Isaiah 61:1-3 ESV “The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound; to proclaim the year … Continue reading The Untamed Heart of Man
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Jesus Provided the Way of Escape
The Israelites, who wandered in the wilderness for 40 years after being delivered out of slavery in Egypt, all “drank from the spiritual Rock that followed them, and the Rock was Christ. Nevertheless, with most of them God was not pleased, for they were overthrown in the wilderness” (See 1 Corinthians 10:1-5). 1 Corinthians 10:6-10 … Continue reading Jesus Provided the Way of Escape
Live Like You Say You Believe
Called to Freedom 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, … Continue reading Live Like You Say You Believe
Two Branches from the Same Tree
Galatians 2:4-6 ESV “Yet because of false brothers secretly brought in—who slipped in to spy out our freedom that we have in Christ Jesus, so that they might bring us into slavery— to them we did not yield in submission even for a moment, so that the truth of the gospel might be preserved for … Continue reading Two Branches from the Same Tree
You are My Only Hope
Isaiah 53:1-3 ESV “Who has believed what he has heard from us? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? For he grew up before him like a young plant, and like a root out of dry ground; he had no form or majesty that we should look at him, and no … Continue reading You are My Only Hope
Love Your Neighbor as Yourself
Galatians 5:1 NIV “It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.” When we come to faith in Jesus Christ, what slavery are we being set free from? We are being set free from our slavery to sin. … Continue reading Love Your Neighbor as Yourself
What is it We Practice?
The Practice of Sinning 1 John 3:4-8 ESV “Everyone who makes a practice of sinning also practices lawlessness; sin is lawlessness. You know that he appeared in order to take away sins, and in him there is no sin. No one who abides in him keeps on sinning; no one who keeps on sinning has … Continue reading What is it We Practice?
A Wedding or Funeral?
“Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.” Matthew 7:13-14 ESV Jesus Christ is the … Continue reading A Wedding or Funeral?
Is God Pleased with You?
“For I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that our fathers were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea, and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea, and all ate the same spiritual food, and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank from … Continue reading Is God Pleased with You?
Dangers of Minimizing
To minimize something is to lessen, to reduce, to make smaller or to keep to a minimum. It is also to belittle, or to dismiss, to shorten, or to play down or to make light of something. It can also be to underestimate the importance of something, and thus to brush it off as not … Continue reading Dangers of Minimizing
Run With It 