Category: Ikthus East
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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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Unbelievable
(Manuscript basis of message given to the congregation of Ikthus East; Lopue’s East Annex; Bacolod City, Philippines; 19 December 2021; Sunday, 9:30 a.m. Worship Service; based on Isaiah chapter 53. ) We’ve just been through a terrible storm that has caused a lot of damage to property, devastated people’s homes and resulted in loss of…
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Seeing and Entering the Kingdom of God
John 3:1–15 [1] Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. [2] This man came to Jesus by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do unless God is with…
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Secured for the Second Coming, Part 2
1 Thessalonians 5:8–11 [8] But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, having put on the breastplate of faith and love, and for a helmet the hope of salvation. [9] For God has not destined us for wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, [10] who died for us…
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Prepared for the Second Coming
1 Thessalonians 5:4-11 NLT But you aren’t in the dark about these things, dear brothers and sisters, and you won’t be surprised when the day of the Lord comes like a thief. For you are all children of the light and of the day; we don’t belong to darkness and night. So be on your…
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How NOT to Prepare for the Second Coming
“Now concerning how and when all this will happen, dear brothers and sisters, we don’t really need to write you. For you know quite well that the day of the Lord’s return will come unexpectedly, like a thief in the night. When people are saying, “Everything is peaceful and secure,” then disaster will fall on…
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Condemnation and Confidence
A couple of Saturdays ago, I gave a devotional on 1 John 3:19-24 to the Men’s group of my local church. Here’s the gist of it. “Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth. By this we shall know that we are of the truth and reassure…
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The Misery of the Rich
My first sermon in 2020! Given during the Ikthus East-Bacolod City Midweek Service, January 1, 2020. James 5:1-6 ESV [1] Come now, you rich, weep and howl for the miseries that are coming upon you. [2] Your riches have rotted and your garments are moth-eaten. [3] Your gold and silver have corroded, and their corrosion…
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Suffering and the Sovereignty of God
“As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring it about that many people should be kept alive, as they are today.” (Genesis 50:20) “And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.”…
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The Christian’s Struggle Against Sin
Romans 7:14-25 NIV [14] We know that the law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin. [15] I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do. [16] And if I do what I do not want…
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