Tag: Life

It is not ourselves in our own strength, that we fight our battles. See who it is below, that fights for us.

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“The Lord is the one who goes ahead of you; He will be with you. He will not fail you or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed.””

‭‭Deuteronomy‬ ‭31‬:‭8‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬

Father, we surrender in Faith, to your will and to YOUR WAY. We trust in You Alone, and Nothing Else. May You continue to Fight our Battles!

Jesus said WHAT??????

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(See Cesar’s Sermon Last Week. It will make you examine your own heart).

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Spiritual Power, Gospel Power, Supernatural Power. Call it what you will, but Jesus gives it to us, to all who Believe in Him, and Walk in Faith.

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Spiritual power is a mark of every Christian who submits to God’s Word and Spirit. It is not reserved for some special class of Christian, but for all those who discipline their minds and spirits to study the Word, understand it, and live by it. Although the outer, physical person becomes weaker with age (cf. 2Co 4:16), the inner, spiritual person should grow stronger through the Holy Spirit, who will energize, revitalize, and empower the obedient, committed Christian (cf. Ac 1:8; Ro 8:5–9, 13; Gal 5:16).

God’s words in the Bible are very important for us to know God better. Do you have a favorite verse in the Bible you would like to share? One of mine is Phil 3:13-14.

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Jesus said, “You will know them by their fruits” (see notes below).

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Matthew 7
13“aEnter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it.†‡ 
14“For the gate is small and the way is narrow that leads to life, and there are few who find it.†
15“Beware of the afalse prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are bravenous wolves.† 
16“You will a1know them by their fruits. 2Grapes are not gathered from thorn bushes nor figs from thistles, are they?† 
17“So aevery good tree bears good fruit, but the bad tree bears bad fruit. 
18“A good tree cannot produce bad fruit, nor can a bad tree produce good fruit. 
19“aEvery tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. 
20“So then, you will 1know them aby their fruits. 
21“aNot everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven will enter.† 
22“aMany will say to Me on bthat day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name perform many 1miracles?’† 
23“And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; aDEPART FROM ME, YOU WHO PRACTICE LAWLESSNESS.’†
Interpretation
7:13, 14 Both the narrow gate and the wide gate are assumed to provide the entrance to God’s kingdom. Two ways are offered to people. The narrow gate is by faith, only through Christ, constricted and precise. It represents true salvation in God’s way that leads to life eternal. The wide gate includes all religions of works and self-righteousness, with no single way (cf. Ac 4:12), but it leads to hell, not heaven. † 
7:14 way is narrow. Christ continually emphasized the difficulty of following Him (10:38; 16:24, 25; Jn 15:18, 19; 16:1–3; cf. Ac 14:22). Salvation is by grace alone, but is not easy. It calls for knowledge of the truth, repentance, submission to Christ as Lord, and a willingness to obey His will and Word. See notes on 19:16–28. † 
7:15 false prophets. These deceive not by disguising themselves as sheep, but by impersonating true shepherds. They promote the wide gate and the wide way. sheep’s clothing. This may refer to the woolen attire that was the characteristic garb of a shepherd. † 
7:16 You will know them by their fruits. See note on 3:8. False doctrine cannot restrain the flesh, so false prophets manifest wickedness. Cf. 2Pe 2:12–22. † 7:21 Not everyone who says … but he who does. The barrenness of this sort of faith demonstrates its real character (cf. v. 20)—the faith that says but does not do is really unbelief. Jesus was not suggesting that works are meritorious for salvation, but that true faith will not fail to produce the fruit of good works. This is precisely the point of Jas 1:22–25; 2:26.

Christian Virtues to Strive For.

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John MacArthur Study Bible

We urge you. Paul has discussed how the pastors are to serve the people and how the people are to respond to the pastors (vv. 12, 13). In these verses, he presents how the people are to treat each other in the fellowship of the church. The “unruly,” those out of line, must be warned and taught to get back in line. The “fainthearted,” those in fear and doubt, must be encouraged and made bold. The “weak,” those without spiritual and moral strength, must be held up firmly. Patience, forgiveness, and acts of goodness must prevail among all the people. † 5:16–22 Paul gave a summary of the Christian’s virtues. These verses provide the foundational principles for a sound spiritual life in brief, staccato statements that, in spite of their brevity, give believers the priorities for successful Christian living.

