Search results for: “beatitudes”
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Blessings and Woes – 1
If I am wicked, woe to me; Even if I am righteous, I cannot lift up my head. I am full of disgrace; See my misery! Job 10:15 NKJV Jesus taught the crowds blessings. (We all like that.) Yet Jesus also warned of the flip-side of the coin – the curse or the woe of…
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The Gospel: Witnessed by the Romans
Acts 10 At Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion of what was known as the Italian Cohort, 2 a devout man who feared God with all his household, gave alms generously to the people, and prayed continually to God. Don’t miss this: Caesarea is the administrative capital and military outpost of the Roman…
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Radical Reconstruction
Matthew 5:12a ESV Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven. NOTE: The following devotional is transcribed from THE APPLAUSE OF HEAVEN, Sept. 26, Morning, by Max Lucado (a favorite, encouraging Christian author). In the sermon on the mount, … what Jesus promises is not a gimmick to give you goose bumps nor a mental…
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Covenant and Truth – 4
And many will follow their sensuality, and because of them the way of truth will be blasphemed. – 2 Peter 2:2 1 John 1:6 If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. 8 If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not…
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The Fruit of Good Advice
Luke 6:36 KJV Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful. Jesus has been giving advice to the multitudes, especially those who will hear His advice, overflowing with proverbs and parables for our daily life. Will we choose blessing (‘Happy are you…’)? We call them the beatitudes. OR will we choose curse? Jesus gives the…
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The Multitudes He Did Not Serve
Sometimes we just don’t get it. We only want to see the nice things Jesus did. We only want to hear the nice things Jesus had say and even now speaks through Scripture and the Spirit. In case you missed the beginning of this series, we are following the early days of Jesus’ public ministry.…
