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  • Endurance with Faith and Hope

    If we don't keep the hope in our minds, we will quit.

    True story of Florence Chadwick

    2 Corinthians 4:16-18 We look at what is eternal.
    1 John 2:25 Eternal life
    2 Peter 3:3, 4, 5, 13

    We do it with faith.

    Hebrews 6:9-20 Our hope is the anchor of our soul, both sure and steadfast.
    Hebrews 10:36-39 We have need of endurance so we may receive what was promised, the preserving of the soul.
    1 Peter 1:3-9, 13 Prepare your mind for action; fix your hope completely on the grace to be brought to you.
    Matthew 6:10 Jesus taught when praying – Thy Kingdom come.
    Revelation 21:3-7 We overcome when we see the hope before us.
    1 John 3:1-3 This hope purifies us.

    The post Endurance with Faith and Hope first appeared on Living Hope.
    33 min
  • Believing

    Hebrews 3:6-11 Israel in the wilderness remains an example of unbelief that is to be avoided. The generation that came out of Egypt did not enter into the Promised Land because of their unbelief.
    Hebrews 3:12 and 13 Deceitfulness of sin hardens the heart so we are to help each other with encouragement to stay focused on the promises of God and to move forward.
    Hebrews 3:19 Obedience and unbelief are connected as are obedience and faith.
    Romans 10:19 Faith begins with the Word of God but is more than mental assent or positive confession. It always requires obedience.
    Hebrews 4:1 and 2 The Word united with faith is the aim.
    Hebrews 10:35-39 Faith endures until the end. We live by faith without shrinking back.
    Hebrews 11:1 The object of the whole argument in this epistle was to keep those to whom it was addressed from apostatizing from Christianity and especially from relapsing again into Judaism. As the persons whom he addressed are from an Israel background and as the Old Testament contained an account of numerous instances of persons in substantially the same circumstances as they were, the reference is made to examples of faith in Israel’s history. The object is to show that faith, or confidence in the Divine promises, has been in all ages the means of perseverance.
    Hebrews 11:4 True faith always has corresponding actions.
    6 – Faith is necessary to please God.
    7 – Noah believed what God said, not what he experienced or saw with his eyes. He acted by building the boat.
    8 – Abraham obeyed. Review Genesis 12:1-5.
    13 – They confessed about themselves the things that God told them. Their confession was not some positive made-up affirmation, rather the Word of God. They conducted their lives as if the promises of God were true and would surely come to pass.

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    48 min
  • Pentcost:Clothed with Power

    Acts 1:1-3
    After the resurrection, Jesus was with his apostles for 40 days. During this time, he gave them commands and spoke about the Kingdom of God. Some of what Jesus communicated to his disciples during this time is recorded in Matthew 28, Mark 16, Luke 24, and John 20 and 21.

    Luke 24:49 – He told them that he would send the promise of the Father and that they would be clothed with power from on high.

    Acts 1:4-5

    Here he told them to wait for the promise of the Father. This is associated with being baptized with the holy spirit.

    Clothed with power = the promise of the Father = baptized with the holy spirit

    Acts 1:6-8

    With the holy spirit they would receive power. This would enable them to be witnesses for Jesus.
    A similar instruction was given in John 20:21-22. The holy spirit is how Jesus would send them into the world.

    Acts 1:9-11 – The ascension

    Acts 1:12-15; 26 – Matthias was added to the eleven.

    Acts 2:1 – “They were all together in one place.” The 12 apostles originally received the holy spirit (verse 14). The location is most likely the temple; it was an hour of prayer (verse 15). It would have been appropriate to be in the temple at an hour of prayer (Acts 3:1).

    Acts 2:2-4 Jesus had told them to wait. A violent rushing wind and tongues of fire signaled the outpouring of the holy spirit. And they began to speak in tongues.

    Acts 2:5-6 Men from every nation under heaven heard the sound of speaking tongues.

    Acts 2:11 When they were speaking in tongues, they were “speaking of the mighty deeds of God.”

    Acts 2:12-16 A couple of months earlier, Peter was behind closed doors for fear. He denied that he even knew Jesus. After being filled with the holy spirit, Peter had boldness.

    Acts 2:22-24 – Peter is bold!

    Acts 2:36 -39 – He gave a call to repent. This promise is to all who are afar off, as many as the Lord our God shall call.

    Acts 2:43; 3:1-9 – Now clothed with the holy spirit, the apostles went forth with signs, miracles, and wonders.

