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What Constitutes True Salvation (James 4:7-10)
📣 Are you certain of your salvation? 🤔
This sermon on James 4:7-10 encourages us to test our faith and understand what true salvation entails. We delve into the importance of submitting to God, resisting the devil, repenting of sin, and realising the seriousness of our sinfulness. Whether you're a believer seeking assurance or someone searching for truth, this message provides essential insights into what it means to be truly saved. Tune in and reflect on your spiritual journey.
📄 Follow along with this sermon's transcript: www.bethelbpc.com.au/sermon-database/what-constitutes-true-salvation
📍 Sermon Outline
00:00 Trailer
02:36 Introduction
06:15 I. A SUBMISSION TO GOD
10:19 II. A RESISTANCE AGAINST THE DEVIL
22:51 III. A REPENTANCE FROM SIN
30:51 IV. AN UNDERSTANDING OF SIN'S GRAVITY
41:15 Conclusion
44:43 Reflection Question
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Copyright © 2024, Bethel Bible-Presbyterian Church. All rights reserved.
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What Must We Do To Have Victory (Exodus 23:20-33)
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📣 If God promises to give Christians victory, why are you struggling with sin? 🤔 In an age of quick-fixes and instant gratification, we tend to grow impatient, even in the spiritual realm. Too often, this apparent mismatch between God's promises and our spiritual condition leaves us disenchanted and numb. How do we make sense of our seemingly unending battle with sin? In this sermon, Ps Paul Ch...
Dealing With Conflict In The Church (James 4:1-6)
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📣 How should you respond to conflict in the church? 🤔 Isn’t the church supposed to be a place of unity, harmony, and peace? So, why do conflicts arise among God’s people? The Apostle James pinpoints this all-to-real struggle on a number of underlying personal and interpersonal issues. In this sermon, Ps Paul Cheng challenges us to examine whether we’re contributing to the unity or the division ...
Remember Who God Is (Exodus 23:10-19)
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📣 Are you holding back from God because of spiritual amnesia? 🤔 Underlying the annual feasts that God commanded the Israelites to keep was a deeply significant principle that still applies to modern believers like you and me: remember God. Specifically, we are to remember God as our Creator, Deliverer, Provider and ultimately the Author of all history. How can we practically demonstrate our rem...
The Meditations of My Heart (SATB)
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As believers, our focus must be on allowing God’s thoughts and ways (as revealed in His Word), to reshape and guide our own thinking and living, rather than trusting our ‘instincts’ and being thereby misled. Our aim then must be to be acceptable in God’s sight, rather than any other person’s sight, even our own. This song’s gentle melody and flowing accompaniment position it as a prayer. This i...
The Blessing Of Heavenly Wisdom (James 3:17-18)
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📣 The world is full of opposites, even in the realm of “wisdom”. 🤔 There are two kinds of wisdom. One is not like the other, for it comes from Wisdom Himself. Both exist but neither can co-exist. While knowledge or wisdom “from below” intends to inform our heads, wisdom “from above” transcends to transform our hearts. This isn’t just another message but a call to seek, apply, and live out heave...
Truth Cannot Be Subjected To Anything But Truth (Exodus 23:1-9)
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📣 The truth is being threatened. Here are its enemies. 🤔 In an age where everything seems relative and nothing seems certain, truth seems to be in both short supply AND short demand. Interestingly, the Israelites lived in a time where the word of a few witnesses was enough evidence to sentence a person to death. Clearly, truth mattered then, and as impossible or hopeless as it might feel today,...
Sunday Worship Service (18th August)
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Welcome! During our Sunday worship services, please feel free to follow along with the Order of Worship in the link below. Over there, you will additionally find Pastor Paul Cheng’s latest weekly articles for your edification. Order of Worship and articles: www.bethelbpc.com.au/this-week Copyright © 2024, Bethel Bible-Presbyterian Church. All rights reserved.
