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It is Impossible to Love Christ and Leave His Bride Confession: Belgic Confession: Article 28 Scripture: Acts 2 Preacher: Rev. David Inks   Sermon Outline: Introduction Christ Loves the Church — Satan Hates the Church P.1 You are Obligated to Join P.2 Unjoin from the World P.3 It is a Grave Sin to Miss Church […] The post It is Impossible to Love Christ and Leave His Bride appeared first on Covenant United Reformed Church.

It is Impossible to Love Christ and Leave His Bride Confession: Belgic Confession: Article 28 Scripture: Acts 2 Preacher: Rev. David Inks   Sermon Outline: Introduction Christ Loves the Church — Satan Hates the Church P.1 You are Obligated to Join P.2 Unjoin from the World P.3 It is a Grave Sin to Miss Church […] The post It is Impossible to Love Christ and Leave His Bride appeared first on Covenant United Reformed Church.

Gospel Reading: Mark 8:34-38; 9:1The Lord said: "If anyone wishes to come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it; and whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel's will save it. For what does it profit a man, to gain the whole world and forfeit his life? For what can a man give in return for his life? For whoever is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him will the Son of man also be ashamed, when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels." And he said to them, "Truly, I say to you, there are some standing here who will not taste death before they see the kingdom of God come with power."

Love Christ. We talk about a Spoken word done by Jefferson Bethke years ago about the difference between RELIGION and a RELATIONSHIP.

Dr. Price delivers his first message in 2025 about a Christian's first love. Several of us left our first love in 2024. Love Christ and love people unconditionally.

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The Glory of Christ in His Sacrifice 1 Timothy 2:5-7 Reasons to pray for all kinds of people to be saved (embrace the gospel):1) Glory of God (v2b) – Praying this way sanctifies the Church.2) Pleasure of God (v3) – Praying this way pleases God.3) Desire of God (v4) – God's heart and plan is to save all kinds of people.4) Death of Christ (v5-6) – Praying this way aligns with the purpose and value of Christ's sacrifice a. Exclusive – Christ is the to reconcile people to the one God. b. Love – Christ suffered and died of sinners c. Power – Christ's death His people from their sins d. Scope – Christ died of people.5) Ministry of Paul (v7) – God appointed Paul to bring the Gospel to the Gentiles. How is Jesus uniquely qualified to reconcile people to their Creator?In what ways does the sacrifice of Christ declare His glory? What attributes of Christ shine forth from His sacrifice?How does failing to pray for all kinds of people to be saved demean Christ's sacrifice?Why are the singularity of God and the exclusivity of Christ not welcome news to the popular culture? How can we explain that the singularity of God and the exclusivity of Christ are truly good news? For Further study: Dt 6:4; Mk 10:45; Acts 4:12; Rom 3:29-30; 5:6; 8:32; Gal 1:4; 2:20; 4:4; Eph 5:2; Phil 2:5-7; Heb 2:14-17; Rev 5:9.

