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If God answered every prayer you prayed in the last week, would the world be different, or just your world?
We should ask the Lord for our needs and desires, but not just for those things. We should pray for the salvation of those in our lives who don’t know Jesus. We should be petitioning God on behalf of those in our lives who need him to move in their lives.
What would be different about the kingdom of God if God answered all your recent prayers?
Keep that in mind as you pray, and may your answer next week reflect a greater concern for God's kingdom.
You may know intellectually that you shouldn’t compromise your faith for lesser things. But does the way you live reflect that belief?
In Mark 8:34–35, we see these well-known words of Jesus:
“If anyone wants to follow after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me. For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life because of me and the gospel will save it.”
We shouldn’t trade Jesus for the things of this world and lose our souls. We shouldn’t let the things of this world get in the way of our walk with the Lord. At least, we know these things are true. But knowing and doing are two separate things.
Here are some ways we slowly begin to trade Jesus for the things of this world:
We aren’t intentional about regularly participating in our local faith community. Things like work, travel, or other priorities get in the way.
We aren’t intentional about fighting sin in our lives. We don’t take seriously the call to be holy because our Lord is holy.
We are not consistently financially generous and do not have planned giving in our monthly budgets.
We only pray when we need or want something from God.
We never confess our sins to a trusted friend.
Jesus always responds to repentance with grace, so we can, without shame, examine where we may be slowly drifting and trading Jesus for the world.
Don’t trade the temporary things of this world for the eternal blessing of being a part of the family of God.
Should Christians attend same-sex weddings? 🏳️🌈
I share some thoughts and (try to) demonstrate that biblical wisdom actually has some clear answers. 👇
thinking.dylandodson.com/p/s…
Wait, coming to die to fulfill the law as the perfect and final sacrifice in our place is *literally* the reason Jesus came... 🤔
“For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
-Mark 10:45
Here’s the thing, you cannot accept Jesus as a “prophet of God” if you reject his teachings.
If he truly was a prophet, then everything he said about himself and what he came to do was true.
If you don’t trust in Jesus as Lord, you haven’t “accepted him as a prophet.”
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Not a single follower of Jesus wrote the Book of Mormon.
The Book of Mormon takes place in the ancient Americas and, like the Bible, was written by Jesus Christ's followers. It teaches His gospel and testifies of Him. As you live the teachings found in the Book of Mormon, you can find peace and truth.
churchofjesuschrist.org/come…
There are *many* reasons why Jesus is different than others, and everyone knows that.
For example, you can't name even *one* other figure who claimed to be the Messiah from that period.
Maybe there was something different about Jesus? 🤔
There were like 50 different Messiahs during the Second Temple period. I don’t feel “stressed” that any of them were actually Moshiach. Why should I for Jesus?
Comparing the Gospels to other Jewish groups at the time, they’re nothing remarkable. His moral teachings are from Hillel. His legal teachings are from Shammai. He repeats a lot of what the Essenes said.
Do Christians ever worry that Mohammed was a prophet? No. Then I’m not concerned.
One of many reasons why you should prioritize your local church.
Anecdotally, as a pastor I've seen this play out many times. Those who make Sunday church attendance a priority are typically much better adjusted in life and are more mature than those who do not.
Conservatives who attend church weekly are the least likely to have ever been diagnosed with a mental health condition.
Liberals who have low attendance are the most likely to have a diagnosis.
A confounding variable is that liberals tend to seek out mental health services more than conservatives, however.
I've been preaching through the book of Leviticus at New City Church this fall.
Working on Leviticus 17 today, and I must say how nice it is to have a somewhat straightforward passage that isn't too difficult to explain!
Some amazing stuff there for sure, but I feel like I can finally do a little more preaching than teaching on this one.
Salvation is God’s work from beginning to end. We add nothing to it nor bring anything to the table.
In Ephesians 1:3–14, Paul uses phrases like “in Christ” and “in him” eleven times to emphasize that every spiritual blessing we receive is given by God and found in Jesus. We are told that God, through Jesus Christ:
- Chooses us to be holy and blameless (v. 4)
- Adopts us as his children (v. 5)
- Gives us his glorious grace (v. 6)
- Redeems us through the blood of Jesus (v. 7)
- Forgives our sins (v. 7)
- Makes known to us the mystery of his will (v. 9)
- Gives us an inheritance (v. 11)
- Gives us hope in Christ (v. 12)
- Seals us with the promised Holy Spirit (v. 13)
Just remember that you were saved and redeemed through Jesus. Not based on how good you were this week or how good you promise to be in the future.
God does the work, and we accept the gift. But if we accept the gift, we should live worthy of the gift he has given.
Pursue holiness because you have been redeemed. There is no other way to live if you have accepted the gift God has given us in Christ Jesus! How could you not want to honor the Lord when you see all he has done for you?
Salvation is a gift from God. What a savior.
When someone says that a specific word not being in the Bible = the biblical concept that word describes isn't true, it displays an ignorance of how to read the Bible.
"Joseph Smith is a prophet" is also not in the Bible, yet Mormons believe everything he wrote. 🤷🏼♂️
Would be great if they shut @Polymarket down.
This is evil.
3) It is not hateful to tell the truth and point out false religious teachings. And it is *vitally* important that we distinguish between what is true and what is false, especially when Jesus' teachings and the gospel are being misrepresented.
Scripture repeatedly calls Christians to identify false teaching and defend the truth of the gospel (Galatians 1:6–9; Jude 3). What makes Mormonism so dangerous is that, unlike other religions (Islam, Buddhism, etc.), it *claims* to be Christian. Therefore, it is extremely important to point out that it is not (2 Corinthians 11:3–4, 13–15).
In conclusion, my goal is never to be controversial for the sake of controversy.
But the truth matters, especially when it comes to who Jesus is, what the Scriptures teach, and what it means to follow him.
And when Joseph Smith's teachings and life are examined in light of Scripture, the conclusion is clear: he was a false prophet.