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Where is Jesus Today?

“Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not.” (Matthew 24:26) The above warning was given by Christ in His...

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Following Christ in These Last Days Will Cost You Everything

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Jesus Christ is Coming

“In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto...

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The Tale of Two Men | Moses and Pharaoh

“By faith Moses, having been born, was hidden three months by his parents, because they saw he was a beautiful child. And THEY WERE NOT AFRAID of the king’s commandments.” ~ Hebrews 11:23  Who were the...

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Evidence of the Spirit’s Filling

“And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit.” (Ephesians 5:18) This classic verse on the filling of the Holy Spirit can be rendered as follows: “And don’t begin to be...

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Running to Christ Jesus in Time of Need

“The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.” (Proverbs 18:10) When one realizes that he is lost and that only Christ can save him, he should not delay a moment...

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Saving Some

“And of some have compassion, making a difference: And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.” (Jude 1:22-23) In the context of this passage,...

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Unless Your Faith is Greater Than a Whore

“And in the same way, was not Rahab the harlot also justified by works when she had received the messengers and had sent them out another way? For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith...

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Lest We Forget

“Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons,...

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Whom Shall I Fear? No One!

“The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?” (Psalm 27:1) David had more than his share of opposition. His father and...

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The Wiles of the Devil

“But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.” (2 Corinthians 11:3) The magnificent book of...

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What it Means to “Walk in the Spirit”

“There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.” (Romans 8:1) This promise in our text is followed in a later Pauline...

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Yom Kippur and God’s Forgiveness Offered

(Article from the “Jesus Boat” Museum in Israel) The Day of Atonement Yom Kippur is one of the most holy days in the Jewish calendar. In accordance to Leviticus 16:29-31 Yom Kippur, The Day of...

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God Knows Us Better Than We Do!

“O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me.” (Psalm 139:1) Perhaps the most frightening attribute of God is that He knows everything about us. Everything! He has “searched” (literally “penetrated”)...

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Why Do Christians Practice the Demonic High Holy Day of Halloween?

“Neither give place to the devil.” (Ephesians 4:27) Halloween has long been claimed as the high, holy day of Satan worship. This is the day when witches and warlocks gather to praise their leader and...

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Crown Jesus With Many Crowns | Crown Series Part I

“The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying, Thou art worthy, O Lord, to...

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Crown Jesus the Son of God | Crown Series Part II

“But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name.” (John 20:31) During the late 1800s, a time of rampant...

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Crown Jesus the Lord of Life | Crown Series Part III

“For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” (Romans 6:23) Verse three of the majestic hymn “Crown Him with Many Crowns” speaks of life–eternal...

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Crown Jesus Lord of Love | Crown Series Part IV

“For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to...

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Crown Jesus Lord of Peace | Crown Series Part V

“Now the Lord of peace himself give you peace always by all means. The Lord be with you all.” (2 Thessalonians 3:16) ,  Isaiah’s great prophecy of Christ’s first advent identified “his name |as|...

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Crown Jesus Lord of Heaven | Crown Series Part VI

“God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands.” (Acts 17:24) While all three persons of the Trinity participated...

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Be Strong and Courageous

“Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go.” ~ Joshua 1:9 Have you ever faced a challenge...

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Seven Things We Cannot Do Without

“But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?” (James 2:20) There are many things in life we can well do without, but there are at least seven things a Christian simply cannot do...

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Guard Your Heart

“Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.” (Proverbs 4:23) The Hebrew word nasar, here translated “keep,” carries the strong idea of protection or guarding. It is used...

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Archaeologists Discover Remains of Egyptian Army Destroyed by God at the...

ARCHAEOLOGISTS DISCOVER REMAINS OF EGYPTIAN ARMY FROM THE BIBLICAL EXODUS Egypt’s Antiquities Ministry announced this morning that a team of underwater archaeologists had discovered that remains of a...

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The Folly of Doubting God, Especially Right Now

“For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark; and they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood...

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When You Must Go Through Deep Waters

“When you pass through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when you walk through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle...

