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Jesus will bring you into His rest if you will only trust Him to do so. 
We see that though Moses was unable to bring God's people into His rest, Jesus was able. We also consider what we must do to enter that rest. 
 
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Jesus will bring you into His rest if you will only trust Him to do so. 
We see that though Moses was unable to bring God's people into His rest, Jesus was able. We also consider what we must do to enter that rest.

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140511am - Jesus Will Bring You into His Rest - Hebrews 3:1-4:14

If you have been raised to life through faith in Jesus, you are now to live as servants of righteousness. 
 
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If you have been raised to life through faith in Jesus, you are now to live as servants of righteousness.

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140420pm - Servants of Righteousness - Romans 6:11-14

As a believer, you have two opposing desires that make it difficult for you to do the right thing. 
 
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As a believer, you have two opposing desires that make it difficult for you to do the right thing.

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140413am - Walk by the Spirit, Part 1 - Galatians 5:17

The Lord is looking for those who are willing to confess Him before others. We see what it means to confess Jesus and what He has done to help us confess Him. If we confess Him, it will show that we belong to Him, and He will confess us. 
 
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The Lord is looking for those who are willing to confess Him before others.  We see what it means to confess Jesus and what He has done to help us confess Him.  If we confess Him, it will show that we belong to Him, and He will confess us.

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140323am - Who Will Confess Him? - 2 Timothy 2:11-13

Jesus measures your love to Him by how well you keep His commandments. If you love Jesus, you will obey Him. If you love and obey Him, you can know you are loved by Him and His Father. The more you love Him, the more He and His Father will love you. 
 
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Jesus measures your love to Him by how well you keep His commandments. If you love Jesus, you will obey Him. If you love and obey Him, you can know you are loved by Him and His Father. The more you love Him, the more He and His Father will love you.

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140223pm - The Measure of Your Love - John 14:15, 21

If you would have a heart for God, you must not only know God's truth, you must be careful to live according to it. 
 
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If you would have a heart for God, you must not only know God's truth, you must be careful to live according to it.

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140202pm - Live According to Truth - Proverbs 4:10-27

Evening Service Live Broadcast 140202 - Live according to Truth - Proverbs 4:10-27

If you are to have a heart for God, you must love His truth and study to learn as much of it as you can. 
 
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If you are to have a heart for God, you must love His truth and study to learn as much of it as you can.

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140202am - Acquire Truth - Proverbs 4:1-9

If you have a genuine faith from God, you will seek the honor that comes from Him, not from the world. 
 
Seeking the glory that comes from the world is contrary to the behavior of one with saving faith, whereas seeking the glory that comes from God is consistent with it. 
 
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If you have a genuine faith from God, you will seek the honor that comes from Him, not from the world.

Seeking the glory that comes from the world is contrary to the behavior of one with saving faith, whereas seeking the glory that comes from God is consistent with it.

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140126am - A Single Purpose, Part 1 - John 5:44

If you have a genuine faith from God, you will seek the honor that comes from Him, not from the world. 
 
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If you have a genuine faith from God, you will seek the honor that comes from Him, not from the world.

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Morning Service 140126 - A Single Purpose, Part 1 - John 5:44

The two things that matter most in the Christian life are that you believe the truth and that you walk in love. We look at the emphasis John places on these in this passage, and see that they are essential in evangelism as well as Christian living. 
 
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The two things that matter most in the Christian life are that you believe the truth and that you walk in love. We look at the emphasis John places on these in this passage, and see that they are essential in evangelism as well as Christian living.

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131215am - What Matters Most: Truth and Love - 2 John 1:1-13

Jesus has given us His love so that we might want to reach the lost with the Gospel. 
 
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Jesus has given us His love so that we might want to reach the lost with the Gospel.

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131208am - Preach the Gospel to All Creation - Mark 16:15-20

Baptism can't save you. Only faith in Jesus Christ can! 
 
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Baptism can't save you.  Only faith in Jesus Christ can!

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131201pm - Why We Believe Baptism Doesn't Save You - 1 Corinthians 1:17

This morning, we revisit the Gospel so we can make sure we understand it. The result should be that those who know the Lord will rejoice again in His free grace, and those who don't know this grace may find it in Jesus Christ. 
 
We consider two things: 
 
*First, what it means that salvation is by God's grace, received by faith alone 
*Second, why it has to be this way 
 
For grace to be grace, there must be no works involved in it; there must be nothing for us to do. It must be a gift, received freely, and that's why it must be by faith alone. 
 
All those years ago, Martin Luther saw that God offers this righteousness freely, that it must be a gift received by faith. He believed, and looked to Christ and was saved. Do you see this? Do you understand it? Have you believed God, looked to His Son and received His righteousness? If not, look to Him now and receive it. You must be willing to turn from the things that offend Him, to die to your way of doing things. Begin to do them His way, and you too will discover what Luther did so many years ago: that there is salvation from judgment through the free grace of God, received by faith in His Son Jesus alone. 
 
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This morning, we revisit the Gospel so we can make sure we understand it.  The result should be that those who know the Lord will rejoice again in His free grace, and those who don't know this grace may find it in Jesus Christ.  

We consider two things:  

*First, what it means that salvation is by God's grace, received by faith alone
*Second, why it has to be this way

For grace to be grace, there must be no works involved in it; there must be nothing for us to do.  It must be a gift, received freely, and that's why it must be by faith alone.  