 Audio recordingSermon manuscript:On my day off last week I was at my dad's farm near Albert Lea. I was there to help with the harvest, but in a different way. My sister and her family were visiting from Florida. She has a son in the sixth grade who loves running machinery. So my help was not so much me doing stuff. I was more riding along, supervising, and coaching my nephew who isn't quite experienced enough to run the tractor all by himself. As I was sitting next to my nephew I couldn't help but remember when I was his age. That was when I was learning how to run machinery. I was seeing the tasks we were doing through his eyes. Some of those tasks are intimidating: Backing up to wagons. Pulling full wagons. Gears could grind. Stuff could break. There is an element of fear. Stuff could go wrong. Not all fear is bad. Fear goes together with learning new things. Fear happens when you leave the safety of what is familiar to master the unknown. Life without fear would be a life without challenge. That would be pretty boring. It is not uncommon for people to think that being a Christian is pretty boring. When was the last time you were afraid to be a Christian, a disciple of Jesus? Maybe never! But if that is your experience, then your experience would be different from the disciples we heard about in our Gospel reading. They were frightened by what Jesus said. First of all, Jesus said, “How difficult it will be for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God.” It says that the disciples were amazed. Maybe another way to say what was going on is that they were saying to themselves, “What are you talking about Jesus?” But Jesus did not back down. He went on: “Children, how difficult it is to enter the kingdom of God! It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.” It says that the disciples were “exceedingly astonished.” “What in the world are you talking about? How could you say something like that?” The third time the disciples are spoken of as being astonished or afraid is at the end of the reading. As I read that, try to picture the scene in your mind's eye. It says, “And they were on the road, going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was walking ahead of them. And they were amazed, and those who followed were afraid.” Jesus is up ahead. Nobody's walking with him. The disciples slink along behind. They're afraid. They're afraid to be Jesus's disciples. New experiences are in store for them based on what Jesus said. The challenge that Jesus says down for his disciples is not to cling to wealth. How does a person not cling to wealth? There's really only one way: You have to be willing to give it away. You have to be willing to give more and take less, or maybe even to give it out freely for no services rendered. That is a new experience. No one has to teach us to snatch and grab and horde. We've been doing that since we were toddlers. As we get older we are often trained by teachers and authorities that what's ours is ours, and we don't have to give anything to anybody, and the more that we can accumulate for ourselves the better. Therefore, in the pursuit of ever-increasing wealth, you should give as little as you possibly can, and take as much as you possibly can, and that is how the game is played. I suspect that none of you have been frightened by this philosophy that I have just laid out. It is utterly familiar. What might be frightening—if you are willing to take Jesus seriously—is his statement: “How hard it will be for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God.” And again, he says: “How hard it is for anyone to enter the kingdom of God.” This is new. I thought it was easy to enter the kingdom of God. I thought no change was necessary to enter the kingdom of God—the church word for that is “repent.” I didn't know I had to change. I didn't know that I had to repent to enter the kingdom of God. Now, one way that you could take Jesus's words is that he is slamming the door on all who have wealth: “Get out and stay out!” But there is another way that you can take Jesus's words. You can see them as a challenge to grow up. We can't stay babies forever. We can't remain in our merely natural state where we are grabbing, snatching, and hording. If you want to remain like that you are basically saying that you would like to go to hell, because hell is the place where people go who practiced their whole lives to be masters of snatching, grabbing, and hording. The only problem is that you, also,  would be snatched and grabbed, and you probably won't like