Tag: Bible study
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The Whole Counsel of God
1 Peter 2:16-17 “Live as people who are free, not using your freedom as a cover-up for evil, but living as servantsof God. Honor everyone. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the emperor.” Have you ever wondered why there are so many Protestant denominations? Do you have any idea of how many there are? I can think of the…
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Putting First Things First
Matthew 6:33 “But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.” One of the things that I’ve heard from people over the years is that it can be a real struggle for them to find time to study the Bible and pray. For young families,…
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Drawing Near to God
James 4:8 “Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you.” The verse above talks about a condition of being near to God. Have you ever wondered what that might be like? Is it something about which you are interested? One of the effects of the sin that has touched every life is…
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A Life of Communion
2 Samuel 5:18-19 “Now the Philistines had come and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim. And David inquired of the Lord, ‘Shall I go up against the Philistines? Will you give them into my hand?’ And the Lord said to David, ‘Go up, for I will certainly give the Philistines into your hand.’” 2 Samuel 5:22-24 “And the Philistines came…
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It’s Personal
Hebrews 13:5 “Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, ‘I will never leave you nor forsake you.’ So we can confidently say, ‘The Lord is my helper; I will not fear; what can man do to me?’” When you read the Bible, do you take note of…
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Understanding Spiritual Truth
1 Peter 4:1-2 “Since therefore Christ suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves with the same way of thinking, for whoever has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin, so as to live for the rest of the time in the flesh no longer for human passions but for the will of God.” Last week, in an adult Sunday School class that…
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An Open Invitation
Acts 4:13 “Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were uneducated, common men, they were astonished. And they recognized that they had been with Jesus.” It’s interesting to note how often the Bible warns us to be careful about who we spend time with for there are many…
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Those Difficult Passages
Hebrews 10:26-28 “For if we go on sinning deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, but a fearful expectation of judgment, and a fury of fire that will consume the adversaries.” One of the reasons that I try to study every verse when I’m studying a book of the Bible is…
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To Plumb the Depths
Hebrews 7:1 “For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the Most High God, met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him.” One of the keys to understanding the Bible is demonstrated to us in the verse above. Here, in this one verse, we have the appearance of a name seemingly out of the…
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Too Lazy to Learn?
Hebrews 5:11 “About this we have much to say, and it is hard to explain, since you have become dull of hearing.” Sometimes I wonder what it must have been like for Jesus, Who is omniscient, to speak to people that weren’t interested enough to listen to what He was saying. So much of what He…
To Encourage You 