Archive for May, 2007
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It is a fearful thing to find ourselves in opposition to the Lord - He is our Lord, our God, our Creator - He has set the rules - it is His prerogative - but His rules are not random, nor are they for our subjection, or for His amusement - The rules He has […]
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In this passage, the apostle Paul is arguing that when we hand our lives over to Jesus as our Lord and Saviour, we in effect appropriate His death and resurrection in respect to the Old Testament Law, therefore all the rigid ceremonial constraints imposed on the Jewish people by that LAW are no longer required.
He […]
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The apostle Paul is making the point here hat prior to Christ coming God’s people were enslaved under rules and regulations about what to eat, how to worship, festivals to be observed, etc, but that Christ freed us from all these obligations, requiring rather a life based on love, firstly to God and secondly to […]
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We are al human - fallible, therefore we ought to be careful as we stand in judgement of other people …. our jury system acknowledges this by requiring a unanimous vote of 12 jurors to decide important cases. But how often do we criticise others? - that is judging them - and convicting them with […]
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“Mine’s bigger, or better, or stronger or more expensive than yours” - we see our kids behaving this way and try to encourage them to grow up, to become more mature ……. but do we say similar things, albeit in more subtle ways? the ‘keeping up with the Jones’ ‘ with our houses, cars, landscaping… […]
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Growth towards maturity, perseverance in and through difficulties and trials,Faithfulness, diligence and Faith in Christ, producing good fruit - This is the apostle Paul’s and the Lord’s plan and purpose for the Hebrew believers to whom he wrote, and for all those who came after, down through the centuries, to and including us and beyond […]
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We are all human, putting on airs and graces does not cut it - we are all weak and feeble in many ways, - in others we are strong, but everyone has many weaknesses - the apostle Paul was no different - but he focussed on what he did know, what he was sure of, […]
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The writer of Ecclesiastes reminds us of how little we really know and understand of the way the world works ….. We claim to know much more today, but then go about destroying so much of it without any consideration of the long term consequences, or even the short term consequences of our actions …..
Likewise […]
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The Psalmist has an important lesson to impart to us - when we are in trouble - under pressure and attack from every side - bring it to the Lord, lay our situation at His feet, and call on His mercy - be totally open and honest with Him - He knows it all anyway […]
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Wise words from a mother - nuff said, read on…..
In Him, by His grace, Blessings
Bill
Passage of the day
Proverbs 31
Sayings of King Lemuel
1 The sayings of King Lemuel—an oracle his mother taught him:2 “O my son, O son of my womb,
O son of my vows,
3 do not spend your strength on women,
your vigor on those who […]
