Today’s Word

Left Behind

I do not ask You to take them out of the world, but to keep them from the evil one.  John 17:15 NASB Out of the world – Why do you suppose God doesn’t rescue us?  The world is a terrible place.  Evil is everywhere.  It would be so much better to leave it all and arrive on…
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No Chance in Hell

Can mankind be just before God?  Can a man be pure before his Maker? He puts no trust even in His servants; and against His angels He charges error.  How much more those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed before the moth!  Job 4:17-19  NASB How much more – “There…
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Who Comes After?

I did not recognize Him, but He who sent me to baptize in water said to me, ‘He upon whom you see the Spirit descending and remaining upon Him, this is the One who baptizes in the Holy Spirit.’  John 1:33  NASB This is the One – The prophets spoke God’s word to the people.  The apostles commented…
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A Particular Kind of Favor

To give to His people the knowledge of salvation by the forgiveness of their sins, because of the tender mercy of our God,  Luke 1:77-78a  NASB Tender mercy – Luke’s use of the Greek splánchnon marks one of the few occasions where this word appears in the Synoptic gospels.  Interestingly, it is not a word found in the…
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The Need to Forget

The Lord has sworn by the pride of Jacob, “Indeed, I will never forget any of their deeds.  Because of this will not the land quake and everyone who dwells in it mourn?”  Amos 8:7-8a  NASB Never forget – For most of the Western world this is the holy night.  We go to Mass, sing hymns, and thank God that we’re saved…
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The Other Shoe

for with the heart man believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation.  Romans 10:10  NASB (1963) Resulting – You’ll need to read a few other English translations of this verse to see the issue. “For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses…
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