<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:blogger='http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-138038327165020490</id><updated>2024-12-19T06:25:15.686+03:00</updated><category term="Jesus Christ"/><category term="Gospel"/><category term="Bible"/><category term="Christianity"/><category term="Goodnews"/><category term="John"/><category term="Proverbs"/><category term="Truth"/><category term="Holy Spirit"/><category term="New Testament"/><category term="Romans"/><category term="Sermon"/><category term="Sin"/><category term="heart"/><category term="3 days"/><category term="ANCF"/><category term="Apostle Paul"/><category term="Cana"/><category term="Faith"/><category term="Generous"/><category term="Giving"/><category term="Grace"/><category term="Half-Truths"/><category term="Holy Scripture"/><category term="Holy Week"/><category term="Lamb of God"/><category term="Lazarus"/><category term="Lord"/><category term="Luke"/><category term="Parasite"/><category term="Psalm"/><category term="Rich man"/><category term="Righteous"/><category term="Second Word"/><category term="Seven Last Words"/><category term="Solas"/><category term="Son of God"/><category term="Unregenerated"/><category term="WIN-Q"/><category term="Wicked"/><category term="adoption"/><category term="blood"/><category term="born again"/><category term="deceitful"/><category term="deception"/><category term="eternal life"/><category term="flesh"/><category term="good medicine"/><category term="humble"/><category term="humility"/><category term="kingdom"/><category term="life"/><category term="light"/><category term="obey"/><category term="parable"/><category term="resurrection"/><category term="rubbish"/><category term="temple"/><category term="wedding"/><category term="word"/><title type='text'>Seasoned with Salt</title><subtitle type='html'>                                                                              &#xa;&quot;Let our faith journey seasoned by His Holy Word&quot; </subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://colossiansfoursix.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/138038327165020490/posts/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://colossiansfoursix.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Seasoned with Salt</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09196946845198350082</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikw6C0lOAUAmCUq9VgYQ0epPdNU1r7VjIR0bYljKEBzi8F2z0TJqgSAE1pB8U0y4gW0XWFn1APz6UgX0ti7cxMFZ2cl0ABNCLtTBRsh2ZymPSi0d4eown45gSjMSGefQ/s220/sws+frame.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>12</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-138038327165020490.post-5785537300600893470</id><published>2014-05-20T08:00:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2014-05-20T11:13:53.035+03:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="born again"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="eternal life"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Goodnews"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Gospel"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Holy Spirit"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Jesus Christ"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="John"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="kingdom"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="New Testament"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Sin"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Son of God"/><title type='text'>3rd Day - Christology: &quot;You must trust Jesus Christ and be born again to see the kingdom of God&quot;</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot; trbidi=&quot;on&quot;&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;A.&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;“&lt;b&gt;For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life...&quot;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;If we present this passage without understanding the previous and&amp;nbsp;succeeding&amp;nbsp;verses then it will not be clear to us the real meaning of salvation.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;&quot;...For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.&quot;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;Jesus Christ came to this world to saves us, only through Him and no one&amp;nbsp;else.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;&quot;...Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.&quot;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;People are&amp;nbsp;condemned&amp;nbsp;already due to&amp;nbsp;their&amp;nbsp;sinfulness&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;&quot;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: #fdfeff; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;For the wages of sin is death..&quot;&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;Romans 6:23a and&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&quot;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: #fdfeff; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.&quot;&lt;i&gt;1 Cor 15:56&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: #fdfeff; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 20px;&quot;&gt;Not believing on Jesus Christ&amp;nbsp;doesn&#39;t&amp;nbsp;remove you from&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 20px;&quot;&gt;judgment and punishment of God. You are still liable of what you did&amp;nbsp;against&amp;nbsp;the Law. There is no excuse that you&amp;nbsp;didn&#39;t&amp;nbsp;hear the Gospel.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;&quot;And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil.&amp;nbsp; For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his works should be exposed.&quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;You see, it explains and presents that there is a sin issue about man; how he loves darkness and evil deeds. Good thing Jesus Christ is the light to show us how wretched we are. He is also there to redeem us on that fearful&amp;nbsp;condemnation. If that truth is not clear to you then you will not understand the power and meaning of salvation; to have eternal life in the kingdom of God.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;&quot;...But whoever does what is true comes to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that his works have been carried out in God.”