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Earned a Badge — Subscribed to First Reading Plan
2011-09-01
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God as Light
What does this passage mean when it says God is light? God is the opposite of something. There are some things that God is and there are other things that God is not. And what God is not, he is not at…
Created 12 months ago
1 John 1:5 (ESV), 1 John 1:6 (ESV), 1 John 1:7 (ESV), 1 John 1:8 (ESV), 1 John 1:9 (ESV), 1 John 1:10 (ESV)
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Fellowship with the Eternal
There is only one thing truly eternal that has been heard, seen, and touched by man: Jesus. How did this happen? He was made manifest. He became man. The eternal and infinite one fit himself into 33…
Created 12 months ago
1 John 1:1 (ESV), 1 John 1:2 (ESV), 1 John 1:3 (ESV), 1 John 1:4 (ESV)
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Jesus is the Minister of a Better Covenant
Here is the summary: Jesus is God's one true high priest, truly unique from and better than all the priests of the Jewish law. One reason Jesus is better is that the covenant that makes him high priest…
Created about 1 year ago
Hebrews 8:1 (ESV), Hebrews 8:2 (ESV), Hebrews 8:3 (ESV), Hebrews 8:4 (ESV), Hebrews 8:5 (ESV), Hebrews 8:6 (ESV), Hebrews 8:7 (ESV), Hebrews 8:8 (ESV), Hebrews 8:9 (ESV), Hebrews 8:10 (ESV), Hebrews 8:11 (ESV), Hebrews 8:12 (ESV), Hebrews 8:13 (ESV)
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Rebellion Wants Rest but Does Not Find It
At the foundation of rebellion is hardness of heart, an unwillingness to trust God in the midst of trials, disappointment, or difficulty. Consider what the Israelites experienced and did in response…
Created about 1 year ago
Hebrews 3:7 (ESV), Hebrews 3:8 (ESV), Hebrews 3:9 (ESV), Hebrews 3:10 (ESV), Hebrews 3:11 (ESV)
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Servant and Son of God's House
One difference between Moses and Jesus is that Moses was a servant. Jesus was a son. Moses' purpose was to testify to things that would later be fulfilled by Jesus. Jesus' purpose was to run the household…
Created about 1 year ago
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Consider Jesus: Apostle, High Priest, Faithful
Jesus is the apostle. Greater than all the important Christian leaders of the first century, Jesus is the one true messenger who empowers and drives all the other apostles. Paul was compelled to preach…
Created about 1 year ago
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The Glory of the Builder
I have an uncle who builds houses, essentially from top to bottom. Sure, he contracts out the foundation, electrical, and plumbing. But he builds the rest of the house from framing to installing faucets.…
Created about 1 year ago
Hebrews 3:1 (ESV), Hebrews 3:2 (ESV), Hebrews 3:3 (ESV), Hebrews 3:4 (ESV), Hebrews 3:5 (ESV), Hebrews 3:6 (ESV)
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Listen and Live
I've never actually seen an angel, but - from my limited understanding - when an angel shows up, whoever is there bows down. They pay attention. They listen and do what the angel says. Angels are reliable…
Created about 1 year ago
Hebrews 2:1 (ASV), Hebrews 2:2 (ASV), Hebrews 2:3 (ASV), Hebrews 2:4 (ASV)
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Jesus - Eternal, Righteous King
Jesus is the eternal king. His reign will never end. Every earthly kingdom will end. We live in a world of shifting power, of authority that moves from one group of people to another. But Jesus is the…
Created about 1 year ago
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Jesus is the Son of God
Jesus is greater than the angels because he is the Son of God. It has been too long since I meditated on the nature of God's relationship with Jesus as Father. Jesus was begotten by God the Father,…
Created about 1 year ago
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Jesus Greater than Angels
Jesus is: • God's own Son • Worshipped by Angels • King of all creation • King for all time • Perfect in righteousness • Exalted beyond his companions • Creator • Unchanging • Eternal • Kicking up his…
Created about 1 year ago
Hebrews 1:5 (ESV), Hebrews 1:6 (ESV), Hebrews 1:7 (ESV), Hebrews 1:8 (ESV), Hebrews 1:9 (ESV), Hebrews 1:10 (ESV), Hebrews 1:11 (ESV), Hebrews 1:12 (ESV), Hebrews 1:13 (ESV), Hebrews 1:14 (ESV)
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Jesus as the True Radiance of God's Glory
Jesus is "the radiance of the glory of God." That's nice poetry, but what does it mean? The radiance of the sun is the light and the heat that we feel all the way here on earth. Similarly, Jesus is the…
Created about 1 year ago
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Earned a Badge — Created 10 [Public] Notes
2011-03-26
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Earned a Badge — Created First [Public] Note
2011-03-26
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A New Communicator
We begin the book of Hebrews with the faithfulness of God to speak. God is a communicator. He has been speaking for many years, since long ago. He has spoken at different times, with different means,…
