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Gen 2:24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh. Since the time man was created God has cared about marriage and the home. In Genesis 2:18 the Bible tells us when God looked at His creation he saw that it [...]
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Continue ReadingYes, God cares very much who we fellowship. We are given very specific commandments and instructions regarding who we are not to have fellowship with. But the actions we are to take are passive. That is, we simply cease to have any relationship with Christians whom the Bible tells us we cannot fellowship. The Bible [...]
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Continue ReadingJohn 15:7 “If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatsoever ye will, and it shall be done unto you.” A parent in New York whose child is missing in the Haiti disaster said this on the Today Show Monday morning, “We need people to get there and we need them [...]
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Continue ReadingRecent conversations with people about dating and the prospects of marriage have made me give greater thought to the challenge facing God’s young people. Some members of the Lord’s Church in another state recently talked about their worries that so many young people in the Church seem to be dating non-Christians. A young man admitted [...]
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Continue ReadingMatthew 10:8 reads “Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out demons. Freely you have received, freely give.” This verse has nothing to do with giving money to anybody. The teaching here is simply that the Apostles should pass on the benefits of the power they had received from Jesus to others. [...]
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Continue ReadingIt is of the utmost importance to establish a foundation and basis from which to know the will of God. If we can first establish that the Bible, and only the Bible, is the Word of God, AND that we are bound to obey and keep it, then we can study it and obey it [...]
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Continue ReadingLuke 8:14 “And that which fell among thorns are they, which, when they have heard, go forth, and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to perfection.” Most people agree that nausea is among the worst feelings in the world. It’s one thing to be nauseated because [...]
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Continue ReadingTitus 2:1-6 “But speak thou the things which become sound doctrine: That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience. The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things; That they may teach the [...]
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Continue ReadingResolved. The verb form means to reach a decision or make a determination. The noun form means firmness of purpose or a determination or decision; a fixed purpose. Some people are resolved to do certain things, or to avoid doing things. That is, they’ve made up their minds about some things. The Bible contains many [...]
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Continue ReadingYes, we can absolutely know the Truth. The Bible tells us so. The often cited verse is John 8:32 “And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” Clear enough. Time and again Christ talked of telling the truth. He spoke about the way of God being truth. Truth can be [...]
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