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A Consideration of Our Great Salvation
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The book of Hebrews stands there like a giant appeal to use the salvation God has granted us. What we have in Christ is incredible. We must use it. For this reason, at the outset of the book, the author answers three questions. Each question is designed to help us rejoice at the salvation Christ brought us so that we might enjoy his salvation to the fullest.
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Steward God's Gift
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According to Peter, everyone with a gift in the church has something to offer the others in the church. This is particularly impressive when you think of the original recipients of Peter's letter.
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3 Groups the Gospel Can Certainly Reach
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God can save anybody. If you are a Christian, you know it's true. God can reach into any life and heal their brokenness and forgive their sin. Often, though, what we know disconnects itself from how we act. We say God can save anyone, but do we believe it?
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The Struggle for Obedience, Part 1 Go Where He Directs You
(Mark 6:45-46)
Believers who allow God's word access to their lives realize there are always new areas of obedience for which we struggle. God's word is like a mirror that enables you to see yourself correctly. It is like a lamp that exposes the true you. (5 Minutes/1100 Words)
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Steward God's Gift
(1 Peter 4:10)
According to Peter, everyone with a gift in the church has something to offer the others in the church. This is particularly impressive when you think of the original recipients of Peter's letter. (5 Minutes/1300 Words)
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Ruts to Avoid When Leading Small Group Discussions
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At Calvary Monterey, we emphasize our small group ministry, believing it necessary for Christians to gather together outside of the large weekend meeting. Though Sundays are of immense importance, nothing can replace the wonderful one to another ministry that occurs when we get together in small groups.
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Outworkings and Witnesses of the Gospel’s Truthfulness – Three Outworkings
(1 John 5:1–5)
John knew the truthfulness of the gospel message and watched Jesus' life, and heard His teaching. He witnessed Jesus' death and resurrection and had seen the gospel flood the world after Jesus' ascension. And, over time, John had discovered what the gospel does inside a believer. He knew the gospel message is true, but had also come to discover some of its outworkings. (9 Minutes/2400 Words)
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The Curse -
How the World Is
(Genesis 3:14-19)
After Adam and Eve fall into sin, God started in on the serpent. He would then address the woman, and finally, the man. (8 Minutes/2000 Words)
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The Test of a True Believer -- Love God's People
(1 John 2:6-8)
Here, we have the next claim. "Whoever says he abides in Him ought to walk in the same way in which he walked"(2:6). In this assertion, the person who said they were abiding in God should live a life resembling the life of Christ! It is astounding to think of living like Jesus, but John believes it possible. (9 Minutes/2300 Words)
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The Test of a True Believer -- Keep God's Word
(1 John 2:4-5)
In 1 John 1, John ordered his writing by recording three claims. He started each with the phrase "if we say," followed by the claim. Here, in this passage, he does something similar. Three times John will write: "whoever says." Each claim is erroneous, necessitating apostolic intervention. (4 Minutes/1200 Words)
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