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"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.

"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.

"Jesus, The Friend of Sinners" Genesis 4:7 By One Man, Adam, Sin Entered the World. By One Man, Jesus Christ, Hope Came into the World. Sin Bringeth Forth Death, Sin is Deceitful, and Sin Entices. But Jesus Christ is the Friend of Sinners, and He Gives Us Hope and the Promise to a New Life in Him.

“Rock of Ages” Deuteronomy 32:4 Christ is Our Rock, Our Foundation, and He is Everything We Need. We Stand on the Rock, Hide on the Rock, Sing to the Rock, and Drink from the Rock. Christ is Our Well of Water Springing Forth Inside. If Jesus Christ is Number One in Your Life, Everything Will Be in Place and Where It Needs to Be. Man Will Never Bring Peace, Peace Will Come When Christ Returns.

"A Big Step Up" Hebrews 1:1 Written to the Hebrews, God's Chosen People and Guardians of His Word, to Expound Unto Them the Way of God Completed as Example after Example Demonstrates the Supremacy of the Person, the Performance, the Priesthood and the Promises of the Lord Jesus Christ Over the Law of Moses Which Was the Foreshadowing of Him.

"Four Winds of the Earth" Song of Solomon 4:15-16 The Wind, as a Type of the Holy Spirit, Is Not Unlike the Very Breath of God by Which Man Became a Living Soul. And, God Breathed His Word (Inspired) Both When He Wrote It and When It Is Read. The Winds from the Four Corners of the Earth Are Distinctive: the East, a Cleansing Wind; the North, Purifying; South, Fragrant and Comforting; and the West, Rain. Also, Inspiration from a 16th Century Text and from Joni Eareckson Tada.

"The Heart of a Shepherd" Psalm 23:1-6 Psalms 22-24 Talk About Christ as the Good, the Chief, and the Great Shepherd. The Good Shepherd Is Willing To Die For His Flock and Protect Them From the Enemy; the Chief Shepherd Restores Our Soul and Feeds His Bishops and Elders; and the Great Shepherd Brings Victory and Allows Us into the Presence of God Through Christ's Righteousness. God Looks Upon Our Heart, Which Is Why David Was Anointed As the King of Israel -- Because He Had the Heart of a Shepherd.

"The Battle Rages" Genesis 3:1 Sin Originated Way Before the Garden of Eden, and the Ways and Wiles of Satan Have Been Elaborated and Honed Through the Ages. Satan Will Be the Adversary to Mankind Until He Is Finally Cast into the Lake of Fire. Overrunning Death and Despair Appall and Confuse Even Believers at Times. To React with Anger Towards God Is Not Uncommon. But, In Whatever Setting We Find Other Distraught Individuals, Let Us Intercede and Minister to Them Even as the Lord Has Shown Grace to Us.

"The Character of God" Psalm 88:13 Mere Humans Have Accused God of Deceit and of Treachery and of Just Not Caring. But the Only Way to Live the Victorious Christian Life is to Trust in the Character of God, and so it Behooves Us to Study His Character. Learning About God (and Learning About Ourselves in Contrast) is Best Done in a Valley.

“The Word, Quick and Powerful” Matthew 12:31-32 Man's Love for Easy Things Gives Him a Strong Tendency to Simplify the Word of God. But God's Word Is Alive: It Searches the Heart in a Powerful, Personal Way and Shines Out the Exact Obstacle Keeping You From Accepting Your Need for a Saviour. Also, Preacher's Own Personal Testimony.

“The Unpardonable Sin” Matthew 12:31-32 Understanding How the Preaching of the Gospel of Jesus Christ and the Working of the Holy Spirit Together Bring Conviction to the Heart of the Unbeliever. Then If Rejected, Dismissed, Ignored - There Is No Alternative to Receive Remission of Sin and There Is NO HOPE.

"Accent the Positive" Jude verse 23 The Spirit is Spiritual, the Flesh is Fleshly. And While the Only Power the Christian Has Over His Flesh is Through the Spirit of God. Accessed by Fellowship with the Lord. Therefore, We Are Urged to Let this Mind of Christ Be in Us and to Think on Lovely, Positive Things and to Emulate Paul and Silas Singing Praises to God While in Prison.

"Hope For Forgiveness" Hebrews 11:6 The People Listed In This Chapter of Hebrews Are Flawed but God Focuses Exclusively On Their Faith. All of Us Are Flawed Too but By the Mercy and Grace of Our Lord We Have His Promise That Christ Is Our Advocate, and He Will Instruct Us In His Truth.