Tag: Heart Condition
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Do Not Harden Your Hearts
(Hebrews 3:15-19 – Do Not Harden Your Hearts) Their is a dire warning in these words. Do not harden your hearts is an important message for all who come to Christ. The opportunity to be hard of heart today is even greater than in the past. There are many scriptures that mention or allude to…
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Having the right attitude as a Christian
Having the right attitude as a Christian is vastly more important than looking good as a Christian. This is true for both men and women.
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Attitude of The Heart
The great commandment in the law, as described by Jesus, is to love God with all your heart, mind and strength. He then adds that there is a second commandment that goes with this one, which is to love your neighbour as yourself. The foundation on which both of these commandments are built is love,…
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Four Reasons Why Cleaning Up Your Act is Not About Looking Good
(Luke 11:37-41) Do clothes really make the man? Is cleanliness next to godliness? There are some people, even industries today that would have us believe so. But is there any truth in such thinking? Jesus certainly didn’t think so as seen in this scripture and here are four reasons why such thinking is wrong. JohnHi!…
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Out of the Abundance of the Heart
(Luke 6:43-45) A while ago I heard this story about a frog and a scorpion that illustrates this teaching rather well. It went something like this. A frog and a scorpion stood on the bank of a river and wanted to get to the other side. The scorpion could not swim and so he asked…
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Cleanse the Inside of the Cup First
(Matthew 23:25-26) The Pharisees were very concerned about position. They wanted to look good to men. They wanted the praise of men rather than the praise of God. But Jesus taught that it is not what is on the outside that matters but what is on the inside. That is the essence of this teaching…
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Who was John the Baptist?
(Matthew 11:7-15) Jesus described John the Baptist saying, “…among those born of women there has risen no-one greater than John the Baptist.” (Vs. 11) This is high praise indeed coming from the Son of God, especially when we consider what John must have appeared like to the common man. John the Baptist lived in the…
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Who will go into God’s Kingdom?
(Matthew 7:21-23) Jesus tells us in this section of scripture that not everyone will go into God’s Kingdom. There are many who appear to be righteous that will miss out. It is not enough to call on the name of the Lord to gain entry into God’s Kingdom. Jesus says here that not…
