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"Ingrained Beliefs" Hebrews 13:17 The Bible Is the Word of God; the Godhead Is the Father, the Word--Express Image, and the Holy Spirit. All of Mankind Has Sinned; Man Brought Sin into the World. Hell Is Real--Fear Him Who Can Send You to Hell. Salvation Is a Person--the Person of the Lord Jesus Christ. There Is a Resurrection: a Resurrection of the Saved and a Resurrection of the Lost. And, Jesus Is Coming Again, as He Has Promised.

"What Was Abraham's Problem?" Genesis 20:1-4 Abraham Tells a Half-Truth About Sarah Being His Sister, But What Is Not Told Is What Was Abraham's Problem That He Should Lie. God Blesses Through Abraham as He Obeyed By Faith, and We Must Be Dependent on the Lord to Live for Him. The Holy Ghost Intercedes for a Crying Soul and Only God Can Search the Heart to See and to Tell the Inducement for Our Sin.

"Anointed to Preach the Gospel to the Poor" Luke 4:14 Anointed: Set Apart for God. Preach: Give Out the Word of God. The Poor: Broken by Life, Needful; Hurt, Don't Feel God Anymore; Stag net, in a Doldrum, Not Going Anywhere.

"Whosoever...Shall Be Saved" John 20:31 Be Very Wary When Dealing with Apocrypha or Pseudepigraphs or Gnostic Gospels and Any Other Stuff That Would Presume to Supplement or Even Overrule the Cannon of Our Holy Bible. Such Writings Lend Themselves to Confusion, Ecumenism, and the Religion of the Anti-Christ. Rather, Take Heart in the Elemental Truth That If You'll Accept What God Says About You as a Sinner and Call upon His Name--You Shall Be Saved.

"Trusting God's Character" Job 42:1 Everyone of Job's Friends Offered an Answer That Was in No Eyes True. When God Himself Finally Spoke, He Asserted His Sovereignty and Redirected Their Absolute Answers to Be Only of His Prerogative. Whatever Me Might Try to Do for God Is Futile. The Only Course of Action Is to Seize Upon the Righteousness of the Lord Jesus Christ.

"The Lord Is My Shepherd" Psalm 23:1-6 The Lord Will Force Us to Slow Down and Lead Us Beside the Still Waters. Be Thankful If the Lord Is Your Shepherd as He Supplies Every Need; but, Remember to Give God the Time to Restore Your Soul. It Can Take Time to Regain Joy.

2 Corinthians 11:3-4 “But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.” “For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with him.”

Mothers Day Message

"Minister the Spirit" I Corinthians 10:12 Our Salvation Is Dependent Upon the Word of God, and God's Word Is an Extension of His Character. That's Why We Can Have Eternal Security. Meanwhile, God Gives Us Instruction, As Any Father Does; But If We Mess Up, He Gives Us Forgiveness for Christ's Sake. Yet, In His Model Prayer, He Says That If We Forgive Those Who Wrong Us - Then He Will Forgive Us of Our Wrongs to Him. Unforgiveness Toward Another Can Swell into Hatred (Display of the Old Man) and Must Be Handled on A Spiritual Level.

"No Greater Security" 1 Corinthians 10:12 Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall. Our Salvation Is Dependent Upon the Word of God, and God's Word Is an Extension of His Character. That's Why We Can Have Eternal Security. Meanwhile, God Gives Us Instruction, As Any Father Does; But If We Mess Up, He Gives Us Forgiveness for Christ's Sake. Yet, In His Model Prayer, He Says That If We Forgive Those Who Wrong Us - Then He Will Forgive Us of Our Wrongs to Him. Unforgiveness Toward Another Can Swell into Hatred (Display of the Old Man) and Must Be Handled on A Spiritual Level.

"David's Record of Repentance" Psalm 51:14 From the Example of David, We Have an Outline of the Process When One Is Convicted of Their Sin: Sorrow, Pain, Grief, Humility, Repentance, Acknowledgment, and (Finally) Restoration.

"Deity of Christ" John 1:1-5 Churches Are Dying as They Preach a False Christ and Lay a Foundation For the Anti-Christ as They Do Not Know Who God Is. Faith, Belief, and Eternal Life Are Themes Throughout the Gospel of John as It Talks About the New Birth and Supports Eternal Life. John Shows That the Salvation of the Sinner's Soul Is Connected with Believing; and Nobody Can Ever Snatch Us from the Father's Hand.

