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Judgement on the West
You are the salt of the earth. Matthew 5:13 4 For if God …. did not spare the ancient world, but protected Noah, a preacher of righteousness, with seven others, when He brought a flood upon the world of the ungodly; 6 and if He condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction by reducing them to ashes, having made them an example of what is coming for the ungodly; 7 and if He rescued righteous Lot, who…
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Grace, Faith & Works
8 For by grace you have been saved through faith; and this is not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; 9 not a result of works, so that no one may boast. 10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them. Ephesians 2:8-10 There is no more succinct and accurate expression of the relationship between grace,…
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The Day of Small Things
For who has despised the day of small things? Zechariah 4:10 The Lord speaks to Zerubbabel the high priest through the prophet Zechariah and tells him something very important about how He does things: “Not by might, nor by power but by my Spirit” God is extreme, He never says something half-heartedly. When He says…
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3 Things too Wonderful
Three Mysteries Three things are too wonderful for me; four I do not understand:19 the way of an eagle in the sky, the way of a serpent on a rock,the way of a ship on the high seas, and the way of a man with a maiden. Proverbs 30:18-19 The way of an eagle in the sky. As Jesus…
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In your zone
Speaking the truth in love so that you might grow up in all things into Him who is the Head, that is, the Christ From whom the whole body being fitted and united together through each supporting ligament according to the working within its zone of influence of each individual member causes the growth of…
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Heart motivations: The place where Jesus is.
In John’s wonderful account of Jesus’ life we get introduced to Him on earth by John the Baptist (John 1:35-39). John saw something in Him that made him totally un-phased when two of his disciples left him and followed Jesus. Jesus turned around and saw them following and said: “What are you searching for?” It’s…
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A Revelation of Love
God is Love. 1 John 4:8,16 Love believes all things. 1 Cor. 13:7 The Cross is the ultimate proof that God is love. If you have had the experience of being born again and filled with the Holy Spirit, one of the first things He does is convince us that the reason Jesus went to…
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You are dead but don’t be a zombie
And you being dead because of trespasses and sins in which you once walked…. Eph. 2:1 The reward of sin is death.. Romans 6:23 The mystery of iniquity (2 Thessalonians 2) is very puzzling. On the one hand, I know in my mind what is right but in my body I see another principle or…
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Gazing at Someone
John gazed upon Jesus as He was walking. John 1:36 “We are designed for gazing, gazing, a lifestyle of intimacy beholding our God. And the supreme excellence of His divinity exceeds the capacity of our customary speech for God is more truly contemplated than spoken of. And He is more real than our highest experience,…
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Repentance
The Greek word for repentance is “meta noia” which means change your mind. It does not mean change your behaviour. It also does not even mean change the direction you are going in. Both of those interpretations are works based. No, repentance in the bible means change your mind about God. It is often accompanied…
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