Kingdom Perspective

Good Stuff

noreply@blogger.com (Charlie Fugate) — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 17:14:00 +0000

EHSS: A Tribute To The Cathedral Quartet from Gaither.com on Vimeo.

Powerful

noreply@blogger.com (Charlie Fugate) — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 15:27:00 +0000

JesusIsKing from Rosedale Baptist Church on Vimeo.

Who Am I?

noreply@blogger.com (Charlie Fugate) — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 14:41:00 +0000

Whose are we? Are we our own? NO!!!!

noreply@blogger.com (Charlie Fugate) — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 10:38:00 +0000

This topic is covered briefly in his groundbreaking book “The Gospel According to Jesus” in the new first chapter. I’m looking forward to this book devoted to the subject.

Whose Gospel is it anyway?

noreply@blogger.com (Charlie Fugate) — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 17:27:00 +0000

Whose Gospel is it anyway? Is it our gospel? The apostle's? In Mark 1: 14-15 it says :14 Now after John had been taken into custody, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of God,
15 and saying, " The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel." Mark 1:14-15 (NASB)

Aside from the Bible, this book has had the most influence in my Christian walk. It will totally reinform your view of the Gospel and it will also bring insight into just what it means to say you are a Christian. Dr. John MacArthur has written a masterpiece of polemics. For example, the first page has this statement:

"The belief that someone could be a true Christian while that person's whole lifestyle, value system, speech, and attitude are marked by a stubborn refusal to surrender to Christ as Lord is a notion that shouldn't even need to be refuted."

Praise, Preaching, and Prayer

noreply@blogger.com (Charlie Fugate) — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 17:04:00 +0000

I filled in for Pastor Don one Wednesday evening.

My senior pastor

noreply@blogger.com (Charlie Fugate) — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:19:00 +0000

Wednesday Evening Outline

noreply@blogger.com (Charlie Fugate) — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 23:11:00 +0000

Dear friends, I’d like to share my message outline that I used to preach from this past Wednesday evening.

Semper Paratus: Always Ready
1 Peter 1: 13-21

I. Always Ready in Thought (I Peter 1:13)
*Dianoia – Innermost part of person that thinks. Whole person*
* Gird up, aorist tense, meaning gird up now and continue to do so in the future*
- Sober Titus 2: 2-7 Hebrews 8: 10-12
- Submissive

II. Always Ready in Action (I Peter 1:14-16)
- Obedient (as a child) A price to pay for obedience
- Holy (as He is holy) A reward beyond measure

III. Always Ready in Confession (I Peter 1:17)
- Accurate and Precise (Hebrews 4:12)
Our confession before men must leave no doubt as to who we follow and why
- Stark

IV. Always Ready in Knowledge (I Peter 1:18-19)
- Of incorruptible redemption (vs. 18a)
- Of aimless tradition (vs. 18a)
- Of the pure blood of Jesus (vs. 19)

V. Always Ready in Hope (I Peter 1:20-21)
- Our Hope
- Preexistent
- Revealed in the last times (Jesus’ day)
- Coming Again

Jesus’ High Priestly Prayer

noreply@blogger.com (Charlie Fugate) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:54:00 +0000

Jesus’ High Priestly Prayer: He Prays for Himself
John 17: 1-5

Jesus has shared the final Passover with his disciples’ and has washed their feet. He reveals his going away to them. He has shared the glory of mansions he is going to prepare; he has shared that he will be coming again to take them to be with him. He has explained their relationship with him in chapter 15 in verse 5 “I am the Vine, ye are the branches, he that abideth in me and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit, for without Me, ye can do nothing.” Jesus now begins His High Priestly prayer to God on behalf of himself, his disciples,and for those who come after. Jesus begins:

I. His Righteous Hour (John 17:1)
a. A Messianic reference (first occurred in John 2:4 in Cana)
b. A Messianic sacrifice (John 7:30 time not right)
c. A Messianic redemption ( John 12:27)

The term “my hour” is used by Jesus throughout John’s Gospel in reference to his impending work of redemption on Calvary’s cross. His completed work on the cross is the only sufficient means by which wretched man can be redeemed. From out of the slave market of sin, Jesus’ blood has bought us out and into his family, so that we are heirs and joint heirs with Christ.

II. His Reciprocal Glory (John 17:1)
a. Father glorifies Son
b. Son glorifies the Father

When Jesus came as a human baby, he emptied himself of His glory, His prerogatives and His privileges in what is known as the kenosis, or emptying. He did not lose His deity, as He is fully God and fully man. The Reciprocal Glory here is Jesus being lifted up on the cross so that the Father would be glorified.

III. His Regal Authority (John 17:2)
a. The Scope
b. The Subject

Jesus has three offices that he occupies Prophet, Priest, and King. The first two he completed the work of during his 33 ½ years on earth during his public ministry and his death, burial and resurrection. The last he will fully assume when returns as King of Kings and Lord of Lords. He has regal authority over all flesh to grant eternal life.