Tag: bible study
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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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Asking for Wisdom
James 1:5-8 NLT “If you need wisdom, ask our generous God, and he will give it to you. He will not rebuke you for asking. But when you ask him, be sure that your faith is in God alone. Do not waver, for a person with divided loyalty is as unsettled as a wave of…
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Blessed are those who mourn (part 1)
“Blessed are those who mourn for they shall be comforted.” (Matthew 5:4) INTRODUCTION We continue to study the characteristics of those people who belong to the kingdom, one of which is their spiritual mourning, because they are a people whose hearts have been broken by a recognition of their sinfulness before God and have therefore…
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Notes on Perseverance of the Saints
(These are essentially the notes I wrote in preparation for a bible study I did on Romans 8:28-31.) Perseverance of the Saints is to be preferred over the term eternal security because the former includes the latter without doing away with the reality that the saints do persevere and will persevere. The saints persevere because…
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Children of God
(Basis of devotional given to the Men’s Group of Ikthus East, Bacolod City; August 17, 2019) 1 John 3:1-3 ESV [1] See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that…
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Do not love the world
(This is the manuscript basis of the devotional I gave to the Ikthus East-Bacolod City Men’s group last 02 February 2019. It is part of a series of Bible studies we’re doing on 1st John.) 1 John 2:15-17 ESV Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world,…
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Ikthus Villa Angela Small Group (February 1, 2014)
On going bible study adapted from John Piper’s This Momentary Marriage