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Being The Believing!
Contributed by Thomas Mccracken on Jan 14, 2015 (message contributor)
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1. From Rags To Riches!
Contributed on Jan 14, 2015
A series through the Beatitudes: The Victorious Christian Life!
From Rags to Riches Matthew 5:1-3 Introduction: John Stott calls the Sermon on the Mount the “most complete delineation anywhere in the New Testament of the Christian counter-culture.” Today we launch into a new series that I have entitled “Being the Believing!” ...read more
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2. Good Grief!
Contributed on Jan 14, 2015
Second in my Being the Believing series through the Beatitudes
Good Grief! Matthew 5:4 Introduction: The eight beatitudes should be viewed as stepping stones that are all building on each other, ultimately culminating in a powerful position and blessed state. In the business world we call this the corporate ladder: you start in an entry level ...read more
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3. Gentle Giants!
Contributed on Jan 14, 2015
Third in my sermon series, Being the Believing! A series through the Beatitudes
Gentle Giants! Matthew 5:5 Introduction: There are eight beatitudes found in Matthew chapter five which are the start of the greatest sermon ever preached by the greatest Preacher that ever lived, Jesus Christ. They define and describe the responsibilities and expectations of the ...read more
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4. A Healthy Hunger
Contributed on Jan 14, 2015
Fourth in my Being the Believing series through the Beatitudes
A Healthy Hunger! Matthew 5:6 Introduction: "Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied." There are a few issues we need to address with this text, the first being the language in the words hunger and thirst. An interpretation that more ...read more
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5. Compassion In Action
Contributed on Jan 14, 2015
Fifth in my Being the Believing series through the Beatitudes
Compassion in Action! Matthew 5:7 Introduction: The eight beatitudes should be viewed as stepping stones that are all building on each other, ultimately culminating in a power filled victorious state in this life and in the life to come. The first rung of this ladder was found in ...read more
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6. Pure Is More
Contributed on Jan 14, 2015
Sixth in my Being the Believing series through the Beatitudes
Pure is More! Matthew 5:8 Introduction: Kent Hughes, in his commentary on the Sermon on the Mount, relates the story of Anna Mae Pennica, a sixty-two-year-old woman who had been blind since birth. At age forty-seven she married a man she met in Braille class; and for the first fifteen ...read more
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7. A Piece Of The Peace
Contributed on Jan 14, 2015
Seventh in my Being the Believing series through the Beatitudes
A Piece of the Peace! Matthew 5:9 Introduction: Of the past 3,400 years, humans have been entirely at peace for 268 of them, or just 8 percent of recorded history. At least 108 million people were killed in wars in the twentieth century. Estimates for the total number killed in wars ...read more
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8. It Hurts So Good
Contributed on Jan 14, 2015
Last sermon in my Being the Believing series through the Beatitudes
It Hurts So Good! Matthew 5:10-12 Introduction: Imagine in your youth reading of a promised Messiah that would one day come to set the captives free, establish His kingdom, banish the wicked and rule with a rod of iron through love and power. A Messiah that would bring salvation to the ...read more
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9. Steps To Victory
Contributed on Jan 14, 2015
A summary sermon through the first 7 beatitudes in my Being the Believing series through the Beatitudes
Steps to Victory! Matthew 5:3-9 Introduction: If you remember back about two months ago, I launched a sermon series, preaching on the Greatest Sermon Ever Preached by the Greatest Preacher that Ever Lived, Jesus Christ on the Sermon on the Mount that I titled “Being the ...read more