It is widely accepted or understood that Jesus was whipped with 39 lashes at the Roman whipping post, as this was the typical amount administered to a criminal by the Romans. Since it was believed that forty lashes would kill a person, one would be whipped thirty-nine times. Scripture testifies of the Messiah that “by […]
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The morning of Monday, February 7, 2022, I woke up having a conversation with “that still small voice.” The impression I was getting seemed to convey a message like this: “You don’t need to be fixed. You need to be loved. The only ‘fixing’ you need to do is to fix your hope completely on
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Sign #1: Unforgiveness, lack of mercy, compassion, pity, and sympathy towards the people around you (family members, coworkers, supervisors, etc.) “For this reason the kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who wished to settle accounts with his slaves. 24 When he had begun to settle them, one who owed him ten thousand
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“A prudent man conceals knowledge, but the heart of fools proclaims folly.” (Proverbs 12:23 NASB1995) “The mind of the intelligent seeks knowledge, but the mouth of fools feeds on folly.” (Proverbs 15:14 NASB1995) “The crown of the wise is their riches, but the folly of fools is foolishness.” (Proverbs 14:24 NASB1995) The heart of fools
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Moses said to the people, “Remember this day in which you went out from Egypt, from the house of slavery; for by a powerful hand the Lord brought you out from this place. And nothing leavened shall be eaten. (Exodus 13:3 NASB1995) This is the first time the word “slavery” is used in the NASB1995.
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How a Guy Named “Will” Saved the World from a Zombie Apocalypse Imagine you are at a doctor’s appointment. After concluding various tests, the doctor soberly tells you the diagnosis. He says, “I have bad news and good news. The bad news is that you have a deadly virus and there is only one cure.”
When we truly discover what God the Father is really like and how He delights in us, then we will not remain the same. He is not proud, for God is Love, and Love is not proud. God the Father is patient and kind; He does not envy or boast. He is not arrogant or
Today’s assumption that I would like to examine is the following: Assuming that Jesus died to take away our sickness gives people false hope. Healing is not part of the atonement [what we can receive from Jesus’ sacrificial death on the cross for mankind], as evident by the many godly Christians who are sick. Why
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The purpose of this article is to probe a little further into the following assumption(s): Of a fact, there are incredible heroes of the faith and godly men and women today who have a disease. For biblical examples of past heroes of the faith who had sickness, just look at Job, Hezekiah (2 Kings 20;
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There are some common assumptions on the topic of healing from sickness that we may have grown up with and believed based upon both our experiences and our Scriptural interpretations. Today I would like to examine one such assumption we may have adopted: “It is arrogant to presume that the reason a person is sick
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