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The Statute of Limitation

Then the Lord spoke to Moses saying, “Send out for yourself men so that they may spy out the land of Canaan, which I am going to give to the sons of Israel; you shall send a man from each of their fathers’ tribes, every one a leader among them.” Numbers 13:1-2  NASB Send out for yourself – When you…
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Ghost of the Past

Then Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him until daybreak.  Genesis 32:24 NASB Left alone – Who is the “man” Jacob wrestles? Perhaps we need to listen to another story of psychological isolation.  “You are the man!”[1]  As I have explained in my book Crossing, Jacob isn’t wrestling with some apparition nor with the supposed pre-incarnate Christ nor with YHVH.  Jacob…
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Sinfully Correct

“For God knows that in the day you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”  Genesis 3:5  NASB Knowing good and evil – Read the text again. What does the serpent claim will happen?  Sometimes we think that the serpent offers eternal life (“You will be like God”), but that…
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The Covenant

I will establish My covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and to your descendants after you. Genesis 17:7  NASB You and your descendants– Are you ready? Are you ready to really deal with the implications of God’s covenant promise to Abraham?  Oh, I’m sure you think that…
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Off the Pedestal

Then all of you approached me and said, “Let us send men before us, that they may search out the land for us, and bring back to us word of the way by which we should go up and the cities which we shall enter.”  Deuteronomy 1:22  NASB All of you – Who initiates sending the spies? According to Deuteronomy,…
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History Lesson (2)

Religion that is pure and undefiled before God the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world.  James 1:27  ESV Religion– In recent conversation a young man expressed his determination for spiritual truth in this way:  “When I rely on the Holy Spirit to lead me to the truth, I know…
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