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I John 5:6-8
1 John 5:6-8, “This is He who came by water and blood–Jesus Christ; not only by water, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who bears witness, because the Spirit is truth. For there are three that … Continue reading
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Man’s Wisdom
“But everyone who hears these sayings of Mine, and does not do them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand: and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on … Continue reading
Posted in 'Nuff Said!
Tagged Bible, Bible Teaching, Choices, Christ Jesus, Christianity, Faithfulness, God, Gospel of Matthew, Grace, Hope, Man's Wisdom, Matthew, Relationship, Scriptures, Sinking Sand, Spirituality, Strength, Teaching, Truth, Word of God, World's Wisdom
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I John 5:1-5
1 John 5:1-5, “Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves Him who begot also loves him who is begotten of Him. By this we know that we love the children of God, … Continue reading
Posted in Expository Teaching
Tagged "If It Feels Good Do It", 1 Corinthians, 1 John, Acts, Athlete, Because They Love, Bible, Bible Teaching, Born Again, Born of God, Born of the Spirit, Brothers and Sisters, Choices, Christ and Him Crucified, Christ Jesus, Christianity, Christians, Commandments, Encouragement, Faith, Faith Muscles, Faithfulness, Family, Family of God, Fruit of the Spirit, Galatians, God of This World, God's Commandments, God's Love, Godly Wisdom, Heavenly Father, Hebrews, His Burden is Light, Holy Bible, Holy Spirit, Human Wisdom, Inspiration, Jesus, John, Joy, Lord, Love, Loving God, Matthew, Nehemiah, Overcomers, Overcomes, Pleasing God, Power, Scriptures, Slogan, Spiritual Power, Spiritual Wisdom, Spirituality, Spiritually Reborn, Spiritually Renewed, Strength, Surrender, Take His Yoke, Teaching, Training, True Christ-Followers, True Christians, Truth, Victory, Wisdom of Men, Word of God
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The Certainty of The Lord’s Judgment
“For I, the LORD, do not change; . . .” – Malachi 3:6a. “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.” – Hebrews 13:8. “Forever, O LORD, Your word is settled in heaven.” – Psalm 119:89. “Heaven and … Continue reading
Posted in Pastor's Desk
Tagged 1 Corinthians, 1 Peter, 2 Chronicles, Bible, Bible Teaching, Body of Christ, Certainty of Judgement, Choices, Christ Came to Fulfill, Christianity, Church of God, Daniel, Drafted, Encouragement, Enlisted, Epidemic, Ezekiel, Faithfulness, Famine, God Does Not Change, God's Appointed, God's Army, God's Love, God's Warriors, Grace, Heavenly Father, Hebrews, Holy Bible, Hope, In God We Trust, Inspiration, Jesus Christ Does Not Change, Job, John, Judgement, Lord, Love, Malachi, Matthew, Nation, Nations, Noah, Pandemic, President Trump, Psalms, Relationship, Relevance, Relevant, Righteous, Righteousness, Romans, Scriptures, Sin, Soldiers, Spirituality, Strength, Sword, Teaching, Temptations, The Law and The Prophets, The Word Does Not Change, Truth, United States of America, Voluntary, War, Word of God, World Leaders
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Standing On The Word of God
We took a break this evening after watching some Deep Ocean documentaries on Curiosity Stream and my wife decided to check out some Facebook posts. I had to take care of our girl, Bella and her canine diabetes shot and … Continue reading
Posted in Pastor's Desk
Tagged 2 Timothy, Apostasy, Apostle Paul, Believing a Lie, Choices, ChristianHeadlines.com, False Prophets, False Teachers, God Is Just, God Loves, Hebrews, Homosexuality, Jeremiah The Weeping Prophet, John, Last Days, Leaders, Loving God, Luke, Marriage, Matthew, Michael Foust, Pastors, Perilous Times, Perversion, Same Sex Marriage, Scriptures, Shepherds, Sin, Teaching, Teaching Lies, The Great Shepherd, Truth, Turning Away From Truth, Under-Shepherds, Word of God
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True Love
I was reading in the Book of Jeremiah this morning as I have been doing for a few days now and while I was reading, my wife Sue found this picture post on Facebook. It’s simple, yet so powerful in … Continue reading
Posted in Food For Thought
Tagged "It Is Finished", Afflicted, Agape, Book of Jeremiah, Bruised For Iniquities, Choices, Christ Jesus, Christianity, Crown of Thorns, Do Love, Encouragement, Faithfulness, Feel Love, Feelings, Food For Thought, Forsaken, God's Love, Golgotha, Hit Over Head, Hope, Humiliation, Inspiration, Isaiah, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Jesus Grief and Sorrows, Lord, Love, Love in Action, Matthew, Mocked, Nailed To Cross, Relationship, Scriptures, Smitten, Spirituality, Stricken, Stripped, Suffered Lashes, Teaching, True Love, Truth, Via Dolorosa, Word of God, Wounded For Transgressions
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Christ Jesus Is Truth!
