Because He First Loved Us, 1 Jn 4:19

Because He First Loved Us We are drawn to the Lord because he first loved us.  This is why we came to Jesus to be saved. 1 Jn 4:10, “Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation...

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Keep Yourselves in the Love of God, Jude 21

Keep Yourselves in the Love of God Jude 21 says, “Keep yourselves in the love of God…”.  God loves you.  He loved you enough to die for you before you were saved, Jn 3:16.  And Rom 5:8 says, “God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet...

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Why People Hate God, Rom 1:30

Click this link to download file Why People Hate God Rom 1:30 says that some people are “haters of God.”  Why do they hate God?  They hate God because they love and serve something else.  Matt 6:24 says that no man can serve two masters.  He will hate the one...

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Blessings of Obedience, Lk 11:28

Blessings of Obedience An obedient person is a blessed person, Lk 11:28.  Jesus said, “Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it”.  Jas 1:25 says, “But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but...

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Love Hate Relationships, 1 Sam 16:21

Love Hate Relationships 1 Sam. 16: 21 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO You have heard the expression, “they have a love hate relationship.”  Well, the truth of the matter is, as you know, a person either loves or hates the other person.  He doesn’t have both of these feelings at the same...

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Dealing with Covetousness, Col 3:5

Dealing with Covetousness Col 3: 5 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Covetousness Defined Covetousness is defined in the Merriam Webster dictionary as an inordinate desire for wealth or possessions.  That is what Jesus warned his disciples about in Lk 12:15.  But it is more than that, according to the Bible.  The tenth...

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A Troubled Heart, Jn 14:1-4

Remedy For A Troubled Heart Jn. 14: 1-4 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Many people have troubled hearts.  Marital, financial, familial, occupational, political problems, and other things cause a troubled heart.  If you have a troubled heart today, then consider what Jesus said in Jn 14:1-4.  The remedy for a troubled heart...

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The Purpose of the Parable, Ps 78:1-8

Asaph wrote Ps 78 to recount God’s dealings with Israel in the Exodus, the wilderness journey, and their establishment in the land of Canaan.  However, he wrote that this Psalm is a parable, Ps 78:2.  That’s because this history doctrinally applies to the Second Advent of Jesus.  That’s the purpose...

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Born of God, 1 Jn 5:1-13

1 Jn 5:1 says, “Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God”.  The Christ is a reference to Jesus as the Messiah, Jn 4:25-26.  As the Christ, he is the Son of David, Matt 22:41-45, and the Son of God, Matt 16:16, 26:63. According to 1 Jn...

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You Must Choose, Jos 24:15

Joshua said to Israel, in Jos 24:15, “choose you this day whom ye will serve.”  They had to choose among serving the Lord or serving the gods of their fathers or serving the gods of the Amorites in whose land they dwelled.  It was not possible for them to serve...

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