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Call in and listen to some of our
past
conference calls
on topics like:
Commitment and
Dependability
Spirit, Soul, and Body
Premarital Sexual Relations
and Homosexuality
The Security of the Believer
Forgiveness
Eight Ways God Speaks To Us Today
The recordings are about an hour long. To listen to our
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(641) 715-3800
and enter
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89752.
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live conference call
on the
first Sunday of every
month
at
8:00 p.m. EST
. We now
have a new phone number.
Simply dial
(302) 202-1110
, and
then enter the conference
code
409703
. Join us in discussion or
just listen to the call!
Upcoming conference calls:
February 01: The end times—Matthew 24: will the
elect be deceived?
March 01:
Importance of daily time alone with God.
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or GPS can show many ways to get to a
destination. Roads may be detoured for
whatever reason, but a map can help you
navigate back roads, so you will have no
problem.
In our spiritual world, we have Jesus as
head of the church. When we trust in
Jesus as Lord and Savior, we receive His
Holy Spirit. Jesus has a plan for us. He
often reveals His plan one step at a time.
He has the right to ask us to serve Him in
whatever way or place He wishes. Also,
He has given us the Old and New
Testaments as a kind of map.
When a Pharisee asked Jesus which is the
most important commandment in the
Law, “
Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt
love the Lord thy God with all thy heart,
and with all thy soul, and with all thy
mind. This is the first and great
commandment. And the second is like
unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as
thyself. On these two commandments
hang
all
the
law
and
the
prophets”
(Matthew 22:37-40).
How can we say that salvation has set us
free from the law? It seems we are now
lawless and can do whatever we want!
That alarms some folks. We are so used
to the strict direction of the law that our
sudden freedom frightens us. What
guides us?
As believers, we are not without guidance
once we are saved. Scripture says that we
are dead to the written law. In fact,
Jeremiah chapter 31 says,
“Behold, the
days come, saith the Lord, that I will
make a new covenant with the house of
Israel, and with the house of Judah: Not
according to the covenant that I made
with their fathers in the day that I took
them by the hand to bring them out of the
land of Egypt; which my covenant they
brake, although I was an husband unto
them, saith the Lord: But this shall be the
covenant that I will make with the house
of Israel; After those days, saith the Lord,
I will put my law in their inward parts,
and write it in their hearts; and will be
their God, and they shall be my people
(Jeremiah 31:31-33).
That is exactly what has happened! With
the Holy Spirit, we have the law of God
written inside us. What drives us now
comes from the heart. We have a built in
moral compass and roadmap, in a manner
of speaking. When you are new in the
faith, it seems hard at times to understand.
We may want the old way—the Law—to
guide us; but Jesus has paid the price for
our souls and now He is the owner. Don’t
be afraid to learn how it works.
It’s worth it!
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