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Reflections on the Temptation of Jesus
A Restoration Reminder by Kenton Cheek Luke 4:1-14 The Temptation of Jesus 4 And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness 2 for forty days, being tempted by the devil. And he ate nothing during those days. And when they were ended, he was hungry. 3 The devil said to him, “If you are the Son…
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Sin and Salvation, Part III
A Deeper Teaching by Kenton Cheek A key part of spiritual growth and sanctification is perseverance. In order for the event and process of salvation to not be in vain, we must continue in the faith until we reach the goal of salvation which is glorification. This means a continual rejection of sin and ardent…
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Sin and Salvation, Part II
A Deeper Teaching by Kenton Cheek Salvation is an event (the new birth), a process (sanctification), and a future goal (glorification). God loves everyone and we all have been made for relationship with Him and created in His image, but that relationship was severed by sin and that image has been corrupted by sin and…
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Sin and Salvation, Part I
A Deeper Teaching by Kenton Cheek A Biblical Perspective of Sin and SalvationWhen God created Adam and Eve, He made them in His spiritual image. The first humans enjoyed perfect, uninhibited relationship with God and were blessed with free moral agency to choose between right and wrong. Elohim placed them in the paradise of Eden…
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Our Family Table: Continue in the Faith
Daily Encouragement for the Family of God by Kenton Cheek 5 September 2025 Reading From I Corinthians 15:1-28 “Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand, and by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you—unless you believed in vain.”—I…
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Peace Be With You
“An anxious heart weighs a man down, but a kind word cheers him up.” Proverbs 12:25 I’m reminded that each of us struggle with different things even as we follow the Lord. So many of us wrestle with stress, worry, fear and anxiety. To say that we need to obey God and follow the principles…
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Our Family Table: Make the Effort to Get Along
Daily Encouragement for the Family of God by Kenton Cheek 1 September 2025 Reading From I Corinthians 12 “But God has put the body together, giving greater honor to the parts that lacked it, so that there should be no division in the body, but that its parts should have equal concern for each other. If…
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Our Family Table: Communing With The Lord
Daily Encouragement for the Family of God by Kenton Cheek 31 August 2025 Reading From I Corinthians 11:17-34 “For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: The Lord Jesus, on the night he was betrayed, took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, “This is my body, which is for…