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The cure of anxiety part 5 • Know that God knows what you need and He will provide    31)Therefore do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’  32)For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all.    TheContinue reading “The cure of anxiety (Part 5)”

The cure of anxiety (part 4) • Consider the lilies of the field, faith in God’s love and care 28) Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin,  29)yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.  30)But if God so clothes the grass ofContinue reading “The cure of anxiety (Part 4)”

Will you go to heaven when you die? I can’t think of a more important question to ask you than this one. I’m not asking whether you have enough food, or whether you have children that behave well, or not, or whether you have a good wife or husband, or not, whether you have enough money or a good job, or a happy life. These things are not necessarily unimportantContinue reading “Will you go to heaven when you die?”

The cure of anxiety Part 2 The diagnosis:    ▪ A lack of understanding    Jesus diagnosed the problem of anxiety very plainly:    26)Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?  27)And which ofContinue reading “The cure of anxiety (Part 2) The prescription”

Flee from the wrath to come! Whose wrath? In the beginning God made the world and all that lives in it very good, but since the fall of man, when the first people, called Adam and Eve, who inhabited earth sinned, (disobeyed and distrusted God), God gave the world and humans over to futility, death,Continue reading “Flee from the wrath to come”

Glorification with God Jesus Christ died and rose again from the dead so that His people would be with Him in glory forever. This is the ultimate purpose of the gospel and why we evangelize. Jesus didn’t come to save people only for this life. He didn’t come into the world to give us salvationContinue reading “Goal 16: Glorification with God”

The coming of Christ’s kingdom When Jesus started His ministry on earth 2,000 years ago, he said, “repent and believe the gospel, for the kingdom of heaven is near” (Mark 1:15). Jesus spoke much about the kingdom of God. In Old Testament times we see glimpses of the kingdom of heaven shining through, when GodContinue reading “Goal 15: The Coming of the Kingdom”

The growth and edification of the church Why do we want to proclaim the gospel? What is the purpose thereof? To make Christ known. Yes!  Because we are commanded to do so by God. Definitely!  So that people can be born again by the seed of the word. Absolutely!  So that unbelievers may hear andContinue reading “Goal 14: The Growth and Edification of the Church”

The purification and sanctification of the church When we become Christians, we receive the Holy Spirit as a gift and then the process of sanctification starts. We are positionally set apart by God for holy purposes (Romans 1:1), but our natures still need to change. We need to be purified. To belong to God meansContinue reading “Goal 13: The Purification and sanctification of the Church”