Author: John
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God’s Purpose In Christ
(Ephesians 1:9-12) Purpose is an important thing. We need a purpose to get us motivated; to get us out of bed in the morning. Purpose drives us forward, and God designed a purpose for man in Christ Jesus. I have written in other places about hope, and hope is also about purpose. So we shall…
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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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Destined to be Children of God
(Ephesians 1:4-6) There is and has been a movement within the church for many years who teach predestination. I am not a follower or teacher of that particular subject, at least not in the way it is taught in the modern church. However, it is evident that there is a degree of predestination in the…
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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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A New Creation In Christ Jesus
(Galatians 6:11-18) When we come to Jesus we learn that we are new creations; the old has passed away and the new has come. But often we do not live as the new creations that we are. Often we continue to live in the old ways of the world having missed the point of the…
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Opportunities to Do Good
(Galatians 6:9-10) As Christians we are called to learn how to walk in love, and part of that process is to do good to all people.This is what the verses I am looking at today are speaking about. God is love, and we are being transformed into His image as we walk with Christ, learning…
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You Will Reap What You Sow
(Galatians 6:7-8) This principle we are looking at today should be classified as one of the underlying principles that uphold the universe. It is certainly universally understood and recognised in all walks of life. You reap what you sow is truth. There is no getting around it. You cannot expect to receive something if you…
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Love Shares, It Does Not Take
(Galatians 6:6) There are some ministers in the church who take this scripture and twist it to their own purposes. This is unfortunate but not unheard of as there are some in the church who do twist scriptures to gain a personal advantage. And we are warned about this in the Bible, that there will…
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Test Yourself Against Jesus
(Galatians 6:4-5) There are a few scriptures in the New Testament that encourage Christians and churches to test themselves for the purpose of ensuring they are following the truth of the gospel. This testing is not like a “pop quiz” and neither is it like a show of strength between two competitors, as is typical…
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Fulfilling the Law of Christ
(Galatians 6:2-3) These are two verses that have a powerful message for all who would seek the salvation of the Lord. They speak to several things. Firstly, the need to fulfil the law of Christ, whatever that is, and secondly, how we ought to go about doing this. And one of the first things we…
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Restored with a Spirit of Gentleness
(Galatians 6:1) Many places in the Bible, and especially in the New Testament speak of the need for fellowship. The essence of this is that Jesus came to establish a church, that is, a collective of believers who followed Him. It was never God’s intention that man stand alone, either separated from God or from…
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How the Power of the Spirit can help you
(Galatians 5:19-26) These few verses give us the two opposing views of life in the Spirit versus life in the flesh. It shows us a dramatic contrast and what we must do to receive the good gifts given by the Holy Spirit that will overcome the passions of the flesh. The passions and desires of…