Contemplations

 
 
Am I Reborn?

Am I Reborn?

“Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.” (John 3:3)   Over 2000 years ago in Jerusalem a highly respected Pharisee by the name of Nicodemus met with Jesus secretly under the...

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Only Through Christ

“Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.”  (Acts 4:12) Natural man, as the progeny of Adam, is carnal and corrupt from conception. David explains, “Behold, I was shapen in iniquity;...

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No Beginning, No End

“But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.” (2 Peter 3:8)   In the prophet Isaiah’s inspired words, God is “the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity,” (57:15). And this...

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The Power to Effect Resurrection

But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.” (Romans 8:11) One of the greatest promises in all of Scripture is found in our...

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Suffering Persecution

“Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.” (2 Timothy 3:12)   From the point when darkness entered the world, Satan and his minions have been on a mission to seek out, persecute, and inevitably destroy the people of God....

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Can We Weary God?

“And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David; Is it a small thing for you to weary men, but will ye weary my God also?” (Isaiah 7:13) Is it really possible to weary a God who is Almighty… one who never “slumbers or sleeps?” (Ps. 21:3-4). According to the prophet Isaiah...

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Engaging With The Word

“Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.” (Galatians 6:7) This text in Galatians is a powerful reminder of the importance of taking what God says seriously, knowing that how we respond to God’s Word determines the...

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The Spirit of Christianity

“But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, ‘Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of.’” (Luke 9:55)   If we seek to define the character of Christianity, there is abundant documentation in Scripture to support what may be called the Christian spirit, the...

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Incorruptible Seed Abides Forever

“Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth forever.”(1 Peter 1:23) In order to encourage those first century believers in Christ to a life of holiness and brotherly love, the Apostle Peter reminds...

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The Living and Active Word

“For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: so shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not...

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Does God Change His Mind?

“And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he is not a man, that he should repent.”(Isaiah 15:29) The many false gods of the pagans, according to the mythologies that surrounded them, commonly exhibited whimsical, undesirable human qualities. They...

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Seeing God

“And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God: Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; though my reins be consumed within me.” (Job 19:26-27)   The ultimate hope and expectation of the...

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The Invisible God

“Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honor and glory for ever and ever. Amen.” (1 Timothy 1:17)   In this glorious verse found in the first chapter of 1 Timothy, Paul highlights three of God’s attributes: that he is “eternal” –...

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Observing His Reflection

“But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.” (2 Corinthians 3:18)   In his letter to the church at Ephesus, Paul reminds believers that we are...

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From Creator to Incarnate

“And the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us (and we beheld his glory,  the glory as of the only begotten of the Father) full of grace and truth.” (John 1:14) As the Apostle John opens his gospel, it seems as if he’s expanding and elaborating on the creation...

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Guard Yourself Against Heresy

“A man that is a heretic after the first and second admonition reject;knowing that he that is such is subverted, and sins, being condemned of himself.”(Titus 3:10-11)   Heretics abound. And as we can see from Paul’s warning to Titus in today’s text, this is a...

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Departing from God

“Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.” (Hebrews 3:12)   Christians are sinners, saved by grace through faith in Jesus Christ. But unfortunately, many professing Christians tend to lean on...

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Abba Father

“For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.” (Romans 8:15) When Jesus prayed, he addressed the God of heaven and Creator of all things with the reverent familial word a child...

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The Practice of Mortification

“Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry.” (Colossians 3:5) Paul’s epistle to the Colossian Christians has only four chapters and is somewhat...

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The Universal Dominion of God

“The LORD looks from heaven; he beholds all the sons of men. From the place of his habitation he looks upon all the inhabitants of the earth. He fashions their hearts alike; he considers all their works.” (Psalm 33:13-15)   God has ultimate dominion and power...

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Has the Lord Done It?  

“Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? Shall there be evil in a city, and the LORD hath not done it?” (Amos 3:6) It is God that inflicts judgments on the children of men, especially his people when they are wayward. Where did the fall...

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Am I Connected with God?

“When the most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.” (Deuteronomy 32:8) God does a good deal of dividing and separating in the Bible in...

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