Tag: doubt
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Exceptions
Psalm 119:128 “Therefore I consider all your precepts to be right; I hate every false way.” Are their “exceptions” in your faith? Do you agree with the Bible’s view on many or even most things, but are there exceptions? Do you really like Jesus’ teaching about love, peace, and joy? Does the Sermon on the…
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Preposterous! Or is it?
John 15:5 “. . . apart from me, you can do nothing.” Can you imagine someone saying something like this to you? What gall! What a stunning thing for someone to say! To think of how comprehensive, how all-encompassing such a statement is. Apart from ME, you can do NOTHING. Only an egomaniac who is…
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Why do you ask?
John 14:22 “Judas (not Iscariot) said to him, “Lord, how is it that you will manifest yourself to us and not to the world?” What kind of questions do you have about spiritual things, about the Bible, about Jesus, about God? It’s interesting that in the above passage the Scriptures point out that the question…
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The cure for a troubled heart
John 14:1 “Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me.” It’s always good to think about the context in which the words of the Bible are written. An example is the words above as Jesus spoke to His disciples. He had just spoken to them about the fact that one of them…
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A God Who loves?
Exodus 19:21 “And the Lord said to Moses, ‘Go down and warn the people, lest they break through to the Lord to look and many of them perish.’” God is love. That’s what the Bible tells us. Yet, in so many of the places we read about Him, it seems to us like He’s anything…
To Encourage You 