&amp;nbsp;John 3:16-21 ESV&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;B. &quot;...unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.&quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;Nicodemus, a teacher of the Law,&amp;nbsp;respected&amp;nbsp;and admired by the people. In which they adhere the truth that comes from his teachings was been rebuked by Jesus Christ about the truth of the kingdom of God.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;Jesus answered him,&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #ad0000;&quot;&gt;“Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.”&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;John 3:3 ESV&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;Jesus answered,&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #ad0000;&quot;&gt;“Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.&amp;nbsp; That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Nicodemus said to him, “How can these things be?” Jesus answered him,&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #ad0000;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;“Are you the teacher of Israel and yet you do not understand these things?&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;John 3:9-10ESV&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;In this chapter it shows the two essential truth in the Gospel of Jesus Christ that you must be born again and to trust Jesus Christ.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;First, when we said born again it means a new life in Christ. The Spirit that comes from God when we became a&amp;nbsp;believer&amp;nbsp;of Christ. This truth was&amp;nbsp;emphasize in the Gospel presentation of the apostles in the early years of Christianity. That the believers who are in Christ must live a new life in&amp;nbsp;holiness, and turn his back from his old sinful life.&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;(2 Cor.5;17)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;&quot;He who comes from above is above all. He who is of the earth belongs to the earth and speaks in an earthly way. He who comes from heaven is above all. Whoever receives his testimony sets his seal to this, that God is true. For he whom God has sent utters the words of God, for he gives the Spirit without measure. The Father loves the Son and has given all things into his hand.&amp;nbsp;&lt;b&gt;Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.&lt;/b&gt;&quot;&amp;nbsp;John 3:31, 33-36 ESV&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;&quot;And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness,&amp;nbsp;&lt;b&gt;so must the Son of Man be lifted up,&amp;nbsp; that whoever believes in him may have eternal life.&quot;&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;John 3:14-15 ESV&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;Whoever believes (trusting fully) on Christ will have eternal life but for those who are not will remain&amp;nbsp;condemned&amp;nbsp;in hell. Only because of Gods mercy that we are still alive and if the Lord will release us, we will go directly in hell if we don&#39;t have Jesus Christ in our lives. Thats is why we appeal to you and taking time to share this great news about Jesus Christ.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;Our Father who art in heaven, we greatly rejoice for the&amp;nbsp;salvation&amp;nbsp;you planned and given to us. Its by grace that we are save through faith in Jesus Christ. Thank you for giving us the Holy Spirit for&amp;nbsp;sanctifying us and to live a holy life. in the mighty name of Jesus Christ we pray. Amen&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;Starting the chapter 2 of the book of John when Jesus&amp;nbsp;performed&amp;nbsp;his first miracle about the wine in the wedding in Cana. This shows an early sign of his glory that the disciples witnessed. It signifies later on that the best wine is the blood of Jesus Christ that&amp;nbsp;cleanse&amp;nbsp;and purify his bride, the Church.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;From the early stage of his ministry&amp;nbsp;fast-forward&amp;nbsp;to the scene in the passover, the week of Jesus Christ passion. Shows to us his anger about&amp;nbsp;disrespecting&amp;nbsp;the temple of God.&amp;nbsp;He declared and answered the Jews&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&quot;Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up!&quot;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;&quot;But he was speaking about the temple of his body. When therefore he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this, and they believed the Scripture and the word that Jesus had spoken.&quot;&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;John 2:21-22 ESV&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;Showing to us in the succeeding chapter of the book that Jesus Christ destroyed the actual temple that time and when He died on the cross, He rose again in 3 days. It signifies His glorious&amp;nbsp;resurrection and life on every believers who trust in Him.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;Take note in the last verses of this chapter the Jesus told us that He knew the hearts of men. That we normally believe on what we only see but our believing is superficial and temporary; we need to really seek and humble ourselves to Him, confess and turn away from our sins and&amp;nbsp;experience&amp;nbsp;the joy that we have in Jesus.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Dear Lord, our&amp;nbsp;Saviour&amp;nbsp;and redeemer. We humble ourselves in your presence. Thank you for&amp;nbsp;shedding&amp;nbsp;your blood that purify us in our unrighteousness . Forgive us for our&amp;nbsp;shallow understanding of the Gospel. We are glad that because you live and conquer death we can face tommorow and live victorious in your name. In Jesus name we pray. Amen&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;I&#39;m so thankful to the Lord because he enabled me and my mama(mother) to start our Bible study together even we are away to each other. Its a 21-day program to understand Christology, one chapter a day in the Book of John. To share to her the word of God in a deeper understanding of the Gospel and the deity of Jesus Christ. I praise Him for this and I pray that we will understand the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ and later will manifest in our lives.
