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1 Corinthians (Program #29) – Dealing with Going to Secular Law
1 Corinthians chapter 6:11 “And these things were some of you; but you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God.“
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Exodus (Program #139) – The Sanctification of Aaron and His Sons to be the Priests (9)
As Christians we all know that our salvation in Christ is presented throughout the pages of the New Testament. The gospels show us the savior in His humanity and the epistles open up the content of God’s eternal plan and purpose. So why then do we even need the Old Testament? Is it just for the stories and lessons that we can learn by studying the inspirational lives of great men? The answer must be an emphatically “No”. For it is in the Old Testament that we can see many details concerning Christ and our own experience of Christ that cannot be seen in the New Testament. These details like pieces of a jigsaw puzzle when properly assembled present us the most complete picture of the riches of a genuine life in Christ. Don’t miss today’s life study of the Bible.
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1 Corinthians (Program #28) – Dealing with an Evil Brother
Things happen in the church that we would never suspect. 1 Corinthians chapter 5 is one of those chapters in the New Testament where the apostle Paul is dealing with an evil brother.
5:1 says “It is actually reported that there is fornication among you, and such fornication that does not even occur among the Gentiles, that someone has his stepmother.”
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Exodus (Program #138) – Genesis Program 93, Life-study of Genesis 79
If you were with us yesterday near the end of our program, we touched the matter of drink offering as it appears in Exodus 29. The Lord certainly came in at that point of our fellowship. We touched something very special. During the life study of Genesis we came to the drink offering where it was first mentioned in chapter 35. At that time as well, the Lord poured out a very special portion. We decided to go back today and take a short break from Exodus and revisit that broadcast from Genesis 35 and Jacob’s drink offering to Jehovah.
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1 Corinthians (Program #27) – Stewards of the Mysteries of God
When we consider the leading ministry, the most respected Christian workers of the day, what kind of image of their life do we have? Well, most of the well known seems to be quite successful even by worldly standards; they are honored, respected for the most part, seems well off, able to live a very comfortable life. But what about at the time of the New Testament? The leading apostle from most of that era was the apostle Paul of course he wrote the bulk of the New Testament. What kind of living did he enjoy? Well from his autobiographical comments found in 1 Corinthians chapter 4 we get a glimpse:
“For, I think, God has set forth us the apostles last of all as doomed to death, because we have become a spectacle to the world, both to angels and to men. We are fools because of Christ, but you are prudent in Christ; we are weak, but you are strong; you are glorious, but we are dishonored. Until the present hour we both hunger and thirst, and are naked and buffeted and wander without a home; And we labor, working with our own hands. Reviled we bless; persecuted we endure; Defamed we exhort. We have become as the off-scouring of the world, the scum of all things, until now.“
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Exodus (Program #137) – The Sanctification of Aaron and His Sons to be the Priests (8)
Most of the time when we come to God it’s because we need something. Our needs can be outward or material, inward or spiritual. God’s measure to us for our real need is always the same; He offers us Christ to meet our every need. But Exodus revealed that God not only offered something to us, He is also looking for us to offer something to Him for His satisfaction. “What do I have that God could possibly want”, you might ask. Stay us today for the surprising answer.
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1 Corinthians (Program #26) – All Things for the Church and the Church for Christ
On one hand God can be quite easily seen, at least His work is clearly identifiable both in creation and in our hearts. On the other hand God is quite hidden or we can say God is a mystery. Actually the Bible says there are mysteries related to God. 1 Corinthians 4:1 “A man should account us in this way, as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.”
What are these mysteries? That is the focus of our fellowship today of the life study of the Bible as we are still in this wonderful book the way it’s been unfolded.
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Exodus (Program #136) – The Sanctification of Aaron and His Sons to be the Priests (7)
Exodus chapter 28 and 29 gave us a detailed picture of how the priests prepare themselves for the services in the tabernacle. But it’s the goal of that preparation that is most interesting. Following the elaborate washing and dressing, came a time of feasting, both for God and man. Once again, the unveiling of the details in Exodus provide us with real help in our own enjoyment with Savior Christ.
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1 Corinthians (Program #25) – Building or Destroying the Temple of God
There are many sober warnings in the Bible. Most people associate these warnings with the paralle of facing eternity without Christ that is to be unsaved. Well this certainly is the focus of many of these warnings. But we must be aware that several of the most serous warnings in the Bible are spoken to believers. Those who are already saved. Such a warning is found in 1 Corinthians 3:17 “If anyone destroys the temple of God, God will destroy him; for the temple of God is holy, and such are you.”
But what it is to destroy the temple? How could an unbeliever really damage God’s eternal building. No, it is the believers that are engaged everyday of their Christians life in building and building the temple. And it is the believers that have these words to sow into their heart. We will look today what it is to damage to corrupt even to ruin God’s building on earth.
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Exodus (Program #135) – The Sanctification of Aaron and His Sons to be the Priests (6) Redemption and Germination, Feasting on Christ, Peace and Wave Offerings
There is a wonderful verse in Romans chapter 5 that is known and loved by most Christians. This is verse 1 “Therefore having been justified out of faith, we have peace toward God through our Lord Jesus Christ, ” Peace with God through Christ. This is a major theme of the good news of the gospel. The Old Testament picture of peace through Christ was the peace offering in Exodus 29. As we have seen again and again in our life study of Exodus, a picture is worth a thousand words. If you appreciate the peace that Christ has secured for you, you won’t want to miss today’s life study of the Bible.
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