Assembly of God
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Live What God Has Made You
Ephesians 4:1-6 Paul says, “Walk worthy of the calling with which you were called” (Ephesians 4:1). He is not telling us to earn our place in Christ. He is telling us to live like people who have already been changed… Continue reading
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A GREAT STORM and A GREAT SAVIOR
Mark 4:35–41; Luke 8:22–25 Mark tells us that Jesus “rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, ‘Peace, be still!’” (Mark 4:39). Luke says that Jesus “rebuked the wind and the raging of the water” (Luke 8:24). Taken together, the… Continue reading
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WHAT ARE WE SAYING TO THE POWERS?
Ephesians 3:10 Paul says that God intends “through the church” to make His manifold wisdom known “to the principalities and powers in the heavenly places.” These “powers” belong to the unseen spiritual realm that figures prominently in Paul’s understanding of… Continue reading
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Our Final Destination
We often speak of heaven as our final destination. We sing about the day when Jesus will “bring us home,” and there is certainly truth in the hope of being with the Lord. But the Bible ends with something even… Continue reading
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ALL FROM ONE
“And He has made from one every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth…” (Acts 17:26). When Paul stood before the philosophers in Athens, he made a statement that strikes at the heart of human… Continue reading
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Death or Life?
Paul wrote, “The wages of sin is death” (Romans 6:23). Have you ever noticed the wording? “Wages” is plural. “Death” is singular. Sin pays many wages, but all of them take life from us. The acts of sin we commit… Continue reading
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No Compartments
Jesus said, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength” (Mark 12:30). One of the greatest dangers in the Christian life is compartmentalizing our… Continue reading
