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Maturity Episode 3: You Must Know You Are Born Again! (audio/video)

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“Everything that goes into a life of pleasing God has been miraculously given to us by getting to know, personally and intimately, the One who invited us to God. The best invitation we ever received! 4 We were also given absolutely terrific promises to pass on to you — your tickets to participation in the life of God after you turned your back on a world corrupted by lust.” 2 Peter 1:3-4 MSG 1/ The invisible Spirit of God, like the wind, changes a person from within 2/ Being born…

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Maturity Episode 2: You Must Be Born Again To See Heaven! (audio/video)

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Phase 1 Introduction: You Must Be Born Again To See Heaven! Jesus answered and said to him, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.” John 3:3 NKJV How do you get your sins forgiven? “…Truly I say to you, unless you repent (change, turn about) and become like little children [trusting, lowly, loving, forgiving], you can never enter the kingdom of heaven [at all].” Matthew 18:3 “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of…

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Maturity Episode 1: Four Stages of Christian Life, How to Know You Are Growing Spiritually (audio/video)

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You must understand the four phases of spiritual life, then you need to know what God requires of you to grow spiritually and please your Lord. We are not left to our own opinions for this, but God’s Word provides clear steps of action for every Christian to take. This is covered in the Seven Steps of Obedience To Spiritual Maturity found in 2 Peter 1.

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Are we really, Biblically, personally following Jesus? Part 2 Everyone is born with an evil heart.

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Why does mankind need the gospel?   First, we must understand why we are born with an evil heart, not a good heart. We are not born good and learn to be bad. Instead, we are born with an evil heart and He reveals it to us in His Word. Adam and Eve were given life with a good heart, free will, and direct communion with God. This is revealed in Genesis. But they chose to disobey God’s very simple command and thrust mankind into a cursed life from birth.…

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The Narrow Way Part 3: Super-abounding Righteousness Is The Normal Christian Life (Mt 5:10-48)

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The “big reveal” of the Kingdom of Heaven and how Jesus’ followers would live in this world is presented by Jesus in Matthew 5-7. Those men knew the old Jewish religion from birth but this new way of life is so completely different that they had no idea what Christ Jesus is talking about. After this foundational talk , the Lord had to reveal more pieces of truth step by step over the three years of his ministry so they could digest this radical new way of living. Remember this…

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