THE HELMET, SWORD&SHIELD

Inner Circumcision

We must always be mindful that mere symbolic acts of formal compliance to “the letter of the law” are always meaningless to the Lord if our heart allegiance toward Him is void or absent.

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Seriousness

The Lord did not provide us knowledge to deter or impede our spiritual progress. He wants us to beware of the opposition that confronts us.

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The Necessity of Vigilance

Living obedient to God’s Word does not give us an exemption from life’s crisis.

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The Medium of Knowledge

The divine blessings of "grace and peace" expand over the province of our lives as we bare his yoke and learn of him.

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Glory for Goodness

“God is good! O’ yes He is! “This is a befitting exclamation not based on the ever changing external conditions of life that we may find ourselves in.

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Imperfect Works

Essentially God, the Son, told this congregation, this branch of the Church that all their effort was virtually worthless.

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Fishing

Too frequently, we take the position that “God is taking to long to react.”

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Passing Over

There never exists a point of contradiction or blurred line between what the Lord does for us and that which He permits to enter the sphere of our lives to achieve the ultimate goals of His own divine purposes.

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Holy Desire

Does our love for God, and the glorious advancement of His grand plan of redemption also drive our hearts to “pant” and ache in like fashion?

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Sodom's Offering

Can we honestly claim that we can resist the intense temptation to accept the persistent offerings of the vast bounty of the world’s treasure?

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Fear Not!

Assuredly, the Lord exhorts and commands us (Christ followers) to daily live with eternity in view; yet to be sure, maintaining such a constant perspective while rowing against the ever changing, contrary wickedly immoral and ungodly ideological currents present amidst a fallen culture is obviously challenging.

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Fragments

We should recognize that the grace of God is exclusively apportioned out based on His mercy, and is disperse on His whims, rather than bestowed on the basis of faulty human short-sightedness, and obscured perspectives.

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Let Us Reason

Any meaningful association with God has to be established on the terms of righteousness. Absolutely no one can avoid this prerequisite term and condition.

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Now & Then (Part 2)

The final appearance of an apple differs greatly from the primary form of its seed-germ. Or, as the inspired Apostle beautifully detailed, “And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be...” (v. 57a)

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The City of God (Part 3)

Complicity with evil has never been embrace by God, nor deemed acceptable to Him when adopted by His people.

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The Marring Matter of Sin

We tend to forget that the view from Heaven regarding the state of affairs that exist in our present realm is distinctly different from our own.

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WBS- 2012 "Which Way to Eternity?" (P2)

To access the "narrow" way, we must have passed through the "strait" gate. By definition this entrance is described as restrictive. It is one that is impossible to get through with external bulk surrounding one's person. We can only enter by ourselves, bring only ourselves.

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WBS- 2012 "Which Way to Eternity?" (P1)

Whether we believe it or not, all of us are following a path in life that will ultimately end and lead us through the gateway into eternity.

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WBS - 2012: "The Frontier of Eternity"

The word “frontier” brings to mind thoughts regarding a region or territory that has never been explored. We typically consider it an area that is virgin or untouched by human hands. This particular designation is typically viewed as a region that hold prospects of hope and greater advantages for those that choose to venture into that sphere.

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