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Destroying Scripture for man made doctrines
Matthew 15:6 (ESV)
he need not honor his father.' So for the sake of your tradition you have made void the word of God.Created 5 months ago
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temptation
Temptation comes ultimately from the devil. Do not be fooled into thinking it is simply a struggle with your human nature. The battle is spiritual; as such, it requires a spiritual solution. Jesus recited…
Created 7 months ago
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what they meant for bad God meant for good
This is an incredible passage of Scripture. Caiaphas does not know he is prophesying. Due to the severe unrest Jesus is causing, there are fears the Romans will destroy the entire Jewish system. For Caiaphas,…
Created 7 months ago
John 11:49 (ESV), John 11:50 (ESV), John 11:51 (ESV), John 11:52 (ESV), John 11:53 (ESV)
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Authority of disciples
Isaiah 22:22 (ESV)
And I will place on his shoulder the key of the house of David. He shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open.Created 9 months ago
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Eating flesh and wine?
Isaiah 22:13 (ESV)
and behold, joy and gladness, killing oxen and slaughtering sheep, eating flesh and drinking wine. "Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die."Created 9 months ago
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It was the Spirit of Christ in the prophets
1 Peter 1:11 (ESV)
inquiring what person or time the Spirit of Christ in them was indicating when he predicted the sufferings of Christ and the subsequent glories.Created 9 months ago
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Elect to sanctification, salvation and holiness.
1 Peter 1:1-2 (ESV)
Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who are elect exiles of the dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,Created 9 months ago
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prayer
These verses offer an insight into how we must pray. We know from scripture that we are to pray, and that God hears and answers us. We also know, however, that God does whatever pleases Him and He us…
Created 9 months ago
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Justice is true love
Psalm 62:11-12 (ESV)
Once God has spoken; twice have I heard this: that power belongs to God,Created 9 months ago
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Relative superiority is a delusion
Psalm 62:9 (ESV)
Those of low estate are but a breath; those of high estate are a delusion; in the balances they go up; they are together lighter than a breath.Created 9 months ago
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Rom 9 is about salvation
Romans 9:24 (NASB)
even us, whom He also called, not from among Jews only, but also from among Gentiles.Created 10 months ago
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Do not resist an evil person
Matthew 5:39 (NASB)
But I say to you, do not resist an evil person; but whoever slaps you on your right cheek, turn the other to him also.Created 10 months ago
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Eerie Job verse
Job 4:12-21 (NASB)
"Now a word was brought to me stealthily, And my ear received a whisper of it.Created 10 months ago
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Election not of him who wills
Romans 9:16 (NASB)
So then it does not depend on the man who wills or the man who runs, but on God who has mercy.Created 10 months ago
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Remnant chosen by grace
Romans 11:5 (NASB)
In the same way then, there has also come to be at the present time a remnant according to God's gracious choice.Created 10 months ago
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Calling of Jews and greeks
1 Corinthians 1:22-24 (NASB)
For indeed Jews ask for signs and Greeks search for wisdom;Created 10 months ago
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Natural man's total depravity
1 Corinthians 2:14 (NASB)
But a natural man does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually appraised.Created 10 months ago
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Jesus knew who believed
John 6:64 (NASB)
But there are some of you who do not believe." For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were who did not believe, and who it was that would betray Him.Created 10 months ago
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Leaders are nothing but vehicles of God
Numbers 16:11 (ESV)
Therefore it is against the Lord that you and all your company have gathered together. What is Aaron that you grumble against him?"Created 10 months ago
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Glory in the ministry of condemnation
2 Corinthians 3:9 (NASB)
For if the ministry of condemnation has glory, much more does the ministry of righteousness abound in glory.Created 10 months ago
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Baptism for the dead?
