For in Him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, Colossians 1:19 The fact is Jesus is Fully God. Paul is describing the deity of Jesus in the simplest way. All the totalness and completeness of God and all his powers and characteristics dwell within Jesus Christ. God is triune. This means that he is one God. A single being. He has revealed himself in three distinct (separate) but an interrelated and completely unified person: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Each person is fully divine. This means fully God and equal to the other two. However, they are not three gods, but One God. Another way to explain…
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Knowing God the Father
See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him. 1 John 3:1 Are you a child of God? Do you see yourself believing that God is your father? The truth of the matter is God is our father. We are his children. This is one of the greatest revelations in the New Testament. As a child of God, we are chosen adopted through Jesus as his very own child. This happens when we asked Jesus to be our Lord and…
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I am the Lord’s
This one will say, ‘I am the Lord’s; another will call on the name of Jacob, and another will write on his hand, ‘The Lord’s’, and name himself by thename of Israel.” Isaiah 44:5 When we are children of God, we can say, “I am the Lord’s.” WE belong to God. One of the results of the Holy Spirit being poured out upon us, we can boldly say we belong to the God. Having the Spirit in us, is God’s seal upon us. This “seal” confirms that we are the children of God. Also, we have a place in God’s kingdom. The Holy Spirit also helps us to have confidence…
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Don’t Drift Away
Therefore, we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, lest we drift away from it. For since the message declared by angels prove to be reliable, and every transgression or disobedient received a just retribution, how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? It was declared at first by the Lord, it was a test to us by those who heard, Hebrews 2:1-3 Do you struggle with hearing what is spoken to you? Can you remember what you heard? The author of Hebrews focus on this superiority of God’s son and his revelation is to stress to those who have salvation that they must…
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Listening To Truth
For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions, and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander off into myths. 2 Timothy 4:3-4 There will come a time when sound biblical teaching will not be the thing to do. There will be a time when some will not want to hear truth. Has that time arrived today? If things get worse than what they already are? There has always been a time where people don’t want to listen to biblical truth. They refuse to listen and support the biblical…
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Some Will Depart
Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will depart from the faith by devoting themselves to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons, 1 Timothy 4:1 How sad that there will be people who will depart from their faith! The Holy Spirit revealed and warned us that this will happen in the end times. They will reject God’s truth. This will include ministers. They will be highly gifted and empowered by God. These ministers will accomplish great things and preach messages about Christ effectively. However, in the end they will depart from God. They will give into the deception and enticement of the evil spirits and false teachings.…
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Power of the Gospel
because our gospel came to you not only in word, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit and with full conviction. You know what kind of men we proved to be among you for your sake. 1 Thessalonians 1:5 The gospel is powerful. The power of the Bible comes from the Holy Spirit. The apostles that were commissioned by Christ to share the gospel. First, the apostles proclaimed “the gospel of God, and Christ, and to others. They not only were changed in the mind, but they were changed for the heart. The apostles were convinced of its truth. The Holy Spirit is accompanied by God, the…
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Discerning False Teachers
But test everything; hold fast to what is good. 1 Thessalonians 5:21 How do you discern false teachers? Do you find it easy or hard to discern false teachers? Today we are going to learn how to test the false teacher/teaching. Discerning is recognizing and taking time to evaluate. First, we must discern their character. As humans, we can assume that all people who say and act like a Christian, do all that they are suppose too. What I mean by this is do we as Christian pray as we should? I have experienced this. People assume that I have an awesome prayer life. Don’t get me wrong, I do pray.…
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False Teachers
And many false prophets will arise and lead many astray. Matthew 24:11 Be careful! God has warned all of us to be careful of false teachers and preachers, especially in the last days. They will gain influence in the church by saying they have new revelations and solutions to sermon problems. The key to knowing if you have false teachers is to know your bible and know God’s voice. False teachers will not show evidence from the bible to back their claims up. They may preach according to God’s word, but inside they are as corrupted as in the days of Jesus. there are Christians writers, missionaries, pastors, evangelists, teachers, musicians,…
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Be Ware!!
To the saints and faithful brothers in Christ at Colossae: Grace to you and from God our father. Colossians 1:2 Are you in tune to God so you can discern imposters? God never promised that following him would be easy. However, he does protect us. Along with him keeping his promises we have to do our part. We have to make our Tryon got top, number one priority in our life. This means spending time in prayer, studying your Bible to really know it and understand it, apply all that we learn, to worship and praise God. Here I would like to talk about being biblical literate to discern…