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Matt Martin
Добавлен 16 мар 2020
Don't Get Distracted. II Timothy 2:15
In II Timothy 2 the Apostle Paul tells young Timothy not to get distracted by foolish controversies. Instead, like a good soldier, a good athlete, a good farmer, he should work diligently to divide the Word of Truth placing his focus completely on Christ!
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What is Love?
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In I John 4:9-11 the Apostle John explains that God's great act of love is the basis for our love for each other. He describes love, he defines love, and he tells us how to live love.
Prepared to Make a Defense
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I Peter 3:15 tells us that we should be prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks a reason for the hope that is in us. Are you ready? What will you say? Is anyone asking?
In All Your Ways Acknowledge Him... (Proverbs 3:5-6)
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The Proverbs tell us to seek understanding, but they also tell us not to rely on our own understanding. Instead, we must trust in the Lord with all our hearts and acknowledge him in every aspect of our lives! Only then will he make straight our paths.
Keep Obeying the Governor During the COVID-19 Lockdown
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As the lockdown orders continue in California, we contemplate how Christians can respond biblically in a way that honors Christ. We look at I Peter 2:13-15 and, by way of application, we discuss the merits of the "Stay at Home" policy, the constitutionality of the Governor's order, and the role of the Supreme Court.
For God so loved the world... John 3:16
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John 3:16 is the best known verse in the Bible. You will see it at sporting events, protests, political rallies, and on the bottom of your cup at In 'n Out. Do you really understand it?
I know the plans I have for you! Jeremiah 29:11
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During the Babylonian captivity, the Prophet Jeremiah sent a letter from Jerusalem to Babylon to encourage God's people there. He tells them to settle in and live their lives, to avoid being deceived by false prophets, and that God has great plans for them just 70 years into the future. In this video we contemplate a present day application during this corona virus pandemic.
Count it all Joy!
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In James 1:2-3 we find the admonition to think of the hard times as joy because we know that they make our faith stronger. Our faith is not made steadfast by the avoidance of trials but by our our joyful dependence on God through the trials!
The Secret to Life - Philippians 4:13
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Here we take a closer look at the popular verse, Philippians 4:13. We ask what Paul really meant when he said, "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me."
How to live in this present age.
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In the Bible, the Apostle Paul tells Titus that God’s grace has appeared not just to save us but also to teach us how to live. Paul explains that God’s grace teaches us what to avoid, how to live, and what to look for!
The "Good" Thief: A quick look at the Thief on the Cross
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Did you know that two bad guys were crucified next to Jesus? Initially, both made fun of him, but then one of them unexpectedly turned to him in repentance and faith. Would Jesus save a man who had lived a life of sin? Yes. Yes he would!
Encouragement from Philippians & Looking into "Zoom"
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Just a very brief look at Philippians 4:4-7 to hopefully encourage us to rejoice, give thanks, and pray during our time of quarantine. Then a quick word about the meeting software "Zoom" that we may try to use for Sunday services the next couple of weeks.
COVID-19 Response: Church Meetings Canceled
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In light of the CDC's recommendations, in compliance with the President's request, and in keeping with our desire to protect the weak and the elderly, we will temporarily suspend all services at Crossroads Church. In this video we discuss how to proceed in the interim.
Amen my brother! Great teaching! Almighty GOD, bless all who hear and see this video, in JESUS name!
God gave us a Spirit of Power and a sound mind it's not doctrine to knock ourselves down all the time and keep telling people that our own minds are not capable of making decisions.. God gives us the gift of Discernment.. that is WE can see what's best if we are trying to live right.. we might not always SEEM to get it right but in the long run if we try to live by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit (our in-tuition) then even our "wrong" decisions are part of Gods plan so it's not that we are not able to understand, it just means we are to trust God (but still ACT on our own intuition/inspirations) when we DON'T understand why things are happening
i think a big way that helps with this is just to try to THANK God.. it's like at an awards speech "i would like to acknowledge the help given to me by"... saying thanks to God and really looking at what in our lives we have that we can be grateful for, the fact we can breathe even (when things are REALLY tough!) the roof over our heads, the beautiful nature, the fact we are surviving if things are going bad all around us.. if we ACKNOWLEDGE (recognise the fact God is doing ALL things and thank him!!!) God in all things .. if we THANK HIM that is acknowledging him, for all he does for us, even and almost especially when things seem to be going wrong try to think of things we have and can do that help us (being able to breath, being able to think, being able to move and make decisions etc, the food we have, the water we can have, the people who did what they did TO get the food and water to us, thank god for all those things and all other things you can think of as often as possible.. THAT'S acknowledging God, it's RECOGNISING HIM AS BEING IN AND CREATOR OF ALL THAT HAPPENS, AND THANKING HIM FOR ALL HE DOES FOR US!!!
Praise the lord sir 🙏🏻
Thank you for writing this, be blessed.
