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B2 Encourage members C1 8 Men D1 What does God want the Christian man to do? D2 God wants men to pray, not fight and argue. E1 Prayer is having fellowship with God. E2 Can we understand this as having a cup of coffee with a good friend to converse? That is fellowship, too.…
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Modern views B1 Restored Church of God: C1 The most common image of people “roasting in hell” pictures a God willing to burn people for all eternity without ever totally burning them up. Apart from what the scriptures teach, ask yourself, what kind of God is capable of this? Modern “human rights activists” recognize…
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1 Corinthians 5:1-7 WEL It is commonly reported that there is sexual sin among you, and such sexual sin as is not even mentioned among the Gentiles that one should have his father’s wife. 2 And you are proud of this? You should have mourned instead, so that he who has done this deed…
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And from examples of success and failure. From 1 Samuel 1-2:11 The people B1 Eli B2 Eli’s sons Hophni and Phinehas B3 Elkanah, husband to Hannah and Peninnah B4 Hannah B5 Peninnah B6 God The setting B1 Shiloh, the first center of Israelite worship in the Promised Land. A comment from the ATS Bible…
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MORNING Psalm 127 B1 What does this mean? C1 God builds His own house and His own kingdom. One principle that is needed to build is found in Proverbs 24:3 NKJV Through wisdom a house is built, And by understanding it is established. All of God’s doings are in wisdom, knowledge, love, and holiness. C2…
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MORNING Psalm 122 B1 What does this mean? C1 The men and people of Israel needed to make 3 journeys a year to Jerusalem. Those days are Passover, Pentecost, and Feast of Tabernacles. C2 We are still to pray for Jerusalem and peace. C3 If Jerusalem is peaceful, so are the residents. C4 The…
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Regardless of the changes in society, organized religion, or government decrees, there are certain truths that remain unchallenged. The term Easter is offensive to sum, so just substitute the Resurrection Day. Easter, the celebration of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ, teaches us B1 There is life after death. Hebrews 9:27, Luke 23:43,…
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I posted this 16 Feb 15 but thought I should post it again – People have a tendency to elevate individuals to practically god-like status in which everything they say or teach is the truth. Many popular preachers of all stripes have their own unappointed apologists. When one popular preacher’s teaching was criticized there…
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2 Peter 2:1 LEB But there were also false prophets among the people, as there will be false teachers among you also, who will bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, thus bringing on themselves swift destruction. 2 Corinthians 11:14-15 BSB And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel…
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Isaiah 9:6 GW A child will be born for us. A son will be given to us. The government will rest on his shoulders. He will be named: Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Luke 2:11-12 NRSV to you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who…