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Blessed In Order To Bless Others

"The remnant of Jacob will be in the midst of many peoples, like dew from the Lord, like showers on the grass which do not wait for anyone or depend on man." Duet. 32:2 At the time of this writing, the Israelites were held captive in Babylon. The believing remnant had great influence upon the Babylonian population and, I believe, persuaded some to believe in the one tr...

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Needing April Showers

"I will make them and the places surrounding My hill (Jerusalem) a blessing; and I will send showers to come in their season; there shall be showers of blessings." Ezek. 34: 26 NIV "Dry farmers" are greatly dependent upon April showers for the planting season. If the rains don't come when needed, the harvest will be scarce. Our parched souls also need the showers of Go...

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The Challenging "Henceforth"

"And that He died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live for themselves, but unto Him who died for them, and rose again." 2 Cor. 5:15 Aren't you thrilled to be among the whosoever throng that Jesus died for. I am still amazed that when Jesus died on the cross He died for me. While we were yet unborn, Christ died for all our yet uncommitted sins. Havin...

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Ignorant (Unintentional) Or Willful Sinning

"And if a person sins unintentionally, (Ignorantly), then he shall bring a female goat in its first year as a sin offering.” Num. 15: 27 KJV "Ignorance of the Law is no excuse," but the punishment in O.T. times for ignorantly violating a law, one did not know was on the books, was different than knowingly violated God's laws. Unintentional acts of sin were noneth...

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God's Perspective On The Wicked

"Until I came into the sanctuary of God; it was only then I perceived their final end (the wicked). Before, I was senseless and ignorant; I was like a beast before You. Nevertheless, I am continually with You; You have taken hold of my hand." Ps. 73:17, 22-23 NASV How easy it is to become jealous, envious and even resentful of the arrogance and prosperity of wicked peo...

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Over Confident

"Wherefore let him that thinks he stands, take heed lest he fall." 1 Cor. 10:12 NKJ This is one of the most important warnings in God's word. Confidence is sorely needed in every walk of life, and to not have it makes living very difficult. Sadly, some people won't get out of bed without first looking at their horoscope for the day. Over-confidence (especially in the s...

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Knowing The Will Of God

"Be careful then how you live, not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be foolish(ignorant),but understanding what the Lord's will is." Eph. 5:15-18 NIV The first words from Paul's lips upon meeting our resurrected Lord Jesus Christ on the road to Damascus were, "Lord, what would you have me to do?" J...

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The Call To Holiness

"Therefore, with minds alert and fully sober, set your hope on the grace that is to be brought to you when Jesus Christ is to be revealed at His coming. As obedient children, do not conform to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance. He who called you is holy so be holy in all you do." 1 Pet 1:13-15 NIV Ignorant of God and His truth, we once lived consiste...

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The Old And The New Life

"So I tell you this and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer live as do the Gentiles do in the futility of their thinking. They are darkened in their understanding and separated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardening of their hearts.” Eph. 4:17, 18 NIV Here, Paul mentions two of the four conditions that are...

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A Failure In Leadership

"Come all you beasts of the field, come and devour, all you beasts of the forest. Israel's watchmen are blind; they are all ignorant; they all lack knowledge; they are mute dogs; they cannot bark; they lie around and dream; they love to sleep. They are shepherds who lack understanding; they all turn to their own way, and each seeks his own gain." Isa. 56:9-11b NIV Not ...

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Choosing Ignorance

"If anybody thinks he is a prophet or spiritually gifted, let him acknowledge that what I am writing to you is the Lord's command. But if anyone is ignorant, let him be ignorant." 1 Cor. 14: 48 NIV The recipients of Paul's letter knew exactly what he was saying, but refused to acknowledge that it had the force of God's command. We place ourselves at peril like some in ...

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The Current State of Dead Believers

"But I do not want you to be ignorant, (uninformed) brethren, concerning those who have fallen asleep, lest you sorrow as others who have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him those who sleep in Jesus." 1 Thess. 4:13, 14 Dead believers are not asleep taking a long nap. Their souls, in personality and function, are "p...

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Willfully Ignorant

"They (the scoffers) are deliberately ignorant and purposefully forget that God made the heavens by the Word of His command, brought the earth out from the water, and surrounded it with water. He then used the water to destroy the ancient world with a mighty flood." 2 Pet. 3:5, 6 NRSV Many people then and now choose to forget or willfully block out the memory of God's ...

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The Urgent Needs Of Others

"For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant about the trouble we went through in Asia. We were crushed and overwhelmed beyond our ability to endure and thought we would never live through it. In fact we expected to die. As a result, we stopped relying on ourselves and learned to rely on God, Who raises the dead." 2 Cor. 1:8, 9 As brothers and sisters in Christ, we s...

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Dust Is Not Our Final Condition

"But we are citizens of heaven; our outlook goes beyond this world to the hopeful expectation of the Savior who will come from Heaven, the Lord Jesus Christ. He will remake these wretched bodies (made from dust) of ours to resemble His own glorious body by the power which makes Him the master of everything that is." Phil.3:20, 21 (J.B. Phillips) We believers have the b...

