Let’s all overcome together!!!
Forgive and be FREE!
Life in the Son 
Determine today to be free!
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“Blessed is the man who endures temptation, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to those who love him. – James 1:12 (KJV)
The question is NOT “Why would a loving God send anyone to hell.” The question is “Why would anyone choose hell over a loving God?”
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Being the best we can be, instead of trying to one-up others.
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“The world says: ‘love yourself, grab all you can, follow your heart.’ Jesus says: ‘deny yourself, grab your cross and follow Me.'”
– Francis Chan
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“Worship is the submission of all of our nature to God. It is the quickening of the conscience by his holiness; the nourishment of mind with his truth; the purifying of imagination by his beauty; the opening of the heart to his love; the surrender of will to his purpose–all this gathered up in adoration, the most selfless emotion of which our nature is capable.”
– William Temple
Forgiveness is:
taking the knife out of your own back
and not using it
to hurt anyone else
no matter how
they hurt you.
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“To forgive is the highest, most beautiful form of love. In return, you will receive untold peace and happiness.”
– Robert Muller
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LIFE in the SON — taking up our cross and following Him!
For those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God. – Rom. 8:14
“Not by might, nor by power, but by My Spirit, says the Lord.”
“There is therefore now *no condemnation* to those who are IN CHRIST Jesus, who don’t WALK according to the flesh, but ACCORDING TO THE SPIRIT” – Rom. 8:1
“Moreover the LORD saith, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet… (Isaiah 3:16 KJV).
[In modern language: The LORD says, “The women of Zion are haughty, walking along with outstretched necks, flirting with their eyes, strutting along with swaying hips, with ornaments jingling on their ankles… (NIV).]
The women have lost, in Jerusalem, they’ve lost that character of true femininity. They’ve created a false femininity. They’ve made themselves cheap, and have made themselves the object of carnal desires. Our country, today, is eaten up with the sexual objectification of women.”
“Even in our churches….”
“The strength of women is in their femininity. The strength of women is in their modesty. The strength of women is in their true character and nature as a woman.
The thing that makes them different from men, and the thing that gives them honor and character and decency, these are the things that are true womanhood principles.”
– Chuck Baldwin from God’s Judgement On Israel And America @49:30
Transcribed by Jeff Fenske
“We cannot afford to let down our Christian standards just to hold the interest of people who want to go to hell and still belong to a church.”
-A.W. Tozer
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“There is therefore now *no condemnation* to those who are IN CHRIST Jesus, who don’t WALK according to the flesh, but ACCORDING TO THE SPIRIT” – Romans 8:1.
PAUL: “Herein I also practice ALWAYS having a *conscience void of offense* toward God and men” (Acts 24:16).
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“Beware of every wind of doctrine!”
– Dick Benjamin,
founder of Abbott Loop Christian Center
Ephesians 4:11-16
He gave some to be apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, shepherds and teachers; for the perfecting of the saints, to the work of serving, to the building up of the body of Christ; until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a full grown man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ; that we may no longer be children, tossed back and forth and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in craftiness, after the wiles of error; but speaking truth in love, we may grow up in all things into him, who is the head, Christ; from whom all the body, being fitted and knit together through that which every joint supplies, according to the working in measure of each individual part, makes the body increase to the building up of itself in love.
Related:
Kevin Conner on the Believer’s CONDITIONAL Security: “OBEDIENCE IS the very law of SECURITY for all created beings. There can be NO SUCH THING as UNCONDITIONAL security.” — WARNINGS against backsliding SHOW that the security of the believer is conditional upon obedience and faith • What God has provided in Christ man must receive and apply • Divine SOVEREIGNTY *and* human RESPONSIBILITY meet together in the great redemptive plan • Christ is “the author of eternal salvation unto all them that OBEY him”(Hebrews 5:9) • Upon HEARING and FOLLOWING the Shepherd they receive eternal life and will never perish • AS HE OBEYS the Word of the Lord his SECURITY against backsliding and apostacy is FULLY GUARANTEED
Women’s Ministry: A Critique of Jack Hayford’s “A Woman’s Place in Christ” by Jeff Fenske — How deception passes as truth
Kevin Conner: Doctrine Determines the Health of the Church
(photo) Abbott Loop CC Cross: We MUST Die In Order To Live!!!
Update: I’ve been told that this cross did not survive the March-2012 roof collapse.
It had been moved from front and center to the west wall, which took the biggest hit.
Someone should resurrect this theme.
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Jesus:
Most certainly I tell you,
unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies,
it remains by itself alone.
But if it dies, it bears much fruit.
12/2/09
On Abbott Loop Community Church’s west wall
It used to be front and center
“What happened?”
ALCC’s cross and wheat logo
The idea comes from what Jesus said in John 12:
24 Most certainly I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains by itself alone. But if it dies, it bears much fruit. 25 He who loves his life will lose it. He who hates his life in this world will keep it to eternal life. 26 If anyone serves me, let him follow me. Where I am, there will my servant also be. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him.
