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Some Spiritual Practicalities
I was looking through my notes on messages I have wanted to teach on and ran across this one that I actually meant to post some time ago. As with all things though, when you “try” to serve the Lord … Continue reading
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Tagged 1 John, 1 Peter, 2 Corinthians, Bible, Bible Teaching, Encouragement, Faith, Faithfulness, Flesh, Flesh vs Spirit, God, God's Love, Grace, Heavenly Father, Holy Bible, Holy Scripture, Holy Spirit, Holy Word, Inspiration, Lord, Love, Mark, Ministry, Scripture, Scriptures, Service, Spirit, Spiritual, Spiritual Warfare, Spirituality, Strength, Teaching, Truth, Weakness, Word of God
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I John 2:7-8
1 John 2:7, “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.” The Apostle starts out with the … Continue reading
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Tagged 1 John, Bible, Bible Teaching, Christ Jesus, Christian, Christianity, Encouragement, Faith, God, God's Love, Heavenly Father, Holy Bible, Holy Scripture, Holy Spirit, Holy Word, Inspiration, Jesus, John, Lord, Love, Matthew, New Commandment, Old Commandment, Scripture, Scriptures, Spirituality, Teaching, Truth, Word of God
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I John 2:5-6
1 John 2:5, “But whoever keeps His word, truly the love of God is perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him.” Whenever you see the word “but,” or many times in the Bible, “therefore,” you … Continue reading
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Tagged 1 Peter, Acts, Bible, Bible Teaching, Christ Jesus, Christian, Christianity, Encouragement, Expository Teaching, Faith, God, God's Love, Heavenly Father, Holy Bible, Holy Scripture, Holy Spirit, Holy Word, Jesus, John, Lord, Love, Matthew, Romans, Scripture, Scriptures, Spirituality, Strength, Teaching, Truth, Word of God
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I John 2:3-4
1 John 2:3, “Now by this we know that we know Him, if we keep His commandments.” Have any doubts that you are a Christian, a true follower of Christ Jesus? Any doubts that you are a true believer, born-again, … Continue reading
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Tagged 1 John, Apostle, Bible, Bible Teaching, Christ Jesus, Christianity, Christians, Commandments, Communion, Encouragement, God, God's Love, Heavenly Father, Hebrews, Holy Scripture, Holy Word, Hope, James, Jesus, John, Knowing God, Knowledge, Knowledge of God, Little Children, Lord, Love, Matthew, Relationship, Scripture, Scriptures, Spiritual, Spiritual Intimacy, Spirituality, Teaching, The Law, Truth, Two Greatest Commandments, Word of God
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I John 2:2
1 John 2:2, “And He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the whole world.” In the first verse we discussed at length the Advocacy of Christ Jesus. He is our Interceder, … Continue reading
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Tagged 1 John, Atonement, Bible, Bible Teaching, Choices, Christ Jesus, Christian, Christianity, Expository, Expository Teaching, God, God's Love, Grace, Heavenly Father, Holy Bible, Holy Scripture, Holy Spirit, Holy Word, Jesus, Lord, Love, Propitiation, Romans, Satisfaction, Scripture, Scriptures, Spiritual, Spirituality, Teaching, Truth, Word of God
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I John 2:1
1 John 2:1, “My little children, these things I write to you, so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.” Though in our Bibles, this is the … Continue reading
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Tagged 1 John, 1 Peter, Advocate, Bible, Bible Teaching, Choices, Christ Jesus, Consoler, Faithfulness, Fellowship, Fellowship with God, God, God's Love, Grace, Heavenly Father, Holy Bible, Holy Scripture, Holy Spirit, Holy Word, Intercessor, Jesus, John, Lord, Love, Relationship, Righteous, Righteousnes, Scripture, Scriptures, Spirituality, Teaching, Truth, Word of God
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I John 1:9-10
1 John 1:9, “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” Confession is an ACTION of acknowledgement, not just in our thoughts but also with our … Continue reading
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Tagged 1 John, 1 Timothy, Bible, Bible Teaching, Choices, Christ Jesus, Christian, Christianity, Communion, Encouragement, Faith, Faithfulness, God, God's Love, Grace, Heavenly Father, Holy Bible, Holy Scripture, Holy Spirit, Holy Word, Inspiration, Jesus, Lord, Ministry, Proverbs, Relationship, Romans, Scripture, Scriptures, Strength, Teaching, Truth, Word of God
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I John 1:7-8
1 John 1:7, “But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin.” Praise God for His wonderful … Continue reading
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Tagged 1 John, 2 Corinthians, Bible, Bible Teaching, Christ Jesus, Christian, Christianity, Faith, Faithfulness, God, God's Love, Heavenly Father, Holy Bible, Holy Scripture, Holy Spirit, Holy Word, Inspiration, Jesus, John, Lord, Luke, Romans, Scripture, Scriptures, Teaching, Truth, Word of God
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Which Bible Version Is Inspired?