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Jesus Christ was in the begining.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&quot;In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God.&quot;&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;John 1:1-2 ESV&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;All things were made through him.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&quot;All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made.&quot;&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;John 1:3 ESV&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif;&quot;&gt;&quot;He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world did not know him.&quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif;&quot;&gt;John 1:10 ESV&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;He was light and life.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;&quot;In him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.&quot;&amp;nbsp;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif;&quot;&gt;&quot;The true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world.&quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif;&quot;&gt;John 1:4-5, 9 ESV&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;The Word became flesh and He dwell among us.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif;&quot;&gt;&quot;And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.&quot;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif;&quot;&gt;John 1:14 ESV&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif;&quot;&gt;&quot;For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. No one has ever seen God; the only God, who is at the Father’s side, he has made him known.&quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif;&quot;&gt;John 1:17-18 ESV&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;The sacrificial Lamb of God for our transgressions.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;&quot;&gt;&quot;The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!&quot;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i style=&quot;orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;&quot;&gt;John 1:29 ESV&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b style=&quot;orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;Adoption of God&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;&quot;&gt;&quot;But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God, who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.&quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;&quot;&gt;John 1:12-13 ESV&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;Dear Lord, Thank you for starting the fire of your word into our hearts. The zealousness of reading and understanding your word, to give us hope in the future and a assurance of life. I pray for your&amp;nbsp;guidance&amp;nbsp;and protection&amp;nbsp;against&amp;nbsp;failure and temptation, to overcome evil. Father I lift everything to your name,our salvation and life. In Jesus mighty name. Amen&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: red; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: -webkit-auto;&quot;&gt;“I assure you; today
you will be with me in paradise.”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: -webkit-auto;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;sup&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;39&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;One of the criminals who were hanged railed at him,&lt;sup&gt;[&lt;/sup&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;u&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%2023&amp;amp;version=ESV%20\l%20fen-ESV-25964d%20\o%20See%20footnote%20d&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #b37162;&quot;&gt;d&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;sup&gt;]&lt;/sup&gt;&amp;nbsp;saying, “Are you
not the Christ? Save yourself and us!”&amp;nbsp;&lt;sup&gt;40&amp;nbsp;&lt;/sup&gt;But the other
rebuked him, saying, “Do you not fear God, since you are under the same
sentence of condemnation?&amp;nbsp;&lt;sup&gt;41&amp;nbsp;&lt;/sup&gt;And we indeed justly, for we
are receiving the due reward of our deeds; but this man has done nothing
wrong.”&amp;nbsp;&lt;sup&gt;42&amp;nbsp;&lt;/sup&gt;And he said, “Jesus, remember me when you come
into your kingdom.”&amp;nbsp;&lt;sup&gt;43&amp;nbsp;&lt;/sup&gt;And he said to him,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: red; font-family: &amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;“Truly, I say to you,
today you will be with me in Paradise.”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #010101; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: -webkit-auto;&quot;&gt;Luke
23:39-43&amp;nbsp;ESV&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: -webkit-auto;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: #010101; font-family: &amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Reflection&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: #010101; font-family: &amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;As Jesus was hung
on the cross, he was mocked by the people, soldiers and the leaders. One of the
criminals being crucified with him added his own degree of scorn. But the other
crucified criminal recognized that Jesus was being treated unjustly and
realizing His nature being. After speaking up for Jesus, he cried out, “Jesus,
remember me when you come into your kingdom” (v. 42). Jesus responded to this
criminal&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: red; font-family: &amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;, “I assure you, today you will be with me in paradise”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #010101; font-family: &amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;(v. 43).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: -webkit-auto;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: #010101; font-family: &amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;To understand and
appreciate the promise of Jesus; The word paradise, from the Greek
word&amp;nbsp;“paradeisos”, which means “garden,” was used in the Greek Old
Testament as a word for the Garden of Eden. In Judaism of the time of Jesus it
was associated with heaven, and also with the future when God would restore all
things to the perfection of the Garden. Paradise was sometimes thought to be
the place where righteous people went after death. This seems to be the way
Jesus uses paradise in this passage.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: -webkit-auto;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;My dear brothers and
sisters, we were like that dying thief. We were under the just condemnation of
the law. We had sinned against God and his law. Perhaps we had even mocked God
and Christ. We were rebels against God and his holiness. We were not interested
in God or the things of God.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: -webkit-auto;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;But then, by a
miracle of God’s grace, our hearts were changed, and we realized that the One
who was crucified was none other than the Lord of Glory and Life. And we cried
out in words similar to the words of the dying thief, “Jesus, remember me when
you come into your kingdom.”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: #010101; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: -webkit-auto;&quot;&gt;Though we should
make every effort to have right theology, and though we should live our lives
each day as disciples of Jesus, in the end, our relationship with him comes
down to simple trust. “Jesus, remember me,” we cry in humility and repentance.