All those years ago, Martin Luther saw that God offers this righteousness freely, that it must be a gift received by faith. He believed, and looked to Christ and was saved.  Do you see this?  Do you understand it? Have you believed God, looked to His Son and received His righteousness?  If not, look to Him now and receive it. You must be willing to turn from the things that offend Him, to die to your way of doing things. Begin to do them His 

131027am - Salvation Must Be by Grace through Faith Alone - Romans 1:17

We consider three ways through which the Lord reveals to us His love in the Supper: 
*First, in laying down His life for us, 
*Second, in continually giving Himself to us as spiritual food, and 
*Third, in the spiritual blessings He has prepared for us in His kingdom. 
 
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We consider three ways through which the Lord reveals to us His love in the Supper:  
*First, in laying down His life for us,
*Second, in continually giving Himself to us as spiritual food, and  
*Third, in the spiritual blessings He has prepared for us in His kingdom.

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130901am - The Lord's Supper - Mark 14:22-25

It would be better never to have been born than to have to endure an eternity of suffering. 
 
We see: 
 
*That hell is real; 
*That hell is a place of torment and suffering; 
*That the suffering and torment of hell go on forever; 
*Who will go there, and; 
*How to escape it. 
 
Jesus is the only One Who can pay a price sufficient to redeem sinners from hell, so we are all urged most earnestly to trust Him to save us. 
 
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It would be better never to have been born than to have to endure an eternity of suffering.

We see:

*That hell is real;  
*That hell is a place of torment and suffering;  
*That the suffering and torment of hell go on forever;
*Who will go there, and;  
*How to escape it.

Jesus is the only One Who can pay a price sufficient to redeem sinners from hell, so we are all urged most earnestly to trust Him to save us.

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130825am - Better Never to Have Been Born - Mark 14:17-21

Seeing Jesus tell his disciples who would provide them a room in which to observe passover, we consider 
 
*That Jesus is the lord of history, in sovereign control of everything that has taken and will take place, and 
*How believers should respond to this in the good things and the less pleasant things that God sends into our lives 
 
We also see the hopeless state of unbelievers, who only have a fearful expectation of judgment if they will not repent and trust Jesus to save them. 
 
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Seeing Jesus tell his disciples who would provide them a room in which to observe passover, we consider

*That Jesus is the lord of history, in sovereign control of everything that has taken and will take place, and
*How believers should respond to this in the good things and the less pleasant things that God sends into our lives

We also see the hopeless state of unbelievers, who only have a fearful expectation of judgment if they will not repent and trust Jesus to save them.

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130818am - The Lord of History - Mark 14:12-16

Both Judas and the chief priests were willing to betray Jesus so that they might gain something they wanted, which in essence was their own pleasure. This is the very nature of sin - it turns away from God and His will so that we can pursue the things we would rather have and rather do. 
 
We reflect on two things: 
*Sin will move us to betray Jesus 
*There are things we can do to fight against our sin 
 
We are reminded that if we have never come to Jesus for salvation, we have the same heart as Judas and the chief priests, betraying Jesus for our own interests. Only once we know Him can we obtain grace not to betray Him but instead to find our pleasure in Him. 
 
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Both Judas and the chief priests were willing to betray Jesus so that they might gain something they wanted, which in essence was their own pleasure.  This is the very nature of sin - it turns away from God and His will so that we can pursue the things we would rather have and rather do.

We reflect on two things:  
*Sin will move us to betray Jesus 
*There are things we can do to fight against our sin

We are reminded that if we have never come to Jesus for salvation, we have the same heart as Judas and the chief priests, betraying Jesus for our own interests.  Only once we know Him can we obtain grace not to betray Him but instead to find our pleasure in Him.

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130811am - Hearts of Darkness - Mark 14:10-11

A woman breaks a costly vial of perfume and anoints Jesus with it. The disciples reproach her but Jesus strongly defends her. From this account, we see: 
 
* We can still minister to Jesus today. 
* Our ministry to Him within the Body of Christ is more important than our ministry among unbelievers. 
* The Lord will not forget our ministry to Him but will reward us for it. 
 
We are challenged and encouraged to use our gifts to minister to Jesus within His body, and to come to Him for salvation if we have not already done so. 
 
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A woman breaks a costly vial of perfume and anoints Jesus with it.  The disciples reproach her but Jesus strongly defends her.  From this account, we see:

* We can still minister to Jesus today.
* Our ministry to Him within the Body of Christ is more important than our ministry among unbelievers.
* The Lord will not forget our ministry to Him but will reward us for it.

We are challenged and encouraged to use our gifts to minister to Jesus within His body, and to come to Him for salvation if we have not already done so.

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130804am - Your Sacrifices for Him Will Not Be Wasted - Mark 14:3-9

The leaders of the Jewish church, who claimed to be closest to God, hated God's Son and wanted to kill Him. 
 
If we are believers, being made like Him in this world, the world will hate us too. 
 
Perhaps one reason we are not hated by the world is that we are not living like Jesus. We are challenged to think through our lives and determine whether Jesus would do the things we allow ourselves to do at work, at home, in the church, and whether He would think the things we allow ourselves to think. We need to seek God's help to be more like Jesus, and to count it an honor if we are hated by the world as a result. 
 
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The leaders of the Jewish church, who claimed to be closest to God, hated God's Son and wanted to kill Him. 

If we are believers, being made like Him in this world, the world will hate us too.

Perhaps one reason we are not hated by the world is that we are not living like Jesus.  We are challenged to think through our lives and determine whether Jesus would do the things we allow ourselves to do at work, at home, in the church, and whether He would think the things we allow ourselves to think. We need to seek God's help to be more like Jesus, and to count it an honor if we are hated by the world as a result.

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