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Amos 7:10-17 – Don’t prophecy here When God confronts you Amos 7:8-9. “And the Lord asked me, “What do you see, Amos?” “A plumb line,” I replied. Then the Lord said, “Look, I am setting a plumb line among my people Israel; I will spare them no longer. “The high places of Isaac will be destroyed and the sanctuaries of Israel will…
Amos 7:1-9 – Judgement And Justice Locusts Fire Plumbline
Amos 6:1-14 – False Confidence “If God is for us, who can be against us?” Judgement comes on God’s people Israel Covenant lawsuit – legal & relational implications God’s judgement on the complacency of Israel God’s judgment on the pride of Israel For us today Australian culture is privileged …. so easy for us to become complacent Do we care about God’s…
Psalm 8 – What Is Humanity? Humanity on its own is nothing V3-4 “When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is mankind that you are mindful of them, human beings that you care for them?” V1 “Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the…
3 John – You Should Be A Missionary 1. Where does being a Missionary come from? 2. How does ‘living out the truth’ show itself? 3. How will love show itself in the future? 4. This includes us 5. What will stop you being a missionary?
2 John – False teachers among us United by The Truth The truth about the gospel of Jesus. Filled with joy – v 4 The command to love – v 5 V6 – Love occurs when you walk in obedience to God’s commands. Serious heresy If you reject Jesus as being the Christ then you have nothing left. Verse 9 … ‘the…
7 Deadly Sins – An Introduction Over the next seven weeks we will be looking at the ‘Seven Deadly Sins’: Greed, Lust, Envy, Gluttony, Anger, Pride and Slothfulness, exploring their relevance in today’s society and for our lives. For most of us though, the concept of the Seven Deadly Sins seems old and out-dated, something to be caricatured and laughed at or…
06 – Spirit of truth – Receiving the Spirit’s gifts Problems we face … out of the biblical context of what the gift is actually for. Results in – filled with pride – filled with a self focus – a wrong perspective of genuine Christianity The purpose of gifts 1 Cor 12:7 … for the common good. 1 Cor 14:26… to build…
GAFCON 2018: A Turning Point in the History of Anglicanism – Part 3 By Ed Loane GAFCON Watershed GAFCON 2018 marks a significant turning point in the history of Anglicanism. The conference was not only the largest international gathering of Anglicans in the last 50 years, it represented the majority of the Anglican Communion. In the final statement the movement reiterates its…
05 – Spirit of Truth – Producing the Spirit’s fruit The danger of chasing our natural desires Does grace mean we can do whatever we wanted to? … And just ask God to forgive us? So far … converting … indwelling … prodding The Fruit the Spirit brings a) A process that normally takes time. b) A reflection of how healthy that…