesson will begin with the Apostle Paul in chains giving his defense before the Roman governor Felix against the evil accusations of the Jewish leaders and lawyers who desired to silence Paul and the proclamation of the gospel of Christ!  We learn from this historical event that the faith and hope of the Old Testament faithful saints was in God keeping His promise for the provision of deliverance through the resurrection.  In the Law, the Pentateuch, which is the first five books of the bible we discover in typology and foreshadowing the resurrection unto life communicated in the life of Noah and Abraham.  In the Prophets we find clear statements about the hope of all men and women of faith regarding the resurrection of the dead unto life eternal!  The hope of all God’s people both present and past is that we will all rejoice at the resurrection of the dead and living into eternal joy with Christ at His coming!

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“Hope is Abundant with Christ in Your Life!”  The New Testament is filled with passages of Scripture that speak of the great hope that Christians can and do experience through faith and obedience to the LORD’s word.  You see, we must understand that our hope is build on some very important and powerful foundational principles found in the New Testament.  First, our faith is based on upon God’s word only!  Next, our faith must be in God and the redemptive and sanctifying work of Christ Jesus in our lives.  Finally, we must recognize that Jesus is LORD and we, being under His authority, are called to humbly and lovingly obey Him.  A person filled with the true and lasting hope found through Christ must be united together with Him in the redemptive work accomplished through His death, burial, resurrection, and subsequent ascension into heaven.  The hope filled person will then be found living the abundant, joy filled, life as he or she serves Him with great excitement and purpose!

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This morning we begin a mini-series titled “Moving from a Hopeless to a Hope-Filled Life!” For a human being hopelessness can be defined in many ways. With a mind set on the carnal needs and wants in this world life can become hopeless very quickly. Even if a person’s life is filled with all good things they may still be living a life that is hopeless. Understanding true hopelessness will help us to find hope not only in this carnal world but hope eternal that offers blessings both now and into eternity that the carnally minded person can never experience until they commit themselves to a faithful relationship with God through Jesus Christ.  The title for this morning’s lesson will be “There is No Hope Without God in this World!”

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Praise the LORD, by His glorious design, those of us who are Christians have been born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead!  If you were able to join us in person or online last LORD’s Day morning we learned what it means to born again and what it means that we have been born again to living hope filled with countless blessing in this life and in the next. 

In Zechariah 9:9-12 the LORD God tells us of this great and glorious news in a most profound way.  This passage without a doubt is speaking of Jesus, His great sacrifice in which He shed the blood of His covenant through which we are set free from the consequences of our sin and the fear of death!  This great prophecy foretells our being placed into Christ who is our stronghold and only hope.  This hope restores not only the rich blessings in this life one hundred fold but ensures eternal life in the next!  Praise the LORD for His amazing plan which proclaimed throughout the Scriptures in both the Old and New Testaments!

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