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This is in verses 15-17 of 1 John 2
15 Do not love the world nor the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the boastful pride of life, is not from the Father, but...
8 “All this happened to Nebuchadnezzar the king. 29 Twelve months later he was walking on the roof of the royal palace of Babylon. 30 The king reflected and said, ‘Is this not Babylon the great, which I myself have built as a royal residence by the might of my power and for the glory of my...
Ezekiel 1:4-14 says this
4 As I looked, behold, a storm wind was coming from the north, a great cloud with fire flashing forth continually and a bright light around it, and in its midst something like glowing metal in the midst of the fire. 5 Within it there were figures resembling four living...
Romans 13:1-2 says
"Every person is to be in subjection to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those which exist are established by God. 2 Therefore whoever resists authority has opposed the ordinance of God; and they who have opposed will receive...
Jesus warned that counterfeit Christs would arise in the last days, masquerading as the Messiah and claiming to be the savior of the world. It’s in the Bible, Matthew 24:4-5, NIV. “Jesus answered: ‘Watch out that no one deceives you. For many will come in my name, claiming, “I am the Christ,”...
I visited a new church this morning and the pastor preached on this passage in Revelations 18:1-18. I thought it was an odd passage to talk about on Palm Sunday.
Babylon Is Fallen
18 After these things I saw another angel coming down from heaven, having great authority, and the earth was...
Abraham offered a tithe to Melchizedek and it says that he was a priest. This was before the Levitical priest had begun or the Bible written. They didn't even know God's name at the time. Here are some scripture references for Melchizedek. Who was he and how did he get his authority to be a...
This web site outlines the events of the Tribulations mainly through the book of Revelations.
https://bible.org/illustration/events-tribulation-period
Do you believe in a literal Tribulation period before Jesus returns to earth?
this was our passage this morning during the sermon in Hebrews 7:11-20, NIV
11 If perfection could have been attained through the Levitical priesthood—and indeed the law given to the people established that priesthood—why was there still need for another priest to come, one in the order of...
Revelations 6 mentions six seals that are opened by the Lamb. One leads to a false christ, two leads to war, three is famine, four is death (over a fourth of the earth) and then fifth the martyrs, sixth man expresses terror and a great earthquake occurs and the it says "The sky was split apart...
22 to put off your old self, which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires, 23 and to be renewed in the spirit of your minds, 24 and to put on the new self, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness. Ephesians 4:22-24 ESV
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Years ago, when I worked in a church in Petersburg, Virginia, a deacon came up to me and showed me a chart of the leadership of the church. He had the deacons above everyone else. He was trying to tell me that this was his understanding of church leadership that he was in charge. I replied...
John 15:1-6, NIV
"I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. 2 He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prune so that it will be even more fruitful. 3 You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. 4 Remain in me, as...
I Thessalonians 4:16-18 says
16 For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them...
I've noticed for some reason that anxiety and depression seem to go together. Often when a person has one they will have the other. They may not call it that though and the anxious feeling may come across as irritability or short temper. what helps you overcome your anxiety?
1 Peter 5:6-7
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Galatians 5:22-25
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. 24 Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. 25 Since we live...
We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ. 2 Corinthians 10:5 NIV
The Bible says a lot about controlling and renewing our thoughts. The verse above calls it taking captive every...
Chapter 1:13-12 Emphasis on Walking in holiness
Warren Wiersbe says that Peter gives his readers 5 incentives to encourage them to live a holy lifestyle
1. The glory of God verse 13
2. The holiness of God verses 14-15
3. The word of God verse 16
4. The judgment of God verse 17
5. The love of God...
From this book of 1 Peter I believe there are several key ideas:
1. God has a purpose and a design for each one of us and our suffering and trials are something we should see as something that God uses to mold us into Christlikeness and make us more useful for His glory
2. Peter saw that our...