And Jesus, embodying the mercy of God, says to us,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: -webkit-auto;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: red; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: -webkit-auto;&quot;&gt;“You will be with me
in paradise.”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: #010101; font-family: &amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;“God is so
merciful and gracious, that our faith in Him is a result of putting our whole
trust in Jesus as our Lord and Savior.”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: -webkit-auto;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time
he may exalt you,”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #010101; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: -webkit-auto;&quot;&gt;1 Peter 5:6 ESV&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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Reflection&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: #010101; font-family: &amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;Have you risked
your life for Jesus? Have you put your ultimate faith and trust on him? Are you
sure that, when you die, you will be with him in paradise? If not then this is
the time to submit our lives to Him.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: #010101; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: -webkit-auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Prayer&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: #010101; font-family: &amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;Let us pray, Dear
our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ; how wonderful your grace and mercy! When we
humble ourselves and cry out to you, you hear us. When we ask you to simply
remember us in hopelessness, you offer the promise of paradise. Your mercy,
dear Lord, exceeds anything we might imagine. It embraces us, heals us and
loves us. O Lord, though my situation is so different from the criminal who
cried out to you, I am nevertheless quite like him. I’m a sinner who needs a
serious help. In repentance and humility I submit to you my life and my hope.
Today I live, trusting you and you alone. And so I pray: Jesus, remember me
when you come into your kingdom! Jesus, remember me today as I humbly seek to
live in your kingdom! Amen.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; orphans: auto; widows: auto;&quot;&gt;Preached &amp;amp; Written&amp;nbsp; by Enricoy last April 18,2014 at WIN-Q Qatar&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;Let us always guard our hearts on anything because&amp;nbsp;everything springs on this. If we allowed fear, doubts,&amp;nbsp;violence, pride, pornography, greed, money, idol,&amp;nbsp;senselessness, foolishness and anything wicked it will&amp;nbsp;later manifest in our&amp;nbsp;behavior, actions and lifestyle.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;Our Lord Jesus said in&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;Matthew 5:27-28&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;“You have heard&amp;nbsp;that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ But I&amp;nbsp;say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lustful&amp;nbsp;intent has already committed adultery with her in his&amp;nbsp;heart.”&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;Take note on this&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong style=&quot;font-style: normal;&quot;&gt;&quot;in his heart&quot;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;the actual sexual&amp;nbsp;act has not been yet done but through our hearts we’ve&amp;nbsp;already guilty of sin and already subject under His&amp;nbsp;judgment.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;Prophet Jeremiah reminds us our depravity, the origin of&amp;nbsp;our wickedness. In J&lt;strong&gt;eremiah 17:9&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;it says:&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;&quot;The heart is&amp;nbsp;deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can&amp;nbsp;understand it?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;Now if we dont guard our hearts this will spring in our&amp;nbsp;life&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;&quot;…For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, coveting, wickedness, deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride, foolishness. All these evil things come from within, and they defile a person.”&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;(Mark&amp;nbsp;7:21-23)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;So let us always be vigilant on what we read, absorb and&amp;nbsp;accept on this fallen world, let us focus our&amp;nbsp;eyes&amp;nbsp;on&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;Jesus&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;the author and finisher of our faith thru the words of the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;Holy Scripture&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;(The Bible)&lt;/em&gt;. Amen&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;Slave of Jesus Christ,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;Enricoy&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&amp;amp; Written&amp;nbsp; by Enricoy last February 9,2012 at ANCF Kuwait&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;WELCOME NOTES&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;Good&amp;nbsp;morning
Church!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;It’s a
great opportunity for me once again to serve the Lord in this church pulpit to
preach to you His holy word.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;GREETINGS&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;May I
encourage everyone to greet each other a&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;&quot;blessed morning to you
my brother or sister in Christ&quot;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;ENCOURAGEMENTS&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;I just
want to bring some encouragements to everyone here&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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bring our Bible with us during our Friday Service, and even in our respective
classes. As we are reminded in Acts 17:11 to be like the Bereans who were noble
in character because they study and examine Gods word&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;!--[if !supportLists]--&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;2.&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;To
attend our Bible Study classes. Acts 8:27 talks about the story of the
Ethiopian eunuch who has this eagerness to know the Truth, the Lord brought
Apostle Philip to explain the scripture and eventually he was saved.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;!--[if !supportLists]--&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;3.&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;Support
and be part of our various church ministries here in ANCF. Let us see what Paul
says in Romans 12:4-7. Brothers &amp;amp; Sisters in Christ, we are called to serve
the HEAD of this church who is JESUS CHRIST through the fellowship of HIS BODY
which is the church.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;These
are not suggestions but written instructions that come from the Holy Scripture.
