Month: August 2018

YESHUA’S RIGHT TO DAVID’S THRONE

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YESHUA’S RIGHT TO DAVID’S THRONE Dr. Arnold G. Fruchtenbaum He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Most High: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David. – Luke 1:32 INTRODUCTION The question is often raised that: “Because Yeshua (Jesus) was not the real son of Joseph but only the son of Mary, does He have the right to sit on David’s throne?” Also, related to this issue are the two genealogies found in Matthew 1:1-17 and Luke 3:23-38. If Jesus were only the son of Mary and not Joseph, why was it …

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Not Forgotten

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Not Forgotten Esther 2:1-7 2 After these things, when the anger of King Ahasuerus had abated, he remembered Vashti and what she had done and what had been decreed against her. 2 Then the king’s young men who attended him said, “Let beautiful young virgins be sought out for the king. 3 And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom to gather all the beautiful young virgins to the harem in Susa the citadel, under custody of Hegai, the king’s eunuch, who is in charge of the women. Let their cosmetics be given them. 4 …

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You’re Not Alone

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Here are four biblical promises to remember when your life gets really hard. You’re Not Alone Ever feel alone in your suffering? Paul reminds us that we’re not alone, writing that “as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: by great endurance, in afflictions, hardships, calamities, beatings, imprisonments, riots, labors, sleepless nights, hunger; by purity, knowledge, patience, kindness, the Holy Spirit, genuine love; by truthful speech, and the power of God; with the weapons of righteousness for the right hand and for the left; through honor and dishonor, through slander and praise. We are treated as impostors, and …

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GRACE UPON GRACE

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GRACE UPON GRACE Colossians 1:6-12 (KJV) 6 Which is come unto you, as it is in all the world; and bringeth forth fruit, as it doth also in you, since the day ye heard of it, and knew the grace of God in truth: 7 As ye also learned of Epaphras our dear fellowservant, who is for you a faithful minister of Christ; 8 Who also declared unto us your love in the Spirit. 9 For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be …

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“And I will give you an heart of flesh.”—Ezekiel 36:26.

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“And I will give you an heart of flesh.”—Ezekiel 36:26. A heart of flesh is known by its tenderness concerning sin. To have indulged a foul imagination, or to have allowed a wild desire to tarry even for a moment, is quite enough to make a heart of flesh grieve before the Lord. The heart of stone calls a great iniquity nothing, but not so the heart of flesh. “If to the right or left I stray, That moment, Lord, reprove; And let me weep my life away, For having grieved thy love” The heart of flesh is tender of …

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A Trampled Rose

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A Trampled Rose Ephesians 5:2 (KJV) 2 And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet smelling savour. Above All I can not listen to this song without tearing up, it deeply moved me the first time I heard it…it still does… chorus: Crucified laid behind a stone You lived to die rejected and alone Like a rose trampled on the ground You took the fall and thought of me Above all! Just to imagine Christ, my comforter and best friend, crucified, rejected …

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A Hunger for God

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As our hunger for God comes to life, He opens our heart and mind to desire Him even more. A Hunger for God Psalm 63:1-5 63 O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is; 2 To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary. 3 Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee. 4 Thus will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up …

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“His Presence”

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The one who formed you says: Do not be afraid, for I have ransomed you. I have called you by name; you are mine. When you go through deep waters, I will be with you. When you go through rivers of difficulty, you will not drown. When you walk through the fire of oppression, you will not be burned up; the flames will not consume you. For I am the Lord, your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior!” (Isaiah 43:1-3). He is indeed Emmanuel, “God with us.” “The LORD Almighty is with us; the God of Jacob is …

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“And I will remember My covenant.”—Genesis 9:15.

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“And I will remember My covenant.”—Genesis 9:15. MARK the form of the promise. God does not say, “And when ye shall look upon the bow, and ye shall remember My covenant, then I will not destroy the earth,” but it is gloriously put, not upon our memory, which is fickle and frail, but upon God’s memory, which is infinite and immutable. “The bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant.” Oh! it is not my remembering God, it is God’s remembering me which is the ground of my safety; it …

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