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Actes 5:27-42 … 27 And when they had brought them, they set them before the council. And the high priest asked them, 28 saying, “Did we not strictly command you not to teach in this name? And look, you have filled Jerusalem More →
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Actes 5:27-42 … 27 And when they had brought them, they set them before the council. And the high priest asked them, 28 saying, “Did we not strictly command you not to teach in this name? And look, you have filled Jerusalem More →
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Acts 2:14-41 … Peter explained what the miracle of tongues meant and preached his first sermon. First, he gave Scriptural proof regarding the Pentecost experience. He presented an introduction, vv. 14-16 Peter recited his More →
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“Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.” (Matthew 5:4) The word translated “mourn” is pentheo which means to grieve for the dead. Spiritually, it implies to grieve for the spiritually dead—mourning over sin; More →
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Matthew 5:3 reads, “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” There are two important words in that passage: blessed and poor. The word “blessed” (makarios) literally means More →
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God has forgiveness available for every sinner who sincerely repents, but sadly many can’t or won’t repent—Judas Iscariot was one. Matthew 27:1-10 provides the record of his miserable end. First, we see proof of Jesus’ More →
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Jesus first spoke on divorce in Matthew 5:31-32. Here in Matthew 19:1-15, is another attempt to trick Jesus regarding marriage and divorce, with three appeals. First, an appeal to traditions More →
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Has anyone ever hurt you deeply? How long ago was it? Why were you able to recall it so easily? Was the offense ever resolved? In the parable of Matthew 18:21-35, several questions need to be More →
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Consider a few spiritual realities. First, we can give ground in our life to Satan—“Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger, and give no opportunity to the devil.” More →
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Psalm 40:2 states, “He drew me up from the pit of destruction, out of the miry bog, and set my feet upon a rock.” At first we think we can handle sin, but then we begin to sink and get caught in its powerful More →
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A miracle performed by Jesus provoked two different responses: (a) the people—“Can this be the Son of David?” (Matthew 12:23); and (b) the Pharisees—“It is only by Beelzebul, the prince of demons, that this man More →
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