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Andy Sochor September 6, 2016

Faith in God to Provide (Season 3, Episode 7)

The book of Leviticus contains many laws and regulations for the people to follow. However, their compliance with these laws was not just an act of submission to one in authority. In some cases, the obedience could only be done with complete faith and trust in God. In other words, it was not just about obeying God because He’s God, they were having to act in a way that was contrary to conventional wisdom and put their complete trust in God and rely upon Him.

In this episode, we’re going to look at two examples commands that could only be obeyed if they had complete faith in God to provide – the Sabbath year and the Year of Jubilee. After we consider these examples, we’re going to make some applications for us as we must also put our complete faith in God as well.

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Andy Sochor August 10, 2016

Grace, Faith, and Works

“For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not as a result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them” (Ephesians 2:8-10).

Even though the topic of salvation is shown to be of fundamental importance in the Scriptures, there is sharp disagreement between brethren and the religious world about it – particularly about the role that grace, faith, and works play in our salvation. Many in the religious world believe that we are saved by grace through faith without any works on our part. In other words, they believe salvation is unconditional (unless they count faith as a condition, but that would be the only one). The passage above is often cited to defend this idea. Yet as we will see from the Scriptures, all three of these – grace, faith, and works – are necessary for our salvation.
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Andy Sochor July 13, 2016

God Remembered

“But, beloved, we are convinced of better things concerning you, and things which accompany salvation, though we are speaking in this way. For God is not unjust so as to forget your work and the love which you have shown toward His name, in having ministered and in still ministering to the saints” (Hebrews 6:9-10).

The Hebrew writer reminded the Christians to whom he wrote that God would not forget their work. The same promise applies to us today as well.

On an intellectual level, Christians may know this. We know that God is omniscient and, therefore, knows what we are doing and what we have done. However, during difficult times, it can sometimes feel as though God has forgotten us, even though we know He has not.
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Andy Sochor June 8, 2016

You Have Need of Endurance

Oxford Dictionary defines endurance as the fact or power of enduring an unpleasant or difficult process or situation without giving way. Thayer defines the Greek word that is translated endurance in our English Bibles this way: “not swerved from his deliberate purpose and his loyalty to faith and piety by even the greatest trials and sufferings.”

Endurance is a characteristic we must have as Christians. But why is it so important? In this article, we are going to consider a few passages that explain why we need endurance as Christians. In these verses, we will notice a few English words (endurance, patience, perseverance), yet these are all from the same Greek word. So let us consider the reasons why we need endurance.
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Andy Sochor May 23, 2016

Now Available: “The Importance of Faith” (Ebook)

Our series – The Importance of Faith – is now available as an ebook! You can get it in Kindle format from the Amazon website.

This 10-part series considers the reasons given to us in the word of God as to why faith is important. The goal in considering these reasons is so that we will be motivated to “live by faith.”

All the lessons from this series are still available on this website. However, if you prefer the convenience of having all of the lessons together in one file that you can read from your Kindle, smartphone, tablet, or other device, you can purchase the Kindle version for just 99 cents.

Visit the following link to purchase your copy of this ebook (or to leave a review of this material) – The Importance of Faith.

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Andy Sochor May 2, 2016

The Importance of Faith: Conclusion

The apostle Peter described the faith that one might have as “being more precious than gold” (1 Peter 1:7). No matter what we might hope to gain in this life, nothing is as important as our faith in God.
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Andy Sochor April 25, 2016