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Category Archives: Spirituality

John 12:45 – Knowing The Father

Knowing the father –  John 12:45   Jesus said that ‘to see me you see the father’… (John 12:45)   The argument: What does Jesus feeding of the 5000 show about who God is?   Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand – Matthew 14:13-21 13  Now when Jesus heard this, he withdrew from there in a […]

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Stepped Out of His Will, but Not His Care

“I stepped out of His will, I’ve never been out of His care.”     This song Lyrics by “Michael Booth” and sung by Dave & Darlene Murdoch when they were with us on November 23 rd has a good message – especially the words: “I stepped out of His will, I’ve never been out […]

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Anger – When Sin or When Not

Anger – when is it ‘sin’ and when is it not?  (This was covered in our Wednesday night studies in 2012 – review that textbook.)   Jesus was angry at this behavior of the Pharisees at the Synagogue: A Man with a Withered Hand Mark 3:3 Again he entered the synagogue, and a man was […]

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Build on the Rock

“Build Your House on the Rock” – a lesson taught with the parable found in Matthew 7:24–29 (ESV) Matthew 7:24-29: 24“Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds […]

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Seeking Means?

Seeking – Means What?  (Luke 11:9-10) Seek –  g: zētéō.   –    Luke 11: 9-10 –  9And I tell you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. 10For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one […]

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Love With Heart, Soul & Mind

Love with your whole heart – soul – mind – strength – What does that mean? Heart 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 […]

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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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