Embracing Spiritual Family and Jesus' Authority
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### Quotes for Outreach
1. "You must obey Christ even if you're doing it alone because I'll tell you being a Christian many times is a lonely walk. You lose friends, don't you? Many of us could probably count on one hand how many true friends we actually have. Oh, we have acquaintances and oh, if you look at Facebook, you know we got 700 friends on Facebook. You don't even know most of them. But true friends, what's a true friend? Someone that's with you all the time, someone that cares about you. God's will is what matters, nothing else." [01:13:47]
2. "None of us have arrived and all of us need much more work to be done by the Lord in us, especially on those days when you feel good about yourself and you'll find out the very moment you feel good about things within a few moments things go south and they just remind us and humble us, don't they, that we need the Lord's help. And we're thankful that he has begun a good work in us and he will complete that work, right? But until then, we are a work under construction." [38:31]
3. "Jesus said I am the way, the truth, and the life. That is exclusive. He is not saying I am one of many ways. I am the only way. And if you reject him as being the only way, what is left? Hell, unforgiveness, punishment. That is what is left. You only get one of two choices: heaven or hell. There is no in-between." [01:16:24]
4. "Do you have a saving relationship with Jesus? You notice I didn't say a personal relationship. Devils have personal relationships with Jesus. Let's rephrase it: do you have a saving relationship with Jesus? And if not, I want to call you to turn from your sin and embrace the Lord Jesus Christ in a saving relationship. For whoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. It's by grace through faith that you're saved, that not of yourselves. It's the gift of God, not of works, lest any man would boast." [01:18:12]
### Quotes for Members
1. "The most important relationships, they're not physical, they're spiritual. The number one priority in our lives is doing the will of God, not the will of our family members unless our family members are promoting obedience to God and not to them. But many times, the will of our family is not the will of God." [01:13:10]
2. "If after seeing the full revelation of Jesus and his divine power and your conclusion is that he is doing this by the power of Satan and not by the Holy Spirit, you have committed an eternal sin and you will not be forgiven. That's what he says in verses 29 and 30: 'Whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness but is guilty of an eternal sin because they were saying he has an unclean spirit.'" [01:09:08]
3. "Jesus is saying in this part of the text that the most important relationships, they're not physical, they're spiritual. The number one priority in our lives is doing the will of God, not the will of our family members unless our family members are promoting obedience to God and not to them. But many times, the will of our family is not the will of God." [01:13:10]
4. "Jesus had authority over Satan and demons. Do you remember what the crowd said after he drove out a demon out of a man in the synagogue in Capernaum? Mark 1:27: 'And they were all amazed so that they were arguing among themselves saying, what is this? A new teaching with authority. He commands even the unclean spirits and they obey him.' That's what they were saying in Mark 1:34: 'He had healed many who were ill with various diseases. He cast out many demons. He wasn't permitting the demons to speak because they knew who he was.' Listen, Jesus is the strong man. He is the one who binds Satan." [01:06:30]
5. "The gospel of faith in him alone. He came to save his people from their sins and that's exactly what he is doing up to this point. The people that respond to him are the disciples as well as the people that are healed by him. But as far as the religious leaders, they're still not convinced about him. In fact, they're seething with hatred in their hearts. This is a man that continuously violates the Sabbath and we want him gone." [47:01]
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1. "You must obey Christ even if you're doing it alone because I'll tell you being a Christian many times is a lonely walk. You lose friends, don't you? Many of us could probably count on one hand how many true friends we actually have. Oh, we have acquaintances and oh, if you look at Facebook, you know we got 700 friends on Facebook. You don't even know most of them. But true friends, what's a true friend? Someone that's with you all the time, someone that cares about you. God's will is what matters, nothing else." [01:13:47]
2. "None of us have arrived and all of us need much more work to be done by the Lord in us, especially on those days when you feel good about yourself and you'll find out the very moment you feel good about things within a few moments things go south and they just remind us and humble us, don't they, that we need the Lord's help. And we're thankful that he has begun a good work in us and he will complete that work, right? But until then, we are a work under construction." [38:31]
3. "Jesus said I am the way, the truth, and the life. That is exclusive. He is not saying I am one of many ways. I am the only way. And if you reject him as being the only way, what is left? Hell, unforgiveness, punishment. That is what is left. You only get one of two choices: heaven or hell. There is no in-between." [01:16:24]
4. "Do you have a saving relationship with Jesus? You notice I didn't say a personal relationship. Devils have personal relationships with Jesus. Let's rephrase it: do you have a saving relationship with Jesus? And if not, I want to call you to turn from your sin and embrace the Lord Jesus Christ in a saving relationship. For whoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. It's by grace through faith that you're saved, that not of yourselves. It's the gift of God, not of works, lest any man would boast." [01:18:12]
### Quotes for Members
1. "The most important relationships, they're not physical, they're spiritual. The number one priority in our lives is doing the will of God, not the will of our family members unless our family members are promoting obedience to God and not to them. But many times, the will of our family is not the will of God." [01:13:10]
2. "If after seeing the full revelation of Jesus and his divine power and your conclusion is that he is doing this by the power of Satan and not by the Holy Spirit, you have committed an eternal sin and you will not be forgiven. That's what he says in verses 29 and 30: 'Whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness but is guilty of an eternal sin because they were saying he has an unclean spirit.'" [01:09:08]
3. "Jesus is saying in this part of the text that the most important relationships, they're not physical, they're spiritual. The number one priority in our lives is doing the will of God, not the will of our family members unless our family members are promoting obedience to God and not to them. But many times, the will of our family is not the will of God." [01:13:10]
4. "Jesus had authority over Satan and demons. Do you remember what the crowd said after he drove out a demon out of a man in the synagogue in Capernaum? Mark 1:27: 'And they were all amazed so that they were arguing among themselves saying, what is this? A new teaching with authority. He commands even the unclean spirits and they obey him.' That's what they were saying in Mark 1:34: 'He had healed many who were ill with various diseases. He cast out many demons. He wasn't permitting the demons to speak because they knew who he was.' Listen, Jesus is the strong man. He is the one who binds Satan." [01:06:30]
5. "The gospel of faith in him alone. He came to save his people from their sins and that's exactly what he is doing up to this point. The people that respond to him are the disciples as well as the people that are healed by him. But as far as the religious leaders, they're still not convinced about him. In fact, they're seething with hatred in their hearts. This is a man that continuously violates the Sabbath and we want him gone." [47:01]
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