Tag: goodness
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On Judging Others
Romans 2:1 “Therefore you have no excuse, O man, every one of you who judges. For in passing judgment on another you condemn yourself, because you, the judge, practice the very same things.” Does it ever bother you that so much of what we see on social media is people making sweeping generalizations to condemn…
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Security
Jude 24-25 “Now to him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you blameless before the presence of His glory with great joy,to the only God, our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority, before all time and now and forever. Amen.” On what or on whom are you entrusting your eternal…
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The Good
2 Corinthians 3:6 “For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.” Are you a good person? How do you know? What’s the standard against which you are measuring yourself? Some time ago, a technician was checking out my furnace, which was malfunctioning. He had a meter with which he tested the components. He knew the…
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True or False? You Can’t Take It with You.
Matthew 22:1-14 “And again Jesus spoke to them in parables, saying, ‘The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who gave a wedding feast for his son, and sent his servants to call those who were invited to the wedding feast, but they would not come . . .And those servants went out into the roads and gathered all…
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True Wisdom
1 Corinthians 3:18-20 “Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you thinks that he is wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may become wise. For the wisdom of this world is folly with God. For it is written, ’He catches the wise in their craftiness,’ and again, ’The Lord…
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Self-Assessment
1 Timothy 1:15 “Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the foremost.” How do you see yourself? Perhaps you think of yourself in your heart of hearts as essentially a good person. Maybe you are like so many of the celebrities or politicians that say after they have been…
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Bearing spiritual fruit
Galatians 5:22 – 23 “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.” The fruit of the Spirit should be manifested in every Christians’ life. So, if you are a Christian, is it these things that describe you? Or do you…
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Hope for the sick
John 19:1-3 “Then Pilate took Jesus and flogged him. And the soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on his head and arrayed him in a purple robe. They came up to him, saying, ‘Hail, King of the Jews!’ and struck him with their hands.” Do you believe what the Bible says about man…
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Unclean! Unclean!
Leviticus 13:12-13 “ And if the leprous disease breaks out in the skin, so that the leprous disease covers all the skin of the diseased person from head to foot, so far as the priest can see, then the priest shall look, and if the leprous disease has covered all his body, he shall pronounce…
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A new wardrobe
Exodus 29:29 “The holy garments of Aaron shall be for his sons after him; they shall be anointed in them and ordained in them.” The ordinances and consecration of the priests of the Old Testament are shadows of truth regarding all those who have put their trust in Jesus Christ and who in the New Testament are…
To Encourage You 