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    51 min
  • Love according to the Spirit

    Jesus always loved God and others.

    1 John 2:4-6 We should walk in the same manner that Jesus did.

    Three examples from Jesus’ life:

    1. John 13:1-5, 12-14 Jesus washes the disciples’ feet.

    2. Luke 11:42-44 Jesus confronts the Pharisees for their hypocrisy.
    3. Mark 11:15-18 Jesus overturns the tables in the temple.

    John 14:26; Luke 12:11-12 How do we know how to love? The spirit aids us.

    We need to love God. (Deuteronomy 6:4-5)

    We need to love our neighbors. (Leviticus 19:18)
    We need to love our enemies. (Matthew 5:43-48)

    John 13:34 We are to love as Jesus loved.

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    46 min
  • The Essence

    Mathew 27:37- 40 Love is the great and foremost (most important, in first place) commandment.
    John 13:34 and 35 – Love is the badge of discipleship.

    Romans 13:8-10 – We are not to be indebted to anyone, but we owe all love because of God. Loving God is not mentioned because as we love each other, we are loving God.

    Ephesians 3:14-21 – Notice the logical progression.
    Ephesians 4:15 and 16 – We grow together in love.

    In the epistle of 1John, the word “love” occurs 24 times more than in any other NT book. The understanding of love is diverse, and everyone holds his or her own view. Thus, a biblical definition is mandatory.

    1John 2:2-3; John 14:14, 23, and 24 Obedience is the foundation of godly love.
    1John 3:11-14 – Love is the ground, not of our passing over out of death into life, but of our knowing that we have. Love, on our part, is the evidence of our regeneration, not the cause of it.

    15 – “Hates” is equivalent to “does not love” (1Jo 3:14); there is no middle area between the two. Love and hatred (like light and darkness, life and death) necessarily replace, as well as necessarily exclude one another.

    John is the master of shocking statements – “Everyone who hates…murderer.”

    16 – The standard of Christ

    17-19 – Words only are not enough but often deceive us to think we are loving.

    5:1-8 – Knowing God is connected with love. It is impossible to know God without loving.

    5:9-21 – Loving each other is equivalent to loving God.

    The post The Essence first appeared on Living Hope.
    38 min
  • The Church of God

    Ephesians 1:22 The power of the resurrection extends itself to the embodiment of Christ.

    Psalm 8:6 “You make him to rule over the works of Your hands; You have put all things under his feet.”

    Ephesians 1:23 The sequence of thought seems to be: by his resurrection and ascension, Christ is exalted to be Lord of all, he is head of all things for the church, the church is his body, intended to express him in the world. More than that, Christ being the head fills the body with power of movement and perception, and therefore inspires the whole body with life and direction.

    Colossians 1:18-20 This designation of the function of the church is amplified yet further; it is not only his body, which is intended to be the fullness of him who fills all in all, but it is God’s purpose for all the fullness to dwell in him.

    Colossians 2:10 We have come to fullness of life in him! Our maturity is described by the development and growth we have in Christ.

    Ephesians 4:12 The ministry of the church is given to it to “the bringing of the saints to a condition of fitness for the discharge of their functions in the body”

    Ephesians 4:13 Verse 12 describes the process going on in the life of the church. But Paul could never think of a process without fixing his eyes on the goal. The goal must be unity in the faith. Unity of faith is based on the knowledge of the Son of God.

    Ephesians 4:14 Maturity brings with it the capacity to emulate various forms of teaching, to accept what is true, and reject what is fake.

    Ephesians 4:15 That growth is into Christ, the development of the life so that it is found more and more “in kind” all things, and every part of life finding its center, object, and goal in relation to Christ.
    Ephesians 4:16 From Christ alone, as head, the body derives its full capacity for growth, activity, and direction. In this co-ordinate, directed entity, Christ arranges the interrelation of the members as well.

