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Word for the Week 2004
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| The Power Is Coming | | Week 1, 2004 - First, my prayer for you this coming year is that it will be the best one you have ever had in the Lord. I pray that you will draw much closer to Him this year, and come to know His ways and His voice much better. I also pray that you...
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| The Greater Message | | Week 2, 2004 - Last week we discussed the basis of all true spiritual discernment. This week, as we begin our study of the most famous of all of the biblical prophecies concerning the end of this age in Matthew 24, we immediately begin to see why...
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| Rumors of Reality | | Week 3, 2004 - In the next verse of the Lord’s discourse concerning the end of the age, He says:
"And you will be hearing of wars and rumors of wars; see that you are not frightened, for those things must take place, but that is not yet the...
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| The Deadly Enemy | | Week 4, 2004 - In the next verse of the Lord’s discourse concerning the end of the age, and after saying there will be “wars and rumors of wars” (Matthew 24:6) He speaks of the issue that will cause most of the wars and conflicts.
"For nation...
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| The Great Deception | | Week 5, 2004 - Our study of the end times is for the purpose of not only knowing what is going to come to pass, but to be prepared for it. For this reason we will seek to go a little deeper in our understanding of the stronghold of racism, which...
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| Liberty and Truth | | Week 6, 2004 - All of creation is a witness that it is fundamental to the nature of God to love diversity and creativity. He makes every snowflake different, every tree different, and every human being different. There are no two hills, streams, or...
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| Judgement Begins With Justice | | Week 7, 2004 - We have been studying how racism will play a major part in the last days, as the Lord indicated in Matthew 24:7: "For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.” As we studied, the Greek word translated “nation” in...
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| Healing the Nations | | Week 8, 2004 - The Great Commission was to "Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations,” not just individuals, “baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I commanded you...
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| From Weeping to Rejoicing | | Week 9, 2004 - This week we will address a couple of basic principles on how we can make disciples of ethnic groups, and teach them to observe all that the Lord commanded. I will use the African ethnic group in what we address here, mostly because...
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| A Family Resemblance | | Week 10, 2004 - This week we continue our theme about how the Great Commission was to “...make disciples of all the nations” (Matthew 28:19). As discussed, the “nations” here represents ethnic groups, not political entities.
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| The Power of Diversity | | Week 11, 2004 - As we have studied, racism is one of the ultimate enemies of mankind, and is of the character that is most basically opposed to the heart and ways of God. Racial conflict was also the first thing the Lord mentioned when He was asked...
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| Dynamic Church Life | | Week 12, 2004 - Last week we discussed how change is a fundamental characteristic of all who are growing. This week I want to discuss a couple of ways that we have implemented change as a lifestyle in our churches, which we believe has had...
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| Life and Change | | Week 13, 2004 - Last week we discussed how change is a healthy process that every living thing experiences. The challenges that change brings to our lives can help us to be a wineskin that can hold new wine without bursting. The great, Russian...
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| Living with the King | | Week 14, 2004 - Living with the King
Last week we discussed the increasing shaking and change that will ultimately climax in the greatest time of trouble the world has ever known, but it will also be the greatest glory. We are called to not only...
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| The Door to Resurrection Life | | Week 15, 2004 - Using the Lord’s discourse in Matthew 24 concerning the signs of the end of the age, we have examined a few of the conditions that we may expect to unfold. Again, we are not just studying the signs to know them, we want to also be...
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| Persecution and Glory | | Week 16, 2004 - Last week we discussed how persecution and trials are not only to be expected, but are to be embraced as opportunities to enter more fully into the kingdom of God. These are allowed as tests of our faith, and to purify our faith. The...
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| The Highest Honor | | Week 17, 2004 - Last week we discussed how persecution is part of the faithful Christian life, and that we should be more concerned if we are not being persecuted in some way, because “all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will be...
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| How the Kingdom Will Come | | Week 18, 2004 - Robin McMillan, senior pastor of MorningStar Fellowship in Charlotte, had an important and profound insight into the gospel of the kingdom. It seems that every message to date which has claimed to be the gospel of the kingdom was...
