SHARPENED SENSES
(Caleb Wray)
In the Bible many times Christians are admonished to be on the watch, looking around, etc. There is a sense of urgency in which one must be prepared for what might happen or what temptations might come. This requires our senses to be on the alert. The word “discernment” means the power of faculty of the mind, by which it distinguishes one thing from another, as truth of falsehood.
The Hebrew writer wrote of the danger of leaving the Lord to return to the old life.…
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“Every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.”
Perhaps you have heard that quotation before. It has no doubt been repeated many times in sermons or articles such as this one.
However, there is something strangely ironic about it. It comes from a play by Oscar Wilde and was actually spoken by a self-serving, hedonistic man who scoffed at morality and lived solely for pleasure.
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LESSONS FROM A FEAST IN BETHANY
(Jim McDonald)John 11:1-11 contains the record of a feast which was given for Jesus in Bethany. Three of the gospels record this same event (Matthew 26:6-13; Mark 14:3-9; John 12:1-11). There is also the record of a similar account recorded exclusively in Luke 7:36-50. However, some regard all four of these account to refer to the same feast.
There are a number of similarities between the account recorded by Matthew, Mark, and John…
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