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  (SERMON CLIP) LIVING FOR THE PASSING AGE
  by Richard Owen Roberts
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Summary: This sermon delves into the contrast between the kingdom of
darkness and the kingdom of light, the temporal nature of the earthly
kingdom versus the eternal kingdom of God. It emphasizes how true faith
shifts one's focus towards the eternal, enabling them to resist the
passing temptations of the world and actively obey God. Many who claim
faith are actually more influenced by the present world than the eternal
kingdom of Jesus Christ, highlighting the importance of having the right
focus on unseen and hoped-for things.

Topics: "Kingdom of Light vs. Kingdom of Darkness", "Eternal Perspective in Faith"
Scripture References: Matthew 6:19, 2 Corinthians 4:18, Hebrews 11:1, James 2:17, Colossians 3:2, 1 John 2:15, Romans 12:2

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This sermon delves into the contrast between the kingdom of darkness and
the kingdom of light, the temporal nature of the earthly kingdom versus
the eternal kingdom of God. It emphasizes how true faith shifts one's
focus towards the eternal, enabling them to resist the passing
temptations of the world and actively obey God. Many who claim faith are
actually more influenced by the present world than the eternal kingdom
of Jesus Christ, highlighting the importance of having the right focus
on unseen and hoped-for things.

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of God, the kingdom of darkness and the kingdom of light, the kingdom
that is temporal and passing, and the kingdom that is eternal and will
not ever fade away, the kingdom of death, the kingdom of life. When a
person has true faith, the kingdom of God becomes more consequential to
them than the kingdom of this world. Their decisions are are radically
affected by the kingdom of life.

They are able to resist the kingdom of darkness. They will not waste
their life giving themselves over to that which is passing. They focus
upon that which is eternal.

A vast percentage of those who think they have faith do not have these
facts in focus. The way they live every day proves that they are much
more affected by the here and the now than they are by the eternal
kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Every one of us owes it to
our own soul to be sure that we have the facts in focus, that the things
that we can taste and touch and smell and hear are not nearly as
consequential as the things that are unseen and hoped for.

F. Facts in focus. A. Active obedience. You see in much of the church
today, faith is not active but passive.

There are multitudes who honestly think they're Christians because they
accept the fact that there is a God. They accept the fact that God has
an only begotten Son, that this only begotten Son came to earth and
performed mighty miracles and taught as no man ever taught. They are
sure that the Son of God was crucified, buried, and that he rose again.

They are absolute in their mind that Christ reigns forever and ever and
ever. Multitudes last Sunday were rejoicing in the resurrection of Jesus
Christ.

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Video: https://sermonindex2.b-cdn.net/zkauexAouEo.mp4
Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/richard-owen-roberts/sermon-clip-living-for-the-passing-age/
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