Message Archive

This I Believe

19
Aug

This I Believe: Things Are Going to Change Around Here

This I Believe: Things Are Going to Change Around Here

The second coming of the Lord Jesus Christ is imminent (1) and will be personal, visible, and premillennial. (2) This is the believer’s blessed hope and is a vital truth which is an incentive to holy living and faithful service. (3)

(1) Hebrews 10:37; (2) Luke 21:27; (3) Titus 2:11–14

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05
Aug

This I Believe: Getting Ready for Eternity

There shall be a bodily resurrection of the just and of the unjust; for the former, a resurrection unto life; (1) for the latter, a resurrection unto judgment. (2)

(1) 1 Corinthians 15:20–23; (2) John 5:28–29

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29
Jul

This I Believe: What’s a Church to Do?

The Church consists of all those who believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, are redeemed through His blood, and are born again of the Holy Spirit. Christ is the Head of the Body, the Church, (1) which has been commissioned by Him to go into all the world as a witness, preaching the gospel to all nations. (2) The local church is a body of believers in Christ who are joined together for the worship of God, for edification through the Word of God, for prayer, fellowship, the proclamation of the gospel, and observance of the ordinances of Baptism and the Lord’s Supper. (3) 

[1] Ephesians 1:22–23,[2] Matthew 28:19–20, [3] Acts 2:41–47

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22
Jul

This I Believe: The Healer and the Healing

“Provision is made in the redemptive work of the Lord Jesus Christ for the healing of the mortal body. Prayer for the sick and anointing with oil are taught in the Scriptures and are privileges for the Church in this present age.”
Matthew 8:16–17; James 5:13–16

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15
Jul

This I Believe: The Christian Life Explained

“It is the will of God that each believer should be filled with the Holy Spirit and be sanctified wholly, being separated from sin and the world and fully dedicated to the will of God, thereby receiving power for holy living and effective service. This is both a crisis and a progressive experience wrought in the life of the believer subsequent to conversion.”

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08
Jul

This I Believe: It’s All About Jesus

Salvation has been provided through Jesus Christ for all men; and those who repent and believe in Him are born again of the Holy Spirit, receive the gift of eternal life, and become the children of God.

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24
Jun

This I Believe: I Have a Need

“Man was originally created in the image and likeness of God: he fell through disobedience, incurring thereby both physical and spiritual death. All men are born with a sinful nature, are separated from the life of God, and can be saved only through the atoning work of the Lord Jesus Christ. The portion of the unrepentant and unbelieving is existence forever in conscious torment; and that of the believer, in everlasting joy and bliss.”

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27
May

This I Believe: God Wrote a Book

“The Old and New Testaments, inerrant as originally given, were verbally inspired by God and are a complete revelation of His will for the salvation of men. They constitute the divine and only rule of Christian faith and practice.

2 Peter 1:20–212 Timothy 3:15–16

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20
May

This I Believe: You’re Not Alone

“The Holy Spirit is a divine person, sent to indwell, guide, teach, empower the believer, and convince the world of sin, of righteousness, and of judgment.”

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13
May

This I Believe: We Have a Mighty Savior

1 Peter 3:18

For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit

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