Tag: idolatry
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When HE takes Vengeance
DOES THE FIRE OF GOD’S ANGER BURN WITH VENGEANCE? Paradise on fire – Idolatry consumed! Remember the lyric of lament over a lost love? Won’t you look down upon me, Jesus? You’ve got to help me make a stand You’ve just got to see me through another day My body’s aching and my time is…
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If God wills – a Mission ends, a Journey Home
ACTS of the Apostles 18: θεοῦ θέλοντος – theos thelō – that is: IF GOD WILLS. Not only is this Paul’s response to many who urge the Apostle to stay longer on his second missionary journey, but once the Apostle returns home we will see this familiar approach in a third missionary journey. God wills it. WHY…
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Circumcision < Saul's Extreme Cultural Cut of Timothy
Why does circumcision of Timothy now seem to be a necessity if he is to continue with Paul and Silas on this second missionary journey? After parting ways with Barnabas, Paul has chosen Silas and departed, having been commended by the brothers to the grace of the Lord. And he went through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the churches. Acts…
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The Time Is Near For Our Church – Thyatira
The Revelation of Jesus Christ John to the seven churches Grace be unto you, and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are before his throne; And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the…
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Why Not Saul?
The scene above is much later in life after the Lord has rejected Saul as King and he asks a witch to speak with the dead Prophet Samuel. 1 Samuel 28 It’s too late. The die is cast. What happened? How did Saul lose favor with the Lord? Earlier (before it was too late)… 1…