I hope and pray that all of us here are be obedient to God’s commandments so
that we can have a blessed and wonderful life. If we love the Lord, we will
obey His word&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;(&lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;John 14:15&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt;)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;OPENING PRAYER&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;Church,
let us pray,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Father
in heaven, we acknowledge your presence this morning. You are most glorified
through this service, Oh, God! We seek that your grace be upon each of us. May
our ears hear clearly what you want to say. May our hearts be sensitive to Your
Word. Open our minds&amp;nbsp;to be receptive of your Good News, “Let the words of
my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O
Lord&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;our&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;rock and&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;our&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;redeemer.”&lt;i&gt;(Ps 14:19)&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;Amen&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;My
message for this morning is entitled,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&quot;THE LOVING GRACE OF OUR GOD&quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;Please
turn your Bible to&amp;nbsp;&lt;b&gt;Romans 3:22-24&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;Church,
let us rise &amp;amp; read all together….&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;&quot;…the
righteousness of God&amp;nbsp;through faith in Jesus Christ for all who
believe.&amp;nbsp;For there is no distinction &amp;nbsp;for&amp;nbsp;all have sinned and
fall short of the glory of God,&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;and are justified&amp;nbsp;by his grace
as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus&quot;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Romans
3:22-24&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt;(ESV)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;May the Lord continue bless us upon reading and studying His
holy word.&amp;nbsp;You may now take your seats&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;For
today’s scriptural text we will examine carefully what is says&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;1.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;first,
we need to know where we can find the&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;Truth&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;2.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;second,
our standing in God’s sight&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;3.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;third,
to establish the nature of God&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;4.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;God’s
plan for mankind&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;5.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Why
through Jesus Christ&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;1. The TRUTH from&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;Sola Scriptura&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;Nowadays,
people are having their own caricature of God in which they think is justified
by their own belief. Some people say: “Your God and my God are the same,&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;they
just have different local names”&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;Someone will say:&lt;i&gt;&quot;We are just
having a different ways, traditions &amp;amp; norms but basically we are serving
the same God&quot;&lt;/i&gt;. Some are really mislead because they even use His name
but teach wrong doctrines that are not in the Bible. But worst of all, some
people don’t have any idea of all these things, so ignorant and it’s just all
about themselves.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;In
understanding the Christian faith, we have to abide on His holy word which is
the Bible. The Reformers of 16th century called this,&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;&quot;Sola
Scriptura&quot;&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;which mean&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;&quot; Only The Scripture&lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;”&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;as
their only source of truth. But most of us don’t rely on this Holy Scripture;
we are just happy listening, watching &amp;amp; reading man’s wisdom (philosophy,
humanism and etc), new age thinking (science, mysticism and etc.), feel good
stories and many more misleading knowledge &amp;amp; truth. We rather love to watch
senseless TV programs, movies, read spiritual superficial book, and surf the
internet for nonsense information but I guess these are what we think useful to
our minds, hearts &amp;amp; souls. The Holy Bible was written and preserved by the
guidance of our God for us to understand His love &amp;amp; will for us —- to show
us His salvation plan for His own glory and purpose. The Lord our God already
revealed&amp;nbsp;His plans &amp;amp; promises in the Holy Scriptures to those who
believe and have faith in Jesus Christ. The Bible is very clear that Jesus
Christ is the&amp;nbsp;&lt;b&gt;ONLY&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;b&gt;Way&lt;/b&gt;, and the&amp;nbsp;&lt;b&gt;Truth&lt;/b&gt;, and
the&amp;nbsp;&lt;b&gt;Life&lt;/b&gt;. No one comes to the Father except through Him.&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt;(John