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When You Must Go Through Fiery Trials

“Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you . . . But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ’s sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be...

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When You Must Go Through Discontentment

“Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.” (Hebrews 13:5) This marvelous promise of...

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There Are Tears in Heaven Too

“He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the LORD hath spoken it.”...

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What is the Role of the Ten Commandments Today?

Before Christ came, the Ten Commandments were a standard. If you wanted to be saved by works, that’s the route you would come. The Ten Commandments were a “ministration of condemnation” (2 Corinthians...

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A Prayer to Renounce Fear

Father, help me to agree with You that I am not subject to fear, but am a child of Your love. I reject the fear of the future, for I believe that the future is in Your hands. I reject the fear of...

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When God Causes Poverty

“I GAVE YOU EMPTY STOMACHS in every city and lack of bread in every town, yet you have not returned to me,” declares the LORD. “I ALSO WITHHELD THE RAIN when the harvest was still three months away. I...

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The Ancient of Days With Garments White as Snow

“I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and his...

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Turn Your Problems Over to the Lord!

“And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest.” (Psalm 55:6) The 55th Psalm is a psalm of “complaint” (v. 2) by David and gives an insight into his thought...

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The Ministry of God the Holy Spirit

“God . . . hath also given unto us his holy Spirit.” (1 Thessalonians 4:8) Every believer has some awareness of the presence of the Holy Spirit. Indeed, if there is no such awareness, then there is...

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Jesus is the Son of God and Son of Man

“And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.” (Matthew 8:20) It is significant that although Christ clearly...

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The Difference Between Grace and Mercy

But when Jesus heard this, He said, “It is not those who are healthy who need a physician, but those who are sick. “But GO AND LEARN what this means: ‘I DESIRE COMPASSION, AND NOT SACRIFICE,’ for I did...

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Signs of Christmas

“Moreover the LORD spoke again unto Ahaz, saying, Ask thee a sign of the LORD thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above.” (Isaiah 7:10-11) Although “the Jews require a sign” (1...

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A Hardened Heart

“Afterward he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen.” (Mark...

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Exegesis or Eisegesis? Why You Should Care How Your Pastor Teaches.

“Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. But shun profane and idle babblings, for they will increase to more...

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Learning to Wait on God With Patient Persistence

“Truly my soul silently waits for God; From Him comes my salvation.” ~ Psalm 62:1 Cha Sasoon, a 69-year old Korean woman, finally received her driving license after three years of trying to pass the...

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When I Cannot See the Big Picture, God Does

“Lift up your eyes on high, And see who has created these things, Who brings out their host by number; He calls them all by name, By the greatness of His might And the strength of His power; Not one is...

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Why I am a Christian and Zionist

“Let Mount Zion rejoice, Let the daughters of Judah be glad, Because of Your judgments. Walk about Zion, And go all around her. Count her towers; Mark well her bulwarks; Consider her palaces; That you...

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Who Were the Spirits Jesus Christ Spoke to the Three Days He Spent in Hades?

“For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit: By which also he went and preached...

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What Sin? The Greatest Love Story Ever Told.

“Wherefore I say to thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little. And he said to her, Thy sins are forgiven.” ~ Luke 7:47-48...

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We Are One With Israel | Chazak Amenu

“If they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, with their trespass which they trespassed against me, and that also they have walked contrary unto me; And that I also have...

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The Fear of Man is a Trap

“Abraham replied to King Abimelek, “I SAID TO MYSELF, ‘There is surely no fear of God in this place, and they will kill me in order to get to my beautiful wife.’…” ~ Genesis 20:10 Nearly everyone has...

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Hannah’s Hope

“And it happened as Hannah continued praying before YHWH, Eli noticed her mouth. Now Hannah spoke in her heart, only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard. And Eli thought she had become drunk.”...

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God’s Warning About Judaizers and the Hebrew Roots Movement

There have always been those who balk at the idea of God’s salvation being offered freely to those who believe. They reason that such a grand gift as forgiveness from such a holy God must require some...

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