I’ve been doing a theme today on TRUTH on the social media platform Facebook and I’ve been looking over several websites and articles that deal with science and the “truth!” Now understand something, I love the different sciences and I … Continue reading
Posted in Pastor's Desk
Tagged 2 Timothy, Absolute Truth, Alfred Jepsen, Bible, Bible Teaching, Daniel, Encouragement, Ephesians, Faithfulness, Gift of Discernment, God is Eternal, God is Infinite, Godly Wisdom, Heavenly Father, Hebrews, Holy Bible, Inspiration, John, Knowledge, Knowledge on the Increase, LiveScience, Lord, Love, Luke, Malachi, Mark, Matthew, Omniscience, Omniscient, Psalms, Relationship, Reliability, Revelation, Science, Scientific Fact, Scientist, Scriptures, Spirituality, Teaching, Truth, Unchangeable, Word of God
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A Word of Encouragement – A Vision
To The Laborers In The Fields “But when He saw the multitudes, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were weary and scattered, like sheep having no shepherd. Then He said to His disciples, “The harvest truly is … Continue reading
Posted in Pastor's Desk
Tagged Anointing Oil, Bible, Cultivation, Discouraged, Encourage One Another, Encouragement, Evangelists, Exhorters, Faithfulness, Galatians, God's Love, Good News, Gospel, Grace, Harvest, Harvest is Ripe, Holy Spirit, Holy Spirit Anointing, Hope, Inspiration, Jesus, John, Living Water, Love, Matthew, Nurturing, Preachers, Psalms, Reaping, Scriptures, Sowing Seeds, Spirituality, Strength, Teachers, Teaching, The Seeds of the Good News, Tired, Truth, Vessels, Vision, Weariness, Word of God
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Heaven or Hell
I know it seems the “theme” for today is Heaven and Hell, in fact, more Hell than Heaven. To be thoroughly honest, I don’t like to preach or speak about Hell. That’s not me – for the most part. BUT … Continue reading
Posted in Pastor's Desk
Tagged 1 John, 1 Timothy, 2 Corinthians, 2 Peter, 2 Thessalonians, Bible, Choice, Choices, Creator, Darkness, Devil, Encouragement, Eternal Life, Faith, Faithfulness, Gnashing Teeth, God, God Almighty, God of This Age, God's Love, Heaven or Hell, Heavenly Father, Hidden Gospel, Holy Bible, Holy Spirit, Hope, Inspiration, Lord, Love, Matthew, No Love, Pain, Reject Christ, Reject God, Satan, Scriptures, Teaching, Torment, Truth, Veiled Gospel, Wailing, Word of God
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Tickets Please!
I heard it again. Boy, do I hate hearing this. I am astounded and amazed all the time at how the world and those who love this world think they have all the answers and their answers are wiser than … Continue reading
Posted in Pastor's Desk
Tagged 2 Peter, Bible, Choice, Choose, Christ Jesus, Christianity, Encouragement, Faith, Faithfulness, Fallen Angels, Free Gift, Gift, God, God is Spirit, God's Love, Gospel of John, Heaven, Heavenly Father, Hell, Holy Bible, Jesus, John, Left, Lord, Matthew, Paid in Full, Relationship, Right, Rod Serling, Scriptures, Spiritual Intimacy, Spirituality, Strength, Teaching, Ticket Agent, Train Station, Truth, Twilight Zone, Word of God, Worship In Spirit and Truth
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Go and Sin No More!
