This is a foundational subject and one that is necessary to grasp and understand before truly moving on in our Christian walk.
It requires faith (though less and less as we go on) but not a “blind faith”
If you were asked, could you prove that God exists?
Jesus had warned, “For false christs and false prophets will rise and show great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect” (Matthew 24:24).
Counterfeit Christianity
(Matthew 24:4-5)
From the very beginning; increasing in the end
Salvation not just for us but for the whole world
Each in his own order with God’s timing
While Feast of Trumpets illustrates the completion of our reconciliation with God, Atonement is the beginning of reconciliation for the rest of the world.
That is what this day is about: the Day of Atonement – the Beginning of Reconciliation for the World
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This day is multifaceted
Other messages on this day have brought out many other aspects of this day…some that we will touch on today
To the first-born goes the birthright, the rights that come with birth.
Inheritance
Responsibilities
Do you have the sense that you are destined for greatness?
I don’t know how many believe this
But the fact remains that we are all destined for greatness
It does not matter who you are, you have the potential for greatness –
Let’s talk today about how to get there.
In recent times people are trying to redefine marriage: Man-man; woman-woman; with animals; family members; robots. They are making a mockery of it.
In addition to this, even the assault on gender is an attempt to blur the lines in order to minimize and delegitimize what God is doing.
We have our go to scriptures in this general epistle, but outside of that we rarely go to this book in the new testament. I thought it would be good to go through it and have a look at why Jude is a part of the Bible
1 Corinthians 12:12 For as the body is one and has many members, but all the members of that one body, being many, are one body, so also is Christ.
Paul is talking about a spiritual body and that Body is the Church
We’ve given messages in the past and I recommend that you go back and listen to these for a better understanding on the subject:
The Two Gods of the Old Testament (The Father and the Son)
Deuteronomy 6:4 “Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one!
Mark 12:29 Jesus answered him, “The first of all the commandments is: ‘HEAR, O ISRAEL, THE LORD OUR GOD, THE LORD IS ONE.