The Epic Life - Bob Hallman

A Better Country ((Heb 11:1-40)

#happy4thofjuly
The Fourth of July! This national holiday brings to mind fireworks, sparklers, family barbecues, picnics and baseball and, of course, our 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗼𝗺!
 
On July 2, 1776, Congress voted to approve a complete separation from Great Britain.
 
Two days afterwards — July 4th —the early draft of the Declaration of Independence was signed by 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 two individuals at that time: John Hancock, President of Congress, and Charles Thompson, Secretary of Congress.
 
Four days later, on July 8, members of Congress took that document and read it aloud from the steps of Independence Hall, proclaiming it to the city of Philadelphia, after which the Liberty Bell was rung.
 
The inscription around the top of that bell,
𝗟𝗲𝘃𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘂𝘀 𝟮𝟱:𝟭𝟬, was most appropriate for the occasion: “𝙋𝙧𝙤𝙘𝙡𝙖𝙞𝙢 𝙡𝙞𝙗𝙚𝙧𝙩𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙞𝙣𝙝𝙖𝙗𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙤𝙛”.
 
On August 2 of that same year, fifty-six men signed their names to the historic document, giving birth to a 𝗻𝗲𝘄 nation as they declared their independence from Great Britain.
 
On the very day they approved the Declaration, Adams, foreseeing that their actions would be celebrated by future generations told Abigail: “𝙄𝙩 𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙚𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝙙𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙗𝙮 𝙨𝙤𝙡𝙚𝙢𝙣 𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙙𝙚𝙫𝙤𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙤 𝙂𝙤𝙙 𝘼𝙡𝙢𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙮”.
 
As costly and as valuable our political 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗼𝗺 is, there is a far more valuable 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗼𝗺 that God wants you to enjoy and for which He has paid the ultimate 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗲 – your Spiritual 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗼𝗺.
 
And the record of that document is found in the Word of God. It is God’s declaration of our independence – independence not from the tyranny of a mere man or political system, but from the tyranny of Satan and the tyranny of sin.
 
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1. Introduction to Romans | Romans 1:1-7

Without question, the book of Romans is one of the most powerful and influential books ever written. 
It has prompted some of the greatest revivals in the history of the church. It has also influenced some of the most significant conversions in church history.
St. Augustine, the most brilliant theologian of the late Middle Ages, came to conviction of sin & salvation after reading chapter 13 of Romans. 
Martin Luther recovered the doctrine of salvation by faith from his study of Romans 1:17 and went on to lead the Protestant Reformation. In his preface to the Roman letter, he wrote:"This Epistle is the chief book of the New Testament, the purest gospel. It deserves not only to be known word for word by every Christian, but to be the subject of his meditation day by day, the daily bread of his soul."
His contemporary, John Calvin, wrote:"When anyone understands this Epistle, he has a passage opened to him to the understanding of the whole Scriptures."Several centuries later, while listening to the reading of Luther's preface to the book of Romans, John Wesley was converted and became the catalyst of the great evangelical revivals of the 18th century. 
Romans has been called:"The greatest and richest of all the apostolic works." - Meyer"The cathedral of the Christian faith." - Godet"The most profound of all the epistles, and perhaps the most important book in the Bible …’ - Gordon H. Clark
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6-Work it Out | 2 Thessalonians 3:6-18

Top 10 excuses for not showing up to work:
“If it is all the same to you I won't be coming in to work. The voices told me to clean all my guns today.”
“I can't come in to work today because I'll be stalking my previous boss, who fired me for not showing up for work. OK?”
“When I got up this morning I took two Ex-Lax in addition to my Prozac. I can't get off the toilet, but I feel good about it.”
“I have a rare case of 48-hour projectile leprosy but I know we have that deadline to meet, so if you really want me to come in ...”
“I am stuck in the blood pressure machine down at the pharmacy.”
“The psychiatrist said it was an excellent session. He even gave me this jaw restraint so I won't bite things when I am startled.”
“I’ve used up all my sick days … so I’d like to call in dead.”
“My stepmother has come back as one of the un-dead and we must track her to her coffin to drive a stake through her heart and give her eternal peace. One day should do it.”
“Constipation has made me a walking time bomb and I have to keep my back to an open window.”
And the number one excuse for not showing up to work: “Surfs’ Up!!”
 
As we come to the final section of Paul’s second epistle to the Thessalonians we find the apostle addressing one last important issue in the church:  Those who were being idle!
 
