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Christ In The Midst of The Church – 1
Then, the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and said to them, “Peace … Continue reading
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Show No Favoritism
My brethren, do not hold the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with partiality. (James 2:1 NKJV) My dear brothers and sisters, how can you claim to have faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ if … Continue reading
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Living Sacrifices To God – In Service
For I say, through the grace given to me, to everyone who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think soberly, as God has dealt to each one a measure … Continue reading
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Constructing God’s New Temple
Now, therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief cornerstone, … Continue reading
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It’s All About Jesus
Therefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession, Christ Jesus, who was faithful to Him who appointed Him, as Moses also was faithful in all His house. – Hebrews 3:1-2. The … Continue reading
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Jesus – God’s Son – Part 3
John tells us in his Gospel that Jesus is the Living Word, eternal and divine. It was through Jesus that everything was created. Jesus is the source of life and light for all people everywhere. John and the other disciples … Continue reading
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Jesus – God’s Son – Part 2
John tells us in his Gospel that Jesus is the Living Word, eternal and divine. It was through Jesus that everything was created. Jesus is the source of life and light for all people everywhere. John and the other disciples … Continue reading
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Jesus – God’s Son – Part 1
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. In … Continue reading
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Perfect Rest, God’s Way
Simply put, rest is freedom from work or activity. The source of the Christian doctrine of rest is the rest of God Himself, who, after completing the work of Creation in six days, “rested on the seventh day from all … Continue reading
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Jesus Calls For Repentance – 2
There were present at that season some who told Him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. And Jesus answered and said to them, “Do you suppose that these Galileans were worse sinners than all other … Continue reading
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Jesus Calls For Repentance – 1
There were present at that season some who told Him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. And Jesus answered and said to them, “Do you suppose that these Galileans were worse sinners than all other … Continue reading
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Be Like-Minded With Christ
Therefore if you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any common sharing in the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same … Continue reading
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Uselessness of Worry
In Matthew 6:25-34, Jesus taught: “Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, … Continue reading
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As He Went, So Will He Return!
Lesson based on Acts 1:3-11: After Jesus is raised from death, He appears to his disciples. He proves to them that He is alive, and shows them how the Old Testament scriptures point to Him—in the Law, the history books, … Continue reading
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Where Is Your Pleasure Found?
“Finally then, brethren, we urge and exhort in the Lord Jesus that you should abound more and more, just as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God; for you know what commandments we gave … Continue reading
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Love One Another
Brethren, I write no new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you have had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which you heard from the beginning. Again, a new commandment I write to you, which … Continue reading
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The Incorruptible Seed
Having been born again, not of corruptible seed but incorruptible, through the word of God which lives and abides forever, because “All flesh is as grass, And all the glory of man as the flower of the grass. The grass … Continue reading
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Trusting Only In God’s Word
Let Your mercies come also to me, O LORD— Your salvation according to Your word. So shall I have an answer for him who reproaches me, For I trust in Your word. – Psalm 119:41-42. God, as our Heavenly Father … Continue reading
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Beyond All Expectation!
But, as it is written, “What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man imagined, what God has prepared for those who love him”— these things God has revealed to us through the Spirit. For the … Continue reading
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Beware of False Teachers and Teaching
A while back I did a series of expository teachings on the small letter that Jude wrote to believers. I want to reiterate something from that letter today because of the onslaught of falsehood that is confronting Christians today. Sadly, … Continue reading
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