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So scripture will be fulfilled
I find the phrasiology in the translations here quite strange - because there is an implication that the people involved were checking Scripture and saying, "Oh yes, we have to do this so that the scripture…
Created 3 months ago
John 18:1 (NIV84), John 18:9 (NIV84), John 18:28 (NIV84), John 18:32 (NIV84), John 18:36 (NIV84), John 18:37 (NIV84)
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Redemption Foretold
We all know the story of Peter and saying he would follow Jesus anywhere but Jesus saying he would deny him 3 times. We know of the shame of Peter in that this betrayal came true. But while Jesus already…
Created 3 months ago
Luke 22:31 (NIV84), Luke 22:32 (NIV84), Luke 22:33 (NIV84), Luke 22:34 (NIV84)
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Unsatisfied Demands on God
The crowd were pleased that a blind man had received his sight and this was done by Jesus when he was with the person who was blind. Jesus touched him or put a muddy paste on his eyes - the latter just…
Created 3 months ago
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Father's never normally run
I have heard that "Middle Eastern Men" don't run. When you also add that this is the head of a house with many servants and animals, these type of men definately don't run.But his joy was so overwhelming…
Created 3 months ago
Luke 15:10 (NIV84), Luke 15:20 (NIV84), Luke 15:21 (NIV84), Luke 15:22 (NIV84), Luke 15:23 (NIV84), Luke 15:24 (NIV84), Romans 5:8 (NIV84)
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Not for Prophet
I always wondered about these two parables. In human terms you are busy working out if the everything the person had was worth more than the treasure in the field or the value of the pearl. In the case…
Created 3 months ago
Matthew 13:44 (KJV), Matthew 13:45 (KJV), Matthew 13:46 (KJV)
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Universalism Debunked!
A number of scholars have the view that God, being a loving God of mercy, will forgive everyone at the judgement. But our God is a God of mercy but also a God of justice.No doubt a significant number…
Created 3 months ago
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The greatest Con Man - ever!
There is a breathtaking cheek by the devil in this temptation. Talk about selling back to someone, something that they have made themselves! God, who made this world is made incarnate in Jesus, and who…
Created 3 months ago
Matthew 4:8 (NIV84), Matthew 4:9 (NIV84), Matthew 4:10 (NIV84)
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The Work of the Spirit
so was the first thing Mary said - "Hi cousin Elizabeth. Guess what, I'm pregnant!". Given that Elizabeth and her dumbstruck husband Zechariah would have been invited to the wedding, they would have found…
Created 3 months ago
Luke 1:41 (NIV84), Luke 1:42 (NIV84), Luke 1:43 (NIV84), Luke 1:44 (NIV84)
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Frustration!
So what you have here is an old man who is internally rejoicing like mad but unable to tell anybody why!When kids are happy they are bouncing up and down but dear old Zechariah possibly has some problems…
Created 3 months ago
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Warning to Pastors
Brothers and Sisters - the Lord is unchanging and His warnings to the priests of Israel are the same then as they are today to those he has entrusted with His word. As a pastor, a priest, a minister -…
Created 3 months ago
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It is not fair - you were to punish not forgive!
