tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32808283824329677772024-03-13T07:39:47.613-05:00Liberty Baptist MinistriesWe are a church planting ministry in Northern Ireland with Harvest Baptist Tabernacle, Jonesboro, GeorgiaStephen Kennedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06758412678666369139noreply@blogger.comBlogger68125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3280828382432967777.post-76960688052245830072015-09-08T05:48:00.002-05:002015-09-08T05:48:24.675-05:00<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Outreach Saturday with Pastor James Wilson and Northwest Baptist Church<br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Angel and I giving out free tea and coffee as we give out God's Word.</td></tr>
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<br />Stephen Kennedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06758412678666369139noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3280828382432967777.post-85334003796449059052015-08-13T12:40:00.002-05:002015-08-13T12:40:48.281-05:00<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> <b>Revelation 22:19 </b>And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and <i>from</i> the things which are written in this book. </td></tr>
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<br />Stephen Kennedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06758412678666369139noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3280828382432967777.post-45673486751427285082015-08-13T11:20:00.003-05:002015-08-13T11:20:49.642-05:00<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Please pray for Taylor as he embarks on his new career in the US Navy</td></tr>
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<br />Stephen Kennedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06758412678666369139noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3280828382432967777.post-65264529472203649342015-08-11T10:56:00.004-05:002015-08-11T10:56:36.924-05:00<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Baptism Service for Diane Harris</td></tr>
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<br />Stephen Kennedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06758412678666369139noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3280828382432967777.post-56680766564422263202014-05-16T05:29:00.002-05:002014-05-16T05:31:54.192-05:00<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Are we acting like Children or Christians?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Luke
7:31-35<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">There
is so much we can learn from children. As we watch and observe children we all
can say and justify their actions because they are children. When a child acts
out in the shop and pitches a tantrum, we all say “That’s the way children act
when they don’t get their way”. Most of the time the parents will punish them
for their actions and rightfully so! But when adults have their times of
tantrums when they don’t get their way?
I find many Christians today acting like children. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Childishness is marked by a desire to play with
life. <span style="color: red;">1 Corinthians 13:11 </span></span></b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">When I
was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child:
but when I became a man, I put away childish things</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">. Many of us
have heard children say, and we can remember in our own background how very
often we said, “Let us play-like?”<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="font-size: small;">Children
simply play what they see as grown up, but it </span>isn't<span style="font-size: small;"> reality. Sometimes we play
like we are having church and it isn't reality. Sometimes we play like we are
building a home and it isn't reality. We who have reached maturity should move
out of the land of fiction into the realm of eternal reality. The business in
which we are engaged as Christians is of supreme importance!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Childishness is marked by selfishness. <span style="color: red;">Proverbs 15:27 </span></span></b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">He that is greedy of gain
troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">. The child is often, as we are, egocentric.
Everything he sees he wants for himself; and unless he gets it, he is very
unhappy. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">C)<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">We are selfish with our love<o:p></o:p></span></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">We who are adult people very often live as children
in our selfishness. We have developed the greatest crop of cry babies the world
has ever known!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Childishness is likewise characterized by self-pity</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">. <b><span style="color: red;">Galatians 6:3 </span></b></span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">For if
a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">. Now that is
understandable in a child, but isn’t commendable on the part of those who are
supposedly mature Christians. Many people go to church for attention they
receive. Did you ever heat anyone say;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A)<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">I’m not going back to that church anymore because nobody spoke to me.<o:p></o:p></span></u></div>
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shake my hand.<o:p></o:p></span></u></div>
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money.<o:p></o:p></span></u></div>
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specials.<o:p></o:p></span></u></div>
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anything.<o:p></o:p></span></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Are you going to church primarily to have people
speak to you, to have you hand shook, to sing, to be in the spot light of all
church activities?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Stephen Kennedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06758412678666369139noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3280828382432967777.post-8064607405737928272014-05-16T05:23:00.002-05:002014-05-16T05:23:16.782-05:00<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">How to grow in good ground?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Luke 8:4-15<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">In way
of introduction we see the typology of the Sower, the Seed, and the Soil. First
the Sower is God; our Lord sows the seed on <u>all</u> types of ground giving <u>everyone</u>
the opportunity to be saved. As we see, 2/3 of those who hear the Word of God
will refuse the receive it. Secondly, the Seed is the Word of God; as the Word
of God spread throughout the world, many will not receive it properly. Thirdly,
the Soil is us; God sows the seed in us so we can grow spiritually in good
ground. But it’s sad to see 2/3 of those who witness God sowing and the seed
falling on them will not fully receive His grace. How do we grow in the good
ground? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">I must be Receptive to God</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">. <b><span style="color: red;">Luke 8:5 </span></b></span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">A
sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the way side; and
it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it. <b>Luke 8:12 </b>Those
by the way side are they that hear; then cometh the devil, and taketh away the
word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">. The wayside or
hardened path represents a closed mind. Three causes for some to go by the
wayside.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not
against the truth. This wisdom descendeth not from above, but <i>is</i>
earthly, sensual, devilish</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with
meekness the engrafted word, which is able <u>to save your souls</u></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">I must be Resolved to Grow</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">. <b><span style="color: red;">Luke 8:6 </span></b></span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">And
some fell upon a rock; and as soon as it was sprung up, it withered away,
because it lacked moisture.<b> Luke 8:13
</b>They on the rock <i>are they</i>, which, when they hear, receive the word
with joy; and these have no root, which for a while believe, and in time of
temptation fall away</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">. The rocky ground or shallow soil represents a
superficial commitment. A commitment that is shallow and has no depth. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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exercisers</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">.
<b><span style="color: red;">1 Timothy 4:7 </span></b><span style="color: red;">But
refuse profane and old wives' fables, and exercise thyself <i>rather</i> unto
godliness</span>. Five ways to be committed examples and committed exercisers.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">I must be Ruthless with Distractions</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">. <b><span style="color: red;">Luke 8:7 </span></b></span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">And
some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprang up with it, and choked it. <b>Luke
8:14 </b>And that which fell among thorns are they, which, when they have
heard, go forth, and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of <i>this</i>
life, and bring no fruit to perfection</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">. The thorns represent the weeds given
during the fall and curse of man. <b><span style="color: red;">Genesis 3:17-18 </span></b><span style="color: red;">And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the
voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee,
saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed <i>is</i> the ground for thy sake; in
sorrow shalt thou eat <i>of</i> it all the days of thy life; Thorns also and
thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field</span>;
The soil with weeds represents an overcrowded life. <b>Closing - <u><span style="color: red;">Luke 8:15</span></u><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
Stephen Kennedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06758412678666369139noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3280828382432967777.post-45843028162459458482013-12-22T14:22:00.000-06:002013-12-22T14:22:27.416-06:00The Wise Men - Sermon preached by Stephen Kennedy. 12/22/2013<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
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</span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">They
were wise because they were Watching for Jesus</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">.
<span style="color: red;">Vs. 1-9</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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star fulfilled the Scriptures</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. <b><span style="color: red;">Numbers 24:15-17 </span></b><span style="color: red;">And he
took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man
whose eyes are open hath said: He hath said, which heard the words of God, and
knew the knowledge of the most High, <i>which</i> saw the vision of the
Almighty, falling <i>into a trance</i>, but having his eyes open: I shall see
him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out
of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners
of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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star provided the way to the Saviour</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. <span style="color: red;">Vs. 9</span>. <b><span style="color: red;">John 12:35-36 </span></b><span style="color: red;">Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light
with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he
that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth. While ye have light,
believe in the light, that ye may be the children of light. These things spake
Jesus, and departed, and did hide himself from them</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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star brought hope to a lost Society</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. <b><span style="color: red;">Luke 2:10-12 </span></b><span style="color: red;">And the angel
said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy,
which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of
David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. And this <i>shall be</i> a sign unto
you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">They
were wise because they were Worshiping Jesus</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. <span style="color: red;">Vs. 2, 10-11</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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worshiped Him with Gladness</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. <span style="color: red;">Psalm 148</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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worshiped Him with Gifts</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. <b><span style="color: red;">Luke
6:38 </span></b><span style="color: red;">Give, and it shall be given unto you;
good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men
give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be
measured to you again</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">They
were wise because they Walked with Jesus</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. <span style="color: red;">Vs. 12</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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were Sensitive to the Lord</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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were Submissive to the Lord</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. <b><span style="color: red;">Romans
6:13 </span></b><span style="color: red;">Neither yield ye your members <i>as</i>
instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as
those that are alive from the dead, and your members <i>as</i> instruments of
righteousness unto God. <b>James 4:7 </b>Submit yourselves therefore to God.
Resist the devil, and he will flee from you</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Stephen Kennedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06758412678666369139noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3280828382432967777.post-90323894309348745782013-12-15T15:01:00.000-06:002013-12-15T15:01:22.997-06:00Most Famous Star - Sermon preached by Stephen Kennedy on Dec. 15, 2013<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
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</span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The
Christmas Star shines of God’s Glory</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Glory is reflected in History</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. His Story<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Glory is reflected in Harmony</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. <b><span style="color: red;">Psalms 19:1</span></b><span style="color: red;">. The heavens
declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Glory is reflected in Hearts</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. <b><span style="color: red;">Exodus 40:34 </span></b><span style="color: red;">Then a cloud
covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the LORD filled the
tabernacle. <b>1 Corinthians 3:16 </b>Know ye not that ye are the temple of
God, and <i>that</i> the Spirit of God dwelleth in you</span>?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Glory is reflected in Heaven</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. <b><span style="color: red;">Acts 7:55 </span></b><span style="color: red;">But he, being
full of the Holy Ghost, looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of
God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God</span>,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The
Christmas Star shines as God’s Guidance</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Guidance gives Light</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">.<span style="color: red;"> <b>Isaiah
42:16 </b>And I will bring the blind by a way <i>that</i> they knew not; I will
lead them in paths <i>that</i> they have not known: I will make darkness light
before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and
not forsake them</span>. <b><span style="color: red;">Luke 1:79 </span></b><span style="color: red;">To give light to them that sit in darkness and <i>in</i> the
shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Guidance gives Liberty</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. <b><span style="color: red;">2
Corinthians 3:17 </span></b><span style="color: red;">Now the Lord is that
Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord <i>is</i>, there <i>is</i> liberty</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Guidance gives Loyalty</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. <b><span style="color: red;">Psalms
48:14 </span></b><span style="color: red;">For this God <i>is</i> our God for
ever and ever: he will be our guide <i>even</i> unto death</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Guidance gives Love</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. <span style="color: red;">Ps 23</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The
Christmas Star shines as God’s Gift</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Gift is Unmerited</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. <b><span style="color: red;">Romans
5:8-9 </span></b><span style="color: red;">But God commendeth his love toward us,
in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Much more then, being
now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him</span>. God's
love came to us when we did not deserve it, before we could ever possibly hope
to earn it, and it opens up to us the possibility of new life. You don't have
to bring flowers to God to win his love. God loved us before we deserved it.
God's gift of love in Christ is Unmerited.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Gift is Unparalleled</span></u><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">
The gift of salvation in Jesus Christ has no counterpart or equal in history.
It is unparalleled.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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religion has a perfect Lord.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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other religions the direction is always from man to God. The God of
Christianity, on the other hand, is a God who seeks man.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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When a person is right with God and in
touch with this unspeakable gift, he will not be able to be quiet about it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Stephen Kennedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06758412678666369139noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3280828382432967777.post-6812299857350165902013-12-08T19:00:00.001-06:002013-12-08T19:00:12.939-06:00The Right Christmas - Sermon preached by Stephen Kennedy<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The
Right Christmas<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Matthew 1:21<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">I asked the question last week; “What
does Christmas mean to you?” To some people it means hard work. To some people
Christmas means a visit home. To some, Christmas means bad memories. They talk
about Christmas liquor, they connect whiskey with the blessed Name of the
Saviour. But Christmas means everything to the real Christian. It means that
God has given him the best Christmas gift that even God could give. Now, if we
are to have a "right Christmas," certain things must be placed in
that Christmas. Let us follow the Gospel story and see what a "Right
Christmas" means.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The right
Christmas means Christ is Worthy</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">. <b><span style="color: red;">Luke 2:7 </span></b><span style="color: red;">And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in
swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them
in the inn</span>. What deep
descent—from the heights of glory to the depths of shame. Cradled in a cattle
trough. Wrapped in swaddling clothes of poverty. No room for Him who made all
rooms! No place for Him who made and knows all places!<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">. <b><span style="color: red;">Proverbs 23:26 </span></b><span style="color: red;">My son,
give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways</span>.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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perfect peace, <i>whose</i> mind <i>is</i> stayed <i>on thee</i>: because he
trusteth in thee</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">.
Always thinking of Jesus. <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods
which your fathers served that <i>were</i> on the other side of the flood, or
the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house,
we will serve the LORD</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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</span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The right
Christmas means Christ is Worshipped</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">. <b><span style="color: red;">Luke
2:13-14 </span></b><span style="color: red;">And suddenly there was with the
angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, Glory to God
in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men</span>.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Worship Him as King</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">.<b> <span style="color: red;">Matthew 2:11 </span></b></span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">And
when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his
mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their
treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">. Here we see
the wise men coming to bring their gifts to Jesus. And what were the gifts?
They brought gold, frankincense and myrrh. Each gift was a gift of value. Are
we giving ourselves? Are we giving our time and our talents and our money to
Him. Here we see the wise men coming to bring their gifts to Jesus. And what
were the gifts? They brought gold, frankincense and myrrh. Each gift was a gift
of value. Are we giving ourselves? Are we giving our time and our talents and
our money to Him. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Gold
speaks of His Kingship.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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speaks of His Godhead.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Myrrh
speaks of His Death.</span></div>
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</span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The right
Christmas means Christ is Witnessed</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">. <b><span style="color: red;">Luke
2:15-17 </span></b><span style="color: red;">And it came to pass, as the angels
were gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us
now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the
Lord hath made known unto us. And they came with haste, and found Mary, and
Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger. And when they had seen <i>it</i>, they
made known abroad the saying which was told them concerning this child</span>. The
long night of waiting is over, the angel has brought the gladdest and sweetest
message the world ever heard. In fact, the world has never been the same since
then. But men are still in the darkness of sin.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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about His Grace</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">.
