Gen 50:20 As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring it about that many people should be kept alive, as they are today. This Sunday I plan to preach on this verse...
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Faith is our Victory
Rev 12:11 And they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, for they loved not their lives even unto death. It is one thing to say that we believe the gospel, that...
Continue ReadingFaith is our VictoryAnd this is the Victory – Our Faith
1Jn 5:4 For everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith. Rev 13:10 If anyone is to be taken captive, to captivity he goes; if anyone is...
Continue ReadingAnd this is the Victory – Our FaithThe Word Became Flesh
At this evening's Christmas Eve service (we will livestream it at 7PM PST), we will be reminded of the Apostle John's account to the Christmas story: Joh 1:1-4 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God,...
Continue ReadingThe Word Became FleshThe Christian’s Real and Certain Hope: The New Creation
1 Peter 1:13-16, “Therefore, preparing your minds for action, and being sober-minded, set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ. (14) As obedient children, do not be conformed to...
Continue ReadingThe Christian’s Real and Certain Hope: The New CreationWhat Did Jesus Mean – “I go to Prepare a Place for You”?
John 14:1-3 "Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me. (2) In my Father's house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place...
Continue ReadingWhat Did Jesus Mean – “I go to Prepare a Place for You”?Consider the End of the Wicked – Their Feet are “set” Upon Slippery Places
If we only look at this present time and fail to consider "the end," then we can easily become bitter when we see the wicked apparently prospering at the expense of their victims. The Psalmist said it: Behold, these are...
Continue ReadingConsider the End of the Wicked – Their Feet are “set” Upon Slippery PlacesLet Me not be Put to Shame
1Pe 2:6-7 For it stands in Scripture: "Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone, a cornerstone chosen and precious, and whoever believes in him will not be put to shame." (7) So the honor is for you who believe,...
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