I have fought within myself as to whether to address this or not and I would rather just give the particulars without any names and yet, we as teachers AND preachers, ministers (servants) of the Word of God have to … Continue reading
Posted in Pastor's Desk
Tagged 1 Corinthians, 1 John, Apostle Paul, Beloved, Beloved Apostle John, Bible, Bible Teaching, Celebrities, Choices, Christ Did Not Compromise, Christ Jesus, Christianity, Encouragement, Eternal Point of View, Faith, Faithfulness, Gays, God, God's Love, Gospel of John, Gospel of Luke, Gospel of Matthew, Grace, Heavenly Father, Hebrews, Hollywood, Holy Spirit, Homosexuals, Inspiration, Jesus, John, Lady Gaga, LGBT, Lord, Love, Luke, Matthew, No Respecter of Persons, President Donald Trump, Romans, Scriptures, Spirituality, Strength, Teaching, Teaching Truth in Love, Truth, Vice-President Mike Pence, Word of God
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The Unveiling of Reprobation
I am stepping away from my usual teaching to touch on something controversial yet also so very important in a true disciple of Christ’s life as we journey the paths the Lord sets before us, (Psalms 37:23). Because of the … Continue reading
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Tagged 1 John, 2 Corinthians, 2 Timothy, Attributes, Bible, Bible Teaching, Character, Christ Jesus, Christianity, Corrupt, Debased, Degenerate, Depravity, Dictionary.com, Encouragement, Faithfulness, Foolish, God, God's Love, Gospel of John, Heavenly Father, Hebrews, Hillary Clinton, Holy Bible, Holy Spirit, Hope, Immoral, Inspiration, Jeremiah, Jesus, Judgement, Lord, Matthew, Nature, New York Times Sunday Book Review, Proverbs, Psalms, Relationship, Reprobate, Reprobation, Scriptures, Simple-Minded, Spiritual Intimacy, Spirituality, Strength, Teaching, The Huffington Post, Titus, Truth, Vile, Wanton, Wicked, Wisdom, Word of God
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A Study In Context
1 Peter 5:8, “Your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.” Luke 12:19, “‘And I will say to my soul, “Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years; take your ease; … Continue reading
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I John 4:1-3
1 John 4:1-3, “Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets have gone out into the world. By this you know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses … Continue reading
Posted in Expository Teaching
Tagged 1 John, Abiding Holy Spirit, Antichrist, Antichrists, Beloved Apostle, Bible, Bible Teaching, Choices, Christ Jesus, Christ's Example, Christianity, Commands, Discernment, Disciples of Christ, Encouragement, Expository Teaching, Faithfulness, Followers of Christ, Gifts Given, God Almighty, God's Love, Guarding Body of Christ, Heavenly Father, Holy Bible, Holy Spirit, Hope, Indwelling Holy Spirit, Inspiration, Jesus the Nazarene, John, Living Word of God, Lord, Love, Luke, Mark, Matthew, Matthew Henry, Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible, Relationship, Scriptures, Spirit of Antichrist, Spiritual Gifts, Spiritual Intimacy, Strength, Teaching, Test The Spirits, The Father and I are One, The Living Word, True Christians, Truth, Warnings, Word of God
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Forgiveness Is Not Optional
Acts 13:38-41, “Therefore let it be known to you, brethren, that through this Man is preached to you the forgiveness of sins; and by Him everyone who believes is justified from all things from which you could not be justified … Continue reading
Posted in Pastor's Desk
Tagged 1 John, 2 Timothy, Acts, Admonishment, Agape, Agape Love, Bible, Bible Teaching, Choices, Christ Jesus, Christian, Christianity, Colossians, Correction, Discipline, Encouragement, Faithfulness, Forgiveness, God's Attributes, God's Character, God's Love, God's Nature, God's Perfect Will, Grace, Guidance, Heavenly Father, Holy Bible, Holy Spirit, Inspiration, Instruction, Instruction in Righteousness, Jesus, Lord, Love, Luke, Matthew, Scriptures, Spirituality, Strength, Teaching, Truth, Unconditional Love, Unforgiveness, Walking In Forgiveness, Walking With Christ, Word of God
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A Christmas Prayer
Oh Holy and Heavenly Father, we come to you in the precious name of the Gift you sent us, Jesus Christ; During this season Lord, with so much going on in the world and our nation, we ask that you … Continue reading
Posted in Prayer and Praise
Tagged Choices, Christ Jesus, Christianity, Christmas, Christmas Prayer, Christmas Season, Exalted, Faith, Gift, Heavenly Father, Holy Spirit, Hope, Jesus Christ, John, Lord, Love, Majestic, Matthew, Prayer and Praise, Reflection, Rejoicing, Relationship, Son of God, Sovereign, Sovereignty, Throne of God
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Joy – A Christmas Gift
The Gift: “And it happened, when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, that the babe leaped in her womb; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. Then she spoke out with a loud voice and said, “Blessed are you … Continue reading
Posted in Holiday Inspiration
Tagged 1 Chronicles, 1 John, 1 Peter, 1 Samuel, Acts, Bible, Bible Teaching, Christ Jesus, Christian Quotes, Christianity, Christmas, Christmas Season, Clement of Rome, Ecclesiastes, Encouragement, Ezra, Faith, Faithfulness, Francis of Assissi, Galatians, God, God's Love, Habakkuk, Heavenly Father, Henry, Holiday Inspiration, Holy Bible, Hope, Ingelow, Inspiration, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Jesus, Job, John, Lord, Love, Luke, Marmion, Matthew, Nehemiah, Philippians, Psalms, Quotes, Romans, Scriptures, Smith, Spirituality, Spurgeon, Sunday, Teaching, Truth, Word of God
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Birth of The Bride
Many of you who have followed me on WordPress and have read my articles know that recently I have been doing a lot more warnings involving the Nation of the United States as well as other nations in general. The … Continue reading →