{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"First Baptist Arlington Sermons","title":"Keep Living! - August 31, 2025","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2445,"description":"Dennis R. Wiles \nFirst Baptist Arlington \nAugust 31, 2025 \nFlourishing Together \nFirst Baptist Arlington \n2025 – 2030 \n \n2025: Flourishing Together: Rooted in Christ \n1 Corinthians 2:6-16 (Gospel Guide: Matthew) \n \nAUGUST 2025: Gold’s – God’s Gym \nAugust 3 – September 6, 2025 \n \nCome to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.  For my yoke is easy and my burden is light. \nJesus (Matthew 11:28-30) \n \nKeep Living! \nColossians 2:6-7 \n \nTheme for 2025:\tFlourishing Together: Rooted in Christ \n \nTheme for August 2025: Gold’s – God’s Gym \n\nWHAT HAVE WE LEARNED SO FAR? \n-We live in a broken and fallen world. \n-Life is harder than we expected. \n-No matter how things seem, God cares deeply for us! \n-Control the controllables, leave the uncontrollable to our loving God! \n \nTODAY’S LESSON: No matter what, keep on living! \n \nEXEGESIS OF COLOSSIANS 2:6-7 \n-Plural verbs (ye, we) \n-Progress \n-Pre-eminence of Christ Jesus \n-Passive participles \n-Participatory participle \n-Pupils \n\nCONTROL THE CONTROLLABLES! \n  \nCHRIST JESUS IS LORD! We must continue to submit ourselves to the Lordship of Jesus in our lives.\n \nTherefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. \n-Philippians 2:9-11 \n \nIf you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. \n-Romans 10:9 \n \nCONTINUE TO LIVE! No matter what, we keep living! \n \nAll these people were still living by faith when they died. \n-Hebrews 11:13 \n \nBut my righteous one will live by faith. \n-Hebrews 10:38 \n \nFor we live by faith, not by sight. \n-2 Corinthians 5:7 \n \nCOMMUNITY: We must stay connected to the Body of...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/UAbjbO_BQA3R5XEsQj1SCg2lWzYdffFGQbPeYIvJPQ8/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzM0Mjg4LzE2NjM1/OTk5NzAtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}