Heaven Help Us | Dec 30, 2012 | Ric Cadle

"Heaven Help Us" - Ric Cadle 37:08

Ecclesiastes 12: 13-14; Psalms 17:15; 1 John 3:2; Psalms 73:25

  • A biblically based understanding of ____________ can change everything in your life...today.
  • Death and suffering are only _____________ conditions.

1 Corinthians 15:55; Hebrews 2:14-15; Philippians 3:12-14; Revelation 21:2-3

  • When a believer dies (prior to the Lord's return), he or she enters into what theologians call the "_____________ heaven" or paradise.

"Christians often talk about living with God 'in heaven, forever' but in fact the biblical teaching is richer than that:  it tells us that there will be new heavens and a new earth--an entirely renewed creation--and we will live with God there.  There will also be a new kind of unification of heaven and earth.  There will be a joining of heaven and earth in this new creation."  

From "Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Biblical Doctrine" by Wayne Gruden

  • God will come _______ from heaven to live with man on the new earth.
  • The things God rewards us with for the things we do in this life last ______________.

Job 19:25; Matthew 6:19-21; Ephesians 2:8-9; Revelation 3:21; Colossians 3:1-2

  • Set your _______ on the things of heaven.

1 Thessalonians 4:13

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Highly Favored | Dec 23, 2012

"Highly Favored" - Jon Pearce 28:54

Luke 2:25-38

The Birth of Jesus Foretold

26 In the sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, 27 to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. 28 The angel went to her and said, “Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you.”

29 Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be. 30 But the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary; you have found favor with God. 31 You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to call him Jesus. 32 He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, 33 and he will reign over Jacob’s descendants forever; his kingdom will never end.”

34 “How will this be,” Mary asked the angel, “since I am a virgin?”

35 The angel answered, “The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God. 36 Even Elizabeth your relative is going to have a child in her old age, and she who was said to be unable to conceive is in her sixth month. 37 For no word from God will ever fail.”

38 “I am the Lord’s servant,” Mary answered. “May your word to me be fulfilled.” Then the angel left her.

Notes:

  1. Gabriel didn't visit Mary __________.
  2. Young Mary was highly ___________ by God.
  3. Mary's __________ stayed strong in the midst of a troubled life.

Are you being faithful to God's calling on your life?

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Positive Peace | Oct 31, 2010

Philippians 4:8-9

 8 Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things. 9 Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me—put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you. 

Notes:

  1. Positive thinking is ___________________. (8)
  2. Paul balanced the ________________ and the negative. (9)
  3. Being bibilically positive brings ___________________.   
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Dead Men's Bones | Aug 8, 2010

Matthew 23:27-28

 27"Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of dead men's bones and everything unclean. 28In the same way, on the outside you appear to people as righteous but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.

Notes:

  1. The Pharisees were people of the __________________.
  2. The Pharisees had the right __________________.
  3. The Pharisees were spiritually _____________________. 
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Thank You | Jul 18, 2010 | Ric Cadle

John 11:41-42

 41So they took away the stone. Then Jesus looked up and said, "Father, I thank you that you have heard me. 42I knew that you always hear me, but I said this for the benefit of the people standing here, that they may believe that you sent me." 

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Worthship | Jul 11, 2010

Romans 12:1

Living Sacrifices 

 1Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God—this is your spiritual act of worship. 

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Teflon | Jun 27, 2010

1 John 1:5-10

Walking in the light

 5This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all. 6If we claim to have fellowship with him yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live by the truth.7But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin. 

 8If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. 9If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. 10If we claim we have not sinned, we make him out to be a liar and his word has no place in our lives.

Notes:

  1. Sin sticks to __________ christians.
  2. Forgiveness should be a __________.
  3. The _____ in heart will see God move in them.
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