Category Archive: The Riches of God

Galatians 2:14 But when I saw that their conduct was not in step with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas before them all, “If you, though a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you force the Gentiles to live like Jews?”

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Are you in step with the truth of the Gospel? If you think you had any part in your being a born again Christian, you are not in step. Does your Gospel demand… Continue reading

Galatians 1:9 As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.

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Paul by divine inspiration again repeats the warning to anyone changing the gospel as given through  the Apostles. A sovereign God has protected the simple truth of the gospel. And the same sovereign God gives… Continue reading

Gal 1:5 to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

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What a fitting end to this a five verse sentence. this verse is the frosting on the cake, this verse is the “ta-da”. This can be ascribed to either to Christ, who gave himself… Continue reading

Galatians 1:3 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ,

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Did you realize you must have Grace before you can experience peace? This isn’t saving “Grace” such as we need to get saved, this what I like to refer to as living Grace.… Continue reading

Psalm 149:4 The Lord takes pleasure in His people.

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How comprehensive is the love of Jesus! There is no part of His people’s interests which He does not consider, and there is nothing which concerns their welfare which is not important to… Continue reading

Psalms 45:6 Your throne, O God, is forever and ever. The scepter of your kingdom is a scepter of uprightness;

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What a privilege and an Honor to worship before His Throne. When Christ died the Temple curtain was torn. Through Christ Jesus we know can go where no man has gone before. Jesus… Continue reading

1Chronicles 29:11 Yours, O LORD, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty, for all that is in the heavens and in the earth is yours. Yours is the kingdom, O LORD, and you are exalted as head above all.

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In many of my post I refer to the “Sovereignty of God” I was like most Christians I confessed my faith in Christ and recognized God the Father, I believed in the Triune God, the… Continue reading

Joh 18:10 Then Simon Peter having a sword drew it, and smote the high priest’s servant, and cut off his right ear. The servant’s name was Malchus.

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Peter having a sword “drew” it,  The text of this verse is what everyone will focus on, that being Christ arrest in the garden and the betrayal of Judas. The fact that Jesus… Continue reading

Psalms 119: 33-35 The three Me’s

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Teach me O Lord the way of your statues; and I will keep them to the end. a lot of us think we know it or at least like to think we do.… Continue reading

Isaiah 30:18 “Therefore will the Lord wait, that he may be gracious unto you”

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The Summer Will Come: Where showers fall most, there the grass is greenest. I suppose the fogs and mists of Ireland make it “the Emerald Isle”; and whenever you find great fogs of… Continue reading

Psalms 76: 7 Who can stand before Him

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Psalms  76:7 But you, you are to be feared! Who can stand before you when once your anger is roused? I will get to the text of the passage, but before I do… Continue reading

Romans 8:28 And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.

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This is a very interesting verse, most christians quote it very often, but we must be careful not to take it out of context. It is in complete unison with verses 29, 30,… Continue reading

John 6:44 No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him. And I will raise him up on the last day.

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That is, by faith, as in (John 6:35); for otherwise they could corporeally come to him, but not spiritually; because they had neither power nor will of themselves; being dead in trespasses and… Continue reading

Job 15:31 Let him not trust in emptiness, deceiving himself, for emptiness will be his payment

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It’s not until you enter through the final door, that door when we find out how fragile we are, the door that says ” are you ready to meet your maker”. The door… Continue reading

Ezekiel 27:4 Thy borders are in the midst of the seas, thy builders have perfected thy beauty.

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Boundaries Have you ever noticed that a Sovereign God with all wisdom has set boundaries. In the Genesis He set the boundaries of the ocean, He set boundaries  for the stars, the moon… Continue reading

Failings of today’s Church

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The Church is a place of refuge for the called out. We were called out of a dying world by the Grace of God, and by God’s Grace the Church survives.  Just as… Continue reading

Matthew 22:14 For many are called, but few are chosen.”

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. The call goes out to many and to many it will fall on deaf ears,  but few are chosen. Through history the call has gone out to thousands upon thousands. Many times magnified… Continue reading

Matthew 19:26 But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.

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 Who then can be saved? Jesus has just got done explaining how hard it is for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of Heaven, how hard? It’s easier for a camel to… Continue reading

Psalms 4:1 “Thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress”

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You notice it doesn’t say you enlarged me when everything was going good, This is one of the grandest testimonies ever given by man to the moral government of God. It is not… Continue reading

Does God have a ‘moral obligation’ to His creation?

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    Jared B. asks: Hello! Greetings to you all at CMI! I’ve been a Christian for almost 10 years now, but lately I’ve discovered a growing interest within me to gain the… Continue reading