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Drink Ye All of It and Other Reflections
It has been over three years since Covid-19 was first reported in the U.S.A. January 20, 2020 was the date of the first lab-confirmed case in the United States, according to the CDC (CDC Museum Covid-19 Timeline, cdc.gov). Here are … Continue reading
Posted in Fellowship, Lord's Supper, Love, Priorities, Textual study, worship
Tagged 1 Corinthians 11:23-26, 1 Corinthians 13, 1 Corinthians 14, 2 Timothy 2:15, Acts 20:7, care in study, cdc.gov, center of disease control, corona virus, covid, covid 19, drink ye all of it, edification, Ephesians 4:1-3, Ephesians 5:17-20, esv, focus in worship assembly, good ground, Hebrews 10:25-26, it is easy to forget why we come together, it is easy to let weeds grow, it is easy to misunderstand others, it is easy to misunderstand scripture, January 20 2020, John 4:24, kjv, lavistachurchofchrist.org, longsuffering, love, Luke 8, Matthew 26:27, nasb, niv, nkjv, opinions, parable of four soils, parable of sower, patience, remembering Jesus death, weeds, worship
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Put On… (Colossians 3:12-15)
It is said that a tradition sprang up, in the early years of church history, concerning the garments worn following baptism. The historian Philip Schaff wrote, “During the week following, the neophytes wore white garments as a symbol of purity” … Continue reading
Posted in christian growth, Endurance, Forgiveness, Humility, Love, Mercy, Textual study, Word Study
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5 Great Things: (#5) The Great Adversary
We come to the final chapter in the book of 1 Peter. It reminds us that we have a Great Adversary, who seeks to devour us. Let us notice 1 Peter 5:8-10. “Be sober, be vigilant because your adversary the … Continue reading
Posted in Endurance, satan, Suffering, Textual study, Word Study
Tagged 1 Peter 2:21, 1 Peter 3:17-18, 1 Peter 4:12-13, 1 Peter 5, 1 Peter 5:8-10, 2 Corinthians 4:16-5:1, 2 Corinthians 5:1, 2 Thessalonians 2:14, 2021, 5 great things, alaska, alert, artios, bdag, be sober, be vigilant, black bear, brown bear, called by gospel, called to glory, cautious, distracted, dont let devil win, establish, esv, eternal glory, Galatians 6:1, gregoreo, James 4:7, james 5:11, katartizo, kjv, lion, Mark 1 :19, matthew 4:21, nasb, national zoo, nationalzoo.si.edu, nepho, niv, perfect, predator, prey, remember you are not alone, resist the devil, Romans 8:18, self controlled, settle, smithsonian, sober minded, steadfast, steadfast in faith, steadfast in the faith, stereos, sterizo, sthenoo, strengthen, suffering, thayer, the great adversary, themelioo, tiger, tiger on loose in houston, vine's, watchful, weak
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5 Great Things: (#4) The Great Name
“So they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for His name. And daily in the temple and in every house, they did not cease teaching and preaching Jesus as the … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Influence, Endurance, Holy Spirit, Miracles, Suffering, Textual study, Word Study
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5 Great Things: (#3) The Great Responsibility
Johnny Ramsey was one of the instructors when I attended Brown Trail School of Preaching. One of his classes was General Epistles (James – Jude). He taught us to remember each chapter by one key point. He provided the following … Continue reading
Posted in Apologetics, be ready, Christian Influence, Faith, fear, Hope, preparation, Suffering, Textual study, Word Study
