Category: Sin
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Fruit of Corrupted Wisdom: The expression of Rebellion and Rejection of God
God’s Word provides detailed explanation of Heavenly wisdom, which leads to godliness, or earthy demonic wisdom which leads to corruption. In this passage, Paul has points out how mankind has no excuses for rejecting God. God has made Himself plain enough, in creation itself, that we ought to seek Him.…
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Joseph – the power of the presence of God
The story of Joseph in the pursuit of righteousness teaches that relying on God’s presence and power enables one to resist temptation. Joseph’s refusal to sin against his master and God demonstrates love and reverence for God, leading to a fleeing from temptation. This exemplifies maturity in faith and serves…
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God comes to us first.
One of the most beautiful love stories comes from the book of Ruth. The layers and depth of that book is amazing! On the surface we read Boaz was Ruth first. Then he pursued her. Its a deeper picture of God’s love for us. We must first recognize that ALL our love is in…
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Two Directions.
We make our lives complicated. This verse expresses and explains the simplicity of God. All of God’s principles and expectations are simple, but we like to “human” things up as I say. We complicate and nit pick, pick apart everything God has to say and respond… but God?!? Paul lays it out as…
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Rain that Renews
Hosea was one of the minor prophets. This does not make the book of Hosea lessor because it is shorter. Interestingly, Hosea’s name means “salvation,” and it is appropriate for the book of Hosea. Hosea was possibly one of two prophets writing from the northern tribe of Israel (Jonah was the other). Hosea was…
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No Peace for the Wicked
There has been a major change over the last two years. My level of tiredness has decreased to a level of zero. I actually sleep and get rest at night. When I wake up, I am renewed in my strength and ready to go. I used to have dark circles under my eyes and…
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Grieving Sin
Lamentations is a short five chapter book. The author is not written, but many scholars believe it is the Prophet Jerimiah. If you have read the book of Jeremiah, you can see the similarities in the author’s personality through their writing. Jeremiah was a man who grieved sin. Not just his won, but the…
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Restoration
First, lets break the 10 verse down. The Psalmist is asking God for a clean heart. Notice the psalmist says, God create in me. He gives acknowledgement that a clean heart comes from God. Only from God can we find the cleansing of our hearts. There’s nothing on this earth that can cleanse…
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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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The Wrong Response
When we read the gospels, we see many examples of how people rightly responded to the birth of Jesus. Mary, Joseph and the shepherds all responded in obedience and worship. Many others grasped the weight of the moment. Then there were some who did not have the right response and…
It Starts Small 