https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_njWLopd1n0 The Worthiness of Jesus Christ We left off our study in Acts discussing the necessity of worshipping Jesus Christ the way He wants to be worshipped. He defines what the worship of Himself is to look like, and He deserves to be worshipped in accordance with what He defines. Why? For who He is! …
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qodByFKcY1g The Glory of God There is but one thing I want us to do today, and that is to behold the awesomeness of our God. I particularly want us to see how awesome He is in respect to our salvation and eternal security in Him. May we see Him for who He is, and …
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEms99jO45U The Normative Principle of Worship The first thing I want to say is that we will take several weeks to look at this verse, as there is much to consider within it. I believe that it will be necessary to take an even finer look at what we see among the church here in …
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FW_bXGmg8M The Necessity of Repentance for Salvation As we begin to examine our text, let us remember that Luke has just given us the main thrust of Peter’s discourse. He has not recorded everything Peter said, but merely given us a synopsis of his sermon. We know this because verse 40 reads: “40 And with many …
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxGb468Z2rw The Preaching of Simon Peter We began last week with a question; how does one build a church? The answer is that the One who builds the church is Christ, and He builds His church by work of the Spirit in the hearts of people through the preaching of His word. It seems fitting, …
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Gh61s0ygl4 The Primacy of Preaching We will begin our study with a question, how does one build a church? This is a critical question that every Christian must come to a clear and correct conviction on. To be wrong on this is not only detrimental to the spiritual vitality of the believer, but to the …
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KA6yEmvUM14 The Helper Arrives, The Body is Born Our portion today contains the fulfillment of what John the Baptist foretold about the person of Jesus Christ. Matthew recorded the Baptist saying: “11 As for me, I baptize you with water for repentance, but He who is coming after me is mightier than I, and I am not …
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Solace in Sovereignty (Acts 1:12-26) - YouTube The Blessed and Only Sovereign As can be seen by just reading our text, one can see that there is much taking place within this account written by Luke. Christ has just commissioned His apostles to go into all the world bearing witness to His life, death, burial, …
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Killing The Enemy Within You, Part III (Colossians 3:5) - YouTube Partakers of His Divine Nature Today we will be finishing our study on the matter of mortifying our sin. Mortification being the lifelong battle of the believer whereby they contend with indwelling sin, weakening the lust, and not allowing it to master them and …
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Killing The Enemy Within You, Part II (Colossians 3:5) - YouTube The Requirement of our Souls As promised, we are going to further discuss the matter where you who have been raised up with Christ “Consider the members of your earthly body as dead.”[1] We want to delve further into the mortification of sin. The …
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