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Trusting the Supremacy of Christ

Scott Risley

Luke 8:22-56

Jesus performs four miracles demonstrating his power over nature, demons, sickness, and death. First, he calms the storm on the Sea of Galilee. Then, he heals a man possessed by demons in the region of the Gerasenes. Finally, while on the way to heal Jairus' daughter, he is touched by a woman who suffered from bleeding for twelve years. Jesus heals her and Jairus' daughter.

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Our New Identity

Ryan Lowery

Romans 6:1-14

We have been given the choice to separate ourselves from our old identity in Adam and accept freedom through the work on the cross of Jesus Christ. The choices we make in our new identity in Christ are still our own choices and we can still use that free will to sin. If you're asking yourself why not keep living the life of sin that was so easy before? The answer is because it is fundamentally not who we are anymore after being freed from enslavement to sin after receiving salvation in Christ.

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The New Adam

Ryan Lowery

Genesis 5:17

What does our identity in Adam mean? Adam was given free choice in the garden, and this was Gods' design to have a loving relationship. Adam chose to disobey God and brought death into the world and that choice affects us. Jesus also made a choice and through his choice, he brought eternal life into the world. We now have the option to accept Christ's sacrificial choice to apply to our lives and pay for our sins which restores the loving relationship God wanted from the beginning.

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How To Enter The Kingdom

Jim Leffel

Luke 18:9-17

We like to rely on ourselves and our own righteousness, but in this parable Jesus makes it clear that we fall short of God's standard of perfection. Comparing the self-righteous religious man with the humble "sinner", Jesus shocks his audience by declaring it is the latter who God accepts. Will we have this same humility, and place our faith in God's grace alone?

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Reaching the Rejects

Scott Risley

Luke 5:12-32

Jesus heals a leper and a paralyzed man. Then he calls Matthew, the tax collector, to follow him. \r\nThese miracles reveal Jesus has the ability to forgive sin and heal sickness.

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Who Told You that You Were Naked?

Gary DeLashmutt

Genesis 3:7-13

After eating the fruit from the Tree of Knowledge, Adam and Eve unsuccessfully seek to hide from God and themselves in the Garden of Eden. Their response to God's questioning their clothing indicates something common among all human beings: shame. This passage is the first of many to illustrate God's ability and desire to redeem all of mankind, as well as His desire to provide us with a way to approach Him that does not depend on our own righteousness. In learning how to "take off the old self and put on the new self," it is possible to be truly liberated from the real shame that influences much of our lives.

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Why We Can't Earn It

Ryan Lowery

Isaiah 65:1-2

How do the rules and rituals in the Old Testament show us we can't earn God's forgiveness? In fact, the point of God's Law is to show us how far we are from God and how we can not earn His forgiveness. He set His son on the cross in order to bridge that gap and open the possibility of a relationship with Him. But we are still in danger of taking up a religious mentality even if we have God's forgiveness. Maybe we're still thinking that we can be justified to God through our works.

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We Are All in the Same Boat

Ryan Lowery

Romans 1:24-2:1

Paul writes concerning the depravity of man. Topics include homosexuality, greed, murder, envy, deceit, gossip, slander, etc. Christians today may be uncomfortable with passages like these and choose to ignore them. We are called to decide if we will recognize God's authority or claim our own authority above God's when faced with a difficult truth. All people need God's grace. We should not point the finger in judgment of others.

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The Bad News

Ryan Lowery

Romans 1:18-25

Paul answers two important questions surrounding God's character through this passage: 1) How can a loving God judge people and send them to hell? and 2) How can a just God allow evil to go unpunished? Paul explains that God has wrath against sin and humans suppress both His general and special revelation. A video by William Lane Craig is shown on the fine-tuning of the universe to explain God's general revelation. Paul explains that rather than glorifying God, humans make gods for themselves. This results in God's passive judgment as people experience the consequences of their sin. God's wrath, justice, mercy, and love were all simultaneously demonstrated at the cross where humans can be spared from the active wrath of God.

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