that. If we are going to enter the kingdom of God we have to become different. We have to learn from our teacher and master, Jesus, the ways of love. This will be something new. We have to learn about giving, suffering and bearing the cross. We are all naturally afraid of suffering and pain, but Jesus and the Holy Spirit can teach us that the fear of suffering doesn't have to control our lives. If we suffer, we know that we will be comforted. Even if we die in our pursuit of love, we know that we will be resurrected. These are not childish teachings. These are very grow-up, Christian teachings that require courage. These are the teachings of the Kingdom of God that will prepare us for heaven instead of hell. Heaven is a place of love. God dwells there, and God is love. The love of heaven is so pure and rich that we can't even begin to grasp it. Maybe we could try by saying that everyone in heaven loves so purely and richly that they would do anything for you. They would suffer the loss of everything for you. But they won't have to. Because heaven is the place where all things have been made new. It is the place where, as Revelation 21 puts it: “death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.” To arrive at the place where God dwells, where love dwells—what might a person give for that? Let's say you have 100 million dollars. Is that what you are going to hold on to? It's just a bunch of zeros in some Edward Jones account somewhere. You can't even lie on it like the dragons of old who liked to sleep on their heaps of gold. You would rather have those zeros on a piece of paper than to be kind, to be generous, to be merciful? It's a no-brainer which is better! That is not to say it isn't a challenge—a change—which brings fear, but the challenge is worth it. Suppose I said to my nephew: I know that you want to run the tractor, but just think of all the stuff that could go wrong! The steering could fail. You accidentally drive into the ditch. You could fall out the window and be crushed to death when the tractor rolls on top of you. Those are foul, ugly thoughts. They falsely inflate fears, which might cause someone to remain in immaturity, to remain in safety. Jesus does not want his disciples to remain immature and without fruit. We all have to grow up. We all have to change. We all have to repent. We might be afraid, but let's all agree that a boy learning how to run a tractor is a good thing. How much more, then, is a disciple of Jesus growing up in the love that Jesus teaches a good thing? Jesus's teachings and Jesus's commands set us on an adventure, but that adventure is totally worth it. And you do not go on that adventure alone. If you get rejected, Jesus accepts you. If you suffer, Jesus will comfort you. If you die, Jesus will resurrect you. Therefore, there is no reason why you should ever give in to your fears. You, understandably, might be afraid to give away wealth. The voice of fear might say: “What if I end up being miserable?” Your wealth enables you to do a lot of nice stuff for yourself. Or take another command of Jesus's: You might be afraid to love your enemy. Enemies have been known to do some hurtful things. Don't be afraid. Jesus, your teacher and master, teaches good things, not bad things. You can't go wrong if you will take the risk of being obedient to him. But you can't know that goodness until you take the plunge. But suppose you try to carry out Jesus's commands and you fail. What then? Should you wish that you had never tried in the first place? That's a loser's mentality. If you fail, then ask Jesus to forgive you. Then get right back up on that horse. It's inevitable that a person will get bucked off while learning to tame a horse. How can we expect that it should be easy to tame ourselves? Or what kind of ride might we have if we make up our mind to love our enemy? Who knows what might happen! On these adventures it's almost certain that mistakes will be made. Gears will accidentally be grinded. My nephew, by the way, didn't grind the gears even once this past week. I was the one who accidentally grinded the gears—but don't tell dad. On second thought, maybe you can tell him. I think he would forgive me. Right next to the forgiveness of sins, growing up in love as Christ's disciple and student is the best of things. It sets us on adventures already in this life, and those adventures will continue on into the next. Don't be ruled by your fears. Put your trust in Jesus. He will protect you. He will pick you up when you have fallen. He is your Lord and Savior.

