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grace makes not free to sin but free FROM sin
Many use faith in Christ as an excuse to continue their wicked ways yet Christ here tells us that those who are truly his will continue to walk in obedience to Him and that grace is deliverance from sin…
Created 15 days ago
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Christ Reveals Your Heart
Your reaction to Christ & His gospel reveals the true state of your heart, regardless of how devout u may seem to others. In Jesus's time, the Pharisees seemed to be the most upright & devout, but their…
Created 2 months ago
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Earned a Badge — 21-Day Challenge
2012-02-24
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praise in all circumstances
Now here is Jacob, he has obeyed the Lord and returned to his native land and is now fearing for his life and the lives of his wives and children. Yet and still, he does not question the Lord, his faithfulness,…
Created 5 months ago
Genesis 32:6 (NASB), Genesis 32:7 (NASB), Genesis 32:9 (NASB), Genesis 32:10 (NASB)
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the appropriate response
When witnessing God's miracles, the most appropriate response is to glorify God
Created 5 months ago
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Refuting the Prosperity Gospel in 1 verse
This verse provide the clearest denouncement of the basic tenets of the prosperity gospel.
Created 5 months ago
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Earned a Badge — Completed First Reading Plan
2011-11-29
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Earned a Badge — Created 10 Highlights
2011-11-22
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Must Leave Your Sin
Ephesians 4:22-24 (NASB)
that, in reference to your former manner of life, you lay aside the old self, which is being corrupted in accordance with the lusts of deceit,Created 6 months ago
Labels: repentance
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Spiritual Growth
Ephesians 4:14-15 (NASB)
As a result, we are no longer to be children, tossed here and there by waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, by craftiness in deceitful scheming;Created 6 months ago
Labels: spiritual growth
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God Chosen Salvation
This passage is one of the clearest exposition on God initiating our salvation not ourselves. 'Nuff said.
Created 6 months ago
Ephesians 1:1 (NASB), Ephesians 1:4 (NASB), Ephesians 1:5 (NASB), Ephesians 1:6 (NASB), Ephesians 1:7 (NASB), Ephesians 1:8 (NASB), Ephesians 1:9 (NASB), Ephesians 1:11 (NASB), Ephesians 1:13 (NASB)
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God's Grace Sufficient in All Things
This scripture here is very clear - God in his wisdom and sovereignty for his glory does not always deliver us from our difficulties, but he always provides sufficient grace to endure.
Created 6 months ago
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Sold Out For Christ
Despite all these things Paul was still on fire for Christ; he proclaimed Christ everywhere and to everyone as he proclaims in Romans 1:16 "I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ for it is the power…
Created 6 months ago
2 Corinthians 11:23 (NASB), 2 Corinthians 11:24 (NASB), 2 Corinthians 11:25 (NASB), 2 Corinthians 11:26 (NASB), 2 Corinthians 11:27 (NASB), 2 Corinthians 11:28 (NASB), 2 Corinthians 11:32 (NASB), 2 Corinthians 11:33 (NASB)
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The Gospel in 2 Verses
1 Corinthians 15:3-4 (NASB)
For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,Created 6 months ago
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Christian Liberty Conviction
Romans 14:21-23 (NASB)
It is good not to eat meat or to drink wine, or to do anything by which your brother stumbles.Created 7 months ago
Labels: liberty
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Love Isn't Words, Its Deeds
All throughout the NT we are exhorted to SHOW love not tell it. You cannot love either God or neighbor (which Christ cited as the 2 greatest commandments, see Matthew 22:37-40) in word only, but it must…
Created 7 months ago
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Chief Priests True Father
The chief priests were offended when Christ called them children of the devil (see John 8:44) yet they prove the reality of this by their refusal to believe on Him and their sincere desire to kill not…
Created 7 months ago
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Christ Glorifies God
Note how the Son always points them to the Father. He didn't try to glorify Himself & say "I" raised Lazarus, He said that he spoke aloud thanking God for hearing Him for the BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE SURROUNDING…
Created 7 months ago
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Refuting the Prosperity Gospel #2
Jesus tells the ppl not to serve for what they can get.
