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This has been a reoccurring conversation I've had with many people over the years. The problem with this idea, when used wrongly, is that it conflates the text itself with our reading of the text, and then treats any challenge as a challenge to Scripture itself. When used this way, the phrase essentially becomes a …
With so much confusion and chaos in the world, people need solid ground to stand upon. Jesus said his word was like a rock upon which we could build our life. But we need to understand what that means. Let's think about that!
Life moves at dizzying speeds. Sometimes it can be difficult to keep up. We are constantly confronted with a deluge of ideas and demands competing for our attention. We may find ourselves wanting to go one way but believing that we should go another. Sometimes we even find completely opposite ideas equally compelling! Simplicity. When …
Ephesians 4:4–6 (CSB) — 4 There is one body and one Spirit—just as you were called to one hope at your calling—5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism, 6 one God and Father of all, who is above all and through all and in all. ~~~~~~~ Christian epistemology holds “oneness” in high esteem and depends …
Scripture attributes to God certain divine attributes which are not attributes to any created beings, such as omniscience, omnipresence, omnipotence, and eternality. We then see these divine attributes attributed to the Holy Spirit himself in such a manner that identifies the Holy Spirit with the divine being of Yahweh. OMNISCIENCE Isaiah 40:13 (CSB) — 13 …
There are two very difficult lessons that I have learned in ministry: the first tells me that the state of "personal conviction" is a very dangerous thing and must not be entered in too lightly, and the second tells me that those who avoid personal convictions will sink into a state of “personal apathy” and …
Verse 27c: Remain in Him As for you, the anointing you received from him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about all things and as that anointing is real, not counterfeit—just as it has taught you, remain in him. There is only one …
Verse 27a: His Anointing Teaches You As for you, the anointing you received from him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about all things and as that anointing is real, not counterfeit—just as it has taught you, remain in him. The apostle John …
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Verse 22a: Who Is The Liar? Who is the liar? It is whoever denies that Jesus is the Christ. Such a person is the antichrist—denying the Father and the Son. “The liar” is one of the central themes that runs through John’s first apostolic letter: 1st John 1:6 (CSB) If we say, “We have fellowship …
Verse 21: No Lie From The Truth I do not write to you because you do not know the truth, but because you do know it and because no lie comes from the truth. The Holy One’s anointing is John’s confidence in writing this epistle, because he knows they have been taught the truth by …
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