"A Time Before Time" John 1:1-13 Seeing from the beginning how God is the ultimate sacrifice in John. We also see the holiness of God and the light of God. In the light of God we see an altar, we see a laver, and we see a table of shewbread. God's holiness is something we cannot bear and being in the presence of God Almighty is a privilege. When we become a new creature in Christ, it gives us access to the presence of God. Christ is our veil, our intercessor; Christ takes us straight to the Father.

"A Light to the Gentiles" Matthew 15:21-28 As the Jewish People Were the Apple of God's Eye, All Others Were -- In Contrast -- Dogs. But, When Israel Rejects Christ As Their King (Over and Over Again), God Mercifully Blinds Them and Redirects the Gospel of the Grace of God to the Gentiles.

"Mercy For the Haunted" Matthew 3:1 The Callings of Both John the Baptist and Elias the Prophet Are Compared, down to the Final Consequences of Their Targets' Choices. Other Examples of Wicked Offenders Suffering Protracted Bedevilment Including Saul of Tarsus and the Blessed Remedy Which Paul Proclaims.

"So He Made It Again" Jeremiah 18:1-4 The Water That Serves As the Medium Between the Potter's Hand and the Clay Represents the Holy Spirit As God Uses the Holy Spirit to Shape Our Life. Looking at the Three People in the Bible: Jacob, Simon Peter, and John Mark: All Faced Spiritual Challenges, But the Lord Simply Made Their Vessel Over Again to His Glory. God Does His Most Powerful Communication When He Is Alone with Us -- When Was the Last Time You Were Alone with God?

“The Revelations of The Apostle Paul” Matthew 5:1 Books of the New Testament: the Apostle Paul Received of God and Developed for the Church's Edification Several New Dispensational Changes and Certain Significant Mysteries--Such As the Mystery of Godliness and the Mystery of Iniquity; the Mystery of the Church, of the Indwelling Christ, and of the Rapture.

The “Woke” Jesus 2 Corinthians 11:2-4 2 Corinthians 11:2 For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ. 2 Corinthians 11:3 But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ. 2 Corinthians 11:4 For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with him.

"Student of the Bible" 2 Timothy 2:15 A Look at Some Apparent Contradictions Which Can Be Understood by Looking at What Happens In between. These Are Some Things in The New Testament That Have Changed with Progressive Revelation. Consider Also the Things Which Do Not Change. For Many Questions That Are Left Unanswered in Scripture, Extra Biblical Sources Such as Secular Histories and Archeological Finds Offer Suggestions, But Only the Word of God Can Be Absolutely Trusted.

"Christ Takes Away Our Sin' Genesis 2:7 Great Men -- Adam, Abraham, Moses -- Could Only Go So Far, and They Only Show Us So Far. Adam Was Created King of the Kingdom of Heaven and of the Kingdom of God (the Earth), but When He Sinned, He Lost the Image of God. Abraham Was a Pilgrim, Never Finding That City. Moses Got to the Top of the Mountain of Nebo, but He Could Not Enter the Promise Land. In All Cases Christ Alone Completely Fulfills the Plan of God.

"Sheol vs Sleep" Psalm 6:4-5 Comparing the Old Testament Saints' Vague and Fearful Notions of Death to the New Testament Saints' Reassuring Reunion with The Lord Jesus Christ. Reminding Us How One Can Have a Bright Perspective of Death by Having a Personal Relationship with the Lord.

"What If All We Had Was..." Matthew 1:18 What If All We Had of Jesus Was: His Birth; His Life; His Trial and Rejection; His Curse; or His Death On the Cross. Where Would the Power Lie? If Any of These Were Truly the End of the Story, Then the Story Would Have Ended. Our Lord Jesus Christ Took the Curse of the Earth and Tasted Death for All Men As Our Sacrifice. When He Arose From the Dead; He Sealed His Sinless, Perfect Life and Triumphed Over Death. If Jesus was not resurrected we would be without hope. Our faith would be vain if he was still in the tomb. But He is risen! Amen!!

"Easter Joy" Psalm 34:18 While Taking Strong Exception to the Assertion That Mardi Gras Is in Any Way a Christian Holiday, We Still Need to Allow for the Length and Depth and Breadth of Different Ways Our Christian Brethren Draw Nigh to the Lord. Having A Proper Attitude of Lowliness Before Almighty God Will Allow Us to Receive from Him Forgiveness, Based Only on What Christ Has Done, and Joy.