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Pastor walks his children through Children's Catechism question 71—especially explaining how we can't even repent without help, so we need Christ to be our King. Q71. Why do you need Christ as a king? Because I am weak and helpless. The lesson explains that Christ is needed as King, because humanity is inherently weak and helpless. It explains that Christ fulfills His kingly office by subduing believers to himself, ruling and defending them, and defeating their enemies. The text emphasizes that apart from Christ, human intentions are evil and individuals lack the strength to achieve righteousness or overcome sin, Satan, and death. Therefore, salvation and obedience are entirely dependent on divine grace rather than human effort. The central message is that without Christ as King, humanity would perish, but God has provided His Son to meet this critical need.

The sermon argues that Christians have a biblical mandate to actively oppose abortion and unjust laws, grounded primarily in Proverbs 24:11, which commands believers to rescue those being taken away to death. It challenges the notion that prayer or passive opposition is sufficient, asserting that the Sixth Commandment and the Golden Rule require using lawful means to protect the pre-born. The speaker critiques common pro-life arguments for being theologically inconsistent and culturally harmful, urging believers to reject 'murderous medicines' and to vote against Proposition 1 because it legitimizes murder, shows partiality, and calls evil good. By contrasting the current legal landscape with the perfect rescue Christ offers believers, the message calls for a holistic commitment to justice that seeks equal protection for all human life from fertilization to natural death.

Death does not have the final word. Jesus Christ does. Dave Jenkins explains what Scripture teaches about death, judgment, and the believer's hope. Learn why believers who die are immediately with Christ, why the gospel is urgent, and how the promised resurrection gives Christians confidence as they face eternity. For more from Contending for the Word Q&A, please visit: https://servantsofgrace.org/contending-for-the-word-qa/

Righteousness or Wrath The message traces the condition of humanity from Genesis into Romans 1, showing that when people stop seeing God rightly, they eventually begin altering His truth, redefining righteousness, and calling unclean things clean. Romans 1 reveals both the righteousness of God in the gospel and the wrath of God against ungodliness, unrighteousness, and uncleanness. The warning is not merely about recognizing what is wrong in the world around us, but about examining our own hearts for pride, anger, whispering, unforgiveness, envy, and every other evidence that we too desperately need grace. Cain becomes an early picture of this rebellion. Rather than allowing God to correct him, Cain wanted God to value what he valued. When God would not adjust to Cain, Cain turned his anger against Abel. Jude later connects that same pattern with the way of Cain, the error of Balaam, and the rebellion of Korah. Balaam could not curse what God had blessed, so he taught Israel how to compromise themselves through temptation. The enemy still works the same way—questioning who God is, what God has said, what God expects, and what God delights in. At the same time, the message calls believers to live differently in a tense and troubled world. We are to pray for those in authority, discern right from wrong without becoming malicious, guard our speech, refuse to be ruled by anger or anxiety, and entrust the things we cannot control to God. We can speak truth without trying to destroy people, remembering how much mercy God has shown us. The fall explains why pain, thorns, suffering, temptation, and death remain all around us, but every reminder of the curse should point us ba

Ecclesiastes 8:8 "There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it." King James Version

This lesson examines the literary landscape of the early church to reinforce confidence in the New Testament canon by distinguishing it from Gnostic and apocryphal writings in the early church. It defines Gnosticism as a radical spirit-matter dualism that denies the humanity of Jesus and the goodness of creation, contrasting these heretical views with the orthodox rule of faith upheld by the early church fathers. The discussion categorizes early Christian literature into canonical, edifying, and apocryphal texts, noting that while some non-canonical writings like the Didache and Epistle of Diognetus are valuable for historical insight, they were never considered Scripture. The lesson highlights how the early church actively combated forgery and heresy, ensuring that the four canonical Gospels remained the authoritative witness to Christ's life, death, and resurrection. By analyzing specific examples such as the Gospel of Thomas and the Acts of John, the message demonstrates that these alternative texts are fundamentally incompatible with biblical truth and serve as a testament to the clarity and reliability of the inspired Scriptures.

Deuteronomy 17:8–20 addresses the structures God established in Old Covenant Israel for the maintenance of justice: a higher appellate court to adjudicate cases too difficult for local judges, and the law of the king regulating the future monarchy. The passage sets out both the authority and the strict limits placed on Israel's rulers, with implications for how God's people understand civil authority, judicial integrity, and the theological significance of kingship pointing forward to Christ. Main points: - the higher court: its composition, authority, and the demand for obedience to its judgments - the sin of contempt toward lawful authority and the sentence of death preserving order in the body politic - the law of the king: the conditions, prohibitions, and duties governing Israel's monarchy Scripture references: - Deuteronomy 16:18-20; 17:1-20 - Psalm 2 - Matthew 5:17-18 - Romans 13:1-4 - 1 Timothy 2:1-2 - Hebrews 7:23-25 Free Grace Baptist Church — https://www.freegrace.ca Full transcript & sermon notes: https://sermons.freegrace.ca/sermons/bible-study-deuteronomy-17-the-maintenance-of-justice-higher-court Description generated by Tyrannus.ai: https://www.tyrannus.ai

Tonight we look at Stephen's declaration of God's redemption for His people, the anger and hatred against it, resulting in Stephen's death, better yet, his falling asleep.

(1) Israel Watch 9/23/26: The Iran Conflict remains on hold as Iran cries, "Not Fair!" to the U.N. and U.N. Sec. Gen. Antonio Guterres LIES to the world and we give him a Pinnochio NOSE. We demonstrate his lies regarding the Gaza War with a chart. We also provide a chart showing the reality of deaths in Gaza which refute the claims of "genocide" and demonstrate disproportionate deaths of military age MALES. And we include a video of "Queers for Palestine" IGNORANCE and New York Times shareholders suing the New York Times. (2) The Sick Mind of the Leftist Death Cult: Converse Ad is ended because the psychotic devils on the Left see lynchings and KKK hoods on a Korean girl. (3) The Associated Press is Propaganda: A black man hangs his black girlfriend and several black men commit suicide by hanging... and the A.P. only wants to talk about KKK lynchings. When NONE of these deaths is in any way connected to lynchings. Includes Ohio Rep. Shontel Brown's lyin' eyes... (4) A word from Judge Judy: Love it or LEAVE it! (5) Some Funny Things: The Canadian government now murders more of it's own citizens than all gun deaths combined in the United States. BONUS: Humorous cameo by Donald Trump: "Silence Those Cell Phones" https://bbfohio.com