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Why don't men recognize that Jesus is the Christ? Because men are incapable of doing so. Man is superficial and is content with superficial things. We want signs, we are enamored with show, and entertainment, but these things will never save man. We must believe that Jesus is the Christ if we are to be saved, not merely engaged in religiosity.…
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We are not only called to put forth effort in ministry, but are given the example to approach advancing the Gospel wisely. We find the Apostle seeing the great importance of being completely devoted to the Word, of not wasting out time on those who reject the Word, and not being intimidated into silence regarding the Word, but depending on the Lord…
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The Church need not and must not pull away from the World and worldly systems of thought, but instead must engage the World with the truth of Jesus Christ. The World in enslaved to idols because they do not know the Lord. Intimidated and so often un-welcomed by the World we are quiet. Paul was not intimidated by the philosophers of his age but took…
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John the Baptist was looked to as though he was the Messiah. He was not. He was a voice in the wilderness directing the attention of the masses to Jesus Christ. John could not save anyone, but he pointed them to Jesus Christ, Who alone can save. Will you listen to what John preached or will you discount his words because of who he denied being?…
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Intimidated by how "smart" the world is, many Christians shy away from witnessing to the World. The Apostle Paul was not intimidated by the philosophers of the day in Athens. Why? Because the Scriptures reveal the Truth of Who Christ is, of man's need, of reality. The World and it's philosophies cannot hold a candle to the Truth! Don't be afraid of…
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"Once bitten, twice shy" is an expression used to describe the phenomenon of going through a particular hardship that causes us to be reticent of moving forward! Ministry is such a thing where a bad experience can cause us to not want to engage in the future. The unbelieving Jews in Thessalonica persecuted Paul and Silas, but their love does not gr…
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"Jesus is my ticket to success, my example of what a good person is, was a wise and enlightened individual"...and so there are many ideas out in the world concerning who Jesus is. Are they right? The Apostle John does not let his readers invent some idea of who they think Jesus is, but starts off his Gospel with making it very plain that Jesus Chri…
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"You've got to sell yourself! Be confident! Believe in your abilities! You are worth it!" ... All the things our culture tells us to think about ourselves. The Lord is so different. If we are to be righteous before God, we must think realistically about ourselves. We must come before Him broken and emptied of ourselves. Only in Jesus Christ will we…
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While the Christian will not escape tribulation in these last days, we are given peace of mind knowing that the Lord has promised that tribulation will not go on forever, but will be cut short. This tribulation will serve both to sanctify the Lord's people and to divide them from the wicked. The Christian's mission remains the same in times of peac…
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The Christian Church will not escape tribulation, rather the Antichrist will arise in the end time, and, "There will be a time of distress such as never occurred since there was a nation until that time;" (12:1). We needn't despair, for the Lord will help His people, those who are found "Written in the book". He will rescue them. He will come and r…
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History will not continue to go on forever, but has an end date, a date that none knows. However, we are told here In this second installment of Daniels final vision what we will see before the end of time. The Antichrist will come on the scene, and the Lord's people will suffer terribly. The Antichrist will be an arrogant man and a man of conflict…
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There are many in the Lord's church who wrongly believe that righteousness and holiness are the result of what one does rather than to Whom one belongs! The Apostle Paul fiercely defended the Gospel of grace against those who were teaching this heresy in order that the church would not place its confidence in the work of their hands.…
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The Covid debacle revealed a serious weakness in the Lord's Church regarding a proper understanding of the role of Government and the Church. In this passage we are shown what a proper understanding of the role of Government is (or in this case isn't!). Paul and Silas use just laws and means to benefit the Church in light of evil perpetrated agains…
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Wouldn't ministry be so much more successful if we had plenty of money, support, a better building, and less conflict and opposition? Our God is not limited in reaching His people, but in fact works through those difficulties we wish away to advance His Kingdom. Dear friend, do not let your trials dissuade you from faithfulness in your service to C…
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The Lord answers prayer. He answered Daniel's prayer. Sin will be done away, everlasting righteousness will be brought to bear, and the LORD will be esteemed...eventually. However, before it is accomplished there will be distress and hardship. We must trust and obey, even when things don't seem to go the way that we would expect and hope they would…
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How easy it is to become discouraged in ministry, to do what is right before the Lord and to have such adverse reactions to it! We are given a wonderful example here in Acts 16 of men whose eyes remain fixed upon the Lord and whose hearts are not embittered by the injustices they endured. While it seems our labors so often are fruitless, the Lord k…
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Daniel prayed for the people of God and the LORD answered his prayer...so too we as the LORD's people must pray with an eye towards the glory of God and we too will have our prayers answered because of Christ...but understand that the answer to our prayers may not be what we were expecting, so give heed to what the answer is!…
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