While Jesus tread the path leading to Calvary for His bitter end some Jewish women wept at the sight of His tortured state. Jesus then looked at them and uttered ominous words, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for Me, but weep for yourselves and for your children…For if they do these things in the …
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There WILL be an end. What does the Bible say about that day? What will happen in the end? Ppt: What will happen in the end? Outline: What will happen in the end? To download, right-click on the title in the track list and select “Save link as…”
Continue reading Sermon: What will happen in the end?In Genesis 19, God destroyed the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah. Righteous Lot was shown mercy from the Lord, as he was spared from the destruction along with his family. “When the morning dawned, the angels urged Lot to hurry, saying, ‘Arise, take your wife and your two daughters who are here, lest you be …
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Jude wrote his epistle to exhort the brethren to “contend earnestly for the faith” (v. 3). False teachers had crept in, and they were wreaking havoc on the church. False doctrine is extremely destructive, and must not be tolerated. While it seems there is an air of confidence for the brethren in Jude’s epistle, there …
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While hanging upon the cross, before “He breathed His last,” Jesus said, “Father, ‘into Your hands I commit My spirit’” (Luke 23:46). It is interesting that the Hebrew writer penned, “It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God” (Hebrews 10:31). It is noted that Jesus COMMITTED His spirit into …
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“If anyone sees his brother sinning a sin which does not lead to death, he will ask, and He will give him life for those who commit sin not leading to death. There is sin leading to death. I do not say that he should pray about that. All unrighteousness is sin, and there is …
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The Catechism of the Catholic Church suggests sin can be separated into two categories regarding severity: [1861] “MORTAL sin is a radical possibility of human freedom, as is love itself. It results in the loss of charity and the privation of sanctifying grace, that is, of the state of grace. If it is not redeemed …
Continue reading The Patternists: Venial and Mortal Sins? “If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema Maranatha” (1 Corinthians 16:22, KJV). In his salutation in his letter to Corinth, the apostle Paul wrote with his own hand (v. 21) two Aramaic words which were likely familiar to his audience. The first word, “Anathema,” has reference to being delivered …
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“God is jealous, and the Lord avenges; The Lord avenges and is furious. The Lord will take vengeance on His adversaries, and He reserves wrath for His enemies; The Lord is slow to anger and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked. The Lord has His way in the whirlwind and …
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What occurs after death? – A question answerable only via Bible consultation. Does there remain a consciousness after death? Despite the clarity of the Holy Script some do not subscribe to the idea of eternal consciousness in hell. Concerning Thayer’s definition of “olethros,” translated “destruction” in 2 Thessalonians 1:9, Homer Hailey wrote, “Thayer defined the …
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