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Paul in Romans 8 draws a hard line between two minds. The natural mind is in the flesh, void of the Holy Spirit, and cannot please God. The carnal mind is enmity against God, not subject to His law, and its end is death. Christ in John 3 says a person must be born again. Ephesians 2 says God must quicken the dead. When the Spirit indwells, life and peace arrive because the Prince of Peace reigns i...

When Jesus arrived at Golgotha, the soldiers offered Him vinegar mixed with gall, a common practice used to numb the pain of crucifixion. He tasted it and refused. This was not a small detail. Jesus came to bear the full wrath of the Father for the sins of the world, and accepting a numbing agent would have meant suppressing that wrath rather than fully enduring it. He discerned what was being off...

Who are you paying tribute to? * Matthew 22:15-22 * Colossians 2:8-9 * John 8:44 * Hebrews 1:1-3 * Colossians 1:15 * Colossians 1:19  * Luke 12:15-21 Matthew sets the trap plainly. “Whose image and superscription?” exposes hearts that love the coin more than the King. Christ refuses their snare and gives the dividing line that still cuts: “Render therefore unto Caesar the things that are Caesar’s,...