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The Vale of Soul Making
Life is difficult. There are great joys in life, to be sure, but many of our steps are in a wilderness of trial, temptation and difficulty. Often, our troubles can overwhelm us and may make us wish we had never been born. The depression that afflicts people can (and often does) destroy our ability to think or do the simplest tasks. I’m sure I’m not the only person who has been in difficulty and…
Atheism and Moral Judgments
It can be hard to understand why the Lord used Israel to judge the people in the land of Canaan as He did. Yet, in Leviticus 18, the Lord addressed the Israelites concerning what they shall not do as they move forward toward the land He promised them. That which they were not to do, those of Canaan certainly did. It’s important to note the Lord addressed His words to all the males in the…
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Speaking the way we ought to speak
As Paul begins to close his letter to the Colossians he makes a prayer request. And his prayer request revolves around speaking the truth of God the way it ought to be spoken. Colossians 4:1-6 let’s us know that our participation in sharing the gospel has nothing to do with what needs to be said but rather saying it the way it needs to be said. The what has been settled and is certainly not…
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Presbyterian “minister” caught hiding Bibles
An elected official was recently caught on camera hiding Bibles. This official also happens to be a self-proclaimed “ordained Presbyterian minister” but she apparently finds more joy in hiding truth than revealing it. Matthew 7:15 isn’t her legal name but it’s a proper biblical name. #News #Politics
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Be A Man
King David gave his son Solomon a charge as he prepared him to replaced himself on the throne of Israel. “Be strong, therefore, and show yourself a man” (1 Kings 2:2, NASB). How was Solomon to do this? First, don’t be guided by a woke (evil) community. Second, as per the text, be loyal to the Lord. Third, obey the Lord’s will as revealed to Moses. Fourth, be a leader. Fifth, be decisive. Sixth,…
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What to do when there’s a quarrel in the church?
Disagreements, hurt feelings and complaints are going to happen in the church and this is acknowledged in Colossians 3:12-17. But this section of scripture not only acknowledges the reality of the situation – it provides the solution! When real problems arise, we forgive each other not because we deserve it, or because we’re friends or family, or because we’re the same race or nationality, or…
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Who Can Claim Salvation?
“Therefore I endure all things for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory” (2 Timothy 2:10). If, all that sinners have to do is “claim” their salvation, why was Paul enduring “all things for the sake of the elect?” No Scripture says salvation is to be “claimed,” but Jesus “became the author of eternal salvation to all who obey…
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Change of Seasons
“Then God said, ‘Let there be lights in the firmament of the heavens to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs and seasons, and for days and years; and let them be for lights in the firmament of the heavens to give light on the earth;’ and it was so” (Genesis 1:14-15). We still have “seasons,” “days and years” because of these heavenly lights. It didn’t take “millions or…
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Debt Ceiling?
The wise man, Solomon, wrote: “The rich rules over the poor, And the borrower is servant to the lender” (Proverbs 22:7). Those who owe are not complete owners until their debt is paid. Since “debt” is based upon what the debtor doesn’t have, then increasing a “ceiling” for the debt is simply digging the hole deeper for the debtor! Debts incurred with: credit cards; houses, cars, or education;…
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Nation Cleanse
BIBLE STUDY: perhaps a note in the margin of your Bible. “For it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins” (ESV) Why is Hebrews 10:4 the case? The Lord gave His covenant to a people, a nation wherein animal sacrifices were designed to cleanse a nation (thus, Lev. 16). The individual’s response to the Lord has always been by faith (if justification results), but the blood…
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Abilities to make choices
“Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them, for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.” (Matthew 6:1 ESV) Смотрите, не творите милостыни вашей пред людьми с тем, чтобы они видели вас: иначе не будет вам награды от Отца вашего Небесного. (Матфея 6:1 Russian) (more…) “”
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Free from sin, judgment and the law
In Christ there is a life of freedom none else can provide because there is a relationship of confidence that reminds us the authority in our life and over our soul belongs solely to Jesus. One area of the scriptures which emphatically proclaims the above is Colossians 2:8-17. For the individual baptized into Christ there is freedom from sin, freedom from the judgment of other people’s…
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He does whatever he pleases
Our God is in heaven. He does whatever he pleases. Psalm 115.3 NET. God is sovereign. He cannot be manipulated or forced to act. He acts according to his character and his eternal plan. (more…) “”
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It’s not what they knew, it’s what we know
It’s easy at times to read scripture from the Old Testament and wonder about the things God’s people knew and lived through that we don’t know about today. The apostle Paul would remind us that what God’s people know and live in today is more important than what his people knew in the past. Colossians 1:25-29 boldly declares the information hid from God’s people in the past has been plainly…
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On the same level
He said this to fulfill the word he had spoken, “I have not lost a single one of those whom you gave me.” John 18.9 NET. John puts Jesus’ saying on the same level as Old Testament scripture. Fulfillment is a divine activity, as is prophetic speaking such as the word the Lord spoke. (more…) “”
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Groping for words
Of the increase of his government and of peace there will be no end, on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish it and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from this time forth and forevermore. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will do this. (Isaiah 9:7 ESV) Умножению владычества Его и мира нет предела на престоле Давида и в царстве его, чтобы Ему утвердить его и укрепить…
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What does the Bible say about gluttony?
By: Douglas M. Williams, Sr. – In speaking of an incorrigible son, and the duty of parents, the Bible says, “And they shall say to the elders of his city, ‘This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton and a drunkard.’ Then all the men of his city shall stone him to death with stones; so you shall put away the evil from among you, and all Israel shall hear…
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