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MARCH 2014

MARCH 2014. INEXPRESSIBLE JOY AHEAD. THE IMPERISHABLE SEED AND WITHERING GRASS

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MARCH 2014

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  1. MARCH 2014

  2. INEXPRESSIBLE JOY AHEAD THE IMPERISHABLE SEED AND WITHERING GRASS 20He [Christ] was foreknown before the foundation of the world but was made manifest in the last times for the sake of you 21who through him are believers in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God. 22Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for a sincere brotherly love, love one another earnestly from a pure heart, 23since you have been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and abiding word of God

  3. INEXPRESSIBLE JOY AHEAD THE IMPERISHABLE SEED AND WITHERING GRASS 24 for “All flesh is like grass    and all its glory like the flower of grass.The grass withers,    and the flower falls,25 but the word of the Lord remains forever.” And this word is the good news that was preached to you. 1 Peter 1:10-25

  4. INEXPRESSIBLE JOY AHEAD THE IMPERISHABLE SEED AND WITHERING GRASS What did God know before the foundation of the world? How are we “believers in God” _______ ____? through him

  5. INEXPRESSIBLE JOY AHEAD THE IMPERISHABLE SEED AND WITHERING GRASS God: the focal point of our _____ and our _____ faith hope Obedience to the truth = _____ faith

  6. INEXPRESSIBLE JOY AHEAD THE IMPERISHABLE SEED AND WITHERING GRASS God: the focal point of our _____ and our _____ faith hope Genuine faith results in ____ for one another love

  7. INEXPRESSIBLE JOY AHEAD THE IMPERISHABLE SEED AND WITHERING GRASS God: the focal point of our _____ and our _____ faith hope changed That love springs from a ________ heart, a pure heart

  8. INEXPRESSIBLE JOY AHEAD THE IMPERISHABLE SEED AND WITHERING GRASS Where does that changed heart come from? The _____ _____ new birth God gives the new birth, and it is not temporary: Imperishable ____ seed

  9. INEXPRESSIBLE JOY AHEAD THE IMPERISHABLE SEED AND WITHERING GRASS Note the contrast of the withering grass vs. the imperishable seed!

  10. INEXPRESSIBLE JOY AHEAD THE IMPERISHABLE SEED AND WITHERING GRASS Finally, how does God do all this? The word. The gospel word. Living and abiding Remains forever Good news preached to you

  11. INEXPRESSIBLE JOY AHEAD THE IMPERISHABLE SEED AND WITHERING GRASS Why do we believe in preaching?

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