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4:1-10. A CD of this message will be available (free of charge) immediately following today's message. This message will be available via podcast later this week at calvaryokc.com. 4:1-10. Confess ~ homologeō – to say the same thing.
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4:1-10 A CD of this message will be available (free of charge) immediately following today's message This message will be available via podcast later this week at calvaryokc.com
4:1-10 Confess ~ homologeō– to say the same thing 1 Cor. 12:3 ~ Therefore I make known to you that no one speaking by the Spirit of God calls Jesus accursed, and no one can say that Jesus is Lord except by the Holy Spirit.
4:1-10 Matt. 8:29 ~ And suddenly they cried out, saying, "What have we to do with You, Jesus, You ? Have You come here to torment us before the time?" Son of God Mark 1:24 ~ "Let us alone! What have we to do with You, Jesus of Nazareth? Did You come to destroy us? I know who You are — the Holy One of God!"
4:1-10 MSV ~ This is how you can tell whether a belief is from God or not: Does it claim that Jesus is God incarnate? And any belief that Jesus is not God incarnate is not of God … in fact, it's of the Antichrist.
4:1-10 Will the real Jesus please stand up? • LDS ~ spirit brother of Lucifer • Watchtower ~ an angel • Word of Faith ~ lost His deity • New Age ~ found the Christ-consciousness • Jesus Seminar ~ searching for the real Jesus
4:1-10 Error ~ literally deception – or as the NIV, falsehood
4:1-10 Love ~ agapaō– 18x in chapter 4 Chapter 1, koinonia(fellowship) Chapter 2, oidaand ginōskō(know) Chapter 3, menō(remain) Storgos~ family love Eros ~ sensual love Phileō~ reciprocal love
4:1-10 Blaise Pascal ~ "Human things must be known to be loved; divine things must be loved to be known."
4:1-10 TARZAN and the "Smoking Nostrilled, Glowing-Eyed False God"
4:1-10 1 Pet. 4:8-10 ~ 8And above all things have fervent love for one another, for "love will cover a multitude of sins." 9Be hospitable to one another without grumbling.10As each one has received a gift, minister it to one another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.