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Annoucements

9/2/12

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• Wednesday, September 5th; 5:45pm Leaders P

• Sunday Sept.9 at 6:00pm Leaders and DepartmHeads Staff Meeting at VCC office

• Sunday Sept.9th at 4:00 VCC Ladies Meeting

•TODAY MEXICAN FIESTA! Stay and enjoy Mexicor take some home—for JM trip

• ***Coming September 30th Health Fair .Get vatests and screenings at greatly reduced costs.

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Rest and Warfare

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“For he who has entered His rest has hialso ceased from his works as God did f

His.” Heb.4:10 

 – Man’s first day was God’s 7th day

 – God never gave Adam instructions in warf

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Man was designed to live IN the presenGod and stand before HIM—not the de

• The REAL problem of sin:

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Ro.3:23 “for all have sinned and fall shortglory of God,”

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• We are writing] about the Word of Life [[a]in] Him Who e

from the beginning, Whom we have heard, Whom we hawith our [own] eyes, Whom we have gazed upon [for ourand have touched with our [own] hands.

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• 2 And the Life [[b]an aspect of His being] was revealed (m

manifest, demonstrated), and we saw [as eyewitnesses] atestifying to and declare to you the Life, the eternal Life [Who already existed with the Father and Who [actually] wvisible (was revealed) to us [His followers].

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What we have seen and [ourselves] heaare also telling you, so that you too ma[d]realize and enjoy fellowship as partnpartakers with us. And [this] fellowship

we have [which is a [e]distinguishing mChristians] is with the Father and with HJesus Christ (the Messiah).

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• And we are now writing these things to you soour joy [in seeing you included] may be full [an joy may be complete].

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5 And this is the message [the message of [g]pwhich we have heard from Him and now are reto you: God is Light, and there is no darkness iall [[h]no, not in any way].

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• [So] if we say we are partakers together and enjoy fellow

Him when we live and move and are walking about in daare [both] speaking falsely and do not live and practice th[which the Gospel presents].

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• 7 But if we [really] are living and walking in the Light, as H

[Himself] is in the Light, we have [true, unbroken] fellowsone another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleans(removes) us from all sin and guilt [keeps us cleansed froits forms and manifestations].

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• If we say we have no sin [refusing to admit that we are s

delude and lead ourselves astray, and the Truth [which thpresents] is not in us [does not dwell in our hearts].

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• 9 If we [freely] admit that we have sinned and confess ouis faithful and just (true to His own nature and promises)

forgive our sins [dismiss our lawlessness] and [continuoucleanse us from all unrighteousness [everything not in coto His will in purpose, thought, and action

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Jesus came on a MISSION: – For the Son of Man came to seek and to s

which was lost. Luke 19:10

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What man LOST in a garden through sin. Jwould take back in another garden throug

obedience and death.

 – And I will put enmity between you and the w

and between your offspring and her Offspringbruise and tread your head underfoot, and yo

in wait and bruise His heel. Gen.3:15

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• The battle for man had to become a battle WITH m

Satan is no match for God.• What God did was unusual:

 – Sent Jesus who AS A MAN displayed complete authorpower of darkness

 – Allowed Him to DIE in ultimate weakness inorder that

LIVE in ultimate strength! – “For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, t

might become the righteousness of God in Him.” 2 C

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• “However, we speak wisdom among th

who are mature, yet not the wisdom ofage, nor of the rulers of this age, who acoming to nothing. But we speak the w

of God in a mystery, the hidden wisdomGod ordained before the ages for our gwhich none of the rulers of this age knehad they known, they would not have

crucified the Lord of lor .”

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1. The things that have been in charge(are PASSING away!

• 2. God’s wisdom is a mystery—someth

NOT from us but FOR us!

• 3. The purpose of this hidden—now

manifest—wisdom is for OUR glory!

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4. The key to understanding this myster

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Jesus not only died FOR us, He died AS • See John 19:41; 20:1, 11-17

• Who was the first to touch Him in His n

birth? Mary—His mother.• Who was the first to touch Him after H

“SECOND” birth? Mary Magdeline—

prostitute!