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Christian Living

He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions (Psalm 107:20)

The scripture above brings to mind an amazing testimony of a young lad who had a ghastly accident, resulting in a gruesome leg injury.

3 August 2023Psalm 107:202 min read

Salvation

And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth… (Revelation 1:5)

When I was a much younger Christian, as I went about preaching to people, asking them to receive Christ’s salvation and be born again, some of them confronted me with…

24 July 2023Revelation 1:52 min read

A soft beam of light across a quiet field

Christian Living

The sower soweth the word. And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown

Matthew 13:1-23, Mark 4:1-20, and Luke 8:4-15 record a simple story Jesus used to illustrate and teach spiritual lessons: the parable of the sower.

24 July 2023Mark 4:14-152 min read

Warm lights of a hillside town at evening

Christian Living

For we are God's [own] handiwork (His workmanship), recreated in Christ Jesus

Observe that the apostle Paul didn’t say “We were or we shall be God's own handiwork.” He uses the present tense to describe that right now, God has His label on you.

24 July 2023Ephesians 2:10 AMPC2 min read

Holy Spirit

The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God

Some Bible Translators grappled with the Spirit’s communication through the apostle Paul in our opening scripture when He referred to us as “joint-heirs” with Christ.

24 July 2023Romans 8:16-172 min read

Salvation

But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)(Ephesians 2:4-5)

What a profound portion of scripture we just read!

24 July 2023Ephesians 2:4-52 min read

Christian Living

Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life (Proverbs 4:23)

The word 'keep' in the opening scripture doesn’t mean to hide something.

24 July 2023Proverbs 4:232 min read

Christian Living

Christianity: a Call to the Transcendent Life

In Christianity, we haven’t embraced a religion; what we’ve actually received is God's nature—His life.

24 July 2023Colossians 1:27 CEV2 min read

Christian Living

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a dedicated nation, [God's] own purchased, special people

The verse we just read is absolutely profound!

24 July 20231 Peter 2:9 AMPC2 min read

Wisdom

Spiritual Insight and Understanding

The Spirit, through the apostle Paul, prayed an insightful prayer for the Christians in Colossae, that they might be filled with the knowledge of God’s will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding.

24 July 2023Colossians 1:92 min read

A single lamp glowing softly against deep green

Christian Living

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me (John 14:6)

If you don’t know Jesus, you can never know or find truth. You may only find facts without truth.Truth and fact are not the same.

24 July 2023John 14:62 min read

Christian Living

Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified (Romans 8:30)

The Amplified version of the opening text says, “And those whom He thus foreordained, He also called; and those whom He called, He also justified (acquitted, made righteous, putting them into right standing with Himself).

24 July 2023Romans 8:302 min read