Galatians 5:13-15 ESV For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” But if you bite and devour one another, watch out that … Continue reading Christian Fakery
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Be a Beacon
Joshua 1:5-8 ESV “…I will not leave you or forsake you.” V. 5b (cf. Matt. 28:20; Heb. 13:5-6) Moses had died. So, the Lord spoke to Joshua. He told him to take the people across the Jordan into the Promised Land that he was giving them for their possession. And, he told him that just … Continue reading Be a Beacon
Sincere Reality
Hebrews 10:19-25 ESV Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus, by the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh, and since we have a great priest over the house of God, let us draw near with … Continue reading Sincere Reality
Buy Without Money
Isaiah 55:1-3 ESV Cf. John 4:10-15; Revelation 3:14-22 “Come, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters…” To Thirst For To thirst is to long for, to desire, to hunger after something. It has to do with our appetites – physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually. As human beings, we live in flesh bodies, and so in … Continue reading Buy Without Money
In God Only
Psalm 73:25 ESV Whom have I in heaven but you? And there is nothing on earth that I desire besides you. Other humans are going to fail us at one time or another, because we are all clay. We are all flesh and blood. Not one of us can ever say we have never sinned. … Continue reading In God Only
Opposite of Christ
Proverbs 14:22 ESV “Do they not go astray who devise evil? Those who devise good meet steadfast love and faithfulness.” 1 John 2:18 ESV “Children, it is the last hour, and as you have heard that antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have come. Therefore we know that it is the last hour.” “Anti” … Continue reading Opposite of Christ
The Heart of the Matter
1 John 1:1-4 ESV That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we looked upon and have touched with our hands, concerning the word of life— the life was made manifest, and we have seen it, and testify to it and proclaim to you the … Continue reading The Heart of the Matter
Two-Sided Vomit
2 Peter 2:1-3 ESV But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction. And many will follow their sensuality, and because of them the way of truth will … Continue reading Two-Sided Vomit
Is Love Nice?
I John 4:7-12 ESV Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love. In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only … Continue reading Is Love Nice?
Provided We Suffer
Romans 8:16-18 ESV The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him. For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are … Continue reading Provided We Suffer