Day: July 19, 2017

THE PROMISE OF THE RAPTURE

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We must remember that: The more literally we take the Bible, the more fundamental our theology becomes. The less literally we take the Bible, the more liberal our theology becomes. If we go the liberal route God’s message to us is lost. THE PROMISE OF THE RAPTURE Jesus Himself promised that this even would occur. John 14:2-3 Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go …

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Strangers and Pilgrims

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Reflections These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. (Heb 11:13) THE promise of the Father is Jesus Christ — who dwells in the believer through the Spirit. All of God’s other promises, indeed, all that God has for man, is found in the Person of His Son. And Christ is IN US. If Christ is in us, we are complete in Him. (Col. 2:9) The Christian life is then not a matter …

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“A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench.” Matthew 12:20

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What is weaker than the bruised reed or the smoking flax? A reed that groweth in the fen or marsh, let but the wild duck light upon it, and it snaps; let but the foot of man brush against it, and it is bruised and broken; every wind that flits across the river moves it to and fro. You can conceive of nothing more frail or brittle, or whose existence is more in jeopardy, than a bruised reed. Then look at the smoking flax–what is it? It has a spark within it, it is true, but it is almost smothered; …

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Our Faithful Father

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In times of helplessness, why does faith falter for some people but grows stronger for others? 2 Timothy 2:11-13 11 Faithful is the saying: For if we died with him, we shall also live with him: 12 if we endure, we shall also reign with him: if we shall deny him, he also will deny us: 13 if we are faithless, he abideth faithful; for he cannot deny himself. All of us experience times when our circumstances seem unbearable, prayers appear to go unanswered, and the Lord feels distant. When that happens, we may wonder if He is the same …

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