TODAY’S VERSE:1 John 3:20 If our hearts condemn us, we know that God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything.In prep school we asked this question; is there anything that God doesn’t see, hear, or know from the past, present, or future? Today’s verse answers the question; God knows everything. God knew you before […]
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It’s a typical Wednesday morning and the sun has finally decided to show its lovely face after a brief surrender to a patented New England let-me-darken-your-mood storm system. I know, I know, what would become of the green grass and the beautifully budding trees and flowers in the absence of life sustaining rain? Sometimes, I’m
OUTLINE: Doing Nothing Is An ActivityIf you choose to say, “I choose to do nothing,” you’ve just made a decision, taken a stance, rejected the Lord’s unction. To follow Jesus implies real activity, thoughts, behaviors – aka, OBEDIENCE. Serving Truth, Not FeelingsWe don’t have the right to “feel” our doctrines into existence. Whatever we are meant
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OUTLINE: Ro 4:25He who was delivered over because of our transgressions, and was raised because of our justification.God’s Plan of SalvationThe only way we will ever be able to enjoy the stupendous things of Heaven is if we are made “new”…if we exchange our earthly inheritance for a heavenly one. (ponder this on your own) “born again to a
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OUTLINE: 1Ti 2:4who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. “born again to a living hope”Our hope is based on the resurrection of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. We are privileged to “live” in that hope as our reality, even though it is a future distinction.
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OUTLINE: Doing Nothing Is An ActivityIf you choose to say, “I choose to do nothing,” you’ve just made a decision, taken a stance, rejected the Lord’s unction. To follow Jesus implies real activity, thoughts, behaviors – aka, OBEDIENCE. “For My yoke is easy…”This implies that we have been YOKED! The analogy is to oxen that have
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OUTLINE: We Pervert EVERYTHING!We don’t just pervert the obvious, seedy things… we pervert the good things of God!!! We Pervert EVERYTHING!– God says, “Here’s some food and drink, eat and be merry!”…– Our response is, “I’m going to overeat and become intoxicated with drink.” We Pervert EVERYTHING!– God says, “I’m going to make procreation something enjoyable
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OUTLINE: We pervert everything. Rom 12:1 [Amplified]I APPEAL to you therefore, brethren, and beg of you in view of [all] the mercies of God, to make a decisive dedication of your bodies [presenting all your members and faculties] as a living sacrifice, holy (devoted, consecrated) and well pleasing to God, which is your reasonable (rational,
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Love and humility. What a pair. To abide in the first is to know the second. To know the second is to respond with the first. The dynamic is divinely orchestrated as a blessing for believers alone, a harmonious sphere of godliness. In the beginning [before Creation] was the Word, and the Word was with God, and
OUTLINE: 1Co 6:19-20Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own? For you have been bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body.The Great Litmus TestIs what you’re doing (or thinking about doing) bringing
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