<b><span style="color: red;">2 Corinthians 12:9 </span></b><span style="color: red;">And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my
strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory
in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me</span>.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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about His Goodness</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">.
<b><span style="color: red;">Romans 2:4 </span></b><span style="color: red;">Or
despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering;
not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance</span>?<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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about His Gift</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">.
<b><span style="color: red;">John 4:10 </span></b><span style="color: red;">Jesus
answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that
saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would
have given thee living water. <b>Romans 6:23 </b>For the wages of sin <i>is</i>
death; but the gift of God <i>is</i> eternal life through Jesus Christ our
Lord. <b>Ephesians 2:8 </b>For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that
not of yourselves: <i>it is</i> the gift of God</span>:<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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</span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The right
Christmas means Christ is Wanting</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">. <b><span style="color: red;">Luke 19:10 </span></b><span style="color: red;">For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was
lost</span>.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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your Servant. </span></u><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Philippians 2:7 </span></b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">But made himself of no reputation, and
took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that
they might have life, and that they might have <i>it</i> more abundantly</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Let us do these four things, let
us make room for Jesus in our hearts and lives; let us bow down and worship
Him; let us bring our gifts unto him; let us tell others the sweet old story of
Jesus and His love.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Stephen Kennedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06758412678666369139noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3280828382432967777.post-2115649382207372622013-12-01T15:25:00.000-06:002013-12-01T15:25:02.509-06:00What is the Meaning of Christmas? - Sermon preached by Stephen Kennedy, Dec. 1, 2013<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">What is the meaning of Christmas?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Gal 4:4-5<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">It means Prophecy was fulfilled</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A)<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Prophecy concerning Place of His birth</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">. <b><span style="color: red;">Micah 5:2 </span></b></span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, <i>though</i>
thou be little among the thousands of Judah, <i>yet</i> out of thee shall he
come forth unto me <i>that is</i> to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth <i>have
been</i> from of old, from everlasting. <b>Luke 2:4 </b>And Joseph also went up
from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city of David,
which is called Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David:)</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">B)<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Prophecy concerning Purpose of His birth</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">. <b><span style="color: red;">Isaiah 7:14 </span></b></span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Therefore
the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and
bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. <b>Matthew 1:23 </b>Behold, a
virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call
his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">C)<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Prophecy concerning Pedigree of His birth</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">. <b><span style="color: red;">Genesis 22:18 </span></b></span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">And in
thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast
obeyed my voice. <b>Matthew 1:1 </b>The book of the generation of Jesus Christ,
the son of David, the son of Abraham</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">It means a Prince was born. <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A)<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Heir to the throne of Israel</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">. <b><span style="color: red;">Luke 1:32 </span></b></span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">He shall be great, and shall
be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the
throne of his father David</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">B)<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Heir to the throne of Heaven</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">. <b><span style="color: red;">Luke 1:33 </span></b></span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">And he shall reign over the
house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">C)<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Heir to the throne of my Heart</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">. <b><span style="color: red;">Colossians 3:15 </span></b></span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">And let the peace of
God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye
thankful</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">It means Peace has come</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A)<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">The Angels rejoiced at His coming</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">. <b><span style="color: red;">Luke 2:13-14 </span></b></span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">And suddenly there was with
the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, Glory to
God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as
it was told unto them</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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arms, and blessed God, and said, Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in
peace, according to thy word: For mine eyes have seen thy salvation, Which thou
hast prepared before the face of all people; A light to lighten the Gentiles,
and the glory of thy people Israel</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">It means Provision was given</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A)<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">He came to seek the sinner</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">. <b><span style="color: red;">Luke 19:10 </span></b></span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">For the Son of man is come to
seek and to save that which was lost</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from
their sins</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">.</span></div>
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</span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">It means a Path was made</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not
perish, but have everlasting life</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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and peace from God the Father, and <i>from</i> our Lord Jesus Christ, Who gave
himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world,
according to the will of God and our Father</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Stephen Kennedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06758412678666369139noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3280828382432967777.post-35485773413951617432013-11-24T15:30:00.002-06:002013-11-24T15:30:21.390-06:00"Quit you like 'Men'." - Sermon preached by Stephen Kennedy, Sunday evening 24/11/2013<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Quit you like “Men”.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">1 Corinthians 16:13 </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The church suffers because of a
lack of godly men. We need outstanding man to lead our churches, schools, and
nation.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">A
real man Prays</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. <b><span style="color: red;">2
Chronicles 7:14 </span></b><span style="color: red;">If my people, which are
called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and
turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive
their sin, and will heal their land</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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with Pleading</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. <b><span style="color: red;">Psalms
61:1-4 </span></b><span style="color: red;"> <i>A Psalm</i> of David. Hear my cry, O God;
attend unto my prayer. From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my
heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock <i>that</i> is higher than I. For
thou hast been a shelter for me, <i>and</i> a strong tower from the enemy. I
will abide in thy tabernacle for ever: I will trust in the covert of thy wings.
Selah</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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with Patience</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. <b><span style="color: red;">Psalms 40:1
</span></b><span style="color: red;">I waited patiently for the LORD; and he
inclined unto me, and heard my cry</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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with Persistence</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. <b><span style="color: red;">James 5:16 </span></b><span style="color: red;">Confess <i>your</i> faults one to another, and pray one for
another, that ye may be healed. <u>The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous
man availeth much</u></span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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with Purpose</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. <b><span style="color: red;">Jeremiah
29:13 </span></b><span style="color: red;">And ye shall seek me, and find <i>me</i>,
when ye shall search for me <u>with all your heart</u>.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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with Promise</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. <b><span style="color: red;">Psalms
91:15 </span></b><span style="color: red;">He shall call upon me, and I will
answer him: I <i>will be</i> with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and
honour him</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">A
real man is Plain</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. <b><span style="color: red;">1
Corinthians 1:27 </span></b><span style="color: red;">But God hath chosen the
foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak
things of the world to confound the things which are mighty</span>;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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gives Preservation to the simple</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. <b><span style="color: red;">Psalms 116:6 </span></b><span style="color: red;">The LORD
preserveth the simple: I was brought low, and he helped me</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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gives Perception to the simple</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. <b><span style="color: red;">Psalms 119:130 </span></b><span style="color: red;">The entrance
of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">A real man is Persistent. <span style="color: red;">Isaiah 26:3 </span></span></b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Thou wilt
keep <i>him</i> in perfect peace, <i>whose</i> mind <i>is</i> stayed <i>on thee</i>:
because he trusteth in thee</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. The word stayed means “fixed”.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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on God’s Love</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. <b><span style="color: red;">1 John
4:7-8 </span></b><span style="color: red;">Beloved, let us love one another: for
love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. He
that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love. <b>1 John 4:16 </b>And we
have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that
dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.</span></span></div>
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on God’s Loyalty</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">.
<b><span style="color: red;">John 10:27-29 </span></b><span style="color: red;">My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall
any <i>man</i> pluck them out of my hand. My Father, which gave <i>them</i> me,
is greater than all; and no <i>man</i> is able to pluck <i>them</i> out of my
Father's hand. <b>Hebrews 13:5 </b><i>Let
your</i> conversation <i>be</i> without covetousness; <i>and be</i> content
with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor
forsake thee</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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on God’s Law</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. <b><span style="color: red;">Joshua 1:8 </span></b><span style="color: red;">This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but
thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do
according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way
prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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real man is Passionate</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. <b><span style="color: red;">Matthew
25:34-36 </span></b><span style="color: red;">Then shall the King say unto them
on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared
for you from the foundation of the world: For I was an hungred, and ye gave me
meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:
Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and
ye came unto me</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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of the “Good Samaritan</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">”. <span style="color: red;">Luke
10:30</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
Stephen Kennedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06758412678666369139noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3280828382432967777.post-50570606469461209042013-11-24T15:28:00.002-06:002013-11-24T15:28:09.706-06:00"Ye Which Are Spiritual" - Sermon preached by Stephen Kennedy Sunday Morning, 24/11/2013<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Ye Which Are Spiritual<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Gal. 6:1-6<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Let a man embrace religion
without Christ; let him get into the church without being born again; let him
go into the baptismal waters without the Spirit of God in his heart, and it
hastens him toward hell, because the shortest road to hell sometimes is through
the church.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Ye
which are spiritual have the Spirit’s Birth</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. Man cannot be
or act spiritual until they have been born of the Spirit of God. <b><span style="color: red;">John 3:5-7 </span></b><span style="color: red;">Jesus answered,
Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and <i>of</i>
the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. That which is born of the
flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Marvel not that
I said unto thee, Ye must be born again</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Ye
which are spiritual believe the Spirit’s Book</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. The Spirit of
God inspired the Bible so man cannot be a spiritual person and deny the
Spiritual book. <b><span style="color: red;">2 Timothy 3:16 </span></b><span style="color: red;">All scripture <i>is</i> given by inspiration of God, and <i>is</i>
profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in
righteousness</span>:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Ye
which are spiritual obey the Spirit’s Beseeching</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">.
If God has ALL of you then He has ALL your possessions. He isn’t interested in
your possessions, He is interested in possessing you! <b><span style="color: red;">Romans 12:1-2 </span></b><span style="color: red;">I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a
living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, <i>which is</i> your reasonable
service. And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the
renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what <i>is</i> that good, and
acceptable, and perfect, will of God</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Ye
which are spiritual walk in the Spirit’s Behaviour</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">.
Man is to behave according to what controls him or rather I should say “who”
controls him. <b><span style="color: red;">2 Corinthians 6:17 </span></b><span style="color: red;">Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith
the Lord, and touch not the unclean <i>thing</i>; and I will receive you</span>,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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which are spiritual experience the Spirit’s Blessings</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">.
<b><span style="color: red;">Galatians 5:22-23 </span></b><span style="color: red;">But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness,
goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Stephen Kennedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06758412678666369139noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3280828382432967777.post-59648514036744170822013-11-19T08:59:00.001-06:002013-11-19T08:59:16.639-06:00Rent for Calvary; Sermon preached by Stephen Kennedy on November 17, 2013<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Rent for Calvary<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Luke 23:33<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Robert
Boyd wrote this about Crucifixion: “Victims condemned to the cross first
underwent the hideous torture of the scourge, and this was immediately
inflicted on Jesus. He was now seized by some soldiers nearby and, after being
stripped to the waist, was bound in a stooping posture, His hands being tied
behind His back to a post or a block of wood near the tribunal. The Jews had a
law that no person should be given more than forty stripes save one when
flogged, but the Romans had no such law, so they often scourged their victims
until they bled to death. Jesus was beaten at the pleasure of the soldiers with
knots of rope or plaited leather thongs which were armed at the ends with
acorn-shaped drops of lead or small pointed bones. In many cases, not only was
the back of the person being scourged cut open in all directions, but even the
eyes, the face and the breast were torn open, and the teeth seldom knocked out.
Under the fury of the countless stripes, the victims sometimes shrieked amid
screams, conclusive leaps and distortions into a senseless heap; sometimes died
on the spot; sometimes were taken away, and unrecognizable mass of bleeding
flesh, to find deliverance in death from the inflammation and fever, sickness
and shame.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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rent garments speaks of the Animosity of Calvary</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">.
<b><span style="color: red;">Matthew 27:27-28 </span></b><span style="color: red;">Then
the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common hall, and gathered unto
him the whole band <i>of soldiers</i>. And they stripped him, and put on him a
scarlet robe</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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garments of Sorrow</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. <b><span style="color: red;">Job 1:20-21
</span></b><span style="color: red;">Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and
shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped, And said, Naked
came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD
gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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garments of Sin</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. <b><span style="color: red;">1 Kings
21:23-27 </span></b><span style="color: red;">And of Jezebel also spake the LORD,
saying, The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel. Him that dieth of
Ahab in the city the dogs shall eat; and him that dieth in the field shall the
fowls of the air eat. But there was none like unto Ahab, which did sell himself
to work wickedness in the sight of the LORD, whom Jezebel his wife stirred up.