Created 7 months ago
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God marks us for salvation
Here we see one of the clearest proofs that it is the will of God that saves us, not our own.
Created 7 months ago
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10 lepers healed, 1 saved
The point of this parable is to show what true thankfulness is and what an appropriate reaction to God's blessing is. Jesus healed all 10 of their leprosy and nine of them were content with that but the…
Created 7 months ago
Luke 17:12 (NASB), Luke 17:13 (NASB), Luke 17:14 (NASB), Luke 17:15 (NASB), Luke 17:16 (NASB), Luke 17:17 (NASB), Luke 17:18 (NASB), Luke 17:19 (NASB)
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Rejoicing in Gifts
Christ tells his disciples not to rejoice in the spiritual gifts and powers that they been given but rather to rejoice in their salvation alone. What a timely reminder for each of us; we are to rejoice…
Created 7 months ago
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Parable of the Soils
Luke 8:5-8 (NASB)
"The sower went out to sow his seed; and as he sowed, some fell beside the road, and it was trampled under foot and the birds of the air ate it up.Luke 8:11-15 (NASB)
"Now the parable is this: the seed is the word of God.Created 7 months ago
Labels: parables
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Read commentary
Luke 2:35 (NASB)
and a sword will pierce even your own soul-to the end that thoughts from many hearts may be revealed."Created 7 months ago
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disobedience can have unintended consequences
In these verses we see what gratitude but disobedience can cause. the leper was evidently very thankful of Christ's healing of him, however he fails to obey Christ's instructions to him, leading to the…
Created 7 months ago
Mark 1:40 (NASB), Mark 1:41 (NASB), Mark 1:42 (NASB), Mark 1:43 (NASB), Mark 1:44 (NASB), Mark 1:45 (NASB)
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Prayer- Christ as our Example
Christ is our example & the scriptures allude multiple times to His praying (Mat 19:13, 26:36; Luke 3:22, 5:16, 11:1) once so fervently that he began sweating blood (Luke 22:44). This was God in the flesh,…
Created 7 months ago
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angels aren't cute
Note here the angel's 1st words to the women are to not be afraid. We find a similar comfort several other times in scripture at the appearance of angels including Luke 1:13,30, Luke 2:10. Also the cherubim,…
Created 7 months ago
Matthew 28:2 (NASB), Matthew 28:3 (NASB), Matthew 28:4 (NASB), Matthew 28:5 (NASB)
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Doctrine vs. Deeds
The Pharisees were doctrinally sound, they knew all there was to know about the law & were zealous to uphold it, at least in appearance. But their hard hearts didn't allow them to see the purpose behind…
Created 7 months ago
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God's Interests vs. Ours
Jesus here is clearly teaching that our loving, holy, God & Father will sometimes bring trials into our life because they advance His Kingdom & our faithfulness through them will glorify Him. When miseries…
Created 7 months ago
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Not what goes in, rather what comes out
Christ says its not what we eat that defiles us, i.e. its not what we take in that makes us unrighteous. The Pharisees were so strict about obeying the Mosaic law & they prided themselves on adherence…
Created 7 months ago
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Compassion not Sacrifice
quoted from Hosea 6:6, Christ rebukes the Pharisees hypocrisy. God doesn't want external conformity, he wants a repentant heart & a sincere desire to serve Him. See also Psalm 51.
Created 7 months ago
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Jesus Forgives Sins
Christ gives evidence of His God nature in that He "knew their thoughts" and He spoke aloud in response to their accusation. In addition, He gave them proof by healing the paralytic. The crowds had the…
Created 7 months ago
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The People's Reaction to Demon in Swine
Incredibly, the people didn't thank Jesus or praise God for delivering that man from the demons or for making it possible for them to now pass through that way but rather they begged him to LEAVE because…
Created 7 months ago
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Earned a Badge — Created 10 [Public] Notes
2011-11-03
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Earned a Badge — Created First [Public] Note
2011-11-03
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Earned a Badge — Subscribed to First Reading Plan
2011-11-02
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Earned a Badge — Created Your First Bookmark
2011-11-02
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