Biblical Teachings

“Then shalt thou walk in thy way of safety, and thy foot shall not stumble” (Proverbs 3:23). That is to say, if we follow the ways of wisdom and holiness we shall be preserved in them. He who travels by daylight along the highway is under some protection. There is a way for every man, namely, his own proper calling in life, and if we devoutly walk therein in the fear of God He will preserve us from evil. We may not travel luxuriously, but we shall walk safely. We may not be able to run like young men, but …

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We may feel inadequate, but the Holy Spirit is more than capable of achieving a God-given task through us Ephesians 3:14 – 3:21 14 For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 15 Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, 16 That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man; 17 That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, 18 May be able to comprehend …

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Why Believers Can’t Avoid Death By Charles F. Stanley As God’s beloved children, we may wonder why we have to experience death. After all, if Jesus saved us and all our sins are forgiven, shouldn’t we then be able to avoid death—a consequence of sin? What we must understand is that death is not a punishment for believers, because Jesus bore the full penalty for our sins when He died on the cross. However, God allows our physical bodies to die because: We live in a fallen world. When sin entered this world, so did disease, evil, and death. Even …

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Jesus Christ, the lion who became a lamb, came to find and rescue us. Revelation 7:17 (KJV) 17 For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes. Bumblebees and badgers, lions and skunks, black bears and beagles all have one thing in common: If threatened, they will sting, bite, spray, or maul you. But there’s this predictable trait about lambs: They never attack; instead, throughout history wolves and other predators have attacked them. When lambs are …

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The purpose of life in THIS age is to have Christ formed in us in preparation for the NEXT age. It is through this that God will ultimately have His full will in all creation. In this age, God is bringing us into a greater inward realization of His Son. Thus, this is worked out as we lose our lives into His hands in order that Christ might be our life — all unto becoming those who can be vessels through whom the Treasure is manifested — now and eternally. Everything God is doing is unto that end — He …

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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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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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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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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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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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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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