Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and brother of James,To those who are called, beloved in God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ:May mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you. Jude 1-2 ESV The greeting of Jude’s letter is quite short, but it is densely packed with spiritual truth. Since the epistle will …
https://open.spotify.com/episode/1aF3Jv5wxW0cn5QU0tXunw?si=8f5d84bcfa1447bc Oh that my ways may be steadfastin keeping your statutes! Psalm 119:5 ESV The blessed, those whom God favors, walk in God’s ways, keeping His testimonies and remaining blameless in all things. Because God desires us to keep to this path of blessedness, the psalmist acknowledged to the LORD, “You have commanded your precepts …
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3N5MIlkP-s He saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit Titus 3:5 ESV Jonah was furious. You are probably familiar with the story. After fleeing from the LORD, the God of Israel brought the prophet into …
The following is a guest post written by my wife as she reflected upon the 2nd anniversary of her father's passing. I pray that her recollections of that season will encourage you to trust all the more in the goodness of Christ through all things. Last Saturday was the second anniversary of my father's death; …
DOWNLOAD PDF Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit in everything to their husbands. Ephesians …
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Author Since first verse identifies the author as Jude, we must ask ourselves who Jude is. The name is a derivative of the Judas, which is the Greek form of the Hebrew name Judah. Unfortunately, Judas was a tremendously common name during the first century. In fact, two of Jesus’ twelve disciples were named Judas—Judas …
https://open.spotify.com/episode/0H7MpuqlaMQfP5NF8bvDuZ?si=xDCQiKRSSEO_MoQapd8L6g You have commanded your preceptsto be kept diligently. Psalm 119:4 ESV The psalmist has already pronounced to us that a defining quality of the blessed is that keeping the LORD’s testimonies, which are the revelations that He has made regarding Himself. Now after three verses of beatitudes describing the person who walks in the …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhlH6N45Ysw for you shall worship no other god,for the LORD, whose name is Jealous,is a jealous God Exodus 34:14 ESV After the great exodus from Egypt by many signs and wonders from the hand of God, the LORD led His redeemed people into the wilderness, and within that wilderness, He made His covenant with them, …
Although I already shared a quotation from Peter Jones' The Other Worldview two weeks ago, his description below of true spirituality is a fitting complement to the yesterday's sermon over being filled with the Spirit, particularly through singing and giving thanks. Also, here is a quick explanation of two terms below that are essential to …
And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit, addressing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord with your heart, giving thanks always and for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, …
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