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July 18, 2014 admin Scott Henry

GOD’S SOVEREIGNTY & THE BELIEVER’S COMFORT by Pastor Scott Henry

“My help comes from the LORD, who made heaven and earth” (Psalm 121:2)   The sovereignty of God is one of the

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July 15, 2014 admin Scott Henry

JESUS SEEKS & SAVES HIS SHEEP by Pastor Scott Henry

“For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost” (Luke 19:10). Notice from our text

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July 11, 2014 admin Paul Tripp

SLEEPLESS NIGHTS by Dr. Paul Tripp

Have you had any sleepless nights lately? Do you struggle to lay peacefully in bed because something, or someone, is consuming your

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July 11, 2014 admin Scott Henry

THE LOST IS FOUND by Pastor Scott Henry

“For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost” (Luke 19:10).   Our text says

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July 1, 2014 admin Scott Henry

“LOVE THINKS NO EVIL…” by Pastor Scott Henry

So often what we think comes out in our words and actions. We often think our thoughts are harmless, but in actuality,

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June 28, 2014 admin CH Spurgeon

LOOK TO CHRIST by CH Spurgeon

“Looking unto Jesus” (Hebrews 12:2)   It is ever the Holy Spirit’s work to turn our eyes away from self to Jesus;

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June 28, 2014 admin RC Sproul

SIN IS COSMIC TREASON by Dr. RC Sproul

“The sinfulness of sin” sounds like a vacuous redundancy that adds no information to the subject under discussion. However, the necessity of

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June 28, 2014 admin Matt Powell

PERSPECTIVE IN WORSHIP by Rev. Matt Powell

Psalm 73:17– “Until I Went Into The Sanctuary Of God; Then I Understood Their End.” I have a photo that I took

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June 25, 2014 admin William Boekestein

HOW TO GROW SPIRITUALLY By Rev. William Boekestein

There was once a powerful Syrian general named Naaman who had contracted the dreaded disease of leprosy. At God’s instruction, the prophet

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June 24, 2014 admin Scott Henry

JESUS … THE ONLY WAY TO HEAVEN by Pastor Scott Henry

“Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me”

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THE MARK OF A TRUE DISCIPLE OF CHRIST (PART 2)

“If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, take up his cross and follow Me.”
—Matthew 16:24

In Matthew 16:21, Jesus said, "I have to go to Jerusalem to be killed and be raised the third day." But the disciples did not hear the words, “be raised the third day.” All they heard was "be killed." Then Peter took Jesus aside and began to rebuke Him, saying, "Far be it from You, Lord; this shall not happen to You!" But Jesus turned to Peter and said, “Get behind Me, Satan.” Jesus was not saying that Peter was Satan. Peter was just the instrument of Satan’s attack. Satan had been trying to turn Christ away from the cross since the first temptation in the wilderness. Jesus knew where this attack was coming from. Jesus then says at the end of vs. 23, "You are an offense to Me, for you are not mindful of the things of God, but the things of men." Peter was thinking the way of the world. He was thinking about the crown without the cross, glory without suffering, reward without the sacrifice.

And so, once again, Jesus teaches His disciples the principle of self-denial. The word "deny" in our text means to disown or renounce oneself. Jesus is teaching His disciples what it means to be in union with Him. In other words, to be a believer is to be spiritually united to Jesus Christ by true faith, and because of this union you now live a different life. You are a new creation in Christ (2 Cor. 5:17), born from above by the Spirit of God (John 3), a true branch engrafted into the vine (John 15). Simply put, you now belong to Christ and as a result you begin a life-long journey of forsaking your sinful passions and desires to follow Jesus. As a true disciple of Christ, you recognize you are not your own, but you belong to your faithful Savior Jesus Christ, who with His precious blood has fully satisfied for all your sins (Heidelberg Catechism, Q&A 1). “Do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? For you were bought at a price; therefore, glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God's” (1 Cor. 6:19-20). Does your life demonstrate that you are a true disciple of Jesus Christ? "If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, take up his cross and follow Me.”

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