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Discover how to draw purpose from the highest dimension of life

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Life is like the light spectrum or audio spectrum. The human eye is not capable of seeing ultraviolet light without the proper conditions. The human ear cannot hear past 20,000 hertz. There is an eternal or higher dimension of the “life spectrum” as well. Humans, in a physical body, have the capacity to live in the carnal dimension. The physical body can not function in higher frequencies of life, which is what we typically call

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Jesus and the Destruction of Death (A Communion Meditation)

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No, that’s not the name of a heavy metal band, that’s the goal of the cross…the total obliteration of death and its effects on mankind. The blood of Jesus takes us from dark to light…from death to life.

The mission of Jesus and our appropriate response is less about right and wrong and more about life and death. We believe unto life…eternal life. There is no humanly way possible to escape the destruction of sin, which is death…so God dealt the final blow in Jesus. Of course we await the time when the last enemy, death, is put under the feet of his body but regarding our spiritual life, death has lost it’s sting.

Take a moment and commune with Jesus, remember his body and blood and allow his spirit to manifest his life through you.

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How Do I Know I’m Saved?

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“Are you saved? Are you sure?” These questions are sometimes used to scare people into signing up for works-based insurance, which is bad. But the questions themselves are legitimate. In scripture we are exhorted to examine ourselves to see whether we are in the faith (2 Cor 13:5). As I have explained elsewhere, this does not mean […]

556. Why Jesus Taught Two Covenants (Part 13): The Good Samaritan & Self-Justification

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What inspired the story of The Good Samaritan? A lawyer was testing Jesus with a question about the law that came through Moses. The Scripture states he was trying to do what other Jews did under the law — they attempted to justify themselves. In order to truly justify himself, the lawyer was told to do according to what the law says. The problem with this? Nobody had ever done it before. While the world has encouraged us to be the good Samaritan, Jesus is actually the one represented by this person in the parable.



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555. Why Jesus Taught Two Covenants (Part 12): “What Must I DO to Have Eternal Life?”

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This week we provide a perspective on the story of The Rich Young Ruler. He asked Jesus what he needed to do to have eternal life. Interestingly, Jesus did not say what we Christians might have expected — He did not say, "believe in me." He answered the law-based question with a law-based answer by telling the young man to obey the commandments from the Mosaic law. Why? Jesus was trying to show him the impossible standard of perfection the law demanded without any provision to be able to accomplish it. Have you ever walked out of church feeling worse than when you went in? It was probably for the same reason as the young ruler... The good news was missing.



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Your Unbreakable Union with Christ

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Some Christians understand their union with the Lord but only half way. “Sure, God is with us, but sometimes he isn’t. He comes and he goes.” It’s true that in the Old Testament the Holy Spirit came upon certain people at certain times, but that was then and this is now. Jesus said the Holy […]

Patient Endurance (Revelation 14:12)

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A reader asked for my thoughts on the following passage: This calls for patient endurance on the part of the saints who obey God’s commandments and remain faithful to Jesus. (Rev 14:12, NIV) When I was a younger man I might’ve preached a message on this verse that went something like this: “You gotta hang […]

Religious Gangsters (Matthew 7:21-23)

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A scripture that worries some Christians, but shouldn’t, is this one: Not everyone who says to me, “Lord, Lord,” will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. Many will say to me on that day, “Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in […]

The Testing of Your Faith

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What goes through your mind when you see men in orange jumpsuits waiting to be killed for their faith in Jesus? Do you think, “I could die for Jesus,” or “Thank God that’s not me”? The earliest Christians faced the lions of the Roman circus and persecution remains a fact of life many Christians today. But most of us are’t being threatened […]

505. Fellowship Forever

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Have you ever wondered whether you've done something that would hinder your fellowship with God? Those feelings of doubt about where you stand with God, or the fear of being in and out of fellowship are rooted in dead works and self-righteousness. The New Covenant of Christ is an agreement God made with God, and he cannot deny himself. Whoever has the Son has life. He is our guarantee and you've been called into fellowship with Him.



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Rewarded for their Labor? (1 Corinthians 3:8)

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I have been asked this question again and again: What are heavenly rewards? Or, how do rewards fit in with grace? Some say there are no rewards, yet Jesus spoke about storing up treasure and Paul spoke about being rewarded for our labor. I have a long chapter on Eternal Rewards in my book The Gospel […]

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