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Be Single-minded
John 21:21 'Peter seeing him saith to Jesus, Lord, and what shall this man do?'
Jesus had just told Peter to follow Him. However, Peter wanted to know what the Lord had planned for John. Instead of Jesus answering Peter's question, the Lord told him that what He had in store for John was none of his business.
Satan diverts many people by getting them preoccupied with what others are doing for the Lord. Comparing ourselves with others, whether we come out better or worse, is unwise (2 Cor. 10:12). We need to be so single-minded following the Lord, that we don't look to the right or to the left to see what others are doing. It doesn't matter if we are...
THERE IS POWER IN THE NAME OF JESUS
WHY DO WE SOMETIMES WAIT UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE TO CALL ON THE NAME OF JESUS WHEN WE ARE IN TROUBLE? I KNOW WE HAVE ALL DONE IT . IF IT IS SOMETHING LIKE GETTING SOMETHING REPAIRED AROUND THE HOUSE OR ON THE CAR, IT IS BAD, BUT NOT LIFE THREATENING. WE USUALLY END UP SCRAPING A KNUCKLE OR TWO OR GET SO FRUSTRATED WE WANT TO SAY BAD THINGS AND THEN WE REMEMBER. JESUS....HELP!!!
WHAT IF WE ARE SICK? THIS IS WHEN WE SHOULDN'T WAIT UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE. WE COULD DIE WHILE WE ARE WAITING. THE BIBLE SAYS GOD GAVE JESUS A NAME THAT IS ABOVE EVERY NAME. THAT MEANS THAT IF YOUR SICKNESS HAS A NAME,...
Water Baptism Is A Sign
Mark 16:16 'He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.'
Water baptism is a command of Jesus and is the initial action taken upon believing. Mark's statement could be rendered, 'He who believes with saving faith (i.e. faith that produces actions) will be saved.' In this sense, water baptism is very important. It is an opportunity to act on your new profession of faith. Anyone who refuses to follow Jesus' command to receive water baptism, may be suspected of not really believing.
However, there are scriptural examples of people being born again before they were baptized in water. Cornelius and his...
We Are Only Complete In Christ
John 20:31 'But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name.'
Recognition of our completeness in Christ is a tremendous safeguard against deception. Prior to salvation we are incomplete and constantly strive to satisfy our hunger. But through the new birth, we are complete in Christ and our hunger should only be for more revelation of what we already have in Christ. Total satisfaction with Christ disarms Satan's lies. A big part of all temptation is dissatisfaction.
Adam and Eve would not have eaten of the forbidden fruit if they hadn't been made...
FOR YOU NON BELIEVERS OUT THERE, I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT YOU ARE MISSING OUT ON THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT COULD EVER HAPPEN TO YOU. I AM NOT ONLY TALKING ABOUT YOUR FUTURE AND WHERE YOU WILL END UP IN ETERNITY , BUT I AM TALKING ABOUT WHAT YOU ARE MISSING OUT IN YOUR EVERY DAY LIFE. EVERLASTING LIFE DOES NOT START WHEN YOU LEAVE THIS EARTH , IT STARTS WHEN YOU GET BORN AGAIN . I WAS GOING TO SAY WHEN WE DIE BUT WE NEVER DIE. THESE OLD BODIES WILL PASS AWAY AND TURN BACK TO...
IN READING THE TEN COMMANDMENTS IN EXODUS 20, WE ARE TOLD THE THINGS WE SHALL NOT DO. ALTHOUGH THIS WAS THE OLD COVENANT AND WAS GIVEN TO SHOW PEOPLE JUST HOW BAD THEY WERE, THEY ARE STILL FOR US TO OBEY TODAY.
BEFORE THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, NO ONE WAS BEING CHARGED WITH THEIR SINS. GOD WAS NOT COUNTING ANYONE'S SINS AGAINST THEM. "ROMANS 5:13 For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law." THE TEN COMMANDMENTS IS "THE LAW" AND UNTIL THEN, MEN WERE SINNING BUT DIDN'T KNOW IT. THE TEN COMMANDMENTS SHOWED THEM WHAT WAS SIN. (ROMANS 7:7 What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had...
Supernatural Faith
John 20:25 'The other disciples therefore said unto him, We have seen the Lord. But he said unto them, Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I will not believe.'
Thomas refused to believe what He couldn't see or feel. Our five senses were given to us by God and are necessary to help us function in this life. But if we do not renew our minds to acknowledge the limits of our five senses, they will keep us from believing. Faith can perceive things that the senses cannot (Heb. 11:1).
There is a human faith and a supernatural, God-kind of faith. Human faith is...
The Effects Of Sin
John 20:23 'Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained.'
The meaning of this verse has been hotly debated for centuries. One thing is certain, it does not mean we have the power to justify a person from his sins so he can be born again; only God can do that.
Many people have taught that Jesus is saying, that if we fail to witness to others, we are retaining their sins unto them, and if we do share His love with others, then we are remitting their sins. Although there is truth in this statement, it is not what this verse is teaching. Rather, this verse deals with the temporal effects that...
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