December 2nd THE PARABLES
Wineskins (Luke 5:37-39)
New wine must be put into new wineskins. But no one after drinking the old wine seems to want the fresh and the new. ‘The old ways are best,’ they say.
Luke 5:38-39, Living Bible
Context: “Have you heard? Levi has been converted! He...
December 1st THE PARABLES
Why Parables?
This is why I speak to them in these parables; because they go through life witth
their eyes open, but see nothing, and with their ears open,
but understand nothing of what they hear.
Matthew 13:13, J.B. Phillips New Testament
The Greek word...
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When do we receive Eternal Life?
And this is the eternal life, namely, that they might be having an experiential knowledge of you, the only genuine God, and of Him whom you sent on a mission, Jesus Christ
John 17:3, An Expanded Translation, Wuest
What is eternal...
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A Real Christian (b) Christ IN You
To reveal His Son in me, that I might preach Him among the nations,
I did not immediately confer with flesh and blood
Galatians 1:16, Modern English Version
Locked inside a prison cell, undernourished and dying. Perhaps you felt that...
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A Real Christian (a) You IN Christ
So then if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation.
The old things have passed away, behold, they have become new
2 Corinthians 5:17, Recovery Version
What makes a real Christian? Is he someone who has reached higher levels on a...
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A New Creation in a New Covenant
So that, assuming that anyone is in Christ, he is a creation new in quality.
The antiquated, out-of-date things [which do not belong to the new life in Christ Jesus] have passed away. Behold, all things have become new in quality
2 Cor 517...
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A New Beginning?
Put on the new [καινὸν] self, which in the likeness of God
has been created in righteousness and holiness of the truth
Ephesians 4:24, NASB
“My life is in a complete mess! I have tried to make changes, to start over again, only to fall flat on my face...
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Can Willful Sin cause me to Lose Salvation?
If we [really] are living and walking in the Light, as He [Himself] is in the Light,
we have [unbroken] fellowship with one another,
and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses (removes) us from all sin and guilt
[keeps us...