Tag: sin
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All Have Sinned
(Romans 3:23) This is one of those verses that is often quoted by Christians as evidence of the sinful nature of man and showing that all mankind are sinners. The verse says, “…for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God…” And it is true. All of mankind has sinned and all…
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What Is Sin?
(Romans 3:19-20) These two verses hold some very interesting and important information, not the least of which is the question that is the title of this post. What is sin? The verses read as follows: 19 Now we know that whatever the law says it speaks to those who are under the law, so that…
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None Are Righteous
(Romans 3:9-18) The opening verse of this section poses both a question and it's answer as Paul writes in verse 9, What then? Are we Jews any better off? No, not at all. For we have already charged that all, both Jews and Greeks, are under sin, Every person born into this world has been…
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God Is Just
(Romans 3:5-8) God is just. His justice is perfect and not susceptible to the weaknesses and failings of mans justice. God sees all things and knows all things and so when He judges, it is a just judgement based upon all truth and all evidence. When man judges he does not always have all the…
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When God Gave Up
(Romans 1:24-32) Can you imagine the possibility where God gives up? How bad must a situation become if God gives up? Well it has happened! In this section of scripture Paul writes and describes not once but three times where God gave up. Three times in this section we see that God gave up on…
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Who Can Be Saved?
(Acts 19:18-20) Who can be saved? This is an interesting question. When you look at some of the things preached in many churches you would think that there are very few who can or have the right to be saved. And then others believe that almost everyone will be saved. Whether we like to admit…
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Keeping the Law of Moses
(Acts 15:1-5) Here we see one of the stark contrasts between the teachings of the old covenant and the new covenant and as it says in verse 2 of this chapter, it caused a great argument and “No small dissension” between the two opposed groups. There were some men, and I must point out here…
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Jealousy, the Green Eyed Monster!
(Acts 13:44-52) Jealousy! How many people have lost opportunities, friends, relationships and more because they were jealous? And how many have caused untold destruction, damage and misery because of their jealousy? Jealousy is often called the green eyed monster, and a monster it is! A destructive, powerful force within people that causes them to do…
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Jesus Dies
(John 19:31-37) Friedrich Nietzsche wrote in one of his book these words, that God is dead. He was speaking about how the whole idea and concept of God was dead in modern western society. How the premise of atheism has overtaken modern thinking to attempt to destroy all thoughts and actions in society that promote…
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Holy Spirit Convicts
(John 16:8-11) This scripture looks at how the Holy Spirit convicts or convinces the world of three important matters. When Jesus left the world He said that it was to our advantage for He would send the Holy Spirit to us and the Holy Spirit would convict and convince the world concerning sin, righteousness and…
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They Hated Me Without A Cause
(John 15:21-25) The first question that pops into my head looking at the title of today’s post is, “Why?” Why did the people of Jesus’ day hate Him without a cause? Why also do people hate him still today? There is certainly a common understanding among all people that Jesus did good things. He healed…
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Go and Sin No More
(John 5:9-17 – Go and Sin No More) As we study the scriptures there are often the obvious lessons that can be seen, but now and again we see some less obvious teachings. There is one such lesson in this section of scriptures. There were a number of times in the scriptures where Jesus healed…