We’ve been rescued, from Darkness and Deception, (Satan’s Dominion), to life, (God’s Kingdom), both in the here and now, but for All of Eternity, for those who believe in faith.

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† 1:13 rescued us. The Gr. term means “to draw to oneself” or “to deliver,” and refers to the believer’s spiritual liberation by God from Satan’s kingdom, which, in contrast to the realm of light with truth and purity, is the realm of darkness (cf. Lk 22:53) with only deception and wickedness (1Jn 2:9, 11). See note on Ac 26:18. kingdom. In its basic sense, a group of people ruled by a king. More than just the future, earthly millennial kingdom, this everlasting kingdom (2Pe 1:11) speaks of the realm of salvation in which all believers live in current and eternal spiritual relationship with God under the care and authority of Jesus Christ (see note on Mt 3:2). His beloved Son. Cf. Mt 3:17; 12:18; 17:5; Mk 1:11; 9:7; Lk 3:22; 9:35; Eph 1:6; 2Pe 1:17; see notes on Jn 17:23–26. The Father gave this kingdom to the Son He loves, as an expression of eternal love. That means that every person the Father calls and justifies is a love gift from Him to the Son. See notes on Jn 6:37, 44.

What a Great Promise. May We do This, Regularly, that our Sins Might not be Hindered.

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Imperfect People Used to Accomplish God’s Perfect Plan. (Taken from Events Devotion in YOUVERSION Bible App)

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This chapter makes it clear that Abram was not chosen because he was a tremendously virtuous person. He actually has some pretty major faults. Not only is he a liar, but also Joshua 24:2 implies Abram wasn’t even worshiping God before God talked to him. Essentially, the rest of the Bible will show how God blesses Abram, his descendants, and all of humanity through these people. The people we call Jews today are Abram’s descendants. The Bible you are reading was written almost entirely by Jews and Jesus was a Jew. God took someone who didn’t deserve to be blessed and blessed him so that people like you and me, who also don’t deserve to be blessed, could be blessed too!

“Now the Lord said to Abram, “Go forth from your country, And from your relatives And from your father’s house, To the land which I will show you; So Abram went forth as the Lord had spoken to him; and Lot went with him. Now Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran. Abram took Sarai his wife and Lot his nephew, and all their possessions which they had accumulated, and the persons which they had acquired in Haran, and they set out for the land of Canaan; thus they came to the land of Canaan. Abram passed through the land as far as the site of Shechem, to the oak of Moreh. Now the Canaanite was then in the land. The Lord appeared to Abram and said, “To your descendants I will give this land.” So he built an altar there to the Lord who had appeared to him. Then he proceeded from there to the mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east; and there he built an altar to the Lord and called upon the name of the Lord. Abram journeyed on, continuing toward the Negev. Now there was a famine in the land; so Abram went down to Egypt to sojourn there, for the famine was severe in the land. It came about when he came near to Egypt, that he said to Sarai his wife, “See now, I know that you are a beautiful woman; and when the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘This is his wife’; and they will kill me, but they will let you live. Please say that you are my sister so that it may go well with me because of you, and that I may live on account of you.” It came about when Abram came into Egypt, the Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful. Pharaoh’s officials saw her and praised her to Pharaoh; and the woman was taken into Pharaoh’s house. Therefore he treated Abram well for her sake; and gave him sheep and oxen and donkeys and male and female servants and female donkeys and camels. But the Lord struck Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai, Abram’s wife. Then Pharaoh called Abram and said, “What is this you have done to me? Why did you not tell me that she was your wife? Why did you say, ‘She is my sister,’ so that I took her for my wife? Now then, here is your wife, take her and go.” Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him; and they escorted him away, with his wife and all that belonged to him.”
‭‭Genesis‬ ‭12‬:‭1‬, ‭4‬-‭20‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬
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