OUTLINE:The Heb 2:5 TransitionThis verse acts as a bridge between the exposition in 1:5-14 (‘Christ superior to angels’) and that in 2:6-13 (‘Christ willingly ceded superiority temporarily to accomplish a specific goal’). Jn 10:17-18For this reason the Father loves me, because I lay down my life that I may take it up again. No one […]
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There’s a big difference between doing something wrong in God’s eyes when you’re ignorant and doing so when you know better. The apostle Paul is a perfect example of someone who zealously sinned against God and His chosen people, even murdering them in His name! Paul was utterly against Jesus before he was converted on
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OUTLINE:Eph 2:4-6But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved— and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus.The Right
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OUTLINE:Eph 2:4-6But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved— and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus.The Right
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OUTLINE:The Holy OneJesus knew His mission on earth from a very young age, and He also knew He was born not only to die, but He was also born to live a perfect and sinless life as the Savior of the world. To Be PERFECTLY RighteousJesus was perfect in the sense that He was completely
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If there was ever a work in the physical universe worth marveling over, it isn’t one of the so-called Seven Wonders of the World, it is the creation of the world, itself. As the Bible teaches us over and over in Genesis 1, God was pleased with His work. And God saw everything that he had
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OUTLINE: Isa 32:6For the fool speaks folly, and his heart is busy with iniquity, to practice ungodliness, to utter error concerning the LORD, to leave the craving of the hungry unsatisfied, and to deprive the thirsty of drink. Jas 5:12But above all, my brothers, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or by
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“What’s wrong, my friend?” “I’m just so miserable…and I’m not even sure why anymore.” “I can empathize. I’ve been there myself on more than one occasion in my life.” “Tell me how to find peace…please!” “Get yourself a good Bible. I use the MacArthur Study Bible, English Standard Version. If you promise to read it,
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A man and a woman get married while still unbelievers. The marriage is often unpleasant and the husband’s abusive words have had enough impact over the years that they have taken root in the woman’s psyche, given her own fleshly weaknesses. He’s beaten down her spirit because he, himself, is an insecure little man (or
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A man lived in a cabin in the woods by himself. His was a life of solitude. This was his choice – he liked living a quiet life. Once a year his relatives would visit him and he’d say to himself afterwards, “I remember why I chose to live like a hermit.” People just seemed