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Romans 2:4
Romans 2:4 (ESV)
Or do you presume on the riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience, not knowing that God's kindness is meant to lead you to repentance?Created 4 months ago
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No excuse
God has been revealed to all, because God Himself showed it to them. Nobody has any excuse.
Created 4 months ago
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It's *not* all about me!
Just the first 7 verses — 1 sentence in many translations — and Paul says so much about himself. How? By saying so little! Check it out for yourself. He gives his resume, sure, but he describes who Christ…
Created 4 months ago
Romans 1:1 (ESV), Romans 1:2 (ESV), Romans 1:3 (ESV), Romans 1:4 (ESV), Romans 1:5 (ESV), Romans 1:6 (ESV), Romans 1:7 (ESV)
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They begged to be generous
Now how strange does that sound to the 21st century American ear? These people wanted to give! They desperately wanted to be generous "of their own accord." How could this be? Verse 5 seems to hold…
Created 6 months ago
2 Corinthians 8:3 (ESV), 2 Corinthians 8:4 (ESV), 2 Corinthians 8:5 (ESV)
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Salvation by works? Give me a break!
What is it about we sinful, cursed humans? We want to take the words of James and say that faith is something we have a part in, so that we can have "bragging rights" about our "proof" of our faith that…
Created 9 months ago
Romans 4:2 (NET), Romans 4:3 (NET), Romans 4:4 (NET), Romans 4:5 (NET), Romans 4:6 (NET), Romans 4:7 (NET), Romans 4:8 (NET), Romans 4:9 (NET), Romans 4:10 (NET), Romans 4:11 (NET), Romans 4:12 (NET), Romans 4:13 (NET), Romans 4:14 (NET), Romans 4:15 (NET), Romans 4:16 (NET), Ephesians 2:1 (NET), Ephesians 2:2 (NET), Ephesians 2:3 (NET), Ephesians 2:4 (NET), Ephesians 2:5 (NET), Ephesians 2:6 (NET), Ephesians 2:7 (NET), Ephesians 2:8 (NET), Ephesians 2:9 (NET), Ephesians 2:10 (NET), James 2:1 (NET), James 2:2 (NET), James 2:3 (NET), James 2:4 (NET), James 2:5 (NET), James 2:6 (NET), James 2:7 (NET), James 2:8 (NET), James 2:9 (NET), James 2:10 (NET), James 2:11 (NET), James 2:12 (NET), James 2:13 (NET), James 2:14 (NET), James 2:15 (NET), James 2:16 (NET), James 2:17 (NET), James 2:18 (NET), James 2:19 (NET), James 2:20 (NET), James 2:21 (NET), James 2:22 (NET), James 2:23 (NET), James 2:24 (NET), James 2:25 (NET), James 2:26 (NET)
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Good grief!
So many Christians get messed up with dealing with others. One group believe that they should never hurt anyone else's feelings, that only love should be shown. Another group, though, feels obligated…
Created 10 months ago
2 Corinthians 7:7 (ESV), 2 Corinthians 7:8 (ESV), 2 Corinthians 7:9 (ESV), 2 Corinthians 7:10 (ESV), 2 Corinthians 7:11 (ESV)
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2 Corinthians 6:9
2 Corinthians 6:9 (ESV)
as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold, we live; as punished, and yet not killed;Created 10 months ago
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Survival Sometimes is Sufficient
Why have we demeaned those who say, "I know what you're going through?" Sure, sometimes it's cold comfort, or we think we're unusual enough that nobodyhas been through what we've been through. Outside…
Created 10 months ago
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2 Corinthians 3:9
2 Corinthians 3:9 (ESV)
For if there was glory in the ministry of condemnation, the ministry of righteousness must far exceed it in glory.Created 12 months ago
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I've always found it interesting that this verse claims…
I've always found it interesting that this verse claims that nobody can speak the words "Jesus is Lord" without the Holy Spirit. With the recent focus on end times, courtesy of Harold Camping, the thought…
Created 12 months ago
Exodus 10:1 (ESV), Exodus 10:20 (ESV), Exodus 10:27 (ESV), Exodus 11:10 (ESV), Exodus 14:8 (ESV), 1 Corinthians 12:3 (ESV), Revelation 16:8 (ESV), Revelation 16:10 (ESV), Revelation 16:11 (ESV), Revelation 16:21 (ESV)
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1 Kings 8:39
1 Kings 8:39 (NET)
then listen from your heavenly dwelling place, forgive their sin, and act favorably toward each one based on your evaluation of his motives. (Indeed you are the only one who can correctly evaluate the motives of all people.)Created about 1 year ago
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Romans 5:10
Romans 5:10 (ESV)
For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life.Created about 1 year ago
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Galatians 3:2
Galatians 3:2 (ESV)
Let me ask you only this: Did you receive the Spirit by works of the law or by hearing with faith?Created about 1 year ago
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Galatians 3:3
Galatians 3:3 (ESV)
Are you so foolish? Having begun by the Spirit, are you now being perfected by the flesh?Created about 1 year ago
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His Love Endures Forever
Whoever said “the Old Testament God” had no love or mercy obviously skipped over these verses. Compare them to Romans 8:35-39!
