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THE LIFE OF ELIJAH 1. THE WHIRLWIND (1 Kings 16:29 – 17:2)

Sermon removed at speakers request. 1) A WICKED KING! (16:30-33) Ahab 2) AN EVIL QUEEN! (16:31) Jezebel 3) A BURNING HEART! (17:1-2) Elijah the prophet 4) A SOVEREIGN LORD! (17:1-2) The Lord God of Israel Applications: 1. Elijah was a man of like nature to us. God uses ordinary people 2. God looks for men…

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BIBLE DOCTRINES 6. PERSEVERANCE (Romans 8:12-17, 28-39)

1. Perseverance – it’s all of God and it’s his gift to us Rom 8:30, 1 Pet 1:4-7, Eph 2:8, Phil 1:6, Rom 8:38 2. Perseverance – it’s our responsibility too! Col 1:22-23, 1 Cor 15:1-2, 2 Tim 2:12 3. Balancing God’s preservation and our perseverance 1 Cor 15:10 4. What about people who believed…

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BIBLE DOCTRINES 5. ASSURANCE

1. SCRIPTURE  a) 2 Pet 1:3 Knowledge of Him Our purpose: Phil 3:10; His presence: Luke 24:27  b) 2 Pet 1:4 ..precious and very great promises…. (Acts 2:21; 1Jn 1:9; Rom 8:29-32; Ps 23:4; 1 Thess 4:16-18) Read it, believe it, pray it, obey it – this is assurance   2. SPIRIT  a) His witness…

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BIBLE DOCTRINES 3. ADOPTION (Galatians 4:4-7)

1) ADOPTION WAS ALWAYS PLANNED (v4) “But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law 2) ADOPTION WAS BOUGHT AT A PRICE (v5a) “…to redeem those who were under the law…” 3) ADOPTION CHANGES IDENTITY (v5b) “…so that we might receive adoption as sons.”…

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BIBLE DOCTRINES 2. RECONCILIATION (2 Cor 5:17-6:2)

1. What is it? “Change” and “Exchange” “Reconciliation is the work of God for man in which God undertakes to transform man and make possible and actual his eternal fellowship with a holy God.” (John Walvoord) The ‘heart’ of the gospel; a key element of At-One-Ment: Sacrifice; Propitiation; RECONCILIATION; Redemption 2. Why is it necessary?…

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BIBLE DOCTRINES 1. JUSTIFICATION (Romans 3:20-28)

1. THE NEED FOR JUSTIFICATION In Gen 3:23-24 we read of Adam & Eve being “put out” or ejected from the Garden of Eden. They were then outside of God’s Kingdom because of their sin. Every human being who has been born since that time is born outside God’s Kingdom. That’s why Jesus says to…

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THAT YOU MAY BELIEVE 19. THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD (John 8:12-41)

1. CLAIM (v12) a) Context: time (7:37, 8:2), place (8:20) and Bible (Is 42:6, 49:6; Jn 1:9, 3:19) b) Content: personal, exclusive, extensive, extravagant Note: “Whoever follows….” 2. CONTEST (v13-30) a) Sources: who can you trust? Jesus’ knowledge and their ignorance v14. Their judgements – human v15, 7:24 b) Sin: they will die in sin…