But if you do not forgive men their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.
—Matthew 6:15 (KJV)
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Can you think of a more frightening thought than God not forgiving our sins? We know how much he paid so our sins could be forgiven! We know how much he loves...
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For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
—Ephesians 6:12 (KJV)
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This is war! We face a daily battle and it is not just...
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Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.
—Romans 6:11 (KJV)
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Just as Jesus died to sin, we also died to sin. But, simply putting aside sin isn't going to keep sin away from us. We must embrace...
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As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.
—Galatians 6:10 (KJV)
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We are to be a people who do good deeds. That's a very significant part of who we are as Jesus' followers. So let's look...
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But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.
—1 Timothy 6:9 (KJV)
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This is not a message for folks who are financially rich. No, this is for all of us who want...
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But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.
—Genesis 6:8 (KJV)
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Reminds me of what God told Jesus at his baptism — "... in you I am well pleased!" Even in the middle of a culture steeped in sin in Noah's time, God could find the one heart loyal to him and use...
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For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection.
—Romans 6:5 (KJV)
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So, here's the great news: if we have died with Christ, we've already died the only death that really matters. Our lives are...
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Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?
—Romans 6:3 (KJV)
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More than an outward symbol, baptism is coming to the core of the gospel (1 Corinthians 15:1-4) and sharing in it by grace (Romans 6:1-15). What an...
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Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.
—Galatians 6:2 (KJV)
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"I didn't know Jesus had a law!" Well, he doesn't have a written one like we find in the Old Testament (2 Corinthians 3). No, his is Spirit-imprinted on our hearts and...
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Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.
—Matthew 6:1 (KJV)
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Compassion is not for personal glory, just as it is not a private internal emotion. Christian compassion must...
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The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree.
—Acts 5:30 (KJV)
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Peter is making clear that his faith in Jesus didn't just begin with Jesus. It began with the Patriarchs, the great Jewish fathers. The God who blessed them also raised...
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Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.
—Acts 5:29 (KJV)
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Against a stern warning from the ruling council in Jerusalem, called the Sanhedrin, Peter and the other apostles proclaimed Jesus as Lord. They knew that...
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But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
—Matthew 5:28 (KJV)
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Living in a sexually supercharged world and facing the prevalence of pornography on the Internet and in today's...
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And after these things he went forth, and saw a publican, named Levi, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he said unto him, "Follow me."
—Luke 5:27 (KJV)
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After capturing the hearts of the crowd, Jesus now calls another disciple, Levi (Matthew). Two things are...
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And they were all amazed, and they glorified God, and were filled with fear, saying, "We have seen strange things today."
—Luke 5:26 (KJV)
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Jesus forgave a man who was lame, then showed he had authority to forgive by healing him. As exciting and important as this...
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Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live.
—John 5:25 (KJV)
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Aren't you glad that not even death can stop us from hearing Jesus' promised words to us...
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Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.
—James 5:20 (KJV)
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When someone wanders from the path of God, let's not take that rebellion frivolously. God has given us...
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Howbeit Jesus suffered him not, but saith unto him, Go home to thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had compassion on thee.
—Mark 5:19 (KJV)
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This man has been given back his life, ransomed from the power of Satan and...
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Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
—Matthew 5:16 (KJV)
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As Christians, we are not called to isolate ourselves from culture. We are not called to be hermits or monks. Instead, we are to...
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These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.
—1 John 5:13 (KJV)
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Yes, we can KNOW! Don't settle for less!! Confidence is so...