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Believers And Unbelievers Arise

"And multitudes of those that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, others to shame and everlasting contempt. Those who are wise shall shine like the brightness of the heavens and those who turn many to righteousness like the stars forever." Daniel 12:2, 3 NIV Though separated by time and location, God will gather the dusty bodies of bel...

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Let's Not Forget Our Humble Beginning

"Then the word of the Lord came to Jehu, the son of Hanani, against Baasha, saying, “In as much as I lifted you out of the dust and made you ruler over My people Israel, and you have walked in the way of Jeroboam, and have made My people Israel to sin, to provoke Me to anger by their sins.” 1 Kings 16:1, 2a NKJV It is so easy to forget our humble beginning ...

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Dust is What God Uses

"As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.” When He had said these things He spit on the ground and made clay of the saliva; and He anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay. And said to him, “Go wash in the pool of Siloam.” So he went and washed and came back seeing.’" John 9:5-7 KJV I have good news today! God is in th...

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Dust Is What We Are

"Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth His children. For He knoweth our frame; and remembers that we are dust." Ps. 103:13, 14 KJV I have good news and bad news. The good news is that our creator God knows everything about the bodies He made from dust. The bad news is that dust is what we are, powerless without Him. God is continuously mindful that...

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To Dust We Return

"All go to one place: all are from dust, and all return to dust." Eccl. 3:20 NKJ Dust not only speaks to our origin; it speaks also to our human destiny. We return to what we came from - dust. In Job's unimaginable suffering and sorrow he uses the word "dust" twenty times to describe his physical and mental state. Dust is a mineral having no feelings at all, and that's...

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Dust Is What We Came From

"And the Lord God formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and man became a living soul." Gen. 2: 7 NIV I hate dust, or at the least I dislike it intensely. It is inert, having no means of propulsion, easily penetrates the tightest of weather-proofed homes, and like some people, just lies around as a nuisance. I've expe...

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The Place Of Peril Or Compromise

"When word came to Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arab, and the rest of their enemies that I had built the wall, and not a gap was left in it (though at that time I had not set the doors in the gates) Sanballat and Geshem sent me this message, "Come let us meet together in one of the villages on the plain of Ono.” But they were scheming to do me harm!" Neh. 6:1, 2 NIV...

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Trapped Between A Rock And A Hard Place

"Now the Lord spoke to Moses saying, speak to the children of Israel, that they turn and camp before Pi-ha-hi-roth, between Migdol and the (Red) Sea, opposite Baal Zephon." Exo.14;1,2; NKJV Have you ever been to Pi-Hahiroth? You probably have, but never fully recognized the place. Pi-Hahiroth is the time and place when you like the Israelites feel you are hemmed in on ...

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Answering One's Critics

"Submit yourselves for the Lord's sake to every human authority for the Lord's sake. For it is God's will that by doing good you should silence the ignorant talk of foolish people," 1 Peter 2:13a, 15 NKJ Lacking submission to constituted authority is when anarchy reigns. The people will do what is right in their own eyes, thus becoming a law unto themselves. Peter remi...

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God Is Always On Time

"But beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. The Lord is not slack concerning His promise as some men count slackness, but is long-suffering to us, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance." 2 Pet. 3:8, 9 KJV In this chapter, scoffers were questioni...

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Paul's Former Life

"I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and an insolent man; but I obtained mercy because I did it ignorantly in unbelief." 1 Tim. 1:13 KJV Paul did not nor could he speak well of his pre-conversion life. He realized in hindsight that his persecution of Jesus and His followers was wicked conduct that slandered God. In ignorance, he who was committed to keeping the ...

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Now Is The Time To Repent

"In the past God overlooked such ignorance, but now commands all people to repent (because of the gift of Christ). For He has set a day when He will judge the world by the Man He has appointed. He has given proof of this to everyone by raising Him from the dead." Acts 17:30, 31 NIV In the past God's revelation of Himself through the Law and the prophets, though true an...

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The Unknown God

"For as I was passing through and considering your objects of worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Therefore, the One whom you ignorantly worship without knowing Him, I proclaim to you." Acts 17:23 KJV Seeing that Paul's life was in jeopardy at Berea, his companions sent him by ship to Athens. While waiting for Silas and Timothy to ...

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Ignorant Of God's Righteousness

"For they, being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God." Rom. 10:3 KJV Ignorance is no excuse when the truth is readily available. Many of Paul's fellow Jews were sincere and zealous about keeping the old covenant of the Law and did not accept the truth that "Ch...

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Write Your Plans In Pencil

"Now I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that oftentimes I purposed to come unto you, (but was led elsewhere,) that I might have some fruit among you also, even as among other Gentiles." Romans 1:13 KJV The Bible teaches that "It is not in man that that walketh to direct his steps" (Jer. 10:23b KJV). As the Apostle to the Gentiles, Paul frequently desired and even...

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Baffled by Boldness

"Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John and perceived that they were ignorant and untrained men, they marveled, and they realized that they had been with Jesus." Acts 4:13 KJV The large crowd stood in rapt silence at Solomon’s portico as the man born lame stood to his feet, healed in the name of and by the power of Jesus. Members of the seventy-one mem...

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