Tag: true faith
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Opportunities
Hebrews 11:15 “If they had been thinking of that land from which they had gone out, they would have had opportunity to return.” One of the most consequential words in all the Bible is the word “opportunity.” It means “an occasion; a set or proper time.” We find it in the verse above. Sometimes the Greek…
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A Better Way
Hebrews 6:9-10 “Though we speak in this way, yet in your case, beloved, we feel sure of better things—things that belong to salvation. For God is not unjust so as to overlook your work and the love that you have shown for his name in serving the saints, as you still do.” One of the common beliefs of…
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All or None
1 Samuel 7:3 “And Samuel said to all the house of Israel, ‘If you are returning to the Lord with all your heart, then put away the foreign gods and the Ashtaroth from among you and direct your heart to the Lord and serve him only, and he will deliver you out of the hand…
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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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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…
To Encourage You 