Year: 2017

Life From Death

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Reflections If thou be the Son of God, come down from the cross. (Matt. 27:40) Natural thinking insists that in order to LIVE we must come down from our Cross. But the Truth is, in order to LIVE we must die on the Cross and be raised. Jesus said as much “Whoever would save His life will lose it. But whoever would lose His life for My sake will find it.” (Matt. 16:24) Grasp this Truth and your entire Christian life will be changed. You will stop asking God to help you save your life for yourself – you will …

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Moses made an end of speaking.” Deuteronomy 32:45

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So we all shall do some day. Moses knew it was the end for him; we may not know when our end is at hand. Any word of ours, spoken amid glee and merriment, may be our last!! If we always thought of this—would it not make us more careful? Would we ever say an unkind word to a friend, if we felt that we may never have an opportunity to unsay it or repent of it? Would we ever utter an angry, untrue, or unclean word—if we only remembered that it may be the last utterance our lips shall …

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“HOSANNA!”

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His people thought they were choosing their king, but God was choosing their Lamb. Mark 11:7-10 (KJV) 7 And they brought the colt to Jesus, and cast their garments on him; and he sat upon him. 8 And many spread their garments in the way: and others cut down branches off the trees, and strawed them in the way. 9 And they that went before, and they that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna; Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord: 10 Blessed be the kingdom of our father David, that cometh in the name of the Lord: …

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You Are My Hiding Place – Selah

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Psalm 32:7
You are my hiding place; You preserve me from trouble; You surround me with songs of deliverance. Selah.

Psalm 119:114
You are my hiding place and my shield; I wait for Your word.

Psalm 31:20
You hide them in the secret place of Your presence from the conspiracies of man; You keep them secretly in a shelter from the strife of tongues.

Psalm 64:2
Hide me from the secret counsel of evildoers, From the tumult of those who do iniquity,

Psalm 143:9
Deliver me, O LORD, from my enemies; I take refuge in You.

Isaiah 32:2
Each will be like a refuge from the wind And a shelter from the storm, Like streams of water in a dry country, Like the shade of a huge rock in a parched land.

Psalm 61:3
For You have been a refuge for me, A tower of strength against the enemy.

Psalm 68:20
God is to us a God of deliverances; And to GOD the Lord belong escapes from death.

Fake Faith

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Reflections Wherefore let him that thinks he stands take heed lest he fall. (1 Cor 10:12) Paul is not exhorting us to make sure we are strong enough to stand. Rather, he is telling us to make sure that our faith is in Jesus Christ — rather than in ourselves, or in something else. If your faith is in yourself, you may for a time think you stand. But your faith is NOT real. It is fake; a façade. The only real faith is faith in Jesus Christ, because He is the only One who is faithful and true. God …

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Kurdish militant group launches attack on Iranian military, killing two

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By Paul Antonopoulos 20/03/2017 BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:18 A.M.) – At least two Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) were killed in western Iran after the Kurdish militant group of Zagros Eagles launched an attack. The attack on the Kurdish town of Mariwan also resulted in another member of the IRGC being transported to hospital with severe injuries. “They [Zagros Eagles] are an independent organization. They announced the anti-IRGC attack and our sources confirmed the occurrence of clashes and some casualties in Mariwan,” Arash Saleh, representative of the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (PDKI) in Washington, told ARA News. “I wouldn’t be surprised …

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All Trump wants is an Israeli-Palestinian deal

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03/19/2017 Op-ed: The Israeli Right’s dream about a US administration that would support the settlements anywhere, at any time and at any extent, seems to have vanished. Trump’s envoy, Jason Greenblatt, came to the region looking for a deal. It doesn’t matter what deal, as long as it’s finalized quickly, and as long as Netanyahu and Abbas thank Donald the miracle worker. The Jalazone refugee camp nearly touches the settlement of Beit El. The camp is located on the western side of the Ramallah-Nablus road, and the settlement is on the eastern side. A tall concrete wall was built along …

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They have said: ‘Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance

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There Are So Many Fulfilled Prophecies!  In fact, there are so many fulfilled prophecies in the Bible that it is hard to know where to begin! A simple search on the internet will provide you with literally hundreds of sites listing a multitude of fulfilled prophecies in both the Old and New Testaments. It’s difficult to know where to begin here in our limited discussion of the issue, so we’ll focus narrowly on some of the biggest and best known of prophecies! The Prophecies of Babylon, Nineveh, Tyre and Edom Let’s take a look at a few Bible prophecies that …

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76 God Will Bless Israel

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While the Lord has finished the prophecy to Israel’s nearest enemy Edom, He now begins a lengthily contrast to Edom regarding the blessings He will bring upon the nation Israel. He begins by commanding Ezekiel to , prophesy unto the mountains of Israel. Just as He prophecied doom and judgment to Edom and represented them as Mount Seir so too does He prophecy to Israel in synecdoche fashion using the mountains to refer to the whole of the land and its people. Synecdoche is a figure of association where the whole can refer to the part or the part to …

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What Does It Mean to Be “Saved”?

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We cannot make ourselves righteous, so Jesus offered His blood to pay our sin debt. Our part is to believe it.   What Does It Mean to Be “Saved”?   Psalms Chapter 25   1 (A Psalm of David.) Unto thee, O LORD, do I lift up my soul. 2 O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph over me. 3 Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed which transgress without cause. 4 Shew me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths. 5 Lead …

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Becoming Fit for Glory

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“The LORD will give grace and glory” (Psalm 84:11). Grace is what we need just now, and it is to be had freely. What can be freer than a gift? Today we shall receive sustaining, strengthening, sanctifying, satisfying grace. He has given daily grace until now, and as for the future, that grace is still sufficient. If we have but little grace the fault most lie in ourselves; for the LORD is not straitened, neither is He slow to bestow it in abundance. We may ask for as much as we will and never fear a refusal. He giveth liberally …

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LIVING UNDER JESUS’ LORDSHIP

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Philippians 2:6-11 (KJV) 6 Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: 7 But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: 8 And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. 9 Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: 10 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, …

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