“I can’t wait to retire!” How many times have you heard someone utter those words? They often come at the end of a hard day’s work, right? What does the Bible have to say about retirement from work? The answer is: nothing. In fact, it appears the Bible never suggests anyone ought to stop working. […]
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OUTLINE:What is salvation? – Hebrew yesha (root for Joshua & Jesus) – refers to freedom from something binding/restricting deliverance – Greek soteria – means deliverance, preservation, safety, salvation; to cure, to rescue2 Implications of Salvation – There’s a need for salvation (Gen 2:17; Ps 19:1; 69:1-2; Ecc 7:20; Is 1:6; Jer 17:9; Mt 9:1-2; 14:25-30; Mk 7:20-23; Lk 19:10;
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You may recall the good old days of Sesame Street. One of my favorite characters was the Cookie Monster (maybe because I could relate to the way he mowed down a chocolate chip cookie like nobody’s business? – LOL). He used to sing the song, “C is for cookie, that’s good enough for me…Oh, cookie,
OUTLINE:There’s no way to reconcile everything in the Bible unless it’s all true. The Root Cause of a False GospelMan has a terrible, though predictable, habit of stealing God’s glory for himself – STARTING with the Gospel! To God Be the GloryTo slight God’s glory is to slight one’s own sanctification, for you cannot be
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OUTLINE:Pulpit Messages Heb 13:8Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. Act 13:22And when he had removed him, he raised up David to be their king, of whom he testified and said, ‘I have found in David the son of Jesse a man after my heart, who will do all my will.’Pulpit Messages
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OUTLINE:To God Be the GloryTo slight God’s glory is to slight one’s own sanctification, for you cannot be sanctified in the absence of respect for His glory. (Ps 24:7-10; 1Co 2:8; 1Pe 4:14; 2Pe 1:17) Who Are God’s Children?Only those adopted into His family are His children. (Jn 1:12-13; Ro 8:14-17; Jn 8:44; 1Jn 3:10)
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OUTLINE: Mt 6:33But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. “transformed”from – metamorphoo [meta = “change after being with” + morphoo = “changing form in keeping with inner reality”]; means being changed on the outside to conform with what’s on the inside; refers to experiential sanctification (e.g. purification); the
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OUTLINE: 1Co 10:31b…whatever you do, do all to the glory of God. Does it Even Matter? – blog 11/5/21If you’re boasting in something within the purview of Satan’s scale of values, and you are doing so to boost your own self-esteem, then you are in the Spirit’s crosshairs as you read this! You are in bondage
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MacDonald on Heb 12:14What this verse means is that there must be practical holiness as a proof of the new life within. If a person is not growing more holy, he is not saved. When the Holy Spirit indwells a person, He manifest His presence by a separated life. It is a matter of cause
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Testimony– a: a solemn declaration usually made orally by a witness under oath in response to interrogation by a lawyer or authorized public official; b: firsthand authentication of a fact: evidence; c: an outward sign Synecdoche – a figure of speech by which a part is put for the whole (such as fifty sail for fifty
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