Life In the Spirit Ministries Int'l

04/20/2023

In the beginning, before God began to create anything, he had a plan; He knew man would fall into sin and had already chosen a people from every tribe and nation that He would redeem through the sacrifice of the Lord Jesus Christ. He has chosen in the time to call to His sheep through this Gospel of grace that though we were sinful and without hope in the world, He alone has made a way for the redemption of mankind through the sacrifice of His son. We are a chosen people that He has known and loved since before the creation of the world. And now, through the teaching of the Gospel, God is calling His sheep to Himself by this same Gospel.

Ephesians 1
In Him 11 also we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to His purpose who works all things after the counsel of His will, 12 to the end that we who were the first to hope in Christ would be to the praise of His glory. 13 In Him, you also, after listening to the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation—having also believed, you were sealed in Him with the Holy Spirit of promise, 14 who is given as a pledge of our inheritance, with a view to the redemption of God’s own possession, to the praise of His glory.

Ephesians 2
4 But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, 5 even when we were dead [f]in our transgressions, made us alive together [g]with Christ (by grace you have been saved), 6 and raised us up with Him, and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, 7 so that in the ages to come He might show the surpassing riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. 8 For by grace you have been saved through faith; and [h]that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; 9 not as a result of works, so that no one may boast. 10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them.

John 10
27 My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me; 28 and I give eternal life to them, and they will never perish; and no one will sn**ch them out of My hand.

10/12/2022

Why Discipleship?

Discipleship is necessary to energize and grow their relationship with Jesus Christ. Jesus commanded His disciples to make disciples of all nations. Discipleship is necessary for you to be grown into a mature believer and be transformed into the person He has created you to be. Discipleship is also necessary for sound doctrine, strengthen faith, and to raise faithful and holy leaders. Discipleship includes not only studying God’s Word but living a life of faith and walking in obedience to God.

09/29/2022

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Serving others is an important virtue in the Christian life, but it is not a greater priority than hearing the Word of Christ. Today, R.C. Sproul continues h...

09/26/2022

“What the soul is in the body, that are Christians in the world.”

Christians in the world
It is early in the second century. Christ’s resurrection is about a hundred years past, and during the intervening century, the church he founded has gained numerous adherents throughout the world. In spite of their innocent lives, Christians are misunderstood, maligned, persecuted, and martyred. The main accusation against them is that they are atheists because they do not worship the idols of the empire.

Nonetheless, their stark faith still holds an appeal, not least because of the Christians' generous character, their willingness to suffer for what they believe, and the joy they demonstrate even in the midst of that suffering. Such qualities draw more than a few noble-minded individuals to weigh the evidence for Christianity. One such person is Diognetus. Intrigued by the phenomenon of Christianity, he has written to a Christian philosopher for answers. This philosopher, whom tradition names Mathetes, replies in Greek, the language of philosophy. His reply is a carefully crafted letter of ten short chapters. (Two others will be added by another hand.) Among the charges he answers is that of atheism: Christians worship a living but invisible God, not handmade objects of stone and wood, he asserts. He also explains why Christians do not imitate the worship of the Jews: it has become fussy, superstitious, and obsolete, he charges.

Mathetes then describes to Diognetus in glowing terms the way Christians live: “Their existence is on earth, but their citizenship is in heaven. They obey the established laws, and they surpass the laws in their own lives. They love all men, and they are persecuted by all.” Scattered throughout the world, Christians by love and self-discipline are transforming sin-steeped societies, acting like a conscience to bring new life to human institutions. At this point he makes his most audacious statement: “In a word, what the soul is in the body, that are Christians in the world.” He proceeds to show nine similarities between Christians and the soul, including, “The soul though itself immortal lives in a mortal tent; so Christians sojourn amid perishable things, while they look for the imperishability which is in the heavens.”

As the writer moves toward his conclusion, he addresses Diognetus’s objection that Christianity is a latecomer on the religious scene. He theorizes that God delayed its revelation because he wished to make men conscious of their weakness and corruption before sending them the Redeemer.

The writer ends by describing the love of God and urging that Diognetus respond to it. He argues that power over others is not true superiority; instead, true superiority is found in helping others. Finally, he warns Diognetus that whereas Christians can die without terror because they have a glorious future, Diognetus cannot. When Diognetus glimpses hell, he will appreciate the attitude of the righteous who suffer a little while on earth in order to escape eternal punishment.

—Dan Graves

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09/15/2022

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12/20/2021

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11/09/2021

Then Jesus came up and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”

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10/15/2021

“For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect.

Pastors, Churches, and even whole denominations are moving away from the old rocked cross message of salvation through the blood of Jesus, and are moving toward a message of salvation through social activism, humanism, and good works. The old bloody message of the cross is quickly being replaced by a bloodless message that lacks power, which lacks hope, and has no life. I would like to remind everyone in this building about what happened that day when the Lord Jesus died on the cross at Calvary.

07/22/2021

Father, Glorify Your Son
One way we can intimately know someone’s heart is by listening to that person’s prayers. This was the privilege of Jesus’ disciples as they overheard His prayer for them before His death.

03/22/2021

2 Corinthians 2:14-16

Thanks be to God who leads us in triumphal procession in Christ and who makes known through us the fragrance of the knowledge of Him in every place. For we are a sweet aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved and those who are perishing. To some, we are the aroma of death leading to death, to others, the aroma of life leading to life. Who is competent for such a task?

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