Tag: self-deception
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Why?
Hebrews 11:29 “By faith the people crossed the Red Sea as on dry land, but the Egyptians, when they attempted to do the same, were drowned.” Two people can do exactly the same thing but have completely different motivations for doing so. Thus, the Bible teaches us that it is the motives behind our actions, not…
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A Faith that Works
Titus 3:14 “And let our people learn to devote themselves to good works, so as to help cases of urgent need, and not be unfruitful.” There is much in the Christian life that must be learned not by hearing, but by doing. There is always a danger that we think we are growing in our faith simply…
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Stopping Short
2 Corinthians 8:7 “But as you excel in everything—in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in all earnestness, and in our love for you—see that you excel in this act of grace also.” One of the things that can happen to us as we follow Christ is to think that by knowing what is right, we are…
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Tests of True Faith
1 Thessalonians 1:2-5 “We give thanks to God always for all of you, constantly mentioning you in our prayers, remembering before our God and Father your work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ. For we know, brothers loved by God, that he has chosen you, because our gospel came to you not only in word,…
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True or False
Colossians 1:21-23 “And you, who once were alienated and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds, he has now reconciled in his body of flesh by his death, in order to present you holy and blameless and above reproach before him,if indeed you continue in the faith, stable and steadfast, not shifting from the hope of the gospel that you heard.” One of…
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Self-exam
Matthew 7:21-23 ““Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and…
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Walking the Talk
James 1:22 “But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.” Have you ever been deceived about anything? Anyone ever pull the wool over your eyes? Maybe it was a salesman who promised that his product would do wonders for you, but you found it did nothing but leave you a little…
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Avoiding deceptions
2 Corinthians 5:7 “For we walk by faith, not by sight.” One of the Bible’s most basic messages is that things are very often not as they seem. So many times, things that appear to be very good for us are actually very evil and destructive. We are warned that “even Satan himself masquerades as…
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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…
To Encourage You 