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Mark 4:18-19 MKJV And these are those being sown among thorns; such as hear the Word, 19 and the cares of this world, and the deceit of riches, and the lust about other things entering in, choke the Word, and it becomes unfruitful. When the Lord Jesus teaches, He uses many different methods. Here…
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This refers to the new creation of a believer. 2 Corinthians 5:17 NIV Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! Galatians 6:15 NIV Neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything; what counts is the new creation. Salvation, reconciliation with God, forgiveness of sins,…
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Revelation 22:20 NLT He who is the faithful witness to all these things says, “Yes, I am coming soon!” Amen! Come, Lord Jesus! 2 Peter 3:12a …waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God… As Christians we don’t pray for the death of the wicked. Ezekiel 33:11 NLT As surely as…
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Definitions B1 Altruism is unselfish concern for the well-being of others (Source) B2 The opposite is egoism which is the tendency to evaluate everything in relation to one’s own interests; self-centeredness (Source) The Scriptures teach us to be altruistic (unselfishly devoted to the welfare of others). B1 Proverbs 19:17 WEB He who has pity…
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2 Peter 2:7-8 KJV And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked: 8 (For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds😉 Vexed B1 English (Source) To irritate; to make angry by little provocations To plague;…
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Proverbs 14:12 MKJV There is a way which seems right to a man, but the end of it is the ways of death. Our decisions seem so correct, but… Our foolish or wrong decisions rarely lead to physical death. The Hebrew word for death is מָוֶת mâveth. This word means poetically personified death (Psalm…
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Calvinists believe this passage teaches that people are sheep before they believe. B1 John Piper, “We believe because we are God’s chosen sheep, not vice versa” (Piper, 5 Points, 54). B2 A. W. Pink, the elect “are ‘sheep’ before they believe, yea, before they are born” (Pink, Sovereignty of God, 338). Answer: B1 Passage with…
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In the midst of COVID-19 and the “reset” (PM Justin Trudeau), how do Christians respond? 1 Thessalonians 5:18 NET in everything give thanks. For this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. How can anyone give thanks in everything? We have a Messiah. We have a hope. We have a future. We have…
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Genesis 15:16 BSB In the fourth generation your descendants will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete. Background B1 Amorites: C1 Their ancestor was one of the sons of Canaan (Genesis 10:15-16). C2 Their country consisted of Syria and Israel (Deuteronomy 1:7 and Deuteronomy 1:19-20). C3 Their most famous…