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Category Archives: Word Study
The Four Chambered Heart (Is Thy Heart Right With God?)
The physical heart is composed of four chambers. (1) The right ventricle (lower, right chamber) pumps deoxygenated blood into the lungs where it picks up oxygen and gets rid of carbon dioxide. (2) The left atrium (upper, left chamber) receives … Continue reading
You Have Heard… But I Say
These words are used six times by Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount. Two verses are helpful in interpreting these words. (1) Matthew 5:20, “For I say to you, unless your righteousness exceeds the righteousness of the scribes and … Continue reading
Posted in sermon on mount, Textual study, Word Study
Tagged adultery, adultery in heart, bless and do not curse, but I say unto you, causes her to commit adultery, certificate of divorce, destroy or fulfill law, divorce, Ephesians 2, eye for eye, fool, fornication, hate enemy, lex talionis, love enemies, love neighbor, lust in heart, Matthew 5, murder, oath taking, pray for enemies, raca, revenge, scribes and pharisees, sexual immorality, swear falsely, tooth for tooth, turn other cheek, you have heard it was said
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How Are We Tempted? ( Part one)
In medicine, the more that is known about how a disease is contracted, the better prepared one is to avoid it. In security, the more one understands how the employees or customers steal, the more prepared the company is to … Continue reading
Posted in Love, Man, pride, Sin, Temptation, Textual study, Word Study
Tagged 1 John 2, love not world, lust, lust of eye, lust of flesh, man natural appetites, man's senses, pride of life, tempation, things of world, uses of word world, vain glory
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Liberty
So what is Liberty? Many have recognized that: (1) Liberty involves freedom of actions. John Locke has written, “A man falling into water, a bridge breaking under him, has not here-in liberty … For though he has volition, though he … Continue reading
Posted in Old Testament/New Testament, Plan of salvation, Word Study
Tagged Christ came to give liberty, christmas party calumet michigan 1913, false teachers, freedom, john locke, john newton, liberty, montesquieu, old testament/new testament, oliver wendell holmes jr., perfect law of liberty, responsibilities to others, schenck v. united states 1919, shouting fire in crowded theater, song amazing grace, standard of conduct, te acceptable year of the Lord, truth makes free, volition, year of jubilee, your freedom stops at end of my nose
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Reading the Psalms
Reading the Psalms can be a spiritually rewarding exercise. The Psalms contain rich examples of the proper attitude towards: (1) God — “As the deer pants for the water brooks, so pants my soul for You, O God” (Psalm 42:1). … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Study, psalms, Word Study
Tagged dash children against stones, insturmental music, psalms, selah, table of contents
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Imputed Righteousness and Guilt
The Bible is plain; one must be counted righteous to be allowed entrance into heaven (1 Corinthians 6:9). However, the Bible is also plain—on our own, “There is none righteous, no not one” (Romans 3:10, 20, 23). Yet, God has … Continue reading
The Feasts
There were three great annual feasts in Israel (Exodus 23:14-ff; Deuteronomy 16:16). All men of Israel were to attend (Exodus 23:17; 34:23; Deuteronomy 16:16). There are two Hebrew terms which are significant in a study of these feasts. (1) Hag: … Continue reading
How Do You Use The Bible?
Centuries ago in Spain, a Prince of Grenada, for political reasons, was sentenced to life in solitary confinement. He was imprisoned in Madrid’s “The Place of the Skull” prison. He was allowed one book, the Bible. He read it through, … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Study, Grace, Meaning and Purpose, Textual study, Word Study
Tagged as appeared to all men, bible study, blessed hope, glorious appearing, godly, Granville Sharp, hope, Jesus God and savior, longest verse, madrid spain, prince of grenada, righteously, shortest verse, sober, the Gospel preached to all, the grace of God, the place of the skull, Titus 2, trivia, ungodliness, worldly lust
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Don’t be a Busybody
The KJV uses the word “busybody” or “busybodies” three times in the New Testament. (1) 2 Thessalonians 3:11, “For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies.” (2) 1 Timothy … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Word Study
Tagged 1 Peter 4, 1 Timothy 5, 2 Thessalonians 3, allotrioepiskopos, busybody, oversee, periergazomai, responsibility to others
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