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2 Corinthians 1:24 Not that we have dominion over your faith, but are fellow workers for your joy; for by faith you stand.
Nobody has charge over your faith! No matter what others may think and do they do not have charge over your faith. Yes they can make your faith weaker by discouraging you or telling you a lie, but they do not have power over your faith.
Each of us should be lifting others up for God’s glory and certainly not putting anyone down. We need to work together as Christians otherwise we will be the ones placing wedges between us and God as we find we discourage others rather than lifting them up!
We stand by faith and that faith is your own to exercise.
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1 Corinthians 15:1 Now, brothers and sisters, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which you received and on which you have taken your stand.
When we tell someone about Christ, show them the Gospel or demonstrate to them how we live as Christians, it should not be a once off occurrence!
How is anyone going to see how much Christ actually means to us if we are going to only show them a snippet of what they can gain through living with Christ themselves.
The apostles went out continually and preached the Gospel to others; something we should be doing as well.
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Romans 5:2 through whom also we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
We have been shown grace by many people in our lives but none compare to the grace that God has in store for us. Yes we have already been shown His grace, but there is more besides!
We already stand in this grace because of what Christ has done for us on the cross and because of that we have a sure hope for what is ahead.
Christ promised us eternal life in heaven with Him. It is a promise for all who accept it and hope in it!
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Luke 7:50 Then He said to the woman, “Your faith has saved you. Go in peace.”
Jesus was not one to stand there and bow down to being politically correct like so many people today. He was honest and open!
The Pharisees were now beginning to talk amongst themselves about anyone daring to say they could forgive sins when Jesus said these words.
Christ will always forgive those who are willing to come to Him and admit their sins. Don’t be held back by what others say; follow your heart.
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Ephesians 2:3 among whom also we all once conducted ourselves in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, just as the others.
Just as we can turn to someone and show them that they are sinners and need a Saviour, we too were in that place before we were saved from our sins.
We must not lift up ourselves in pride saying that we are saved from sin and no longer give in to the lusts of the flesh or eyes or mind because we were just the same at one stage!
Let us lift up each other and encourage each other to try to avoid sin by following God’s Word and being encouraged and guided by Him and Him alone.
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Romans 6:11 In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus.
We have the scriptures which tell us of what Christ went through for our sakes; He died and was buried, but now lives!
Through that same truth we should count ourselves dead to sin because Christ took on that debt on our behalf.
And because Christ is alive again after being raised from the dead, we should look forward to being alive by avoiding that sin which lead to our death.
Live for and with Christ because He has allowed you to do so!
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Galatians 2:19 For I through the law died to the law that I might live to God.
Being dead means you cannot go looking for something; ergo, being dead to the law means you should not go looking for the law. In this context, looking for justification through the law should not be done because we are dead to that law.
The law is there to show us that we are sinners and steer us in the right direction; it is not there to say ‘follow me and I will save you’.
It is only Christ who can say that!
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Romans 3:20 Therefore by the deeds of the law no flesh will be justified in His sight, for by the law is the knowledge of sin.
The letter written to the Romans is scathing in many ways because it shows us that we are definitely sinners no matter how good we think we may be!
It also shows us that even though we may follow the rules to the fullest extent, we are still guilty before God because of what goes through our hearts and minds.
Jesus paid for our sin debt a long time ago but without this book we call our bible, we would not know just how much we do owe Him!
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Deuteronomy 27:26 ‘Cursed is the one who does not confirm all the words of this law by observing them.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’
Sometimes it takes a harsh word for us to stop and think about what we are doing and these last few verses in this chapter are harsh and need to be read!
The old law was written to show people what is right and wrong but also to remind us that wrong things bring on consequences!
We need to follow God’s Word. Not just the parts we want, but all of it, and to do it now!
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James 2:10 For whoever shall keep the whole law, and yet stumble in one point, he is guilty of all.
If we were to rely just on the scriptures from the Old Testament we would very quickly find out that we fall short of the rules and regulations; which makes us guilty of everything!
But those same scriptures point to a Messiah which would solve this problem for us by coming to take away that sin debt from us when we truly believe on Him.
Christ came to fulfil that prophecy and now we do have to take on that truth so that we will be able to be forgiven and be not guilty before God!
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James 2:9 But if you show favouritism, you sin and are convicted by the law as law-breakers.
