Today’s Word

Emotional Influence

Now return to YHWH your God, for He is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger, abounding in lovingkindness and relenting of evil Joel 2:13 Relenting – What exactly does this mean?  Does God relax His hatred for evil?  Does He yield to it?  That’s what “relent” would imply, that somehow God lessens His stance toward…
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Cause of Death

But I am afraid, lest as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, your minds should be led astray from the simplicity and purity of devotion to Christ.  2 Corinthians 11:3 Should Be Led Astray – Diphtheria used to be one of the leading causes of death in children.  Thanks to vaccines, that is no…
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Head Trips

Among them we too all formerly lived in the lusts of our flesh, indulging the desires of the flesh and of the mind Ephesians 2:3 Flesh/ Mind – It’s no surprise.  When we were without the guidance of the Spirit, when we were resistant to submission to the Father and when we existed without a…
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Graves of Greed

Among them we too all formerly lived in the lusts of our flesh, indulging the desires of the flesh and of the mind Ephesians 2:3 Desires – Desires are not neutral.  They have specific direction.  In other words, David can ask God to put God’s desires in his heart (one direction) and Paul can warn…
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Active Ingredients

according to the ruler of the authority of the air, the spirit now working in the sons of disobedience Ephesians 2:2   Working – We are quite familiar with this Greek word.  It is energeo, our root for energy.  Please notice that the focus is on activity, not cognition.  The expressions of the ruler of…
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Hebrew in Greek

Among them we too all formerly lived in the lusts of our flesh, indulging the desires of the flesh and of the mind Ephesians 2:3 Lived – Of course we all formerly lived according to the authority of this age.  The whole idea behind conversion is a change in life, not simply a new vocabulary. …
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