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Jesus’ Teaching on Vow-Keeping

The Sermon on the Mount served as the beginning of Jesus bringing the ideals of God’s Kingdom down to reality. And one of the most sorely-misunderstood aspects of God’s Law at the time was the subject of divorce. Today we ought to heed Christ’s warnings and strive to be faithful, as He will always be faithful to us.

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God So Loved the World

We should not penalize ourselves due to our “familiarity” with this most famous verse. Rather, we should look more intently into this big verse about a big God, big world, big love, & big faith requiring our big response.

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Footsteps of Faith

Paul in Romans 4 describes Abram as one who “walked in the footsteps of faith.” This included obedience to God, but also times of disobedience; times where his faith was tested through temptation and persecution; and times where he questioned his faith, followed by God confirming His covenant with him.

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The Uplifted Son of Man

There is an element of offense in the gospel, seen even in one “picture” God gave us of it, the uplifting of the bronze serpent by Moses in the wilderness. But those who are born from above are glad to look up, and to look away from themselves.

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The Tale of Two Rabbis

Here we see a recorded conversation between two rabbis (teachers): Nicodemus and Jesus. One rabbi came in with flattery which disguised his ignorance about the most important spiritual truths. The other Rabbi shows us how critical it is for all teachers & students to know the regeneration precedes faith if one is to be saved at all & born from above.

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Chosen to Bless

Man’s attempt to reverse the curse of sin and recreate paradise failed, but God did not leave man hopeless. Thus God chose Abram - a nomad with no heir who practiced idolatry in Babylon - and promised to bless the nations through him. God would indeed reverse the curse of sin for all nations through Abram’s descendant, Jesus Christ.

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Passover #1 - Cleansing Time

This first temple-cleansing by Jesus teaches us much about the rights of the Son, the purpose of the Passover & temple & sacrificial system, ways we reveal our impurity, and the consuming zeal Jesus has for this house & body.

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The Birth of Babylon

Humanity longs to return to the paradise God banished us from, so we often attempt to build our own paradise on Earth. But so long as sin exists, any paradise we build cannot last - such was the case of Noah after the Flood and of the founding of Babylon. Only the paradise God is building will last forever, and we see Him beginning to build it even in the immediate aftermath of the Flood.

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Our Evangelistic Witness

Given the prominence of the several versions of The Great Commission along with the heavy Biblical emphasis on sowing & reaping (spiritually understood), Christians & our churches must push against the world’s resistance and our own excuses so we are investing well in the practical sharing of Christ with many, especially those who are not walking with Him today.

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A Flood of Grace

The Flood was an outpouring of God’s wrath on the corrupted world, yet it was also a display of His grace. Noah and his family deserved to die like everyone else, yet God showed grace to preserve them from His wrath through the Flood, and preserve them from His wrath after the Flood by establishing His covenant with Noah and his descendants.

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