The word “eternal” comes from the Greek word that simply means “age.” Throughout the New Testament, the writers referred to “this age” and “the age to come.” The age to come is obviously a reference to the time of the kingdom of heaven’s full manifestation on the earth. We are living in the now time […]
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When Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead He was restoring to Lazarus the life that he had lost, and when Lazarus walked out of the tomb at the command of Christ he was fully alive. In the same way, every time a human being puts their trust in Jesus as their Savior, the life that
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What does it look like to see through the eyes of Jesus? What does this world look like to Him? Does He only see the evil, or does He see more? How does He see people? Does He only see the brokenness, or does He see more? Does He see the kingdom of darkness prevailing,
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Some Christians are afraid that if you talk too much about grace, you’ll just sin all you want to. The truth is, if you are new creation in Christ, you don’t want to sin at all. Your new nature is the righteousness of God in Christ. Therefore, Christians don’t sin by nature; they sin by
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Romans 14:23 ESV …For whatever does not proceed from faith is sin. Out of sincere hearts and sincere desires, so many Christians live tormented by the lingering thought that their impact on the world has been disappointing to God compared to what others have done. We long to be used by God for His
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Galatians 2:4; “But it was because of the false brethren who had sneaked into spy out our freedom which we have in Christ Jesus, in order to bring us into bondage.” Galatians 5:1, “It was for freedom that Christ set us free; therefor keep standing firm and do not be subject again to a yoke
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James 3:13-17 NASB95 Who among you is wise and understanding? Let him show by his good behavior his deeds in the gentleness of wisdom. [14] But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, do not be arrogant and so lie against the truth. [15] This wisdom is not that which comes
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Joel 3:14 NASB Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision. Whenever you find yourself in an emotional or spiritual valley it is usually because the day of the Lord is near. Whenever you are about to break through into a place where
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To rescue us from our fallen false self and our lostness, God became a human. Wow, God so loved the world. After four weeks, the fertilized egg of a pregnant woman is 0.1 millimeters. That is so tiny it can’t be seen by the human eye. God became small for us. There is nothing more
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Philippians 2:14 NASB95 Do all things without murmuring or complaining; I don’t know about you, but that seems like a ridiculous verse because complaining is pretty much something most people do a lot of. Now understand verse 14 is not a request. Grammatically, it is a COMMAND. Even though that might seem like a ridiculous
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