Speak Life Church Rev. Kenn Blanchard

Spring revival 
KJV
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
 
This means that our knowledge of men can no longer be based on their outward lives (indeed, even though we knew Christ as a man we do not know him like that any longer). For if a man is in Christ he becomes a new person altogether—the past is finished and gone, everything has become fresh and new. All this is God’s doing, for he has reconciled us to himself through Jesus Christ; and he has made us agents of the reconciliation. God was in Christ personally reconciling the world to himself—not counting their sins against them—and has commissioned us with the message of reconciliation. We are now Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were appealing direct to you through us. As his personal representatives we say, “Make your peace with God.” For God caused Christ, who himself knew nothing of sin, actually to be sin for our sakes, so that in Christ we might be made good with the goodness of God.
 
2 Cor 5:17
 
There should be evidence of your faith, your salvation, your walk.  I give six examples this week.
 
Love you,
 
Kenn 
 
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Signs and Wonders.  
 
Then said Jesus unto him, Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe.  - John 4:48
 
Supernatural Signs: The Bible narrative also includes supernatural events following Jesus’s death:
Earthquakes: The ground shook, breaking open tombs (Matthew 27:51). Torn Veil: The veil in the temple tore from top to bottom (Matthew 27:51), signifying access to God through Jesus. Resurrection of Saints: Dead saints briefly returned to life, testifying further to Jesus’s divine identity3. Presence of false christs and false prophets (Matt. 24:5, 11) War, (Matt. 24:6-7; Luke 21:10) Persecution of the faithful, (Matt. 24:9) Apostasy, (Matt. 24:10; 1 Tim. 4:1) Lawlessness increases and love grows cold, (Matt. 24:12) Earthquakes, famine, and plague, (Luke 21:11) Increase in selfishness, (2 Tim. 2:2) Lovers of self, money, and pleasure.  Arrogant, disobedient, ungrateful, and unholy. They will be haters of good, conceited, appearing godly but are not, (2 Tim. 3:2-5) Mocking of Jesus, (2 Peter 3:3-4; Jude 17-19) Increase in knowledge, (Daniel 12:4) Rise of spiritism, (1 Tim. 4:1) Decay of marriage, (1 Tim. 4:1) False teaching, (2 Tim. 4:3–4) The gospel will be preached to the whole world, (Matt. 24:14) Signs in the heavens, (Luke 21:11) Sun and Moon will be darkened, (Matt. 24:29) The sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, (Matt. 24:30) Abuse and destruction of the earth and its resources, (Rev. 11:18) All the nations of the earth will gather against Israel, (Zech. 12:3) Rebuilding of the Temple, (2 Thess. 2:3–4) Arrival of the Antichrist, (2 Thess. 2:3–4; Rev. 13:14–17) Enforcement of the mark of the beast, (Rev. 13:17) Repentance of Israel and the Jews coming to faith in Christ (Rom. 11:25-26)  
Thank you for listening.
 
Kenn 
 

Going heavy on this Resurrection Sunday.  
Why did He come?
 
For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.  Luke 19:10
 
A challenge to do better.
 
J.O.Y. 
 
Great Commission:
Go, therefore, and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit,
 
Greatest Commandments:
But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.“Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the greatest and most important commandment. The second is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself. All the Law and the Prophets depend on these two commandments” (Matthew 22:37–40).
 
Kenn@speaklifechurch.net 
kenn.blanchard@gmail.com
 

El Roi.  God sees what you have overcome and dealing with still.  He loves you.
 
Psalm 56:8, “You keep track of all my sorrows. You have collected all my tears in your bottle. You have recorded each one in your book.” (NLT)
 
Proverbs 15:3, “The LORD is watching everywhere, keeping his eye on both the evil and the good.” (NLT)
 
After Lot had gone, the Lord said to Abram, “Look as far as you can see in every direction—north and south, east and west.15 I am giving all this land, as far as you can see, to you and your descendants as a permanent possession.16 And I will give you so many descendants that, like the dust of the earth, they cannot be counted! Genesis 13:14-16. 
 
Kenn 

God says, “You shall not kill,” but He kills.  Does He contradict Himself?  No.
 
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Exodus 20:7 speaks about cursing God. (Don't do it) But what about our language to everyone else?  
 
7 Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
We honor God’s name (v. 7). The command to not take God’s name in vain is more than simply a prohibition of cursing Him.  Profanity not only reflects a heart darkened with hate, but it shows an utter disrespect for a holy God. The commandment also means that we are not to take God’s name and talk in a way that dishonors us as His reps.
 Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof. Proverbs 18:21 
 
Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man. Col 4:6