Resting In the Intercession of Christ (Part 1)
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By Dr. Paul M. Elliott
This month on The Scripture-Driven Church broadcast we're remembering the Protestant Reformation. One of the key truths that the Reformers recovered from Roman Catholic darkness is the doctrine of the priesthood of all believers, through the intercession of the one Mediator between God and man, Christ Jesus.
Every believer has the priceless privilege of access to the very throne room of the Father through the mediation of the Son. This is God's precious gift of rest for every believer. We are to rest in the intercession of Christ. He does for us what no earthly priest, Levite or Catholic, could possibly do.
This week we present part one of a two-part message focusing on this glorious truth.
This month on The Scripture-Driven
Church broadcast we're remembering the Protestant Reformation. One of the key
truths that the Reformers recovered from Roman Catholic darkness is the doctrine
of the priesthood of all believers, through the intercession of the one Mediator
between God and man, Christ Jesus.
Every believer has the priceless
privilege of access to the very throne room of the Father through the mediation
of the Son. This is God's precious gift of rest for every believer. We are to
rest in the intercession of Christ. He does for us what no earthly priest,
Levite or Catholic, could possibly do.
This week we present part one of a
two-part message focusing on this glorious truth.
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What is the nature of Scripture -- the Book that we hold in our hands? How are we to use the Bible in our daily lives, and in the life of the church?
These are critical questions for the church in all ages, and they are especially critical in the times in which we live. There is a great deal of confusion about these two questions in the church today, and many wrong answers are widely circulated. We need to be sure of the right answer.
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When we first began the Scripture-Driven Church broadcast several years ago, the first ten messages we produced were a series titled "What Does It Mean To Be A Scripture-Driven Church?" Some of the archived recordings of that series are of rather poor audio quality. But even so, over the years it has been the most-listened-to series in our archive, and also the most-request resource on CD.
Today we present the first message in an updated version of that series. We have added new content to the messages, and of course the audio quality is much improved. We hope this series will be a blessing, encouragement, and challenge to you.
Message number one explores the crisis state of the Evangelical church, in which the Bible has become, as one magazine puts it, "The Greatest Story Never Read."
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Mormons call themselves "Latter-Day Saints." But what is their definition of a saint? Does it pass the Biblical test? Today we shall see that four key elements of Mormon teaching combine to put forth a false gospel that condemns rather than saves.
Mormonism's confusing and contradictory soteriology:
. denies Christ's atonement
. says that each person must atone for his own sins by works
. teaches near-universal "salvation"
. says that Mormon men will become gods ruling their own planets, while all others will be relegated to the status of second- and third-class citizens for eternity.
But what does Scripture say? Stay tuned to learn more.
