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Tag Archives: faith
The Witness & Testimony of a Good Report
Hebrews 11:1,2,4-6 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For by it the elders obtained a good report…By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he … Continue reading
Walking with God in an Ungodly World
Genesis 5:21-24; Jude 14, 15; Hebrews 11:5 And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah: and Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters: and all the days of Enoch … Continue reading
Posted in Sanctification & Holiness
Tagged communion, Enoch, faith, God, holiness, prophet, sanctification, walk
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The Difference Between Christian Faith & Worldly Fatalism
1 Samuel 3:18 It is the Lord, let him do what seemeth him good. A. W. PINK (1886-1952): When the awful tidings were broken to the aged Eli that both of his wayward sons were to be smitten by Divine … Continue reading
Posted in Faith
Tagged attributes of God, faith, fatalism, prayer, Providence
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God’s Sifting & Testing of Gideon’s Troops
Judges 7:1-6 Gideon, and all the people that were with him, rose up early, and pitched beside the well of Harod: so that the host of the Midianites were on the north side of them, by the hill of Moreh, … Continue reading
Posted in Trials, Temptations & Afflictions
Tagged courage, faith, self-denial, self-indulgence, testing, trials, watchfulness
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Faith & Hope in Troublous Times
1 Kings 19:4-9 [Elijah] went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my … Continue reading
How Can We Please God?
Hebrews 11:5,6 By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God. But without faith it is impossible … Continue reading
Posted in Faith
Tagged diligence, faith, fear of the Lord, fruits of faith, love, obedience
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God’s Answers to Prayer Come in God’s Own Perfect Time
Ecclesiastes 3:1; Habakkuk 2:3 To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven. The vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, … Continue reading
When God’s Providences Seem to Contradict God’s Promises
Genesis 13:14-16; Genesis 15:1-4 And the LORD said unto Abram…Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward: for all the land which thou seest, to thee will I … Continue reading
Posted in Providence
Tagged faith, promises, Providence, temptations, trials
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Jesus Christ’s Parable of the Wedding Garment
Matthew 22:2, 3, 10-13 The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son, and sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding… So those servants went out … Continue reading
Posted in Faith
Tagged faith, hypocrisy, marriage supper of the Lamb, parable, righteousness, wedding garment
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The Growth of Grace Part 4: Grace in the Ear, or the Young Believer
Ephesians 4:7; Mark 4:28 Unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ. First the blade, then the ear. JEREMIAH DYKE (1584-1639): It is a point that concerns us at all times … Continue reading
Posted in Growth of Grace Series
Tagged Assurance, faith, grace
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