Tag: eternal life
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Confidence!
2 Corinthians 5:6-8 “Therefore we are always confident and know that as long as we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord. For we live by faith, not by sight. We are confident, I say, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.“ Are you…
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A Life of Self-Control
1 Thessalonians 4:3 “For this is the will of God . . .that each one of you know how to control his own body in holiness and honor” From the moment we are born, the issue of self-control impacts our lives. A little baby wants what it wants, and it wants it now! If a…
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The Way Things Look
Isaiah 55:12 “For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.” The condition of our soul effects everything else in our world. As one of my spiritual mentors said…
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THIS is the Life!
1 Thessalonians 3:8 “For now we live, if you are standing fast in the Lord. “ Have you ever heard or used the phrase “Life is good!”? Perhaps you’ve heard it put this way “This is the life!” What is usually meant when we hear this phrase is that we are enjoying life at that moment. Whatever…
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A Great Responsibility
1 Thessalonians 2:4 “. . . we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we speak, not to please man, but to please God who tests our hearts.” Some jobs carry with them such incredible responsibilities. I think of fire fighters, police officers, and surgeons. What they do on a daily basis could…
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Contemplating Death
Romans 6:23 “The wages of sin is death” Have you ever heard about someone receiving multiple life sentences, or multiple sentences for various offenses that total far more than the natural lifespan of a convict, e.g., 155 years? How about multiple death sentences? It doesn’t make much sense, but if nothing else, it’s an assurance…
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As a Hen
Matthew 23:37 “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often would I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you were not willing!” The words above, which are a lament of Jesus, are some of the saddest words in all the Bible. …
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The World’s Two Religions
Romans 6:23 “For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Do you realize that there are really only two religions in the world? They come in many forms, but in their basic essence there are only two. One form is rooted in…
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From Death to Life
Colossians 2:13-14 “And you, who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses, by canceling the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands.” Have you ever been brought back from the dead? What a strange question, you might ask. Who…
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Are you a “Good Samaritan”?
Luke 10:25-37 “And behold, a lawyer stood up to put him to the test, saying, ‘Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?’ He said to him, ‘What is written in the Law? How do you read it?’ And he answered, ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your…
To Encourage You 