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Trusting the Supremacy of Christ

Scott Risley

Luke 8:22-56

Jesus performs four miracles demonstrating his power over nature, demons, sickness, and death. First, he calms the storm on the Sea of Galilee. Then, he heals a man possessed by demons in the region of the Gerasenes. Finally, while on the way to heal Jairus' daughter, he is touched by a woman who suffered from bleeding for twelve years. Jesus heals her and Jairus' daughter.

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The Great and the Small

Dennis McCallum

Luke 7:36-50

The Bible says God is our rock; He is a firm and unshakable foundation on which to build our lives. The life God wants us to lead is one driven by faith in Him. It is based on His grace and not on our good works. Biblical faith is also action-oriented. We hear what God says and then act accordingly. This faith is illustrated through three stories of healing in the book of Luke.\r\n

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Who Do You Say That I Am?

Gary DeLashmutt

Matthew 16:13-19

The identity of Jesus is something that was called into question during the years of his ministry on this Earth as well as in our present day. Our response to Jesus' question "Who do you say that I am?," affects the trajectory of our life on this Earth and the next, in the same way that the apostles' responses affected their own lives. When we decide in faith to recognize Jesus as the son of God, we obtain four key privileges: membership in Christ's church, victory over death, helping others to faith in Jesus, and an unchanging basis of spiritual truth and ethics.

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Jesus vs. Legalistic Religion

Dennis McCallum

Luke 6:11-38

Most people have heard some version of the "Golden Rule" but do they really know what it says? Jesus said, "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you" and he took it a step further when he said, "Love your enemies!" According to Jesus, loving other people involves action on our part. It is not a passive thought or passing feeling. Learn more about this type of love in The Sermon on the Plain.\r\n

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Faith Has Always Been the Way to God

Ryan Lowery

Isaiah 29:13

What is faith? Is it performing rituals without thought? Is it based only on intellectual understanding? Or is it doing good deeds and checking a box off? It's none of those things! Biblical faith is based on God's truth and is action orientated with us willing to act based on God's truth with complete dependence on Him. Rituals do not make use righteous. When we serve others or step out in love without any glory to ourselves it is our faith that receives righteousness.

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Two Strange Parables of Faith

Jim Leffel

Hebrews 11:6

The apostles' request for increased faith leads Jesus to address faith and explain that it is not the strength of your belief, but where you place your trust. Jesus also teaches our attitude of faith needs to be one of humility; a child with a father, or a bond-servant with a master.

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Do You Wish To Get Well?

Gary DeLashmutt

John 5:1-9

Jesus heals a paralyzed man at the well of Bethesda in Jerusalem, but not without first asking the man if he wished to get well. A closer examination of their conversation yields insight into Christ's ability to meet our spiritual as well as our material needs, how much we can be affected by our circumstances, and the real healing and restoration that God wishes to provide for us through the work of the Cross. We are able to experience true restoration only when we let go of our "survival strategies" and turn towards God, affirming in our hearts what He says is true of Himself and ourselves.

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Jesus Confronts His Enemy

Dennis McCallum

1 Corinthians 15:45

The three temptations of Jesus are recorded: to be autonomous from God by turning stones into bread, to prematurely claim his rightful rulership by worshiping Satan, and for Jesus to leap from the temple to be prematurely recognized for who He is. Jesus uses Scripture to resist and refute Satan's words, demonstrating the need for every believer to know the Bible deeply and well enough to use it in spiritual warfare. The believer is encouraged to know Satan's tactics and aim for persistence in winning battles that Satan will repeatedly bring into his or her life.

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The King Arrives!

Dennis McCallum

Matthew 2:1-12

An introduction of Jesus to the world and an analysis of the surrounding historical detail and circumstances during the birth of Christ. King Herod, who was aware of Jesus' birth, commanded a group of Magi to tell him where the Messiah was so he could go and worship Him, though his plan was to kill Him. This is compared to pseudo-seeking the truth about God, defined as stating that one is seeking the truth but in practice ignoring the evidence that is presented. The Magi, who were not Jews at all, came to believe in Jesus as the Messiah, demonstrating God's power to work through any means to reach real seekers of the truth about Jesus.

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