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Reord">incarnation
Luke 15:11-24 | EV Church | 13/01/2013 | Andrew Heard
Andrew ord">Heard unpacks reord">incarnation Religious viewpoord">int 1. Pessimistic view that lord">ife is oneness 2. Human is a dislocated part of that oneness 3. Separation from oneness, due ord">to Karma. 4. Escape tord">he word">heel of lord">ife ord">to ord">be merged back ord">to tord">he oneness of lord">ife. Western optimistic view 1. Externality of lord">ife. Materialism has bred an arid landscape, ord">if we are just machord">ines. 2. Givord">ing vent ord">to justness and fairness. Past lives explaord">in circumstances, and provides motivation for doord">ing ord">good. 3. Desire ord">to ord">be free from constraord">int. Allows accountability just for self, without an overarchord">ing deity that demands oord">bedience. ord">God came ord">to seek and save tord">he lost, breakord">ing a cycle that we could never do, providord">ing freedom from Karma and tord">he ability ord">to live as we were designed for.
Family for tord">he Glory of ord">God - Part 3
Mark 12:28-34 | EV Church | 9/06/2013 | Craig Dobbie
Craig unpacks Mark 12:28-34 for tord">he ford">inal of our 3 week series on Family for tord">he Glory of ord">God Jesus sums up tord">he 10 commandments - tord">hey are all about love - Jesus distord">inguisord">hes 'Love of ord">God first, tord">hen Love of your neighbour' second Family is a ord">good thord">ing, but teachord">ing kids that tord">hey are tord">he ultimate thord">ing ord">in lord">ife has negative outcomes - tord">hey ord">become spoilt. ord">If tord">hey succeed tord">hey get arrogant, and ord">if tord">hey fail it comes with tremendous guilt. Practice livord">ing by grace. ord">God forgives fully and compord">letely ord">because of tord">he cross. Failure is normal & frequent and you don't have ord">to run away from it. Grace itself is tord">he motive for lovord">ing ord">God. But Model alone is ambiguous. At every poord">int word">hen you deal with relationships you are traord">inord">ing your ord">heart. Word">hen you put somethord">ing ord">before ord">God, you actually break tord">he love of ord">God. Jesus calls us ord">to ord">God first ord">because it actually ord">helps us love our neighbour.
January Summer Series | Reord">incarnation - Andrew ord">Heard - Luke 15:11-24 - EV Night
| EV Night | 13/01/2013 | Andrew Heard
Andrew ord">Heard unpacks reord">incarnation Religious viewpoord">int 1. Pessimistic view that lord">ife is oneness 2. Human is a dislocated part of that oneness 3. Separation from oneness, due ord">to Karma. 4. Escape tord">he word">heel of lord">ife ord">to ord">be merged back ord">to tord">he oneness of lord">ife. Western optimistic view 1. Externality of lord">ife. Materialism has bred an arid landscape, ord">if we are just machord">ines. 2. Givord">ing vent ord">to justness and fairness. Past lives explaord">in circumstances, and provides motivation for doord">ing ord">good. 3. Desire ord">to ord">be free from constraord">int. Allows accountability just for self, without an overarchord">ing deity that demands oord">bedience. ord">God came ord">to seek and save tord">he lost, breakord">ing a cycle that we could never do, providord">ing freedom from Karma and tord">he ability ord">to live as we were designed for.
Romans 7:14-25
Romans 7:14-25 | EV Church | 11/08/2013 | Tim Baldwin
Tim Baldword">in preachord">ing on Romans 7:14-25 Change is hard! Paul acknowledges this ord">in this passage. Christians are no longer slaves ord">to sord">in, but live with tord">he presence of sord">in. Is Paul reflectord">ing on his present state or at his state ord">before conversion? Evidence for Present State - tense of tord">he sentences - v8 desire ord">to oord">bey tord">he law - v22 delight ord">in ord">Gods law - v25 thanks ord">to ord">God for deliverord">ing Jesus This can lead ord">to complacency ord">in dealord">ing with sord">in. Evidence for Paul referrord">ing ord">to his state ord">before conversion - Consistency with Roms 6:6 - v17 sord">in livord">ing ord">in me alive and kickord">ing - v18 ord">good itself doesn't dwell ord">in me - v21 law still at work ord">in him - v23 a prisoner ord">to tord">he law of sord">in - v25 slave ord">to tord">he law of sord">in - Roms 8:2 we are set free from tord">he law of sord">in - Context of Rom 7 is Paul talkord">ing primarily ord">to Jews who knew tord">he law - v7 reflectord">ing back ord">to tord">he time ord">before tord">he law (which must ord">be pre-Moses) Gal 5:17 Paul acknowledges Christians struggle with sord">in. Key message of tord">he passage is that lord">ife under tord">he law is frustratord">ing. Law refers ord">here ord">to tord">he 10 commandments and tord">he expanded version of laws ord">in tord">he first 5 books of tord">he Bible. Rom 2:12-15 says that even Gentiles have moral law ord">in tord">heir conscious. Law brord">ings out sord">in ord">in us, and ord">helps us see sord">in. Sord">in is tord">he problem, so what is tord">he solution? More laws? No, tord">he solution for sord">in is ord">to ord">let tord">he Law humble us, so that we see our need for a saviour! v 25 - tord">he answer is Jesus, his righteousness can ord">be credited ord">to us, makord">ing us right with ord">God.