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New Birth part 4

03/20/2017 16:57

First there was a death, when Adam ate from the tree of death (the tree of knowledge of good and evil). Then, there was another, second death, when Jesus was lifted up from the earth on the cross and gave His life both for us and as us. And then there was a new birth. See, in the eyes of God there...

New Birth part 3

03/19/2017 16:51

This is where it gets exciting. We're past the second death. And we weren't harmed by it because we know that Jesus died both for us and AS us. We know that HIS death WAS our (second) death. And now, because of that finished work of the cross, we have been born again. We received a new birth. Born...

New Birth part 2

03/18/2017 19:18

Today I want to focus on the second death. Because you can't get to the new birth without it. When Jesus was talking to Nicodemus about being born from above, Nicodemus asked about returning to his mother's womb (John 3:4). But with all due respect to mothers--and I really do mean that. Because...

New Birth part 1

03/17/2017 18:04

I want to put this out there as a disclaimer: I don't understand everything. I agree with 1 John 2:20, "But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things." I think we know, on a deep level, what's what and what's real. The NLT puts it like this, "But you are not like that, for the...

Show Love part 5

03/16/2017 16:40

If you want someone to see something, you ought to show it to them. I know that sounds simple, but it amazes me how quickly and easily the "church world" loses the simplicity that is in Christ. The simplicity that IS Christ. Jesus: God in the flesh. Love in a body. It really is that simple. And if...

Show Love part 4

03/15/2017 16:07

The only way to truly show someone God is to show them Jesus. You know, God in the flesh. Love in a body. What I'm trying to say is: The ONLY way to show someone God is to show them LOVE. And we do THAT, by holding tightly to Him. With the understanding that HE is holding tightly to us and will...

Show Love part 3

03/14/2017 17:05

Today I want to focus on something that I think we really misunderstand. And that is the relationship between Creator and creation. We seem to think that in order to show love, we have to PROVE our love. Like Peter when he swore up and down that he would never deny Jesus. Well, we all know how that...

Show Love part 2

03/13/2017 17:56

We show God by showing love. Because God IS love. The best way to "preach" the Gospel is by loving the hell out of people. And, in fact, that's what we were created to do. We are the visible expression of the invisible God. Who is, again, love. That's why I like the way the Apostle Paul uses the...

Show Love part 1

03/12/2017 14:29

Here's my thought for this Rant series: We are the visible expression of an invisible God. We are the house He lives in. When He does something, He does it in us, and through us, and as us. Basically, "For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said,...

Restoration part 5

03/11/2017 18:02

In the beginning (man, I love that phrase) when God created something, the Bible always says, "And it was good." Because God doesn't make mistakes. He didn't accidentally create anything. And that goes double for His most prized possession... His greatest creation... us. Psalm 139:14 says it like...

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