Tag: holiness
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So That You Will Not Sin
“So that you will not sin,” says God’s Word. It is as simple as that. Therefore, brothers and sisters, let us not sin!
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WALKING IN THE LIGHT (Part 1)
1 John 1:5–10 [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. [6] If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. [7] But if we…
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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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Pursuing Christlikeness (part 2)
In a previous post, I pointed out that Christlikeness is something that awaits us in the future, namely, glorification, i.e., having our bodies transformed to be like Jesus Christ’s glorified body. And we have to pursue this goal primarily in terms of remaining faithful to the end. Romans 8:29-30 ESV For those whom he foreknew…
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To be holy is to be happy
“In proportion as the sanctification of a believer advances, his real happiness advances with it” (Octavius Winslow) “Man’s holiness is now his greatest happiness, and in heaven man’s greatest happiness will be his perfect holiness.” (Thomas Brooks) We pursue happiness in the wrong way. We run after success, money, fame and pleasure, and once we…
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Ikthus East Sermon, 12 November 2017
HOLINESS Text: 1 Thessalonians 4:1–8 [1] Finally, then, brothers, we ask and urge you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God, just as you are doing, that you do so more and more. [2] For you know what instructions we gave you through…