The Danger Of False Wisdom (James 3:13-16)
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📣 Are you infected with what the Bible calls “false wisdom”? 🤔 With rapid advancements in virtually every technological, medical or philosophical field today, humanity seems to be perpetually “at the cutting edge”. If such applaudable progress has, in fact, been made, why then does our world seem to lack peace and harmony, but abound in “strife” and “envy”? The Apostle James offers an explanati...
Friday Prayer Meeting (16th August)
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Welcome! Our Friday Prayer Meeting will commence at 8:00pm AEDT. Before we commune with God in prayer, we sing a few hymns of praise unto Him and study a short passage from His Word. Please feel free to attend on Zoom below if you would like to pray with us. Join via Zoom: us02web.zoom.us/j/2771655077?... Sermon Outline: What Must We Do To Have Victory (Exodus 23:20-33) I. Victory Belongs To Go...
The Compassion, Authority & Holiness Of God (Exodus 22:25-31)
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📣 Has your obedience to God’s Word manifested the attributes of God in your life? 🤔 In a world where laws often reflect the values of a society, what do God’s laws tell us about Him? In this sermon, we take a look at Exodus 22:25-31 to understand how Israel’s civil laws were designed not just for order, but to mirror God’s own character. His deep compassion, unwavering authority, and call to ho...
The Taming Of The Tongue (James 3:7-12)
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The Taming Of The Tongue (James 3:7-12)
Reaching Out To The Down-And-Out (Exodus 22:21-24)
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Reaching Out To The Down-And-Out (Exodus 22:21-24)
Wherefore Comfort One Another With These Words (1 Thess 4:13-18)
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Wherefore Comfort One Another With These Words (1 Thess 4:13-18)
I Was Glad (Psalm 122:1)
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I Was Glad (Psalm 122:1)
To Perfect That Which Is Lacking In Your Faith (1 Thess 3:1-10)
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To Perfect That Which Is Lacking In Your Faith (1 Thess 3:1-10)
The Character Of God (Exodus 22:16-20)
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The Character Of God (Exodus 22:16-20)
The Power Of The Tongue (James 3:3-6)
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The Power Of The Tongue (James 3:3-6)
The Punishment Deters The Crime - property laws (Exodus 22:1-15)
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The Punishment Deters The Crime - property laws (Exodus 22:1-15)
A Warning To Want-To-Be Teachers (James 3:1-2)
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A Warning To Want-To-Be Teachers (James 3:1-2)
The Punishment Fits The Crime - an eye for an eye (Exodus 21:18-36)
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The Punishment Fits The Crime - an eye for an eye (Exodus 21:18-36)
Mission Report 2023: Gethsemane BPC Pangasinan
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Mission Report 2023: Gethsemane BPC Pangasinan
Mission Report 2024: Gethsemane BPC Cebu
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Mission Report 2024: Gethsemane BPC Cebu
The Nature Of Love: Love In Its Relation To Others [Part 3] (1 Corinthians 13:5b-6)
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The Nature Of Love: Love In Its Relation To Others [Part 3] (1 Corinthians 13:5b-6)
The Nature Of Love: Love In Its Relation To Others [Part 2] (1 Corinthians 13:4b-5a)
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The Nature Of Love: Love In Its Relation To Others [Part 2] (1 Corinthians 13:4b-5a)
Faith In Action (James 2:21-26)
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Faith In Action (James 2:21-26)
The Punishment Fits The Crime - a life for a life (Exodus 21:12-17)
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The Punishment Fits The Crime - a life for a life (Exodus 21:12-17)
Show Me Your Faith, And I Will Show You Mine (James 2:14-20)
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Show Me Your Faith, And I Will Show You Mine (James 2:14-20)
Why Would God Allow Slavery? (Exodus 21:1-11)
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Why Would God Allow Slavery? (Exodus 21:1-11)
The Sin Of Showing Partiality [Part 2] (James 2:5-13)
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The Sin Of Showing Partiality [Part 2] (James 2:5-13)

КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @BethelBPC
    @BethelBPC 3 дні тому

    💭 Consider this: Of the commands given by the Apostle James in this passage, which do you find most difficult to obey and why?

  • @BethelBPC
    @BethelBPC 6 днів тому

    💭 Consider this: What compromises in your spiritual life are preventing you from experiencing the victory God promises? God does not promise immediate victory, but He does promise certain victory. What steps can you take in the right direction today?

  • @BethelBPC
    @BethelBPC 9 днів тому

    💭 Consider this: What are you personally prone to “desire to have”, which might lead you to fight against other believers?

  • @BethelBPC
    @BethelBPC 11 днів тому

    💭 Consider this: Consider the past week, how have you remembered or failed to remember God in your day-to-day?

  • @BethelBPC
    @BethelBPC 17 днів тому

    💭 Consider this: Regarding heavenly wisdom, how have you experienced "the fruit of righteousness" in your conduct?”

  • @BethelBPC
    @BethelBPC 18 днів тому

    💭 Consider this: Are you a “truthful” person? Why or why not?

  • @BethelBPC
    @BethelBPC 22 дні тому

    💭Consider this: How has “false wisdom” shaped your life?

  • @BethelBPC
    @BethelBPC 27 днів тому

    💭 Consider this: The marks of God's laws are intended to be evident in the lives of His people - those who believe in Him. How has your life been shaped by God's Word? Does it reflect the character of the Lawgiver?

  • @BethelBPC
    @BethelBPC 29 днів тому

    💭 Consider this: Whatever comes out of your mouth inevitably reveals what is in your heart. What thoughts, emotions, and mindsets must you first tame in order to tame your tongue?

  • @BethelBPC
    @BethelBPC Місяць тому

    💭 Consider this: All believers have been spiritually “down-and-out”. How has God reached out to you in your need? Who do you now have the privilege of reaching out to and how are you doing so?

  • @BethelBPC
    @BethelBPC Місяць тому

    💭 Consider this: Why do you really come to church? Can you say, like David, that you are “glad” when coming to church? Why or why not?

  • @BethelBPC
    @BethelBPC Місяць тому

    💭 Consider this: 1. Looking back on your spiritual journey, how have you or others helped to perfect your faith? 2. What aspects of your own faith are you currently lacking? How are you helping to perfect the faith of others?

  • @isaacpachuau1509
    @isaacpachuau1509 Місяць тому

    Wow.. so clear. Glory to God. Thank you Pastor

  • @BethelBPC
    @BethelBPC Місяць тому

    💭 Consider this: As His witness to the rest of the world, God’s laws were given to protect Israel. How have you experienced your personal obedience/disobedience to God’s laws benefit/harm your own life or that of others?

  • @BethelBPC
    @BethelBPC Місяць тому

    💭 Consider this: How might you have been a spiritual arsonist? How can you control your tongue and prevent the spread of such fires?

  • @BethelBPC
    @BethelBPC Місяць тому

    💭 Consider this: What does the way that God cares for our property reveal about the way that He cares for us?

  • @wealthcreator1902
    @wealthcreator1902 Місяць тому

    I love this great pastor. I would like to know his name and where he lives. I would like to meet him

    • @BethelBPC
      @BethelBPC Місяць тому

      This sermon was preached by Paul Cheng, pastor of Bethel Bible-Presbyterian Church in Melbourne. Feel free to check out our website for more details at bethelbpc.com.au. Come and visit us if you can!

    • @wealthcreator1902
      @wealthcreator1902 Місяць тому

      @BethelBPC God bless you in Jesus name. Thanks. Already planing to visit Australia be November

  • @BethelBPC
    @BethelBPC Місяць тому

    💭 Consider this: You might not be an official teacher of the Bible, but you do have certain spiritual children whom you are influencing for better or for worse. What kind of impact do you think you are having on them?

