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  THE CHURCH CAN'T LIVE ON ITS PAST SUCCESS
  by Rex Humbard
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Summary: This sermon emphasizes the importance of not living on past
reputation but seeking present spiritual life and transformation. It
highlights the need for changed lives within the body of Christ,
addressing the tendency for people to come to church with sin, habits,
and doubts but leave unchanged. The message also touches on the
challenges some churches face, including persecution, hypocrites, and
the need to refocus on Christ above all else.

Topics: "Spiritual Transformation", "Living in the Present"
Scripture References: Revelation 3:1, 2 Corinthians 5:17, James 1:22, Matthew 7:21, 1 Peter 4:12

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This sermon emphasizes the importance of not living on past reputation
but seeking present spiritual life and transformation. It highlights the
need for changed lives within the body of Christ, addressing the
tendency for people to come to church with sin, habits, and doubts but
leave unchanged. The message also touches on the challenges some
churches face, including persecution, hypocrites, and the need to
refocus on Christ above all else.

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CONTENT
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You've had activities that could to be commended. You have a name that
you are alive. And you would recommend this church.

But what was wrong with the church? Well, that church was living upon
its past reputation, not upon its present life. It got big. It's like
the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ today.

I'll tell you there's power in the name of Jesus, and I believe you
believe that today. But all too often people come with sin and go away
with sin. Come with habits and go away with habits.

Come with doubts and go away with doubts. We need changed lives in the
body of the Lord Jesus Christ. And some churches had had to pay a real
price to hold on.

They'd been persecuted. They'd had hypocrites come in. They'd had loud
people come in.

They'd had people that exalted gifts farther than Christ, and that had
to be brought back.

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Video: https://sermonindex2.b-cdn.net/IWu6uq02oZM.mp4
Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/rex-humbard/the-church-cant-live-on-its-past-success/
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