Romans 10:14: Faith by preaching
Introduction: How do we discover the truth? Sadly this most important question goes unconsidered by many people today. How do you discover the truth about yourself, about your world and most importantly about God and salvation? In the humanistic world we live in in the West, we have portrayed ourselves as the discoverers of our own truth. You can hardly watch one movie or TV series today without hearing the typical humanistic cliché, ‘the truth lies within you;’ or, ‘you will discover the truth if you just put your mind to it;’ or, ‘we all need to find our...
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Revelation 1:1: The Revelation of Jesus Christ
Introduction: Having laid a large foundation for how we want to read Revelation we can finally tackle the text so we begin by looking at the title that comes from verse 1, ‘The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John.’ The very first word in the Greek is the word ‘apokalupsis’ which literally means ‘Revelation’. The word means ‘unveiling’ and must be stressed because it implies that what God is doing is revealing something...
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