Day: December 6, 2018

One Mediator

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One Mediator For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus. (1 Tim 2:5) A, “mediator,” is a proxy; one who connects two parties. Jesus Christ is the sole Mediator between the believer and God. If Christ is in us, then by His very presence in us, we are joined to both Him and the Father. Now, notice what this means: It means that there must NEVER be introduced anyone or anything into our relationship with God who acts as ANOTHER mediator. There are no mediators in addition to Christ – there is …

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THE POWER WITHIN

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THE POWER WITHIN Acts 1:8 (KJV) 8 But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth. God’s Spirit works in every believer. He doesn’t limit Himself to pastors and missionaries. If you’ve received Jesus Christ as your personal Savior, then residing within you is the same great power that raised Christ from the dead. (See Rom. 8:11.) The Holy Spirit creates godly character in all who follow the Lord. The …

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The Unseen Life

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Reflections The Unseen Life The wind blows where it wills, and you hear the sound thereof, but cannot tell from where it comes, and where it goes: so is every one that is born of the Spirit. (John 3:8) The conversation Jesus had with Nicodemus is one with a man who had no frame of reference for the spiritual realm. Jesus tried to tell him, “Unless you are born from above you cannot see the kingdom of God.” (John 3:3) But he even interpreted this on a natural level. Finally, Jesus gives the above description to him of the nature …

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Jephthah’s Daughter

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In Judges chapter 11, we read of the account of Jephthah. Recognising his need for divine intervention to win the war against the Ammonites, he made a vow to the LORD: “And Jephthah made a vow to the LORD and said, ‘If you will give the Ammonites into my hand, then whatsoever comes out from the doors of my house to meet me when I return in peace from the Ammonites shall be the LORD’s, and I will offer it up for a burnt offering.’” – Judges 11:30-31 Unfortunately, to Jephthah’s shock, it was his daughter, his only child, who …

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