Christian Perfection – 16: If We Truly Love God By: Frank L. Hoffman Jesus said, “Therefore you are to be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.” (Matthew 5:48) (Wesley’s writings are in bold) As we continue in the thirteenth part of “A Plain Account of Christian Perfection”, we see that a vital aspect a [...]
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Living in the Will of God – 16 Summarizing
Living in the Will of God – 16 Summarizing Let’s begin this section of our study of living in the will of God by answering a few questions and summarizing what we have discussed so far. How do we live in the will of God? How do we live in the perfection of our Father [...]
Living in the Will of God – 14 Manna from Heaven
Living in the Will of God – 14 Manna from Heaven Throughout the Hebrew Old Testament of the Bible we see Israel grumbling about one thing or another and turning against the will of God. One of these times is illustrated for us in Exodus 16:1-5, where God once again tries to turn the people [...]
Removing Ourselves from a Violent World
Removing Ourselves from a Violent World A Sermon Delivered to The CompassionInternetChurch 3 March 2013 Frank L. Hoffman, Pastor Scripture References: Luke 13:1-9 Acts 3:1-26 We have talked about the fact that our living as peacemaking children of God is not a sometimes situation, such as during the Lenten season; it is for every day [...]
Living in the Will of God – 03 God’s Heavenly Will
Living in the Will of God – 03 God’s Heavenly Will After looking at God’s creation intent, the next obvious place to look and learn what it means to live in the will of God is to look at our Father’s heavenly will. Jesus commands us in Matthew 5:48… 48. “Therefore you are to be [...]
Living in the Will of God – 01 Introduction
Living in the Will of God – 01 Introduction This Bible study series will look at the way people live in the world, today, as compared to the way God wants us to live. We will also discuss the fact that there appears to be something terribly wrong in most churches, today, for they seem [...]
Violence in the Name of Religion
Violence in the Name of Religion Maynard S. Clark wrote a very interesting observation about a major problem within Christianity: “We’ve all been treated to public discussions of Violence in the name of religion, and we also know how many “gun toting pastors” are eager to teach their congregants that the “manly” art of self-protection [...]
Animals in Heaven – 2
Animals in Heaven – 2 When reading the Bible, we need to remember that the Bible was written for the benefit of us human beings, but within the message to us there is ample evidence that animals will be in heaven, just as humans are. Let’s begin with what Paul wrote to the Corinthians in [...]
New Year’s Resolution
New Year’s Resolution We were thinking about what to write in today’s blog, and we didn’t want to duplicate what we said in yesterday’s sermon, What Are Our New Year’s Resolutions?, when we read a Food for Thought article by Marni Montanez, and how John 5:19 became part of her New Year’s resolution. 19. Jesus [...]
Animals in Heaven
Animals in Heaven We have often wondered why the English translation readings of Revelation 4:6-9 use the words “creatures” or “beasts” or “beings”, when the Greek clearly describes these beings as “animals”. Let’s begin by looking at these verses in the King James Version (emphasis added): 6. And before the throne there was a sea [...]
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