In the book of Galatians, the Apostle Paul isn’t playing a game; he’s warning the Galatians not to be fooled by a message of salvation, by a gospel, which is not a really a gospel. On your handout, Paul warns against embracing a distorted gospel, and he begins to define the true gospel. Let’s make […]
Live Free: Intro
Paul, in his letter to the Galatians, is not only concerned about how the Christian life begins but also how it continues. Jesus setting us free is the beginning of our Christian life, but that is in fact just the beginning. We are set free by Jesus for a purpose, so we can live free following […]
Jesus Saves: Union With Christ
We start with Scriptural Principle that as followers of Jesus We are in Christ. The bible talks about how God chose us in Christ before the beginning of the world, that the grace God gives to us he gives it to us in Christ. We were crucified in Christ, we were buried in Christ, and […]
Godly Living
Dr. Phil Fernandes
The Rise and Fall of Hezekiah: Part 2
After a strong start, King Hezekiah’s reign seems to come to a disappointing end. That’s the way the author of the Book of 2 Kings sees it, dividing his account of the life of Hezekiah into two parts. First there was the rise of Hezekiah, which we studied last week, and then there was his […]
The Rise and Fall of Hezekiah: Part 1
In the Divided Kingdom period you have one line of kings that rule the northern Kingdom, then called Israel, and you have one line of kings in the south, called Judah. With only a few exceptions, all the kings that ruled both kingdoms were lousy kings, forsaking the LORD and oppressing their own people. Yet […]
Hezekiah – The Rise and Fall
Hezekiah was a man who trusted God with the impossible so we could have the confidence to do the same.
Jesus Saves: Glorification
In the order of our salvation, after our death, after some unknown period, at a time predetermined and known only by God, sometime after our death, will come our glorification. We will all experience our own deaths individually, but our glorification, that will happen to all of us at the same time, collectively. This is […]