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2 Corinthians 3 – Teaching #2: The New Covenant (pt3 of 3)

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When someone encounters Jesus and the veil is lifted and the Spirit breathes lives in your heart, you are not the same person. You change. I want to end outlining a few gospel fruits. Or evidence that you have truly met the Christ of the new covenant. The first gospel fruit is freedom.… Read more

Matthew 5:17-48: Having Love for Your Enemies is the Litmus Test (pt1 of 4)

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Please turn with me to Matthew 5:43-48. We began a few weeks ago with the first section of the Sermon on the Mount, known as the Beatitudes, which describe the traits of a true, born again Christian. Jesus begins his very first sermon by defining what a Christian is. Notice – he doesn’t say, a Christian is a somebody who attends the temple every week, or somebody who never drinks or smokes or curses, one who boycots Disney, or other things that we might equate with a “Christian” in our modern context.… Read more