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The Pathway to Perfection (English & Tamil)
1) The Root Causes Of Evil
2) Free Will And Conscience
3) How God Overcomes Evil
4) Choosing The Creator Over The Created
5) The Heavenly And Earthly Pulls
6) The Basis Of God's Forgiveness
7) Sin And Salvation
8) Faith And Obedience
9) How Man Fell Into Sin
10) God's Provision For Man's Failure
11) Repentance And Faith
12) Salvation From Sin And The World
13) God's Power Alone Can Help Us
14) Keeping The Tenth Commandment
15) Not A Servant But A Son
16) Our Maximum For The Lord
17) The Reality Of Final Judgement
18) The Principles Of Business And Sacrifice
19) Finding A Good Church
20) God Is Our Father
21) We Are Not Orphans
22) Becoming Good Like God
23) Renewal Through God's Word
24) God Is On Your Side Against Satan
25) God Controls All People And Events
26) The Renewal Of Our Minds
27) Cain And Abel
28) The Sin Of Jealousy
29) Two Types Of Sins
30) Lessons From Job's Life
31) Jesus Is Our Forerunner
32) The Humility Of Jesus
33) How Jesus Overcame Temptation
34) The Love That Jesus Had
35) Mercy And Grace
36) The Terms Of The New Covenant
37) Faith Results In Praising God
38) Faith Claims God's Promises
39) Praising God Enthrones Him
40) Praise Brings Victory
41) Obedience In The New Covenant
42) Obeying As Jesus Obeyed
43) Jesus Valued All Men
44) Jesus' Attitude To Material Things
45) New-Covenant Home Relationships
46) Love Between Husband And Wife
47) Unity Between Husband And Wife
48) Bringing Up Children In God's Ways
49) Faithful In Our Place Of Work
50) The Right Way To Pray
51) God-Centred Praying
52) The Fear Of God
53) Abraham's Testings
54) Joseph's Example
55) David's Successes And Failures
56) God's Part And Our Part
57) Judging Ourselves And Not Others
58) The Anointing Of The Spirit
59) Finding God's Perfect Will
60) The Purpose Of Failure
Summary
The sermon uses the story of Cain and Abel to teach that God values the heart of the person as much as the offering. While Abel's offering is presented as a type of blood sacrifice, the speaker emphasizes that true righteousness comes only through the blood offering of Jesus Christ. Furthermore, the Lord's regard was first for Abel, and then for his offering, indicating that the person's heart condition is crucial for true salvation, which requires both faith and repentance.
Outline
The message in plain words, in the order it unfolds. Select a time to jump the video to that moment.
Learning from the mistakes of othersA wise person learns from the failures of others so they do not have to repeat those same mistakes themselves.
The pattern of repeated mistakesGod warned Judah using the example of the northern kingdom of Israel, but because Judah did not listen, they repeated the same mistakes.
The story of Cain and AbelGenesis chapter four records the first incident after Eden involving Adam and Eve's children, Cain and Abel, who both brought offerings to God.
What Abel offered by faithAbel offered a better sacrifice by faith, likely an offering of blood representing that he deserved death and an animal died in his place.
God had regard for the person firstGenesis shows that the Lord had regard for Abel and his offering, but did not have regard for Cain or his offering, meaning the person was rejected before the offering.
Faith without works is deadA body of correct doctrine without breath is dead, just like correct beliefs without a real, working faith and repentance cannot save anyone.
Circumstances reveal Cain's inner conditionWhen God accepted Abel's offering with fire and rejected Cain's, it provoked jealousy in Cain, revealing his true inner condition.
Cain and Abel as heads of two streamsCain is the head of all religious people who worship the true God without being spiritual, much like the Pharisees, while Abel heads spiritual people.
The principle of heart alignmentJust as Jesus taught that a person must be reconciled with others before bringing an offering, God emphasizes that the person behind the offering must be right.
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The Pathway to Perfection (English & Tamil)
1) The Root Causes Of Evil
2) Free Will And Conscience
3) How God Overcomes Evil
4) Choosing The Creator Over The Created
5) The Heavenly And Earthly Pulls
6) The Basis Of God's Forgiveness
7) Sin And Salvation
8) Faith And Obedience
9) How Man Fell Into Sin
10) God's Provision For Man's Failure
11) Repentance And Faith
12) Salvation From Sin And The World
13) God's Power Alone Can Help Us
14) Keeping The Tenth Commandment
15) Not A Servant But A Son
16) Our Maximum For The Lord
17) The Reality Of Final Judgement
18) The Principles Of Business And Sacrifice
19) Finding A Good Church
20) God Is Our Father
21) We Are Not Orphans
22) Becoming Good Like God
23) Renewal Through God's Word
24) God Is On Your Side Against Satan
25) God Controls All People And Events
26) The Renewal Of Our Minds
27) Cain And Abel
28) The Sin Of Jealousy
29) Two Types Of Sins
30) Lessons From Job's Life
31) Jesus Is Our Forerunner
32) The Humility Of Jesus
33) How Jesus Overcame Temptation
34) The Love That Jesus Had
35) Mercy And Grace
36) The Terms Of The New Covenant
37) Faith Results In Praising God
38) Faith Claims God's Promises
39) Praising God Enthrones Him
40) Praise Brings Victory
41) Obedience In The New Covenant
42) Obeying As Jesus Obeyed
43) Jesus Valued All Men
44) Jesus' Attitude To Material Things
45) New-Covenant Home Relationships
46) Love Between Husband And Wife
47) Unity Between Husband And Wife
48) Bringing Up Children In God's Ways
49) Faithful In Our Place Of Work
50) The Right Way To Pray
51) God-Centred Praying
52) The Fear Of God
53) Abraham's Testings
54) Joseph's Example
55) David's Successes And Failures
56) God's Part And Our Part
57) Judging Ourselves And Not Others
58) The Anointing Of The Spirit
59) Finding God's Perfect Will
60) The Purpose Of Failure
Summary
The sermon uses the story of Cain and Abel to teach that God values the heart of the person as much as the offering. While Abel's offering is presented as a type of blood sacrifice, the speaker emphasizes that true righteousness comes only through the blood offering of Jesus Christ. Furthermore, the Lord's regard was first for Abel, and then for his offering, indicating that the person's heart condition is crucial for true salvation, which requires both faith and repentance.
Outline
The message in plain words, in the order it unfolds. Select a time to jump the video to that moment.
Learning from the mistakes of othersA wise person learns from the failures of others so they do not have to repeat those same mistakes themselves.
The pattern of repeated mistakesGod warned Judah using the example of the northern kingdom of Israel, but because Judah did not listen, they repeated the same mistakes.
The story of Cain and AbelGenesis chapter four records the first incident after Eden involving Adam and Eve's children, Cain and Abel, who both brought offerings to God.
What Abel offered by faithAbel offered a better sacrifice by faith, likely an offering of blood representing that he deserved death and an animal died in his place.
God had regard for the person firstGenesis shows that the Lord had regard for Abel and his offering, but did not have regard for Cain or his offering, meaning the person was rejected before the offering.
Faith without works is deadA body of correct doctrine without breath is dead, just like correct beliefs without a real, working faith and repentance cannot save anyone.
Circumstances reveal Cain's inner conditionWhen God accepted Abel's offering with fire and rejected Cain's, it provoked jealousy in Cain, revealing his true inner condition.
Cain and Abel as heads of two streamsCain is the head of all religious people who worship the true God without being spiritual, much like the Pharisees, while Abel heads spiritual people.
The principle of heart alignmentJust as Jesus taught that a person must be reconciled with others before bringing an offering, God emphasizes that the person behind the offering must be right.
