April/25/ 2021 Filed in:
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Part 4
Why Do Bad Things Happen?
1. SOME THINGS happen because we live in a BROKEN WORLD.
Matthew 5:45 NLT “it rains on the JUST and the UNJUST…”
Romans 3:23 NIV “All have sinned and fall short”
John 16:33 NIV “In this world you will have TROUBLE…”
2. SOME THINGS happen because you made BAD DECISIONS.
Proverbs 19:3 NIV “A man's OWN FOLLY ruins his life, yet his heart rages against the LORD.”
Galatians 6:7-8 NIV “Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. 8 Whoever sows to please their flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; whoever sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.”
3. SOME THINGS happen so that GOD CAN GET THE GLORY!
John 9:3 NIV "Neither this man nor his parents sinned,’ said Jesus, ‘but this happened SO THAT the works of God might be displayed in him.”
4. ALL THINGS that happen can be USED FOR OUR GOOD.
James 1:2-3 NIV “Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, 3 because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. 4 Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.”
Romans 8:28 NIV “And we know that in ALL THINGS, God is working for the good of those who love Him and are called according to His purposes.”
Genesis 50:20 NIV “You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.”
What do I do when bad things are happening in my life?
TRUST GOD!
Proverbs 3:5-6 “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, lean not on your own understanding in all your ways acknowledge Him and He will make your path’s straight.”
April/11/ 2021 Filed in:
hey SiriWhy Should I Be Baptized?
Matthew 28:19 NIV “Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit”
What is baptism?
1. Baptism is a PUBLIC DECLARATION
Matthew 10:32 ESV "Whoever acknowledges me before men I will also acknowledge him before my Father in heaven but whoever disowns me before men I will disown him before my Father in heaven."
2. Baptism is A NEW ASSOCIATION
I Corinthians 12:13 NLT "Some of us are Jews, some are Gentiles, some are slaves, and some are free. But we have all been baptized into one body by one Spirit, and we all share the same Spirit”
Galatians 3:26-27 NIV "So in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith, 27 for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.”
3. Baptism is about A LIFE TRANSFORMATION
Romans 6:4 NLT "For we died and were buried with Christ by baptism. And just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glorious power of the Father, now we also may live new lives.”