The Renewing Of Your Mind
The most devastating wounds we suffer in life are not the physical ones. We can get over those soon enough. And even if it takes time, we can endure the pain until we heal. But what really saps a person’s desire to keep going on in life are when the wounds are spiritual. We’ll all suffer emotional and spiritual hurt in our lives, but there is a way to heal that many people never find… even when they’ve been in the church for...
Our Wounds Must Be Cleansed
30 And Jesus answering said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead.33 But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was: and when he saw him, he had compassion on him,Luke 10:30,33 The story above is one of the most familiar stories in the Bible. We learn it in Sunday School at an early age. What...
When Prayer Was Wont To Be Made
“And on the sabbath we went out of the city by a river side, where prayer was wont to be made; and we sat down, and spake unto the women which resorted thither.†(Acts 16:13) In the above-mentioned scripture there is an odd Old English word used to make a point about this prayer meeting that Paul was having in the city of Philippi where he was going begin to evangelize new ground for the Lord. The word “wont” from the...
Baggage Vs. Necessities
Even the Apostle Paul acknowledged that he was not where he wanted to be in Christ. He wasn’t comparing himself to the other apostles or to the other saints in the church. He wasn’t comparing himself to his Jewish friends – or to Gentile friends either, for that matter. The only comparisons he was making was with the example and pattern set down by the Lord Jesus Christ. “Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended:...
What is the Gospel?
The word “gospel†(Greek: euaggelizÅ) literally means “to announce good newsâ€. The term “evangelize†comes from the same root word. From a biblical perspective, the gospel is God’s message to mankind. In this way, Abraham and Moses with the Jews of the exodus heard “the gospel†(Gal 3:8; Heb 4:2). Jesus also preached “the gospel†from the beginning of His earthly ministry (Mat 4:23; Mar 1:14). It appears, then,...
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