[Music] i'm not looking to to meet any loved one in heaven you know and uh sure i'll see loved ones in heaven those that pass on before me i'll see them but there's only one person i'm really interested in heaven that's jesus christ

But that's number one on this list. It's not the most important thing in the Christian life because >> [clears throat] >> very few people have to deal with this. I don't mean I don't understand what is meant by long-term separation.

that we also might some versions say continue others say devoted be devoted to the Lord the Lord Jesus Christ as I was thinking a few minutes back you know I was thinking how Jesus had told Mary Magdalene when he appeared to her don't

and to save that which was lost which is another way of saying the same thing that jesus christ went about his earth saying what good must i do now and it wasn't in a way that caused him to be in a be stressed out you know we heard

Christian you're not a true Christian the true Christian having been honest having turned and having believed now must be moving must be following must

on and memorizing that verse this week about the context in which Galatians 5 5 comes Galatians is a book written to people who are dealing with legalism and uh there's a lot of people in this world in Christendom today who are

the first century Christians in the first thousand twelve hundred years of Christianity they suffered immensely very brutal you know there was no such thing as cruel and unusual punishment that the concept of that came in much

that you have done in Christ Jesus the complete work that you have set for us a perfect destination to be conformed perfectly into the image of Jesus I pray Lord that we will never insult you in that way by coming to you

whom God has sent the Lord Jesus Christ you know one of the questions I've had over the years and it poses to the Lord this is where I get my answer this is I question that you know growing up in a country where there diverse religions

all actually about a very serious deception that exists in the church today and I'm talking about Christian churches Evangelical churches churches that preach regeneration and the new birth that preach salvation by faith in Jesus

Jesus word of Christ Lord I pray that we will hear that word aresh this morning thank you thank you especially for our children Lord and as we seek to impress these truths especially on their hearts but for all of us that you will

so perfectly balanced with each other is beauty. If one eye was bigger than the other, it'd be ugliness. The most beautiful face looks ugly if one eye or one ear was bigger than the other. That's a picture of our Christian life.

or famine comes at me and I say Lord please don't let it and he lets it will that separate you from the love of Christ Jude says he writes one chapter one small letter he says keep yourself in the love of God

ashes under the soles of your feet on the day which I am preparing says the Lord of hosts and Nick's right this is that day that we're living in the times of preparation for Jesus Christ return remember the law of Moses my servant

in second Corinthians chapter 10 verse 5 it says take every thought captive to The Obedience of Christ that means every thought that knocks on the door doesn't just get to come inside at evil thought a dirty thought a discouraging thought a thought of

you know that he wants to do that now when you come to Jesus and he cleanses you from all sin and he clothes you in the righteousness of Christ the father does he wants you to stand now so I'm actually gonna go over some of the

Harriet was not a born-again Christian. Even though she came from a Quaker family, the Quakers were God-fearing people, a God-fearing church uh denomination. So Joseph would not even consider marrying her. But during the revival of 1859, Harriet

because when we stand before the judgment seat of Christ, that's what's going to happen. It's who I am on the inside is going to be revealed. It is. Do you believe that? Jesus Christ is coming very soon. And who you are on the inside is going to be

this is the woman who looks like this this is how the world treats women and that itself also is slavery because the only release from slavery comes in this in finding our identity in Christ the son is the one who will set you free so

and joint hairs with jesus christ if we and if we suffer with him that we might be glorified with him if we suffered him and why i love that verse as a reminder i mean i think many almost all that jay shared this money we've heard

4 and two says Jesus Christ uh who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God angels and authorities and Powers having been made subject to him

measured to you. Which means if you are not careful with what you listen to and you're not taking the word you hear and it's getting distracted by other things that you hear, maybe you'll only be a 30% Christian. And some of you may be comfortable being

Christ Jesus and if you hear anything here that you feel condemned by it's not because I'm condemning you it's the devil is twisting it before it reaches your heart and trying to condemn you don't listen to him there is no

now and it brought Jesus Christ had done that by bringing him into Union with himself and so even though Charles still had his own identity and Free Will and moral responsibility that means he was still responsible for the decisions he