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  1. Roy Taylor

    The truth about salvation that milk drinkers don't understand

    Hebrews 5:12 For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat. Another writing I did in 2009 and still agree with today. Are ye really...
  2. BrotherJJ

    2 Timothy 2:15

    2 Tim 2:15 Rightly Divide The Word Of Truth Source: Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words: divide Greek orthotomeo - English dividing - Strongs 3718: "to cut straight" is found in 2 Tim 2:15 "rightly dividing," 2 Tim 2:15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that...
  3. BrotherJJ

    Romans 3:31

    Romans 3:31 we establish the law parsed. When dissecting any verse of scripture. Ask yourself, of whom, to whom, with what words, what time, where, to what intent, with what circumstances, considering what is written before & what follows any single verse context...
  4. HenSoma-OneBody

    Walk In The Light!

    "And this is the message we have heard from Him (Jesus) and announce to you: God is light, and in Him there is no darkness at all. If we say we have fellowship with Him yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have...
  5. Christsfreeservant

    Lovers of Righteousness

    Hebrews 1:8-9 ESV “But of the Son he says, “‘Your throne, O God, is forever and ever, the scepter of uprightness is the scepter of your kingdom. You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness beyond your...
  6. G

    Did Noah, let a pair of serpents, on the Ark?

    Hi, I have to admit, it is fairly difficult coming up with your own theological controversy - I have only really managed two coins of thought that relate to the Bible (besides Eschatology) and this is the second. The point is: God really leaves it up to you, to do the interpreting (if you don't...
  7. Christsfreeservant

    My Zeal Consumes Me

    Psalms 119:137-138 ESV “Righteous are you, O Lord, and right are your rules. You have appointed your testimonies in righteousness and in all faithfulness.” Amen! God is upright, just, blameless, morally right, honest, and honorable, and so are his rules (laws, commandments) and his...
  8. Christsfreeservant

    That We Might Die

    1 Peter 2:24 ESV “He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.” If I were asked, and I have been asked this before, to give the gospel in one Bible verse, this is the verse I would give. This covers...
  9. Christsfreeservant

    For His Name's Sake

    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.” The Lord Jesus Christ is my shepherd, my pastor, my friend, and my...
  10. Christsfreeservant

    Seeking to Establish Our own Righteousness

    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...
  11. Christsfreeservant

    A Strong Fortress to Save

    In You, O Lord Psalm 31:1-2 ESV “In you, O Lord, do I take refuge; let me never be put to shame; in your righteousness deliver me! Incline your ear to me; rescue me speedily! Be a rock of refuge for me, a strong fortress to save me!” As believers in Jesus Christ, we are not...
  12. Christsfreeservant

    Other lords Have Ruled

    Isaiah 26:10 ESV “If favor is shown to the wicked, he does not learn righteousness; in the land of uprightness he deals corruptly and does not see the majesty of the Lord.” In America, we have had a lot of freedoms and provisions that people in other countries don’t have. Our grocery...
  13. Christsfreeservant

    Needing to Learn Righteousness

    Isaiah 26:1-3 ESV In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah: “We have a strong city; he sets up salvation as walls and bulwarks. Open the gates, that the righteous nation that keeps faith may enter in. You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you...
  14. ZNP

    Proverbs 10 -- Destruction To The Workers Of Iniquity

    1 The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother. There are many who are claiming that the fires in the west are as much a result of poor forest management as climate change. Likewise the floods in China are a result of a poor design of...
  15. ZNP

    Isaiah 60 -- Behold, Gross Darkness Covers The People

    1 Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of Jehovah is risen upon thee. 2 For, behold, darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the peoples; but Jehovah will arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee. 3 And nations shall come to thy light, and kings to the...
  16. Christsfreeservant

    If Favor is Shown to the Wicked

    Isaiah 26:1-3 ESV “In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah: ‘We have a strong city; he sets up salvation as walls and bulwarks. Open the gates, that the righteous nation that keeps faith may enter in. You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you...
  17. ZNP

    Romans 10 -- What Not To Do If You Want To Be Saved

    So then, if you want to be saved there is one thing you can’t do. Many people talk about the things that you need to do to get saved. You need to pray, yet some people have gotten saved who didn’t pray. You need to seek the Lord, yet some people have gotten saved who weren’t seeking for the...
  18. ZNP

    Galatians 3: What Is The Hearing Of Faith?

    3:1 You foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? Before your very eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed as crucified. 2 I would like to learn just one thing from you: Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law, or by believing what you heard? You have to make a choice. Who is in...
  19. Christsfreeservant

    Our Minds on Jesus

    1 Peter 1:1-5 ESV “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for...
  20. Christsfreeservant

    In A Single Day

    Zechariah 3:1-2 ESV Then he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord, and Satan standing at his right hand to accuse him. And the Lord said to Satan, “The Lord rebuke you, O Satan! The Lord who has chosen Jerusalem rebuke you! Is not this a brand plucked from the...