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5-Unleashing the Gospel | 2 Thessalonians 3:1-5

With chapter 3 Paul begins to bring this epistle to a close, but in doing so, we are privileged to see a wonderful model as Paul demonstrates how his team’s confidence lay not in human plans, promotion, programs, or human personalities, but in the Lord Himself.
And the two most potent weapons he has issued to us as His followers are the Word of God (specifically the Gospel of Jesus Christ) and prayer! 
In this brief passage, Paul appeals to the church to faithfully utilize both for the glory of God!
 Romans 1:16 tells us that “the gospel is the power of God [Dunamis] for the salvation of everyone who believers. Again, in 1 Cor 1:18 Paul states, “the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God."
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Stand Firm (2 Thessalonians 2:3-17)

In this portion of scripture, we're seeing people go through some very costly suffering as a result of following Christ and these were the early days of some outpourings of persecutions that would continue to grow in the church in the uh centuries to come.
The church is also facing in addition to that, false teaching from within and they're confused about a number of things. Then to top everything else off, they're looking forward to this hope that Paul talked about, this eternity and glory, the promises of the inheritance of Christ and all the things that come with ruling and reigning with Christ but because of the brevity of his initial visit they don't have a handle on that.
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The Coming of the Anti-Christ (2 Thessalonians 2:1-12)

Paul is writing to refute the false teaching, to assure them that the great day of tribulation had not arrived, and to give them clear instruction about the signs that will precede this great day and the second coming of Jesus Christ.
So for us, this is just an awesome text because it helps us to understand the sequence of events in scripture as it relates to the end times, and it also gives us hope and encouragement as believers that God is going to be faithful to us.
Even though we are struggling and have problems in our lives on a regular basis, we will not be going through the great day, this terrible time of Gods wrath that is going to be coming upon the world.
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1- Introduction to 2 Thessalonians

Paul wrote 1 Thessalonians to praise and encourage the newly birthed church in the midst of their suffering and to clarify that those who had died in Christ since Paul’s last visit would most definitely be a part of the much-anticipated rapture of the church.
But now some further concerns had come to the Apostle Paul’s attention:
There was still a great deal of confusion in the church about the coming of the Lord. 
Some were teaching that Christ had already come and that the church was already in the Great Tribulation.  Their present sufferings/persecution seemed to validate this!
These false teachers had generated a forged letter with Paul’s signature on it with the objective of discrediting Paul and undermining the believers’ confidence!
In response, Paul writes 2 Thessalonians to straighten out these misunderstandings!
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6- Instructions for Godly Living (I Thess. 4:1-12)

"Sometimes you may wonder if God is listening. You've been wondering, you've been praying, and you've been distressed. and God hasn't answered. It hasn't been adjudicated; it hasn't been resolved. The answer hasn't come, the delivery has not yet occurred, and you are wondering to yourself is God even listening. Does God Care. What I want to tell you is that Jesus Christ in this text made a 40-mile journey on foot to meet this woman and deliver her daughter from demon possession because that's all the ministry he did in Tyre and Sidon that we are aware of. He came for this woman God cares about our problems and he cares about our needs. There's a reason why there is a delay so frequently in our prayer answers or the answer to our prayer. Bob shares that in the rest of this message.
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Blessings,
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Father’s Day Message: Malachi 4:5-6

Enjoy this audio replay of a Father's Day message Pastor Bob Hallman delivered in June 2016. 
"There is a significant call that we have as Christian men. It's REALLY important. What you do by being a father is vital to your family, vital to the church vital to the community, vital to the island of Kauai, if you live here, and it's vital for the nation if you live elsewhere. " 
 
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5-The Importance of Follow-Up (I Thess. 3:1-13)

Concern for Their Faith 3 Therefore, when we could no longer endure it, we thought it good to be left in Athens alone, 2 and sent Timothy, our brother and minister of God, and our fellow laborer in the gospel of Christ, to establish you and encourage you concerning your faith, 3 that no one should be shaken by these afflictions; for you yourselves know that we are appointed to this. 4 For, in fact, we told you before when we were with you that we would suffer tribulation, just as it happened, and you know. 5 For this reason, when I could no longer endure it, I sent to know your faith, lest by some means the tempter had tempted you, and our labor might be in vain. Encouraged by Timothy 6 But now that Timothy has come to us from you and brought us good news of your faith and love, and that you always have good remembrance of us, greatly desiring to see us, as we also to see you— 7 therefore, brethren, in all our affliction and distress we were comforted concerning you by your faith. 8 For now we live, if you stand fast in the Lord. 9 For what thanks can we render to God for you, for all the joy with which we rejoice for your sake before our God, 10 night and day praying exceedingly that we may see your face and perfect what is lacking in your faith? Prayer for the Church 11 Now may our God and Father Himself, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way to you. 12 And may the Lord make you increase and abound in love to one another and to all, just as we do to you, 13 so that He may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all His saints.
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