  • @BethelBPC
    @BethelBPC Місяць тому

    💭 Consider this: How, despite His justice, has God shown you mercy? To whom, despite your own sense of justice, can you show mercy today?

  • @BethelBPC
    @BethelBPC 2 місяці тому

    💭 Consider this: The Bible and church history contain countless stories of men and women of faith. Aside from Abraham and Rahab, name another biblical or extra-biblical figure whose “faith in action” you have learnt from. What have they inspired you to be or do?

  • @BethelBPC
    @BethelBPC 2 місяці тому

    💭 Consider this: Can you think of other written or unwritten social rules or principles that have their origins in Biblical wisdom? How and why might such truths have been twisted or corrupted over time?

  • @wealthcreator1902
    @wealthcreator1902 2 місяці тому

    What a powerful sermon

  • @BethelBPC
    @BethelBPC 2 місяці тому

    💭Consider this: What do your works reveal about the condition of your faith? Does the way you live your life declare your faith and love for Christ?

  • @EdidianaJohn
    @EdidianaJohn 2 місяці тому

    Christian's are not slaves but friends to Jesus, John 15:15

  • @BethelBPC
    @BethelBPC 2 місяці тому

    💭 Consider this: How do you regard your being a slave who belongs to Christ?

    • @user-fq9ij4we4r
      @user-fq9ij4we4r 2 місяці тому

      I'd rather be a slave to Christ than be a slave to sin and be tangled up with sin any day, because I know what that's like. Sin doesn't love me Christ does.

    • @Bugsy0333
      @Bugsy0333 2 місяці тому

      The context that you should be spreading to your viewers is that one person owning another person as their property is immoral it was then and it still is today. The laws governing non-Hebrew slaves were more harsh than those governing Hebrew slaves: non-Hebrew slaves could be owned permanently, and bequeathed to the owner's children, whereas Hebrew slaves were treated as servants, and were released after six years of service or the occurrence of a jubilee year. That's right slaves for life now does this sound to you like a loving and caring God?

    • @user-fq9ij4we4r
      @user-fq9ij4we4r 2 місяці тому

      @@Bugsy0333 That loving and caring God you speak of is also Just, forgiving, Holy and righteous. Where people are not.

    • @Bugsy0333
      @Bugsy0333 2 місяці тому

      @@user-fq9ij4we4r Well those are beautiful words, but not true. Let's take a look, Shall we ? Deuteronomy 22:28-29; God’s punishment for the raping of a virgin is to pay her father 50 shekels of silver and marry her for life. The rapist was seen as ruining someone else’s property, not ruining a young girl’s life. Forcing a girl to marry her rapist and have her father accept some money as compensation is disgusting. 2 Samuel 7:11; God, through Nathan, says he is going to punish David’s affair with Bathsheba by making all of David’s wives prostitutes. God making David’s wives prostitutes, despite what His own law said, is not moral. Leviticus 26:29; God describes how he will punish people by making them eat the flesh of their own sons and daughters. Any God threatening to force people into cannibalism on their family is not moral. Joshua 6:20-21; God helps the Israelites destroy Jericho, killing “men, women, young and old, cattle, sheep and donkeys”. C’mon. Ruthlessly murdering all the women and children in a city is not moral. Deuteronomy 2:32-35; God has the Israelites kill everyone in Heshbon, including children. Later in chapter 3:3-7, God commands they do the same to the city of Bashan. Killing children ain’t moral, dude. 1 Numbers 31:7-18; God decides to not kill everyone this time. This time, He commands the Israelites to kill all the Midianites except the virgins, whom they will take as spoils of war. Killing everyone besides virgins and using them as sex slaves isn’t moral. Genesis 7:21-23; God drowns the entire population of the earth (except for Noah and his family): men, women, and children, both born and unborn, because they were “evil”. I don’t know how unborn children could be evil, but whatever. Killing the entire population of earth, including innocent babies, is not moral. Judges 11:30-39; Jephthah burns his daughter alive as a sacrificial offering for God’s favor in killing the Ammonites. Jephthah is crazy for burning his daughter alive and God is crazy for allowing it. Child sacrifice is not moral. Deuteronomy 21:18-21; God demands we kill disobedient teenagers. Stoning disobedient children to death is not moral. Exodus 21:20-21, Colossians 3:22-24, Ephesians 6:5, 1 Peter 2:18; God legitimizes slavery by saying it’s okay to own slaves and to beat them. Slaves are told to obey their masters just as they would obey Jesus, even if their masters are harsh. God blatantly supports slavery. Supporting slavery is not moral. Should I stop now or do you wish for me to continue?

