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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. To answer this, we must define what we mean by “saved.” Under the New Covenant, we define being saved as being born again (John 3:3, 7; 1 Pet 1:23), having our sins washed away by the blood of Jesus, and being...
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Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. Thousands of books have been written, and sermons preached on methods and motivations to share the gospel with non-believers. None of us need to be convinced of the necessity of doing so. Without the Lord’s...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. This is a popular saying, often attributed to St. Francis of Assisi. However, he never said it. Furthermore, it is a saying that makes no sense. Most importantly, there is no support for such in the Bible....
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. We covered What Do We Know About the Great White Throne Judgment? (Rev 20) and What Do We Know About Eternity? Now, let’s consider the last part of the last chapter of the Book of Revelation and the...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Last week, we covered Revelation 20: What Do We Know About the Great White Throne Judgment? This week, let’s look at chapter 20 of Revelation. It begins with a brief mention of the 1,000-year reign of...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. In my Bible study this year, we’ve discussed how the world has changed, especially since 2020, and what the future might bring. Sin is abounding. We’ve seen things brought into the light that were...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. You might think the answers to “What is the Hymn of Heaven?” are the seven songs recorded in the book of Revelation. Rev 4:8 … Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. A number of times during His earthly ministry, Jesus responded to questions with, “It is written…” (7 times in Matthew, 4 times in Mark, 5 times in Luke, 1 time in John). In the Bible, we also read of many time...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. On August 11, 2023, the Associated Press released new data about the increasing suicide rate in our country. “US suicides hit an all-time high last year.” The AP article said that according to The Centers for...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. It’s hard for born-again Christians to consider the evil that lurks in the devil’s mind and what motivates his evil works. God created Satan to live in His presence as part of the angelic realm, to...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. The Serenity Prayer asks God for serenity to accept circumstances that can’t be changed, courage to change those that are within our ability to do so, and wisdom to know and discern between those that can and...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. We’ve all read Revelation 13 where it gives us a clue about the mark of the beast. It tells that it will be necessary to have this mark to buy and see: Rev 13:17 …no one may buy or sell except one who...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. A lifesong is a song with special meaning and significance in one’s life. The lyrics might have relevant meaning, or the song might evoke a memory of a person, place, event, etc. Urbandictionary.com suggests...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Most Christians agree that the times in which we live are unprecedented insanity. Many things just don’t make sense. So what contributes to all the craziness? I suggest it is a lack of knowledge about God...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. <Watch the Video Below> “What is man — that You are mindful of him?” Psalm 8:4 Let’s start with the basics. Man was created to be the crowning glory of God’s work (Psalm 8:5). God...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. We are now being told that pronouns must be applied according to one’s preference rather than one’s biological distinction, and one’s preference can be based on gender rather than biological sex....
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Peter wrote of unlearned and unstable people twisting the Scripture (2 Pet 3:16). He meant that they incorrectly taught or misapplied God’s words. Is that what happens with 2 Chronicles 7:14? In recent years,...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. In the Bible are many allusions to, and types of, the Antichrist and his power. Throughout history, there have been whispers of the man of sin who will one day deceive the world. Take a minute and consider what...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Who was the father of Noah? Who was the father of Abraham? Who was the father of Joseph and his brothers? Who was the father of Aaron and Moses? Who was the father of King Saul? Who was the father of King David?...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. The book of Ephesians is all about identity in Christ. It is the book that tells you what God says about you. And He says you are: blessed (Eph 1:3) chosen in Him, to be holy, blameless ((Eph 1: 4) predestined us...