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Resurrection Defeating Our Greatest Enemies

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Easter Sunday Service

“For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in

accordance with the Scriptures, 4 that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance

with the Scriptures, 5 and that he appeared to [Peter], then to the twelve…. 17 if Christ has not been

raised, your faith is futile and you are still in your sins. 18 Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ

have perished. 19 If in this life only we have hoped in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied. 20 But

in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the first-fruits of those who have fallen asleep. 21 For as by a

man came death, by a man has come also the resurrection of the dead. 22 For as in Adam all die, so also

in Christ shall all be made alive.”

- 1 Corinthians 15:3-5, 17-22

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Total Surrender

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Good Friday Service

Mark 8:34-38

“And he called to him the crowd with his disciples and said to them, "If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.  35 For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel's will save it.  36 For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his life?  37 For what can a man give in return for his life?  38 For whoever is ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him will the Son of Man also be ashamed when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels."  

The Need for Spiritual Discernment

“First John: Set Apart” Series - Part 13

“Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world. 2 By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, 3and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you heard was coming and now is in the world already. 4 Little children, you are from God and have overcome them, for he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world. 5 They are from the world; therefore they speak from the world, and the world listens to them. 6 We are from God. Whoever knows God listens to us; whoever is not from God does not listen to us. By this we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of error.” 

- 1 John 4:1-6

Reassuring Your Heart That You Are Saved

“First John: Set Apart” Series - Part 12

“By this we shall know that we are of the truth and reassure our heart before him; 20 for whenever our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and he knows everything. 21 Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence before God; 22and whatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do what pleases him. 23 And this is his commandment, that we believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as he has commanded us. 24Whoever keeps his commandments abides in him, and he in them. And by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit whom he has given us.” 

- 1 John 3:19-24

Understanding the Impact of Love & Hate

“First John: Set Apart” Series - Part 11

“By this it is evident who are the children of God, and who are the children of the devil: whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is the one who does not love his brother. 11 For this is the message that you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another. 12 We should not be like Cain, who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own deeds were evil and his brother's righteous. 13 Do not be surprised, brothers, that the world hates you. 14 We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. Whoever does not love abides in death. 15 Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him. 16 By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers. 17 But if anyone has the world's goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God's love abide in him? 18 Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth.”

- 1 John 3:10-18

Who Are the Children of God and the Children of the Devil?

“First John: Set Apart” Series - Part 10

1 John 3:4-10

“Everyone who makes a practice of sinning also practices lawlessness; sin is lawlessness.  5 You know that he appeared to take away sins, and in him there is no sin.  6 No one who abides in him keeps on sinning; no one who keeps on sinning has either seen him or known him.  7 Little children, let no one deceive you. Whoever practices righteousness is righteous, as he is righteous.  8Whoever makes a practice of sinning is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil.  9 No one born of God makes a practice of sinning, for God's seed abides in him, and he cannot keep on sinning because he has been born of God.  10 By this it is evident who are the children of God, and who are the children of the devil: whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is the one who does not love his brother.”

The Hope that Purifies

“First John: Set Apart” Series - Part 9

1 John 2:28-3:3

“And now, little children, abide in him, so that when he appears we may have confidence and not shrink from him in shame at his coming.  29 If you know that he is righteous, you may be sure that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of him.  3:1See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him.  2 Beloved, we are God's children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is.  3 And everyone who thus hopes in him purifies himself as he is pure.”

The Anti-Christ is Coming and Is Here - Part II

“First John: Set Apart” Series - Part 8

1 John 2:18-27

“Children, it is the last hour, and as you have heard that antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have come. Therefore we know that it is the last hour. 19They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us. But they went out, that it might become plain that they all are not of us. 20But you have been anointed by the Holy One, and you all have knowledge. 21I write to you, not because you do not know the truth, but because you know it, and because no lie is of the truth. 22Who is the liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, he who denies the Father and the Son. 23No one who denies the Son has the Father. Whoever confesses the Son has the Father also. 24Let what you heard from the beginning abide in you. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, then you too will abide in the Son and in the Father. 25And this is the promise that he made to us1- eternal life. 26I write these things to you about those who are trying to deceive you. 27But the anointing that you received from him abides in you, and you have no need that anyone should teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about everything - and is true and is no lie, just as it has taught you - abide in him.”