The concept of Perseverance is found throughout the Bible . Psalm 37:28, 1 Corinthians 1:8, Philippians 1:6, 1 Thessalonians 5:23-24, Jude 24 1. Can The Work Of God in a Believer’s Life be Undone So That He Can Be Lost? NO!! . . 4 Reasons Why a Believer Will Never Fall Away . . …
God’s Work In Salvation 1. Semantics – The Meanings of Words. Total Depravity. Is man as bad as they can be?. Is man as bad off as they can be?. Is there Free Will?. Unconditional Election. …
Who Chose Whom? There are three answers:– Man freely chose God– God chose those He sees who will have faith. These two options gives man freedom of choice. They are attempting to protect God from the. . accusation that He is unfair.– God sovereignly chooses who He will save Is not specifically…
What does ‘limited’ mean? The sins that Christ atoned for are actually and fully atoned for and those people are actually and fully saved.1. Objections to Limited Atonement. It’s not fair!! Christ died for all – 2 Peter 3:9, 1 John 2:2, John 11:51, 17:9, 12:19. “The fact that man has rendered himself…
Ephesians 2:1-3 How Bad Can Our Condition Really Be?– Unresponsive in Your Depravity – Vs 1– Dead – No spiritual life: Genesis 2:16-17, Romans 3:10-12, Colossians 2:13, Luke 15:24– Unconcerned About Your Depravity – Vs. 2– – James 4:4, 1 John 2:15– Unrestrained In Your Depravity – Vs. 3A&B– – The only…
Ephesians 6:10-20 Prayer Is The Foundation Of All Other Weapons Prayer, With Boldness, Is What Enables Us To Stand1. The prayer that is necessary< Urgent< Constant – 1 Thessalonians 5:17, 2 Thessalonians 1:11, Philippians 1:4, Colossians 1:3< Spirit influenced< Focused – Colossians 4:2, Mark 14:382. The Boldness That Is Needed< Clarity in speaking< Courage in difficulty – 2 Corinthians 5:20, 2 Timothy…
Ephesians 6:10-20 How Do We Put On The Armor?1. By Walking In Truth2. By Living In Righteousness3. By Bringing The Gospel4. By Fortifying By Faith5. By Appropriating Our Salvation6. By Knowing The Bible
Ephesians 6:10-20 Remember What God Has Done For You 3. Recognize The True Enemy And The Methods He Uses To Exploit God’s People< To be careless in our walk with Christ, especially in our suffering – Ephesians 4:14, 1 Peter 5:8< To keep believers in perpetual immaturity< To exploit our anger to destroy – Ephesians 4:26-27< To exalt pride in ministry –…
Ephesians 6:10-20 Four Encouraging Truths1. Recognize Your Strength In The Battle – It is in the Lord; His strength and power2. Recognize Your Resources To Actively Convert The Foundational Truth to Actionable Practices In Daily Life
Jude 3-4If you have been granted enough faith to believe in Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord, don’t let anyone tell you that you don’t have enough faith to be healed.Fallacies:1. God’s will is for all to be healed.2. Healing is provided for in the atonement. Not all of the benefits of the atonement are realized this side of heaven. The greatest…
1. Cessation vs. continuation Tongues Apostolic gifts 2. Spiritual warfare – Jude 8-10 Binding and Rebuking Satan Generational Curses 3. Heavenly ‘visits’ 4. New revelation 5. God speaks today. Prayer is a 2-way street.
2 Timothy 4 The metaphysic, cultic origins of the Word-Faith movement is a ‘different’ gospel The Heresies:1. Positive confession deifies man to be like God2. The softening of sin3. Corruption of the person and work of Jesus Arianism – Jesus grew into being God4. The spiritual death of Jesus
Jude 12-13Do not be blown about by false teaching – Ephesians 4:14 1. Discernment is incumbent on all of us 1 Thessalonians 5:21-22, 1 Corinthians 2:14-15, James 1:6 The Bereans – Acts 17:11 Studied the law (God’s Word) – Philippians 1:9 Received the gospel with ready, engaged minds – 2 Timothy 2:15 They tested what they heard by the scriptures (Old Testament)…
Luke 16:19-31The thing that people are depending on to get them off the hook – God’s goodness – is the very thing that will condemn them at judgment. Death is an appointment we will all one day meet.Worldly sorrow (guilty conscience) leads to death – 2 Corinthians 7Godly sorrow (grieving over our sin) leads to life – Psalm 51, 1 John 1:9
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Isaiah 6 Justin McKitterick is pastor of Grace Community Church in Jacksonville, FL. He is presenting our Fall Equipping The Saints Conference with a series on “Standing Firm and Staying Faithful”. This is part two of a three part series. Part 1 is here. Part 3 is here. 1. Be aware of the spiritual danger of covert attitudes – Holy, but .…