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God introduces himself to Moses in the most dramatic fashion. He comes and not only gives him the task to release his people, he also discloses his name for the first time in the history of the world. As we learn his name, we learn so much about the one true God.

John 6:44-59 Jesus offers the bread of life. Will you take him up on his offer and feast?

Big Idea: Despite the truth of God’s sovereignty, man has the freedom to choose and is held responsible for those choices

Big Idea: Despite the truth of God’s sovereignty, man has the freedom to choose and is held responsible for those choices

God is Sovereign From before the beginning and after the end , God is Sovereign ++Sovereign: God’s absolute right to do all things according to his own good pleasure In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. “I know that you can do all things; no plan of yours can be thwarted. Lift your…

Study of Romans: Message Twenty-Four Wednesday Nights at MFBC Romans 11:11-36 . ETS: God’s plan had purpose from the beginning. ESS: God is still working through His people to bring others back to Himself. OSS: [Devotional] {I want the hearers to rejoice and praise God for His glorious plan and power…

The problem of suffering - Part 1 why do bad things happen to good people? why does a good God allow bad things to happen? Both of these questions are looking at the problem of suffering, and while they are semi-related questions, they approach the problem of "suffering" from 2 very different positions…

Free Will Free will without God’s grace is not free will at all, but is the permanent prisoner and bondslave of evil, since it cannot turn itself to good. Martin Luther When we shall see the dead rise from the grave by their own power, then may we expect to see ungodly sinners of their own free will…

Genesis chapter 3 highlights the fall of mankind by showing how Adam and Eve chose to listen to satan instead of God. In Genesis chapter 2, we learned that the LORD God created a perfect world to be inhabited by His image-bearers. However, through the introduction of sin, everything changed. Now forever tainted by sin, a study of Genesis chapter 3 is necessary to understand how holy and righteous God is; how broken and sinful we are; and how desperately we need a Savior -- Jesus Christ.

Have you ever wondered how divine sovereignty and human responsibility meet in the Gospels? In John 12:34–43, we'll explore the intricate interplay between these to biblical doctrines as we consider God's judicial hardening. Watch/listen here: http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermon/22024191304925

Today I want to introduce a thought that will lay the background for the next several messages. We have been looking at Genesis for some time now seeking to rescue our Biblical worldview. We have seen that God created the world by His power, that He crafted mankind in His own image, that He made a country…

In His death, Jesus offered Himself as a sacrifice of propitiation to actually accomplish our salvation and make a full and complete atonement for all of our sins once and for all.

Are we truly free, or is our will bound by sin? Discover how Reformation insights reveal our need for God’s grace to break the chains of our natural inclinations. ---Notes: https://pastormarksbury.blogspot.com/2024/10/sermon-question-of-free-will-1-cor-214.html ---Livestream: https://lwbcfruita.org/live ---Donations: https://www.lwbcfruita.org/give ---Watch/listen: https://www.sermonaudio.com/sermons/1029241729376545

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Do we preach the gospel to all? This message explores the sovereignty of God in salvation, our call to proclaim Christ, and God’s boundless love. ---Notes: https://pastormarksbury.blogspot.com/2024/10/sermon-do-we-preach-gospel-to-all.html ---Livestream: https://lwbcfruita.org/live ---Donations: https://www.lwbcfruita.org/give ---Watch/listen: https://www.sermonaudio.com/sermons/1029242323354684

God gives the grace of adoption to everyone who believes in Jesus Christ and makes them his own beloved children.

The Westminster Confession of Faith March 24, 2023 Season Eight | Edition 55: WCF 9.3

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In this 4th message of the series, pastor Nick takes us back to Genesis to trace the biblical motif of humans with a life altering decisions to make, but placed before two choices. Will I choose God’s timing or my own, God’s will or my own, God’s gifts or what I earn and learn for myself? We will take a closer look at how sin and death worked for the author of Genesis, and more importantly what God offers abundantly in exchange. #ohcrc #treeoflife

This morning we turn to one of the most fiercely debated texts in the Bible. Romans 9:7-21 is a focal point of the debate on divine sovereignty and human freedom. Most Pastors avoid this text like the plaque. Others engage in what one Pastor called “interpretive abortions” to try to get the text to explain…

During the last several weeks we have been working our way through the difficult and controversial words of the last part of Romans 8 and all of chapter nine. In these chapters we have had to wrestle with the issues of divine sovereignty (especially in regard to our definition of predestination) and…

Last Sunday we began a study of what has been called the golden chain of salvation as it is found in Romans 8:29,30. John Stott calls these five items the five undeniable affirmations. We are told that a person is foreknown, predestined, called, justified, and then glorified. Each of those who are foreknown…

Christians declare that there is a God and He (being an involved Creator) is in charge. His power is absolute. In fact, if there was some area over which God was not in charge, He would not be God because at least in that one area there would in a sense be a power that was over Him (thus making itheshe…