Day: December 20, 2016

Who We Are in Christ

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1 Peter 1:1-7   1 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, 2 Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied. 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4 To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not …

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German police raid asylum-seeker shelter after Berlin attack

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Reports say driver of truck that plowed through Christmas market, killing 12, is Pakistani man who entered country a year ago BY AP AND TIMES OF ISRAEL STAFF December 20, 2016 German police on Tuesday morning searched a large shelter for asylum-seekers in Berlin in response to a fatal attack on a Christmas market Monday. German media, citing unnamed security sources, reported that the suspect in the attack is a Pakistani man who entered Germany in late 2015 or early this year. Police said Tuesday that the driver who rammed a truck into a crowded Christmas market in the heart …

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“Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love.” Jeremiah 31:3

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Sometimes the Lord Jesus tells his Church his love thoughts. “He does not think it enough behind her back to tell it, but in her very presence he says, Thou art all fair, my love.’ It is true, this is not his ordinary method; he is a wise lover, and knows when to keep back the intimation of love and when to let it out; but there are times when he will make no secret of it; times when he will put it beyond all dispute in the souls of his people” (R. Erskine’s Sermons). The Holy Spirit is often …

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Why Did Jesus Have to Come?

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Introduction There are three main reasons Jesus Christ, the son of God and the second person of the Trinity, had to come onto the earth as a human being: Cleanse the sin from the Heavenly Tabernacle of God. Cleanse the sin from the earth. Fulfill the Abrahamic Covenant with the establishment of the Messianic Kingdom. Reason One The Cherubim have the most prominent role of all the created heavenly beings because: They are the closest to God in His heavenly throne room. They surround God in all His glory. They play a prominent role at God’s command in the Third …

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GOD’S LOVING DESIRE FOR YOU

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God loves us—everything He does is out of love—and it has nothing to do with who we are 1 Timothy 2:1-8 (KJV) 2 I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; 2 For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty. 3 For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour; 4 Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth. 5 For …

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Syria Daily: Russia-Iran-Turkey Confer in Moscow Today

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December 20,2016 Foreign and defense ministers of Russia, Iran, and Turkey will confer on Tuesday over the future of Syria. The talks, held in Moscow, spurred by the imminent occupation of all of Syria’s largest city Aleppo by foreign forces — including Iranian ground units and Iranian-led Iraqi and Afghan militia, supported by Russian airstrikes — alongside Assad regime units. Russia and Iran have been essential backers of President Assad since the uprising began in March 2011, while Turkey has supported the Syrian opposition and rebels. Relations between Moscow and Ankara were at breaking point in November 2015, after Turkish …

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