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[audio mp3="https://www.crossbridgeofocean.org/wp-content/uploads/sermons/2024/10/2024_10_06.mp3"][/audio] What if today was Crossbridge Community Church's report card day? Jesus is the One who gives us our grades and then tells us how to correct and improve our deficiencies. The main question is whether we will hear and obey what Jesus tells us. The church in Ephesus receives a bad report card from Christ. Let's review it together, try to read it as the Ephesians would have read it, and then see if this report card applies to us today.

Today we consider that the church, as the bride of Christ, is to love and obey Jesus.

Why we should love Christ!

Philemon 1-7 Greeting 1Paul, a prisoner for Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, To Philemon our beloved fellow worker 2and Apphia our sister and Archippus our fellow soldier, and the church in your house: 3 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Philemon's Love and Faith 4 I thank my God always when I remember you in my prayers, 5because I hear of your love and of the faith that you have toward the Lord Jesus and for all the saints, 6and I pray that the sharing of your faith may become effective for the full knowledge of every good thing that is in us for the sake of Christ. 7For I have derived much joy and comfort from your love, my brother, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you.

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As we accompany the thousands heading to the Eucharistic Congress next week, here is a portion of a homily given by St. Josemaria Escriva and published in the book Christ is Passing By.

Forsake all to love Jesus above all

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Morning: Third Day Morning: God Creator and Controller: https://banneroftruth.org/us/devotional/third-day-morning-god-creator-and-controller/ Spurgeon's Morning and Evening, April 30, Morning:  https://www.biblegateway.com/devotionals/morning-and-evening/2024/04/30 1 Samuel 18: https://read.lsbible.org/?q=1+Samuel+18 1 Samuel 19: https://read.lsbible.org/?q=1+Samuel +19 1 Chronicles 3: https://read.lsbible.org/?q=1+Chronicles+3 Psalm 59: https://read.lsbible.org/?q=Psalm+59 Acts 13: https://read.lsbible.org/?q=Acts+13 Self-Deprecation (132) Evening: The Deeps (134) Glorifying God, Thomas Watson, April 30 Message: Epilogue - Part 2: How To Be A Committed Christian, Committed Christians Love Christ More Than Anything Else, John 21:15-17 Third Day Evening: Before Sleep: https://banneroftruth.org/us/devotional/third-day-evening-before-sleep/ Resources: Valley of Vision: https://banneroftruth.org/us/store/devotional-books/the-valley-of-vision/ Spurgeon's Morning and Evening: https://www.amazon.com/Morning-Evening-Classic-Daily-Devotional/dp/1683227247/ref=pd_lpo_1?pd_rd_i=1683227247&psc=1 Legacy Standard Bible: https://316publishing.com/ Glorifying God, Thomas Watson: https://www.amazon.com/Glorifying-God-Inspirational-Messages-Thomas/dp/140418712X/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&dib_tag=se&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.RxmikVPx1TbCsaSCjkzxXvQu3AKtIrHMzUnVuUojQXDf94C0nKibszGVgpGBwttw2fMNOjz4KCLQtgLkdNcXCQ.m9etrS0_7bNsGcyvw3NtwysBMrVzvuUG8XBRpIRXH7E&qid=1708794474&sr=8-1 At The Throne Of Grace, John MacArthur: https://www.gty.org/store/books/451172 2024 Reading Plan(5 day): https://www.fivedaybiblereading.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/2024-Five-Day-Sked-bw-Large-Print.pdf Vail Valley Baptist Church GiveSendGo Campaign Link: https://www.givesendgo.com/vvbc-az-school --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wayne-floyd/support

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Love Christ

Jesus taught, "If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word" (John 14:23). This message draws from John 14:21-24 to see how loving Christ means obeying His commands. In this way, the love of Christ expands from believers to all who love others. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/churches-of-christ/support

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Proof that one truly loves Christ is seen in one's carefully keeping His ways. If You Love Christ, Keep His Commandments.

Proof that one truly loves Christ is seen in one's carefully keeping His ways. If You Love Christ, Keep His Commandments.

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On Oct. 2, 1928, Saint Josemaria “saw” Opus Dei – he saw that God was calling him to proclaim the universal call to holiness. Jesus says to each of us, “Come follow me.” We are called to seek Christ, to find Christ, to love Christ. There is no greater goal for our lives. If we have Christ, we have everything. A meditation by Father Thomas Bohlin.

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It's better to be poor in earthly riches and rich in heavenly riches. Love Christ, love others, and share the Good News! It's far greater than any riches here on earth!

It's better to be poor in earthly riches and rich in heavenly riches. Love Christ, love others, and share the Good News! It's far greater than any riches here on earth!

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If you want to know whether others love God, ask if they love the Jesus of Scripture. Love for Jesus is the litmus test of love for God.This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/3279340/advertisement