    PAUL’S EXHORTATION TO THE CHURCH OF GOD AT EPHESUS

    Acts 20:17-27 Paul’s concern was with the leaders of the church. Paul describes his work as serving the Lord and the church. Paul holds nothing back which is profitable even though it might be unwelcome. He proclaimed to the Jews the need for faith (specifically faith in our Lord Jesus Christ) and to the Greeks the need for repentance. Paul’s greatest passion was not to regard his own life as a precious possession but faithfully performing the service laid on him by the Lord, namely to preach the gospel of the grace of God. His task of preaching the Kingdom among them was complete. He boldly claimed the spiritual responsibility for faithful presentation of the message that brings life.
    Acts 20:28 Paul now turns to direct exhortation. He deals with how they are to act when he is no longer with them. They are to pay attention to their own spiritual conditions well as to that of the church. The cost of redemption was the blood of Christ.
    Acts 20:29 Paul’s concern was that fierce wolves would enter the church and cause destruction, also from heretical teachers coming in from outside and leading people astray.
    Acts 20:30 Along with such outsiders, Paul also mentions the possibility of people from within the church adopting perverse teachings and seducing the people.
    Acts 20:31 We must be constantly on the alert!
    Acts 20:32 Paul’s final step is to command the leaders to the care of God.
    Acts 20:33-34 We’re to follow Paul’s example of selfless serving.
    Acts 20:35 Paul sought to be an example of helping those in need and live in accordance with the saying “it is more blessed to give than to receive.”
    Acts 20:36-38 Prayer was the appropriate conclusion to this exhortation. The last impression left by Paul is that he would not be able to see them again. Sadness surrounded his departure.

    The post The Church of God first appeared on Living Hope.
    38 min
  • The Church of God

    Ephesians 1:22 The power of the resurrection extends itself to the embodiment of Christ.
    Psalm 8:6 “You make him to rule over the works of Your hands; You have put all things under his feet.”
    Ephesians 1:23 The sequence of thought seems to be: by his resurrection and ascension, Christ is exalted to be Lord of all, he is head of all things for the church, the church is his body, intended to express him in the world. More than that, Christ being the head fills the body with power of movement and perception, and therefore inspires the whole body with life and direction.
    Colossians 1:18-20 This designation of the function of the church is amplified yet further; it is not only his body, which is intended to be the fullness of him who fills all in all, but it is God’s purpose for all the fullness to dwell in him.
    Colossians 2:10 We have come to fullness of life in him! Our maturity is described by the development and growth we have in Christ.
    Ephesians 4:12 The ministry of the church is given to it to “the bringing of the saints to a condition of fitness for the discharge of their functions in the body”
    Ephesians 4:13 Verse 12 describes the process going on in the life of the church. But Paul could never think of a process without fixing his eyes on the goal. The goal must be unity in the faith. Unity of faith is based on the knowledge of the Son of God.
    Ephesians 4:14 Maturity brings with it the capacity to emulate various forms of teaching, to accept what is true, and reject what is fake.
    Ephesians 4:15 That growth is into Christ, the development of the life so that it is found more and more “in kind” all things, and every part of life finding its center, object, and goal in relation to Christ.
    Ephesians 4:16 From Christ alone, as head, the body derives its full capacity for growth, activity, and direction. In this co-ordinate, directed entity, Christ arranges the interrelation of the members as well.

    PAUL’S EXHORTATION TO THE CHURCH OF GOD AT EPHESUS

    Acts 20:17-27 Paul’s concern was with the leaders of the church. Paul describes his work as serving the Lord and the church. Paul holds nothing back which is profitable even though it might be unwelcome. He proclaimed to the Jews the need for faith (specifically faith in our Lord Jesus Christ) and to the Greeks the need for repentance. Paul’s greatest passion was not to regard his own life as a precious possession but faithfully performing the service laid on him by the Lord, namely to preach the gospel of the grace of God. His task of preaching the Kingdom among them was complete. He boldly claimed the spiritual responsibility for faithful presentation of the message that brings life.
    Acts 20:28 Paul now turns to direct exhortation. He deals with how they are to act when he is no longer with them. They are to pay attention to their own spiritual conditions well as to that of the church. The cost of redemption was the blood of Christ.
    Acts 20:29 Paul’s concern was that fierce wolves would enter the church and cause destruction, also from heretical teachers coming in from outside and leading people astray.
    Acts 20:30 Along with such outsiders, Paul also mentions the possibility of people from within the church adopting perverse teachings and seducing the people.
    Acts 20:31 We must be constantly on the alert!
    Acts 20:32 Paul’s final step is to command the leaders to the care of God.
    Acts 20:33-34 We’re to follow Paul’s example of selfless serving.
    Acts 20:35 Paul sought to be an example of helping those in need and live in accordance with the saying “it is more blessed to give than to receive.”
    Acts 20:36-38 Prayer was the appropriate conclusion to this exhortation. The last impression left by Paul is that he would not be able to see them again. Sadness surrounded his departure.

