Tag: Salvation
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How long will you live?
Romans 2:16 “God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.” Revelation 19:12 “His eyes are like a flame of fire.” So how long do you expect to live? I suspect your age may influence your answer to this question. It seems the younger one is, the more likely they…
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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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Strong in Grace
2 Timothy 2:1 “be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.” Are you a strong Christian? What does this even mean? As with most things in the Scriptures, the emphasis here is not on the physical. Nothing wrong with that, mind you. Bodily exercise is beneficial to us. The Bible even says this:…
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The Coming Disaster
Jeremiah 6:9 “Hear, O earth; behold, I am bringing disaster upon this people . . . because they have not paid attention to my words; and as for my law, they have rejected it.” So, are you worried about something right now? Is something eating at you? Something coming in the next hour, day, week,…
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Have you seen the glory?
Isaiah 6:3 “The whole earth is full of his glory.” What is glory? One definition I’ve heard that has helped me to understand the term is that “glory” is “a manifestation of the greatness of God.” The Seraphim that Isaiah saw and spoke of in Isaiah 6 said that the whole earth is full of…
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He could have called 10,000 angels
Matthew 27:42 “He saved others; he cannot save himself. He is the King of Israel; let him come down now from the cross, and we will believe in him.” In these mocking words from those who crucified Christ, God saw fit to reveal a glorious truth. As Peter drew his sword to defend Jesus from…
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The Easter “holiday”
I Corinthians 15:3-11 “I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures, and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve. Then he appeared to…
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Heaven
1 Timothy 1:15 “Here is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners–of whom I am the worst.” Have you ever noticed that most people who believe in Heaven think that they are going there someday? And if you ask them why, typically you will get some…
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Safe and secure?
Judges 18:7 “Then the five men departed and came to Laish and saw the people who were there, how they lived in security, after the manner of the Sidonians, quiet and unsuspecting, lacking nothing that is in the earth and possessing wealth, and how they were far from the Sidonians and had no dealings with anyone.” Judges 18:27-28 “But…
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A wonderful Savior
Judges 13:3-5 “And the angel of the Lord appeared to the woman and said to her, ‘Behold, you are barren and have not borne children, but you shall conceive and bear a son . . . the child shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb, and he shall begin to save Israel from the hand of the Philistines.”…
To Encourage You 