And he did very abominably in following idols, according to all <i>things</i>
as did the Amorites, whom the LORD cast out before the children of Israel. <u>And
it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he rent his clothes, and put
sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly</u></span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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garments of Shame</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. <b><span style="color: red;">Esther
4:1-2 </span></b><span style="color: red;">When Mordecai perceived all that was
done, Mordecai rent his clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out
into the midst of the city, and cried with a loud and a bitter cry; And came
even before the king's gate: for none <i>might</i> enter into the king's gate
clothed with sackcloth</span>.</span></div>
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rent flesh speaks of the Agony of Calvary</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. <b><span style="color: red;">Matthew 27:29-30 </span></b><span style="color: red;">And when
they had platted a crown of thorns, they put <i>it</i> upon his head, and a
reed in his right hand: and they bowed the knee before him, and mocked him,
saying, Hail, King of the Jews! And they spit upon him, and took the reed, and
smote him on the head</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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agony of Persecution</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. <b><span style="color: red;">Isaiah
53:7-9 </span></b><span style="color: red;">He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the
slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his
mouth. He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his
generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the
transgression of my people was he stricken. And he made his grave with the
wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence,
neither <i>was any</i> deceit in his mouth</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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agony of Punishment</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. <b><span style="color: red;">Isaiah
53:10 </span></b><span style="color: red;">Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him;
he hath put <i>him</i> to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for
sin, he shall see <i>his</i> seed, he shall prolong <i>his</i> days, and the
pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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agony of Payment</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. <b><span style="color: red;">Isaiah
53:4-5 </span></b><span style="color: red;">Surely he hath borne our griefs, and
carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and
afflicted. But he <i>was</i> wounded for our transgressions, <i>he was</i>
bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace <i>was</i> upon him;
and with his stripes we are healed</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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agony of Peace</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. <b><span style="color: red;">Colossians
1:20 </span></b><span style="color: red;">And, having made peace through the
blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, <i>I
say</i>, whether <i>they be</i> things in earth, or things in heaven</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The
rent veil speaks of the Access of Calvary</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">.<span style="color: red;"> <b>Matthew 27:50-53 </b>Jesus, when he had cried again with
a loud voice, yielded up the ghost. And, behold, the veil of the temple was
rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the
rocks rent; And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which
slept arose, And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into
the holy city, and appeared unto many</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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to the Light</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. <b><span style="color: red;">John 8:12 </span></b><span style="color: red;">Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of
the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the
light of life</span>.<b> </b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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to the Living</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. <b><span style="color: red;">Luke 20:38 </span></b><span style="color: red;">For he is not a God of the dead, but of the living: for all
live unto him. <b>John 11:25 </b>Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection,
and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live</span>:
<b><span style="color: red;">Romans 6:8 </span></b><span style="color: red;">Now if
we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him</span>: <b><span style="color: red;">Philippians 1:21 </span></b><span style="color: red;">For to me
to live <i>is</i> Christ, and to die <i>is</i> gain</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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to the Lord</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. <b><span style="color: red;">Romans 5:2 </span></b><span style="color: red;">By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein
we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. <b>Hebrews 10:19 </b>Having
therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus</span>,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Stephen Kennedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06758412678666369139noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3280828382432967777.post-45428759794072592502013-11-12T08:42:00.001-06:002013-11-12T08:42:57.417-06:00Where are the Nine? Sermon preached by Stephen Kennedy on 11/10/2013, am service.<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Luke 17:11-19<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The
Recognition of the Lepers</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. (<i>They Came to Jesus</i>) <b><span style="color: red;">Luke 17:12 </span></b><span style="color: red;">And as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten
men that were lepers, which stood afar off</span>:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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to Jesus brought hope for Restoration</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. <b><span style="color: red;">Isaiah 57:18 </span></b><span style="color: red;">I have seen
his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore comforts unto
him and to his mourners. <b>Psalms 51:12
</b>Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me <i>with thy</i>
free spirit</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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to Jesus brought hope for Recovery</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. <b><span style="color: red;">2 Corinthians 5:18 </span></b><span style="color: red;">And all
things <i>are</i> of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ,
and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation</span>;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Jesus brought hope for Redemption</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. <b><span style="color: red;">Romans 3:24 </span></b><span style="color: red;">Being
justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: <b>Colossians
1:14 </b>In whom we have redemption through his blood, <i>even</i> the
forgiveness of sins: <b>Revelation 5:9 </b>And they sung a new song, saying,
Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast
slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and
tongue, and people, and nation</span>;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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to Jesus brought hope for the Remedy</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. <b><span style="color: red;">Isaiah 53:5 </span></b><span style="color: red;">But he <i>was</i>
wounded for our transgressions, <i>he was</i> bruised for our iniquities: the
chastisement of our peace <i>was</i> upon him; and with his stripes we are
healed</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The
Reaction of the Lepers</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. (<i>They Cried to Jesus</i>)<span style="color: red;"> <b>Luke 17:13 </b>And
they lifted up <i>their</i> voices, and said, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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to Jesus brought Help</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. <b><span style="color: red;">Hebrews
13:6 </span></b><span style="color: red;">So that we may boldly say, The Lord <i>is</i>
my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me. <b>Psalms 116:6 </b>The
LORD preserveth the simple: I was brought low, and he helped me</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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to Jesus brought Hope</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. <b><span style="color: red;">Titus 1:2 </span></b><span style="color: red;">In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised
before the world began; <b>Hebrews 6:18-19 </b>That by two immutable things, in
which <i>it was</i> impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong
consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:
Which <i>hope</i> we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and
which entereth into that within the veil</span>;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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to Jesus brought Healing</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. <b><span style="color: red;">Psalms
147:3 </span></b><span style="color: red;">He healeth the broken in heart, and
bindeth up their wounds</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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to Jesus brings Heaven</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. <b><span style="color: red;">Romans
10:9-13 </span></b><span style="color: red;">That if thou shalt confess with thy
mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him
from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto
righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. For the
scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. For there is
no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich
unto all that call upon him. For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord
shall be saved</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The
Reaction of the Saviour</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">.
(<i>He saw their condition</i>)<b> <span style="color: red;">Luke 17:14 </span></b><span style="color: red;">And when he saw
<i>them</i>, he said unto them, Go shew yourselves unto the priests. And it
came to pass, that, as they went, they were cleansed</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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responded by their Distress</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. <b><span style="color: red;">Psalms
71:20 </span></b><i><span style="color: red;">Thou</span></i><span style="color: red;">, which hast shewed me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken
me again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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responded by their Distance</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. <b><span style="color: red;">Ephesians
4:18 </span></b><span style="color: red;">Having the understanding darkened,
being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them,
because of the blindness of their heart</span>:</span> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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responded by their Damage</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. <b><span style="color: red;">Romans
3:23-26 </span></b><span style="color: red;">For all have sinned, and come short
of the glory of God; Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption
that is in Christ Jesus: Whom God hath set forth <i>to be</i> a propitiation
through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of
sins that are past, through the forbearance of God; To declare, <i>I say</i>,
at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him
which believeth in Jesus</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The
Recognition of the Saviour</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. ( <i>He saw their commitment</i>)<b> <span style="color: red;">Luke 17:15-19 </span></b><span style="color: red;">And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back,
and with a loud voice glorified God, And fell down on <i>his</i> face at his
feet, giving him thanks: and he was a Samaritan. And Jesus answering said, Were
there not ten cleansed? but where <i>are</i> the nine? There are not found that
returned to give glory to God, save this stranger. And he said unto him, Arise,
<u>go thy way</u>: thy faith hath made thee whole</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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one was Gaving to God</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. <b><span style="color: red;">Luke 6:38 </span></b><span style="color: red;">Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed
down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom.
For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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one was Grateful to God</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. <b><span style="color: red;">1
Corinthians 15:57 </span></b><span style="color: red;">But thanks <i>be</i> to
God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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one was Glorifying God</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. <b><span style="color: red;">Psalms
35:28 </span></b><span style="color: red;">And my tongue shall speak of thy
righteousness <i>and</i> of thy praise all the day long. <b>Psalms 51:15 </b>O
Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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one was Granted by God</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. <span style="color: red;">Arise, <u>go
thy way</u>: thy faith hath made thee whole </span>(<i>saved</i>).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Stephen Kennedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06758412678666369139noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3280828382432967777.post-46463718487670799382013-11-04T03:20:00.003-06:002013-11-04T03:20:34.549-06:00Sudden Experiences - Sermon preached by Stephen Kennedy on 11/3/2013 in the am service.<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Sudden Experiences<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">1 Thess. 5:1-4<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">INTRODUCTION:
There are many sudden experiences spoken of in the Bible: sudden fear, sudden
destruction, sudden calamity, sudden death, etc. The words “sudden" or
"suddenly' are used 44 times in the Bible.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Let us
look at three of these "sudden experiences."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">A SUDDEN CALL. <span style="color: red;">Proverbs 29:1
</span></span></b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">He, that being often reproved hardeneth <i>his</i> neck, shall
suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">.<b> </b>God calls of Reproof and often reproved. God calls people in a number of
ways.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as
scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they
shall be as wool</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">.
<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father;
neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and <i>he</i> to whomsoever
the Son will reveal <i>him</i>. Come unto me, all <i>ye</i> that labour and are
heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me;
for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For
my yoke <i>is</i> easy, and my burden is light</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is
athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely. <b>2
Peter 1:21 </b>For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but
holy men of God spake <i>as they were</i> moved by the Holy Ghost</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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</span></b><!--[endif]--><b>A SUDDEN CONVERSION. <span style="color: red;">Acts 9:3-6 </span></b><span style="color: red;">And as he
journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly there shined round about him a
light from heaven: And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him,
Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the
Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: <i>it is</i> hard for thee to kick
against the pricks. And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt thou
have me to do? And the Lord <i>said</i> unto him, Arise, and go into the city,
and it shall be told thee what thou must do</span>.<b> </b>Paul was suddenly converted as he met Jesus
Christ on the road to Damascus. There are many sudden conversions spoken of in
the Word of God: <o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: red;">Luke 19:1-10 </span></b></span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">And <i>Jesus</i>
entered and passed through Jericho. And, behold, <i>there was</i> a man named
Zacchaeus, which was the chief among the publicans, and he was rich. And he
sought to see Jesus who he was; and could not for the press, because he was
little of stature. And he ran before, and climbed up into a sycomore tree to
see him: for he was to pass that <i>way</i>. And when Jesus came to the place,
he looked up, and saw him, and said unto him, Zacchaeus, make haste, and come
down; for to day I must abide at thy house. And he made haste, and came down,
and received him joyfully. And when they saw <i>it</i>, they all murmured,
saying, That he was gone to be guest with a man that is a sinner. And Zacchaeus
stood, and said unto the Lord; Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the
poor; and if I have taken any thing from any man by false accusation, I restore
<i>him</i> fourfold. And Jesus said unto him, This day is salvation come to
this house, forsomuch as he also is a son of Abraham. For the Son of man is
come to seek and to save that which was lost</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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the cross</i>)<b> <span style="color: red;">Luke 23:39-43 </span></b></span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">And
one of the malefactors which were hanged railed on him, saying, If thou be
Christ, save thyself and us. But the other answering rebuked him, saying, Dost
not thou fear God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation? And we indeed
justly; for we receive the due reward of our deeds: but this man hath done
nothing amiss. And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into
thy kingdom. And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou
be with me in paradise</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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9:9 </span></b></span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man, named Matthew,
sitting at the receipt of custom: and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he
arose, and followed him</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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Jailer</i>)<b> <span style="color: red;">Acts 16:23-34 </span></b></span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">And
when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast <i>them</i> into prison,
charging the jailor to keep them safely: Who, having received such a charge,
thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks. And
at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners
heard them. And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations
of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and every
one's bands were loosed. And the keeper of the prison awaking out of his sleep,
and seeing the prison doors open, he drew out his sword, and would have killed
himself, supposing that the prisoners had been fled. But Paul cried with a loud
voice, saying, Do thyself no harm: for we are all here. Then he called for a
light, and sprang in, and came trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas,
And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved? And they
said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.
And they spake unto him the word of the Lord, and to all that were in his
house. And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed <i>their</i>
stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, straightway. And when he had brought
them into his house, he set meat before them, and rejoiced, believing in God
with all his house</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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</span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">A SUDDEN COMING. <span style="color: red;">Mark
13:35-37 </span></span></b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house
cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning: Lest
coming suddenly he find you sleeping. And what I say unto you I say unto all,
Watch</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">.<b>
</b>Jesus Christ is going to return
some day, and when He does it will be suddenly.<b> <span style="color: red;">John
14:1-6 </span></b><span style="color: red;">Let not your heart be
troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father's house are many
mansions: if <i>it were</i> not <i>so</i>, I would have told you. I go to
prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come
again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, <i>there</i> ye may be
also. And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know. Thomas saith unto him,
Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we know the way? Jesus saith
unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father,
but by me</span>.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]-->A)<span style="font-size: 7pt;"> </span><!--[endif]--><u>His coming is personal.</u>
(I) <b><span style="color: red;">John 15:5 </span></b><span style="color: red;">I am the vine, ye <i>are</i> the branches: He that abideth in
me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do
nothing</span>.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]-->B)<span style="font-size: 7pt;"> </span><!--[endif]--><u>His coming is promised</u>.
(Will) <b><span style="color: red;">Titus 1:2 </span></b><span style="color: red;">In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised
before the world began</span>;<o:p></o:p></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]-->C)<span style="font-size: 7pt;"> </span><!--[endif]--><u>His coming has a purpose</u>.
(Come again, receive you unto Myself)<o:p></o:p></div>
Stephen Kennedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06758412678666369139noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3280828382432967777.post-20010105063251576132013-11-04T03:20:00.002-06:002013-11-04T03:20:21.164-06:00Hell's Occupant - Sermon preached by Stephen Kennedy on 11/3/2013 during the pm service. <div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Hell’s Occupant<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Luke 16:19-31<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">1. There is a hell.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">2. Men out of Christ Are in
danger of it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">3. Unless man is born again he
will go there.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The
sinner will:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">His
Recognition</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. <b><span style="color: red;">Luke 16:23 </span></b><span style="color: red;">And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth
Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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of Misery</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> (<i>despair</i>)
<b><span style="color: red;">Psalms 107:17 </span></b><span style="color: red;">Fools
because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted</span></span>.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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of Mercy</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> (<i>regret</i>) <b><span style="color: red;">Luke 13:28 </span></b><span style="color: red;">There shall be
weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob,
and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you <i>yourselves</i> thrust
out</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">His
Reaction</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. <b><span style="color: red;">Luke 16:24 </span></b><span style="color: red;">And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and
send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my
tongue; for I am tormented in this flame</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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for Compassion</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. (<i>Mercy</i>)
<b><span style="color: red;">James 4:17 </span></b><span style="color: red;">Therefore
to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth <i>it</i> not, to him it is sin</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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of Comfort</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. (<i>Water</i>) <b><span style="color: red;">Proverbs 14:12 </span></b><span style="color: red;">There is a
way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof <i>are</i> the ways of
death</span>.<b> </b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">His
Recollection</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. <b><span style="color: red;">Luke 16:25 </span></b><span style="color: red;">But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime
receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is
comforted, and thou art tormented</span>.<b> </b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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in the way.<b> Psalms 25:8 </b>Good and upright <i>is</i> the LORD: therefore
will he teach sinners in the way</span>.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and
will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">His
Realization</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. <b><span style="color: red;">Luke 16:26 </span></b><span style="color: red;">And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf
fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they
pass to us, that <i>would come</i> from thence</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">His
Repentance</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. <b><span style="color: red;">Luke 16:27-31 </span></b><span style="color: red;">Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou
wouldest send him to my father's house: For I have five brethren; that he may
testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment. Abraham
saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them. And he
said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will
repent. And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither
will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Stephen Kennedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06758412678666369139noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3280828382432967777.post-78910532896241626512013-10-22T14:31:00.001-05:002013-10-22T14:31:38.628-05:00What Made Christ Mourn?<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">WHAT MADE CHRIST MOURN?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Matt. </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">23:37-39<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">1. Weeping Sinner – Esau.<b> <span style="color: red;">Genesis 27:38 </span></b></span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">And
Esau said unto his father, Hast thou but one blessing, my father? bless me, <i>even</i>
me also, O my father. And Esau lifted up his voice, and wept</span>.<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">2. Weeping Saint - Jeremiah. <b><span style="color: red;">Jeremiah 3:21-22 </span></b></span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">A
voice was heard upon the high places, weeping <i>and</i> supplications of the
children of Israel: for they have perverted their way, <i>and</i> they have
forgotten the LORD their God. Return, ye backsliding children, <i>and</i> I
will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come unto thee; for thou <i>art</i> the
LORD our God</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">3. Weeping Savior. – Jesus. <b><span style="color: red;">John 11:33-35 </span></b></span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">When
Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping which came with her,
he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled, And said, Where have ye laid him?
