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“All the body … grows.” (Colossians 2:19) Make sure you keep growing for the sake of the whole body. “Oh!” you say, “I do not know that I want to grow. I have believed in Christ, and I am saved, and that is enough for me.” But, my dear friend, you must grow because the whole church of Christ is supposed to grow. Suppose that...
Our Father in Heaven – Matthew 6:9 – Suppose two people were to meet here tonight who did not know each other. As they begin to talk to one another, one says, “My father’s name is So-and-so,” and the other looks at him and says, “Where does he live?” “He lives in this house in this city.” “Does he? Why, that is my father, too!”...
“Peace be with you.” (John 20:19 NKJV) The Lord Jesus Christ offers peace to His disciples three times in a single passage (John 20:19-26). Before His death and resurrection, Jesus promised them peace, not the fleeting peace offered by the world—a shallow peace from easy circumstances—but a solid peace that only comes through Him. It is the peace that flows from reconciliation with God (John...
Where do wars and fights come from among you? Do they not come from your desires for pleasure that war in your members? You lust and do not have. You murder and covet and cannot obtain. You fight and war. – James 4:1-2, NKJV – The reason we fight and quarrel is not very mysterious. Neither is the reason for disunity in our relationships and the church as a whole. Scripture makes the cause plain as day....