The LORD passed before him and proclaimed, “The LORD, the LORD, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness, keeping steadfast love for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but who will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children and the children’s …
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Advent Day 2: For the Joy Set Before Him…
God has existed forever, even before time (as we know it and comprehend it) began. God existed in a perfect community in and of Himself: God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. As a technical theological term, this is called the aseity of God and I highly recommend you study …
Read More »Video: Being Satisfied in God…
Christians are called to be satisfied in God. What does that mean? What does it look like? This would be the follow-up message to the prior week’s message titled: “When God doesn’t answer prayers…” Recorded on 10/16/2022 at Blanchester First Church of God.
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In this message, we’ll explore why God doesn’t answer prayers at times. We know that God does answer prayer at times and other times does not. But why? Watch as we explore Biblical texts that show us why God acts as He does.
Read More »The Most Unlikely People Will See Jesus
And when the centurion, who stood facing him, saw that in this way he breathed his last, he said, “Truly this man was the Son of God!” Mark 15:39 ESV A huge hope we can have is that some of the most unlikely candidates for knowing and loving God are the …
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And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God. He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be …
Read More »A Living Sacrifice Part 2 of 2
I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is …
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I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Romans 12:1 ESV I want us to unpack a little bit of what Paul said in Romans 12:1-2 (verse 2 will …
Read More »It’s hard for a rich person to go to heaven
And a ruler asked him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” And Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good except God alone. You know the commandments: ‘Do not commit adultery, Do not murder, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honor …
Read More »Getting Job-ed Q&A
Getting Job-ed Q&A This is the conclusion of the Getting Job-ed Bible Study. These will be the questions we had at the end of the book and also a couple of extra that were asked and that we added. We encourage you to go back to some of the earlier …
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