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    Freedom From Rules And New Life In Christ - NLT

    Colossians 2 New Living Translation 2 I want you to know how much I have agonized for you and for the church at Laodicea, and for many other believers who have never met me personally. 2 I want them to be encouraged and knit together by strong ties of love. I want them to have complete...
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    How can we enter into the Kingdom of Heaven?

    Please share from the Bible the sources that pertain to this.
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    Wanna know how to exceed the Pharisees?

    “But I warn you—unless your righteousness is better than the righteousness of the teachers of religious law and the Pharisees, you will never enter the Kingdom of Heaven! Jesus said this to his disciples in Matthew 5:20. Want to know how to exceed that righteousness of Pharisees? -> Faith on...
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    Favoritism Forbidden - Faith and Deeds

    James 2 New International Version James is very helpful in learning about certain aspects of the faith. Some reject him, and some even reject Paul. One in favor for another without considering everything both have to say, as they do not contradict each other at all. Favoritism Forbidden 2 My...
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    Is Faith God-Given - or a Choice in reliance with - trusting God?

    Is Faith God-Given - or a Choice in reliance with - trusting God? Short story: A man was lost for years and years, and started hearing that Jesus heals the soul, and gives rest to the soul (heart/mind/will/emotion), the man becomes restored in the soul by reading and seeking out information...
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    Why did Jesus say this for?

    “And the chief priest, having risen up in the midst, questioned Jesus, saying, ‘Thou dost not answer anything! what do these testify against thee?’ and he was keeping silent, and did not answer anything. Again the chief priest was questioning him, and saith to him, ‘Art thou the Christ — the...
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    Mark 14 Jesus in Gethsemane

    Jesus in Gethsemane 32 They *came to a place named Gethsemane; and He *said to His disciples, “Sit here until I have prayed.” 33 And He *took with Him Peter and James and John, and began to be very distressed and troubled. 34 And He *said to them, “My soul is deeply grieved to the point of...
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    Excerpt - End of Material Religion

    Excerpt - End of Material Religion - By Shawn A. McCraney In our book A to Z85 we explain that when trying to understand Grace we might examine the Old Testament versus the New in terms of a change of administration. Under the Old Economy there was a works/obedience/reward administration in...
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    The soldiers mock Jesus

    “The soldiers led Jesus away into the palace (that is, the Praetorium) and called together the whole company of soldiers. They put a purple robe on him, then twisted together a crown of thorns and set it on him. And they began to call out to him, “Hail, king of the Jews!” Again and again...
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    Drawing near to God.

    Drawing near to God. As a person who is a Christian one should know that because of everything the Lord Yeshua Christ had done on behalf of the world. With faith and belief on the Lord, he becomes the mediator between yourself, and Yahweh. Yeshua, was the messiah who was sent to reconcile the...
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    Compassion

    To me the Bible is one of the most resources to learn about God and Jesus Christ, I personally stick with the what is it? 66 books Protestant edition of the Bible, no extra data from other supposed Bibles added in the Apocryphal one (I’m not saying you can not read them). With this in mind...
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    Teaching on Divorcement

    Teaching About Divorce Mar 10:1 And having risen from there, He comes to the coasts of Judea, through the other side of the Jordan, and again multitudes come together to Him, and as He had been accustomed, again He was teaching them. Having risen from where He and the disciples were, having...
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    So you came to faith, great now what?

    That is good. You came to faith, and read the Gospel, Matthew, mark, Luke, and John. Jesus one time sacrifice on the cross paid for the sins of all people, nearly 2000 years ago. It took care of your sins, and now you came to the cross. Do you stay there? At the feet of Jesus while he is up...
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    Run away from Apologetics! (Don't become a lawyer)

    All apologetics is is defense system against anyone who may have a different perspective than yourself. They can be word picky over what you say, and they will engage with you, and sometimes it just not helpful over all, it is all to get their own way with you in having you try to defend...
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    THE WORLDS HATRED - Jesus's response to Judas (Not Iscariot)

    DISCLAIMER: You should understand, I am a fallible man doing a bible study (hopefully lead by the spirit of God) here that is conducted for your benefit, do beware of this, and understand that everything that may be said may not line up with your thinking, and you may disagree with me. The study...
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    Ministers and Stewards - Judgement Not a Prerogative of Man

    DISCLAIMER: You should understand, I am a fallible man doing a bible study (hopefully lead by the spirit of God) here that is conducted for your benefit, do beware of this, and understand that everything that may be said may not line up with your thinking, and you may disagree with me. The study...
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    Assurance of the Resurrection

    The second letter written by Paul to the Corinthians around 56 AD, from what most scholars suggest. Here in these verses we are going to be going over the Assurance of the Resurrection, with the first 11 Verses shared here from his Letter to the Saints in that day in age and see what we can find...
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    Do you believe in the future return of Jesus?

    Yes, no, or never are the poll choices. Please share and comment why you believe in any one of those choices and your reasoning based on scripture, thank you for a moment of your time! God bless.
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    Sarah, Abraham, Abimelech, and God

    Genesis 20 - Thoughts and comments on this story? Young's Literal Translation 20 And Abraham journeyeth from thence toward the land of the south, and dwelleth between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourneth in Gerar; 2 and Abraham saith concerning Sarah his wife, `She is my sister;' and Abimelech king...