Day: December 13, 2018

“I was once alive apart from the law, but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.” – Romans 7:9

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In this verse, the Apostle Paul summarises a personal experience he underwent after his salvation found in Acts 9:1-20. Paul was “alive apart from the law” when he came to saving faith in the Messiah. That was when he was freed from the Law. Only three days after becoming a believer, he knew what it was like to be filled with the Holy Spirit and to live a Spirit-filled life. However, because of his spiritual immaturity as a young believer, he had the misconception that he could then be sanctified by the Law. So having been freed from the Law …

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Bright Hope in Dark Days

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Bright Hope in Dark Days by Charles H. Spurgeon “Thou art my hope in the day of evil.” Jeremiah 17:17 The path of the Christian is not always bright with sunshine. He has his seasons of darkness and of storm. True, it is written in God’s Word, “Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace,” and it is a great truth, that religion [i.e. Biblical Christianity] is calculated to give a man happiness below as well as bliss above. But experience tells us that if the course of the just be “As the shining light that …

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“What Faith Can Do”

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Mark 9:23 (KJV) 23 Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth. John 11:40(KJV) 40 Jesus saith unto her, Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God? Everybody falls sometimes Gotta find the strength to rise From the ashes And make a new beginning Anyone can feel the ache You think it’s more than you can take But you’re stronger Stronger than you know Don’t you give up now The sun will soon be shining You gotta face the clouds To find the …

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Ephesians 4

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Ephesians 4   Walk in Unity 17 This I say, therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you should no longer walk as the rest of the Gentiles walk, in the futility of their mind, 18 having their understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart; 19 who, being past feeling, have given themselves over to lewdness, to work all uncleanness with greediness. all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.   Spiritual Gifts 7 But to each one of …

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