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B3 Proverbs 1:8-19 C1 Here we read the general principle to avoid sin, to avoid seduction of sin by friends, pastors, leaders, politicians, family, etc. C2 Choices have consequences. C3 The foundation of seduction is a lie and sinful desire. C4 The hook of seduction is something sounds too good to be true. This…
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Colossians 2:2-3 WEL That their hearts may be comforted by being knit together in love and into the all the riches of the full assurance of understanding, into the full knowledge of the mystery of the God, even of Father and of the Christ 3 In whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom…
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2 Corinthians 2:11 WEL Fearing that Satan would take advantage of us, for we are not ignorant of his schemes. What are some of the devil’s schemes? From the article, Temptation: The Ordinary Ways the Devil Attacks Us by Kathleen Beckman (beware Roman Catholic), I quote: The devil tempts us to sin by several…
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A Few Thoughts About Colossians 1:9 Colossae is in the area of modern Turkey and was an important Roman city. Epaphras visited, preached, and started a church there (Colossians 1:7) in the early 60s A.D. It is one of the prison epistles. Paul was in near-by Ephesus at the time (Acts 19). Colossians 1:9…
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Warning about False Logic 1 Timothy 6:20-21 WEL O Timothy, carefully keep safe what was committed to your trust, avoiding ungodly and fruitless babblings and oppositions from, what is falsely called, knowledge, 21 Which some claiming expertise have turned away from the faith. Grace be with you. Amen. B6 Warnings C1 To preserve D1…
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A great article from a number of years ago by Roy Ingle Signs of Salvation While we often are quick to stress the Reformation emphasis that salvation is by grace through faith apart from works of righteousness (Ephesians 2:8-9; Titus 3:5-7), we also must equally emphasis that there are signs that will come forth…
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1 Peter 5:8-11 in NKJV 1 Peter 5:8-11 WEL Be clear headed. Be alert, because your enemy, the Devil, like a roaring lion, walks around seeking whom he can devour. 9 Resist him, [be] immovable in the faith, realizing that the same kind of afflictions are being faced by your brothers who are in…
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These words occur in two passages: B1 Psalm 105:15 KJV [Saying], Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm. B2 1 Chronicles 16:22 KJV [Saying], Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm. An example: https://twitter.com/FakeSermon/status/1300757049458995202?s=20 B1 I’m not criticizing this particular preacher. B2 It just happens that he does…
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2 Corinthians 11:4 WEL For if someone comes preaching another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if you receive a different spirit which you have not received, or a different gospel which you have not accepted, you might well enough put up with him. Paul is writing to the Corinthian church. They had…