Created about 1 year ago
Psalm 89:30 (ESV), Psalm 89:31 (ESV), Psalm 89:32 (ESV), Psalm 89:33 (ESV), Psalm 89:34 (ESV)
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Commandments Redux
Moses provided the tablets this time, but God said He would still do the writing. Moses did, though, write some other stuff down. Or did God replace the commandments in Exodus 20? No, because they are…
Created about 1 year ago
Exodus 34:1 (ESV), Exodus 34:4 (ESV), Exodus 34:10 (ESV), Exodus 34:11 (ESV), Exodus 34:12 (ESV), Exodus 34:13 (ESV), Exodus 34:14 (ESV), Exodus 34:15 (ESV), Exodus 34:16 (ESV), Exodus 34:17 (ESV), Exodus 34:18 (ESV), Exodus 34:19 (ESV), Exodus 34:20 (ESV), Exodus 34:21 (ESV), Exodus 34:22 (ESV), Exodus 34:23 (ESV), Exodus 34:24 (ESV), Exodus 34:25 (ESV), Exodus 34:26 (ESV), Exodus 34:27 (ESV), Exodus 34:28 (ESV)
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God Sets Authority
Note here that the prayer of the people admits that the kings who ruled over captive Israel were set up by God, though it was due to their rebellion.
Created about 1 year ago
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The Importance of Baptism to Paul
Consider This: if baptism were necessary for salvation, wouldn't Paul have wanted to baptize more people, and remember who they were?
Created about 1 year ago
1 Corinthians 1:14 (ESV), 1 Corinthians 1:15 (ESV), 1 Corinthians 1:16 (ESV)
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Did God "put aside" Israel?
According to this passage, He did not! Rather, Israel left God.
Created about 1 year ago
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I Can't Do All Things Alone
Some of us get all prideful when we "serve God" and try to do everything on our own, "through Christ." Sometimes, though, it's too much for one person. That's what Jethro had to teach the great man Moses.…
Created about 1 year ago
Exodus 18:17 (ESV), Exodus 18:18 (ESV), Exodus 18:19 (ESV), Exodus 18:20 (ESV), Exodus 18:21 (ESV), Exodus 18:22 (ESV), Exodus 18:23 (ESV)
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Calling Into Existence
I wonder what the "Word of Faith" types do with this verse, that says that God, not man, calls things that don't exist into existence?
Created about 1 year ago
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Romans 3:20
Romans 3:20 (ESV)
For by works of the law no human being will be justified in his sight, since through the law comes knowledge of sin.Created about 1 year ago
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Romans 3:22
Romans 3:22 (ESV)
the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction:Created about 1 year ago
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Romans 3:23
Romans 3:23 (ESV)
for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,Created about 1 year ago
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Romans 3:23
Romans 3:23 (ESV)
for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,Created about 1 year ago
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Romans 3:25
Romans 3:25 (ESV)
whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God's righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins.Created about 1 year ago
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Romans 3:26
Romans 3:26 (ESV)
It was to show his righteousness at the present time, so that he might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.Created about 1 year ago
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Romans 3:27
Romans 3:27 (ESV)
Then what becomes of our boasting? It is excluded. By what kind of law? By a law of works? No, but by the law of faith.Created about 1 year ago
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Romans 3:28
Romans 3:28 (ESV)
For we hold that one is justified by faith apart from works of the law.Created about 1 year ago
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Romans 3:30
Romans 3:30 (ESV)
since God is one—who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through faith.Created about 1 year ago
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Romans 14:1
Romans 14:1 (ESV)
As for the one who is weak in faith, welcome him, but not to quarrel over opinions.Created about 1 year ago
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Romans 14:2
Romans 14:2 (ESV)
One person believes he may eat anything, while the weak person eats only vegetables.Created about 1 year ago
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Romans 14:3
Romans 14:3 (ESV)
Let not the one who eats despise the one who abstains, and let not the one who abstains pass judgment on the one who eats, for God has welcomed him.Created about 1 year ago
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Romans 14:4
Romans 14:4 (ESV)
Who are you to pass judgment on the servant of another? It is before his own master that he stands or falls. And he will be upheld, for the Lord is able to make him stand.Created about 1 year ago
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Wrath Turned Away
Hezekiah suffered the same sickness no human, save One, has ever been able to resist: Pride! In these days, before the blood of the one final sacrificial Lamb had been given, God's wrath was only held…
Created over 1 year ago
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One True, Unique God!
