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12.15.24 - What it Means to be a Child of God

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Wednesday, 12.11.24: Flowing in Spiritual Gifts

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12/4/2024 Wednesday Night "The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob"

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December 1, 2024 Sunday Morning
Endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.  (Ephesians 4:3)

God built everything for unity. Unity is God’s will because God is one. He is the perfect plurality in unity. Within the essence of the one God there are three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Man was made to live in unity with God and with each other, another plurality in unity: Adam and Eve, “one flesh.”

Unity is heaven. When Lucifer rebelled against God he was cast out of heaven. When Jesus taught us to pray, “Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven,” He was telling us to pray for unity. Lucifer landed on earth and the first thing he did was bring disunity between God and man, and the husband and wife. Adam and Eve accused each other for their sin, and so began the first domestic dispute. Sin destroys unity. They’ve been going on ever since. One of their two kids killed the other one: Cain killed Abel. It was a religious hate crime which has spawned religious hatred ever since. Behold the Crusades, the Middle East, and church fights!

Unity in the church is heaven on earth. It’s the way God designed us. He gave it to us by Jesus’ death on the cross and by giving us His Spirit. Now it is our job to endeavor to keep it.

God loves diversity, but He hates disunity in that diversity. He can’t even make two snowflakes or two fingerprints alike. We are all different in so many ways: color, height, tastes. The list goes on. We are not all going to agree on everything – even in church. That’s why our text says endeavoring to keep the unity. Look at the unity in Eph. 4:1-6, then the diversity that follows that passage. This is the genius of Christ’s unified church – we can be different without being divided. We can even have different beliefs and still have the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. Differences don’t divide, the flesh divides (Gal.5:19-21).

One of the mantras of our church is: In Essentials we have Unity, in Non-Essentials we have Liberty, in All Things we have Love. It doesn’t really matter what you believe the Bible teaches about healing or prosperity or the millennial kingdom, or many things, which are helpful for your Christian life, but not essential to have fellowship in order to carry out the Mission Christ has given us as individuals and a church.

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“In everything give thanks for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.” (1Thessalonians 5:18)

Attitude determines altitude. A good attitude will take you higher in life and keep you there longer than anything else. A positive, thankful attitude will bless your life like nothing else. God knows this and it’s why He commands us to do it.

I. Characteristics of the Attitude of Gratitude

1. It is Cheap! It costs you nothing. You don’t have to buy alcohol or weed, go to Disney World, buy a boat, or buy anything.

2. It is a Choice. I read this book when I was just starting out in life and it changed my life from that moment on: Happiness is a Choice. The attitude of gratitude will make you happier than anything else. You choose to be happy and you choose to have a good attitude. It doesn’t come from what happens to you, it comes from how you respond to what happens to you. “Two men looked through prison bars: one saw mud, the other saw stars.” It doesn’t depend so much on what you look at but how you look at it.

3. It Proves Itself in a Crisis. The Chinese word for crisis combines two words: dangerous opportunity. Every crisis is an opportunity for advancement in character and/or situation. If you see yourself on your back, try looking up. There’s nowhere to go from where you are but up! Your attitude can change your position in life for the better or for the worse. If life has been handing you lemons, make some lemonade.

II. What to do to Crash Your Life. I know you’re not reading this to find out how to ruin your life, but this can be very instructive and helpful.

1. Contemplate Bad Thoughts. If you want to ruin your day, your life, your marriage, your relationship with your kids, your boss, just meditate on bad thoughts. You can’t keep a bird from flying over your head, but you can keep him from building a nest in your hair, and in your house. Negative thoughts lead to you feeling bad which anchors a bad attitude in you.

2. Become Conflicted. Worry means to be conflicted in your thinking and actions. Martha was conflicted by Mary’s choice of listening to Jesus while she was serving. Worry is the word Jesus used to describe Martha. Worry is the only acceptable sin these days among Christians. “Ya’ll pray for me; you know I’m just a worry wart. I worry about everything.” Well, stop it! Worrying is a sin! Repent! In Matthew six Jesus says three times, “Do not worry…” You will either worry or pray, you can’t do both.

“Rejoice in the Lord always (at all times). Again I say, rejoice! The Lord is at hand. Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard you hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. Finally, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, just, pure, lovely, of good report, if there is any virtue and anything praiseworthy – meditate on these things.” (Phil.4:4, 6-8)

3. Cripple Your Gratitude. Fear will cripple a good attitude. How many times does God command us to “Fear not”? Many times. A critical spirit will give you a bad attitude. Stop criticizing others, your boss, your wife (man be the same person ) your kids.

Trust Him now and He will be with you in the darkest hours of your life. Psalm 23 will be yours to live, not just something for people to read at your funeral. 

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Wednesday, 11/13/24 - Rick Griffith: Psalm 103

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 If you will research it you will find the number three plays a very significant role in the Bible: the word occurs 485 times, God is known as the God of the three patriarchs, Jesus prayed three times in Gethsemane, was dead for three days, had three really close disciples who saw three prominent people on the Mount of Transfiguration, Paul went to the third heaven where God lives, and there are still many other references. It signifies the number of completion, though not to the degree the number seven does.

As a memory aid I want to show you three sets of threes in Mark 1:9-12 as we continue our study verse by verse through the Gospel of Mark. There is the Trinity, three baptisms, and three visitors in the wilderness.

TAKEAWAYS:

1.     Learn the definition of the Trinity and who the three persons of the Trinity are.

2.     It is imperative that you be baptized with the Holy Spirit. It was for Jesus and it is no less for you. Make sure you have this important baptism, because this is what gives you power to live the Christian life.

3.     Concerning your relationship with God, do not depend on what others say. Get assurance from God. 

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