Archive for October 2022
S157P3 – Life after death: a sign of covenant
Col. 2:11-14 In [Christ] also you were circumcised with a circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ, having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the powerful working of God, who raised him from the…
Read MoreS157P2 – Life after death: the God of the living
Mk. 12:23-27 In the resurrection, when they rise again, whose wife will she be? For the seven had her as wife.” Jesus said to the [Sadducees], “Is this not the reason you are wrong, because you know neither the Scriptures nor the power of God? For when they rise from the dead, they neither marry…
Read MoreS157P1 – Life after death: all things new
Rom. 6:1-4 What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound? By no means! How can we who died to sin still live in it? Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were buried therefore…
Read MoreThe cost of a blessing
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-ea83i-12d9f83 The blind man of John chapter 9 set the example for us. The blessings of God may result in opposition from others or attacks from the enemy, but we should desire and chase those blessings all the same. He blesses us to his glory even if the blessing comes with suffering. To suffer for…
Read MoreS156P7 – Our good spiritual progress: once and done
Heb. 6:1-7 Therefore let us leave the elementary doctrine of Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God, and of instruction about washings, the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment. And this we will do if…
Read MoreA view of idolatry: Jeremiah’s lesson
A central theme in the book of Jeremiah is idolatry. Through his prophecies and prayers, he begins to flesh out the intricacies of this sin. In reading this book, we learn the roots, purposes, and consequences of placing any idol before God. A critical component to our remaining faithful to him is having a right…
Read MoreS156P6 – Our good spiritual progress: soon but not yet
Phi. 3:12-16 Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own. Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to…
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