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Amidst our unbelief, Christ powerfully demonstrates Himself to be the resurrection and the life and establishes our faith in Him.
The Light of the World gives sight to the blind and exposes the blindness of the proud.
Darkened hearts can only find life in the Light of the World -Jesus Christ- who brings light through His obedience to the Father.
Experiencing the new life Christ provides requires that we deny ourselves, not neglect the Spirit, and not take preference to the past.
As both the source of life and judge of the world, Jesus
calls us to believe His Word and receive everlasting life.
Jesus heals us to walk with Him, but it will not be easy
because the world opposes Him.
Jesus completely satisfies through the continual filling of the Spirit, enabling us to worship Him rightly.
Union with Christ transforms our affections and compels us to practical obedience in daily life.
Jesus exposes empty worship and shallow faith, inviting us to fully trust in His death and resurrection.
Jesus reveals His glory by meeting our lack with His abundance, inviting us to trust Him more deeply.
The sacrifice of Jesus enables us and empowers us to bear witness to others by His Spirit.
The birth of Jesus shows us that God is sovereign, God is faithful, and Jesus is the Savior of the world.
The Son of God came not to be served but to serve and to give His life as a ransom for many.
The legitimacy of Christ's Kingship forces all people to decide on who their allegiance will be to: self or the Savior.
Society benefits most when the church exalts in gospel conversion that stirs up godly engagement with the world around us.
The grace of God compels the church to represent Christ both inwardly and outwardly through sound teaching in context.
God establishes order and ordains elders in the church so we can stand firm in Truth and shine as a witness to the world.
We should order our lives as individuals AND as a local church so that our inward transformation is on display for His glory.
God scatters our plans rooted in pride and mercifully invites us into the mission of Christ.
The relationship God wants with you is spiritual, internal, personal, environmental, and fruitful.
We bear God's image yet live under sin's curse, and the only cure is fellowship with Him.
God's Word leads the church to grateful praise for God's past works and exultant trust for what's ahead.
The primary purpose of prayer is not to get something from God but to grow in a deeper relationship with God.
The Lord has given us all we need to enjoy Him and accomplish His work as we await His return.
The Gospel of Jesus Christ spreads through God's people living ordinary lives in relationship with Him.
We persevere today by resting in past grace and relying on the future grace God promises.
The Day of the Lord provides encouragement for God's people as God's justice is enacted against all ungodliness.
God's will it that we increase in love for one another and surrender every aspect of our lives for his glory.
Biblical Fellowship is rooted within our shared ownership of God's working in our personal lives.
Prepare to grasp and clasp the Word of God or you will find yourself in opposition to God.
Definition: Evangelism is teaching the gospel with the aim to persuade.
Main Idea: Out of our love for God and love for people, we must proclaim the gospel with our lips and with our lives.
This was the culmination of our 2024 Chronological Reading Plan. We sought to trace the Story of Grace throughout the whole counsel of God's Word. This reading is what we found.
Eternal Life was secured through Christ's death and will be fully realized at our death or His return.
Christ is the source and goal of the mature Christian life; knowing Him leads us to fulfill His purpose of reconciling all creation to Himself.
Commitment to one another as the church is essential to functioning in the power of the Spirit and representing Jesus to the world.
The Holy Spirit empowers believers to proclaim the gospel convincingly and fulfill God's redemptive mission to all peoples.
The way to everlasting life is designed by the Father, accomplished by Jesus, and applied to us by the Holy Spirit.
Jesus inaugurates God's Kingdom and calls us to be representatives as our hearts and lives are transformed through faith in Him.
God is in control of all earthly kingdoms and entrusts His everlasting kingdom to His people that trust in Jesus Christ.
Through His Word and His Spirit, God builds His great army by reviving people who are dead in sin.
We must leave the comfort of our sin to walk in the benefits of our redemption in Christ.
Jesus came to bring us into relationship with God by cleansing us of sin and giving us His Spirit.
God paid for our sin in Christ and provides His Spirit to enable us to walk in a restored relationship with Him through repentance and faith.
God, through the Spirit and the Word, sovereignly provides the heart necessary for true repentance and faith.
The suffering of Christ makes Him difficult to follow, but is the only way for our salvation.
Looking into the law of God allows us to see God for who He is, and to delight in him as we see his life giving character.
Only knowing God's salvation through Jesus Christ delivers us from eternal suffering and equips us for temporal suffering.
God's Covenant with His people includes entrance into His everlasting kingdom and His presence with as their King.
The Shepherd King unifies His People around His Word to accomplish His work through us.
Based on the Promises of God and His past Faithfulness, we can trust Him to revive us again if we truly ask.
Because God has proven Himself to be faithful, Christians have a duty to choose Christ over the idols we can create.
God commands us to love him uniquely by establishing unity in the rhythms of our lives.
Jesus death on the cross accomplished everything necessary for us to have a relationship with God
God provides a way for His people to be delivered from slavery and escape His judgement.
God provides a way for his people to be delivered from slavery and escape his judgment.
Regardless of how things seem, God has a plan for everything in the life of his people.
The fulfillment of the promised Savior stirs us to respond in worship, service, and trust in God's promises.
The Advent of Christ should lead us to humble ourselves and celebrate our hope in God's promise.
Introducing the Day by Day Chronological Reading Plan by George Gutherie and why reading the Bible is important.
The means God uses to keep His people in covenant community is the truth of His word shared for the purpose of calling those who are turning astray to confession and repentance.
Those who are truly wise spread peace, receive peace, implant peace, and enjoy peace forever.
The way we treat others will prove to the world how important the wisdom of God is to us.
The only way to a fruitful life and ministry that glorifies God is through abiding in Christ.
Love is the value of our gifts, the strength in which we live, and object of our faith and hope in Christ.