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Thank you Holy Spirit for using Brother Matt to rightly divide this word of truth! You really make it plain for us to understand! You're right, our "wisdom just goes so far", no matter how much our intelligence is! But God's wisdom is past finding out! God says my ways are not your ways! As you stated Brother Matt, we have to "know more of God" to really understand HIS ways! Bottom line is trust God in any and every situation and circumstance! Thank you Almighty GOD that we can trust in you!
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Keep making videos man. Great content
Thank you
Be safe in Christ God Bless everyone 🙏 John 3: 16 Holy King James Bible verse you all can freely make copies of all my videos I upload to RUclips videos search engine even VBS skits church activities and magic TV specials and magic TV shows and Rubik's cube puzzles
Thanks for explaining one of my favorite verses the Proverbs 3:5-6 God Bless!!
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Am so blessed by your preaching! Thank God! 🙏
Amen!
I’m going to pray that God pushes you to make more videos!!!! 🙏🏽
God bless you sir
So good !
Amen!!
My favorite
Thanks Matt! Reminded me of AWANA and what it means:)
Thank you for this, Matt! Very well done!
Quick question for the creator of the video. I sincerely want your opinion. This is not an attack. You mentioned that there may come a point that we as Christians must obey God rather than man. Such as if there were something blatantly against the church or blatantly against God. Like in countries where Church is outlawed I’m assuming you would say it’s OK for those Christians to hold underground churches. Here’s my question then: what if you discern that your government is deceivingly trying to abolish church gatherings. In other words, how should we respond if we truly believe that there is a secret agenda in our state to end Christian gatherings? What if CV is being used as a tool to accomplish this agenda? What should we do?
Thank you for your question and the humble sincerity with which you posed it. I do agree that if the Government moved to decisively end/prohibit all Christian assembly, at that time the church would be justified in meeting under ground, because that would be an instance of a clear command from the government to cease to do what the Lord has commanded. I also do not think it is far-fetched to suppose that some in our state (California in my case) governments would try to use this crisis to permanently inhibit the free exercise of our faith. But for several reasons, I suspect that we have not arrived at that level of crisis. In my state we are still under a stay at home order, but it is not targeted toward Christians or even toward religion in general. Sports, bars, strip clubs, the movie industry, Disneyland, casinos, and a host of other industries are all prohibited from operation. Among non-Christians, this is still widely viewed as a public health issue. So, for the time being, it seems to me that this situation falls firmly under the New Testament precedent that believers in Christ bend over backwards to accommodate even godless governments, and when unbelievers see us doing this, they are more apt to desire to know the Christ that we serve. 
Thank you for your response. Many blessings brother.
Btw....when we voted against homosexual marriage twice, in California and rogue judges overturned our votes as unconstitutional, I woke up to the fact that The US Constitution was a lost cause! Also did you attend the Clergy Response Team Indoctrination meetings?
With your reasoning then, we should be assisting with abortions and euthanasia and fund transgender surgeries, etc. We (Christians) are under a much higher law of righteousness: to do what is JUST and to LOVE MERCY! If we submit to sin and don’t raise a standard against it, we become part of the wickedness! Love takes a stand against evil!!!!!!🤺 There is a time for peace and a time for war brother and the gauntlet has been thrown 😢⚔️⛓🛡🙏🏼
Thank you. I really needed this clear explanation from God's Word. We are being tested at every turn of events. I pray the church obeys the Lord.
I understand & agree with submitting to the governing authorities. However, their rules on who is essential & who's not is wrong. As a business owner with no employees, I place my orders for new items up to a year in advance, which cannot be cancelled. My business is now essentially closed as the venues I sell at are closed. I have insurance to pay for in case of theft, my new items arriving monthly with only $185 (including lots of shipping, which is not income) in sales since January. I bought new equipment last fall, including more materials to make new items that I can't even introduce to my customers cause my venues are closed. Why should this awful controlling gov. expect me to go broke cause they don't think I'm essential, while box stores are allowed to be. That is the problem. How can I accept the ruination of my finances & business, with all my hard work thrown into the sewer. I'll be lucky if I have any events this year. You are probably at ease staying home as you are either still working or getting unemployment. I'm not eligible for any help. I'm not ever obnoxious about my feelings because I don't want to be yelled at by my neighbors. But I am going to be against this as I must use the brain God gave me. The liberal govt is trying to see what they can get away with. And I've been learning too much about Germany 1933 & Dietrich Bonhoeffer to not be cautious about what is happening around us. I'm looking at the whole picture and I'm scared if we keep going down this road.
The same group of satanists that compiled the Bible and doctored the scriptures that so many Christians claim is of The Creator, is also the same group issuing these lockdowns. It’s a satanic government and any christian that blindly obeys and does not understand Natural Law is living an immoral life.
I guess this is true because if Jesus didn’t comply with dying on the cross then that prophecy wouldn’t have been completed.
Well that was very good and refreshing.
Dig the Ernie Ball T-shirt! Rock on!
Preach on brother!
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