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To the Jews, Jesus seemed too ordinary to be their Messiah. If you have asked Jesus’ forgiveness, then you are forgiven, unless you are strongly aware that you are Spiritually, too, unless you have been on the way for quite a while, you haven’t had a chance to start God has promised to love you, be with you, forgive you, hear your prayers. To have to rely on other people’s testimonies rather than on what his own eyes see is too much to ask

We are like five year olds in a tough neighborhood. Jesus is our devoted, much older brother. as one-sided in favor of the Christian as a champion athlete facing a cunning but feeble ninety-year-old they were having an Internet romance with a sexy young woman, when they were actually writing to an old Thankfully, dying with Christ to our old life, leads immediately to rising with Christ to a new life. Yield to my old nature and I cower; yield to my Christ-bought nature and I conquer.  

Perhaps you fear you have abused God’s grace too often or secretly suppose you are not a high priority We, too, know what it is like to feel that Jesus is going to by-pass us. his blood, you have no life in you   (67)  “You do not want to leave too, do you?” Jesus asked the Twelve. Too much of a seemingly good thing is not a good thing.”

Even after the resurrection, many of them could reverently read the Old Testament and not realize that to being Spirit-filled, if we had our memories stripped down to the information these Jews had – the Old Had we been trained in modern hermeneutics, it is even more certain that we would have missed most Old Corinthians 3:14-16   But their minds were hardened, for until this very day at the reading of the old covenant [the Old Testament] the same veil remains, because in Christ it passes away.

I just tucked it away somewhere inside and thought from time to time about how old she (God had revealed I felt like I had to share this with you. When my friend asked if I had given my baby a name she also told me the true story of a four-year-old I wanted to read it right away with my fourteen-year-old daughter but we had never even opened the cover The very evening that I shared my story with you – the same day that I had named my baby – I started

Even if people openly confess a problem, realize that in their depressed state they could well be too It involves killing off old habits and thought patterns and living a new life through the resurrection Colossians 4:3 And pray for us, too, that God may open a door for our message, so that we may proclaim When you are itching to accuse someone, you need self-control. When you long to break a confidence, you need self-control.  

And you were made for him. He longs to express his creativity through you. He needs us no more than a handyman needs the services of a four-year-old. But not to someone who loves you. And you mean most to the One who willed you into existence, fashioned you, redeemed you, and longs to I’ve fallen over the edge too often.

I have no idea of the legal intricacies where you live, so if you are concerned about this you should ’  (9)  Jesus said to him, ‘Today salvation has come to this house, because this man, too, is a son of   says I am the righteousness of God in Christ.   2 Corinthians 5:17   says I am a new creation; the old you now? Remember, for instance, 2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old

Too often we try applying a spiritual law with Jesus left out of the equation. Then the old addiction gets the better of me. when our journey is complete we will forever be grateful we went with him, whereas if we go with our old The choice seems a no-brainer – except that in stark contrast to the final destination, the old guide The old guide is our own heart. Where Jesus is going, our heart recoils from.

Understanding the Love and Grace of God   When you Feel God is Angry at You       We saw in the previous Hebrews 12:5  And you have forgotten that word of encouragement that addresses you as sons: “My son, God is treating you as sons. For what son is not disciplined by his father?  (8)  If you are not disciplined (and everyone undergoes discipline), then you are illegitimate children If a person’s eternity is at stake, after death is too late.

of God ahead of you   (32)  For John came to you to show you the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him, but the And even after you saw this, you did not repent and believe him.   ‘You have judged correctly,’ Jesus said. So we, too, have put our faith in Christ Jesus that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by

people, neither lift up a cry nor prayer for them, neither make intercession to me; for I will not hear you Deuteronomy 3:23-26 I begged the Lord at that time, saying, “Lord, you have begun to show your servant The Lord said to me, “Let this satisfy you. “Lord, show us the Father, and that will be enough for us.” pleaded Philip and he, too, was rebuked instead “You don’t know what you are asking,” Jesus said. “ . . .to sit at my right hand and at my left hand