Purifying Our Motives
In light of all people one day standing before God, we must be motivated to live and speak with a deep concern for others, always with a clear conscience, resolved to be faithful regardless of how we are perceived.
Full-length sermons by Pastor Mike Fabarez.
In light of all people one day standing before God, we must be motivated to live and speak with a deep concern for others, always with a clear conscience, resolved to be faithful regardless of how we are perceived.
Pastor Mike answers questions about God, the Bible, and Christianity. Questions in this episode: – What will happen in the end times to those who reject Christ? – Church buildings in the past were very beautiful, why aren’t our church buildings beautiful like they used to be? – Does the Bema Seat judgment only judge
Pastor Mike answers questions about God, the Bible, and Christianity. Questions in this episode: – Where did Cain and Abel’s wives come from and what is the biblical understanding on how we grow families? – How do we rightly think about Israel of the Old Testament versus modern day Israel? – How do we pray
Pastor Mike answers questions about God, the Bible, and Christianity. Questions in this session: Why does Paul in the Spirit say he will continue to Jerusalem, when Agabus says the Holy Spirit says he will be imprisoned? Who made God? What is the biblical view of retirement? In 1 Corinthians 15:10 what is meant by
We need to live thoughtfully, carefully, and boldly for Christ, knowing that one day, our King will evaluate and reward us for how well we did.
We should live with the kind of confidence in God’s promises that makes it obvious we are certain about our perfected and eternal future.
As Christians we shouldn’t be discouraged by failing bodies, but should always pin our hope on the eternal glorified bodies that God has graciously promised to us.
Keep being sacrificial and confident as you hold up God’s powerful word, knowing this his saving promises are guaranteed by his faithful character.
To be effective in relaying the life-changing truth of the gospel, we must keep both our weakness and God’s greatness clearly in view.
We need to keep representing and sharing the truth without compromising it, regardless of people who don’t get it or oppose us for upholding it.
We need to appreciate and celebrate the greatness of the God-breathed New Testament gospel and its power to transform and shape our lives.
We should live as genuinely regenerate Christians, consistently speaking and acting so that others are clearly shown the transforming power of God’s living and active Word.
It is an honor and a solemn stewardship to represent Christ in our world—a task that brings profound satisfaction when done faithfully, even though it will not always be well-received.
We need to be ready for the challenges, sacrifices, and emotional discomfort that come with truly loving other Christians the way God calls us to.
Nothing could be more urgent and important than responding to the resurrected Christ, who offers himself as our ultimate solution to every threat, challenge, and problem we face in this life and the next.
We must be prepared for the challenges of the testing that will be sure to come in the Christian life, passing these tests without falling to the schemes of our spiritual enemy.
We should seek to find true joy in repentance – our own and others’ – as we celebrate grace and purpose to genuinely love other forgiven brothers and sisters.
To keep a clear conscience before both God and people, we must serve them with love and sympathy as God defines, not as we or they might prefer.
If we are to navigate the variabilities of this present life with confidence and a godly attitude then we must trust in the immutability of God and his good overarching plan.
Our love for God’s people ought to drive us to a purely-motivated loving service and care that goes even beyond what we think is possible.
When there are misunderstandings, hurt, and conflict we must seek to repair the problems without ever compromising our integrity before God.
We must be especially attuned to the state of our conscience, making sure it is rightly calibrated to God’s truth, and then faithfully followed by God’s grace.
We must employ the divinely sanctioned means of comfort modeled by the Apostle Paul to experience God’s strength and hope in the midst of difficult times.
If we are cognizant of the ways God helps us through our trials, we can then become skilled at helping other Christians through their seasons of suffering.
We should be prayerfully confident that God will orchestrate and apply comfort to our hearts as we draw near to him and each other in the midst of difficult times.
We, as Christians graciously saved by God’s grace, ought to sincerely and resolutely aim at living a life that pleases the Lord.
We should be comforted and encouraged by God’s announcement of his ancient plans to bring about our salvation through Christ just after Adam and Eve first sinned.