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| War in Heaven | | Week 19, 2004 - This week we will begin a study of the “man of sin,” or the “antichrist,” which is prophesied to come and dominate the world for a time. The “man of sin” is the personification of the sin of man in its deepest depravity, and its...
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| The Sin of Man | | Week 20, 2004 - Last week we began to study the one which Scripture refers to as the “man of sin,” or the “antichrist,” who is prophesied to come and dominate the world for a time. The “man of sin” is the personification of the sin of man. This is...
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| Discerning the Beast | | Week 21, 2004 - And I saw another beast coming up out of the earth... (Revelation 13:11).
As we covered last week, Cain was “a tiller of the ground” (Genesis 4:2), which speaks of the earthly mindedness of the seed of Cain. Here we see that the...
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| Overcoming the Beast | | Week 22, 2004 - Last week, we began our study of the beast, and the “mark of the beast” (Revelation 16:2). As stated, because this beast comes “up out of the earth” (Revelation 13:11) this speaks of it being borne out of humanism, or earthly...
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| The Great Call | | Week 23, 2004 - Last week we learned that because of the root of evil (the love of money), and the coming of the beast and his mark (an economic mark), understanding and living by Christian economics is going to become one of the important issues of...
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| The Beginning of Judgement | | Week 24, 2004 - Last week we discussed how the primary way we will escape from the mark of the beast is to take the mark of God by becoming a true bond-servant of Christ. One of the principles of the last days that we have not yet discussed is how...
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| Good Judgement | | Week 25, 2004 - Last week we began to address how the judgment of God begins with His own people (see I Peter 4:17). He could not judge the world for the things that His own people are doing, so there must be a purging and cleansing of His people...
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| The Entrance to the Kingdom | | Week 26, 2004 - As we covered previously, Psalm 89:14-15 states one of the most basic truths that we must understand about the Lord and His ways if we are going to be His followers:
Righteousness and justice are the foundation of...
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| The Nazis and the Antichrist | | Week 27, 2004 - Last week we reviewed and looked a little more deeply at how we recognize and enter the kingdom of God. We also looked at how righteousness and justice are the foundation of the Lord’s throne (see Psalm 89:14). Therefore, we can...
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| We're in Hot Water | | Week 28, 2004 - Last week we discussed how the evil kingdoms are built on unrighteousness and injustice, but in the beginning they may appear even more righteous and just than God’s kingdom. Without question, God’s standards of righteousness and...
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| Wisdom | | Week 29, 2004 - The very first test of Solomon’s wisdom concerned the respect for life. This is the fundamental test of all true wisdom. Life, in itself, is the ultimate gift, and is greater than any treasure. This is why the right to...
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| The Pit of Destruction | | Week 30, 2004 - Last week we discussed how crucial it is to esteem the value of life. It is the reason why this was the first test of Solomon’s wisdom, as it is a value that is fundamental to wisdom. However, history teaches us that this is a value...
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| Honor Life | | Week 31, 2004 - Last week we discussed how the ultimate slide of humanity into the abyss of darkness will begin with the betrayal of doctors with their most basic trust to save and preserve life. Instead, they will start to freely take lives. As...
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| Crossing Over | | Week 32, 2004 - As we have covered, one of the primary characteristics between those who serve the Lord, and those who serve the devil, will be distinguished by the respect for life. Jesus came to give life, and the devil comes to destroy. As we...
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| The New Leadership | | Week 33, 2004 - As we studied last week, the Jordan River, which represents death, will be overflowing its banks “all the days of harvest” (John 3:15). At the same time, God’s people will be crossing over this death on dry land on the way...
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| What Are You Fighting For? | | Week 34, 2004 - The world’s problems are getting bigger, more complicated, and increasingly beyond man’s ability to solve. The end of this age will be marked by cascading problems that have surpassed any human ability to deal with them. This is...
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| Above All Get Understanding | | Week 35, 2004 - As I have mentioned before, what I am trying to accomplish through this Word for the Week study of the biblical prophecies of the end times is to not just understand what is going to happen, but also why. Then we will apply this...
