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The Anchor part 1

10/18/2020 20:26

Saw this on my pastor's Facebook today and told him I was going to use it. Hebrews 6:18-20, "That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us: Which hope we have as an anchor...

Dead Man Walking part 5

10/17/2020 19:00

"And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand. Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give" (Matthew 10:7-8). That was Jesus's mandate to His disciples. And right there in the middle He talked about death. As if it was...

Dead Man Walking part 4

10/16/2020 19:04

I want to quote a bit of the passage where our key verse for this Rant series is found. Romans 6:11-14, "Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord. Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts...

Dead Man Walking part 3

10/15/2020 20:12

The old has passed away. The new has come forth. We don't need to be held back or held down by our pasts. Or by anything else, if I'm being perfectly honest. It's my favorite verse, "Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory...

Dead Man Walking part 2

10/14/2020 20:12

I remember very clearly being at a camp meeting in West Virginia and the preacher saying, "If you've ever sinned raise your hand." And, of course, everybody did. Which was the point. All have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God, right? Well, when I say "everybody did" I'm exaggerating....

Dead Man Walking part 1

10/13/2020 19:56

I thought I was going to Rant about Jesus (love) as our safe hiding place, but then my Spirit got filled up with two verses that I feel are important to explore. The first one is Colossians 3:3, "For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God." Which does actually fit with the hiding...

Clouds part 5

10/12/2020 19:53

This is one aspect of the cloud that I didn't have a chance to really get into in this Rant series. When the people of Israel left Egypt, "...the LORD went before them by day in the pillar of acloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night:...

Clouds part 4

10/11/2020 20:23

We all know I like the law of first mention, right? When the first use of something in the Bible sets the stage for how it that term or concept will be used going forward. The first time the word "cloud" is used in the KVJ is Genesis 9:13. This was after the flood, right? God talking to man. Let's...

Clouds part 3

10/10/2020 19:54

When it's dark out you can't see clearly. I think we can all agree with that. And for a long long time, a world existed where everybody DIDN'T have a flashlight in their pocket at all times. The night was a very different time and place. But even during the day sometimes it can be dark out....

Clouds part 2

10/09/2020 19:59

So there was a drought, right? No rain falling. A very dry season. Which has all sorts of Spiritual connotations. Then this happened, "And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink; for there is a sound of abundance of rain" (1 Kings 18:41). Skip ahead a few verses, "And he said to his...

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