Today on Moody Presents, we start a brand-new series that we hope will encourage you to discover your gifting and to help you put your gifts into practice. Pastor Mark Jobe says that when we’re in the right place, for the right reasons, doing the right thing, we are more fulfilled and we’ll be able to accomplish God’s purposes in a greater way.

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Welcome to Moody Presents with Pastor Mark Jobe, President of Moody Bible Institute and Senior Pastor of New Life Community Church in Chicago. Today we are going to be talking about the ultimate test in life. One where you don’t get a re-do or another shot. It’s about where you are going to spend eternity. If you are an authentic follower of Jesus there will be evidence in your life and in 1st John these are outlined... and Pastor Mark will help us understand how to have a rekindled love for Him and KNOW you are a child of God.

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According to Pastor Mark we’ll see that there are a lot of people out there who say they are a Christian, but in reality, they’re not. Maybe they were baptized as a baby, maybe somewhere on a document it says they are Protestant or Catholic. Maybe they were born into a Christian family... none of these things make you a Christian. We’re going to talk about that today and get you thinking about your life and if you really are a true believer... because if you are, there will be evidence to prove it.

And John talks about that in 1st John chapter 5...let’s get started with today’s study.

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It’s time for the weekly bible teaching program Moody Presents with Pastor Mark Jobe, President of Moody Bible Institute and Senior Pastor of New Life Community Church in Chicago. It is our hope and prayer these many years, to help you take the next step in your walk with Jesus Christ. How have we been doing that these last several weeks? Well, our Contrast series is meant to help you live like Jesus Christ in a world that may not value that kind of lifestyle. If you missed any part of this great series I encourage you to go to our website at moodpresents DOT o-r-g!. For now we need to dig deeply into God’s word so that we can make sure that we stay away from false religions and false teachers, allowing the Holy Spirit to guide and direct us through His Word. Let’s get started with our message where we pick up from last week. Here’s Pastor Mark.

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Welcome to Moody Presents with Pastor Mark Jobe, President of Moody Bible Institute and Senior Pastor of New Life Community Church in Chicago. Have you noticed that everything that has value in life has a fake equivalent? Money, expensive jewelry, an ID... it’s the same in the spiritual realm as well. Pastor Mark will share, right from scripture, that we need to be on guard and develop a fine sense of discernment when it comes to identifying what is of the light and what comes from the darkness so we don’t get tripped up in our walk with God. It involves testing, and you and I need to apply this truth to our lives. Let’s get started now with, Testing the Spirit, part 1, a part of our Contrast series here on Moody Presents. Here’s Pastor Mark.

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Welcome to Moody Presents with Pastor Mark Jobe, President of Moody Bible Institute. To help us finish part 2 of the Power of God’s Love message from our Contrast series we need to back up into last weeks message for some context on sin, our sinful practices, and the marvelous love of God to overcome that sin. Let’s get started now as Pastor Mark helps us understand the sin nature.

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Welcome to Moody Presents with Pastor Mark Jobe, President of Moody Bible Institute in Chicago. Well, there is nothing more transformative in a person’s life than when they realize and start living in the power of God’s Love. We are deep into our Contrast series on how to live different from the world but to be ready and able to share the Love of Jesus Christ. We are so thankful that you have joined us. It is our prayer that this program is just one way in which you feast on God’s Word. We are back in First John but now moving on to chapter 3 where the Apostle John speaks of love in a personal way in a way that should encourage us today to be ever growing and changing to be more like Jesus.

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Welcome to Moody Presents with Pastor Mark Jobe, President of Moody Bible Institute. Our teaching series called Contrast is meant for indepth study of the book of 1st John so that you and I know how to live differently than “the world.” Today we tackle part 2 of our Anointed to Stand Firm message. Let’s get started with a reminder from Pastor Mark that bad times will come into our life, but will we stand firm in Jesus Christ?

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