Playlist: Character, Created by God (topic)
Firstfruits and the Master Potter
Sermon by Clyde FinkleaGod calls specific individuals into an assembly of called-out ones and builds upon them as living stones a spiritual house that death cannot prevent Him from completing. This building occurs through the master potter's work with clay, an analogy that shows how He molds humanity into vessels reflecting His own holy and righteous …
Sovereignty, Election, and Grace (Part Seven)
Sermon by John W. RitenbaughGod creates character as an essential aspect of forming man fully in His image, beginning with the physical creation of Adam and Eve as a foundation and advancing through a spiritual superstructure under the New Covenant. This process produces an exact impression or copy of the Father's nature, as seen in the Son who is the …
The Covenants, Grace, and Law (Part Twenty)
Sermon by John W. RitenbaughGod creates humanity in His image and likeness, beginning with physical formation in the bodily form of God and continuing until each person attains the nature and holy character image of God. He grants free moral agency so that individuals may voluntarily choose His way and cooperate in developing that image within themselves. …
Avoiding Detrimental Assumptions
Sermon by Martin G. CollinsGod creates the new man in true righteousness and holiness when a person willingly works with Him by putting off the former corrupt conduct that grows according to deceitful lusts and by being renewed in the spirit of the mind. This renovated nature is also called the new creature or new creation and refers to the condition …
Ecclesiastes: What Is It All About? (Part Three)
Feast of Tabernacles Sermon by John W. RitenbaughSolomon's exploration of wisdom and folly in Ecclesiastes leads to a profound realization about character and its divine origin. Beginning in chapter two, Solomon observes that despite wisdom's clear advantage over foolishness—like light over darkness—both the wise and the foolish suffer the same calamities and share …