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Our Forever Attorney
Forever is an unfamiliar concept to our insecure, earthbound minds. It is foreign to our worldview and experience of shame and disappointments. Nothing seems forever. Things we treasure are ripped from our hands or slip unexpectedly through our fingers. It is … Continue reading
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Tagged advocate, attorney, eternal life, forever, grace, intercessor, security
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Are you clinging to a mirage?
“Instruct those who are rich in this present world not to be conceited or to fix their hope on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who richly supplies us with all things to enjoy. Instruct them to do good, … Continue reading
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Tagged eternal life, obedience, significance, true life, value, wasted life, works
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Gospel Preview in the Old Testament
The Gospel of Salvation is sewn throughout the Bible, from start to finish, as a “crimson thread” of the Messiah’s saving blood. Those who lived before Christ could look forward to it. Those who lived with Jesus could see it … Continue reading
Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called
There is a kind of eternal life that will determine where we live eternally; there is another kind of eternal life that will determine how we experience it, both then and now. According to Jesus and John, there is only one factor that determines our forgiveness … Continue reading
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Tagged eternal life, fruit, good works, gratitude, lay hold, motivation to godliness
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Live for what lasts
Nearly every day I pray God would give me recognition of my own sin, that I might confess it to Him, turn from that destructive way, and find His healthy course for my life. “Search me, O God, and know … Continue reading
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Tagged eternal life, everlasting way, fruit, repentance, reward
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