These two verses really do sum up God and Man's attitudes to sin.God sent Jonah to Nineveh to preach repentence and that is what they did. So as they had repented, God forgave them, as He forgives us.But…
Created 3 months ago
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A Puzzled God
God is puzzled. Why, with all the blessings he has poured out on Israel, with all the times he has rescued them, do they continue to run after false gods.These gods are nothing, worthless. God is mystified…
Created 3 months ago
Jeremiah 2:1 (NIV84), Jeremiah 2:2 (NIV84), Jeremiah 2:3 (NIV84), Jeremiah 2:4 (NIV84), Jeremiah 2:5 (NIV84), Jeremiah 2:6 (NIV84), Jeremiah 2:7 (NIV84), Jeremiah 2:8 (NIV84), Jeremiah 2:9 (NIV84), Jeremiah 2:10 (NIV84), Jeremiah 2:11 (NIV84), Jeremiah 2:12 (NIV84), Jeremiah 2:13 (NIV84), Jeremiah 2:14 (NIV84), Jeremiah 2:15 (NIV84), Jeremiah 2:16 (NIV84), Jeremiah 2:17 (NIV84), Jeremiah 2:18 (NIV84), Jeremiah 2:19 (NIV84), Jeremiah 2:20 (NIV84), Jeremiah 2:21 (NIV84), Jeremiah 2:22 (NIV84), Jeremiah 2:23 (NIV84), Jeremiah 2:24 (NIV84), Jeremiah 2:25 (NIV84), Jeremiah 2:26 (NIV84), Jeremiah 2:27 (NIV84), Jeremiah 2:28 (NIV84), Jeremiah 2:29 (NIV84), Jeremiah 2:30 (NIV84), Jeremiah 2:31 (NIV84), Jeremiah 2:32 (NIV84), Jeremiah 2:33 (NIV84), Jeremiah 2:34 (NIV84), Jeremiah 2:35 (NIV84), Jeremiah 2:36 (NIV84), Jeremiah 2:37 (NIV84)
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The Lord knows
Jonah was frightened of the reaction of the people of Nineveh from his message from God so he ran away.When he finally accepted God's will and went a preached, the people of Nineveh instantly accepted…
Created 3 months ago
Jonah 3:2 (NIV84), Jonah 3:3 (NIV84), Jonah 3:4 (NIV84), Jonah 3:5 (NIV84), Jonah 3:6 (NIV84)
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Don't prove them right
People only think you are a fool - why say something, you just prove that they were right.
Created 4 months ago
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...and the truth shall set you free
Wasn't my fault! How often are you tempted to pass on the blame and not admit you made a mess.How often are you forgiven for just getting it wrong - but hiding it means criticism later.I spent 20 years…
Created 4 months ago
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Romans 8:28 foretold!
Similarities between Pauls words in Romans and these verses.Commit to the Lord and your plans will succeed - it is NOT Commit to the Lord and he will bless it. Committing to the Lord means asking Him…
Created 4 months ago
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Why not North from the South
In days when the earth was considered to be flat and around which the sun revolved - the points of the compass used in this verse are "east from the west".Start at any point on the globe and travel north.…
Created 4 months ago
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Empty Vessels make the most noise
I really love this verse.There is a saying in English "empty vessels make the most noise". It actually true as there is nothing to absorb the sound so it is amplified, but the meaning is also the ones…
Created 4 months ago
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For all have sinned
Solomon has the same statement as Paul in Romans that all of us are sinners. There is no one who is righteous. Solomon was without the knowledge of Jesus' death and resurrection and therefore can only…
Created 4 months ago
1 Kings 8:46 (NIV84), Romans 3:23 (NIV84), Romans 3:24 (NIV84)
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Rain Down!
Looks like tonight, the sky is heavy Feels like the winds are gonna change Beneath my feet, the earth is ready I know its time for heaven's rain It's gonna rain Cos it's living water we desire To flood…
Created 4 months ago
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Knowing what is right is not doing what is right
Eli's faith in the Lord was such that having been told by God of the wickedness of his family, having been told by Samuel of the message from God about the judgement on his family - the only response…
Created 4 months ago
1 Samuel 3:12 (NIV84), 1 Samuel 3:13 (NIV84), 1 Samuel 3:14 (NIV84), 1 Samuel 3:18 (NIV84)
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Nazarites saved Israel, a Nazarene saved us all
Confusion between Nazarite and Nazarene. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazirite (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazirite) Nazarites were set apart as described in Numbers 6 and the two most described were…
Created 4 months ago
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Negotiation Strategy!
Boaz invites the other Kinsman-Redeemer to buy a field to which he said yes as he thought of all riches from this extra land - but then Boaz brings in the strings attached, that of also taking Ruth as…
Created 4 months ago
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a God for bad times only?
