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True wisdom is able to discern and then do God’s will. In our study of Colossians 1:9-14 we have seen the prayer of Paul for the church at Colosse as they are facing the challenges of false teachers who are taking away from the preeminent doctrine of Christ’s supremacy and sufficiency. Christ is supreme and…
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What’s the purpose of knowing God’s will? Simply, the purpose of knowing God’s will is to then walk in His will according to His word and work. The priority of learning God’s will through His word by the indwelling work of the Holy Spirit is for our practical daily living in His will. The will…
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Everyone has quirks. One of mine (although I don’t think it is a quirk) is that I don’t let my gas tank drop below half full. My Dad never did and taught me to do the same. It leaves more available miles and normally makes filling up more affordable. That’s a tough one with today’s…
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If you could ask God for anything, what would it be? Each of us would probably have a list about a mile long that we would have to narrow down. In Kings 3, we see that young Solomon, son of David, who was becoming the king of Israel was asked by God this very thing.…
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When you think about the gospel, what do you think of? When you think of God’s grace, what do you think of? I believe that when we think of one we should think of the other. The two are a package deal. It is God’s grace that saves us through the gospel of the Lord…
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Growth. This issue is still at the frontlines of the battles of the theological world and debates about how to grow as Christians and, on a bigger scale, local churches. What is growth? Can it really be measured? I would argue that it can, but the issue I see is that we have been taught…
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For many of today’s Christians there is a daily struggle of understanding how the person and work of Christ in the gospel is to be applied throughout one’s day. There are many who misunderstand the gospel of Jesus Christ as just the cure for our eternal destination, but they fail to see how to incorporate…
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For the twelfth and final time we turn to Isa. 53. These twelve weeks have challenged me as a believer, a pastor, and an expositor. This passage could be compared to the Marianas Trench in that it plums the depths of the truth of the gospel of Jesus Christ as it dives into the depths…
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Today, we begin the final stanza of the fourth and final Servant Song of Isaiah. Isa. 52:13-53:12 acts as a Bible in miniature. The eternal story of redemption is recorded in these five stanzas. It is the eternal exclamation and explanation of the person and work of the Lord Jesus Christ. Eternity is contained within…
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We have a hard time with fairness. It is in the heart of man to desire to be treated fairly, yet we aren’t so concerned about how we mistreat others when we think that we have a self-justification. Everyone, myself included, wants to be treated fairly by others. In our study of the fourth Servant…
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