A New and Living Way

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Reflections Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, By a new and living way, which he has consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh. (Heb 10:19-20) The temple veil that was rent when Jesus died stood for body of sin that was rent when Jesus died. This opened up a new and living Way — Christ in us IS The Way. Thus, we don’t merely receive the legal right to enter the holiest because of Jesus. We receive Jesus Himself – He is our High Priest — already …

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WHY YOU CAN NOT LOSE YOUR SALVATION

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Soteriology 024 Andy Woods Soteriology 24, 1 Corinthians 12:13 July 17, 2016 I want to welcome everybody to our summer sessions on eternal security. Just as a quick reminder we are taping these for the benefit of our missionaries so we are holding questions until the end, so if you have a question just jot it down and we’ll try to save room till the end for that.

Certainty About Salvation

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Understanding that God’s love is unconditional enables us to commit our heart and life to Him 1 JOHN 5:13 13 These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know that you have eternal life. One of the main reasons many Christians fail to serve God joyfully is their uncertainty about where they stand with Him. They don’t understand the basic nature of their relationship with the Lord and, as a result, hold back from dedicating themselves fully to His service. You probably have seen similar types of …

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92 Messianic Temple – The Outer Court

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God in His Divine providence is beginning to describe the home He is going to build for Himself on earth during the Messianic Kingdom. This will be a period of time on the earth where He will be running the government of the earth from Jerusalem. His Temple will be the place in which He will be. He has had three previous constructed abodes on the earth. The first was the Tabernacle (Hebrew Mishkan). (Exodus 25:9; 39:32; 40:2, 34–38). The second was the Temple built by King Solomon. That was partially destroyed by the Babylonians in 586 B.C. and rebuild …

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SEEING ADVERSITY FROM GOD’S VIEWPOINT

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Isaiah 55:8-9 (KJV) 8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord. 9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. When adversity hits you like a ton of bricks, it could easily throw you into a pit of discouragement and despair. Although you may regard difficulties as setbacks, the Lord sees them as times for great advancement. His purpose in allowing them is not to destroy you but to stimulate your spiritual growth. In His great …

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First The Messiah Came & Conquered For Salvation

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Zechariah 9:9 9Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy king cometh unto thee; he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, even upon a colt the foal of an ass (ASV 1901).  This text is one of the most Messianic and significant passages in the entire Bible. Both Jewish and Christian Bible students commonly apply it this way. Judaism sees in it a basis for a royal single messianic appearance, whereas the New Testament and Christianity see a prophecy of the triumphal entry of Jesus Christ into Jerusalem on the …

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Spiritual Causes of Discouragement

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We may become discouraged spiritually if we have a wrong understanding of our relationship with God.   PSALM 43 1 Vindicate me, O God, and plead my case against an ungodly nation; O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man! 2 For You are the God of my strength; why have You rejected me? Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy? 3 O send out Your light and Your truth, let them lead me; Let them bring me to Your holy hill And to Your dwelling places. 4 Then I will go to the …

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“He appeared first to Mary Magdalene.” Mark 16:9

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Jesus “appeared first to Mary Magdalene,” probably not only on account of her great love and persevering seeking, but because, as the context intimates,she had been a special trophy of Christ’s delivering power. Learn from this, that the greatness of our sin before conversion should not make us imagine that we may not be specially favoured with the very highest grade of fellowship. She was one who had left all to become a constant attendant on the Saviour. He was her first, her chief object. Many who were on Christ’s side did not take up Christ’s cross; she did. She …

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A Step at a Time

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1 Kings 17:4 4 It shall be that you will drink of the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to provide for you there.” God’s direction includes God’s provision. God says, “Go to the brook. I will provide.” Vance Havner, in his book, It Is Toward Evening, tells the story of a group of farmers who were raising cotton in the Deep South when the devastating boll weevil invaded the crops. These men had put all of their savings, dedicated all of their fields, set all of their hopes in cotton. Then the boll weevil came. Before long, it …

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The Empty Tomb

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In the cold gray of the early morning three women wended their way through the darkened streets of Jerusalem. It was the dawn of the first day of the week, but their hearts were heavy. Their feet plodded slowly over the rough stones of the streets of Jerusalem. The day preceding the Sabbath they had seen their hope in Jesus of Nazareth crushed. They witnessed Him dying a cruel death by crucifixion. It had been their hope that He would redeem Israel and deliver them from their Roman oppressors; but now their dreams and hopes lay in the darkened tomb. …

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Helping Those in Need

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Jesus doesn’t discriminate with regard to whose burdens He will carry—and neither should we. Luke 10:25-37 25 And a lawyer stood up and put Him to the test, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?” 26 And He said to him, “What is written in the Law? How does it read to you?” 27 And he answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.” 28 And He said to him, “You have answered …

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The grace of God set me free

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Woke up this morning remembered a time when I was anything but who I am today.. and realized that we don’t all begin as the people we want to be.. But that with each little step we pave a way to be something.. somebody.. I was SO lost.. I was SO broken and so consumed with shame and self pity.. Self doubt so bad that it kept me hidden.. Regret SO bad it shamed me… The grace of God set me free.. My redemption.. gave me hope.. The blood of Christ covered me like a warm blanket.. Cleansed this dirty …

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