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Healing in a Christian world of disarray
Man was made to live in God’s presence, in the Garden of Eden, and ever since Adam and Eve were ejected, independently minded and fallen mankind has been trying to make do. God made us to be dependent upon Him, to walk in divine health, not be sick, or depressed, or sad, or know death, strife, grief, turmoil. Through Israel He proposed a covenant whereby if they would hearken diligently to His voice, He would make them a showcase people, a model nation, and great and abundant blessings would come upon His people as a testimony to all – and as an offer to all to come join them, and…
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Why do Christians live?
We who name the name of Christ do so for God’s good pleasure. Many people emphasize aspects of the whole truth, but the Word of God covers many things important to God that fall under the overarching dictate of surrender to His will. That is, God’s creation – man and the fallen angels – have rebelled, become independent in their minds and thoughts, and redemption is a restoration of man to obedience. The devils cannot be saved for they knew God and rebelled to his face, whereas man is born under sin in Adam. Rom 5:12 Therefore, just as through one man sin entered the world, and death through sin,…
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Walking According to the Spirit is not Optional
Anyone who is born again has been given a new faculty whereby he/she may know God, hear His voice from within, be led and empowered by Him, and it is essential this, your spirit, be catered to. This made-alive spirit, united as one with Jesus Christ’s Spirit, is who God addresses when He gives commands, instructions, comforts, and all communications from the Bible. God is dealing with us as new creatures, and to cultivate this reality from Day One of coming to Christ is God’s will, and there is no life outside of it. Eph 2:1-6 – And you He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins, 2…
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Colossians 2 Studied – Audio
Here we continue on in our study of Colossians. One of these studies would not be normal if we did not go on lots of side topics. They all tie in though, and are not irrelevant. They instead relate to the big picture that the Bible was written to people in covenant with God by those who knew the faith as it had been from the beginning. Thank God we have the same Spirit they did. And thank God He is faithful. His desire is the same, that Christ be formed in the church and Christ in you is the hope of glory! He is our Immanuel. God with us;…
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How Christians May Be Bound in Mental ‘Strongholds’
In Second Corinthians 10 the Apostle Paul speaks of “strongholds” to describe mindsets in people which are like a fortress locking in falsehoods and keeping out the truth of God. These strongholds are thoughts, ideas, feelings, and the like which help give the person his/her identity, form a worldview of life, or the church, or God, Christ, the Christian life, etc. They may have come from your own reading of the Bible, or someone you trusted to tell you what the Bible says, or anywhere else. Thoughts that form a false picture of things pertaining to God make a person truth-resistant and not even know it. Indeed, they stand to…
