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A Basket Overflowing COLOSSIANS 1:3-14 We continually ask God to fill you. . . . — Colossians 1:9 Paul knew that the Colossians’ faith, love, and hope were rooted in Christ. And that meant a bountiful harvest would come for the church. Paul said that he and others continually asked God...

The Mosaic law covenant cut on Mt Sinia. Was between the house of Jacob - the children of Israel only! (Ex 19:3) High Priest: Israels Levitical order high priest served as a mediator between God & the people. Feasts: 7 Feasts of the Lord. 3 (Passover-Pentecost-Tabernacles) required a mandatory...

Jn 7: 37 In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. (MY NOTE: In the last day means this event occurred on the last day (Day 8). During the Feast of Tabernacles, the last feast of the year.) 38 He that...

Matt 9:16-17 Old cloth/old covenant - New cloth/new covenant (17) Old wineskins/new covenant. Don't mix um! (Also see: Mk 2:21-22, Lk 5:36-17) Rev 3: 15 I know your works: you are neither cold nor hot. Would that you were either cold or hot! 16 So, because you are lukewarm & neither hot nor...

Eph 4: 4 There is one body [of believers] and one Spirit—just as you were called to one hope when called [to salvation] (MY NOTE: One body/church, one Spirit/Holy Spirit) 5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism, Bible source link: Ephesians 4 AMP - Unity of the Spirit - So I, the - Bible Gateway (MY...

Rom 4:11 Abraham received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not circumcised; that righteousness might be imputed unto them also: Rom 4:22 And therefore it...

A God hidden secret revealed. 1 Cor. 2: 7 but we speak God’s wisdom in a mystery, the wisdom once hidden [from man, but now revealed to us by God, that wisdom] which God predestined before the ages to our glory [to lift us into the glory of His presence]. 8 None of the rulers of this age...

Baptized by ONE Spirit = Christ's Holy Spirit 1 Cor 12:13 For by one [Holy] Spirit we were all baptized into one body, [spiritually transformed—united together] whether Jews or Greeks (Gentiles), slaves or free, and we were all made to drink of one [Holy] Spirit [since the same Holy Spirit...

Believers are accepted in/thru His Beloved Son/Jesus the Christ Also see [Rom 8:15-17, Gal 4:4-12] Eph 1: 6 to the praise of His glorious grace and favor, which He so freely bestowed on us in the Beloved [His Son, Jesus Christ]. 7 In Him we have redemption [that is, our deliverance and...

KJ Bible Dictionary Definition: VI'SION, n. s as z. L. visio, from video, visus. 4. In Scripture, a revelation from God; an appearance or exhibition of something supernaturally presented to the minds of the prophets, by which they were informed of future events. Such were the visions of Isaiah...

Every Old Testament book point toward the Great Sacrifice that was to come. Jesus’ sacrificial giving of His own life/blood on every believer's behalf. Lev 17:11 is the Old Testament’s central statement about the significance of blood in the sacrificial system. God, speaking to Moses...

1 Jn 3:4 Sin is a transgression of Gods Law: Ok, all have broken God's law (Rom 3:23). No one can say he isn't a sinner until some means is provided (not to take away the law) but to remove the sin, which is the transgression of the law. Faith placed in Jesus's sin payment & resurrection...

The Temple had HOLY vessels, utensils, a holy place & the holy of holies. QUESTION: What act of good works or will did the vessels, utensils of sanctuaries do to be called holy? ANSWER: None! They were purified by being anointed with oil [the oil was a foreshadow of the Holy Spirit] this...

Matt 5:17 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. (NOTE: Jesus sin atoning death & resurrection FULFILLED heavens law requirement for sin.) John 1:17 For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. 1 Jn...

Rom 6:23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. (MY NOTE: Sins required wage is DEATH. Eternal life/salvation is accessed through Christ) Rom 3: 23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; (MY NOTE: ALL are sinners &...

The high priest serves as a mediator between God & the people. God appointed Aaron as the 1st (physical/temporal) High Priest (Num 17:1-9) Num 17:8 Now on the next day Moses went into the Tent of the Testimony, and [a]the rod of Aaron of the tribe of Levi had sprouted and put out buds and...

There is a universal law of divine reciprocity. You give; God gives more in return. When you plant a seed, the ground yields a harvest. That is a reciprocal relationship. The ground can only give to you as you give to the ground. You put money in the bank, and the bank returns interest. That...