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A Few Thoughts About the Book of Revelation Many people will not read and study Revelation anymore, because they claim it is divisive. I once had a pastor who believed this. He thought those teachers who did teach were only after money, and it was divisive. But The Lord Jesus gives a special blessing…
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A Few Thoughts About the Beatitudes Jesus’s Sermon on the Mount—The Beatitudes as found in Matthew 5:1-12 WEL Matthew 5:1 Seeing the large crowds, he went up to a mountain, and after sitting down, his disciples came to him, 2 And opening his mouth, he started teaching them saying, 3 “Blessed are the poor…
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A Few Thoughts About Ephesian Church and First Love Revelation 2:4 Nevertheless, I have [something] against you, because you have forsaken your first love. First love = the most important love. This love has the highest priority and more important than anything else. Other loves in the Scriptures: B1 Money C1 Luke 16:13 NIV…
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A Few Thoughts About Colossians 3:12-14 Colossians 3:12-14 CSB Therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and dearly loved, put on compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience, bearing with one another and forgiving one another if anyone has a grievance against another. Just as the Lord has forgiven you, so you are also to forgive.…
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A Few Short Thoughts About Colossians 1:9 Colossae is in 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 WEL Also,…
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Luke 20:41-44 WEL 41 He said to them, “How can it be said that Christ is David’s son? 42 “David himself says in the book of Psalms, ‘The Lord [Hebrew Yahweh] said to my lord,’ “Sit at my right hand, 43 “Until I make your enemies your footstool [Psalm 110:1],”’ 44 “Therefore, David calls…
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Titus 3:12-15 Final Greetings Final Greetings 12 When I send Artemas or Tychicus to you, be diligent to come to me at Nicopolis, for I have determined to winter there. 13 Help Zenas the lawyer and Apollos in any way you can, so that they are lacking nothing. 14 Also, let ours learn to…
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Titus 3:9-11 Avoid Some Things To Avoid 9 Avoid foolish questions, genealogies, big arguments and battles over the law, for they are not beneficial and useless. 10 Reject a heretic—after the first and second warning— 11 Knowing that such a person is twisted and sins, being self-condemned. Notes B1 Actions to avoid C1 The…
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Titus 3:3-8 What We Were, and How God Changed Us What We Were and How God Changed Us 3 We ourselves were also at one time foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various evil desires and pleasures, passing our time being spiteful, envious, obnoxious, and hating one another. 4 But as soon as the kindness and…
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Chapter 3 Titus 3:1-2 Dealing with non-Christians Dealing with non-Christians 1 Remind them to be under the authority of rulers and authorities, to comply with [their rules], to be ready for every good work, 2 Not to insult anyone, or be contentious, [but to be] gentle, showing a complete meekness to all people. Notes:…