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Crossing from Idolatry to True Worship

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Crossing from Idolatry to True Worship   Series: The Crossing Preacher:LENIN KUMAR Date: September 27, 2015 Scripture Reference: Matthew 6:19-24 Introduction Massachusetts Bay Colony was the scene of "The Great Migration" wherein thousands of religious dissenters came over to the New World to make a new life for themselves in the company of "saints" and other Puritans. Right off quick they passed laws regulating social behavior and the observance of the Sabbath and the ministers went to great pains to condemn the traditional "idols" of the established church (not to mention Popery). In 1636, following a sermon by Roger Williams (who was later ousted from Massachusetts for being too liberal and went on to found the Rhode Island Colony) condeming the cross as a symbol of the Anti-Christ, the Governor of the Colony, John Endicott, ordered the Standard Bearers of the Colony to remove the St. Georges Cross from their flags. Befor...

Crossing from Covetousness to Contentment

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Crossing from Covetousness to Contentment Series: The Crossing Preacher:   Lenin Date: September 20, 2015 Scripture Reference: 1 Timothy 6:6-10, Hebrews 13:5-6, Philippians 4:11-13 Scripture Reading Take your Bibles rise to your feet and turn to 1 Timothy 6:6-10, Hebrews 13:5-6, Philippians 4:11-13 as we read today’s text. 1 Timothy 6:6-10 6 – Godliness with contentment is great gain. 7 – For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it. 8 – But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with that. 9 – People who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge men into ruin and destruction. 10 – For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs. Hebrews 13: 5 – Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God ...