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Isaiah 55:1 describes salvation as God's gift, yet refers to buying: "Every one who thirsts, come to the waters; and you who have no money come, buy and eat. Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost."
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Satan has demanded permission to sift you like wheat; but I have prayed for you, that your faith may not fail; and you, when once you have turned again, strengthen your brothers." Satan"
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Even as the apostle Paul described his mission to unbelievers, so it is the primary task of all Christians to reach out to the lost "to open their eyes, in order to turn them from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in [Christ]" (Acts 26:18; see also Exodus 19:6; 1 Peter 2:5, 9). If we do not evangelize the lost and make di..
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8I will both lie down in peace, and sleep; For You alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safety.
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Los hombres y mujeres que carecen de una perspectiva biblica tienden a pensar de la religion como la expresion mas noble del caracter humano. La opinion popular en el mundo en general ha considerado generalmente la religion como algo inherentemente admirable, honorable y beneficioso. En realidad, ningun otro campo de las humanidades: filosofia, literatura, las artes, o cualquier otro, tiene tanta potencialidad para causar dano como la relig..
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El espiritu ecumenico de la epoca se retracta con cobardia sin denunciar el error, incluso cuando la Escritura lo garantiza explicitamente.
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El evangelio de la prosperidad en la salud y las riquezas puede ser popular, pero no es el verdadero evangelio.
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Tal evangelio es incapaz de salvar. Esta facultado por el deseo humano, no por el Espiritu Santo. Ademas, ofrece un alivio temporal a expensas de la vida eterna.
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El mensaje biblico no es que la humanidad se divide entre el moral y el inmoral. El claro mensaje de la Biblia es que <> (Romanos 3.23). No hay division entre la gente buena y la gente mala, todos somos pecadores y todos merecemos la condenacion. En realidad, el incredulo moral quiza este en un estado peor que el pecador libertino, porque la persona moral no entiende su propia necesid..
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todos los creyentes son bautizados por el Espiritu (1 Corintios 12.13; Galatas 3.27), que viene a morar en ellos (Romanos 8.9) y por medio del cual son sellados (Efesios 1.13)
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todos los creyentes son bautizados por el Espiritu (1 Corintios 12.13; Galatas 3.27), que viene a morar en ellos (Romanos 8.9) y por medio del cual son sellados (Efesios 1.13) en el momento de la salvacion.22 Estas realidades se producen una sola vez.
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He was simply doing what all men tend to do who don't know God, namely, worshipping himself as a god.
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12When ahe was in distress, he entreated the LORD his God and bhumbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers.
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highest when
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Es una lucha muy seria para guardar el corazon y el alma de la verdad misma y para desatar esa verdad en contra de los poderes de la oscuridad, con la esperanza de rescatar las almas eternas de los hombres y mujeres que sin darse cuenta han sido atrapados por la trampa del engano demoniaco.
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Does God expect us to be holy? In Leviticus 11:44, 45, God says "consecrate yourselves, and you shall be holy; for I am holy." In all of this, God is teaching His people to live antithetically. That is, He is using these clean and unclean distinctions to separate Israel from other idolatrous nations who have no such restrictions, and He is illustrating by these prescriptions that His people must learn to live His way. Through dietary laws a..
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As we suggested in chapter one, the Lord expects us to speak out against sin, injustice, immorality, and ungodliness with courage and diligence. But we must do so in a law-abiding manner, according to the civil laws that legislative bodies and governing officials have established for us. The church is to be a godly society within the larger ungodly society, living peaceably and exhibiting good works through the transformed lives of its memb..
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3My voice You shall hear in the morning, O LORD; In the morning I will direct it to You, And I will look up.
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But the inspired writers, early in Old Testament history, recognized there is one exception or limitation to our divinely mandated obligation of civil obedience: whenever an ordinance or official command would require that we disobey God's will or His Word. The
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Thomas has already been portrayed as loyal but pessimistic. Jesus did not rebuke Thomas for his failure, but instead compassionately offered him proof of His resurrection. Jesus lovingly met him at the point of his weakness. Thomas' actions indicated that Jesus had to convince the disciples rather forcefully of His resurrection, i.e., they were not gullible people predisposed to believing in resurrection. The point is they would not have fa..
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4"Behold, as for the aproud one,+ His soul is not right within him; But the brighteous will live by his 1faith."
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14"For the earth will be afilled+ With the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, As the waters cover the sea."
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this you greatly rejoice, though now ofor a little while, if need be, pyou have been 3grieved by various trials, 7that qthe genuineness of your faith, being much more precious than gold that perishes, though rit is tested by fire, smay be found to praise, honor, and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ, 8twhom having not 4seen you love. uThough now you do not see Him, yet believing, you rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory, 9..
