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What Are We to Believe?

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Many of us have heard of the newspaper feature “Ripley’s Believe It or Not.” This feature told of unusual facts which were true, but nevertheless rather hard to believe.

Often it’s hard to believe the truth. Often it’s hard to believe something is possible, until it’s been done.

Does belief matter? Is belief necessary for a Christian? Does it matter what you believe? Does it matter who you believe? How can you believe the truth?

In this message learn what the Bible reveals about the matter of belief and answers from the Bible to these questions.

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Christ In You — the Hope of Glory

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Though forever remaining subject to the Father and Jesus Christ (1 Corinthians 15:24-28), the glorified saints shall share many of God’s attributes, his power, his honor and splendor, his brilliance. Daniel 12:3 and Philippians 3:21 show that the bodies and faces of the glorified saints will shine forth with supernatural brilliance, just as that of the resurrected, glorified Christ, symbolically described in Revelation 1. There are not a few who might consider such a teaching blasphemous, but that nevertheless is the true teaching of Scripture. David wrote, “As for me, I will see Your face in righteousness; I shall be satisfied when I awake in Your likeness” (Psalm 17:15). John wrote, “…we know that when he [the Father] is revealed, we shall be like Him…” (I John 3:2). Your destiny, if you’re a true Christian, and if you remain faithful, is to become like God, sharing in his glory for all eternity.

What assurance do you have that this magnificent, astounding purpose will be fulfilled in you? What is the basis for your hope of glory in God’s Kingdom? Both your destiny as a true Christian, and the means of its accomplishment, is reflected in the phrase, “Christ in you, the hope of glory” (Colossians 1:27). Your destiny, if you are a true Christian, is to be glorified with God. And that can be accomplished only by Jesus Christ living in you through the Spirit of God. If Christ is living in you, and as long as Christ continues to live in you, you have the hope and the promise of glory with God.

Assuming you have believed the true gospel, repented and received the Holy Spirit, what can you do to assure that Christ will abide in you, dwell in you, to the end, so that the hope you presently have is fulfilled?

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Is There A True Church?

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Is there a “true Church?” Many assume that of all the Churches that exist claiming to be Christian, while there are differences, these are simply matters of opinion and don’t really matter much as long as they “accept Christ.” Does it really matter which denomination or Church organization you are a part of?

One might also ask the question are there false Churches? If there is a true Church, where is it? How would you identify it? What is the true Church, if there is such a Church?

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Christian Thanksgiving

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Christians have both many reasons and an obligation to give thanks to God. All nations are called upon to acknowledge and be thankful to God, for He is the ultimate source of every blessing, but genuine Christians especially should “Be thankful to Him, and bless His name. For the Lord is good; His mercy is everlasting, and His truth endures to all generations” (Psalm 100:4-5).

What does Scripture tell us about thanksgiving as it relates to us as Christians?

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The First Commandment

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A Pharisee asked Jesus Christ which is the greatest commandment. Christ answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the first and great commandment (Matthew 22:37-38).

How many of us have given much thought to this greatest commandment? Do you love God? How do you love God? None of us, indeed no one in the flesh, has ever seen God, that is, in his glorified state (except in vision, but not in reality), although of course many saw Jesus Christ when he appeared among mankind in human flesh (John 1:18; I John 4:12; I Timothy 6:16). How can we know if we love God? How is love for God measured?

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