They said unto him, Lord, come and see. Jesus wept</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">He saw the Dignity of the Soul. </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Jesus taught creation, not evolution.</span><b> </b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">1 Corinthians 8:6 </span></b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">But to
us <i>there is but</i> one God, the Father, of whom <i>are</i> all things, and
we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom <i>are</i> all things, and we by
him</span>. <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> Man started
at the top and went down. God proved the dignity of the soul.<b> <o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have
dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the
cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth
upon the earth</span>.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they
parted his raiment, and cast lots</span>.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever</span>;<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">The Work of the Spirit. <b><span style="color: red;">John 3:3-7 </span></b></span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Jesus
answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be
born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. Nicodemus saith unto him, How can
a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother's
womb, and be born? Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a
man be born of water and <i>of</i> the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom
of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the
Spirit is spirit. Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again</span>.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst
not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born
of the Spirit</span>.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have
seen; and ye receive not our witness</span>.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">He saw the Departure of the Soul. </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Here were a people that had left God out. With their mouth they worshiped,
but their heart was wasting. <b><span style="color: red;">Matthew 15:18 </span></b></span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">But
those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they
defile the man</span>. <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> Man is
running from God.<b> <span style="color: red;">Isaiah 53:6 </span></b></span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">All we
like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the
LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">. Why?<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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none righteous, no, not one: <b>Romans 3:23 </b>For all have sinned, and come
short of the glory of God; <b>Jeremiah 17:9 </b>The heart <i>is</i> deceitful
above all <i>things</i>, and desperately wicked: who can know it?</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the
glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are
foolishness unto him: neither can he know <i>them</i>, because they are
spiritually discerned.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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these things be in you, and abound, they make <i>you that ye shall</i> neither <i>be</i>
barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. But he that
lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that
he was purged from his old sins</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">.</span><b> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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</span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">He saw the Depravity of the Soul. <span style="color: red;">Matthew 23:27 </span></span></b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Woe unto you, scribes and
Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed
appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead <i>men's</i> bones, and
of all uncleanness</span>.<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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9:35-36 </span></b></span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their
synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness
and every disease among the people. But when he saw the multitudes, he was
moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad,
as sheep having no shepherd</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">.<b> <o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the
rudiments of the world, and not after Christ</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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world was made by him, and the world knew him not. He came unto his own, and
his own received him not</span>.</div>
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</span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">He saw the Destiny of the Soul. <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for
that all have sinned: (For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not
imputed when there is no law. Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses,
even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam's
transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the wages of sin <i>is</i> death; but the gift of God <i>is</i> eternal life
through Jesus Christ our Lord</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in
them, because of the blindness of their heart</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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shall separate us from the love of Christ? <i>shall</i> tribulation, or
distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is
written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep
for the slaughter. Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through
him that loved us. For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor
angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,
Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us
from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers
from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ. For he is
our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of
partition <i>between us</i></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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5:17-21 </span></b><span style="color: red;">For if by one man's offence death
reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift
of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.) Therefore as by the
offence of one <i>judgment came</i> upon all men to condemnation; even so by
the righteousness of one <i>the free gift came</i> upon all men unto
justification of life. For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners,
so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous. Moreover the law
entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much
more abound: That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign
through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Our Victory. <b><span style="color: red;">1 John 5:4 </span></b><span style="color: red;">For whatsoever
is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh
the world, <i>even</i> our faith</span>.</span>Stephen Kennedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06758412678666369139noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3280828382432967777.post-22544089247248415142013-10-13T15:37:00.000-05:002013-10-13T15:42:14.710-05:00Night Messages of the Bible - Preached by Stephen Kennedy on 10/13/2013<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
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<b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Psalms 16:7</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The
message of the Coming Savior</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. <span style="color: red;">Luke 2:8-14</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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a message of Peace</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. <b><span style="color: red;">Luke 2:10 </span></b><span style="color: red;">And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring
you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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a message to all People</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. <b><span style="color: red;">Luke
2:10 </span></b><span style="color: red;">And the angel said unto them, Fear not:
for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all
people.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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a message of Passiveness</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. <b><span style="color: red;">Luke
2:12 </span></b><span style="color: red;">And this <i>shall be</i> a sign unto
you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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a message of Praise</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. <b><span style="color: red;">Luke 2:13 </span></b><span style="color: red;">And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the
heavenly host praising God, and saying,</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The
message of the Conquering Salvation</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. <span style="color: red;">John 3:1-21</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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a message of the New Birth</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. <b><span style="color: red;">John
3:3-5 </span></b><span style="color: red;">Jesus answered and said unto him,
Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the
kingdom of God. Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old?
can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born? Jesus
answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and <i>of</i>
the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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a message of the New Belief</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. <b><span style="color: red;">John
3:14-15 </span></b><span style="color: red;">And as Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: That whosoever
believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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a message of the New Brightness</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. <b><span style="color: red;">John 3:18-21 </span></b><span style="color: red;">He that
believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned
already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of
God. And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men
loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. For every one
that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds
should be reproved. But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds
may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The
message of the Continuing Service</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. <span style="color: red;">John 20:19-23</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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a message of Comfort</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. <b><span style="color: red;">John 20:19 </span></b><span style="color: red;">Then the same day at evening, being the first <i>day</i> of
the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear
of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace <i>be</i>
unto you.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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a message of Confirmation</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. <b><span style="color: red;">John
20:20 </span></b><span style="color: red;">And when he had so said, he shewed
unto them <i>his</i> hands and his side. Then were the disciples glad, when
they saw the Lord</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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a message of Commitment</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. <b><span style="color: red;">John
20:21 </span></b><span style="color: red;">Then said Jesus to them again, Peace <i>be</i>
unto you: as <i>my</i> Father hath sent me, even so send I you.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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a message of Consecration</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. <b><span style="color: red;">John 20:22
</span></b><span style="color: red;">And when he had said this, he breathed on <i>them</i>,
and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost:</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
Stephen Kennedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06758412678666369139noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3280828382432967777.post-5666785277147897532013-10-07T06:10:00.000-05:002013-10-07T06:10:12.656-05:00The Price Of Silver - Sermon by Stephen Kennedy, Preached 10/6/2013<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The
price of silver<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Proverbs 3:13-14 </span></b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Happy <i>is</i>
the man <i>that</i> findeth wisdom, and the man <i>that</i> getteth
understanding. For the merchandise of it <i>is</i> better than the merchandise
of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold</span>.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The
price of silver to our family</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. (<i>Joseph the favoured Son</i>) Gen. 37<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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by his father</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. <b><span style="color: red;">Genesis
37:3 </span></b><span style="color: red;">Now Israel loved Joseph more than all
his children, because he <i>was</i> the son of his old age: and he made him a
coat of <i>many</i> colours</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Our
love should be focused. <b><span style="color: red;">Romans 12:9 </span></b><i><span style="color: red;">Let</span></i><span style="color: red;"> love be without
dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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love should be fervent. <b><span style="color: red;">1 John 4:7 </span></b><span style="color: red;">Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and
every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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love should be flourishing. <b><span style="color: red;">1 Thessalonians 3:12-13 </span></b><span style="color: red;">And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one
toward another, and toward all <i>men</i>, even as we <i>do</i> toward you: To
the end he may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness before God, even our
Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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by his brothers</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. <b><span style="color: red;">Genesis
37:4 </span></b><span style="color: red;">And when his brethren saw that their
father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not
speak peaceably unto him</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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reasons for their hatred. (<i>They became Jealous</i>)
<b><span style="color: red;">Galatians 5:25-26 </span></b><span style="color: red;">If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. Let us not be
desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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devotion Joseph enjoyed. <i>Now Jacob loved
Joseph more than any of his other children because Joseph had been born to him
in is old age. So one day he gave Joseph a special gift – a beautiful coat of
many colours</i>. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">b.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The
dreams Joseph experienced. <i>Joseph has two
dreams that symbolically portray his brothers bowing down before him</i>. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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results of their hatred. (<i>They became
Judge & Jury</i>) <b><span style="color: red;">Psalms 75:7 </span></b><span style="color: red;">But God <i>is</i> the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth
up another</span></span>. <b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Romans 14:10 </span></b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought
thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ</span>.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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treachery. <i>The brothers, still angry over
Joseph’s dreams a favoured status with their father, plan to kill Joseph. But
Reuben convinces them to throw him alive into a pit</i>. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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transaction. <i>The brothers decide to sell
Joseph to a band of Ishmaelites traders for <u>20 pieces of silver</u></i>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The
trickery. <i>The brothers deceive Jacob into
believing that Joseph has been killed and eaten by a wild animal</i>. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> Joseph was a shepherd (<span style="color: red;">37:2</span>); Jesus is the Great Shepherd (<span style="color: red;">John 10</span>).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> Joseph was opposed to and exposed evil (<span style="color: red;">37:2</span>); Jesus did the same.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> Joseph was loved by the his father (<span style="color: red;">37:3-4</span>); Jesus was beloved by the Father.(<span style="color: red;">Mat. 3:17; 17:5; John 10:17; Philippians 2:9</span>)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> Joseph was hated by his brothers (<span style="color: red;">37:4</span>); Jesus was hated by His brothers (<span style="color: red;">John 1:11; Luke 19:14</span>).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> Joseph was hated for his words (<span style="color: red;">37:8</span>); Jesus was hated for His words of truth. (<span style="color: red;">John 7:7; 3:32</span>)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> Joseph was promised a remarkable future (<span style="color: red;">37:7-12</span>); Jesus looked passed the cross to the joy set
before Him (<span style="color: red;">Isaiah 9:6, 7; Luke 1:31-33; Hebrews 12:2</span>).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> Joseph foretold of his future sovereignty (<span style="color: red;">37:7-12</span>); Jesus did the same. (<span style="color: red;">Mat. 26:64</span>)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> Joseph was envied by his brothers (<span style="color: red;">37:11</span>); Jesus was envied by His. (<span style="color: red;">Mat. 27:17-18</span>)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> Joseph was sent by his father to his brothers
(<span style="color: red;">37:13</span>); Jesus was sent to the ‘lost sheep of
Israel,’ by His father (<span style="color: red;">John 4:34; 5:30; 6:38-40;
12:48-50; 17:21</span>)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> Joseph seeks out his brothers (<span style="color: red;">37:14-17</span>); Jesus sought out His (<span style="color: red;">Luke 19:10</span>)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> Joseph seeks the welfare of his brothers (<span style="color: red;">37:14</span>); Jesus came not to condemn but that the world
might be saved through Him. (<span style="color: red;">John 3:17</span>)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Jesus seeks us until He finds us. And this at the initiative of the f(F)ather.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> Joseph’s brothers did not believe his dreams (<span style="color: red;">37:19, 29</span>); Jesus’ brethren did not believe His words.
