The Promise & The Purpose #30 - Comfortably Numb

We are all unique and different, and we all done and said things we would be horrified if they were made public - maybe things we did and said before we knew any better, before we gave our lives to Jesus… Maybe things we did and said since we gave our life to Jesus and that’s why we carry the guilt with us still. These things can’t be undone so we don’t know what to do or say or feel about it, but the constant shame and guilt can end up leaving us … Numb

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The Promise & The Purpose #25 - It's not a hobby - it's a lifestyle

Going to church is not reliant on how good the service might be or who’s preaching this week or how many modern worship songs they might sing there… nor who’s leading the worship. That’s how you might choose to attend a conference or a concert… not how you choose whether to go to church!
Going to Church on a Sunday should be your custom, It should be an immoveable object in your life …

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The Promise & The Purpose #23 - Would you Adam & Eve it?

Adam was formed from the dirt, from the created physical realm, yet he was animated to life when God breathed into him, imparting the breath of life - a phrase used only here in the whole bible -

Adam is different from all the other living things God created - Adam is a fusion of the physical with the spiritual - the breath of life shared from Yahweh dwells within Adam and his offspring and no where else.

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The Promise & The Purpose #22 - Gods & Monsters part 2 (Enoch)

The purpose of the story of Enoch is to illuminate the story of Jesus and to frame his victory on the cross as complete - not just reversing the sin of Adam - the rebellion of humans against Yahweh - but also dealing with the sin of the angels, the rebellion of the spiritual sons of God against Yahweh.

And the promise of Enoch is to know that we can please our God, not by living perfectly, not by working hard, but simply by believing him and believing his promise to reward his children.

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