Pastor Joe Sugrue - Grace and Truth Podcast

Mat 6:13

'And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from evil.

Provided for and forgiven, we still have to traverse through the rest of our lives in a dangerous world. It is like trying to convey ourselves safely through a land infested with enemies, undermined with pitfalls, or reeking of malaria. We could wish not to go through and just stand still, but we know that we must go. We could fear every step, wincing as we go, but that is to go without confidence, peace, or joy, and we know that is not an option either.

The world will not change to suit our new condition in Christ. There are our former companions in worldly life who are waiting for us to join them again. Familiar jaunts, familiar ways, old paths cross our own very consistently and tell us things are ready for us, even more ready than before. The same...

for full notes: http://www.cgtruth.org/index.php?proc=msg&sf=vw&tid=2011

Grace & Truth Ministries / Prescott AZ Conference 2019

April 5 - April 7. 2019

Session 1 / Friday April 5, 2019

Man is dear to God because he is like Him. As awesome as the Sun is, it cannot intelligently sympathize with God's purposes. Without man the whole material universe is dark and mechanical. Matter is the stage for man. Creation was not done until man's creation; therefore, man is incommensurable with the universe.

Man ate of the forbidden tree and was moved from innocence to moral manhood. Self-determination and obedience were now required, and there were choices.

The savage is innocent of the vices of the city and the child is innocent of the vices of adulthood.

Cain and Abel reveal immediately that there were choices.

God...

for full notes: http://www.cgtruth.org/index.php?proc=msg&sf=vw&tid=2009

Sunday March 31, 2019

Eph 1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,

Eph 1:4 just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before Him. In love

Eph 1:5 He predestined us to adoption as sons through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the kind intention of His will,

Eph 1:6 to the praise of the glory of His grace, which He freely bestowed on us in the Beloved.

We have the aorist active participle of proorizo. Pro = before + horizo = a boundary or limit. It means to predetermine, to decide beforehand, or to...

for full notes: http://www.cgtruth.org/index.php?proc=msg&sf=vw&tid=2008

Friday March 29, 2019

Eph 1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,

Eph 1:4 just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before Him. In love

Eph 1:5 He predestined us to adoption as sons through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the kind intention of His will,

Eph 1:6 to the praise of the glory of His grace, which He freely bestowed on us in the Beloved.

Our election is to be like Christ, reflecting His character, holy and blameless, and our predestination is also like Him as sons, reflecting His position....

for full notes: http://www.cgtruth.org/index.php?proc=msg&sf=vw&tid=2007

Thursday March 28, 2019

Eph 1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,

Eph 1:4 just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before Him. In love

Eph 1:5 He predestined us to adoption as sons through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the kind intention of His will,

Eph 1:6 to the praise of the glory of His grace, which He freely bestowed on us in the Beloved.

The connection of "in love" with the thought of being holy and blameless before Him or with "He predestined us" is debated. It's not a crucial matter since both are true doctrines. God has done everything...

for full notes: http://www.cgtruth.org/index.php?proc=msg&sf=vw&tid=2006

Wednesday March 27, 2019

How are we going to have conduct just like, or of the same weight as our Lord's? We have to be filled with the real knowledge of His will, by the Spirit, lived and understood.

Col 1:9 For this reason also, since the day we heard of it, we have not ceased to pray for you and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge [epignosis - full/real/deep knowledge] of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,

Col 1:10 so that you may walk in a manner worthy of [of like value with ] the Lord, to please Him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God;

Col 1:11 strengthened...

for full notes: http://www.cgtruth.org/index.php?proc=msg&sf=vw&tid=2005

Tuesday March 26, 2019

Col 1:9 For this reason also, since the day we heard of it, we have not ceased to pray for you and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge [epignosis - full/real/deep knowledge] of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,

Col 1:10 so that you may walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, to please Him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God;

"worthy" - axios = lit. the weight of. Of like value. The Christian's conduct of like value with our Lord's.

The believer must see that this is not a dream. In fact, it is beyond a dream. It is the reality of life with and like God in time. It is seen and lived only by those to strive to be filled with the...

for full notes: http://www.cgtruth.org/index.php?proc=msg&sf=vw&tid=2004

Sunday March 24, 2019

V

Col 1:9 For this reason also, since the day we heard of it, we have not ceased to pray for you and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge [epignosis - full/real/deep knowledge] of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,

Col 1:10 so that you may walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, to please Him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God;

"worthy" - axios = lit. the weight of. Of like value. The Christian's conduct of like value with our Lord's.

The current usage of "act worthy" in our language may tend to make us think of living up to someone or...

for full notes: http://www.cgtruth.org/index.php?proc=msg&sf=vw&tid=2003

Friday March 22, 2019

The first stanza:

Col 1:15 And He is the image [eikon - exact image as a stamp from a press] of the invisible God, the first-born [prototokos - priority and sovereignty] of all creation.

Col 1:16 For by Him [the: definite article] all things 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 by Him and for Him.

The transitional link:

Col 1:17 And He [Himself: pronoun used for emphasis] is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.

Col 1:18a He [Himself] is also head of the body, the church;

The second...

for full notes: http://www.cgtruth.org/index.php?proc=msg&sf=vw&tid=2002

Thursday March 21, 2019

[slide] The first stanza:

Col 1:15 And He is the image [eikon - exact image as a stamp from a press] of the invisible God, the first-born [prototokos - priority and sovereignty] of all creation.

Col 1:16 For by Him [the: definite article] all things 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 by Him and for Him.

[slide] The transitional link:

Col 1:17 And He [Himself: pronoun used for emphasis] is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.

Col 1:18a He [Himself] is also head of the body,...

for full notes: http://www.cgtruth.org/index.php?proc=msg&sf=vw&tid=2001