Equipping Christians to become disciples
I now want to make a few further points about how a person comes to be “saved” or “born again” or “converted”. I will also make some general points about salvation, and especially about the vital need for sincerity, i.e. genuineness. If we try to become a Christian insincerely, without …
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1Therefore let us leave the elementary teachings about Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again the foundation of repentance from acts that lead to death, and of faith in God, 2instruction about baptisms, the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and …
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Apostle Paul emphasises that salvation is not obtained through your own good works or deeds, or by keeping the Law of Moses, but only because of God’s grace. That means it is solely based on God’s undeserved favour, which He freely gives as a gift …
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One of the hardest things for people to understand is that the forgiveness of our sins and the granting of salvation, in terms of being justified, are not things that we can earn or deserve through living a good life or through our own merit. …
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Jesus was physically ‘resurrected’. That is a very important word. Nobody else has ever been resurrected in the way that Jesus was. Yet, one day, all of us will be. Many have been raised from the dead in the sense of being ‘resuscitated’. There was Lazarus, the …
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The resurrection of Jesus took the disciples by surprise, but it shouldn’t have done, because He had already told them many times that it would happen. He spoke about it publicly, such that even the unbelievers and officials knew He had said it: 20And He …
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Perhaps the simplest way to approach the resurrection is first of all to consider the alternative explanations that men have put forward over the years to try to disprove it. We can then examine whether they hold any water in comparison to what the Bible …
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We have seen in the last two chapters that Jesus Christ died on the cross, in our place, and how important that is for our salvation. However, we must now turn to the question of His bodily resurrection. Although Jesus died, He did not remain …
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This series of 17 talks looks at what we should expect if we are to become faithful and effective disciples of Jesus. Being a disciple means encountering hardship, cost, being hated by the world and dealing with affliction. It also requires us to address issues …
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This series of eight talks addresses what forgiveness really means, and what it doesn’t mean. Sean looks at definitions of various words such as forgiveness, reconciliation, showing mercy, and so on. Then he discusses what exactly it is that Jesus commanded Christians to do when …
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