(<span style="color: red;">Mat. 27:39-43; John 3:18, 36</span>)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> Joseph was cast into a pit (<span style="color: red;">37:24</span>); Jesus was thrown into a grave.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> Joseph was taken out of the pit, alive in his
body (<span style="color: red;">37:28</span>); Jesus was bodily-resurrected from
the tomb (pit).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> Joseph’s brothers mingled hypocrisy with their
hatred (<span style="color: red;">37:27</span>); the Jews did the same with Jesus
(<span style="color: red;">Mat. 27:35, 36; John 18:28, 31</span>)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> Joseph is sold for the price of a slave (<span style="color: red;">37:38</span>); Jesus was sold for thirty pieces of silver
(the price of a slave).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> Judah suggested the idea of selling his
brother (<span style="color: red;">37:26-28</span>); the Greek name for Judah is
Judas (<span style="color: red;">Mat. 1:2-3</span>).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> Joseph’s blood sprinkled coat (goat blood) is
presented to his father (<span style="color: red;">37:31</span>); Jesus is our
scapegoat and His blood was presented to the Father as a sin offering. (<span style="color: red;">Leviticus 16:8-10</span>)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The
price of silver in the field</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. (<i>Judas the forgotten Sinner</i>) <b><span style="color: red;">Matthew
26:14-16 </span></b><span style="color: red;">Then one of the twelve, called
Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief priests, And said <i>unto them</i>, What
will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him
for thirty pieces of silver. And from that time he sought opportunity to betray
him</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Money</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. <b><span style="color: red;">1 Timothy 6:10 </span></b><span style="color: red;">For <u>the love</u> of money is the root of all evil: which
while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced
themselves through with many sorrows</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">His
love of money led to Dishonesty. <b><span style="color: red;">John 12:4-6 </span></b><span style="color: red;">Then saith one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon's <i>son</i>,
which should betray him, Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred
pence, and given to the poor? This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but
because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">His
love of money led to Deception. <b><span style="color: red;">Matthew 26:14-15 </span></b><span style="color: red;">Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto the
chief priests, And said <i>unto them</i>, What will ye give me, and I will
deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">His
love of money led to Deceive. <b><span style="color: red;">Luke 22:47-48 </span></b><span style="color: red;">And while he yet spake, behold a multitude, and he that was
called Judas, one of the twelve, went before them, and drew near unto Jesus to
kiss him. But Jesus said unto him, Judas, betrayest thou the Son of man with a
kiss</span>?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Judas’ Mercy</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">. <b><span style="color: red;">John
13:21-30 </span></b><span style="color: red;">When Jesus had thus said, he was
troubled in spirit, and testified, and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you,
that one of you shall betray me. Then the disciples looked one on another,
doubting of whom he spake. Now there was leaning on Jesus' bosom one of his
disciples, whom Jesus loved. Simon Peter therefore beckoned to him, that he
should ask who it should be of whom he spake. He then lying on Jesus' breast
saith unto him, Lord, who is it? Jesus answered, He it is, to whom I shall give
a sop, when I have dipped <i>it</i>. <u>And when he had dipped the sop, he gave
<i>it</i> to Judas Iscariot, <i>the son</i> of Simon</u>. And after the sop
Satan entered into him. Then said Jesus unto him, That thou doest, do quickly.
Now no man at the table knew for what intent he spake this unto him. For some <i>of
them</i> thought, because Judas had the bag, that Jesus had said unto him, Buy <i>those
things</i> that we have need of against the feast; or, that he should give
something to the poor. He then having received the sop went immediately out:
and it was night</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Sop. <b><span style="color: red;">John 13:26 </span></b><span style="color: red;">Jesus
answered, He it is, to whom I shall give a sop, when I have dipped <i>it</i>.
And when he had dipped the sop, he gave <i>it</i> to Judas Iscariot, <i>the son</i>
of Simon</span>. The sop was given to the honored guest at the table. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The
Summons. <b><span style="color: red;">John 13:27 </span></b><span style="color: red;">And after the sop Satan entered into him. Then said Jesus
unto him, That thou doest, do quickly</span>. Jesus was giving Judas a choice
to make at that moment. To follow him or follow Satan. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Judas’ Misery</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">. <b><span style="color: red;">Ecclesiastes
8:6 </span></b><span style="color: red;">Because to every purpose there is time
and judgment, therefore the misery of man <i>is</i> great upon him</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">His
Sorrow. <b><span style="color: red;">Matthew 27:3-4 </span></b><span style="color: red;">Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was
condemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to
the chief priests and elders, Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the
innocent blood. And they said, What <i>is that</i> to us? see thou <i>to that</i></span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">His
Suicide. <b><span style="color: red;">Matthew 27:5-8 </span></b><span style="color: red;">And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and
departed, and went and hanged himself. And the chief priests took the silver
pieces, and said, It is not lawful for to put them into the treasury, because
it is the price of blood. And they took counsel, and bought with them the
potter's field, to bury strangers in. Wherefore that field was called, The
field of blood, unto this day</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Sentence. <b><span style="color: red;">Acts 1:17-19 </span></b><span style="color: red;">For he was numbered with us, and had obtained part of this
ministry. Now this man purchased a field with the reward of iniquity; and
falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out.
And it was known unto all the dwellers at Jerusalem; insomuch as that field is called
in their proper tongue, Aceldama, that is to say, The field of blood</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The
price of silver of our future</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. (<i>Jesus the faithful Saviour</i>)<b> <span style="color: red;">Psalms 12:6 </span></b><span style="color: red;">The words of the LORD <i>are</i> pure words: <i>as</i> silver
tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times</span>. <b><span style="color: red;">John 1:1 </span></b><span style="color: red;">In the beginning
was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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was priced in His Birth</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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was a vision birth.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise
thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">The Messiah, the eminent seed of the woman, should bruise the head
of the old serpent the devil, that is, destroy him and all his principalities
and powers, break and confound all his schemes, and ruin all his works, crush
his whole empire, strip him of his authority and sovereignty, and particularly
of his power over death, and his tyranny over the bodies and souls of men; all
which was done by Christ, when he became incarnate and suffered and died.</span><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">
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22:7-8 </span></b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father,
and said, My father: and he said, Here <i>am</i> I, my son. And he said, Behold
the fire and the wood: but where <i>is</i> the lamb for a burnt offering? And
Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so
they went both of them together</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">c.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Seen by Isaiah. </span><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Isaiah 7:14 </span></b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin
shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">.<b>
<span style="color: red;">Isaiah 9:6 </span></b><span style="color: red;">For unto
us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon
his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counseller, The mighty
God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">It
was a vital birth.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 110.15pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">a.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">To fulfil the Scriptures. </span><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Hebrews 7:11 </span></b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for under
it the people received the law,) what further need <i>was there</i> that
another priest should rise after the order of Melchisedec, and not be called
after the order of Aaron</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 110.15pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">b.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">To provide the Saviour. </span><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Luke 2:10-11 </span></b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you
good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born
this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 110.15pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">c.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">To bring hope to a lost Society. </span><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Luke
1:34-35 </span></b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall
this be, seeing I know not a man? And the angel answered and said unto her, The
Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow
thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be
called the Son of God</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">It
was a victorious birth.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 110.15pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l2 level3 lfo10; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">a.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Victorious over Satan.<b> </b></span><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Genesis 3:15 </span></b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">And I will put enmity
between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise
thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">.<b> </b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">b.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Victorious over Sin. </span><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Matthew 1:21 </span></b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">And she shall bring forth
a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from
their sins</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">c.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Victorious over Society.<b>
</b></span><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Luke 1:32-33 </span></b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and
the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David: And he shall
reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no
end</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">B)<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">It
was priced in His Blood</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The
purity of the blood.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">a.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Not the blood of Mammals. (<i>It wasn’t the blood of the service animals</i>)
</span><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Hebrews 9:12 </span></b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Neither by the blood of
goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place,
having obtained eternal redemption <i>for us</i></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">b.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Not the blood of Men. (<i>It
wasn’t the blood of the sinful saints</i>) </span><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">1
Peter 1:18-21 </span></b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Forasmuch as ye know that ye
were not redeemed with corruptible things, <i>as</i> silver and gold, from your
vain conversation <i>received</i> by tradition from your fathers; But with the
precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot: Who
verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in
these last times for you, Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from
the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">c.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">But the blood of the Master. (<i>It
was the blood of the spotless lamb and the sovereign Lord).</i> </span><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Acts 20:28 </span></b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Take heed therefore unto
yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you
overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own
blood</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span>i.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Pure enough to Satisfy. </span><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">2 Corinthians 2:15 </span></b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">For we are
unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that
perish:<b> Ephesians 5:2 </b>And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us,
and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a
sweetsmelling savour</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span>ii.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Pure enough to Secure. </span><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Hebrews 9:7 </span></b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">But into the second <i>went</i>
the high priest alone once every year, not without blood, which he offered for
himself, and <i>for</i> the errors of the people:</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span>iii.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Pure enough to Save. </span><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Romans 5:8-9 </span></b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">But God commendeth his
love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Much
more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath
through him</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Stephen Kennedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06758412678666369139noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3280828382432967777.post-43303601110908543872013-09-30T10:46:00.002-05:002013-09-30T10:46:24.939-05:00Can a man die before his time? Sermon by Stephen Kennedy preached 9/29/2013<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Can
a man die before his time?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">1 Cor. 10:1-12<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Man has asked the age old question for many years;
“Can a man die before his time”. All of man’s life questions are so graciously
given to us by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit through God’s precious Word.
The Bible does make it clear that man can die before his time. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I)<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Idolatry</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">.
<i><span style="color: red;">Vs. 7</span></i>.
<b><span style="color: red;">Exodus 32:6-8 </span></b><span style="color: red;">And
they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burnt offerings, and brought
peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to
play. And the LORD said unto Moses, Go, get thee down; for thy people, which
thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted <i>themselves</i>:
They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they have
made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed thereunto,
and said, These <i>be</i> thy gods, O Israel, which have brought thee up out of
the land of Egypt</span>. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A)<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">They
were Religious</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. <b><span style="color: red;">Proverbs
16:2 </span></b><span style="color: red;">All the ways of a man <i>are</i> clean
in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the spirits</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Religious
only on the outside. <b><span style="color: red;">1 Samuel 16:7 </span></b><span style="color: red;">But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance,
or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for <i>the LORD
seeth</i> not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the
LORD looketh on the heart</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">B)<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">They
went through the Rituals</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">.<span style="color: red;"> <b>Matthew
7:21-23 </b>Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the
kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy
name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful
works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye
that work iniquity</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">C)<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">They
had a form of Righteousness</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. <b><span style="color: red;">2
Timothy 3:5 </span></b><span style="color: red;">Having a form of godliness, but
denying the power thereof: from such turn away</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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were quick to Relax (<i>play</i>)</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">.
<b><span style="color: red;">2 Timothy 3:4 </span></b><span style="color: red;">Traitors,
heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God</span>;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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to mischief. <b><span style="color: red;">Proverbs 6:16-19 </span></b><span style="color: red;">These six <i>things</i> doth the LORD hate: yea, seven <i>are</i>
an abomination unto him: A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed
innocent blood, <u>An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be
swift in running to mischief</u>, A false witness <i>that</i> speaketh lies,
and he that soweth discord among brethren</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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is a sin against Christ</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. <b><span style="color: red;">1
Thessalonians 4:1-6 </span></b><span style="color: red;">Furthermore then we
beseech you, brethren, and exhort <i>you</i> by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have
received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, <i>so</i> ye would
abound more and more. For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord
Jesus. For this is the will of God, <i>even</i> your sanctification, that ye
should abstain from fornication: That every one of you should know how to
possess his vessel in sanctification and honour; Not in the lust of
concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God: That no <i>man</i> go
beyond and defraud his brother in <i>any</i> matter: because that the Lord <i>is</i>
the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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disrupts our relationship. <b><span style="color: red;">Matthew 12:50 </span></b><span style="color: red;">For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in
heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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is a sin against the Christian</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. <b><span style="color: red;">1 Corinthians 6:18-20 </span></b><span style="color: red;">Flee
fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that
committeth fornication sinneth against his own body. What? know ye not that
your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost <i>which is</i> in you, which ye have
of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore
glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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divides the home. <b><span style="color: red;">Matthew 12:25 </span></b><span style="color: red;">And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every
kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or
house divided against itself shall not stand</span>:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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is a sin against the church</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. <b><span style="color: red;">Ephesians
5:3-5 </span></b><span style="color: red;">But fornication, and all uncleanness,
or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;
Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient:
but rather giving of thanks. For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean
person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the
kingdom of Christ and of God</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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defeats the church. <b><span style="color: red;">2 Corinthians 12:19-21 </span></b><span style="color: red;">Again, think ye that we excuse ourselves unto you? we speak
before God in Christ: but <i>we do</i> all things, dearly beloved, for your
edifying. For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would,
and <i>that</i> I shall be found unto you such as ye would not: lest <i>there
be</i> debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings,
tumults: <i>And</i> lest, when I come again, my God will humble me among you,
and <i>that</i> I shall bewail many which have sinned already, and have not
repented of the uncleanness and fornication and lasciviousness which they have
committed</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Rebellion</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. <i><span style="color: red;">Vs. 9</span></i><span style="color: red;"> <b>Numbers 21:5-7 </b>And
the people spake against God, and against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us
up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for <i>there is</i> no bread, neither
<i>is there any</i> water; and our soul loatheth this light bread. And the LORD
sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people
of Israel died. Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned,
for we have spoken against the LORD, and against thee; pray unto the LORD, that
he take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the people</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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will cause Doubt</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. <b><span style="color: red;">Psalms
78:18-19 </span></b><span style="color: red;">And they tempted God in their heart
by asking meat for their lust. Yea, they spake against God; they said, Can God
furnish a table in the wilderness</span>?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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His Word. <i>Is His Word really true? </i><b><span style="color: red;">Psalms 12:6 </span></b><span style="color: red;">The words of
the LORD <i>are</i> pure words: <i>as</i> silver tried in a furnace of earth,
purified seven times</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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His Ways. <i>Are His Ways really right? </i><b><span style="color: red;">Psalms 145:17 </span></b><span style="color: red;">The LORD <i>is</i>
righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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His Wisdom. <i>Will His Wisdom help me? </i><b><span style="color: red;">Proverbs 3:19 </span></b><span style="color: red;">The LORD by
wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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His Worthiness. <i>Is there really a God? </i><b><span style="color: red;">2 Samuel 22:4 </span></b><span style="color: red;">I will call on the LORD, <i>who is</i> worthy to be praised:
so shall I be saved from mine enemies. <b>Revelation 4:11 </b>Thou art worthy,
O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all
things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created. <b>Revelation 5:12 </b>Saying
with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and
riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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will cause Destruction</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. <b><span style="color: red;">Proverbs 29:1 </span></b><span style="color: red;">He, that being often reproved hardeneth <i>his</i> neck,
shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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our faith. <b><span style="color: red;">Ephesians 6:16 </span></b><span style="color: red;">Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be
able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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our fellowship. <b><span style="color: red;">1 John 1:3 </span></b><span style="color: red;">That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that
ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship <i>is</i> with
the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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our foundation. </span><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Matthew 7:24-27 </span></b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I
will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: And the rain
descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house;
and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock. And every one that heareth
these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man,
which built his house upon the sand: And the rain descended, and the floods
came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was
the fall of it</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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will cause Doom</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. <b><span style="color: red;">Isaiah
1:4-7 </span></b><u><span style="color: red;">Ah sinful nation, a people laden
with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters</span></u><span style="color: red;">: <u>they have forsaken the LORD</u>, they have provoked the
Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward. Why should ye be
stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and
the whole heart faint<u>. From the sole of the foot even unto the head <i>there
is</i> no soundness in it; <i>but</i> wounds, and bruises, and putrifying
sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with
ointment</u>. Your country <i>is</i> desolate, your cities <i>are</i> burned
with fire: your land, strangers devour it in your presence, and <i>it is</i>
desolate, as <u>overthrown by strangers</u></span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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by Sin. <i>Sinful nation</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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by Separation. <i>Forsaken the Lord</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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by Sickness. <i>Sores</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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by Strangers. <i>Overthrown by strangers</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></b><!--[endif]--><b>Murmur</b>. <i><span style="color: red;">Vs. 10</span></i> MUR'MURING,
Uttering complaints in a low voice or sullen manner; grumbling; complaining. <b><span style="color: red;">Philippians 2:14-15 </span></b><span style="color: red;">Do all
things without murmurings and disputings: That ye may be blameless and
harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and
perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world</span>;<o:p></o:p></div>
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in the Mind</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. <b><span style="color: red;">Titus
1:13-16 </span></b><span style="color: red;">This witness is true. Wherefore
rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith; Not giving heed to
Jewish fables, and commandments of men, that turn from the truth. Unto the pure
all things <i>are</i> pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving <i>is</i>
nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled. They profess that
they know God; but in works they deny <i>him</i>, being abominable, and
disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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in the Mouth</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. <b><span style="color: red;">Proverbs
13:3 </span></b><span style="color: red;">He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his
life: <i>but</i> he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction. <b>Proverbs
21:23 </b>Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Watch
your tongue. <b><span style="color: red;">Psalms 39:1 </span></b><span style="color: red;">I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my
tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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in Manner</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Discontentment.
