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                   This book of the law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it; for then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have success. "Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous! Do not tremble or be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go...

Tragically, this “vain religion of the puffed-up fleshly mind” is but a mere substitute for true spiritual nourishment from Jesus Christ, the Head of the body, His church. This is one of several passages in the New Testament that pictures the church as the body of Christ (see Rom. 12:4ff; 1 Cor. 12–14; Eph. 4:4–16; Col. 1:18, 24). All of us, as believers, are members of the spiritual body, the chu...

Do you completely trust in God's word Psalms 56:10-11?                            Psalms 56:10-11 says In God will I praise his word: in the LORD will I praise his word. In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do unto me. Here we see that David knows because of his trust in God that he did not need to fear the opposition of mere man.  He has already stated that once in this P...

Three lessons stand out here Because Jesus ‘wiped out the handwriting of requirements that was against us’, God’s law no longer condemns us (there will be no bailiffs at our door!). Christ has cancelled our debt and the law has no grounds to accuse us. Romans 8 tells us that ‘there is … no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus’ (vv. 1–4ff.). Satan is a defeated foe. He is not ‘put out of e...

               In Luke 5:12-13 we see Jesus doing a miracle that was supposed to show the religious leaders that He really was God.  The man knows Jesus can heal him and so he begs Jesus to heal him of his leprosy.  Leprosy in the bible is a picture of sin in that it is not just a problem on the surface, but a deep defiling disease and so cannot be fixed by any external measures.  It is also a dis...

           We see in the concept of baptism, how it symbolizes the great spiritual reality of being buried with Christ and raised to new life in faith. This symbolic act is to be understood as an essential part of the believer's identification with the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.  We need to have the assurance that we if we are believers are complete in Christ and have been given every...

         In Luke 5 Jesus does another miracle that shows He is God in human flesh. This miracle so astounds Peter that He realizes he is a sinner and how unclean he is in the presence of Jesus.  Being in this position is one that can lead us to trust in Christ, first as Savior and then for all of life’s trials and needs.  The word sin speaks of falling short of the mark, we have missed the mark of...

              Being circumcised, spiritually speaking, which is just a way of referring to the fact that we were saved.             When Jesus Christ died and rose again, He won a complete and final victory over sin. He not only died for our sins (salvation), but He “died unto sin” (sanctification; see Rom. 6:10 For the death that He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life that He lives, H...

               If you call yourself a follower of Jesus Christ, Jesus Christ is your King, and you address Him and say, “Yes, Sir.” If you call yourself a believer in Jesus Christ this is the authoritative, truthful Word of God and you do not play with it, but you submit to it. If you are a believer in Jesus Christ, this world is not to be Heaven. This world is not your home. This world isn’t to b...

Believers, having trusted in Christ's finished work, are already complete and full in Him, unable to become more complete or full. There's no need to pursue additional experiences or knowledge to truly experience God, as true believers already have everything they need in Christ. The passage serves as a reminder to remain faithful, grounded in Christ, and alert to false teachings that seek to lead...

                  In Luke 4:4 Jesus said, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God. This is when Jesus is being tempted in the wilderness.  If Jesus is quoting this as He is being tempted, how much more do you think we need to read, know and memorize the Word of God.  In 2 Peter 1:3 it says His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and...

Outline Foundations of Christian living and avoiding deception. Paul emphasizes the importance of correct foundations in Christian living, as any progress made must be consistent with the beginnings of the faith. The surest preventative against sub-Christian deviations is a full experience of the fullness of Christ, which guards against being taken captive by hollow and deceptive philosophy. Spiri...

In our last devotional we talked about how Moses instructed Israel to build a monument with God’s law written on it and it was a picture of them remembering how good God had been to them in spite of their sin and how His love and faithfulness would continue in the future. They were swearing their allegiance to Him to live for Him from now on.  Have you stopped recently and thanked Him today for th...

