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Jesus taught that marriage is a God-joined union of one man and one woman for life that nobody should separate, divorce is permitted in the case of sexual immorality and some believers are called to singleness for the sake of God's kingdom.

The sermon examines the narrative of Sodom and Gomorrah in Genesis 18&19, arguing that the city's destruction was a result of a culture characterized by pride, luxury, and inhospitality expressed by sexual sin. It posits that Ezekiel 16:49 provides the definitive biblical explanation for Sodom's guilt, highlighting the failure to aid the poor and the rejection of outsiders. The message instructs believers to counter this cultural sin by practicing righteousness and justice, interceding for the wicked, and extending radical, ordinary hospitality to strangers and the needy. Using the examples of Abraham and Lot, the text emphasizes that Christian homes should serve as oases of protection and grace in a hostile world. Finally, it warns that the greatest threat to the faith often comes from within the community, urging believers to remain faithful and not look back when facing cultural pressure.

Join us as we examine the letter to the church in Thyatira, highlighting the paradox of a congregation that exhibits genuine spiritual growth in love, faith, and service while simultaneously tolerating the false teaching of a woman likened to Jezebel. The message emphasizes that the danger to the church often comes from within, as believers may compromise with sexual immorality and idolatry under the guise of spiritual depth. Jesus is presented as the omniscient Judge who sees all deeds and warns of severe consequences for those who persist in sin, contrasting this with the commendation for those who remain faithful. We conclude with the promise that those who overcome and keep Christ's deeds until the end will share in His authority to rule the nations, encouraging believers to hold fast to their spiritual gains and remain vigilant against internal corruption.

Worldwide news from a Christian perspective. That's what you'll get each week when you review Crosstalk's Friday News Round-Up & Comment. Here's a sample of what Jim presented this week: --President Trump used the United Nations gathering and the run-up to a White House summit to work through the largest foreign policy files on his desk in one stretch--Iran, Russia, China, artificial intelligence, Greenland, and a contracting global peace organization. Jim provided audio from the president's comments. --Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said that the U.S. and China have extended their trade agreement by 2 months, pushing the new end date to January 10th. --President Trump launched a pointed attack on the International Criminal Court, calling it a "rogue institution." --Jim provided a portion of the remarks from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. --A bipartisan group of 10 U.S. senators have called on President Trump to press visiting Chinese leader Xi Jinping to end China's persecution of religious minorities. --Chinese President Xi Jinping made history this week as the first Chinese leader to make two formal state visits to the U.S. He arrived with a bold proposal. Send 100,000 U.S. students to study in his communist nation. --Democratic New Jersey Lieutenant Governor Dale Caldwell resigned after an independent investigation substantiated sexual harassment and ethics violations against him. --China's President Xi Jinping told President Trump that the world's two largest economies must avoid military confrontation, arguing that they can compete without allowing their rivalry to spiral into war.

Destructive Nature of Pornography will: displease the Lord who saved you; Grieve the Holy Spirit; Harm Christ's reputation; Make you a defeated backslider; Enslave you; Corrupt the conscience; Make you a hypocrite and a liar; Harm your marriage; Harm relationship with your children; Harm or destroy your ministry

Major lessons in Salvation: Ephesians Chapters 1, 2, 3; Why do we need salvation?; Basis of salvation: The Blood of Christ AND Salvation is the death and blood of Christ; How can the sinner receive God's salvation: 1. Hear the Gospel; 2. Trusting is Christ with an Excluding faith, a certain faith, a repenting faith and a receiving faith; what does it mean to be saved? A personal, intimate relationship with the Triune God: The Father, The Son and the Holy Spirit

A New Testament Church, described in Ephesians 4:11-16, has qualified, capable rules and teachers who build up all the members for the work of the God's ministry, who are born-again, functions as a body, pursues perfection and maturity, protects itself from error and is a ministry of love

A New Testament Church, described in Acts 2:37-42, CSreful about evangelism, looks for the "prickling of the heart", deals with repentance; careful in receiving new members; strong in Biblical preaching, Biblical holiness; building Godly homes, strong in Gospel preaching and church planting; strong in spiritual warfare; discipling youth, defending your faith and separating from false teachers, strong in Bible prophecy and the imminent return of Christ and IS EXPECTING IT.