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PART ONE of 4 - Perseverance - Chapter 16 - The Christian Life by Sinclair B. Ferguson with Pastor William Shifflett. “There is the hindrance of a heart which does not allow the Word of God to penetrate.” Hebrews 4:2 - For good news came to us just as to them, but the message they heard did not benefit them, because they were not united by faith with those who listened. This ‘hindrance of heart’, does it come from the listener or from God? 2.Rocky Soil...

PART FIVE - Who is JESUS CHRIST? The Deity of Christ in the Gospel of Mark with Jason Richards.

Mark Chapter 7:31-37.  Jesus commands deaf ears to be opened. Exodus Chapter 4:11

Mark Chapter 8:1-10 - the feeding of the 4000.

Why is Jesus here seen feeding 4000 people when Mark had just told us about him feeding 5000 people?

- He is a miraculous Savior and Provider for the Jews, but also the Gentiles...

PART FOUR of 4 - Perseverance - Chapter 16 - The Christian Life by Sinclair B. Ferguson with Pastor William Shifflett.

1. The Word of God.

Psalm 119:11 - I have stored up your Word in my heart, that I might not sin against you...

PART SIX - Who is JESUS CHRIST? The Deity of Christ in the Gospel of Mark with Jason Richards.

Mark Chapter 9:2-9 - Jesus was transfigured.

v3 “He was transfigured before them, and His clothes became radiantly white”

v7 “This is My on dear Son. Listen to Him!”

Mark Chapter 9:14-29 - Jesus casts out demons that only come out by prayer and fasting. (Jesus didn’t pray - He commanded)

Mark Chapter 10:17-18 - Jesus challenges a man who called Him good teacher...

Asleep in Christ - Chapter 17- The Christian Life by Sinclair Ferguson with Pastor William Shifflett

It has been said, “Man is the only creature who knows that he is going to die, and he is desperately trying to forget it.”  Most people don’t like to talk about death, do they?

Every year about sixty million people die in the world. About three million every year die in the U.S.. 

And the Bible says; they all will live forever, either in heaven or hell...

What can there be in death for a Christian to fear?

2 Corinthians 5:1 - For we know that if the tent that is our earthly home is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. For those who may not know, what is the tent?

Ephesians 2:8 - For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God,

Sola Fide – Salvation comes through our faith alone...

Who is JESUS CHRIST? - PART SEVEN of 7 - The Deity of Christ in the Gospel of Mark with Jason Richards.

Mark 14:18-21 - the betrayal of Judas.

Mark 14-27:31 the denial of Peter.

Mark 13:31 - My words will never pass away.

Mark:16:1-8 His resurrection

He raised Himself according to John 2 :19

Many have been raised - only one raised Himself...

Looking at things “In Christ.”

1 John 4:4 - Little children, you are from God and have overcome them, for He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world. Here again we see division.

2.In the death of death, Christ has destroyed ‘the one who has the power of death’...

V2 - In Hope. In Christ, Christian have the blessed Hope. Does that mean a blessed maybe, or a blessed perhaps? What assurance does the Christian have that God will do what He says He will do? So, absolute assurance based on the Word of God.

How can Christian’s practice Christ’s presence in the time of death? - Remember the unbreakable promises of God.

2.To prepare for death we must remember the many blessings of the world to come...

“Death is not the end”

“The goal of the Christian’s vision is not his own death, but stretches beyond that to the return of Christ and the consummation of His kingdom.”

Glorification involves the return of Christ, the resurrection of the body, our reunion with all of the saints of all time, and our eternal home of the new heavens and new earth where righteousness dwells...