Tag: eternal life
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Your Kingdom Come
2 Samuel 8:13 “And David made a name for himself when he returned from striking down 18,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt.” How do the kingdoms of this world advance? What are their methods? From the beginning of time there has been only one way – warfare, the taking of human life. Kingdoms rise by…
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When the Roll is Called Up Yonder
Isaiah 53:12 “He poured out his soul to death and was numbered with the transgressors.” I was reading from C.H. Spurgeon’s “Morning and Evening” devotional this morning and read some of his thoughts on the wonderful passage above. It caused me to stop and think more deeply on such awesome truth. I thought about King…
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Our Forgiving God
2 Samuel 3:22-25 “Just then the servants of David arrived with Joab from a raid, bringing much spoil with them. But Abner was not with David at Hebron, for he had sent him away, and he had gone in peace. When Joab and all the army that was with him came, it was told Joab, ‘Abner…
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Are you a “have” or a “have not”?
1 Samuel 31:4-7 “Therefore Saul took his own sword and fell upon it. And when his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he also fell upon his sword and died with him. Thus Saul died, and his three sons, and his armor-bearer, and all his men, on the same day together.” Have you ever thought about the day…
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Have you been born again?
Luke 18:18 “And a ruler asked him, ‘Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?’” John 3:3-4 “Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. This man came to Jesus by night and said to him, ‘Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these…
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Like a Broken Record
1 Samuel 26:1-2 “Then the Ziphites came to Saul at Gibeah, saying, ‘Is not David hiding himself on the hill of Hachilah, which is on the east of Jeshimon?’ So Saul arose and went down to the wilderness of Ziph with three thousand chosen men of Israel to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph.” 1 Samuel 26:21…
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Finishing Well
Hebrews 11:20-22 “By faith Isaac invoked future blessings on Jacob and Esau. By faith Jacob, when dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph, bowing in worship over the head of his staff. By faith Joseph, at the end of his life, made mention of the exodus of the Israelites and gave directions concerning his bones.” True faith finishes well. That…
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How the Worst Thing Becomes the Best Thing
1 Samuel 22:22-23 “I have occasioned the death of all the persons of your father’s house. Stay with me; do not be afraid, for he who seeks my life seeks your life. With me you shall be in safekeeping.” What’s the worst thing that can ever happen to you? The typical answer to that question is…
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A New and Living Way
Hebrews 10:20 “. . .the new and living way. . .” Have you ever heard someone say, “there’s a right way and a wrong way to do everything”? While I don’t’ think that that statement is necessarily true for some things (like which shoe you put on first in the morning) can be done in…
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A Glorious Inheritance
Hebrews 9:16-17 “For where a will is involved, the death of the one who made it must be established. For a will takes effect only at death, since it is not in force as long as the one who made it is alive.” Have you ever inherited anything? If you have, you understand full well that an…
To Encourage You 