Created about 1 year ago
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Earned a Badge — Shared a Reading Plan
2011-03-25
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Earned a Badge — Completed First Reading Plan
2011-03-25
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Earned a Badge — Shared a Bible Reference
2011-03-12
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Earned a Badge — Created Your First Bookmark
2011-01-04
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Boasting
Three things not to boast in: - wisdom - riches - strength Five things to boast in: - understanding who God is - knowing God personally - practicing steadfast love - practicing justice - practicing righteousness…
Created over 1 year ago
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Patience and Refusal
As I've been reading through the pre-exilic prophets, I've been stunned to hear and see over and over the patience of the Lord. The Israelites simply refuse to repent. They come to God as if he is willing…
Created over 1 year ago
Jeremiah 8:1 (ESV), Jeremiah 8:2 (ESV), Jeremiah 8:3 (ESV), Jeremiah 8:4 (ESV), Jeremiah 8:5 (ESV), Jeremiah 8:6 (ESV), Jeremiah 8:7 (ESV), Jeremiah 8:8 (ESV), Jeremiah 8:9 (ESV), Jeremiah 8:10 (ESV), Jeremiah 8:11 (ESV), Jeremiah 8:12 (ESV), Jeremiah 8:13 (ESV), Jeremiah 8:14 (ESV), Jeremiah 8:15 (ESV), Jeremiah 8:16 (ESV), Jeremiah 8:17 (ESV), Jeremiah 8:18 (ESV), Jeremiah 8:19 (ESV), Jeremiah 8:20 (ESV), Jeremiah 8:21 (ESV), Jeremiah 8:22 (ESV)
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Truth, Love, and Obedience
http://davidjwilcox.posterous.com/truth-love-and-obedience-2-john-14-6 (http://davidjwilcox.posterous.com/truth-love-and-obedience-2-john-14-6) Topday's thoughts on these verses...
Created over 2 years ago
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Grace, Mercy, and Peace
http://davidjwilcox.posterous.com/grace-mercy-and-peace-2-john-13 (http://davidjwilcox.posterous.com/grace-mercy-and-peace-2-john-13) Click through to read some personal musings on 2 John 1:3...
Created over 2 years ago
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The Sluggard
http://www.covlife.org/resources/3138588-The_Sluggard (http://www.covlife.org/resources/3138588-The_Sluggard) This is a fantastic message on laziness by Joshua Harris at Covenant Life Church...
Created over 2 years ago
Proverbs 24:30 (ESV), Proverbs 24:31 (ESV), Proverbs 24:32 (ESV), Proverbs 24:33 (ESV), Proverbs 24:34 (ESV)
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A Community of Truth
2 John 1:1-2 We are a community of truth: - The truth abides in us. - The truth will be with us forever. - We know the truth. - We love each other in truth. This is a fascinating passage to me, because…
Created over 2 years ago
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Devo
"For they have gone out for the sake of the name, accepting nothing from the Gentiles." - I find the second half of this verse very interesting. Why should we accept nothing from the Gentiles? What does…
Created over 2 years ago
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Devo
"Beloved," - John is definitely a close friend with Gaius, and very pleased with his work. "it is a faithful thing you do in all your efforts for these brothers, strangers as they are," - Whenever possible,…
Created over 2 years ago
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Devo
"For I rejoiced greatly when the brothers came and testified to your truth, as indeed you are walking in the truth. I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth." - In…
Created over 2 years ago
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Devo
"The elder to the beloved Gaius, whom I love in truth. Beloved, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in good health, as it goes well with your soul." - This is a great blessing, that…
Created almost 3 years ago
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Devo
"But you, beloved, building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit," - the antidote to heretical, passion-driven, authority-hating life is faith and prayer. "keep yourselves…
Created almost 3 years ago
Jude 1:20 (ESV), Jude 1:21 (ESV), Jude 1:22 (ESV), Jude 1:23 (ESV)
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Devo
"But you must remember, beloved, the predictions of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ." - The arrival of these heretics should not be surprising. The apostles foresaw it. "They said to you, In the…
Created almost 3 years ago
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Jude 1:2
Jude 1:2 (ASV)
Mercy unto you and peace and love be multiplied.Created almost 3 years ago
Labels: love
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Jude 1:2
Jude 1:2 (ASV)
Mercy unto you and peace and love be multiplied.Created almost 3 years ago
Labels: peace
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Jude 1:2
Jude 1:2 (ASV)
Mercy unto you and peace and love be multiplied.Created almost 3 years ago
Labels: mercy
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Jude 1:1
Jude 1:1 (ASV)
Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are called, beloved in God the Father, and kept for Jesus Christ:Created almost 3 years ago
Labels: effective-call
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Jude 1:1
Jude 1:1 (ASV)
Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are called, beloved in God the Father, and kept for Jesus Christ:Created almost 3 years ago
Labels: jude
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Jude 1:1
Jude 1:1 (ASV)
Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are called, beloved in God the Father, and kept for Jesus Christ:Created almost 3 years ago
Labels: perseverance
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Jude 1:1
Jude 1:1 (ASV)
Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are called, beloved in God the Father, and kept for Jesus Christ:Created almost 3 years ago
Labels: predestination
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Isaiah 53:5
Isaiah 53:5 (ASV)
But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.Created about 3 years ago
Labels: gospel
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Romans 3:21
Romans 3:21 (ASV)
But now apart from the law a righteousness of God hath been manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;Created about 3 years ago
Labels: gospel
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Romans 3:22
Romans 3:22 (ASV)
even the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ unto all them that believe; for there is no distinction;Created about 3 years ago
Labels: gospel
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Romans 3:23
Romans 3:23 (ASV)
for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God;Created about 3 years ago
Labels: gospel
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Romans 3:25
Romans 3:25 (ASV)
whom God set forth to be a propitiation, through faith, in his blood, to show his righteousness because of the passing over of the sins done aforetime, in the forbearance of God;Created about 3 years ago
Labels: gospel
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Romans 3:26
Romans 3:26 (ASV)
for the showing, I say, of his righteousness at this present season: that he might himself be just, and the justifier of him that hath faith in Jesus.Created about 3 years ago
Labels: gospel
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Romans 8:28
Romans 8:28 (ASV)
And we know that to them that love God all things work together for good, even to them that are called according to his purpose.Created about 3 years ago
Labels: gospel
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Romans 8:29
Romans 8:29 (ASV)
For whom he foreknew, he also foreordained to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren:Created about 3 years ago
Labels: gospel
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Romans 8:30
Romans 8:30 (ASV)
and whom he foreordained, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.Created about 3 years ago
Labels: gospel
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Ephesians 2:4
Ephesians 2:4 (ASV)
but God, being rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,Created about 3 years ago
Labels: gospel
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Ephesians 2:5
Ephesians 2:5 (ASV)
even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace have ye been saved),Created about 3 years ago
Labels: gospel
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Philippians 3:9
Philippians 3:9 (ASV)
and be found in him, not having a righteousness of mine own, even that which is of the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith:Created about 3 years ago
Labels: gospel
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Philippians 3:8
Philippians 3:8 (ASV)
Yea verily, and I count all things to be loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but refuse, that I may gain Christ,Created about 3 years ago
Labels: gospel
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Genesis 2:18
Genesis 2:18 (ASV)
And Jehovah God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a help meet for him.Created about 3 years ago
Labels: wife
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Genesis 2:19
Genesis 2:19 (ASV)
And out of the ground Jehovah God formed every beast of the field, and every bird of the heavens; and brought them unto the man to see what he would call them: and whatsoever the man called every living creature, that was the name thereof.Created about 3 years ago
Labels: wife
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Genesis 2:20
Genesis 2:20 (ASV)
And the man gave names to all cattle, and to the birds of the heavens, and to every beast of the field; but for man there was not found a help meet for him.Created about 3 years ago
Labels: wife
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Genesis 2:21
Genesis 2:21 (ASV)
And Jehovah God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof:Created about 3 years ago
Labels: wife
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Genesis 2:22
Genesis 2:22 (ASV)
and the rib, which Jehovah God had taken from the man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.Created about 3 years ago
Labels: wife