Jesus Christ
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“Man was designed by God to be His agent for the glorification of the world. As men matured in their tasks, however, they themselves would grow from glory to glory, as prophets, priests, and kings. Though sin sought to wreck God’s design, through Jesus Christ we have been put back on track. May God raise…
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“I am the true vine, and my Father is the farmer [vinedresser]. Every branch in me that does not bear fruit, he takes away. Every branch that bears fruit, he prunes, that it may bear more fruit” (John 15:1-2; NHEB). “You therefore, beloved, knowing these things beforehand, beware, lest being carried away with the error…
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“He who assaults his father and drives his mother away is a shameful and disgraceful son. Cease listening, my son, to discipline, and you will stray from the words of knowledge” (Prov. 19:26-27). Cold Open (aka., Introduction)… The type of assault here discussed in not violence in terms of physical altercation, but to waste away…
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“All those who hate me, love death” (Prov. 8:36). “For those who are according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who are according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. For the mind set on the flesh is death, but the mind set on the Spirit…
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INTRODUCTION: Today I want to get the reader thinking about a topic that I have touched on before. It is a topic discussed by a variety of different people groups. And, it is vilified on nearly all sides. When it is not made a boogie man, it is downplayed by others who should be its…
