Tag: Grace
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Holy Spirit Guarantee
(Ephesians 1:13-14) There are two interesting points mentioned in these two verses. The first is the concept of the Holy Spirit being a “seal” and that those who are Christ’s are sealed with the Holy Spirit. And the second is the concept of the Holy Spirit being a “guarantee,” and the those who belong to…
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Set Free From Sin
(Ephesians 1:7-8) When Jesus came to the earth around two thousand years ago, there were many reasons and things He came to do. He came to teach us the ways of God and how to live in harmony with Him. But He also came to reconcile man to God so that we could live in…
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Ephesians – A Book of Grace and Growth
(Ephesians 1:1-3) These are the opening verses of the letter of the Apostle Paul to the church of the Ephesians. These few verses are a good summary of what is to come. The letter to the Galatians was a letter to a church that was in a lot of trouble. They were turning away from…
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Becoming Perfect
(2 Corinthians 7:1) Many times I have written that the purpose of the Christian faith is aimed at making believers perfect. In Christ we have the ability to become perfect, and we are told by Jesus Christ that we MUST become perfect if we are to stand before God. Jesus made tis comment as one…
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Now Is The Day Of Salvation
(2 Corinthians 6:1-2) The grace of God has been given for all people to be able to come to Christ when and if they accept God’s grace. The invitation is open to all mankind, but it is up to each and every person to accept God’s inviting grace and so be saved from their sins…
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Reconciled To God
(2 Corinthians 5:18-21) Reconciliation is an interesting word and process. It is used in many different senses, but in all cases it means the same things. Reconciliation is a process of coming together to bring two (or more) things into alignment and into balance. In business we see accountants who reconcile accounts to ensure the…
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Disputes Amongst Brothers
(1 Corinthians 6:1-8) Because we are not perfect and because we all make many mistakes there will be disputes amongst the brethren in the church from time to time. The Lord knows that we are all works in progress and as such we will say and do things that are not appropriate for people bearing…
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A Simple Gospel
(1 Corinthians 2:1-5) The gospel of the good news of Jesus Christ is not a complex, complicated, convoluted message. It is a simple gospel designed by God to be easily understood by anyone and everyone. It is men who seek to lord it over others and it is the devil who seeks to confuse those…
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God’s Wisdom
(1 Corinthians 1:18-25) Paul begins this section with statements about the foolishness of what we as Christians believe. He talks about it as the foolishness of God and the folly of the word of the gospel and the death of Jesus Christ. He makes the point that to the rest of the world, what we…
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Gifts From God
(1 Corinthians 1:4-9) In these few verses Paul gives thanks to God for what God has done with the church at Corinth. At a high level when we read between the lines we see that Paul is expressing thanks for the work done in the knowledge that this work is not his own work, nor…
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Hope For All
(Romans 15:8-13) The coming of the Lord Jesus Christ some two thousand years ago was a pivotal point for all peoples of the world. It was the marking of the end of one age and the beginning of the next age, and the precise point at which the change took place was at the death…
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Humility
(Romans 12:3) If there is one attribute of Jesus Christ that He epitomized and which we are to aspire to it is humility. There is no way that any person can or will be able to enter the kingdom of God unless they are humble. Not a presence of humility, but humble through and through…
