By One Spirit

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November 2012

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Perseverance and Faith

Today I would like to take a short but powerful look at what is probably the most foundational building block of the faith of Christ, that being the trust that God is always working things for our good, and that he is wo…

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Living After the Spirit, Not the Flesh

I began my post yesterday with the motivation to call out a number of worldly behaviors that I have seen so much of in the body of Christ recently. But as I began to write about how everyone is either carnally minded or…

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Living After the Spirit, Not the Flesh

Okay my friends, this is what it all comes down to, when it is all said and done: You are either carnally minded or you are spiritually minded. And here is why that is the bottom line: "For they that are after the flesh…

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Truth and Discernment

"To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; A time to kill, and a time to heal; a…

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Temptation and the World

There is a point that I would like to make today about the parable of the wheat and the tares, and it puts a dagger in the soft underbelly of the modern Christian gospel; which has just plainly eliminated the fear of the…

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Keeping the Words of Jesus

Just a few words today on a very powerful point of truth that is vastly misunderstood throughout the body of Christ. "Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him…

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Salvation and Righteousness

"Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap lif…

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Salvation and Forgiveness

I often encounter people who want to argue the cause of the "new birth" doctrine(s) of Christianity: getting saved, accepting the Lord as your personal savior, confessing Jesus as Lord, etc. If I feel to engage someone i…

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Righteousness and Grace

"Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name" (Psm. 100:4). "Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving l…

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Resurrection and Faith

Today I would like to take a short look at something that is at the very heart of the faith, and will be IN the hearts of those who are faithful till the end of their lives. In fact this element of the faith can and will…

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Discernment and the Church

Just a few words here today about a comment I recently received on one of our TV broadcasts that are on youtube. Maybe this will help someone here in some way, I don't know; but it is certain that some understanding is d…

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Living After the Spirit, Not the Flesh

I would like to simply look at a number of scriptures today that agree perfectly with one another, and that set forth an irrefutable truth which has been smothered by the popular "prosperity" doctrines of Christianity to…

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On Faith

The "Christian" gospel of this modern age is so abstract that it would not cause the champions of faith from the past to roll over in their graves; it would cause them to VOMIT from their graves. So what do I mean by 'ab…

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Scripture and Obedience

Today I feel to write about one of the most damaging sins in the Bible, and one that has always drawn particular displeasure from God. I'll start with a passage from Deuteronomy where God is instructing the people by Mos…

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Understanding the Church

"But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth UNTO ME that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, FROM EVERLASTING" (M…

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Salvation and Scripture

I have just a few notes today on the one hope of the gospel, as it states in Ephesians 4:4 that there is only "one hope." First off we can allow the scriptures to show us what that hope truly is: "But let us, who are of…

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Salvation and Scripture

Well, after putting up one of our video clips yesterday for the daily post, I just have to return to the post from two days ago with a few notes about it. After a long line of agreeing scriptures showing very clearly FRO…

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Scripture and the Heart

Today I just want to highlight a few scriptures from the 101st Psalm and take a close look at what is plainly said therein: "I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall…

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Righteousness and Israel

"Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings. Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him. As for my people, chi…

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Prayer and Truth

So tell me, with all of the varying brands of Christianity, and the endless number of Pentecostal sects to boot, how DO you know what is really the truth? Is it a matter of studying the Bible more closely than anyone els…

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Resurrection and the Heart

Well, yesterday I wrote that it is not good to be obsessed with end-time events, and thereby to overlook the task of keeping our hearts pure and free from sin in the here and now. And so it is, but today I would like to…

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Fearing God and Keeping His Commandments

Everyone is so preoccupied with end-time events, whether it be Bible prophecies or just overt worldly intrigue with sensational predictions of terrible things being projected. I've seen this going on for the entire thirt…

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The Kingdom of God

When Jesus stood before Pilate he told him something that a whole lot of God's people need to think about: "Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight,…

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Temptation and Scripture

"Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath: Neither give place to the devil" (Eph. 4:27). If we find ourselves angry about something, we need to let it go before the grass grows under our feet. Wh…

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