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Monthly Archives: July 2012

Love With Whole Mind & Strength

Love with your whole heart – soul – mind – strength  – What does that mean? Matthew 22:37 (ESV)  Jesus words:  37And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. Mark 12:30 (ESV)  Jesus words:  30And you shall […]

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Spiritual Growth – 1 John

Spiritual Growth Issues Based on 1 John 1 and 2, therefore please read those two chapters. •  Consists of an increase in spiritual knowledge. Since we our intelligent in nature we need to have knowledge in order to known God. We are to worship ‘intelligently’ as well as with our hearts filled with love. Love […]

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Striving Necessary

Striving is Necessary   Steadfastness in View of Suffering (Luke 9:51–53) Jesus “steadfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem” (Luke 9:51, 53). He had a definite destination, and He knew what it held for Him. It meant Jerusalem with its sorrow, Gethsemane with its travail, the judgment hall with its injustice and shame, the […]

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Illustrations – Judging and Criticizing

Illustrative Examples of Judging and Criticizing Following are illustrations from AMG Bible Illustrations. 2000:   I Drew My Circle Again When I first became a member of the church, my circle was very big … for it included all who, like myself, had believed. I was happy in the thought that my brethren were many. […]

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5 Steps – How To Live Forever

OUTLINE – 5 steps for understanding how to live forever! Source: Northrup, B. E. (1997). True evangelism     CHAPTER ONE THE FIRST STEP OF THE SOULWINNER: Exposing Man’s Total Lack of Righteousness Before God (Rom. 1:15–3:20) A. An Introductory Preview of Paul’s presentation of the Gospel B. A Brief Survey of Paul’s Presentation of […]

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Men – Manifestations of Pride

Manifestations of Pride           Complaining against or passing judgment on God Numbers 14:1-4 ( ESV ) 1 Then all the congregation raised a loud cry, and the people wept that night.  2 And all the people of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron. The whole congregation said to them, “Would that […]

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Men – Manifestations of Humility

Manifestations of Humility           Recognizing and trusting God’s character Psalms 119:66(ESV) 66     Teach me good judgment and knowledge,      for I believe in your commandments.   Seeing yourself as having no right to question or judge an Almighty and Perfect God . Psalms 145:17 ( ESV ) 17     The Lord is righteous […]

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The Perseverance of the Saints

Scripture supporting:  “Perseverance of the saints”       Revelation 14:12says: 12Here is a call for the endurance of the saints, those who keep the commandments of God and their faith in Jesus.£  (ESV) This can be a verse pointing to the doctrine of eternal security, but yet it gives a message of the ‘how’ […]

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The Congregation Is One Body

The Congregation is ONE BODY of believers!     1 Corinthians 12:12-19(ESV) 12 For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ.  13 For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—Jews or Greeks, […]

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Be Steadfast – Immovable

Be Steadfast       1 Corinthians 15:58(ESV) 58 Therefore, my beloved brothers , be steadfast, immovable , always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain. After reading the previous verses Paul then says something like this: (Therefore) so then my brothers be steadfast… […]

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