The Israelites were tested and found wanting.They got into trouble and cried to God and he raised up a Judge and saved them but as soon as it was all right again they went back to their old ways until…
Created 4 months ago
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Love Blinds
You have to question Samson for both his stupidity and his arrogance.Three times he told Delilah a story of where his strength lay and believing him she betrayed him to the Philisitines and yet he still…
Created 4 months ago
Judges 16:9 (NIV84), Judges 16:12 (NIV84), Judges 16:14 (NIV84), Judges 16:19 (NIV84)
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Earned a Badge — Created 10 [Public] Notes
2012-01-12
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Earned a Badge — Created First [Public] Note
2011-12-29
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Earned a Badge — Subscribed to First Reading Plan
2011-12-28
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Romans 5:3-4
Romans 5:3-4 (NIV84)
Not only so, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance;Created 7 months ago
Labels: christian evertonian's verse
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Habakkuk 1:1-11
Habakkuk 1:1-11 (NIV84)
The oracle that Habakkuk the prophet received.Created 7 months ago
Labels: reading
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Habakkuk 3:16-18
Habakkuk 3:16-18 (NIV84)
I heard and my heart pounded, my lips quivered at the sound; decay crept into my bones, and my legs trembled. Yet I will wait patiently for the day of calamity to come on the nation invading us.Created 7 months ago
Labels: reading
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Galatians 5:22-23
Galatians 5:22-23 (NIV84)
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,Created 7 months ago
Labels: fruits of the spirit
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Earned a Badge — Created 10 Highlights
2011-10-27
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Ephesians 6:13-17
Ephesians 6:13-17 (NIV84)
Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand.Created 7 months ago
Labels: armour of god
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Ephesians 6:12
Ephesians 6:12 (NIV84)
For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.Created 7 months ago
Labels: we fight a spiritual battle
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Isaiah 53:7
Isaiah 53:7 (NIV84)
He was oppressed and afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth; he was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is silent, so he did not open his mouth.Created 7 months ago
Labels: led like a lamb to the slaughter
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Isaiah 53:7
Isaiah 53:7 (NIV84)
He was oppressed and afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth; he was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is silent, so he did not open his mouth.Created 7 months ago
Labels: led like a lamb to the slaughter
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Earned a Badge — Created 10 Bookmarks
2011-10-23
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Isaiah 53:4-5
Isaiah 53:4-5 (NIV84)
Surely he took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows, yet we considered him stricken by God, smitten by him, and afflicted.Created 7 months ago
Labels: thank god for body piercing
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Romans 6:1-2, Romans 6:6, Romans 6:23
Romans 6:1-2 (NIV84)
What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase?Romans 6:6 (NIV84)
For we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin–Romans 6:23 (NIV84)
For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.Created 7 months ago
Labels: more sin does not mean grace
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Romans 6:23
Romans 6:23 (NIV84)
For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.Created 7 months ago
Labels: wages of sin is death
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Ephesians 2:8-9
Ephesians 2:8-9 (NIV84)
For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith–and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God–Created 7 months ago
Labels: salvation by grace not works
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1 Peter 1:23-25
1 Peter 1:23-25 (NIV84)
For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.Created 7 months ago
Labels: the word of the lord is forever
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Romans 1:16
Romans 1:16 (NIV84)
I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile.Created 7 months ago
Labels: i am not ashamed of the gospel
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Isaiah 55:10-11
Isaiah 55:10-11 (NIV84)
As the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return to it without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish, so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater,Created 7 months ago
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Mark 1:14-15
Mark 1:14-15 (NIV84)
After John was put in prison, Jesus went into Galilee, proclaiming the good news of God.Created 7 months ago
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Romans 10:14-17
Romans 10:14-17 (NIV84)
How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them?Created 7 months ago
Labels: how can they believe if the do not hear and faith comes from hearing
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Romans 3:23-24
Romans 3:23-24 (NIV84)
for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,Created 7 months ago
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Earned a Badge — Created Your First Bookmark
2011-10-22
Phil Roberts
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