Is favouritism a sin in itself? No. But when we do show it we often get caught up in our own feelings and put aside the law!
The sin is turning our backs on the law that God gives us just so that we can do what we want to for someone else; that is actually lifting up the person above God.
God has already told us many times that we should not lift up anything or anyone above Him because He is Sovereign God.
Love that special someone, but love God first of all.
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John 7:24 Do not judge according to appearance, but judge with righteous judgment.
There are times when we do judge people just because of the way that they look or even talk! Sometimes we may even be half right…
Christ continued to fight an uphill battle with the Scribes and Pharisees as they continued to judge people because of their social position rather than for what they actually were.
God looks inside our hearts and knows what we are like from the inside – allow what people have on the inside to come out before you break everything!
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Luke 13:15 The Lord then answered him and said, “Hypocrite! Does not each one of you on the Sabbath loose his ox or donkey from the stall, and lead it away to water it?
One of the things that Jesus showed the people was that they had taken God’s Word and had twisted it beyond what is written down into something they could manage.
God’s Word is never meant to be changed and certainly not to be used as a tool by which man can have his own way!
Jesus had no issue with healing on the Sabbath because that was not work but an act of God’s love. Don’t use excuses to hide behind, not even on God’s day of rest!
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Exodus 34:21 Six days you shall work, but on the seventh day you shall rest; in ploughing time and in harvest you shall rest.
When God set the law about resting on the seventh day it was not something that could be changed over time but something that was set throughout time!
The Ten Commandments were written on stone tablets so that they lasted for as long as possible. God wants us to remember His law continually.
We all come up with various excuses how we can do some work on the seventh day, but God reminds us here that there are no excuses!
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Genesis 45:6 For these two years the famine has been in the land, and there are still five years in which there will be neither ploughing nor harvesting.
When God gives us warnings and we don’t listen we can be sure that He is going to have to do something drastic for us to stop and listen again!
Why would one verse say harvest would continue and another say it would stop? Because God said the seasons and harvest time would continue and in this case that there would be no appreciable harvest that could be gathered in during that time.
God wants us to listen and when we don’t, He may have to stamp His foot down!
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Genesis 8:22 “While the earth remains, Seedtime and harvest, Cold and heat, Winter and summer, And day and night Shall not cease.”
God alone has appointed the time that this earth will remain and He alone controls what will happen after that point and even before it, what lies ahead.
He has promised us that we do not need to worry that this earth will fall apart or that it will be obliterated by some random comet passing by or that it will stop spinning and let us all fly off!
We have His word on this and that is enough for me! He has shown me enough in my past to know that I can wholly trust in Him!
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Psalm 119:91 They continue this day according to Your ordinances, For all are Your servants.
The more that scientists discovery about the world the more amazing a place we realise it is and the more of an elaborate story they have to come up with the figure out how it ‘happened’.
We simply need to have faith that God created everything and that it is God that is holding it all together. The laws of physics assume invisible powers that hold things together…
God is in control. Man just wants to try and take control… Allow God to continue showing us how it is done and believe and trust in Him for exactly that!
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Matthew 8:13 Then Jesus said to the centurion, “Go your way; and as you have believed, so let it be done for you.” And his servant was healed that same hour.
Sometimes it can be hard to accept that certain things happen in life and miracles are one of those things which many people refuse to believe.
This centurion displayed faith in Christ by believing that Jesus was able to do anything. He knew that his men would obey him when he gave orders and he quite expected Jesus to have that sort of ultimate authority, not just on people but on everything.
Accept Jesus as God and believe in His power!
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Isaiah 43:8 Bring out the blind people who have eyes, and the deaf who have ears.
It is hard to give out the Gospel to people you are sure are not listening or those that just don’t want to see; but God has given us a task and that task is to give out His Word.
To us, every single person out there has eyes and ears to see and hear. It is our weak spirits that shy away from teaching others because we cannot see how we can get through to some people!
We cannot see inside people’s heart and we cannot read their minds, but what we can do is to tell them about God.
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Hebrews 9:14 how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
We can try to sacrifice all manner of things in our lives but it is only when we give up something that we really want that we begin to get the actual meaning of sacrifice.
That does not come close to the sacrifice Jesus paid for us with His own blood! Think on that for a while…
Now when you start to do something which your conscience is telling you is not right, think again on that sacrifice!