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sinner or saint
Paul here isn't magnifying his darkness as a sinner. He's exalting the grace of Christ as Savior. Don't mistake the verse breaks (added by translators as a reference tool) as justification for taking…
Created 28 days ago
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drawing all...
The word "men" or "people" is in italics, meaning that it was added by translators to give the verse some clarity. Without the addition the verse reads, "If I be lifted up from the earth, I will draw…
Created about 1 month ago
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God the unjust
Consider the beautiful satire of Jesus (who is God) comparing God to an unjust judge. No wonder they wanted to kill Him. He is as merciful as He wants to be, not as just as we think He ought to be. Mans…
Created about 1 month ago
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Earned a Badge — Shared a Bible Reference
2012-04-10
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angry no more
There is no record in the New Testament of God ever being angry with a believer. You are God's beloved. There's little to be gained by striving to love God more. There is much to be gained in meditating…
Created 3 months ago
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thanks, God, but no
The quest for an increase of revelation knowledge is both the right and the responsibility of the believer who has surrendered to the Holy Spirit. It's not a quest that has no hope of fulfillment. Meditate…
Created 3 months ago
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the strongest link in the covenant
A year ago today my wife and I stood in the courtyard of Notre Dame in Paris, France to renew our covenant vows. The amazing thing about covenant in the Kingdom is that the strength of it is reliant upon…
Created 3 months ago
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shaken, not stirred
It's good to check your footing once in awhile. If what you're standing on is not solid, it's an act of mercy for God to remind you of that fact every now and then. Otherwise you may never discern the…
Created 3 months ago
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my how smart you are
Selfishness is the manifestation of evil. Prior to Gen 3:7 Adam and Eve were so in awe of the presence of God and His world they weren't even aware of their own nakedness. In a selfless innocence is the…
Created 4 months ago
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imparting faith
This woman's act of radical love in worship is called "faith" by Christ. Faith is a gift of God. When grace is released to you it imparts faith. To impart faith to another, release grace.
Created 4 months ago
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the desire and the deliverer
Paul's expressed desire here is a great thought. To be blameless, spirit, soul, body, and to be fully sanctified and so on. Stuff that's so far out of reach that it sounds like wishful thinking. Matter…
Created 4 months ago
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keep calm and enjoy the peace
Behold the profound power of calmly turning your attention away from an enemy whose aim is to steal just one more moment of the redemptive peace Christ paid for with fierce passion. Once an enemy has…
Created 4 months ago
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skill and anointing, love and vision
Just because you're anointed to lead doesn't mean you're good at it. It's a skill that requires a teachable heart willing to listen to the voice of God. Loveless leaders default to bringing correction…
Created 5 months ago
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when mans action directs Gods activity
It stands to reason that God has a will and humble servitude dictates that we go with it. If the expressed intention of God is to curse who are we to tell Him no thanks? It's the passive and powerless…
Created 5 months ago
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identity adoption
Somehow, by some means, we are expected to do the impossible. To adopt the identity of Christ's love as the standard by which we interact with one another. The declaration of commandment makes this a…
Created 5 months ago
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the higher law
With the endless debates on law vs grace it's easy to overlook the reality that there is more than one law. But the nature of legality is that only the strongest law matters. This verse exposes and contrasts…
Created 7 months ago
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patience and apathy
There's a fine line between the virtue of patience and the virus of apathy. Apathy is patience infected by offense.
Created 7 months ago
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the power of the gift
Elisha can surely stand on his own as a prophet empowered by God. But God's design is that we both appreciate and draw from the gifts of another. Being smart enough to humble yourself yields success.…
Created 8 months ago
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key to healing
The key to the health of mind is the purity of heart. (James 4:8) The dilemma is that you can't change your heart and God won't change your mind. But if you will change your mind, God will change your…
Created 8 months ago
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how to change your heart
The key to the health of mind is the purity of heart. The dilemma is that you can't change your heart and God won't change your mind. But if you will change your mind, God will change your heart. You're…
Created 8 months ago
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lowered expectations
When Jesus was with the disciples He was the Messiah, but when He dies He is now reduced in their eyes to merely a powerful prophet. Disappointment will lower our expectations of the nature of God's goodness…
Created 9 months ago
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You're too good for me
If you slam Jonah don't do it in regards to his relationship with God. We know he's got a close one, because of two important clues. He initially says "no" when the word of the Lord comes to him. How…
Created 9 months ago
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the fear of goodness
There is a realm of His goodness that will take the church into an awestruck revelation of the fear of the Lord. True fear of the Lord draws us near, low, confident, surrendered. When you have a revelation…
Created 9 months ago
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the threshold of hunger
The previous verse keys in on passion and repentance as non-negotiable elements of intimacy with God and leads up to that very invitation in this verse. Ok, it's gotta be pointed out that this is the…
Created 9 months ago
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The Voice within the voice
In all of the verses prior to this one, David is the obvious speaker, and has spent those 13 verses declaring the promises of God over His people for protection and deliverance. Suddenly, speaking these…
Created 9 months ago
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the dream within a dream
In Rev 1:10, John is purposeful about being "in the Spirit" on the Lords Day, and it's in this context that He sees the resurrected Christ in full on power and glory. Yet in Rev 4:2 he answers a call…
Created 10 months ago
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Galatians 2:17
Galatians 2:17 (NASB)
But if, while seeking to be justified in Christ, we ourselves have also been found sinners, is Christ then a minister of sin? May it never be!Created 10 months ago
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Earned a Badge — Created 10 [Public] Notes
2011-07-21
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Earned a Badge — Created First [Public] Note
2011-04-09
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Earned a Badge — Created Your First Bookmark
2011-04-09
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Ephesians 1:17
Ephesians 1:17 (NASB)
that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of Him.Created about 1 year ago
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