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Character, Nature and Attributes of God – 2
*Pastor’s Note: These lessons will be Scripture “heavy,” and though I am forewarning you I cannot apologize because it is the Word of God that brings things into the light. Remember that the Word says in the mouth of two … Continue reading
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Character, Nature and Attributes of God – 1
*Pastor’s Note: These lessons will be Scripture “heavy,” and though I am forewarning you I cannot apologize because it is the Word of God that brings things into the light. Remember that the Word says in the mouth of two … Continue reading
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An Everlasting Treasure
*Pastor’s Note: On keeping with today’s theme of faithfulness and trustworthiness, I offer you this poetry from Sister Deborah Ann Belka from her website, CHRISTian Poetry – By Deborah Ann. It goes right along with God’s trustworthiness and faithfulness towards … Continue reading
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Loving The Word of God
Psalm 12:6, “The words of the LORD are pure words, Like silver tried in a furnace of earth, Purified seven times.” Isaiah 55:11, “So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; It shall not return to Me … Continue reading
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Jude Verse 16
Jude 1:16, “These are grumblers, complainers, walking according to their own lusts; and they mouth great swelling words, flattering people to gain advantage.” I want to continue with the thoughts we left off with concerning the character and nature of … Continue reading
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Tagged Abundance of the Heart, Apostasy, Bible, Bible Teaching, Charisma, Charm, Christ Jesus, Christian, Christianity, Civil Injustice, Complainers, Encouragement, Expository Teaching, False Teachers, Flattery, Fleshly Lusts, God, God Almighty, God's Authority, Gospel of Luke, Gospel of Matthew, Grumblers, Heavenly Father, Holy Bible, Holy Spirit, Inspiration, Instruction, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Jude, Legalistic, Liberal, Life, Line Upon Line, Lord, Lusts, Narrow-Minded, New Testament, Permissiveness, Precept Upon Precept, Progressive, Religion, Righteousness, Salvation, Scripture, Scriptures, Social Injustice, Spirituality, Teaching, Theology, Truth, Warnings, Wolves in Sheep's Clothing, Word of God, Word of Truth
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Prayer To Let Our Light Shine
*Pastor’s Note: This was inspired by the Gospel of Matthew, Chapter 5 verse 16. “Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.” (NASB) … Continue reading
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Jude Verses 14-15
Jude 1:14-15, ‘Now Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied about these men also, saying, “Behold, the Lord comes with ten thousands of His saints, “to execute judgment on all, to convict all who are ungodly among them of all their … Continue reading
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Jude Verses 12-13
Jude 1:12-13, “These are spots in your love feasts, while they feast with you without fear, serving only themselves. They are clouds without water, carried about by the winds; late autumn trees without fruit, twice dead, pulled up by the … Continue reading
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Jude Verse 12
Jude 1:12, “These are spots in your love feasts, while they feast with you without fear, serving only themselves. They are clouds without water, carried about by the winds; late autumn trees without fruit, twice dead, pulled up by the … Continue reading
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Our Awesome God! – 2
Part Two: Okay, moving on from Part One where we were talking about Darwin’s false theory of evolution. Now, as a scientific fact, due to fossil records and such (I know some “Christians” even dispute this), for instance, it has … Continue reading
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When God Reveals The Truth
Daniel 2:47, The king answered Daniel and said, “Surely your God is a God of gods and a Lord of kings and a revealer of mysteries, since you have been able to reveal this mystery.” (NASB). My wife and I, … Continue reading
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Jude Verse 11
Jude 1:11, “Woe to them! For they have gone in the way of Cain, have run greedily in the error of Balaam for profit, and perished in the rebellion of Korah.” We continue where we left off in verse 11. … Continue reading
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From The Abundance of The Heart – 4
Part Four: Continuing on now from Part Three: Let’s look at the difference that Jesus made in the lives of tax collectors and prostitutes and especially in relation to the letter of the Law, versus the Spirit of the Law. … Continue reading
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From The Abundance of The Heart – 3
Part Three: Continuing on now from Part Two: Those of us who are supposed to be true spiritual leaders as compared to the many religious leaders, instead of teaching others to demonstrate and show love to only their brothers and … Continue reading
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Character, Nature and Attributes of God – 3
*Pastor’s Note: These lessons will be Scripture “heavy,” and though I am forewarning you I cannot apologize because it is the Word of God that brings things into the light. Remember that the Word says in the mouth of two … Continue reading →