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This sermon explores the fourth petition of the Lord's Prayer, "Give us this day our daily bread," emphasizing our complete dependence on God for both physical sustenance and spiritual grace. The preacher argues that prioritizing God's glory ensures His faithful provision for temporal needs, as illustrated by biblical examples of divine care. Key applications include the necessity of daily prayer, communal intercession, responsible work, and charitable stewardship to meet the needs of others. The text warns against greed and self-sufficiency, advocating instead for a spirit of contentment and gratitude for God's sufficient provision. Finally, the message calls believers to rely on God's grace each day to sustain their bodies, souls, and service.

"He gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out." Judas Iscariot is named in that list of twelve, sent out with that power, and he went and did the work. A man can be anointed by the Lord Jesus Christ, go out in His name, and still turn away and fall.

A look at the 10 commandments as repeated in the New Testament. The 4th commandment is not there, but neither is it abrogated. What says the Spirit?

The first missionary journey, which the Holy Spirit called Barnabas and Saul and then the church sent them out as scripture lays out plainly.

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Eternal life is certain. God predetermined it. Jesus paid for it. The Spirit implants it. God's people will be with Jesus & will know each other. All this is foolishness to the unborn again. Yet the born again desire it. So, to want eternal life with Jesus is to already have it.

Pastor Paul Takach teaches on Philippians 2:1-4, addressing the ever-present danger of disunity in local churches and the biblical command to preserve unity through humility and selfless love. He outlines the passage in two parts: the motivation for unity (verse 1) and the practice of unity (verses 2-4). The motivation rests on the believer's experience of God's grace—consolation in Christ, comfort of His love, fellowship of the Spirit, and affection and mercy from God—which Paul uses as "if" statements that are actually certainties for Christians. The practice of unity involves being like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, and of one mind, which Takach grounds in shared doctrinal confession. He warns against selfish ambition and vain conceit (empty glory), citing Diotrephes in 3 John and the sons of Zebedee in Matthew 20 as negative examples, and calls believers to esteem others as more important than themselves, looking out for others' interests. He references John Owen's rule on maintaining unity and cites Romans 12:10, 1 Corinthians 10:24, and John 13:34-35. The practical application extends to marriages, giving, and daily interactions—listening attentively, deferring on secondary issues, and serving without seeking recognition. Takach emphasizes that true humility cannot be manufactured by self-effort; the resource is Christ Himself, who humbled Himself to death on the cross (Philippians 2:5-11). Believers must meditate on Christ's person and work, flee to Him, and let His mind dwell in them, which alone produces genuine gospel transformation and...

The sermon explores Paul's declaration in Romans 1 that he is a debtor to all people, clarifying that this obligation stems from his apostolic commission to preach the gospel rather than a financial debt. It distinguishes between the believer's duty to share God's grace with others and the impossibility of earning salvation through works, emphasizing that Christ alone paid the sin debt as the Kinsman Redeemer. The message highlights the urgency of evangelism by referencing Paul's desire for spiritual fruit among the Gentiles and the sovereign guidance of the Holy Spirit in his ministry. By connecting themes of grace, truth, and the bearing of spiritual fruit, the preacher urges listeners to utilize their God-given gifts to serve others and spread the good news. The central intent is to comfort believers with the assurance of free grace while simultaneously convicting them to fulfill their mandate as witnesses to a lost world.