Day: December 7, 2018

Jerusalem ✡ Biblical History – Most frequently mentioned City in Scripture ✡ ✡ By Arnold G. Fruchtenbaum.

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a. First mentioned in relationship to Melchizedek – Genesis 14:18-20 b. Leader of the Anti-Gibeonite League – Joshua 10:1-5 c. King was killed by Joshua- Joshua 10:23; 12:10 d. Border between Judah and Benjamin – Joshua 15:8 e. Smitten and burned by Judah – Judges 1:8 f. Given to the Tribe of Benjamin -Joshua 18:28; I Chronicles 8:23, 3 g. Retained by the Jebusites – Joshua 15:63;Judges 1:21 h. The Levite and his concubine refused to stay here because it was Jebusite – Judges 19:10-13 i. Goliath’s head brought to Jerusalem – I Samuel 17:54 j. Made the capital of Israel by David -II Samuel 5:6-10; I Kings 2:11,I Chronicles …

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Equipped to Do His Will

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God will equip you to carry out whatever He asks you to accomplish. Equipped to Do His Will Exodus 3:1-14 3 Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb. 2 And the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed. 3 And Moses said, I …

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Who Do Men Say That I Am?

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Who Do Men Say That I Am? When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, “Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?” And they said, “Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets.” He said unto them, “But whom say ye that I am?” (Matt. 16:13-15) In the final analysis, it does not matter — to our relationship with God — what other people say about Jesus Christ. It does not matter even if they give the right answer. What …

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Born of Water and of Spirit

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Reflections Born of Water and of Spirit Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. (John 3:5) Physical baptism saves no one. It is merely a picture – of death. Indeed, death cannot save anyone because it is DEATH. Only resurrection can save people from OUT of death. When Jesus said we must, “be born of water and of the Spirit,” He was telling us that we must die and be raised if we want to be born from above. But in what sense? Paul says that we were …

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THE STRUGGLE WITH JEALOUSY

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Have you been comparing yourself with others? Watch out! Jealousy is usually lurking close by THE STRUGGLE WITH JEALOUSY 1 Samuel 18:5-16 (KJV) 5 And David went out whithersoever Saul sent him, and behaved himself wisely: and Saul set him over the men of war, and he was accepted in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul’s servants. 6 And it came to pass as they came, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, …

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