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Matters of the Heart

We can’t learn about Jesus without learning that it must lead to a changed life. Otherwise we’re not actually hearing the truth. In this lesson, we examine Ephesians 4 to see that what God has done for us in Jesus Christ needs to show up in our changed lives and hearts.

Mark 7:20-23 (ESV):  And he said, “What comes out of a person is what defiles him. For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, coveting, wickedness, deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride, foolishness. All these evil things come from within, and they defile a person.”
Proverbs 4:23 (ESV):  Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life.
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The Truth To Inspire Unity

We need to own our history and not let our history control our destiny. Instead, we need to let God control our destiny. In this lesson, we discuss what we used to be, what we ought to be, and how we can apply these lessons to our own lives and promote unity in the church.

Ephesians 4:17-24 (ESV):  Now this I say and testify in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their minds. They are darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, due to their hardness of heart. They have become callous and have given themselves up to sensuality, greedy to practice every kind of impurity. But that is not the way you learned Christ!— assuming that you have heard about him and were taught in him, as the truth is in Jesus, to put off your old self, which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires, and to be renewed in the spirit of your minds, and to put on the new self, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.
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Wisdom from Above

Brother Mark Dunagan discusses two possible world views concerning wisdom. We can either strive to attain the wisdom of this earth, that doesn’t factor God into decisions, or we can strive for the wisdom that comes from God.

James 3:13-14 (ESV):  Who is wise and understanding among you? By his good conduct let him show his works in the meekness of wisdom. But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and be false to the truth.
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Open Mouths Open Doors to Open Hearts

Good things happen when righteous people open their mouths. If we open our mouths, God will open doors for us to study with those with open hearts. Here are a few questions to assist us and to prompt a Biblical discussion of one’s need to be saved. (Video in two parts)

Acts 18:5-11 (ESV):  When Silas and Timothy arrived from Macedonia, Paul was occupied with the word, testifying to the Jews that the Christ was Jesus. And when they opposed and reviled him, he shook out his garments and said to them, “Your blood be on your own heads! I am innocent. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.” And he left there and went to the house of a man named Titius Justus, a worshiper of God. His house was next door to the synagogue. Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed in the Lord, together with his entire household. And many of the Corinthians hearing Paul believed and were baptized. And the Lord said to Paul one night in a vision, “Do not be afraid, but go on speaking and do not be silent, for I am with you, and no one will attack you to harm you, for I have many in this city who are my people.” And he stayed a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.
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