Author: Stan Cox

Spring Meeting 2014: Kyle Campbell

Five signs are discusses that indicate you are spiritually dying…

1. You have left your first love.
2. The story of the Cross no longer moves you.
3. You don’t actively participate in the church’s work.
4. You have no interest in saving souls.
5. Worldliness is more attractive to you than spirituality.

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The lesson mentions spiritual principles that will help you to gain the things you desire, so long as what you desire is that which God wants for you!

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Spring Meeting 2014: Kyle Campbell

The lesson deals with common misconceptions people have about the Lord’s church due to the denominational error that is present in our day.

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Spring Meeting 2014: Kyle Campbell

There has to be authority for religious practices. Does it come from God? Or Man? The lesson discusses the concept of authority, and affirms that to be acceptable our authority must be derived from God!

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Spring Meeting 2014: Kyle Campbell

This lesson explains the part that blood plays in God’s scheme of redemption, with a special emphasis on the correlation between the blood of Jesus and water baptism, and the importance of observing the Lord’s Supper.

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Spring Meeting 2014: Kyle Campbell

The sermon discusses things that a young person needs to know before being baptized, including what makes one a proper candidate for baptism, what it means to be a Christian, and why one should become a Christian.

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Spring Meeting 2014: Kyle Campbell

(Note: The first 12 minutes of this lesson were not recorded, the remaining 34 minutes have audio that is reduced in quality, though still very understandable).

The 7 habits discussed by Kyle:

1. Take up your cross *
2. Die for Christ *
3. Pray to the Lord
4. Examine the Scriptures
5. Encourage one another
6. Forgive one another
7. Teach non-Christians

* (Was covered in the first 12 minutes, so not recorded)

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Spring 2014 Meeting: Kyle Campbell

Eight essentials for church growth, based upon New Testament principles, are contrasted with invalid modern day theories. With these 8 essentials present, the church can flourish today.

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Invitation delivered by: Stan Cox

The texts of 1 Peter 3:21 and Acts 8:36 show clearly that baptism for the remission of sins is baptism in water.

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Psalms 3,4 and 5 are used to show David’s trust in the Lord to protect him from his enemies, and ultimately save him. As David, we can trust God.

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Like Esau, who despised his birthright for a morsel of food, Christians can sell or despise their inheritance by choosing the world and its pleasures for eternity.

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Late in his letter, Paul strings together a number of concise exhortations. These exhortations are typical examples of what God requires of his children. They are clear, and need little comment.

In the list, Paul enjoins them to: love and esteem those who labor for the Lord, especially in the realm of oversight; be at peace; admonish those who would disturb that peace; supply the special and peculiar needs of each of the brethren; return evil with good, always seeking the best for all men; rejoice; pray; be active in doing the Spirit’s work; respect God’s word; study to discern that word; and abstain from every form of evil. A single glance at the list affords the reader a clear picture of what God expects of us. We are to be loving, peaceful, godly people who insist upon and heed the truth revealed by God.

It is important to note that this list is far more than a list of “thou shalt nots”. Not only is the man of God to refrain from sinning, he is to be diligent and active in service to the Lord.

The hymn “How Firm a Foundation” was written sometime in the 1700’s. The author of the hymn is not known, but its first appearance was in a Baptist hymnal from 1787. According to Then Sings My Soul, a book about hymn origins written by Robert J. Morgan, the song was originally published under the title “Exceedingly Great and Precious Promises”, and had a total of seven stanzas.

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Invitation delivered by: Armando Vera

1 Corinthians 1:18-ff is used as a text to encourage the congregation to invite others to come to the gospel meeting.

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The Psalmist affirmed in Psalm 19:1, “The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament shows His handiwork.” This truth is evident to the unprejudiced mind. While some seek to convince man that design in the universe is illusory, nature offers a compelling and convincing argument for a Maker. “There is no speech nor language Where their [the heavens and firmament] voice is not heard” (vs. 3).

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