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His death counts as full punishment for our sins. His sinless life furnishes the perfect righteousness we lack.
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Entreat me not to leave you, Or to turn back from following after you; For wherever you go, I will go; And wherever you lodge, I will lodge; Your people shall be my people, And your God, my God. Where you die, I will die, And there will I be buried. The LORD do so to me, and more also, If anything but death parts you and me. (Ruth 1:16-17 NKJV)
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The Lord said you have enough to deal with today. Apply today's resources to today's needs or you will lose today's joy.
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Y no nos metas en tentacion, mas libranos del mal. MATEO 6.13 Cuando Dios permite que seamos probados, El siempre ofrece una salida. Siempre hay un camino a la victoria. Siempre hay una puerta de escape. Ekbasis es la palabra griega para <> en 1 Corintios 10.13. Literalmente significa <>. He aqui una verdad que nunca habra visto en este versiculo: Pablo nos dice exactamente lo que la via de escape es: Dios <
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Jesus le dijo: Amaras al Senor tu Dios con todo tu corazon, y con toda tu alma, y con toda tu mente. MATEO 22.37 Al comprometer las facultades internas: la mente, las emociones, el deseo, la memoria, el pensamiento, los pensamientos pecaminosos obran directamente en el alma guiandola hacia el mal. Siembre un pensamiento, cosechara una accion. Siembre un acto, cosechara un habito. Siembre un habito y cosechara un caracter. Siembre un caracte..
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Even on those rare occasions when we must follow the exception principle regarding civil obedience, we should do so respectfully, prepared to suffer the consequences or penalties that may result. In those instances, we must heed Peter's instruction that "it is better, if it is the will of God, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil" (1 Peter 3:17)."
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No tendras dioses ajenos delante de mi. No te haras imagen, ni ninguna semejanza de lo que este arriba en el cielo, ni abajo en la tierra, ni en las aguas debajo de la tierra. EXODO 20.3-4 Por naturaleza, las personas tienden a pasar la gloria de Dios a los idolos, <> (Romanos 1.25). Es por eso que el primer mandamiento se dirige ..
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Why be tied to a Book out of the past when one can communicate every day with the living God?
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13:4-7 In the previous comments (vv.1-3), the focus is on the emptiness produced when love is absent from ministry. In these verses, the fullness of love is described, in each case by what love does. Love is action, not abstraction. Positively, love is patient with people and gracious to them with generosity. Negatively, love never envies, or brags, or is arrogant, since that is the opposite of
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Often it is those who preach "tolerance," "nonjudgmentalism," and "intellectualism" who are most intolerant."
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God's Word is sufficient, comprehensive, completely without error, and able to meet every need and fulfill the desires of every heart. If we obey it, we will be blessed in whatever we do.
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You'll never know what the Word can do if you don't study and apply it. It isn't enough to simply say you believe it. It must occupy an exalted place in your life. Since God Himself exalts it and magnifies it (Ps. 138:2), how much more should we?
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gift. Although the revelatory gift of prophecy has ceased, the proclamation of the prophetic Word still continues today--as preachers exposit the Scriptures and exhort people to obey (2 Tim. 2:4).
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You cheat yourself if you stay a baby. You cheat yourself if you stay a spiritual young man and all you know is doctrine. You must strive to reach the place where you begin to walk in the very presence of the God of the universe, where you really begin to touch the Person Himself. That's the ultimate end of growth.
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true vine,
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another of the disciples said to Him, 'Lord, permit me first to go and bury my father.'" The phrase "bury my father" did not refer to a funeral service but was a colloquialism for awaiting the father's death in order to receive the inheritance. Jesus therefore told the man, "Follow Me; and allow the dead to bury their own dead" (vv. 21-22)."
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I think they do more damage to Christianity than the most committed atheist.
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All whom God sovereignly chooses will come to Christ. However, what the Bible teaches regarding divine election should not restrain anyone from coming to Christ, for our Lord went on to say in that verse, "The one who comes to Me I will certainly not cast out." --
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being assured of our salvation is no arrogant stoutness. It is faith. It is not presumption. Rather it is confidence in God's promise.
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since Christ suffered for usa in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same mind, for he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin, 2that he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh for the lusts of men, but for the will of God. 3For we have spent enough of our past lifetimea in doing the will of the Gentiles--when we walked in lewdness, lusts, drunkenness, revelries, drinking parties, and abominable idolatries. 4In..
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7But the end of all things is at hand; therefore be serious and watchful in your prayers. 8And above all things have fervent love for one another, for "love will cover a multitude of sins."a 9Be hospitable to one another without grumbling. 10As each one has received a gift, minister it to one another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. 11If anyone speaks, let him speak as the oracles of God."
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