14:6)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;2. All are SINNERS and needs to REPENT&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;Part of
knowing our faith is to know where we stand before the eyes of our Lord. The
Apostle Paul mentioned that&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;“… for all have sinned and fall short of
the glory of God”&lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Romans 3:23(NIV)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;He mentioned
that in reference to the Old Testament( in their time was called&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;The
Holy Scripture&lt;/i&gt;) from the psalm of King David in&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;Psalm
14:2-3&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;that&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;&quot; There is no one righteous, not even one;
there is no one who understands, all have turned away, they have together
become worthless; there is no one who does good, not even one.&quot;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Romans
3:11-12&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt;(NIV).&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;We
cannot hide or deny ourselves in the eyes of the Lord that we are sinner, even
if we performed good deeds; we still fall short of His holiness. In the fallen
nature of a man, he himself is trying so hard to justify what he is doing by
his own standard. Sometimes he thinks that sacrificing thru sufferings and
inflicting pain upon himself is enough to wash his sins. Or, maybe, doing
massive charitable works, or praying religiously, rigorously &amp;amp; repetitively
will do enough under the standard of our Lord. Sad to say, he is going nowhere
and eventually be far away from God into the pit of unending sufferings in
hell. The more we are aware on working our salvation, the more we fall and
become far off from the Truth; worst of all, spiritual blindness will overwhelm
us and established on us the greatest deception. Sadly, for some, they just
neglect the fact and just set their own definition for their own convenience.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;3. God is&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;HOLY&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background: white; line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 15.0pt;&quot;&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;Yes, we
know that God is love &amp;amp; merciful but we often neglect His other attributes
that He is also&lt;i&gt;Just&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;and&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;Holy&lt;/i&gt;. We offended Him time and
time again and we cannot hit the mark of righteousness that He wants from us.
That’s why in our Scriptural text&amp;nbsp;&lt;b&gt;&quot;…&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;righteousness
from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ&lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;…”&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;because we will
be justified&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;(which means legally put blameless in the sight of God’s
judgment)&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;through faith only in Jesus Christ&lt;i&gt;.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;4. His grace that saves&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;So He
gave the&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&quot;Grace&quot;&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;to mankind, unmerited and
free but very costly to God the Father, a sacrificial act of God’s love to us.
That He let his only begotten Son die on the cross to cleanse our
transgressions. We who often mock &amp;amp; spit on His face, relentlessly proclaim
heresy, blaspheme His name and very skeptical about the&amp;nbsp; truth; we, who
are His enemies, undeserving mankind and full of self-love have now hope in
Jesus Christ. Despite our sinful nature &amp;amp; rebellious act, He offers the
amazing grace for us to be reconciled with Him.&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;&quot;For it is by
grace you have been saved, through faith— and this not from yourselves, it is
the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast&quot;.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ephesians
2:8-9&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt;(NIV).&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;5. Only in Jesus Christ&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;In the
last phrase of the verse it says&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;“…through the redemption that came by
Christ Jesus.”&lt;/i&gt;It means the freedom that we have in sin and death which
Jesus Christ overcame on the cross.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;EXHORTATION&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;So let
us understand that it’s not about us but Him alone&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;&quot;Solus
Christus&quot;&lt;/i&gt;. His only loving grace&lt;i&gt;&quot;Sola
Gratia&quot;&amp;nbsp;(pronounced, “grasya”)&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;is sufficiently enough thru
faith alone&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&quot;Sola Fide&quot;&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;in Christ Jesus, so
that we will live fruitful for His glory alone&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;“Soli Deo Gloria”.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;CALL FOR REPENTANCE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;If
someone here who is not a genuine believer, who are not yet
regenerated/born-again, who are not sure where he is going when he dies, who
