Apr 03 2024
Ephesians 6 This final section shows how to walk in victory with the whole armor of God. Every child of God soon learns that life is filled with challenges and spiritual and physical warfare. Our victory over the principalities, powers, and rulers of darkness of this age is dependent upon the victory that Christ has …
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Dec 26 2023
One of the major influences of the Holy Spirit over the believer’s life is seen in the fruit of the Spirit. This fruit is the evidence of a transformed life where the inner man is strengthened with might through the Holy Spirit. As soon as an individual puts their faith and trust in the Lord …
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Aug 03 2022
Assurance before God is the confidence that we have that we are not condemned. This is a test that examines personal heartfelt feelings. We want to examine what is necessary for believers to have this assurance and confidence before God. 1 John 3:18–20 NKJV My little children, let us not love in word or in …
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Jul 27 2022
When we are made God’s children, we are marked or changed by our relationship with God. It is natural and necessary for dramatic changes to occur in believers when they come to Christ, abide in Him, and God’s seed remains in us. Several things that are notable about God’s nature and character are transferred into …
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Jul 05 2022
We are assured that we know God if the truth abides in us and if we abide in Christ. We have been through a series of studies that have encouraged believers to know God. God has given believers several ways to assure our relationship with Him. We have seen that many falsehoods and antichrists have …
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May 24 2022
John is showing believers the requirement to fellowship God in light. Light is the essential nature in God’s being. Any revelation of God is in light and not darkness. Light refers to the fact that God is absolutely and totally holy, righteous and pure. He is untouched by evil or sin in any way. Anyone …
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Mar 04 2021
Matthew 7:16-20 NKJV You will know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thornbushes or figs from thistles? Even so, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit. Every tree that does not …
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Feb 10 2021
James 1 began a discussion on God-given wisdom. James 3:1–12 begins a new discussion on God-given wisdom. We are being shown how to manifest God-given wisdom in the manner we influence others, how to control our speech, and how to live right. In James 3:1 we are shown our awesome responsibility of influencing others. James …
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Jan 24 2020
One of our great challenges in an unbalanced world is to maintain our equilibrium and keep standing. God has done a marvelous thing by making us His children. This change has re-created and made us living representatives of the Lord Jesus Christ. God has endowed us with His Own Spirit to enable and protect us …
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