1 Corinthians 15:29 (NASB)
Otherwise, what will those do who are baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why then are they baptized for them?Created 10 months ago
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Restitution
Luke 19:8 (NASB)
Zaccheus stopped and said to the Lord, "Behold, Lord, half of my possessions I will give to the poor, and if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I will give back four times as much."Created 10 months ago
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No one sees God without holiness
Hebrews 12:14 (ESV)
Strive for peace with everyone, and for the holiness without which no one will see the Lord.Created 10 months ago
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God works in us
Philippians 2:13 (NASB)
for it is God who is at work in you, both to will and to work for His good pleasure.Created 10 months ago
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Preservation
Hebrews 7:25 (NASB)
Therefore He is able also to save forever those who draw near to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them.Created 10 months ago
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The result of total depravity
John 6:65 (NASB)
And He was saying, "For this reason I have said to you, that no one can come to Me unless it has been granted him from the Father."Created 10 months ago
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You are not your own
Psalm 12:4 (NASB)
Who have said, "With our tongue we will prevail; Our lips are our own; who is lord over us?"Created 10 months ago
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True religion is biting your tongue
James 1:26 (NASB)
If anyone thinks himself to be religious, and yet does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this man's religion is worthless.Created 10 months ago
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through faith
Hebrews 11 is often contrasted and at times even seen as contradictory to James 2. Here, the writer maintains that faith alone pleases God. James, on the other hand, seems to advocate faith and works…
Created 10 months ago
Hebrews 11:32 (ESV), Hebrews 11:33 (ESV), Hebrews 11:34 (ESV), Hebrews 11:35 (ESV), Hebrews 11:36 (ESV), Hebrews 11:37 (ESV), Hebrews 11:38 (ESV)
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the great exchange
This seems like a foreshadow of the double imputation achieved at the Cross of Christ. At the Passover, the first born of Israel were not only saved by the blood of the lamb, they were also set apart…
Created 10 months ago
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we are fleeting
This is a legitimate prayer to pray. To understand just how meaningless we are in the scheme of this should greatly humble us. Also, to dwell on the fact that, despite our transience, God sent His Son…
Created 10 months ago
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faith and works
Here is the perfect way to understand the relationship between faith and works. God has just laid out for Israel a comprehensive and highly demanding moral code. He closes by reminding the Israelites…
Created 11 months ago
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listen to your heart
This verse speaks so pertinently to the prevailing spirituality of our day. In popular music, film and literature the overwhelming moral is "listen to you heart" or "go with your gut" or "believe in yourself".…
Created 11 months ago
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justice and mercy at the cross
It is a mysterious thing how justice and mercy are both satisfied in our salvation through Christ. It seems that mercy, by its very nature, is a lack of justice; not fully getting what one deserves. This…
Created 11 months ago
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Pilate a believer?
At first glance, Jesus' reply to Pilate asking if he is the King of the Jews seems odd. Pilate does not seem to be saying he is the King of the Jews, just asking Jesus. For Christ to reply "it is as you…
Created about 1 year ago
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Earned a Badge — Completed First Reading Plan
2011-04-25
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Earned a Badge — Created 10 Bookmarks
2011-04-05
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conversion is supernatural
Just as Peter felt it was unlikely they'd catch any fish if they put the nets down as Jesus asked, so we might be tempted to think some people we know are 'unsavable.' We must remember that we are not…
Created about 1 year ago
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persecution
This passage demonstrates the nature of persecution. As the Egyptians tried harder and harder to contain Israel by putting heavy burdens on them, the more they spread and grew. It was also this way in…
Created about 1 year ago
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election
Intriguing that works here are not contrasted with faith, as Paul so often does. Instead works are contrasted with God. Why is this? Because, elsewhere, Paul is discussing the means of justification,…
Created about 1 year ago
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healings
Intriguing here how the healings of Jesus are juxtaposed. In the first, he heals the girl with the equivalent of a snap of the fingers. The second sees him employing a specific technique. This illustrates…
Created about 1 year ago
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Earned a Badge — Created 10 [Public] Notes
2011-03-10
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God's way is ALWAYS best
This is one of the most frightening passages in all the Bible. People like you and I live so much of our life, make so many of our decisions, based on what we think is right. In our relationships, in…
Created about 1 year ago
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resurrection
Could this be a shadow of the resurrection of Christ? We have reconciliation with God through the resurrection and the Church is established, comprised of God's elect. Thus, when the stone is rolled away,…
Created about 1 year ago
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salvation
Whether one is saved or not can depend on circumstances. That is to say; one cannot say we all have a completely free choice to believe or not. The immoral cities of old would have repented had they had…
Created over 1 year ago
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belief
Note here Cornelius and his household are not spoken of as believing. The Spirit descends on them and that is counted as belief. This is evidence for the Reformed doctrine of irresistible grace. Once…
Created over 1 year ago
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free choice vs predestination
Could Paul have chosen not to believe? Could he have resisted the Spirit? No. Jesus orchestrated all the events so that Paul would believe and go on to ministry. He could not deny Christ once the proverbial…
Created over 1 year ago
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total depravity
Such is the state of our totally depraved nature. Our minds are constantly bent on evil. The just reward is God blotting out the entire human race. Instead we are offered eternal life and fellowship with…
Created over 1 year ago
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Earned a Badge — Created Your First Bookmark
2011-01-31
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light of the world
The disciples being the light of the world is not a command so much as it is a statement. The collective body of Christ will be light, there is no question of that. This is not speaking of the individual…
Created over 1 year ago
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Earned a Badge — Created First [Public] Note
2011-01-30
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salt and light
The apostles took the command to be salt and light very seriously. By living as a close community with eyes fixed on the heavenly they naturally earned favour with man. It does not require well devised…
Created over 1 year ago
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predeterminism
The crucifixion of Christ was planned by god from the beginning of time. God did not simply foreknow that if he sent Christ he would be killed, he planned it that way. Yet the perpetrators are still held…
Created over 1 year ago
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everything is spiritual
The sun and stars were created to mark seasons not vice versa. God creates things as symbols of the heavenly, the meaning is not ascribed to them later as some kind of metaphor, it's deliberate. Eg marriage.…
Created over 1 year ago
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Earned a Badge — Subscribed to First Reading Plan
2011-01-25