1 Chronicles 4:9-10
Dr Egerton shares from his heart on the prayer of Jabez.
Acts 2:42
As well as the Lord’s Supper being a place of tremendous remembrance, it is also a place of immense self-examination. In this teaching part, we rediscover the importance of the Lord’s Supper and refute in part the false doctrine of transubstantiation.
Hebrews 10:23-25
So many of the New Testament exhortations calling the child of God to humility and love, forbearance and kindness, forgiveness and patience can only be carried out if one is found in fellowship as part of a local assembly. God has designed the Church and placed you as a member to perfect you in sanctification. As the saying goes, iron sharpens iron, and friction, when brought to the cross, begets holiness!
Acts 2:42
The mindset of so many when coming to the house of God is WHAT AM I GOING TO GET OUT OF IT, when instead the mindset ought to be, WHAT ARE OTHERS GOING TO GET OUT OF ME!! That’s a different proposition altogether, and these sentiments lie at the root of true Christian fellowship!! The Greek word for “fellowship” is the Word KOINONIA. Being translated, it means a common sharing together/communion. Koinonia is not one-way traffic; it involves mutual participation between two or more parties. One can think of Koinonia as a bring and share!! I’ll bring the sandwiches and you bring the salad, I’ll bring the rice and you bring the meat; I’ll bring the drinks and you bring the cups!! When we gather as the Body of Christ, it ought to resemble a picnic, and I don’t just mean food. I mean a sharing of one's life!!
Let us then see what Koinonia looked like in the first Church.
Acts 2:42
Mention the word doctrine today in the vast majority of congregations up and down the length of this nation, and you will be met with suspicion on the one hand and scorn on the other. From my observations, the appetite of so many within the professing Church towards doctrine is like that of children towards sprouts! Mom and Dad know that they’re good for their little darlings, but their little darlings have no stomach for them! Give us baked beans, fries, tomato ketchup and pizza, anything so long as it is not green!! The Apostle Paul warned some 2000 years ago that this would become the heart’s attitude of God’s people towards sound doctrine.
In this fourth sermon part, we examine the place of doctrine in the Church.
Acts 2:42
Mention the word doctrine today in the vast majority of congregations up and down the length of this nation, and you will be met with suspicion on the one hand and scorn on the other. From my observations, the appetite of so many within the professing Church towards doctrine is like that of children towards sprouts! Mom and Dad know that they’re good for their little darlings, but their little darlings have no stomach for them! Give us baked beans, fries, tomato ketchup and pizza, anything so long as it is not green!! The Apostle Paul warned some 2000 years ago that this would become the heart’s attitude of God’s people towards sound doctrine.
In this fourth sermon part, we examine the place of doctrine in the Church.
Ephesians 4:1-6
Having laid the foundation for the unity of the Church in the previous sermon, we focus in this sermon on the functional unity of the Body. Why so much division in the Body of Christ? Why so much discord? At the heart of the problem lies the root sin of pride.
Part 10
In concluding this series on the Seventh-day Adventist Church, examination is given to some of the common heresies shared among the sister cults that emerged from the broader Adventist movement in the mid-nineteenth century, arising from the failed predictions of William Miller, including Jehovah’s Witnesses and Christadelphians. In this teaching, these common doctrinal heresies shall be explored and briefly refuted.
To wrap up this series, consideration shall be given to the different positions within Adventism, namely the traditionalists vs. the progressives. Which side of the fence does the Adventist Church fall on today, and in the final analysis, is Seventh-day Adventism a cult?
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John 10:16
In this second part of the series, we explore the riches of the mystery of the Church of Jesus Christ. That Gentiles should come to the knowledge of the Saviour was foretold by the Prophets of old. But how it would be possible for Jew and Gentile to be united in one body in Messiah was a mystery hidden from ages past, but has now been revealed to His holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit. Come with us as we explore this fascinating mystery!
Part 9
It has been well said that the only distinctive doctrine of the Seventh-day Adventist Church is the doctrine of the Investigative Judgment. This doctrine lies at the heart of Adventism and is woven into the fabric of how the Adventist Church views atonement. In short, the doctrine of the Investigative Judgment teaches that in 1844, Jesus Christ began a work of judgment, examining the records of all professing believers to determine their worthiness to obtain heaven. When one asks what is the standard by which they shall be judged, the answer is returned, the law of God! According to Ellen G. White: “All who have truly repented of sin, and by faith claimed the blood of Christ as their atoning sacrifice, have had pardon entered against their names in the books of heaven; as they have become partakers of the righteousness of Christ, and their characters are found to be in harmony with the law of God, their sins will be blotted out, and they themselves will be accounted worthy of eternal life.”
The doctrine of the Investigative Judgment is a damnable doctrine as it not only adds law to grace and works to faith, but it denies the finished work of the cross since it maintains that from 1844, Christ entered the second and last phase of His atoning ministry. It is a work of investigative judgment, which is part of the ultimate disposition of all sin (SDA Fundamental Belief 24). How can there be a final phase of atonement when Calvary WAS the final atonement? We shall explore this at length in this teaching, along with the infamous Sanctuary doctrine.
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