Paul taught (and Frank taught in Bible school) Jesus is The Pattern in Php 2:
1 If there is therefore any exhortation in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any tender mercies and compassion, 2 make my joy full, by being like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind; 3 doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself; 4 each of you not just looking to his own things, but each of you also to the things of others. 5 Have this in your mind, which was also in Christ Jesus, 6 who, existing in the form of God, didn’t consider equality with God a thing to be grasped, 7 but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of men. 8 And being found in human form, he humbled himself, becoming obedient to death, yes, the death of the cross. 9 Therefore God also highly exalted him….
“Biblical truth that creates controversy will bring out unbelief and cowardliness.”
– Gary Liske
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“God’s ability to save us isn’t the issue. His great grace isn’t either, nor is his love or his promise never to leave or forsake us. The issue is us. Will we continue to love him? Will we forsake him? Will we make the sacrifice necessary to endure to the end? God’s part in salvation was executed on the cross. Our part doesn’t conclude until the day we enter eternity.”
– John Burton on Facebook
“Presumption regarding our salvation must be replaced with humility and sobriety. There is little value in overconfidence regarding our position in Christ yet there is supreme value in continually analyzing our heart, living in joyful repentance and working out our salvation with fear and trembling.”
– John Burton on Facebook
KCC: I must leave soon.
Woman: What should I do?
KCC: What do you feel?
Woman: Hate. Fills the emptiness where my child grew.
KCC: To hate is like drinking salt water. Your thirst grows worse.
Woman: Don’t you understand what I feel?
KCC: I have seen the silkworm. It spins a thread. Thinking itself to be safe, it has spun a tomb. Hate is the tomb you weave. It will not save you from your suffering.
Woman: That’s what I feel. What can I do with it?
KCC: Perhaps there is room to bury your hate in that small grave where we have come from.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cS7GqET29IU
Kung Fu – Hate – S01E04 An Eye For An Eye – David Carradine
Related:
All of my Kung Fu – No Hate ’70s Series posts at my personal blog
“Until the people of America come to grips with the reality that it is the United States of America, Great Britain, Israel, Turkey, Saudi Arabia that have created the terrorist, Jihadist problem, we’re never going to solve the Jihadist problem.”
– Chuck Baldwin
Transcribed by Jeff Fenske
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Message Highlight – Why We Have A Jihadist Problem
Jesus’ greatest commandment:
“Those two words, ‘in Him’ are found 164 times in Paul’s epistles.”
“The Christian experience is first and foremost a personal experience. If you don’t have a personal experience with Christ you don’t know Christ, and you don’t have salvation.”
– Chuck Baldwin from The Christian Experience: Personal, Powerful, And Painful – Bible Study on May 3, 2017
Transcribed by Jeff Fenske
“We ought to be preaching that the lives of MUSLIMS are JUST AS IMPORTANT as the lives of Americans!”
– Chuck Baldwin
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Message Highlight – Preach The Gospel Of Peace
Jesus told five out of seven churches of believers in Revelation that they were lost, on the way to destruction. The Smyrna believers were about to enter tribulation, whom he encouraged. Notice again! Jesus said that five out seven Christian churches of believers were on their way to Hell. Only the church of Philadelphia was doing well because they had kept [obeyed] his word with patient endurance.
Massive error had already taken hold 2000 years ago, until today the false church is pervasive with grace supposedly being a license to continue to sin…..And yet it seems evident to me (today) that over 90% of “The Believers” here in America STILL DON’T GET IT AND ARE MARCHING RIGHT INTO HELL…..still believing that they’re “under Grace” while STILL LIVING IN SIN!!!???
– Richard Anderson on Facebook, 4/25/17
John Burton wrote on Facebook:
It’s shocking how many supposed mature Christians argue against the call to holiness (as if it were impossible), and they promote the idea that sin is an unfortunate but expected part of our lives. They believe, contrary to Scripture, that the cross paid the penalty of sin but it doesn’t give us power over sin. Simply, they expect to sin and don’t feel concern over their condition or the sinful habits of others.
The truth is that we never have to sin again. If we do, it should be an uncommon, major event that causes us to hit our face in mourning, tears, brokenness and urgent repentance.
Sin can and does cause many followers of Jesus to spend eternity in Hell. To say sin is an expected part of Christian’s lives is a grievous offense to the cross.
“Unrepentant sin is as eternally deadly for the Christian as it is for the lost. Hell is the future for both.”
– John Burton on Facebook
“He’s [Assad] protecting the Christians. Nobody checks with the Syrian Christians over there. They are terrified of Assad being taken out, because they will be wiped off the face of the earth. So we are now staging sort of a reverse-crusade where we help wipe out Christianity in the Middle East.”
– Ann Coulter @ 7:40
“The longer the teabag sits in the cup, the stronger the tea. The more God’s Word saturates our minds, the clearer our grasp on what’s important to Him and the stronger our prayers.” –Joni Eareckson Tada
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Surrender — the narrow way…
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Forgiveness is not for the weak. Being able to forgive those who have wronged you is a mark of spiritual strength and confidence. When you forgive, you grow and your heart begins to heal, your back straightens up, your eyes clear so that you can see the road ahead. Anger is a spiritual sickness; but when you forgive you live.
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