The enemy thought this was going to be easy. He taunted the people of God, bragging that he had overcome all the other little gods of all of his other opponents. He foolishly thought the "god of the Israelites"…
Created over 1 year ago
2 Chronicles 32:19 (ESV), 2 Chronicles 32:20 (ESV), 2 Chronicles 32:21 (ESV), 2 Chronicles 32:22 (ESV)
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Psalm 53:1
Psalm 53:1 (ESV)
The fool says in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt, doing abominable iniquity; there is none who does good.Created over 1 year ago
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They Rejoiced To Pay The Tax
How strange does it sound to those of us spoiled by prosperity in the USA to be happy, let alone rejoice, in paying a tax? This sounds especially true this time of year, when people are filling out their…
Created over 1 year ago
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How We Are Separated from God
I find it interesting that David is able, somehow, to see the angel bringing the plague upon Israel, but David can only hear from God through Gad. It seems strange, now that the Holy Spirit resides in…
Created over 1 year ago
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Just Can't Please Ahab
So Jehoshaphat somehow knew that these prophets of Israel were not from "the LORD." He asks for the one guy who wasn't popular with Ahab, probably because he spoke the truth. As he arrived, the 400 prophets…
Created over 1 year ago
2 Chronicles 18:12 (ESV), 2 Chronicles 18:13 (ESV), 2 Chronicles 18:14 (ESV), 2 Chronicles 18:15 (ESV), 2 Chronicles 18:17 (ESV)
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Dude, Listen for Once!
Sometimes Peter just didn't get it. Even after he had become such a great apostle & preacher, he still fell back to his old habits. Maybe I'm being too harsh here. Perhaps he thought God was giving him…
Created over 1 year ago
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Read Carefully!
The Mephibosheth that was turned over to be killed was NOT the son of Jonathan, but his cousin.
Created over 1 year ago
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When "Good Deeds" Override Godly Deeds
Recently I participated in an online blog discussion about large churches spending money on large buildings rather than helping the needy locally and/or globally. The "gospel of social justice" has been…
Created over 1 year ago
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Acts 5:29
Acts 5:29 (ESV)
But Peter and the apostles answered, "We must obey God rather than men.Created over 1 year ago
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"We Don't Do It That Way Here."
Interesting that Jacob gets a fake-out from his Uncle Laban that is similar, but opposite, to what elevated both him and his father, Isaac, to their status. Jacob fooled Isaac into giving him the patriarchal…
Created over 1 year ago
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The Eyes Didn't Have It
According to the NLT Study Bible notes, the comment about Leah's eyes, which various translations render as "weak" or "soft" or "delicate," has an uncertain meaning in the Hebrew. We can't tell if she…
Created over 1 year ago
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2 Corinthians 12:9
2 Corinthians 12:9 (ESV)
But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me.Created over 1 year ago
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You Want Proof? You Have Enough.
So often an atheist, especially one with a scientific slant, will demand proof of God, Heaven, an after-life, or the truth of the Gospel. The problem is that no proof is good enough for them; they won't…
Created over 1 year ago
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1 John 5:4
1 John 5:4 (ESV)
For everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith.Created over 1 year ago
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1 John 5:5
1 John 5:5 (ESV)
Who is it that overcomes the world except the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?Created over 1 year ago
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