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What happens after baptism? Many believers struggle with this question, focusing on the ritual's words or methods while missing Christ's complete command: "teaching them to observe all things which I have commanded you."

This message dives deep into how God is glorified through our lives when we allow Him to work in us "what is well-pleasing in His sight." Drawing from powerful passages in Hebrews 13, Romans 6, and Romans 8, we explore the profound truth that obedience flows not from our striving but from God's grace working through us.

The path to true obedience has never been through law-keeping. The law reveals God's holy standards but cannot empower us to meet them—"the law made nothing perfect." Grace, however, provides both forgiveness of sins and daily strength for victory over sin's influence. This dual action of grace enables us to fulfill "the righteous requirement of the law" as we "walk according to the Spirit, not according to the flesh."

The transformative truth revealed here changes everything: human goodness doesn't originate within us but comes from God through His Spirit. When we face each day relying on our flesh, we access only limited human resources. But when we live in dependence on the Spirit, we draw upon unlimited divine resources that produce genuine, God-glorifying obedience.

Join us in renouncing self-reliance and embracing Spirit-dependence, allowing God to receive the glory He alone deserves as He works His will through our surrendered lives. This message will transform how you understand grace, obedience, and God's work in your daily walk.

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The spiritual life often feels like an endless struggle of trying to please God through our own efforts, only to fall short repeatedly. But what if we've misunderstood the entire foundation of obedience?

This profound meditation on Hebrews 13:20-21 unveils a revolutionary truth: authentic obedience flows not from our striving but from God's empowering presence within us. "Working in you what is well-pleasing in His sight" isn't just a beautiful phrase—it's the secret to sustainable Christian living. When we grasp that God Himself produces in us what pleases Him, everything changes.

We explore how living to please ourselves represents the ultimate disobedience, while surrendering to God's internal work transforms us into true ambassadors for Christ. This isn't about superficial behavior modification but heart-level transformation that establishes us "blameless in holiness." The commands throughout scripture—to love genuinely, pray earnestly, practice hospitality, speak truth, work diligently, show kindness, extend forgiveness—become possible not through willpower but through Divine power.

The astonishing reality is that God's commands aren't primarily a standard by which He judges us but a revelation of what He intends to produce in us. When we yield to this inner work, we discover the paradoxical freedom of obedience and the ultimate purpose of it all: bringing glory to the God who works within us "both to will and to do His good pleasure." Are you ready to stop trying and start trusting?

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What happens when we strip away centuries of human opinion on marriage and return to Jesus' own words? The answer transforms how we understand one of life's most sacred relationships.

In this profound exploration of Matthew 19, we journey back to a moment when religious leaders attempted to trap Jesus with a controversial question about divorce "for any reason at all." Rather than engaging in legal technicalities, Jesus redirected everyone's attention to God's original design from creation: "Have you not read that He who created them from the beginning made them male and female?" With this simple question, Jesus establishes marriage not as a social construct but as a divine institution.

The central revelation comes in Jesus' declaration that "what God has joined together, let no man separate." This isn't just beautiful wedding ceremony language—it's a profound statement about the mystical nature of marital union. When challenged about Moses permitting divorce, Jesus delivers his most penetrating insight: this was a concession to human hardness of heart, not God's original intention. His teaching was so counter-cultural that even his disciples wondered if it might be better not to marry at all!

Beyond addressing divorce, Jesus reveals marriage as an exclusive relationship requiring both partners to "leave and cleave"—forsaking parental emotional dependencies and all other intimate relationships. While acknowledging that marriage remains imperfect in this fallen world, Jesus points to his own relationship with the church as the model for how husbands should love their wives: sacrificially, unconditionally, and faithfully.

Whether you're single, married, divorced, or contemplating marriage, this teaching invites you to see relationships through God's eyes rather than culture's shifting standards. What would happen if we approached marriage as a divine calling rather than a consumer contract? Listen and discover why, despite our broken world, God's original design for marriage remains our greatest hope for relational fulfillment.