<b><span style="color: red;">Hebrews 13:5 </span></b><i><span style="color: red;">Let
your</span></i><span style="color: red;"> conversation <i>be</i> without
covetousness; <i>and be</i> content with such things as ye have: for he hath
said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: red;">Proverbs 6:16-19 </span></b><span style="color: red;">These
six <i>things</i> doth the LORD hate: yea, seven <i>are</i> an abomination unto
him: A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, An heart
that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief, A
false witness <i>that</i> speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among
brethren</span></span>.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: red;">1 Peter 3:8-9 </span></b><span style="color: red;">Finally,
<i>be ye</i> all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as
brethren, <i>be</i> pitiful, <i>be</i> courteous: Not rendering evil for evil,
or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are
thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: red;">Philippians 2:4 </span></b><span style="color: red;">Look
not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">b.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Self-exaltation.
<b><span style="color: red;">Proverbs 25:27 </span></b><i><span style="color: red;">It is</span></i><span style="color: red;"> not good to eat much honey: so <i>for
men</i> to search their own glory <i>is not</i> glory</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: red;">Proverbs 12:15 </span></b><span style="color: red;">The
way of a fool <i>is</i> right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto
counsel <i>is</i> wise</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Conclusion:
Paul doesn’t end on a bad note; for we find grace in every infirmities and
despite our sinful ways, God will always give a time of mercy. <b><span style="color: red;">1 Corinthians 10:31-33 </span></b><span style="color: red;">Whether
therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.
Give none offence, neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor to the church
of God: Even as I please all <i>men</i> in all <i>things</i>, not seeking mine
own profit, but the <i>profit</i> of many, that they may be saved</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Stephen Kennedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06758412678666369139noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3280828382432967777.post-53181815175422307082013-09-26T10:17:00.000-05:002013-09-26T10:17:33.179-05:00Treasures of the House of God. Sermon preached by Stephen Kennedy <div align="center" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Treasures of the
House of God<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: red; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">I Chronicles
28:9-12<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">As stated before, through the
Scriptures we should know and understand about the three homes given to man by
God Himself. <u>He gave first</u> a<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>family
home<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>to our first parents. God
wants all to know the joy of having a family home, saved or unsaved; this is
the privilege of man. <u>Second</u>, God will give to all who believe in His
Son, Jesus Christ a<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>future home<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>in Heaven with Him. <u>Third</u>, to
all who believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and are redeemed, He not only gives
assurance of a future home in eternity but also the privilege of enjoying a<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><strong><span style="font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">fellowship home</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>with saints here on earth, the
gathering place for the family of God. Here we see this fellowship home as the
local assembly or the church where we attend regularly. Also we call it<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>"the house of God"</i>.<b>
</b></span><b><span style="color: red;">1 Peter 4:17 </span></b><span style="color: red;">For the time <i>is come</i> that judgment must begin at the
house of God: and if <i>it</i> first <i>begin</i> at us, what shall the end <i>be</i>
of them that obey not the gospel of God</span>?</div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><b>I)<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-weight: normal;">
</span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">The
Structure for the Lord. <i>Temple building</i><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]-->A)<span style="font-size: 7pt;"> </span><!--[endif]--><u><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">The Preparation</span></u><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">. Before there has ever been any great
achievement there was great planning. Many years of planning and preparing was
done before the completion of the temple. So has it been with the church of our
Lord Jesus Christ. In fact, He is still building or preparing it. </span><b><span style="color: red;">1 Corinthians 14:40 </span></b><span style="color: red;">Let
all things be done decently and in order</span>.<span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]-->1.<span style="font-size: 7pt;"> </span><!--[endif]--><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Preparation of
the Christ. </span><b><span style="color: red;">Isaiah 40:3 </span></b><span style="color: red;">The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye
the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God</span>.<span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]-->2.<span style="font-size: 7pt;"> </span><!--[endif]--><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Preparation of
the Church. </span><b><span style="color: red;">Revelation 21:2 </span></b><span style="color: red;">And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from
God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. <b>Revelation
19:6-7 </b>And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the
voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia:
for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth. Let us be glad and rejoice, and give
honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made
herself ready</span>.<span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]-->3.<span style="font-size: 7pt;"> </span><!--[endif]--><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Preparation of
the Christian. </span><b><span style="color: red;">2 Timothy 2:21 </span></b><span style="color: red;">If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a
vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master's use, <i>and</i>
prepared unto every good work</span>.<span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]-->B)<span style="font-size: 7pt;"> </span><!--[endif]--><u><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">The Pattern</span></u><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">. </span><span style="background: white; color: red; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Vs. 12</span><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]-->1.<span style="font-size: 7pt;"> </span><!--[endif]--><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">By the Spirit. </span><b><span style="color: red;">John 16:13 </span></b><span style="color: red;">Howbeit when
he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he
shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, <i>that</i> shall he
speak: and he will shew you things to come</span>.<span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]-->2.<span style="font-size: 7pt;"> </span><!--[endif]--><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">As the Shadow. </span><b><span style="color: red;">Hebrews 8:5 </span></b><span style="color: red;">Who serve unto
the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when
he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, <i>that</i> thou make
all things according to the pattern shewed to thee in the mount</span>.<span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]-->C)<span style="font-size: 7pt;"> </span><!--[endif]--><u><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">The Purpose</span></u><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">.<b> </b></span><b><span style="color: red;">1 Chronicles 28:9-10 </span></b><span style="color: red;">And
thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and <u>serve him</u>
with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all
hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou <u>seek
him</u>, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee
off for ever. Take heed now; for the LORD hath chosen thee to build an house
for the sanctuary: <u>be strong</u>, and do <i>it</i></span>.<b><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]-->1.<span style="font-size: 7pt;"> </span><!--[endif]-->For
Serving the Lord. <b><span style="color: red;">1 Corinthians 15:58 </span></b><span style="color: red;">Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable,
always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour
is not in vain in the Lord</span>.<b><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]-->2.<span style="font-size: 7pt;"> </span><!--[endif]-->For
Seeking the Lord. <b><span style="color: red;">Matthew 6:33 </span></b><span style="color: red;">But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness;
and all these things shall be added unto you.<b><span style="background: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]-->3.<span style="font-size: 7pt;"> </span><!--[endif]-->For
Strengthening in the Lord. <b><span style="color: red;">Hebrews 10:23-25 </span></b><span style="color: red;">Let us hold fast the profession of <i>our</i> faith without
wavering; (for he <i>is</i> faithful that promised;) And let us consider one
another to provoke unto love and to good works: Not forsaking the assembling of
ourselves together, as the manner of some <i>is</i>; but exhorting <i>one
another</i>: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching</span>.<b><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]-->D)<span style="font-size: 7pt;"> </span><!--[endif]--><u>The
Picture</u>. <span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Nothing had ever been built on earth to pattern it after, and nothing
would ever be built after it to compare to it. As the tabernacle would <u>picture
the Lord Jesus as Saviour and His followers</u> as pilgrims and strangers on
the earth, the temple would picture Jesus Christ the Lord and His family
permanently in eternity.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]-->1.<span style="font-size: 7pt;"> </span><!--[endif]--><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Christ. </span><b><span style="color: red;">John 2:18-19 </span></b><span style="color: red;">Then answered
the Jews and said unto him, What sign shewest thou unto us, seeing that thou
doest these things? Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and
in three days I will raise it up</span>.<span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]-->a.<span style="font-size: 7pt;"> </span><!--[endif]-->His
Sacrifice. <b><span style="color: red;">1 Corinthians 15:3-4 </span></b><span style="color: red;">For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also
received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And
that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the
scriptures</span>:<span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]-->2.<span style="font-size: 7pt;"> </span><!--[endif]--><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Christians. </span><b><span style="color: red;">1 Corinthians 6:19 </span></b><span style="color: red;">What?
know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost <i>which is</i> in
you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own</span>?<span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]-->a.<span style="font-size: 7pt;"> </span><!--[endif]-->Our
Separation. <b><span style="color: red;">2 Corinthians 6:16-18 </span></b><span style="color: red;">And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye
are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and
walk in <i>them</i>; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and
touch not the unclean <i>thing</i>; and I will receive you, And will be a
Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty</span>.<span style="background-color: white;"> </span></div>
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</span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">The
Subject and His Love. <i>Treasures brought</i><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]-->A)<span style="font-size: 7pt;"> </span><!--[endif]--><u><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">David’s Summons</span></u><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">.<b> </b></span><b><span style="color: red;">1 Chronicles 28:1 </span></b><span style="color: red;">And
David assembled all the princes of Israel, the princes of the tribes, and the
captains of the companies that ministered to the king by course, and the
captains over the thousands, and captains over the hundreds, and the stewards
over all the substance and possession of the king, and of his sons, with the
officers, and with the mighty men, and with all the valiant men, unto Jerusalem</span>.
David is giving the Charge to his Son Solomon.<b><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]-->1.<span style="font-size: 7pt;"> </span><!--[endif]--><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Moses to Joshua.<b>
</b></span><b><span style="color: red;">Deuteronomy 34:9 </span></b><span style="color: red;">And Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom;
for Moses had laid his hands upon him: and the children of Israel hearkened
unto him, and did as the LORD commanded Moses</span>.<b><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]-->2.<span style="font-size: 7pt;"> </span><!--[endif]--><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Joshua to his
men.<b> </b></span><b><span style="color: red;">Joshua 24:1 </span></b><span style="color: red;">And Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and
called for the elders of Israel, and for their heads, and for their judges, and
for their officers; and they presented themselves before God. <b>Joshua 24:14 </b>Now therefore fear the
LORD, and serve him in sincerity and in truth: and put away the gods which your
fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye the
LORD</span>.<b><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]-->3.<span style="font-size: 7pt;"> </span><!--[endif]--><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Elijah to the
sons of prophets.<b> </b></span><b><span style="color: red;">2 Kings 2:1-3 </span></b><span style="color: red;">And it came to pass, when the LORD would take up Elijah into
heaven by a whirlwind, that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal. And Elijah
said unto Elisha, Tarry here, I pray thee; for the LORD hath sent me to Bethel.
And Elisha said <i>unto him, As</i> the LORD liveth, and <i>as</i> thy soul
liveth, I will not leave thee. So they went down to Bethel. And the sons of the
prophets that <i>were</i> at Bethel came forth to Elisha, and said unto him,
Knowest thou that the LORD will take away thy master from thy head to day? And
he said, Yea, I know <i>it</i>; hold ye your peace</span>.<b><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]-->4.<span style="font-size: 7pt;"> </span><!--[endif]--><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Christ to His
Disciples. </span><span style="background: white; color: red; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Mark 14</span><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]-->B)<span style="font-size: 7pt;"> </span><!--[endif]--><u><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">David’s Spirit</span></u><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">. </span><b><span style="color: red;">1 Chronicles 28:2 </span></b><span style="color: red;">Then
David the king stood up upon his feet, and said, <u>Hear me, my brethren, and
my people</u>: <i>As for me</i>, I <i>had</i> in mine heart to build an house
of rest for the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and for the footstool of our
God, and had made ready for the building</span>: These were brethren whom he
love and people whom he cared for; These are not soldiers whom he commanded or
servants whom he controlled. <span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]-->1.<span style="font-size: 7pt;"> </span><!--[endif]--><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">His love for
God. </span><b><span style="color: red;">Psalms 18:1</span></b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">, <i>A Psalm</i> of David, the servant of the LORD,
who spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the day <i>that</i> the LORD
delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul: And
he said,</span> <span style="color: red;">I will love thee, O LORD, my strength</span>.
<b><span style="color: red;">Psalms 31:23 </span></b><span style="color: red;">O
love the LORD, all ye his saints: <i>for</i> the LORD preserveth the faithful,
and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer</span>.<span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]-->2.<span style="font-size: 7pt;"> </span><!--[endif]--><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">His longing for
God. </span><b><span style="color: red;">Psalms 27:4 </span></b><span style="color: red;">One <i>thing</i> have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek
after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to
behold the beauty of the LORD, and to inquire in his temple</span>.<span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]-->3.<span style="font-size: 7pt;"> </span><!--[endif]--><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">His loyalty for God.