doesn’t have any assurance, I urge you to humble yourself in the presence of
our Lord and pray to grant you His grace and mercy…ask sincerely for the
forgiveness of your sins, repent and turn away from you evil deeds and submit to
His lordship and authority over you. That you are not anymore dogs&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;(Rev
22:15)&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;but sheep of our great Shepherd&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;(Ps 23)&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;That
Jesus Christ is Lord, the only Way to have eternal life that He died for our
sins and rose on the 3rd day and now seated at the right hand of the throne of
God&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;(Heb12:2).&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;To end
this message, I want to offer a prayer for you, and especially for those who
are blind to the truth; I want you to sincerely utter this prayer; earnestly
pour your heart, mind and soul on this covenant.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;CLOSING PRAYER&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;Our
Father who art in heaven, we humble ourselves in your presence and seek
forgiveness and mercy for our souls. Right now,&amp;nbsp; we commit our lives to
you; we are declaring that Jesus Christ is our Lord and Savior, that thru your
grace, you’ve saved us to have eternal salvation. May the Holy Spirit dwell in
our hearts so that we will be able to serve you, and live a life that is
pleasing to you and that will give great glory to your Lordship. This is our
prayer, in the mighty and precious name of Jesus Christ our Lord, Savior, &amp;amp;
Redeemer. Amen&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;&quot;Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word about Christ.&quot;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif; line-height: 1.3846em;&quot;&gt;Romans 10:17 (NIV)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;Yes, faith in Jesus Christ can only be share to the unbelievers through preaching the message a Christ work for the salvation of the sinners; in which is the heart of the Gospel!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;Slave of Christ Jesus,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;Enricoy&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;1 Blessed is the man&lt;br /&gt;who awalks not in the counsel of the wicked,&lt;br /&gt;nor stands in the way of sinners,&lt;br /&gt;nor sits in the seat of scoffers;&lt;br /&gt;2 but his delight is in the law of the Lord,&lt;br /&gt;and on his law he meditates day and night.&lt;br /&gt;3 He is like a tree&lt;br /&gt;planted by streams of water&lt;br /&gt;that yields its fruit in its season,&lt;br /&gt;and its leaf does not wither.&lt;br /&gt;In all that he does, he prospers.&lt;br /&gt;4 The wicked are not so,&lt;br /&gt;but are like chaff that the wind drives away.&lt;br /&gt;5 Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment,&lt;br /&gt;nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous;&lt;br /&gt;6 for the Lord knows the way of the righteous,&lt;br /&gt;but the way of the wicked will perish.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;I admonish urgently that we as Christians should be aware and discerning&amp;nbsp;on the current&amp;nbsp;promulgating teachings of all prosperity preachers. Sad to say there are some ignorant “Christians” that are showing more interest on&amp;nbsp;their&amp;nbsp;skewed doctrines, just to fill their itching ears (2Tim. 4:3) than the truth of the Bible.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;In this chapter, verse 3 is mistakenly understood and defined in out of context. If you read the whole chapter it&amp;nbsp;mentions&amp;nbsp;in&amp;nbsp;totality&amp;nbsp;the relation of&amp;nbsp;righteous&amp;nbsp;living &amp;amp; having joy in learning the Law(Bible) on the blessing that we will&amp;nbsp;benefit&amp;nbsp;if we abide in the Lord. It warns also the sinners for&amp;nbsp;their&amp;nbsp;wicked ways that the day of their judgment will be destruction. Let us be alert for the devil loves to used nowadays half-truths to distort the word of God to the unbelievers and&amp;nbsp;unregenerate&amp;nbsp;”Christians”.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;Slave of Christ Jesus,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;I use most of the time the term parasites to&amp;nbsp;describe the&amp;nbsp;hidden &amp;amp; un-renounced&amp;nbsp;sins of an&amp;nbsp;unregenerate&amp;nbsp;so called “Christians” and&amp;nbsp;this is a great&amp;nbsp;illustration&amp;nbsp;of that. Let us submit fully to the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style=&quot;font-style: normal;&quot;&gt;Holy Spirit&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;and let the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style=&quot;font-style: normal;&quot;&gt;Truth&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;sanctified&amp;nbsp;us.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;It signifies that by giving we gain more by freeing ourselves in greed and love of money, in reaching those who are in need more than us and sharing the blessings from God as our way of thanksgiving to Him. Its better to give than to recieve, and the Lord promise us if we do that He will replenish what we give.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;&quot;The saddest part of it is that a lot of people are not only arrogant that they &quot;know&quot; the truth but they are actually blindly ignorant.&quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;One of the greatest deceptions we don’t want ever to happen to us is to find ourselves eternally in pain and sufferings in hell. In the Holy Scripture is always mentioned that it will be the destination of a fallen man who doesn’t have Jesus Christ in his life. A person who always neglects the truth found in the Holy Scripture will be someday caught on this action.