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Holiness part 4

05/14/2021 18:48

Be ye holy, as your Father in heaven is holy. That's kind of my main point in this Rant series. Because while it may seem like an instruction... it's really a revelation. Not so much telling us TO be holy, as telling us HOW to be holy! Jesus never sent anybody on an impossible mission. God always...

Holiness part 3

05/13/2021 19:49

I want to start today's Rant with a passage of Scripture from the Old Testament. Isaiah 6:1-3 in the New Living Translation, to be exact. And I want to show something that I think is both very simple and very powerful."It was in the year King Uzziah died that I saw the Lord. He was sitting on a...

Holiness part 2

05/12/2021 17:52

You guys know I'm a bit of a definitions guy. I like to get to the bottom of things and know what we're really talking about. So let's look at 1 Peter 1:15, "But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation." And let's look at Strong's Greek Concordance (number...

Holiness part 1

05/11/2021 17:33

Buzzwords are a big thing these days, aren't they? Something that you can say that will prompt a response. And look no farther than the church world if you want to find a grip of them! Take something like "holiness" for example. (Good pick, we're going to look at just that for the next few days.)...

The Fruit part 5

05/10/2021 19:39

I think a lot the time we are looking for love in all the wrong places. Or we're willing to settle for less than because we don't think we're worthy of love. We don't think we deserve it, or don't think we've earned it, or don't think we can have it. So we try to fill that God-shaped (love-shaped)...

The Fruit part 4

05/09/2021 18:51

Good fruit comes from the good tree. The Tree of Life. Jesus. The good fruit is the fruit of the Spirit. Which, since a seed can only produce after it's own kind... and the incorruptible seed is God... and God is love... the fruit of the Spirit is love. Period. Love, of course, is a multi-faceted...

The Fruit part 3

05/08/2021 20:04

I want to link a few memory verses together tonight. The first one, since we're talking about the fruit of the Spirit--which is love--is John 15:5 (NLT), "Yes, I am the vine; you are the branches. Those who remain in me, and I in them, will produce much fruit. For apart from me you can do nothing."...

The Fruit part 2

05/07/2021 19:57

You are what you eat. I've said it many times, and will probably keep saying it. Because it's important. What you put in (or what you believe is in) is what will come out. What you feed is what will grow. What you magnify in your life is what will manifest in your life. So it's important to be on...

The Fruit part 1

05/06/2021 20:02

What I want to say in this Rant series is pretty simple. It starts with Galatians 5:22, "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith." It continues on, continuing listing what I think some people have referred to as all the different kinds of fruit of...

Freedom part 5

05/05/2021 20:08

When you're free you can do what you want. But that's only part of it. When you're free... you no longer have to do the things you were in bondage to. No longers slaves. Free. That's what the Spirit of the Lord is all about. Look at 2 Corinthians 3:17 (NLT), "For the Lord is the Spirit, and...

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