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S9E4 Pleading with the Lord in Thorny Situations, That God Permit; To Which He Always Answers.

Website: Freegospelassembly.comYoutube: Free Gospel Church Assembly of GodMain Texts: 2 Corinthians 12:1-10 (especially verse 8, three times Paul pleaded means continually, over a period of…

S9E3 The Wrath of God is Not Prepared for the Believer: Then Why Do Christians Suffer So Much in this World

(God’s Wrath or Righteous Judgment for Sin and Sinners must be distinguished from Persecution and disciplining that God permits to transform His people and restore them.)1 Thessalonians 5:1-11, note…

S9E2 What are We Willing To Do to Be Touched by Jesus?

S9E1 How Can Christians Be Like Christ?

Main Texts: Mark 10:13-16 & 10:17-24The Call to accept Christ as little children, from infancy to 12years old, was a radical call for ancient Jewish culture:Countercultural.In Jesus’ day,…

S8E11 Has Our Victorious Lord Finished Suffering For or With Us, Post-Resurrection?

(Is He now too busy rejoicing for a deserved victory, along withthe inhabitants in heaven.)Main texts: Acts 9:1-19, especially verses 3-6; Hebrews 4:15;Revelation 6:9-11Does God with His massive…

The Biblical Idea of Prosperity

Jeremiah 29:1-14; 2 Corinthians 9:11; Matthew 6:32-33Mark 10:28-31 (earthly things gained with possible persecution); Galatians 5:22-24 (The fruit or product of Spirit living in and through…

The Actual Lord's Prayer

A Sermon expounded from John 17:1-26.

S8E11 God Is Both Our Father and Our Dad: Respectful Intimacy

Matthew 6:9-14; Luke 11:2-4; Galatians 4:1-7 and Romans 8:14-17Our relationship with God our Savior and Lord is illustrated in the N.T. with the deepest, most loving relationship possible in this…

S8E10 Laughing at the Will of God?

Read Genesis 17:1-26, especially verse 17; Genesis 18:1-15, especially verses 10-13When Paul rehearses the theological significance of God’s dealing with Abraham and Sarah’s, he presents a picture of…

Invitation to A Scary Intimacy with God: God’s Shock Effect Presence Leads to Awe

Ezekiel 1:25-2:1; Revelation 1:9-17While these types of experiences seem rare, they can occur today, not only to great prophets but those that consider themselves ordinary believers. They are…

S8E10 David’s Cave of Adullam Experience

Read 1 Samuel 24 (See also a second similar experience in 1 Samuel 26); Romans 12:9-21 (See also Hebrews 10:30-31)David, pursued by a spiritually declining King Saul, who lost his throne because of…

S8E9 Distracted Christians

Luke 10:38-42 (Verse 42) Matthew 6:32-33; Matthew 6:19-21, 24 (Treasures in Heaven)This brief text underlines two main points: first, that Jesus looks to both men and women to be dedicated disciples;…

Born To Be Opposed

Luke 18:1-8 (See also Luke 11:5-8)Ephesians 6:10-13When we are born from above we begin our training to become a child of heaven, but most of the time He keeps us in this fallen world. He permits us…

The Eagerness of the Holy Spirit

Acts. 10:23-48, note especially verses 44-46. [Read in the context of Luke 24:49 & Acts 2:1-4, The Jewish Pentecost].The Jewish believers in Jerusalem, after the resurrection of Jesus, were…

S8E6 Paul's Critique of the Love Feast of the Corinthians

1 Corinthians 11

S8E5 Judgment Begins in the House of the Lord

Are Now Saved by Grace Not by Works of The Law!(Isn’t All Forgiven)Main Scriptures: 1 Peter 4:12-19; 2 Corinthians 5:10Peter in this passage is following the O.T. pattern that God, while judging…

S8E4 Supernatural Assurance From God Sometimes is Necessary But As God Sees Fit!!

Genesis 28:10-22Jacob and Esau, twin sons of Isaac, struggled for dominance even from thewomb, but it was Jacob, who by deceptive means, steals the firstborn birthright from Esau, with their mother’s…

S8E3 The Worse the Sinner The Worse The Troubles

Luke 13:1-8; James 5:15-16

S8E2 The Lord Hears us When We Pray, So Why isn't Life Easy?

James 5:16-18; 1 Kings 19:6-28James paraphrased: “Elijah the great prophet was a human being, even as weare, full of weakness needed to pray more earnestly because the power behind hisprayer did not…

S8E1 Can We Do Good To All?

Galatians 5:22-6:10 (especially 6:10 compared to James 1:27 and even 1Corinthians13 → Where it all lands!)Paul writes these conciliatory, comforting words in the context of a rebukingdiatribe to the…