Other than some training and teaching here and there, I am NOT a formal Bible scholar by any means, and, I have never put myself forward as one, at least purposely. Like the average “church-goer” I know how to use … Continue reading
Posted in Food For Thought
Tagged 1 Corinthians, 1 John, 2 Corinthians, Aramaic, Born Again, Christ Jesus, Church, Church Goers, English, Faith, God, Greek, Heavenly Father, Hebrew, Holy Bible, Holy Scripture, Holy Spirit, Holy Word, Inspiration, Jesus, Latin, Lord, Love, Middle Ages, Ministry, Redemption, Reformation, Relationship, Religion, Romans, Scripture, Scriptures, Spirituality, Spiritually Reborn, Teaching, The Bible, Truth, Word of God
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I John 1:1-4
Some Brief Historical Background Historically and for our purposes this letter was written by the Apostle John. An interesting note is that this letter is not evangelistic in nature, meaning it was not written to the unsaved, rather it was … Continue reading
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Tagged 1 John, 2 John, 2 Timothy, Acts, Bible, Bible Teaching, Christ Jesus, Christian, Communion, Epistles, Fellowhip, Galatians, God, God's Love, Gospel, Heavenly Father, Historical Background, Holy Bible, Holy Scripture, Holy Spirit, Holy Word, Inspiration, Jesus, John, Joy, Koinonia, Lord, Redemption, Savior, Scripture, Scriptures, Spiritual Intimacy, Teaching, Truth, Word of God, Word of Life
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I John Introduction & Overview
To me personally the Epistle of 1 John is by far one of the greatest books or letters in the Bible. You may be asking yourself how I can come to that conclusion, after all, it is only five short … Continue reading
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Tagged 1 John, Bible, Bible Teaching, Christ Jesus, Encouragement, Faith, Faithfulness, Fellowship, God, God's Love, Heavenly Father, Holy Bible, Holy Scripture, Holy Spirit, Hope, Inspiration, Introduction, Jesus, Lord, Love, Overview, Religion, Scripture, Scriptures, Teaching, Truth, Word of God
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Expository Introduction
Isaiah 28:9-13, “Whom will he teach knowledge? And whom will he make to understand the message? Those just weaned from milk? Those just drawn from the breasts? For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept, Line upon line, line … Continue reading
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Tagged 1 Corinthians, 1 John, 2 Corinthians, Acts, Bible, Bible Teaching, Calvary Chapel, Christ Jesus, Church, Exposition, Expository, Expository Teaching, God, Heavenly Father, Holy Bible, Holy Scripture, Holy Spirit, Holy Word, Inspiration, Isaiah, Jesus, Lord, Love, Ministry, Religion, Scripture, Scriptures, Spiritual, Spirituality, Teaching, Truth, Word of God
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The Cure
Romans 16:17, “Now I urge you, brethren, note those who cause divisions and offenses, contrary to the doctrine which you learned, and avoid them.” Colossians 2:8, “Beware lest anyone cheat you through philosophy and empty deceit, according to the tradition … Continue reading
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When You Pray, Pray This Way – Part III
Matthew 11:15, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear!” Let’s continue on from Part II to look at the SPIRIT of “The Lord’s Prayer”: And Forgive us Our Debts, As We Forgive Our Debtors —– In other words, … Continue reading
Posted in Prayer and Praise
Tagged Bible, Bible Teaching, Christ Jesus, Christian, Christianity, Communication, Communion, Encouragement, Evil One, Faith, Glory, God, God's Love, God's Will, Heavenly Father, Holy Bible, Holy Scripture, Holy Spirit, Holy Word, Inspiration, James, Jesus, John, Kingdom, Kingdom of God, Lord, Love, Luke, Matthew, Philippians, Power, Prayer, Relationship, Scripture, Scriptures, Spiritual, Spiritual Intimacy, Spirituality, Strength, Teaching, Temptation, Testing, The Lord's Prayer, Trials, Truth, Word of God
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When You Pray, Pray This Way – Part II
Matthew 11:15, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear!” Let’s continue on from Part I to look at the SPIRIT of “The Lord’s Prayer”: Your Kingdom Come —– Your Kingdom Come, denotes the place where You have personal … Continue reading
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When You Pray, Pray This Way – Part I
1 Corinthians 3:1-4, “And I, brethren, could not speak to you as to spiritual people but as to carnal, as to babes in Christ. I fed you with milk and not with solid food; for until now you were not … Continue reading
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Study To Show Yourself Approved
2 Timothy 2:15, “Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.” (KJV) 2 Timothy 2:15, “Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does … Continue reading
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