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Transcript
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11:56For thus saith his word, thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul and with all thy mind and with all thy strength.
16:32The right and true Christian faith is to go on the words of our own church, not only to believe that holy scripture and the articles of our faith are true, but also to have a sure trust and confidence to be saved from everlasting damnation by Christ.
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Small-group guide
Welcome, the reading, seven questions, a prayer, and a note for the leader. Prints as a clean handout.
- ObserveWesley lists what is implied in being almost a Christian: honesty, the form of godliness, and sincerity. What did he include under each of these?
- ApplyWesley says the Christian loves every neighbor, even enemies. Who is hardest for you to love, and what is one small step you could take this week?
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Five-day devotional
Monday to Friday, each with a short reading, a reflection, a prayer and one thing to do today.
Monday · Acts 26:25-29
Almost Is Not Enough
Wesley begins with a sobering thought: in every age many people have been almost persuaded to be Christians, and it avails nothing before God to go only that far.
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Kids' take-home
For ages five to ten: the story retold, dinner-table questions, an activity and a memory verse.
Being a Christian is not just doing good things, it is loving God and other people with all your heart because you trust Jesus.
Memory verseJesus said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’Matthew 22:37
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Newsletter recap
For everyone who missed Sunday.
SubjectThe Almost Christian: Sunday's sermon
PreviewJohn Wesley asks what it means to be not almost, but altogether, a Christian.
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Posts & YouTube
Instagram, Facebook and X, plus a description and chapters for the sermon video.
- 0:00Introduction and the text
- 0:40Heathen honesty
- 3:05The form of godliness
- 8:00Sincerity
- 10:23Wesley's own testimony
Post on XAlmost a Christian, or altogether? Sunday we heard John Wesley on Acts 26:28, and on the love of God, love of neighbor, and living faith. Listen to the sermon this week, and join us next Sunday at Grace Chapel.