There’s a lot going on in the world today. There are plenty of reasons for people to be at each other’s throats, and quite often we take advantage of it. People are coming down on every side of these issues, with very few in the middle working for resolution. I’m struggling with how to deal…
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Test the Spirit
The following quote came from Martyn Lloyd-Jones, on 1 John 4:1. “The position of the Scripture is one that faces two extremes: The Spirit is essential, and experience is vital; however, truth and definition and doctrine and dogma are equally vital and essential. And our whole position is one that proclaims that experience that is…
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Life in Christ
1 John 3:9 – “No one born of God makes a practice of sinning, for God’s seed abides in him; and he cannot keep on sinning, because he has been born of God.” Martyn Lloyd-Jones has this to say about it in explanation. “If a man does not abide in Christ, he is not a…
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What a Christian looks like
John R W Stott sums up the beatitudes perfectly with these words. The beatitudes paint a comprehensive portrait of a Christian disciple. We see him first alone on his knees before God, acknowledging his spiritual poverty and mourning over it. This makes him meek or gentle in all his relationships, since honesty compels him to…
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For what do you hunger and thirst?
“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.” Matthew 5:6 “If this verse is to you one of the most blessed statements of the whole of Scripture you can be quite certain you are a Christian; if it is not, then you had better examine the foundations again.” D.…