Pressing Toward the "mark"

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Pressing Toward the "mark"

Making God’s "mark" our "mark"

January 12, 2020 • Dr. John Waterloo

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* Everyone is still growing! - No one has yet achieved spiritual maturity. We must show grace.
* Resolve to keep moving toward God’s finish line! Don’t live in the past.
* Know the “mark” or goal for a scriptural NT church, and for ourselves as born-again Christians.
* Recognize and follow those who are good examples.

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