In what ways are we struggling or willing to struggle for the sake of our fellow believers in the Lord?  In what ways are we pushing ourselves?  In what ways are you spending yourself?  In what ways are you giving of yourself for the cause of Jesus Christ, to see the Gospel go out to unbelievers, but also to see followers of Christ, so they can be complete in Him.    Mark 8:36 "For what will it pr...

Does our life please God?                Jesus at His baptism was shown to be the Son of God by the Holy Spirit descending in bodily form LIKE a dove.  This is God saying this Man is not like any man, He is not just a good man, a prophet, or a good teacher, He is the GOD MAN, The Savior of the World. This is the pivotal point at which in the book of Acts and here the descent of the Holy Spirit lea...

Paul had a true shepherd’s heart. He wanted to see Christ formed in those people to whom he was privileged to minister. We are also called to “proclaim Him” following the example of Paul to “every man.” To remind every man of who Christ is, who they once were, who they are now in Him and seek to push them on to greater loyalty and faithfulness to the One who has saved them.   Mark 8:36 "For what w...

        Joseph and Mary left Jerusalem after going to the feast of Passover and do not realize Jesus is not there until the next day.  They go back and find Jesus teaching in the temple.  They are amazed at what He is doing and anxious over not knowing where He has been. Jesus tells them the most important thing is not where He has been but what He has been doing.  People always have places to go,...

Paul was doing here what He’s done already in this letter. He’s actually claiming and repurposing a word that the false teachers had been using. He’s beating the false teachers, once again, at their own game. Earlier in the book we saw they use the word “fullness”, or “completeness”. They thought that they had full knowledge, complete knowledge, and Paul takes that word back from them. He’s doing...

Moses instructed Israel to build a monument with God’s law written on it when they entered Canaan (Deut. 27:1-8). This is a picture of them remembering how good God had been to them in spite of how they had acted and His love and faithfulness that would still be there in the future. They were swearing their allegiance to Him to live for Him from now on. Do you have any times in your life that you...

Remember that Paul went through the ultimate change in identity. Before he was Paul, who was he?  Saul. Before he was Paul building up Christian believers in the faith, he was Saul the Pharisee, approving the execution of the earliest Christian believers. So even these two words, “I Paul,” which seem like they are just kind of thrown in randomly here, they actually have tremendously rich meaning....

We have seen in verses 1&2 that he greets them by wishing for them the free favor of God and all the blessed fruits of it. GRACE is God’s riches at Christ expense  In verses 3-8 Paul’s thanksgiving to God for what he had heard concerning them, their faith, hope, and love In verses 9-11 we saw his prayer for their knowledge, fruitfulness, and strength In verses 12-14, His praise for all that Go...

                In Luke 1:67-70 we see God open the mouth of Zacharias after having shut it because of unbelief in what God had told him in the temple.  God uses him to speak about the promises of salvation through Jesus Christ which had been foretold since the beginning of time as we know it since the world was created.  God has always had his prophets (those who spoke of Jesus) who told of all t...

Colossians 1:17 – “He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.” John 8:58, when Jesus is standing before the Pharisees. He says, “before Abraham was, I WAS.” That’s not how it went, right? No, He said, “Before Abraham was, I AM.” Present tense verb. Indicating the timelessness of His deity. Similar concept here, with Paul saying, “He is before all things.” A present tense stateme...

               Deuteronomy 13:1-4 deals with the issue of false prophets and teachers. The Bible tells us there are people out there that want to draw us away from God and lure us into other things that ultimately will cause our downfall.  In the Old Testament and today this is one of the worst things a person can do is lead another away from God. We need to be very careful of who and what we list...

From Paul’s petition that the Colossians be enlightened about God’s redemptive working in their lives, he moved naturally into his epistle’s main emphasis—the exaltation and preeminence of Christ. In this paragraph (vv. 15–20) Paul mentioned seven unique characteristics of Christ, which fittingly qualify Him to have “the supremacy” (v. 18). Christ is: (1) the image of God, (2) the Firstborn over C...