Walk in the Spirit

In Gal 5:16 Paul told us to walk in the Spirit.  Let’s see what this entails. When you are saved, the Spirit is in you This is a fairly simple lesson when you think about it.  When you were saved, you went through a spiritual circumcision that separated your flesh...

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The Fellowship of Prayer

In prayer, we shouldn’t just make our requests known to God, but we should enjoy the privilege of having fellowship with God.  Fellowship is companionship and friendly association.  It is a mutual sharing of experience, activity, and interest.  So, in prayer we should be in fellowship with the Lord, 1...

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What Are Deacons, 1 Tim 3:8-13

What Are Deacons? What are deacons?  Deacons are an interesting subject in the Bible because there are a variety of interpretations concerning who they are and what they do.  The Biblical teaching about deacons is different than the traditional understanding.  Traditionally, deacons are men who are chosen by a congregation...

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A Deceived Heart, Is 44:14-20

Read Is 44:14-20.  Is 44:20 speaks of a deceived heart.  It’s hard for us to imagine that a person could be so deceived as to worship a god he makes out of the stock of a tree.  With the same tree, he warms himself, bakes his bread, and roasts flesh. ...

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Old Things and New Things, 2 Cor 5:17

2 Cor 5:17 deals with the old things and new things in your life when you become a new creature in Christ.  For many of us, some of the old things fell off right away.  Yet, other old things stuck around and continue to be a problem for us in...

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The Love of Christ Constraineth Us, 2 Cor 5:14

2 Cor 5:14 says “For the love of Christ constraineth us”.  In v.15, it constrains us to not henceforth live unto ourselves, but unto him who died for them (in v.14) and rose again.  To constrain is to hold back by or as if by force.  The force of his...

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Rahab’s Testimony, Jos 2:1-24

Rahab’s testimony is remarkable, Jos 2:1-24.  Notice: Rahab’s Testimony of Faith – Heb 11:31.  In Jos 2:9-11 she believed in the Lord.  Then in v.12-13 she believed she could be saved and that she needed to be saved.  In v.14 she believed the words of the spies.  And in v.17-21 she...

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Sincerity and Truth, Jos 24:14

Joshua commanded Israel to “fear the Lord, and serve him in sincerity and in truth”, Jos 24:14.  Not just in sincerity.  Not just in truth.  But in the combination of sincerity and truth. Sincerity is honesty of mind; freedom from hypocrisy.  Sincere means:  without deceit, pretense [a false profession]; free...

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The Toll of Sin, Ps 38

Despite the fact that Jesus paid for our sins on Calvary, sin takes a toll on you.  And we need to consider the toll of sin when we are debating whether or not to commit sin.  Many people never consider this because we live in an age of defiled and...

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Priorities, Mark 12:28

Many of us make a list of things we need to do in a day or a week.  And then we prioritize the things on the list to make sure we completer our priorities.  Otherwise, we are prone to fill our day with important but not essential things.  And by...

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