Author: attycortes
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Unbelievable
(Manuscript basis of message given to the congregation of Ikthus East; Lopue’s East Annex; Bacolod City, Philippines; 19 December 2021; Sunday, 9:30 a.m. Worship Service; based on Isaiah chapter 53. ) We’ve just been through a terrible storm that has caused a lot of damage to property, devastated people’s homes and resulted in loss of […]
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The Fruit of the Spirit
Galatians 5:22–26 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. If we live by the Spirit, let us also keep in step with the […]
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Flesh versus Spirit
“But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, to keep you from doing the things you want to do. […]
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Totality of Offenses
Once in a while, I feel the need to post something on law. After all, this blog started out as a blawg and the posts here on law are what get the most traffic. Almost everyday, someone reads my post on illegal dismissal and similar posts, when all my other posts are long forgotten. But […]
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Life is about books
Guess life’s about books:Better than an iPhone;though still “unreal”,at least they’re not virtual. Some say it’s escape;I strongly disagree.If the book is any good,it’s an undiscovered country full of wonders and ideasand new people and strange places.And when I finally close the coverI then understand life better. And that is the whole purposeof all reading […]
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The Works of the Flesh
Galatians 5:19–22 [19] Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, [20] idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, [21] envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of […]
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Word and Life
Psalm 119:17-24 [17] Deal bountifully with your servant, that I may live and keep your word. [18] Open my eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of your law. [19] I am a sojourner on the earth; hide not your commandments from me! [20] My soul is consumed with longing for your rules at […]
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Seeing and Entering the Kingdom of God
John 3:1–15 [1] Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. [2] This man came to Jesus by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do unless God is with […]
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Secured by the Spirit’s Application
INTRODUCTION [8] But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, having put on the breastplate of faith and love, and for a helmet the hope of salvation. [9] For God has not destined us for wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, [10] who died for us so that […]
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Secured for the Second Coming, Part 2
1 Thessalonians 5:8–11 [8] But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, having put on the breastplate of faith and love, and for a helmet the hope of salvation. [9] For God has not destined us for wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, [10] who died for us […]
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