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What did Peter do?
Why did Paul rebuke Peter?
What did Paul's own experience of conversion teach him about justification?
What did the Galatians' own experience of conversion teach them about justification?
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Sola Scriptura - the gospel has only one source
Sola Fide - the gospel has only one salvation
Application: is the Reformation still relevant today?
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The Prophecy (vv. 15-21) - Judgment on the Nations and the Restoration of Israel
Christ in Obadiah
Jacob I have loved, but Esau I have hated - The Doctrine of Election
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Background - The context of Obadiah's Prophecy
The Prophecy (vv. 1-14) - The Judgment and Destruction of Edom
Application - The Effects of Pride
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Isaiah 56:3-8, A dry tree: It's All About Jesus
Isaiah 53:5-7, A suffering servant: It's All About Jesus
Acts 8:26-40, On the road to Gaza: It's All About Jesus
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Look forward to reigning with Christ as kings and priests on earth
Reclaim the protestant heritage that rediscovered the doctrine of the priesthood of all believers
Know that this doctrine is apostolic
Seek the Holy Spirit, who birthed this new priesthood on the day of Pentecost
Follow Jesus' own teachings on the priesthood of all believers
Fulfill the Old Testament call to be a holy nation
Be a restored gardener
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Our need for Jesus to be our high priest
Our need for Jesus to be our king
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Counting and knowing
Letting and maturing
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If God is with them, why is there opposition?
Why doesn't Haggai mention their opposition?
What is the Jewish response to persecution from pagan rulers?
How God fulfills the promise of peace and end to gentile opposition, in both a near and far fulfillment.
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Haggai encourages the remnant to be strong and to keep working, remembering that God has always been with them. vv. 1-5
Haggai encourages the remnant to not be discouraged by disappointing results because God promises that the glory of the latter temple will be even greater than the former. vv. 6-9
Answers to possible objections.
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The prize toward which we press ahead
The cause for our pressing ahead
Likemindedness in pressing ahead
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What does it mean to follow Jesus?
The temptation of syncretism
The Gospel answers the problem of syncretism
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Israel's history proves that God has always been with them and that He builds the temple.
The returned exiled saints can build the temple in confidence, because God is already with them.
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God is sovereign over every aspect of life and salvation. If you have peace with God then you have it all
Live according to the Spirit and not the flash.
Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
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Why do we rest?
Why can't we rest?
How can we find rest?
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In sharing the Gospel, we must love and know our audience.
Unbelief will always result in idolatry
We are all without excuse because of general revelation and therefore we must repent.
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If God is our good shepherd, the one who provides and guides, then even in and through danger and death, we will lack nothing. vv. 1-4
If God pursues us all the days of our life, then we will be restored to the house of the LORD forever. vv. 5-6
Where is Jesus in all this? vv. 1-6
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Show radical love to all
Have a radical faith in all that the Holy Spirit has revealed in His word
Have a radical hope that God will finish all that he started in you at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ
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Part 1
How We Are to Relate to Our Church Leaders and Officers and Be At Peace with Them vv. 12-13
How Church Leaders Are to Relate to the Flock As Servant Leaders Who Are Patient With the Weak. v. 14
Part 2
How We Are to Relate to One Another with Grace and Patience vv. 14-15
How All Out Relationships Must Flow Out of Our Relationships with God, Who Governs Us by His Word and Spirit. vv. 16-24
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Introduction: The Day of the Lord helps establish our Christian worldview. Who are we in the universe? Where are we going?
Point 1: In anticipation of the Day of the Lord, be sober and watchful as children of the light. vv. 1-7
Point 2: In anticipation of the Day of the Lord, find your present identity in the finished work of Christ, and find your hope in the not-yet-finished work of Christ. vv. 8-11
Application for the believer
Application for the unbeliever