Tag: Bible study
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The Prerequisite
Jeremiah 33:3 “Call to me and I will answer you, and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known.” One of the greatest opportunities that can be squandered by man is negligence in the matter of seeking to know God. God has repeatedly told us in His Word that there are awesome…
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“Huh?!”
2 Corinthians 1:13-14 “For we are not writing to you anything other than what you read and understand and I hope you will fully understand —just as you did partially understand us.” Have you ever read or listened to something that made you say “Huh?!” Often that’s a result of poor writing. At other times…
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A Glorious Goal
1 Timothy 1:5 “But the goal of our instruction is love from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.” What benefit is there in reading and studying God’s Word? Why do it? Why did those who wrote it do so? Surely there are many reasons. However, in one of the clearest…
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First Things First
Luke 10:42 “. . . Mary has chosen the good portion” Mary and Martha were sisters. Both of them loved Jesus, and “Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus (their brother)” (John 11:5). Yet, Jesus commended Mary for something she did, while He, ever so gently, rebuked Martha. This was not Jesus’ mother Mary. Mary…
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Are You Ready?
Acts 13:15 “After the reading from the Law and the Prophets, the rulers of the synagogue sent a message to them, saying, ‘Brothers, if you have any word of encouragement for the people, say it.’” A few years ago, my daughter and granddaughter participated in a short-term mission trip to Malawi. One of the things that made a great…
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The Burning Heart
Luke 24:25 “And he said to them, “O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken!” I read a sermon today by the late Martin Lloyd Jones on Jesus’ encounter with two of His disciples on the road to Emmaus right after the resurrection. It is one of my…
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Knowing God
Philippians 3:7-11 “But whatever gain I had, I counted as loss for the sake of Christ. Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain…
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Both Milk and Solid Food
Hebrews 5:12 “For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the basic principles of the oracles of God. You need milk, not solid food.” Some years ago, while I was hunting on the mountain next to the home where I grew up, I ran into a friend of…
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What’s the Focus?
1 Thessalonians 5:27 “I put you under oath before the Lord to have this letter read to all the brothers.” My wife attended a church when she was a child, but it was a church where she never heard the gospel. It’s almost unbelievable that this could be the case, but that was her experience. I…
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Drawing Near to God
James 4:8 “Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you.” Do you believe the promises of God? The Bible is filled with them – but do you know what they are? And of those you may know, that you may have read or otherwise heard about, do you actually believe them? Do…
To Encourage You 