Eric Mitchell

  • The light of life

    Its 8:30am here and the skyline is full of sunlight. Blindness must grip a man in order not to see it. Indeed, when God said "let there be light," light began. I would have you notice, that is exactly…

    Created about 1 month ago

  • Earned a Badge — 21-Day Challenge

    2012-02-24

  • True Blessedness

    Here we have, from the lips of the Lord Himself, a vivid description of the blessed ones. Often we are deluded and deceived as to what constitutes to blessedness. Some seem to be convinced that blessings…

    Created 4 months ago

    Luke 11:28 (ESV)

  • Luke 17:6

    Luke 17:6 (KJV)
    And the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye might say unto this sycamine tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou planted in the sea; and it should obey you.

    Created 4 months ago

  • How does one know if he/she is in Christ?

    Having considered what it means to be "in Christ" we can now address the all-important question of how one might know that he/she is indeed in Christ. Following an outline of 1 John, adapted by J.C.…

    Created 5 months ago

    1 John 2:29 (NKJV), 1 John 3:8 (NKJV), 1 John 3:14 (NKJV), 1 John 5:1 (NKJV), 1 John 5:4 (NKJV), 1 John 5:18 (NKJV)

  • What does it mean to be in Christ?

    The great theme of the Bible is reconciliation with God. Sin yielded the fruit of an irreconcilable God, righteous indignation, and eternal fury. But from Genesis 3:15 onward, God promised that He would…

    Created 5 months ago

    2 Corinthians 5:17 (NKJV)

  • Why did the Christ come?

    The holy word and miraculous works of the Christ all point to the pinnacle of His earthly ministry: He came to die. In each gospel account, we see Him preaching and healing and serving and teaching up…

    Created 5 months ago

    Luke 9:22 (ESV)

  • Forbearance

    Proverbs 12:16 (ESV)
    The vexation of a fool is known at once, but the prudent ignores an insult.

    Created 5 months ago

  • Christ: The King of preachers

    Behold the Christ! Never did a man preach like this One. Following His blistering and successful trial in the wilderness (v1-13), He returns to Galilee to discharge the foundational duty during His messianic…

    Created 5 months ago

    Luke 4:43 (ESV)

  • Earned a Badge — Created 10 [Public] Notes

    2011-12-24

  • With God nothing shall be impossible.

    Virgins do not have babies. It is a biological impossibility. Much like the Red Sea splitting, or dead being raised, or all things being made from nothing by a mere word spoken - altogether impossible.…

    Created 5 months ago

    Luke 1:37 (ESV)

  • Discipline at work

    Proverbs 20:4 (NKJV)
    The lazy man will not plow because of winter; He will beg during harvest and have nothing.

    Proverbs 20:27 (NKJV)
    The spirit of a man is the lamp of the Lord, Searching all the inner depths of his heart.

    Proverbs 20:30 (NKJV)
    Blows that hurt cleanse away evil, As do stripes the inner depths of the heart.

    Created 5 months ago

  • Proverbs 20:4

    Proverbs 20:4 (NKJV)
    The lazy man will not plow because of winter; He will beg during harvest and have nothing.

    Created 5 months ago

  • When good works are an abomination..

    Consider our text, and notice it has its testimony in the law (v11). If someone carries a holy thing, does their touching it make it holy? Of course not. But if an unclean person touches it, "it does…

    Created 6 months ago

    Haggai 2:11 (NKJV), Haggai 2:12 (NKJV), Haggai 2:13 (NKJV), Haggai 2:14 (NKJV)

  • Loving your neighbor is wise.

    The wisdom of Solomon is only surpassed by that of the Lord Jesus Himself (2 Chron 1:12). Solomon teaches, as a father his children, the ways of the LORD. And here (v27-30), he teaches us to love our…

    Created 6 months ago

    Proverbs 3:1 (ESV)

  • God can and will, but if not..

    Behold the faith of these three Hebrew young men! They stood in the face of great idolatry (v4-7) and said we will only worship the true and living God. Their faith was greatly tested and they withstood…

    Created 8 months ago

    Daniel 3:18 (ESV)

  • For thirsty souls..

    A cursory reading of Psalm 42-43 (which I take to be a unit, one flowing ballad to the LORD) with reveal something quickly to any reader - the writer desires God. His passion, his pleasure is found in…

    Created 8 months ago

    Psalm 42:2 (ESV)

  • Preserving grace, how sweet the sound!

    What makes grace so amazing? Unlike most things today, it lasts! I wonder how much we more we might value God's grace to us in Christ if we understood the eternality of it. Neither sin (v11) nor Satan…

    Created 8 months ago

    Psalm 40:11 (NASB)

  • Earned a Badge — Completed 3 Reading Plans

    2011-09-01

  • Earned a Badge — Shared a Bible Reference

    2011-08-12

  • The God of the covenant

    Jeremiah 32:38-41 (NKJV)
    They shall be My people, and I will be their God;

    Created 10 months ago

  • The God of the covenant

    Jeremiah 32:38-41 (NKJV)
    They shall be My people, and I will be their God;

    Created 10 months ago

  • When God's word is offensive...

