There are two words that often get overlooked in the verse I dealt with yesterday. (Phil 2:12) says “…work out YOUR OWN salvation” Paul wrote this while working out his own salvation in prison. He wanted the Philippian believers to do the same: work out THEIR OWN salvation. ►FIRST: you better have a salvation of […]
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(Phil. 2:12) “Wherefore, my beloved…work out your own salvation…” This verse doesn’t say to work FOR your salvation, but “work OUT your own salvation.” What exactly are we to “work out?” Well, the next verse says: (v.13) “For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.”
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When Jesus, the King of all glory, left His throne in Heaven and came to earth, He had every right to set up His throne here and demand to be treated like the royalty He is. Instead, the Bible tells us in (Phil. 2:7) that he “made himself of no reputation, and took upon him
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(Rev 2:10) “…and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.” The believers at the Church of Smyrna were already being persecuted. Then God tells them they will face ten days of tribulation. What if God sent you word that you were about
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In Philippians 1, things were not going well for the apostle Paul. He was in jail for preaching the gospel and had other jealous preachers attacking him, too! Not a very encouraging place to be. Paul quickly learned that he had no control over his circumstances, BUT he did have control over how he responded
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(Ps 14:1) “The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God…” I know what you’re thinking: “There’s no such thing as Christian atheism.” And you would be right. But the Bible calls the atheist a “fool” and there are two types of atheists: the INTELLECTUAL atheist, and the PRACTICAL atheist. ►An INTELLECTUAL atheist
(Rev 2:1) “..These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the MIDST of the seven golden candlesticks;” Jesus said He is walking “in the midst” of the churches. He’s not necessarily WORKING in all the churches, because not every church will let Him work in there. He’s
(Heb 10:38) “Now the just shall live by faith…” Notice this verse doesn’t say the just shall live by ‘feelings;’ it says the just shall live by “faith.” Living by our feelings is so common in today’s society that many measure their happiness by how they feel. “What’s wrong with that,” you ask? Because feelings are fickle. They
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(Rev 1:5b-6) “Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood, 6) And hath made us kings and priests” These two verses give us three wonderful things Christ has done for us: 1) HE LOVED US – “Unto him that loved us” How do we know He loved us?
(Rev 1:5) “And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead…” Who says the book of the Revelation isn’t for us today? Friend, you only get five verses into the first chapter and you come to one of the most encouraging verses in the whole Bible! If you
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