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Labor Day Message: God’s First Commandment
1. Dignity of Labor and God’s First Commandment On Labor Day we celebrate the value and dignity of work. It is worth noting that the first commandment that God gave to humanity before the fall, is to work! Genesis 2:15 – “The LORD God took the man and put him
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United in a Resurrection Like His
1. Hope of a Meaningful Life The gospel is God’s promise that our life, values, actions, the cross, death, and resurrection in some way will follow a pattern of Jesus’. Christ’s life/death/resurrection is the hope of a meaningful/purposeful life – along with Christ, in the current creation as well as
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What Is God’s Dwelling Place
1. Not in Temples Made by Human Hands In Acts 7, we see Stephen’s speech where he quotes Isaiah 66, explaining that God does not dwell in temples or buildings made by human hands. Stephen’s speech angered the religious establishment so much that they stoned him to death. 2. Temple
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How to be the Church
1. Overview In the New Testament, we see that the church basically means people who are believers/followers of Jesus and how they relate to each other. The dynamics of a church is the dynamics of a family. Even the terminology of being “born again” is that one is born again