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  1. Christsfreeservant

    Becoming Partakers of the Divine Nature

    “Simeon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have obtained a faith of equal standing with ours by the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ: May grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord. “His divine power has granted to...
  2. Christsfreeservant

    Teachings on Exercising Wisdom

    “Whoever pursues righteousness and kindness will find life, righteousness, and honor. A wise man scales the city of the mighty and brings down the stronghold in which they trust. Whoever keeps his mouth and his tongue keeps himself out of trouble. ‘Scoffer’ is the name of the...
  3. Christsfreeservant

    God's Steadfast Love to Those Who Know Him

    “Transgression speaks to the wicked deep in his heart; there is no fear of God before his eyes. For he flatters himself in his own eyes that his iniquity cannot be found out and hated. The words of his mouth are trouble and deceit; he has ceased to act wisely and do good. He...
  4. Christsfreeservant

    Are We to Sin Because We are Under Grace?

    “Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, to make you obey its passions. Do not present your members to sin as instruments for unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life, and your members to God as instruments for righteousness. For...
  5. Christsfreeservant

    In the Path of Righteousness is Life

    Proverbs 12 (select verses) Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates reproof is stupid. 2 A good man obtains favor from the Lord, but a man of evil devices he condemns. 3 No one is established by wickedness, but the root of the righteous will never be moved. 13 An...
  6. Christsfreeservant

    To the Upright of Heart

    Psalms 36:1-10 ESV “Transgression speaks to the wicked deep in his heart; there is no fear of God before his eyes. For he flatters himself in his own eyes that his iniquity cannot be found out and hated. The words of his mouth are trouble and deceit; he has ceased to act wisely...
  7. Christsfreeservant

    Conviction of Sin, Righteousness, and Judgment

    I am reading now in John, chapter 16. Jesus was speaking to his disciples, preparing their hearts for the time when Jesus would leave them via his death and resurrection and ascension back to heaven. And he let them know that, as his disciples, they would be put out of the synagogues, and...
  8. Christsfreeservant

    Marketing and Conditioning

    “Therefore, having this ministry by the mercy of God, we do not lose heart. But we have renounced disgraceful, underhanded ways. We refuse to practice cunning or to tamper with God's word, but by the open statement of the truth we would commend ourselves to everyone's conscience in the sight of...
  9. Christsfreeservant

    But Have Not Love

    “If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give away all I...
  10. Christsfreeservant

    Would You Call That Love?

    If you were asleep inside a burning building, and I called out to you to wake you from your sleep, and for you to come out from inside that building, in order to save your life, would you call that love? Especially if I ran inside that burning building, risking my own life, to take you with me...
  11. Christsfreeservant

    But if We Walk in the Light

    This was written by the apostle John who was giving testimony to Jesus Christ and to the gospel of our salvation “so that you too may have fellowship with us; and indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ” (1 John 1:3 ESV). So, not everyone in the hearing of this...
  12. Christsfreeservant

    Let Them See Your Zeal for Your People

    Isaiah 26:9-11 ESV “My soul yearns for you in the night; my spirit within me earnestly seeks you. For when your judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness. If favor is shown to the wicked, he does not learn righteousness; in the land of uprightness...
  13. T

    Stars forever!

    SCRIPTURE: The mystery of the seven stars which you saw in My right hand, and the seven golden lampstands: The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands which you saw are the seven churches.' - Revelation 1:20 REVELATION: Stars represent all those who lead...
  14. Christsfreeservant

    Lift Up a Standard for the People

    Isaiah 62:10-12 NASB “Go through, go through the gates, Clear the way for the people; Build up, build up the highway, Remove the stones, lift up a standard over the peoples. Behold, the Lord has proclaimed to the end of the earth, Say to the daughter of Zion, ‘Lo, your salvation comes; Behold...
  15. Christsfreeservant

    I Will Not Keep Silent

    Isaiah 62:1-4 ESV “For Zion's sake I will not keep silent, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not be quiet, until her righteousness goes forth as brightness, and her salvation as a burning torch. The nations shall see your righteousness, and all the kings your glory, and you shall be...
  16. Christsfreeservant

    I Have Been Crucified with Christ

    The book of Galatians was a letter written by the apostle Paul to the church in Galatia. It is largely a letter correcting wrong interpretations of the truths of the gospel of our salvation, primarily in relation to the Judaizers who were trying to convince the Gentile Christians that they had...
  17. BrotherJJ

    Justification by Faith

    Rom 3: 21 But now the righteousness of God has been clearly revealed [independently and completely] apart from the Law, though it is [actually] confirmed by the Law and the [words and writings of the] Prophets. (MY NOTE: The righteousness of God is clearly revealed independently & completely...
  18. BrotherJJ

    FAITH is the key to salvation/righteousness

    FAITH is the key to salvation/righteousness Eph 2: 8 For it is by grace [God’s remarkable compassion and favor drawing you to Christ] that you have been saved [actually delivered from judgment and given eternal life] through faith. And this [salvation] is not of yourselves [not through your...
  19. Christsfreeservant

    What is the Righteousness of God?

    Romans 10:1-4 ESV “Brothers, my heart's desire and prayer to God for them is that they may be saved. For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge. For, being ignorant of the righteousness of God, and seeking to establish their own, they did not submit to...
  20. Christsfreeservant

    Jesus Christ Restores my Soul

    Psalms 23:1-3 ESV “The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake.” When we are born into this world of ours, we are born in the image...