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Lesson 4 — A Sign For All Time
Matthew 12:43–45
Quitting a sin can be real reformation, but Jesus warns that an emptied and decorated life is not yet an occupied life. Like a beautifully staged house where nobody lives, outward improvement can conceal an inward vacancy. An empty house does not stay empty, and relapse can leave the last state worse than the first. The difference between a swept life and a saved life is not greater effort—it is the habitation of the Spirit of Christ.
"I'll believe in God when He shows me a sign I can't explain." That is not a new conversation — it happened two thousand years ago, right in the face of Jesus Christ. A Sign For All Time is a ten-lesson journey through Matthew 12:38–45 and the Book of Jonah: what Jesus said to a generation demanding proof, the man behind the sign He pointed to, and the one sign God promised that must be enough — for them, and for us.
I'm Larry Barnard, Sr. I'm not here to give you my opinions about God — there's plenty of that going around. I'm here to walk through the Scriptures verse by verse, so that when you close your Bible you know what the text said and not just what I think about it.
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