    Here we see first hand the inevitability of confict with a sinful people and a faithful prophet. The man of God, who is careful to say exactly what God has commanded him to say, will suffer persecution.…

    Created 10 months ago

    Jeremiah 26:9 (NKJV)

  • Does God look upon words or thoughts?

    If you've ever thought, "I can say or think whatever I want, as long as I don't act it out," think again! God would disagree. When we read this proverb, instantly we are reminded that He who is invisible…

    Created 11 months ago

    Proverbs 15:26 (KJV)

  • Christ, the Wisdom of God

    Proverbs 8:30 (NASB)
    Then I was beside Him, as a master workman; And I was daily His delight, Rejoicing always before Him,

    Created 11 months ago

  • God's chief end is to glorify Himself and enjoy Himself forever.

    Isaiah 48:11 (NKJV)
    For My own sake, for My own sake, I will do it; For how should My name be profaned? And I will not give My glory to another.

    Created 12 months ago

  • Psalm 109:17-18

    Psalm 109:17-18 (NKJV)
    As he loved cursing, so let it come to him; As he did not delight in blessing, so let it be far from him.

    Created 12 months ago

  • Psalm 109:17

    Psalm 109:17 (NKJV)
    As he loved cursing, so let it come to him; As he did not delight in blessing, so let it be far from him.

    Created 12 months ago

  • The Way

    Isaiah 35:8 (KJV)
    And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein.

    Created 12 months ago

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  • Isaiah 22:11

    Isaiah 22:11 (NKJV)
    You also made a reservoir between the two walls For the water of the old pool. But you did not look to its Maker, Nor did you have respect for Him who fashioned it long ago.

    Created about 1 year ago

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  • Isaiah 22:12

    Isaiah 22:12 (NKJV)
    And in that day the Lord God of hosts Called for weeping and for mourning, For baldness and for girding with sackcloth.

    Created about 1 year ago

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  • Isaiah 22:13

    Isaiah 22:13 (NKJV)
    But instead, joy and gladness, Slaying oxen and killing sheep, Eating meat and drinking wine: Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!

    Created about 1 year ago

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  • Isaiah 22:22

    Isaiah 22:22 (NKJV)
    The key of the house of David I will lay on his shoulder; So he shall open, and no one shall shut; And he shall shut, and no one shall open.

    Created about 1 year ago

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  • Numbers 30:13

    Numbers 30:13 (NKJV)
    Every vow and every binding oath to afflict her soul, her husband may confirm it, or her husband may make it void.

    Created about 1 year ago

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  • Earned a Badge — Created First [Public] Note

    2011-05-13

  • James 4:4

    James 4:4 (NKJV)
    Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.

    Created about 1 year ago

  • Hebrews 11:2

    Hebrews 11:2 (NKJV)
    For by it the elders obtained a good testimony.

    Created about 1 year ago

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  • Hebrews 11:3

    Hebrews 11:3 (NKJV)
    By faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible.

    Created about 1 year ago

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  • Hebrews 11:13

    Hebrews 11:13 (NKJV)
    These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off were assured of them, embraced them and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.

    Created about 1 year ago

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  • Hebrews 11:1

    Hebrews 11:1 (NKJV)
    Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

    Created about 1 year ago

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  • Numbers 14:41

    Numbers 14:41 (NKJV)
    And Moses said, Now why do you transgress the command of the Lord? For this will not succeed.

    Created about 1 year ago

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  • Numbers 14:42

    Numbers 14:42 (NKJV)
    Do not go up, lest you be defeated by your enemies, for the Lord is not among you.

    Created about 1 year ago

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  • Numbers 14:43

    Numbers 14:43 (NKJV)
    For the Amalekites and the Canaanites are there before you, and you shall fall by the sword; because you have turned away from the Lord, the Lord will not be with you.

    Created about 1 year ago

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  • Numbers 14:2

    Numbers 14:2 (NKJV)
    And all the children of Israel complained against Moses and Aaron, and the whole congregation said to them, If only we had died in the land of Egypt! Or if only we had died in this wilderness!

    Created about 1 year ago

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  • Earned a Badge — Completed First Reading Plan

    2011-04-29

  • Fear not, yet fear indeed

    Moses here comforts the people not to shrink back from their Redeemer in slavish fear, but rather to allow the natural dread of such a holy experience spur them to obedience. Truly, the fear of God is…

    Created about 1 year ago

    Exodus 20:20 (KJV)

  • Lead me not..

    Here the Psalmist teaches us the meaning of that sixth petition of our Lord's prayer, namely "and do not lead us into temptation, etc." He (David) speaks as one who is all too aware of his own sinful…

    Created over 1 year ago

    Psalm 141:4 (NKJV)

  • Earned a Badge — Created 10 Bookmarks

    2011-02-12

  • Earned a Badge — Created Your First Bookmark

    2011-01-22

  • Earned a Badge — Subscribed to First Reading Plan

    2011-01-01

  • Earned a Badge — Shared a Reading Plan

    2010-12-26