The Cost of Christmas

Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost. Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a public example, was minded to put her away…

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The Restoration of the Divine Image

And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness… So God created man in His own image, in the image of God created He him; male and female created He them. (Genesis 1:26-27 Have you ever looked into a mirror expecting to fix something on your face only to be surprised…

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Hiding from God

Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the LORD. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the LORD. Jeremiah 23:24 The people of Israel had been lulled into a false security by false prophets, even as the Babylonians were marching toward Jerusalem. These prophets said, The Lord…

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Multiple Miracles of Christmas

Then those men, when they had seen the miracle that Jesus did, said, This is of a truth that prophet that should come into the world. John 6:14 Jesus fed over 5,000 people with five barley loaves and two small fishes (John 6:9). When the people saw it, they concluded that Jesus was the prophet…

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Good Intentions

For which of you intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it? Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him. Luke 14:28-29 Most of us have heard the…

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Adding to God’s Holy Word

Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in Him. Add thou not unto His Words, lest He reprove thee, and thou be found a liar (Proverbs 30.5-6). It is a profoundly serious thing to add to what God has said. God gives us many warnings in…

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Walk by Faith

As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in Him. Colossians 2:6 The dictionary states that faith is “belief, trust, fidelity, or loyalty to a creed or religion.” If true Christianity is a relationship with God through Jesus Christ, belief, trust and loyalty are certainly involved but not to a creed…

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Lies and the Father of Lies

Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of…

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Backsliding: Last words on the matter

Editor’s note: A few weeks ago, on March 14, we published an article by George Stiekes called, “Do We Still Believe in Backsliding?” He sent that out as a devotional on March 11 and I was moved to repost it. Bro. Stiekes has been a friend since he pastored in Washington state some years ago.…

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Do We Still Believe in Backsliding?

If a Christian fails to grow in the grace and knowledge of the Lord and if he fails to attach himself to the Lord Jesus Christ gaining an intimate relationship with Him, He opens the door for what we use to call “Backsliding.” Without their thinking about it and sometimes even realizing it, the door…

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