Oct 3

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    jdayala added a text contribution Preaching the Word/ False Teachers
    This verse explains what is happening today in the post-modern church teachings that are blinding the ones who desire Truth. This explains the fact some people say "I didn't get anything from church today" when they leave church on Sunday. If it did not tickle their ears they are not for it. If it offends they leave or get angry. This is because God is not in them, and they do not seek Him. They prefer the words of man over the Word of God. Read more »
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    jdayala added a text contribution Can a true Christian backslide?
    Can a true Christian backslide? Certainly true Christians can backslide, if by that you mean they can regress into a period of spiritual dullness or disobedience. Those who do so will bring God's discipline (Hebrews 12:6-11). That's because God disciplines those who are true sons (v. 8). But no, if you are thinking of backsliding as a perpetual state of willful rebellion or ungodly indifference on the part of one who professes faith in Christ. That situation is a sign of false prof… Read more »
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    jdayala added a text contribution Living "Under the infuence"
    All people like to be happy — to be exhilarated with joy, to feel good, and to be on top of everything. There’s nothing wrong with that. God wants joyous, excited, happy, and uplifted people. The problem lies in how happiness is generated. Some people think they’ll find it in a liquor bottle or in a narcotic. But neither of those is the Christian’s source of joy. Ephesians 5:18 says, “And do not get drunk with wine, for that is dissipation.” Paul doesn’t try to prove that drunkenness is incomp… Read more »
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    jdayala added a text contribution The Vital Importance of Biblical Discernment
    In its simplest definition, discernment is nothing more than the ability to decide between truth and error, right and wrong. Discernment is the process of making careful distinctions in our thinking about truth. In other words, the ability to think with discernment is synonymous with an ability to think biblically. First Thessalonians 5:21-22 teaches that it is the responsibility of every Christian to be discerning: "But examine everything carefully; hold fast to that which is good; abstai… Read more »
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    jdayala added a text contribution Ways Parents Provoke
    Ways Parents Provoke John MacArthur 8 Ways Parents ProvokeIn Ephesians 6:4, Paul writes, “Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.” In our series these last two weeks, we’ve looked at both discipline (specifically, spanking) and instruction (specifically, evangelism). Today, we will look at the command to not provoke. To “provoke . . . to anger” suggests a repeated, ongoing pattern of treatment that gradually builds up… Read more »
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    jdayala added a text contribution People think they are good.
    First of all many people think they are good. But they fail to compare themselves to God's Holy Standard, which is the Law. Many Christians do not talk about the Law to unsaved sinners because they were not taught wrong, and taught since we are in the New Covenant we dont need the Law. Well they are misled by these teachings. They do not think of unbelievers who are under the Law. It is very sad when Christians remove a key to evangelism. Now, when Paul says "without the Law", it… Read more »
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    jdayala added a text contribution The Law is useful to the Unsaved
    The law reveals the divine standard, and as believers compare themselves against the standard, they can accurately identify sin, which is the failure to meet the standard. Paul uses the personal pronoun "I" throughout the rest of the chapter, using his own example of what is true of unredeemed mankind (vv. 7-12) and true of Christians(vv. 13-25) Read more »
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    jdayala added a text contribution The Gate is Narrow
    Both the narrow gate and the wide gate are assumed to provide the entrance to God's kingdom. Two ways are offered to people. The narrow gate is by faith, only through Christ, constricted and precise. It represents true salvation in God's way that leads to life eternal. The wide gate includes all religions of works and self-righteousness, with no single way (see Acts 4:12), but leads to hell, not heaven. So only few will enter by the narrow gate because of thinking they can work their w… Read more »
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    jdayala added a text contribution The Gate
    In this context is included the 7th "I am" Statement by Jesus. He changes the metaphor slightly compared to other verses . While before He was the Shepard now He is the Gate. Before He had led the sheep out of the pen, here He is the entrance to the pen that leads to the proper pasture. This verse echoes Jesus' words in 14:6 that He is the only way to the Father. His point is that He serves as the sole means to approach the Father and partake of God's promised salvation. As s… Read more »