Tag: romans 6
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The Easter Sunday Hope
22But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the benefit you reap leads to holiness, and the result is eternal life. 23For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.–Romans 6
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Hell Is Both Horrible and Avoidable
19“There was a rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day. 20And at his gate was laid a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, 21who desired to be fed with what fell from the rich man’s table. Moreover, even the dogs came and licked his sores. 22The poor man…
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Daily Living
32“And now, O sons, listen to me:blessed are those who keep my ways.33Hear instruction and be wise,and do not neglect it.34Blessed is the one who listens to me,watching daily at my gates,waiting beside my doors.–Proverbs 8 The wisdom of God is personified in this chapter as a lady. Remember, the book of Proverbs is poetry…
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Two Teams
23Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters.–Luke 11 Jesus had just cast out a demon. And some accused Him of having the power to drive out demons because he actually belonged to Team Satan. Jesus framed the matter with an either/or. Satan is driven out by…
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Two Bondages
20So Joseph bought all the land in Egypt for Pharaoh. The Egyptians, one and all, sold their fields, because the famine was too severe for them. The land became Pharaoh’s, 21and Joseph reduced the people to servitude, from one end of Egypt to the other…23Joseph said to the people, “Now that I have bought you and your…
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Grace Is God’s Business
13But he replied to one of them, ‘Friend, I am doing you no wrong. Did you not agree with me for a denarius?14Take what belongs to you and go. I choose to give to this last worker as I give to you. 15Am I not allowed to do what I choose with what belongs to me?…
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Cashing that Paycheck
20“The LORD will send on you curses, confusion, and frustration in all that you undertake to do, until you are destroyed and perish quickly on account of the evil of your deeds, because you have forsaken me.–Deuteronomy 28, part 2 The final chunk of this chapter is a depressing jolt of reality. Show covenant love to God…