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Calling All Saints part 1

01/16/2016 13:25

That's an ironic title, because in this Rant series I'm not calling anybody to do anything. I'm simply trying to help us understand what our calling is. In fact, I think we get into trouble when we hear a rallying cry and try to meet a need that isn't natural for us to meet. When we try to be...

Crossed Out part 5

01/15/2016 14:42

The cross crossed out everything that wasn't Jesus Himself. LOVE Himself. Matthew 19:28 in the Amplified Bible describes it as the Messianic rebirth of the world. The consuming fire that IS God consumed everything EXCEPT God. Leaving only... God. Only love. It's the same picture that we see when in...

Crossed Out part 4

01/14/2016 12:05

Before the cross the people of Israel were under a covenant that dealt with good and evil. "If you do good, you'll be rewarded. If you do evil, you'll be punished." It was an eye for an eye. But that was never what God wanted. That was what man--with his carnal, unregenerated mind--wanted. Because...

Crossed Out part 3

01/13/2016 11:18

I'm sure you've heard the saying, "Mercy is not getting what you deserve, and grace is getting what you don't deserve." Well... that's because of the cross. The cross crossed out any evil accusation that could be leveled against you. The cross washed you clean as snow. It took any stain, or...

Crossed Out part 2

01/12/2016 15:05

The cross crossed out the Old Man. That old, obsolete "good vs evil" way of thinking. Why? So that we could walk in NEWNESS of life! Abundant life. A life full of love. That's what happened when Jesus cursed the fig tree--the tree of knowledge of good and evil. It withered and died. And we know...

Crossed Out part 1

01/11/2016 10:20

I want to spend the next few day exploring some of the aspects of what was accomplished on the cross. I don't think I fully understand ALL of it, but writing helps me get a better handle on things. So... ok. The first thing I want to look at is Colossians 1:13, "Who hath delivered us from the power...

Wisdom part 5

01/10/2016 15:32

I really think we make things too hard sometimes. Most times. We make mountains out of molehills and create problems just so we'll have something to complain about. All the while refusing to ask for (or even receive) help because we think needing help makes us weak, and we don't realize that His...

Wisdom part 4

01/09/2016 15:15

With all your getting, get wisdom. It's that important. Understanding what we know is that important. Not just head knowledge--knowing ABOUT God--but heart knowledge--KNOWING God. Wisdom is where the head MEETS the heart. Where things line up. You can't keep fighting between head and heart. Between...

Wisdom part 3

01/08/2016 12:29

I can't stress how important wisdom is. Getting your head and your heart lined up is vital to living the abundant, everlasting, eternal, Resurrection Life. Why? Because "A double minded man is unstable in all his ways" (James 1:8). If you're constantly battling internally you'll never be able to...

Wisdom part 2

01/07/2016 12:23

More and more I'm coming to understand that there really are two "realms." The world-- the appearance realm, the surface realm, the visible realm-- and the Kingdom-- the Spirit realm, the deep realm, the invisible, eternal realm. And look at where wisdom falls: "Behold, thou desirest truth in the...

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