</span><b><span style="color: red;">Psalms 63:1</span> </b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of
Judah.</span><span style="color: red;"> O God, thou <i>art</i> my God; early will
I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and
thirsty land, where no water is</span>;<span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]-->C)<span style="font-size: 7pt;"> </span><!--[endif]--><u><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">David’s Sword</span></u><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">. </span><b><span style="color: red;">1 Chronicles 28:3 </span></b><span style="color: red;">But God
said unto me, Thou shalt not build an house for my name, because thou <i>hast
been</i> a man of war, and hast shed blood</span>. <span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">David had been allowed of God to
have the plans for the temple, even allowed to make preparation for its
building. But he was not given permission to build it. It was not to be built
by a sword or a man of war.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: red;">John 3:17 </span></b><span style="color: red;">For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world;
but that the world through him might be saved.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: red;">Isaiah 53:7 </span></b><span style="color: red;">He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her
shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: red;">1 Peter 1:18-19 </span></b><span style="color: red;">Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with
corruptible things, <i>as</i> silver and gold, from your vain conversation <i>received</i>
by tradition from your fathers; But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a
lamb without blemish and without spot</span>:</div>
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</span><!--[endif]--><u>David’s Service</u>. <b><span style="color: red;">1
Chronicles 28:4 </span></b><span style="color: red;">Howbeit the LORD God of
Israel chose me before all the house of my father to be king over Israel for
ever: for he hath chosen Judah <i>to be</i> the ruler; and of the house of
Judah, the house of my father; and among the sons of my father he liked me to
make <i>me</i> king over all Israel</span>: <span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Although he was not permitted to
build this temple, he was still a picture of one greater than Solomon.</span><b><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></b><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">His kingdom here
is said to be "forever." This could only be a prophecy of Jesus
Christ. Only the throne of Christ could be forever. </span><b><span style="color: red;">Hebrews 1:8 </span></b><span style="color: red;">But unto the
Son <i>he saith</i>, Thy throne, O God, <i>is</i> for ever and ever: a sceptre
of righteousness <i>is</i> the sceptre of thy kingdom</span>.</div>
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</span><!--[endif]--><u>David’s Son</u>. <b><span style="color: red;">1
Chronicles 28:5-7 </span></b><span style="color: red;">And of all my sons, (for
the LORD hath given me many sons,) he hath chosen Solomon my son to sit upon
the throne of the kingdom of the LORD over Israel. And he said unto me, Solomon
thy son, he shall build my house and my courts: for I have chosen him <i>to be</i>
my son, and I will be his father. Moreover I will establish his kingdom for
ever, if he be constant to do my commandments and my judgments, as at this day</span>. <span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Here is a true picture of Sovereignty. David had
many sons but God chose Solomon to build the temple and he was God's choice to
sit upon the throne of Israel. God declares: "I have chosen him."
"I will be his father." "I will establish his kingdom forever."
Here also we see a glimpse of prophecy of one greater than Solomon. Knowing
that Solomon's reign lasted only forty years, we see this had to have One
greater in mind whose kingdom would be forever. This again could only be our
Lord Jesus Christ whose throne is forever and ever.</span></div>
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</span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">The
Spiritual Lesson. <i>Teachings believed</i>.
</span></b><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">The
treasures were literal in Solomon's day, and so are they today. I know the
treasure then was gold and silver, precious stones and other things of great
value. The treasure is different today in God's House as we know it. The House
of God today may be a very small building or it could be very large. It could
be in a busy city or in a small community. It may have cost much to build it or
it could be very simple and in some people's eye even unattractive. Yet, still
it is to us who believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and worship Him in spirit and
in truth, the House of God.<b> </b>Here in God's House are many treasures for
us to enjoy. The Message of the Scriptures, the Ministry of the Spirit, the
Memories of the Saints<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>—<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>these are things the world could never
give. They are to be found only in the House of God.</span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]-->A)<span style="font-size: 7pt;"> </span><!--[endif]--><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"> <u>His Word</u>, <i><u>In which we Look</u></i>. </span><b><span style="color: red;">Psalms
19:10 </span></b><span style="color: red;">More to be desired <i>are they</i>
than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb</span>.
<b><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]-->1.<span style="font-size: 7pt;"> </span><!--[endif]--><span style="background: white; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">The Worth of His Word.<span style="color: red;"> Psalm 119</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]-->a)<span style="font-size: 7pt;"> </span><!--[endif]--><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Heed to the His
Word. </span><b><span style="color: red;">Psalms 119:9</span></b><span style="color: red;"> Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking
heed <i>thereto</i> according to thy word</span>.<span style="background: white; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]-->b)<span style="font-size: 7pt;"> </span><!--[endif]--><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Hide His Word in
our hearts. </span><b><span style="color: red;">Psalms 119:11 </span></b><span style="color: red;">Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin
against thee</span>.<span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]-->c)<span style="font-size: 7pt;"> </span><!--[endif]--><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Honour His Word.
</span><b><span style="color: red;">Psalms 119:16 </span></b><span style="color: red;">I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy
word</span>.<span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]-->d)<span style="font-size: 7pt;"> </span><!--[endif]--><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Hope in His
Word. </span><b><span style="color: red;">Psalms 119:114 </span></b><span style="color: red;">Thou <i>art</i> my hiding place and my shield: I hope in thy
word</span>.<span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]-->e)<span style="font-size: 7pt;"> </span><!--[endif]-->Happiness
in His Word. <b><span style="color: red;">Psalms 119:162 </span></b><span style="color: red;">I rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great spoil.</span><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]-->2.<span style="font-size: 7pt;"> </span><!--[endif]-->The
Wealth of His Word. <span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]-->a)<span style="font-size: 7pt;"> </span><!--[endif]-->Gives
Sight. <b><span style="color: red;">Psalms 119:104-105 </span></b><span style="color: red;">Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate
every false way. Thy word <i>is</i> a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my
path</span>.<span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]-->b)<span style="font-size: 7pt;"> </span><!--[endif]-->Gives
Strength. <b><span style="color: red;">Job 23:12 </span></b><span style="color: red;">Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I
have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary <i>food</i></span>.<span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]-->c)<span style="font-size: 7pt;"> </span><!--[endif]-->Gives
Stability. <b><span style="color: red;">Psalms 119:33</span></b><span style="color: red;"> Teach me, O LORD, the way of thy statutes; and I shall keep
it <i>unto</i> the end</span>.<span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Wonder of His Word. <span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]-->a)<span style="font-size: 7pt;"> </span><!--[endif]--><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Strength for the
weak. </span><b><span style="color: red;">1 Peter 2:2 </span></b><span style="color: red;">As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that
ye may grow thereby</span>:<span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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battle. </span><b><span style="color: red;">Ephesians 6:17 </span></b><span style="color: red;">And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the
Spirit, which is the word of God</span>:<span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]-->c)<span style="font-size: 7pt;"> </span><!--[endif]--><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Settled in
Heaven. </span><b><span style="color: red;">Mark 13:31 </span></b><span style="color: red;">Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass
away</span>. <span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"> It can never decay, be destroyed
nor defeated, for it is forever settled in Heaven! Forever, 0 God, give us this
treasure!</span></div>
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Work</u>, <i><u>In which we Labour</u></i>. <b><span style="color: red;">1 Thessalonians 1:3
</span></b><span style="color: red;">Remembering without ceasing your work of
faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in
the sight of God and our Father</span>; <span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">We are not driven to His fields but willingly
we go because there is a desire planted deep in our hearts to serve Him who
loved us and gave Himself for us.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></i></b><i><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Lord, take thy
servant weak and thin,<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"> Move through him like a
mighty wind<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">To spread the Seed on fertile ground, <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">To free the lost who are inward bound.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Anoint his eye, Lord, let him see, <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">How fast the night will fall,<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">And lips to sound the message clear, That Jesus died for all.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
Stephen Kennedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06758412678666369139noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3280828382432967777.post-55933433153724067772013-09-24T02:16:00.001-05:002013-09-24T02:19:19.773-05:00Two Sinners in the Service - Sermon by Stephen Kennedy<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The
story of the Pharisee and the publican is the story of two great sinners. One
knew that he was a sinner and acknowledged it before God. The other knew not
that he was a sinner and boasted of his righteousness. It is a story of a good
man who went to hell and a bad man who went to heaven. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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#1 – The Pharisee</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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prayer</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. (<i>Self-righteous</i>).
Pharisees love to stand praying in the market place that men might hear them. <b><span style="color: red;">Matthew 6:16-18 </span></b><span style="color: red;">Moreover
when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they
disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto
you, They have their reward. But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head,
and wash thy face; That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father
which is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee
openly</span>. Here we see his purpose for pray is to show off before men, not
to pour out his heart to God. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Proclamation</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. (<i>Morality</i>).
Pharisees see their live as clean or clean living. They have never stooped to
immoral things.<span style="color: red;"> <b>Romans 3:10 </b>As it is written,
There is none righteous, no, not one: <b>Romans 3:23 </b>For all have sinned,
and come short of the glory of God</span>; Here we see his live in his eyes was
good. <b><span style="color: red;">Psalms 14:3 </span></b><span style="color: red;">They are all gone aside, they are <i>all</i> together become filthy: <i>there
is</i> none that doeth good, no, not one</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Principles</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. (<i>Honesty</i>).
Pharisees boast they are honest in business, they do not cheat, they pay their bills,
and they are honest in all their dealings. <b><span style="color: red;">Ephesians
2:8-9 </span></b><span style="color: red;">For by grace are ye saved through
faith; and that not of yourselves: <i>it is</i> the gift of God: Not of works,
lest any man should boast</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Piety</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. (<i>Religious</i>).
Pharisees claim to be righteous due to their faithfulness to pray, read their
bibles, fast, tithe, and faithful church attendance. <b><span style="color: red;">Mark 7:5-9 </span></b><span style="color: red;">Then the Pharisees and scribes asked him, Why walk not thy
disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashen
hands? He answered and said unto them, Well hath Esaias prophesied of you
hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth me with <i>their</i> lips,
but their heart is far from me. Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching <i>for</i>
doctrines the commandments of men. For laying aside the commandment of God, ye
hold the tradition of men, <i>as</i> the washing of pots and cups: and many
other such like things ye do. And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the
commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition</span>.</span></div>
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Perfection</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. (<i>No flaws</i>).
Pharisees say, “Thank you Lord I am not like this man a sinner”. <b><span style="color: red;">Proverbs 11:2 </span></b><i><span style="color: red;">When</span></i><span style="color: red;"> pride cometh, then
cometh shame: but with the lowly <i>is</i> wisdom. <b>Proverbs 16:18 </b>Pride <i>goeth</i>
before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall. <b>Proverbs 21:4 </b>An
high look, and a proud heart, <i>and</i> the plowing of the wicked, <i>is</i>
sin</span>. This man seen himself as good and everyone else was bad. He was in
one group and everyone else in the world was in the other group. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">A
man in a certain Scottish village owned
a curious coat. On the front of the coat there were many large patches.
He said that these patches represented the sins of his neighbours, and that
every patch told of some sinful deed which they had committed. On the back of
the coat there was a very small patch. When someone asked him what this patch represented,
he said, “That is my own sin. I cannot see it”. So it was with the Pharisee. He
saw the flaws in others, but he couldn’t see any of his own. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Parting</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. (<i>The same</i>).
He walked away the same man that walked into the temple. We walked away lost
and not justified. For he didn’t acknowledge himself as a sinner for he trusted
in his own righteousness. Nor did he cry to God for mercy. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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#2 – The Publican</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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professing heart</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. (<i>Humility</i>).
<b><span style="color: red;">Matthew 18:4 </span></b><span style="color: red;">Whosoever
therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in
the kingdom of heaven</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Spirit of Man gives Learning. <b><span style="color: red;">Job 32:8 </span></b><span style="color: red;">But <i>there is</i>
a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Spirit of Man gives Light. <b><span style="color: red;">Proverbs 20:27 </span></b><span style="color: red;">The spirit
of man <i>is</i> the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the
belly</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Spirit of Man gives Liberty. <b><span style="color: red;">1 Corinthians 6:20 </span></b><span style="color: red;">For ye
are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your
spirit, which are God's</span>.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Humility in Self. <b><span style="color: red;">Luke
18:14 </span></b><span style="color: red;">I tell you, this man went down to his
house justified <i>rather</i> than the other: for every one that exalteth
himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Self Condemnation. <b><span style="color: red;">Job
9:20 </span></b><span style="color: red;">If I justify myself, mine own mouth
shall condemn me: <i>if I say</i>, I <i>am</i> perfect, it shall also prove me
perverse</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Self Confidence. <b><span style="color: red;">Proverbs
28:26 </span></b><span style="color: red;">He that trusteth in his own heart is a
fool: but whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Self Control. <b><span style="color: red;">Proverbs
16:32 </span></b><i><span style="color: red;">He that is</span></i><span style="color: red;"> slow to anger <i>is</i> better than the mighty; and he that
ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">His ponderous heart</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">. (<i>Heaviness</i>). <b><span style="color: red;">Psalms
51:3 </span></b><span style="color: red;">For I acknowledge my transgressions:
and my sin <i>is</i> ever before me</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Pricking
Conviction. <b><span style="color: red;">Acts 2:36-37 </span></b><span style="color: red;">Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that
God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ.