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| Loving the Truth | | Week 36, 2004 - Last week we discussed how it will be for those who esteem truth as if it were the greatest treasure, and how they will receive understanding and be kept from “the man who speaks perverse things” (Proverbs 2:12), which is a reference...
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| Walking In Truth | | Week 37, 2004 - Last week we addressed how crucial it is to not just know the truth, but to love the truth. This week we are going to take it one more step to walking in truth. Knowing the truth is important, but not enough. Loving the truth is...
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| Prevailing Truth | | Week 38, 2004 - We have spent the last few weeks discussing our need to not just have the truth, but to love and to walk in it. Truth is one of the most precious gifts that we have been given—a great treasure that deserves to be honored and protected...
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| Love Is Truth | | Week 39, 2004 - From the prophecies concerning the last days in Scripture, we know that discerning truth will be one of the most crucial issues of the times. This of course has always been important, but the end of the age will bring the...
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| Discerning Love | | Week 40, 2004 - As we have discussed, the harvest at the end of the age is the reaping of everything that has been sown in man. Both the good and the evil are now coming to full maturity. However, without spiritual discernment, evil will sometimes...
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| The Treasures of Truth | | Week 41, 2004 - As we have been studying the biblical prophecies of the end times and how we can be prepared for them, we have also concentrated on the importance of having the truth and loving the truth. This is crucial because the biblical...
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| The Wealth of the Righteous | | Week 42, 2004 - Last week we discussed how many Christians claim Proverbs 13:22, “...the wealth of the sinner is stored up for the righteous,” while at the same time are very unrighteous in the way they handle what has already been entrusted to them...
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| Ruling Over Wealth | | Week 43, 2004 - For the last three weeks we have been addressing one of the more popular Scriptures of our time, Proverbs 13:22, “...the wealth of the sinner is stored up for the righteous.” This is a true promise that is corroborated by many...
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| Heavenly Riches | | Week 44, 2004 - As we have studied, the Lord made it clear that the way we handle our earthly finances will determine the kind of true riches of the kingdom that we can be trusted with. Consider this question: Would you rather have the money to...
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| The Beast and The Bride | | Week 45, 2004 - In Revelation 13 we are told about the beast who seeks to place a mark upon all who worship him so that no one can buy, sell, or trade unless they have his mark. Countless hours have been spent by many devoted Christians trying to...
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| The Mark of God | | Week 46, 2004 - Last week we focused on the mark of the beast and how it will reveal the true worshipers of God, distinguishing them from those whose hope and trust is in this present world, more than God. We covered these last year, but I feel this...
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| The Wealth of the Nations | | Week 47, 2004 - Isaiah 60:1-5 quoted below is an especially important prophecy for our times:
"Arise, shine; for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you. For behold, darkness will cover the earth, and deep darkness the...
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| The Four Winds | | Week 48, 2004 - Our goal is to see the apostolic faith restored to the church. However, as discussed, we must realize that we are not seeking to build another first century church, but the twenty-first century church. The church, as it is called to...
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| The Coming Prophets and Apostles | | Week 49, 2004 - Last week I painted with some pretty broad strokes while addressing “the four winds of the earth.” This week I want to do it again with a perspective that is both historic and prophetic, and will lay the groundwork for addressing...
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| A New Order of Ministry | | Week 50, 2004 - This week, we will look at what I call a “new order of ministry” which is now being raised up, and is in many ways a return to the original order of ministry. This order is the most prevalent in Scripture and history...
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| A New Jerusalem | | Week 51, 2004 - In the Lord’s discourse about the signs of the end of the age, He gave us a very important timetable in Matthew 24:32-34:
Now learn the parable from the fig tree: when its branch has already become tender, and puts forth its...
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| A New Day | | Week 52, 2004 - As we covered in our message last week, one of the crucial issues with both Israel and the church in these times is for them both to understand their purpose. This is a major, in-depth study which we will do in the coming year...
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