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The New Commandment part 2

06/21/2015 13:47

A new man needs a new commandment. But before we really get into all of that, let's look at the old commandment first: "Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets" (Matthew 7:12). The Golden Rule, right? And...

The New Commandment part 1

06/20/2015 13:17

I think one of the more important things that Jesus ever said is found in John 13:34, "A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another." And I think it's so important because it shows us that while we are no longer--on this side of the...

Right Mind part 5

06/19/2015 13:13

"Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous" (1 Peter 3:7). That's exactly how I feel today. Finally. At the end of the Rant series. After we've looked at what it means to be in our right mind--to let the mind of Christ that's...

Right Mind part 4

06/18/2015 13:26

With your right mind (the mind of Christ) you can think the right thoughts. And I'm not saying try really hard to figure out God's thoughts and then try to think them and then try to do them. That's way too much thinking. Way too much trying. That's the way that SEEMS right to a man, but leads to...

Right Mind part 3

06/17/2015 11:04

Your RIGHT mind is the mind of Christ. Which is to say, between "right" and "wrong" it's always Jesus. Between the truth and the lie... between life and death... Let me say it this way, "There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death" (Proverbs 14:12). A...

Right Mind part 2

06/16/2015 13:13

Your right mind is the mind of Christ. Think about that for a minute. I'm so sick of this idea that we are "bad" and we need to (somehow, as if we possibly could) change to "good." I believe that what is true of us is the deep, inner, hidden man of the heart. That's what circumcision is all about....

Right Mind part 1

06/15/2015 12:37

What you think, or what you believe, is so important. Because what you believe defines your reality. At least in the sense of the believing the truth--that you are God's beloved Son in whom He is well pleased--versus believing the lie--that you have to do in order to be. I'm not saying you can, for...

Forgiven part 5

06/14/2015 13:07

There's nothing better than the feeling of complete and utter acceptance. I'm convinced that a part--a BIG part--of what unconditional, agape love is all about is simply knowing that we are accepted. We belong. Remember the Rant series about the embrace? To me that's so powerful. Being embraced by...

Forgiven part 4

06/13/2015 16:05

I think one of the most important reasons that knowing and believing that we are forgiven comes down to just exactly what the Bible says in Ephesians 4:32, "And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you." Remember we saw...

Forgiven part 3

06/12/2015 11:52

Our forgiveness came over 2,000 years ago on the cross. But before I show you that I want to show you this: When Jesus was raising Lazarus from the dead He, "...lifted up his eyes, and said, Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me. And I knew that thou hearest me always: but because of the...

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