    • @Bugsy0333
      @Bugsy0333 2 місяці тому

      @@user-fq9ij4we4r Oh i can see that hey lrt us take a look at that Just, forgiving, Holy and righteous. ok ? Deuteronomy 22:28-29; God’s punishment for the raping of a virgin is to pay her father 50 shekels of silver and marry her for life. The rapist was seen as ruining someone else’s property, not ruining a young girl’s life. Forcing a girl to marry her rapist and have her father accept some money as compensation is disgusting. 2 Samuel 7:11; God, through Nathan, says he is going to punish David’s affair with Bathsheba by making all of David’s wives prostitutes. God making David’s wives prostitutes, despite what His own law said, is not moral. Leviticus 26:29; God describes how he will punish people by making them eat the flesh of their own sons and daughters. Any God threatening to force people into cannibalism on their family is not moral. Joshua 6:20-21; God helps the Israelites destroy Jericho, killing “men, women, young and old, cattle, sheep and donkeys”. C’mon. Ruthlessly murdering all the women and children in a city is not moral. Deuteronomy 2:32-35; God has the Israelites kill everyone in Heshbon, including children. Later in chapter 3:3-7, God commands they do the same to the city of Bashan. Killing children ain’t moral, dude. 1 Numbers 31:7-18; God decides to not kill everyone this time. This time, He commands the Israelites to kill all the Midianites except the virgins, whom they will take as spoils of war. Killing everyone besides virgins and using them as sex slaves isn’t moral. Genesis 7:21-23; God drowns the entire population of the earth (except for Noah and his family): men, women, and children, both born and unborn, because they were “evil”. I don’t know how unborn children could be evil, but whatever. Killing the entire population of earth, including innocent babies, is not moral. Judges 11:30-39; Jephthah burns his daughter alive as a sacrificial offering for God’s favor in killing the Ammonites. Jephthah is crazy for burning his daughter alive and God is crazy for allowing it. Child sacrifice is not moral. Deuteronomy 21:18-21; God demands we kill disobedient teenagers. Stoning disobedient children to death is not moral. Exodus 21:20-21, Colossians 3:22-24, Ephesians 6:5, 1 Peter 2:18; God legitimizes slavery by saying it’s okay to own slaves and to beat them. Slaves are told to obey their masters just as they would obey Jesus, even if their masters are harsh. God blatantly supports slavery. Supporting slavery is not moral. Shall i stop or continue ?

  • @wealthcreator1902
    @wealthcreator1902 2 місяці тому

    Hallelujah

  • @BethelBPC
    @BethelBPC 2 місяці тому

    💭 Consider this: Who might you have failed to treat as your 'neighbour'? How can your conduct towards him/her change to reflect the indiscriminate love God shows us?

  • @BethelBPC
    @BethelBPC 2 місяці тому

    💭 Consider this: What, exactly, is worship? What is often confused for worship?

  • @BethelBPC
    @BethelBPC 2 місяці тому

    💭Consider this: Reflecting on your values and biases, to what extent is your treatment of others shaped by the world’s standards? What biases must you let go of in order to hold and show Christ-like love towards others?

    • @tanwilliam7351
      @tanwilliam7351 2 місяці тому

      A valuable sermon - a wake-up call to all churches!

