Author: attycortes
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The Message (Part 3): God is Light
This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. (1 John 1:5) INTRODUCTION: Only in fellowship with God can we have true joy. But what kind of God are we called to have fellowship with? God is light means…
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The Message (part 2)
TEXT: 1 JOHN 1:5 “This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.” INTRODUCTION Previously, we have emphasized the fact that the message of the Bible, the message of the gospel, is primarily about God, not us. It is…
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The Message
“This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light and in him is no darkness at all.” (1 John 1:5) The “message” that Jesus taught his disciples and commanded them to teach is primarily about “God”. The message is not primarily about us and how we can…
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The Word of Life
1 John 1:1-4 “That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we looked upon and have touched with our hands, concerning the word of life— the life was made manifest, and we have seen it, and testify to it and proclaim to you the eternal…
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I Saw My Brother
I saw a needy brotherWho wept for lack of breadTo give his wife and children.I saw and I felt led … I had a few possessions,Enough to live upon;To part with some of these, I thought,Would help them to live on. And I remembered Him who gaveHis all that I might live:I gave my brother…
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Doers, Not Just Hearers
To be enabled to do God’s Word is to be freed from the chains that have shackled my miserable soul. This freedom in the doing is the blessing!
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True and False Teachers
(Galatians 6:11-18) INTRODUCTION: One of the most important lessons that Paul teaches about the gospel is the fact that justification (your being accepted by God as righteous) is not by our keeping of the law (reliance on self) but by simple faith in Christ and in what he has done to save us (Gal. 3:10-14).…
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Listening to Mozart
I fancy hands that love the keysDo fly across the board with joyAs Spirit prompts him to rejoiceIn bounty showered from above. All is gift and undeserved:What makes you happy is sheer grace.The soul’s delight in music tooIs proof that God does smile on you! ©2022. Dennis M. Cortes
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Raised for Our Justification
“Who is to condemn? Christ Jesus is the one who died—more than that, who was raised—who is at the right hand of God, who indeed is interceding for us” (Romans 8:34)
PHILIPPINE THEO LAW GEE 