Going deeper with Jesus
We’ve all done itEven though we can’t do itThe flesh trying to pay God,Trying to impress God:Helping your neighborLearning His preceptsPraying a certain amountWhatever it is, if it is done in the flesh, it amounts to nothingIn fact, it can be an insult to Jesus and what was accomplished on the crossBeing well-versed in doctrineBeing […]
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Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy, Jude 1:24 These are tough timesThere is no refuge except in GodWe do not know what to expect from one day to the nextThis is where we walk by faith and not
In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return. Genesis 3:19 How about that for a humbling thought?Humans will return to the ground, that’s where we came fromWe are fleshWe are earthen
Out of twelve, there was oneHe was there, John, the disciple whom Jesus loved, as he called himselfJesus loved all of the disciplesJohn called Himself thatAny of the disciples could have said the same thingJohn knew that Jesus loved HimHe was solid in His relationship with JesusRock solidSo much so that He was at Jesus’
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But he said unto them, I have meat to eat that ye know not of. John 4:32 What is this meat that Jesus spoke of? His word is multifaceted and He may open up something to you that He didn’t to meI am far from all-knowing but here’s my take:For my flesh is meat indeed,
And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that
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And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins. 1 Peter 4:8 Cover, don’t exposeForgiveForgive those who sin against GodForgive those who sin against youLet them beGod is their judgeHe will deal with themVengeance belongs to Him and Him alone Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place
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Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. Psalm 139:23-24 Hiding things from God will not workHe sees what is done in secretHe searches our hearts and tries the reins (the seat of our emotions)I
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Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy. 1 Peter 1:16 Be ye Holy for I am Holy the Lord says to usWe cannot be Holy on our ownTo try to be Holy trying to bypass the blood of Christ is an insult to what He has doneDon’t even tryForget about itOur
But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you. 1 Peter 5:10 Job knew what is was like to be refined, somehow God revealed to him the purpose of his miseryBut he knoweth the
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