  • @BethelBPC
    @BethelBPC 2 місяці тому

    💭 Consider this: What implications does Jesus Christ being the Christian’s Mediator have on his/her every day life?

  • @BethelBPC
    @BethelBPC 2 місяці тому

    💭 Consider this: What defines ungodly covetousness VS godly ambition? How can pursuing the latter prevent the former?

  • @BethelBPC
    @BethelBPC 3 місяці тому

    💭 Consider this: Are you in the practice of questioning your motives? What gives you confidence that your service is not simply a “form of godliness” without an inner transformation?

  • @BethelBPC
    @BethelBPC 3 місяці тому

    💭 Consider this: How much more blessed would you be if you obeyed every bit of God’s Word that you read/heard in the last year? What might the godliest version of you look like?

  • @user-ur8dm8tr6o
    @user-ur8dm8tr6o 4 місяці тому

    Facebook, observer and researcher ❤️ 🙏 🌞

  • @BethelBPC
    @BethelBPC 4 місяці тому

    💭 Consider this: Why is a disobedient Christian considered a liar to God? What does this say about the weight of the words: “I am a Christian”?

  • @wealthcreator1902
    @wealthcreator1902 4 місяці тому

    What a powerful sermon

  • @wealthcreator1902
    @wealthcreator1902 4 місяці тому

    Powerful sermon

  • @BethelBPC
    @BethelBPC 4 місяці тому

    💭 Consider this: What resources have you failed to be a faithful steward over? Which part of you are you yet to surrender to your Master?

  • @BethelBPC
    @BethelBPC 4 місяці тому

    💭 Consider this: What are some practical ways that you can preserve your own and others’ purity?

  • @BethelBPC
    @BethelBPC 4 місяці тому

    💭Consider this: As a believer, the Word of God has been implanted in you, taking root in your heart. What steps do you take to properly receive it and nurture its growth in you? Eg. From sermons, your own quiet time, etc.

  • @BethelBPC
    @BethelBPC 4 місяці тому

    💭Consider this: If God is an unchanging constant in the relationship between the believer and God, how must we anchor ourselves to Him?

  • @BethelBPC
    @BethelBPC 4 місяці тому

    💭Consider this: In light of the Second Greatest Commandment which says: "Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself", how should you preserve life?

    • @user-ur8dm8tr6o
      @user-ur8dm8tr6o 4 місяці тому

      I will be continually touched and inspired to share this Pastor inspired message from the Heavenly Realm. Subject: "Consider this in light of the Second Greatest Command- ment which says, "Thou shalt not kill." May I remember also; "For all hath sinned, and hath fallen short of the glory of God." As I close, it's my hope to humble myself daily knowing I am nothing without Him: Christ, our Lord and Savior Amen Sincerely yours, Richard France Researcher [77] 2024CE ❤️ 🙏 🌞

  • @BethelBPC
    @BethelBPC 4 місяці тому

    💭 Consider this: Your true enemy lies within. What does this prove about your problem with sin and its only solution?

  • @BethelBPC
    @BethelBPC 4 місяці тому

    💭Consider this: Jesus perfectly honoured His imperfect earthly parents. How can we imitate Him?

  • @BethelBPC
    @BethelBPC 4 місяці тому

    💭Consider this: How does correctly remembering Christ's resurrection impact daily Christian living?

  • @BethelBPC
    @BethelBPC 5 місяців тому

    💭 Consider this: Why do you consider Good Friday so "good"?

  • @BethelBPC
    @BethelBPC 5 місяців тому

    💭Consider this: How do you know you have "set your affections on things above"?

  • @BethelBPC
    @BethelBPC 5 місяців тому

    💭Consider this: Has your response to trials been one of wisdom or foolishness?

  • @BethelBPC
    @BethelBPC 5 місяців тому

    💭Consider this: How do you keep the Lord's Day holy? Go into as much detail as possible.