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Is it really necessary to do a whole episode on sins that men are more prone to commit? Pastor Steve and guest Steve Peck think so, and tackle as many as they can in an hour (with minimal sidetracking). So, is it alright to imply that there are sins that men are more likely to fall prey to? Begin Show Notes: Lust of the flesh, eyes. 1 Jn 2:16 a.Who made sex? b. Is sex one of those pre-fall “good things?” sex is good. c. What's sex for? i. to produce households. ii. to powerfully bind man and woman (also chemically, with chemicals such as oxytocin) iii. mutual pleasure (intended for pleasure) d. But we are fallen, and we (men!) can twist, corrupt, pervert. i. Turn it into forn, adult, and any other sexual perversion. ii. Seek to fulfill outside where God intends. Premarit. Extra marit. Divorce w/o legit. Porn. So lust is definitely one of the sins of men. e.What can you do? i. Flee - 1 Cor 6 (Joseph). ii. Pluck out eyes. Take radical measures. Not half hearted. iii. Put off and put on. 1 Cor 6. Such were some of you. iv. Romans 6:12, Confess James 5:16. The pride of life God has given men a desire to subdue and rule. a. Can be turned into power and success and possessions for ego's sake. b. 1 Jn - pride of life. Pride - devil b/c he devil. c. What to do? Mortify. Scpt. “Boast not thyself.. Let another man praise you…” Passivity. Distraction. What were men created to do? Exercise dominion. Be head. Create a family. (Gen 1, Mt 28). But what might happen? Sinful, distracted, passive, redirect that drive to other things. Lazy - Proverbs - A lion! As door… Substitute the dopamine drip of fake dominion (game). Fake woman (online). What can you do? - Turn aggressive instincts (T) to productive endeavors. Get a real woman. Real job. Real career. Real dominion. Eschatology (side-tracked). a. Basic definition- The end of things, so in the case of the Bible, the end times. b. Steve and Steve describe the different positions White knight syndrome. [Good To Be A Man, Michael Foster (88-93)]. My job is to affirm my women (or affirm women). When I affirm, good job. Job done. a. God has put a drive in men to defend and protect. But we're fallen, and that drive can go off course. How? b. Everything does - motive is to gain approval of a woman. To avoid her disapproval. His desire is for female validation. He's working to do whatever is needed for her to affirm him. What's he to do? Affirm. c. So, for example, his wife is misbehaving. Address the emotions? No - Affirms. Sit and listen deeply, and then affirm. Just affirm. d. What does he need to do? He needs to lead. Objective, bring the Word of God to bear. e. There are pastors who fit this profile. They do the same thing with women in the flock. i. Won't call out the sins of women (not even aware that there is such a category) ii. Affirm women, even when not appropriate iii. When women want things - (it's good to be a man, p 89) 1. Affirm anyone who is relational/agreeable, ignore their error (b/c made, fueled to knit people together) 2. Exclude anyone who is disagreeable, regardless of the fact that they're fighting for orthodoxy. 3. Page 91 of Good To Be A Man, Michael Foster iv. Ends up -> Enable influencer women to lead the church into error. Failure to lead. a. Who's supposed to lead? Garden, OT, NT - Adam to lead. Created first. Time gap. Man to lead. b. Lead on what? To lead on Mission. What mission? i. Gen 1 mission. ii. Mt 28 mission. iii. Lead family on God's mission. Lead sons, daughters.. Shape and form into resp disciples iv. Fail. Fail to address problems, deal redemptively. Fail to apply wisdom. Crude Joking a. Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk or coarse joking, which are out of place, but rather thanksgiving. (Eph 5:4) Violence. a. Men are capable of much violence. In a fallen world, we need. We only have peace and safety b/c of violent men out on the perimeters… Willing. b. That capability for violence can be good, or bad. Men have to decide. Lawful or unlawful. c. Prison populations (93%. Oppression!!!! Why can't women be equally rep?). Murders. Anger - testosterone. FOTS = self control. Gentleness. Love of money & possessions (hobbies) - a root of all kinds of evil. Too interested in money. Inordinately - money. a. How do I know when? When money is more important than the will of God. When trust in money. When you ignore God-given priorities to make more money. Ignore family. b. Workaholic (temperament). c. What to do? Love Christ. Love family. End of Show Notes: We hope that this installment of Grounded has been formative to your walk with Christ! Please consider sharing it with a friend or family member. -The Grounded Team

June 25, 2023 Jesus was persecuted and you as a follower must also expect persecution. Don't be afraid but trust God's fatherly care. Love Christ more than your dearest loved one and never disown him. Scripture: Matthew 10:24:39

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