Now when they heard <i>this</i>, they were pricked in their heart, and said
unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men <i>and</i> brethren, what shall
we do</span>?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Pounding
Conviction. <b><span style="color: red;">Acts 16:29-30 </span></b><span style="color: red;">Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and came
trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas, And brought them out, and said,
Sirs, what must I do to be saved</span>?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">His pleading heart</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">. (<i>Confession</i>). <b><span style="color: red;">Proverbs 28:13 </span></b><span style="color: red;">He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso
confesseth and forsaketh <i>them</i> shall have mercy</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Heart
Confession. <b><span style="color: red;">Romans 10:9-10 </span></b><span style="color: red;">That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and
shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt
be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the
mouth confession is made unto salvation</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Confession. <span style="color: red;">Psalms 51</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Healing
Confession. <b><span style="color: red;">Psalms 41:4 </span></b><span style="color: red;">I said, LORD, be merciful unto me: heal my soul; for I have
sinned against thee</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">His Parting heart</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">.
(<i>Changed</i>). He left as a saved man.
Jesus said that he was “justified”. That means he was saved.</span><b> </b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Luke 18:14 </span></b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I tell you, this man went
down to his house justified <i>rather</i> than the other: for every one that
exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted</span>.
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> Any man in the world who comes humbly as he
did, who repents of his sin and confesses to God and cries for mercy can and
will be saved. But if you trust in you own goodness as did the Pharisee you
will be lost forever. Why not throw all of you pride and self-righteousness
away and fall at the feet of Jesus and be saved as was this Publican?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Stephen Kennedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06758412678666369139noreply@blogger.com0Limavady, UK55.039403236895772 -6.937329769134521555.038834736895772 -6.9385902691345214 55.039971736895772 -6.9360692691345216tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3280828382432967777.post-52094638942314691142013-09-22T18:30:00.000-05:002013-09-22T18:30:04.629-05:00The Dangers of Compromise - Sermon by Stephen Kennedy, preached 9/22/2013<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The
Dangers of Compromise<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Hosea makes it plain that there was compromise on
the part of the spiritual leaders. The priests seem to have adjusted their
consciences to the standards of the people. Again and again the Bible
emphasizes the importance of strong spiritual leadership. The pages of history
testify to the rapid decline and disintegration of people whose religious
leaders are corrupt. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Although it does not appear on the surface in
Hosea’s message, it is to be remembered that there had been an integration of
Jehovah worship and Baalism. This involved a definite compromise of conviction
and a corresponding lowering of standards. <b><span style="color: red;">Hosea
4:14 </span></b><span style="color: red;">I will not punish your daughters when
they commit whoredom, nor your spouses when they commit adultery: for
themselves are separated with whores, and they sacrifice with harlots:
therefore the people <i>that</i> doth not understand shall fall</span>. The
rendering, “For the men themselves go aside with harlots and sacrifice with
cult prostitutes,” is probably fairly accurate. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Denial</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. <b><span style="color: red;">Hosea 4:6 </span></b><span style="color: red;">My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou
hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest
to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy
children</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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due to lack of Study</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. <b><span style="color: red;">Isaiah
34:16 </span></b><span style="color: red;">Seek ye out of the book of the LORD,
and read: no one of these shall fail, none shall want her mate: for my mouth it
hath commanded, and his spirit it hath gathered them. <b>John 5:39 </b>Search
the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they
which testify of me. <b>Acts 17:11 </b>These were more noble than those in
Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and
searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so. <b>Romans 15:4 </b>For
whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we
through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope</span>.</span> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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due to lack of Service</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. <b><span style="color: red;">Psalms
2:11 </span></b><span style="color: red;">Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice
with trembling</span>. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the Lord fearfully. <b><span style="color: red;">Hebrews 12:28 </span></b><span style="color: red;">Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let
us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly
fear</span>:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the Lord fervently. <b><span style="color: red;">1 Corinthians 15:58 </span></b><span style="color: red;">Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable,
always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour
is not in vain in the Lord</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the Lord faithfully. <b><span style="color: red;">1 Corinthians 4:1-2 </span></b><span style="color: red;">Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ,
and stewards of the mysteries of God. Moreover it is required in stewards, that
a man be found faithful</span>.</span></div>
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due to lack of Subordination</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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brings Success. <b><span style="color: red;">Joshua 1:8 </span></b><span style="color: red;">This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but
thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do
according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way
prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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better than Sacrifice. <b><span style="color: red;">1 Samuel 15:22 </span></b><span style="color: red;">And Samuel said, Hath the LORD <i>as great</i> delight in
burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to
obey <i>is</i> better than sacrifice, <i>and</i> to hearken than the fat of
rams</span>. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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is the best Service. <b><span style="color: red;">Acts 5:29 </span></b><span style="color: red;">Then Peter and the <i>other</i> apostles answered and said, We
ought to obey God rather than men</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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due to lack of Separation</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. <b><span style="color: red;">2
Corinthians 6:17 </span></b><span style="color: red;">Wherefore come out from
among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean <i>thing</i>;
and I will receive you, <b>Ephesians 5:11 </b>And have no fellowship with the
unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove <i>them</i>. <b>2
Thessalonians 3:6 </b>Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord
Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh
disorderly, and not after the tradition which he received of us</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Drifting</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. <b><span style="color: red;">Hosea 11:7 </span></b><span style="color: red;">And my people are bent to backsliding from me: though they
called them to the most High, none at all would exalt <i>him</i></span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: red;">Jeremiah 3:15-16 </span></b><span style="color: red;">And I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which
shall feed you with knowledge and understanding. <u>And it shall come to pass,
when ye be multiplied and increased in the land, in those days, saith the LORD,
they shall say no more, The ark of the covenant of the LORD: neither shall it
come to mind: neither shall they remember it; neither shall they visit <i>it</i>;
neither shall <i>that</i> be done any mor</u>e.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span><!--[endif]-->People stop talking about the Lord. <span style="color: red;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span><!--[endif]-->People stop thinking about the Lord<span style="color: red;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span><!--[endif]-->People stop talking to the Lord<span style="color: red;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Will is rejected</u>. <b><span style="color: red;">Jeremiah 3:17-20 </span></b><span style="color: red;">At that
time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of the LORD; and all the nations
shall be gathered unto it, to the name of the LORD, to Jerusalem: neither shall
they walk any more after the imagination of their evil heart. In those days the
house of Judah shall walk with the house of Israel, and they shall come
together out of the land of the north to the land that I have given for an
inheritance unto your fathers. But I said, How shall I put thee among the
children, and give thee a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of
nations? and I said, Thou shalt call me, My father; and shalt not turn away
from me</span>.<b><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><span style="color: red;">Surely
<i>as</i> a wife treacherously departeth from her husband, so have ye dealt
treacherously with me, O house of Israel, saith the LORD</span>.</div>
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God <i>is</i> a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good <i>thing</i>
will he withhold from them that walk uprightly</span>.<o:p></o:p></div>
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upright <i>is</i> the LORD: therefore will he teach sinners in the way</span>.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]-->3.<span style="font-size: 7pt;"> </span><!--[endif]-->When rejecting the Lord, you are rejecting His glory.<b>
<span style="color: red;">Psalms 8:1 </span></b><span style="color: red;">O LORD
our Lord, how excellent <i>is</i> thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy
glory above the heavens</span>.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]-->C)<span style="font-size: 7pt;"> </span><!--[endif]--><u>God’s Wealth is lost</u>. <b><span style="color: red;">Jeremiah 3:24-25 </span></b><span style="color: red;">For shame
hath devoured the labour of our fathers from our youth; their flocks and their
herds, their sons and their daughters. We lie down in our shame, and our confusion
covereth us: for we have sinned against the LORD our God, we and our fathers,
from our youth even unto this day, and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD
our God</span>.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">III)<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Disobedience</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">.
<b><span style="color: red;">Hosea 13:2 </span></b><span style="color: red;">And
now they sin more and more, and have made them molten images of their silver, <i>and</i>
idols according to their own understanding, all of it the work of the
craftsmen: they say of them, Let the men that sacrifice kiss the calves</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A)<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Reasons
of Disobedience</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Selfishness.
“<span style="color: red;">their silver</span>”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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indignation. “<span style="color: red;">according to their own understanding</span>”
<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Pride.<span style="color: red;"> </span>“<span style="color: red;">work of the craftsmen</span>”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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for this present world. “<span style="color: red;">Let the men that sacrifice
kiss the calves</span>”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">B)<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Results
of Disobedience</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. <b><span style="color: red;">Ephesians
5:6 </span></b><span style="color: red;">Let no man deceive you with vain words:
for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of
disobedience</span>.<b> </b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Adam
and the forbidden fruit. <b><span style="color: red;">Genesis 3:11 </span></b><span style="color: red;">And he said, Who told thee that thou <i>wast</i> naked? Hast
thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat</span>?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Lot’s
wife and her love for Sodom. <b><span style="color: red;">Genesis 19:26 </span></b><span style="color: red;">But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a
pillar of salt</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Jonah
and his direction away from God’s call. <b><span style="color: red;">Jonah 1:3 </span></b><span style="color: red;">But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of
the LORD, and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish: so he
paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them unto Tarshish
from the presence of the LORD</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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and her desire for sin. <b><span style="color: red;">Zephaniah 3:2 </span></b><span style="color: red;">She obeyed not the voice; she received not correction; she
trusted not in the LORD; she drew not near to her God</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Sir Winston Churchill
said during World War II that the people of England had determined that they
“would rather die as free men than to live as slaves.” It would be better for
any nation to die in the cause of righteousness and justice than to prosper in the
paths of deceit and dishonesty. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Spiritual
Wash Day</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Ezekiel
36:26-28<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I)<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The
Profoundness of the new heart</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. <span style="color: red;">Vs. 26</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A)<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The
essential of salvation is the renewal of the heart</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">.
<b><span style="color: red;">2 Corinthians 5:16-17 </span></b><span style="color: red;">Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh: yea,
though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we <i>him</i>
no more. Therefore if any man <i>be</i> in Christ, <i>he is</i> a new creature:
old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">It’s
the first commandment. <b><span style="color: red;">Matthew 22:37-38 </span></b><span style="color: red;">Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with
all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first
and great commandment</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">It’s
the first confession. <b><span style="color: red;">Romans 10:9-10 </span></b><span style="color: red;">That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and
shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt
be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the
mouth confession is made unto salvation</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">It’s
the first commitment. <b><span style="color: red;">Acts 8:37 </span></b><span style="color: red;">And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou
mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">B)<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The
old evil heart is of stone</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. <b><span style="color: red;">Matthew
15:18 </span></b><span style="color: red;">But those things which proceed out of
the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man</span>.</span><b> </b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Jeremiah 17:9 </span></b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The heart <i>is</i>
deceitful above all <i>things</i>, and desperately wicked: who can know it</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">It’s
hard. <b><span style="color: red;">Proverbs 28:14 </span></b><span style="color: red;">Happy <i>is</i> the man that feareth alway: but he that
hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">It’s
cold.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">It’s
dead.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">It’s
unnatural. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">C)<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">God
gives a new heart of flesh</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. <b><span style="color: red;">Jeremiah
24:7 </span></b><span style="color: red;">And I will give them an heart to know
me, that I <i>am</i> the LORD: and they shall be my people, and I will be their
God: for they shall return unto me with their whole heart</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">It’s
tender.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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warm (sympatric).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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living.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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natural.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">II)<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The
Promise of the indwelling Spirit</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. <span style="color: red;">Vs. 27</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A)<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Walk
in the ways of the Lord</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. <b><span style="color: red;">Romans
8:1 </span></b><i><span style="color: red;">There is</span></i><span style="color: red;"> therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ
Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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in Confession of the Lord. <b><span style="color: red;">Matthew 10:32 </span></b><span style="color: red;">Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I
confess also before my Father which is in heaven.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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in Communion of the Lord. <b><span style="color: red;">Matthew 18:20 </span></b><span style="color: red;">For where two or three are gathered together in my name,
there am I in the midst of them</span></span>. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The great
preacher, Charles Spurgeon, preached to thousand each Sunday and hundreds were
saved. When some asked Him the secret of
his power and success, He said, “look in the basement.” And the one who asked Him the question found
a large group of men praying as Spurgeon preached. And it’s as we commune with God that we get
power and strength to live the Christians life.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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in Commitment of the Lord. <b><span style="color: red;">2 Timothy 1:11-13 </span></b><span style="color: red;">Whereunto I am appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a
teacher of the Gentiles. For the which cause I also suffer these things:
nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am
persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against
that day. Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith
and love which is in Christ Jesus</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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in the words of the Lord</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. <b><span style="color: red;">Deuteronomy
6:7 </span></b><span style="color: red;">And thou shalt teach them diligently
unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and
when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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on the road to Emmaus. <span style="color: red;">Luke 24</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The
Purpose of Eternal Salvation</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. <span style="color: red;">Vs. 28</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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be in the place of the Lord</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. <b><span style="color: red;">Matthew
25:34-36 </span></b><span style="color: red;">Then shall the King say unto them
on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared
for you from the foundation of the world: For I was an hungred, and ye gave me
meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:
Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and
ye came unto me</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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be in the presence of the Lord</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. <b><span style="color: red;">2 Corinthians 5:6-8 </span></b><span style="color: red;">Therefore
<i>we are</i> always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the
body, we are absent from the Lord: (For we walk by faith, not by sight:) <u>We
are confident</u>, <i>I say</i>, and willing rather to be absent from the body,
and to be present with the Lord</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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are confident of His promises.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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are confident of His powers.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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are confident of His person (who He is). The great I am!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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are confident of His presence. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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be the people of the Lord</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. <b><span style="color: red;">Romans
8:15 </span></b><span style="color: red;">For ye have not received the spirit of
bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we
cry, Abba, Father</span>. <b><span style="color: red;">Galatians 4:5-6 </span></b><span style="color: red;">To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive
the adoption of sons. And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit
of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father</span></span>.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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This Saturday, 14 September 2013 Liberty Baptist Tabernacle will be hosting Creation Science Ministries for our first creation seminar. This will be a great opportunity for you to see what the scientist will not tell you and to ask questions. Moderating the seminar is our very own David Laverty. Mr. Laverty has a degree in Science and very knowledgeable in the area of the Bible and Creation Science.<br />Stephen Kennedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06758412678666369139noreply@blogger.com