    The post The Church of God first appeared on Living Hope.
    45 min
  • Resurrection and You
    1. The First Resurrection (Romans 1:4)
    2. The Final Resurrections (Romans 6:5; 1Corinthians 15)
    3. Resurrection Impact (Ephesians 1:16-23; 2Corinthians 5:14-21)
    4. Resurrection and You

      5. Romans 8:28-39 God loves you, and wants you to be with Him in eternity.

      John 1:1, 14 and 18 In Jesus, we understand more fully the love that God has for us. God loves you, and God wants you!

      Luke 15:11-20 We see the compassion of the Father for the sinful son. He wanted his son home with Him and did not care about all that took him away.

      Luke 15:21-32 Your Father God wants you and rejoices over you when you repent.

      Luke 15:1-10 Two other illustrations that express God’s attitude toward you

      Luke 7:36-50 The love that this woman shows was the consequence, not the cause, of her salvation.

      Romans 4:23- 25; 5:8-11 The resurrection is the proof that God wants you and that He loves you.

      Acts 1:22 Must one be ordained to be a witness with us of his resurrection.

      2:31 He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption.

      4:2 Being grieved that they taught the people, and preached through Jesus the resurrection from the dead.

      4:33 And with great power gave the apostles witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon them all.

      17:18 He seems to be a setter forth of strange gods: because he preached unto them Jesus, and the resurrection.

      17:32 And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked: and others said, We will hear thee again of this matter.

      24:15 And have hope toward God, which they themselves also allow, that there shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust.

      24:21 Except it be for this one voice, that I cried standing among them, Touching the resurrection of the dead I am called in question by you this day.

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      51 min
    5. Resurrection Impact

      Ephesians 1:19-2:7; 1 Peter 3:21-22
      Christ’s resurrection is inextricably linked to his ascension. God has exalted Christ to the highest position of authority in the universe, far above every other authority and power structure. This cosmic reordering enables Christ to be head of the church—his body. This means that we no longer need to dance to the beat of this world as slaves to our own fleshly lusts. A new option is now available: grace, salvation, hope.

      Colossians 1:12-20; 2:9-10, 15

      Christ’s exaltation is so big the only word that can adequately describe it is “creation”—a new creation. In Christ, through Christ, for Christ…all things were created. New creation is all about Christ who is the co-creator of this new realm of authority. He is at the top, the firstborn, the one who is before everything, the one who holds it all together. If we continue in the faith, we remain in the domain of the beloved Son; otherwise, we sink back into the kingdom of darkness.

      2 Corinthians 5:17-20

      Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come. Now all these things are from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation, namely, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and He has committed to us the word of reconciliation. Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making an appeal through us; we beg you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.

      The question is: will you put yourself under Christ’s authority? If so, then you can overcome!

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      50 min
    6. The Final Resurrections

      1 Corinthians 15:1-4
      The Scriptures revealed the truth about the Messiah − that he would die for sins, he would be buried, and he would be raised from the dead.
      1 Corinthians 15:5-11
      Over 500 eyewitnesses saw the resurrected Christ, and this truth was preached.
      1 Corinthians 15:12-19
      Apparently, some were saying that there is no resurrection of the dead. If there is no resurrection and if Christ is not raised from the dead, our faith is vain, and we have a false hope.
      1 Corinthians 15:20
      However, Christ has been raised from the dead and has become the “first fruits” of those who sleep.
      He is the firstborn from the dead. He’s the first; others will follow (Rom 8:11, 29; Col 1:18; Rev 1:5).
      1 Corinthians 15:21-22
      In Adam, all died. In Christ, all will be made alive. Everyone will be raised from the dead, either in the resurrection of the just or in the resurrection of the unjust.
      1 Corinthians 15:23-28
      There is an order. Christ was the first to rise from the dead, but others would follow. This was also written in the Scriptures. It was the hope of Israel, and it is our hope today − that there will be a resurrection of the just and the unjust (Eze 37:11-14; Dan 12:1-2; Acts 24:14-15).

      Jesus spoke of this future resurrection.

      John 5:24-29

      The book of Revelation provides the order of these future resurrections.

      Revelation 20:1ff

      Order of Resurrections:

      • Christ the first fruits – Raised from the dead, ascended to right hand of God
      • Resurrection of the just – Christ reigns on earth a 1,000 years
      • Resurrection of the unjust – Satan, death, and wicked are thrown into lake of fire

      1 Peter 1:3-5 – We have a living hope, reserved in heaven.

      1 Corinthians 15:51-58 – We should be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord.

      The post The Final Resurrections first appeared on Living Hope.
      48 min

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