Among several biblical examples of God’s people demonstrating their love and desire for God’s Word, the scene in Nehemiah 8 is one of the most notable and dramatic. They: recognized the sacredness of the Word (v. 1); realized the seriousness of the Word (vv. 3-8); remembered the security of the…
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Among several biblical examples of God’s people demonstrating their love and desire for God’s Word, the scene in Nehemiah 8 is one of the most notable and dramatic. They: recognized the sacredness of the Word (v. 1); realized the seriousness of the Word (vv. 3-8); remembered the security of the…
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Among several biblical examples of God’s people demonstrating their love and desire for God’s Word, the scene in Nehemiah 8 is one of the most notable and dramatic. They: recognized the sacredness of the Word (v. 1); realized the seriousness of the Word (vv. 3-8); remembered the security of the…
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One of the truly amazing words in the Greek NT is the verb gegraptai. It is perhaps the most powerful proof of the doctrine of the preservation of Scripture and causes our love for it to grow by leaps and bounds. Scriptures for Study: Notice the fourth category of gegraptai in…
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One of the truly amazing words in the Greek NT is the verb gegraptai. It is perhaps the most powerful proof of the doctrine of the preservation of Scripture and causes our love for it to grow by leaps and bounds. Scriptures for Study: Gegraptai appears 16 times in Romans. What…
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One of the truly amazing words in the Greek NT is the verb gegraptai. It is perhaps the most powerful proof of the doctrine of the preservation of Scripture and causes our love for it to grow by leaps and bounds. Scriptures for Study: What is being preserved in Matthew 4:4,…
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This three-fold emphasis must be at the very core of church ministry. Scriptures for Study: What do the following verses say about the pastor’s function: 1 Timothy 2:7; 3:2; 4:6, 16; 5:17; 2 Timothy 1:11; 3:16—4:4; Titus 1:9?
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Our Lord took the Ten Commandments and reduced them to only two with love at the center. Scriptures for Study: What do the following verses say about law and love: Romans 13:10; Galatians 5:14; James 2:8; 1 John 4:21?
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Instead of overt acts, this commandment addresses covert attitudes. One or more of the preceding sins, in fact, will often spring from this seed. Scriptures for Study: What do the following verses declare about today’s theme: Philippians 4:11–12; Hebrews 13:5; James 4:1–3?
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Lying is, by far, the most prominent sin of mankind. It permeates our nature and society. Lying is often used to cover up other sins and is, far more than people realize, so ingrained in our being, and therefore so imbedded in our practical living, that it takes the very…
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