Category: Jesus
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The Distinguishing Mark of a Believer
Jesus says, I command you. The Greek word for command is entolē and means an order, command, charge, precept, injunction. Notice it does not mean a suggestion. Jesus is not hinting at or making a suggestion, He is commanding us to love one another. Lets keep reading and bring in what else Jesus…
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Secured Identity.
There are three critical elements of salvation: death, burial and resurrection. Nothing but faith in the person and work of Jesus is sufficient to reconcile us to God and save us from our sin. The key truths of the gospel are believing that Jesus was buried and was raised on the third…
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Always putting on the New Self
In other Bible translations, “new man” is the phrase used. Paul, many times, says put on the new self. When we put on the new self we are renewed in the knowledge of the image of our creator. Our scripture today starts out with and…. There is something missing to the context…
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A Christmas Retold
As we read through Galatians, a letter from Paul to the church in Galatia, we find him retelling the story of Christmas. Paul recounts the setting, the who, and the plot and results. Imagine for a moment we are sitting around a fire listening to Paul tell the story of Christmas. …
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Promise from an Insignificant Birth
An old man lay on his bed and called his sons to his side. For a final time, Jacob, the father of a the new nation of Israel, blessed each one of them. It is here, in his words we encounter Christmas. He tells his son that one of his…
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The Lord’s Supper
The Lord’s supper is a visible sign and seal of the gospel. As Christians, we have engaged and celebrated together, the Lord’s Supper to visually proclaim the gospel and feed on Christ. The Lord’s Supper is somber and celebratory. It is a sobering moment to remind ourselves we are sinners…
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Love – the Soul’s Passion
23 Jesus answered, “If anyone loves me, he will keep my word. My Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him. John 14:23 So far, we have learned that we need to build our lives on a deep and solid rock foundation and when…
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Building Your Life
When you begin to understand passion, what fuels your heart, you begin to understand that you need a rock foundation. You decide to willingly let Christ, through the Holy Spirit, rebuilt the foundation of your life through God’s Word and Truth. The next step to having a soul’s passion for…
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Right Foundation
When Jesus delivered the Sermon on the Mount that is recorded on Matthew 7, He gave us instructions for laying the right kind of foundation to you lives. In the parable, He compared two builders who both built a house. The first man dug deep and laid a stone foundation.…
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The Soul’s Passion
“Christ did not die to make good works merely possible or to produce a half-hearted pursuit. He died to produce in us a passion for good deeds. Christian purity is not the mere avoidance of evil, but the pursuit of good.” — John Piper I love this quote by John…
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