&amp;nbsp;Like the rich ruler on the story&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;31“He said to him, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.’ ”&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style=&quot;font-style: normal;&quot;&gt;Luke 16:31 (NIV)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;The saddest part of it is that a lot of people are not only arrogant that they “know” the truth but they are actually blindly ignorant.&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;4The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style=&quot;font-style: normal;&quot;&gt;2 Cor. 4:4 (NIV)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;St. Jerome&amp;nbsp;the one who translate the Bible into Latin stresses this words&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em style=&quot;font-weight: normal;&quot;&gt;&quot;Ignorance of the Scriptures is ignorance of Christ&quot;.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em style=&quot;font-weight: normal;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;It’s true, the Bible is inspired by and word of God that will teach, rebuke, correct &amp;amp; admonish us in our lives. Sadly many people scoffers the truth, telling falsely that it’s just a plain, optional literature and an ordinary book. They degraded the importance of Gods words and neglect the truth that was presented there. In addition a lot of New Age thinking is now mixing the authenticity of the Holy Scripture into half truths and well sound doctrines that are now rampant and spreading in a deceitful &amp;amp; enticing way. Unbelievers and spiritual dead “Christians” are snare on these facts that will always keep then away from our Lord. Be warned on all of these for these are deceptions from the Devil.&amp;nbsp;Reading&amp;nbsp;and studying the Bible is not just for getting knowledge but a spiritual learning, with the empowerment of the Holy Spirit, we will understand the spiritual meanings, revelations and application into our lives&lt;em&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;Isn’t that amazing that we have the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em style=&quot;font-weight: normal;&quot;&gt;”&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em style=&quot;font-weight: normal;&quot;&gt;…sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.” Ephesians 6:17,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;to fight and repel the enemies of the Lord; to be victorious in His namesake.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;Dear brothers &amp;amp; sisters it’s about time to reflect on our lives, to see ourselves not merely on our perspectives but on Gods view on us thru His Holy Scripture, the Bible. Let us be convicted of His words and be cleansed by the redemptive work of our Lord Jesus Christ in the cross. Our Lord Jesus Christ is the only Way, the Truth &amp;amp; the Life that ransom us on our inequities and sins, who redeemed us in the judgment of our Father in heaven and that give us life eternally.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;Hallelujah our gracious Father in heaven, we thank you for giving us your Son to redeem us and save us for eternal punishment. May we seek only the truth in Christ thru your wonderful words, so that we will have an abundant &amp;amp; everlasting life. Amen&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://colossiansfoursix.blogspot.com/feeds/4324830978293399820/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://colossiansfoursix.blogspot.com/2011/08/the-greatest-deception.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/138038327165020490/posts/default/4324830978293399820'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/138038327165020490/posts/default/4324830978293399820'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://colossiansfoursix.blogspot.com/2011/08/the-greatest-deception.html' title='The Greatest Deception'/><author><name>Seasoned with Salt</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09196946845198350082</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikw6C0lOAUAmCUq9VgYQ0epPdNU1r7VjIR0bYljKEBzi8F2z0TJqgSAE1pB8U0y4gW0XWFn1APz6UgX0ti7cxMFZ2cl0ABNCLtTBRsh2ZymPSi0d4eown45gSjMSGefQ/s220/sws+frame.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-138038327165020490.post-6159074597320953937</id><published>2011-08-16T03:43:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2014-05-12T14:58:23.054+03:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="good medicine"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="humble"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="humility"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Lord"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="obey"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Proverbs"/><title type='text'>Obey and be humble</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot; trbidi=&quot;on&quot;&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&quot;Never let yourself think that you are wiser than you are;&lt;br /&gt;simply obey the Lord and refuse to do wrong.&lt;br /&gt;If you do, it will be like good medicine,&lt;br /&gt;healing your wounds and easing your pains.&quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;Proverbs 3:7-8 (GNT)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;It always teach us to be humble and do the will of the Lord with love, obedience and respect so that we can have a peaceful, healthy and blessed life.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;slave of Christ Jesus,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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