Tag: motives
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Religious inventions
Judges 17:13 “Then Micah said, ‘Now I know that the Lord will prosper me, because I have a Levite as priest.’” Why do people who are not Christians go to church? Why do they give their hard-earned money to religious purposes when their “religion” is not legitimate in the eyes of God? Well, why do people do…
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Motives
Psalm 119:167 “My soul keeps your testimonies; I love them exceedingly.” Motives mean everything to Christ regarding how we live our lives and how we practice our faith. I Corinthians 13 speaks of those who do what appear to be great things, things that any human being would likely view as awe-inspiring, but that are worthless…
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The reasons we follow
John 16:1-4 ““I have said all these things to you to keep you from falling away. They will put you out of the synagogues. Indeed, the hour is coming when whoever kills you will think he is offering service to God. And they will do these things because they have not known the Father, nor…
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The books
Numbers 7:12-18 ff “He who offered his offering the first day was Nahshon the son of Amminadab, of the tribe of Judah. And his offering was one silver plate whose weight was 130 shekels, one silver basin of 70 shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed…
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Our plans
Numbers 1:1-3 “The Lord spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tent of meeting, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they had come out of the land of Egypt, saying, ‘Take a census of all the congregation of the people of Israel, by clans, by…
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A life without regrets
John 15:8 – By this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples. Disciples are students. We are to reflect the teachings of Christ in everything we do – how we think, speak and act – and how we react to every situation in life. His teaching…
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Wishes
John 15:7 “If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.” From our earliest years we’ve learned to wish for things. It’s like when we blew out the candles on our birthday cakes as little children and were told to first “Make…
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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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Love is love. Really?
Exodus 32:4-5 “So all the people took off the rings of gold that were in their ears and brought them to Aaron. And he received the gold from their hand and fashioned it with a graving tool and made a goldencalf. And they said, “These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the…
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Why give?
Exodus 25:1-2 “The Lord said to Moses,“Speak to the people of Israel, that they take for me a contribution. From every man whose heart moves him you shall receive the contribution for me.”” Isn’t it amazing that God, who is omnipotent, doesn’t force Himself upon us? He is looking for willing followers, not coerced ones. …
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