Tagged 1 Peter 1:14-15, 1 Peter 2:11-12, 1 Peter 2:12, 1 Peter 2:13-17, 1 Peter 2:15, 1 Peter 2:18-25, 1 Peter 3, 1 Peter 3 :13-17, 1 Peter 3:1-2, 1 Peter 3:1-7, 1 Peter 3:13-17, 1 Peter 3:15, 1 Peter 3:16, 1 Peter 3:8-12, 1 Peter 4:15-16, 2 Timothy 3:12, 2 Timothy 4:16, 5 great things, Acts 14:21-22, Acts 25:13-16, always be ready to give answer, always be ready to give defense, apologia, behavior in civic affairs, behavior in work place, behavior when dealing with opponents odf christianity, behavior with brothers and sisters in churst, behavior with family, behavior with gentiles, better felt than told, brown trail school of preaching, Christian conduct, Colossians 4:6, Daniel 6:5, daniel's character, do not be afraid of syria and ephraim, do not fear evil men, do not follow multitude to do evil, Ephesians 4:15, ephraim, esv, esv study bible, faith, fear of God, general epistles, Guy N. Woods, hetoimos, hope, Isaiah *:11-13, Isaiah 7, Isaiah 8:12-13, Jehovah Witnesses, johnny ramsey, key point per chapter, Luke 12:4-5, Luke 14:16-17, Luke 6:26, Mark 14:15, Matthew 10:16-39, Matthew 10:28, Matthew 22:4, Matthew 5:10-12, meekness and fear, meekness before God, nasb, new world translation, niv, niv study bible, no permanent harm, nwt, personal conduct in 1 Peter, perspective, Philippians 1:17, preparation made in advance, proverbial statement, representatives of Christianity, Revelation 2:10, Romans 8:18, Romans 8:31-39, sanctification, sanctify Christ as Lord, sanctify God in heart, suffering, suffering for righteousness sake, syria, textual varient, the great responsibility, Titus 2:7-8, trust and fear the Lord, vine's, who will harm you
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The Truly Wise
“Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show by good conduct that his works are done in the meekness of wisdom” (James 3:13). The truly wise demonstrate their wisdom in two ways. (1) They demonstrate it by good … Continue reading
Posted in christian growth, Christian Influence, Preachers, Textual study, Word Study
Tagged adam clarke, asv, bitter envy, christian living, demonic, diakritos, earthly wisdom, education, eirenike, eleous, envy, epieikes, epistemon, eritheian, esv, eupeithes, foy valentine, full of good fruit, full of mercy, gentle, good conduct, good fruit, good works, Guy N. Woods, hagne, how to show wisdom, hupokritos, IQ, James 1:22, James 3:1, James 3:13-18, jealousy, jj turner, Matthew 7:24, meekness, mercy, nasb, peaceable, poor teacher, pure, r.l. whiteside, rubel shelly, self seeking, sensual, sophos, teacher, thayer, unwavering, varience, vines, willing to yield, Wisdom, wisdom from above, wise teacher, without hypocrisy, without partiality, zelon
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Better Than Levitical/Aaronic Priesthood (Part 4)
Jesus’ priesthood is more comparable to that of Melchizedek’s than it is to the priesthood of the Levites. This point is developed in three chapters (Hebrews 5:5-6, 10-11; 6:19-20; 7:1-28). In this writing, we will continue to consider Hebrews chapter … Continue reading
Posted in Hebrews, Jesus, Textual study, Type/Antitype
Tagged aaron, aaronic priesthood, age lasting, akakos, another priest, better, better hope, better promises, change in law implied, character, daily sacrifices, devin dean, different, ecclesiastes 2:18-19, eleazar, esv, forever, harmless, he offered up himself, Hebrews 7, Hebrews 7:15, Hebrews 7:23-25, Hebrews 7:26, Hebrews 7:27, heteros, high priests replaced, higher than the heavens, holy, how many high priests, how many kings, innocent, intercession, j.e. wright, kings replaced, levitical priesthood, lives to make intercession, melchizedek, melchizedek priesthood, nasb, once for all sacrifice, perfect high priest, perfection, phinehas, physical weakness, power of endless life, power of new priesthood, priest by oath, priest forever, Psalm 146:3-4, Psalms 110:4, robert milligan, save to the uttermost, seperate from sinners, spiritual weakness, surety of better covenant, the gospel journal, tom wacaster, unchangeable priesthood, undefiled, weakness
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Bryan Hodge 
Better Than Moses
The book of Hebrews is designed to exalt Christ. The book may be outlined as follows: I. Christ is a better messenger than previous messengers of God (1:1 – 4:13). II. Christ is a better priest than the Levitical priests … Continue reading →