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Pulpit 1 - The Triune God - Many
of us have encountered cults like the
Jehovah Witnesses, and Mormons whose idea of God is very different
from orthodox Christianity. Their
false ideas stem
basically from their concept of who Jesus and the Holy Spirit are.
Pulpit 2 - The Voice of God - There
are many voices in the world today –
all clamoring to be heard. The voice of philosophy, psychology,
science, education, medicine, religion, etc... However the most
important voice to ever be heard is that of the living God.
Pulpit
3 - Hearing God - “If
God speaks, and he does, do I hear Him?” There are basically
three voices that speak to us.
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4 - The Giving God - If that
new boat will cause you to have lustful desires, then God isn’t
promising that you will have it.
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5 - Wholeness - The
Greek word (primary root) translated salvation is “sozo”
(sode - zo) which means, to save, to heal, to preserve,
or to make whole. Jesus gave His life to make us WHOLE.
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6 - Wholeness # 2 - Jesus’
desire is that all His believers would be walking in wholeness. That we
would be people of a: Single heart,
a single mind and a single will.
Pulpit 7 - Agents against wholeness - Loneliness -
Loneliness is a
desperate feeling. It eats at your insides and bores a hole through your
heart. It
makes you tired, but
keeps you awake. It robs you of happiness and joy. It makes you
hopeless, like you’ll never get up again.
But there is a
cure.
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8 - Temptation - In
order to
address temptation we must have a good understanding of what it is.
Herein lies a problem because of our understanding of
the word. Whether in the
Hebrew or in the Greek, the same word is used to express both TESTING
and TEMPTING.