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CENTRAL THOUGHT The marks of true believers identify them before God and man.     TEXT: Mathew 7:13-23     INTRODUCTION A person who has a firm conviction in the reality of the finished work of salvation by the Lord Jesus Christ, who is born again, is a believer. And there are marks of genuine believer; conspicuous sings that show that he is a believer. The use of the qualifier, true, is to distinguish actual believers from “false brethren.” At creation, the Lord said that all living things should bear after their kinds (Genesis 1:24-26). This law is seen in nature even now. Animals bear their kind, trees bear fruit with seeds that produce the kind of tree that bore them. Man, also bears man. The Lord, in explaining the concept of the new birth to Nicodemus, said that flesh gives birth to flesh and spirit the spirit. This again shows the original law at creation. By this then, (John 3: 5-8), it is obvious that a child of God takes after God, just like a natural man after his father. A true believer is a child of God and bears the characters of his father. These are distinguishing features that make him known by his brothers and different...

CENTRAL THOUGHT The Christian that is out of tune with sound doctrine falls in tune with the doctrines of the devil.   HYMN: SING THEM OVER AGAIN TO ME.   TEXT: 1 Timothy 4:1-16   INTRODUCTION As we approach the close of age, there are already several manifestations which indicate a subtle but steady and deadly person of the truths of God’s word. It is to be expected however, because this phenomenon is clearly an issue of biblical prophecy. (1 Tim. 4: 1-3) The irony of this situation is that prophesies are supposed to be “signposts” of warning to believers against possible dangers ahead, but most either refuse to read the “signpost” or fail to reconcile them to the times they live in. Many reasons could be adduced for this development, but the Bible in 2 Tim. 4:3 says that the time will come when men will not put up with the sound of the doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. The question is, why would they suddenly become inclined to their own desires instead of God’s desire? It can only be inferred that just as nature does not allow...

CENTRAL THOUGHT Grace encompasses all the goodness, mercy, kindness, and love of God that we have received freely.   HYMN: AMAZING GRACE! HOW SWEET THE SOUND!   TEXT: Romans 8:1-17; Ephesians 2:1-9   INTRODUCTION Grace expresses the character of God to us in such a way that demands that we have a correct perspective of it or else make a blunder of it. Grace tells us that God loves us; has forgiven us our sins; is compassionate towards us; is kind toward us; has made provision in Christ for us to be free and liberated from sin and the power of the devil; that we are adopted as sons and daughters of God through faith in Christ; and that God is preparing a place as an eternal home for us. Grace goes further in telling us that though we do not deserve the love, mercy, kindness and goodness of God, they are nonetheless freely ours through faith in Christ Jesus. Our response to this grace of God determines who we are, how we live our lives and what we live for. At peak of material success, it is too easy to think it is because one has been smart and intelligent; at the height of spiritual victories and successes...