Proverbs 3:5, exhorts us to, “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding…” If I substituted spirit here, this would indicate that I could trust the Lord with only part of my spirit and that doesn’t seem reasonable. However, reading it with the idea that we must trust the Lord with our spirits and our souls does make sense. We need to line up our minds with our spirits and we can do this by heeding Romans 12:2, “And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.” (See also, 2 Corinthians 10:4) Philippians 4:8, admonishes us to “think only things that are true, honest, just, pure, lovely, and of good report.” Isaiah 26:3 promises us that, “You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You.”
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But once we have gone through the blood and our sins are forgiven; once we have been raised from the dead with Jesus and been highly exalted with Him, the next thing He does is give us the name which is above every name; the name that causes angels to go into battle in our behalf, the name that causes nations to bow, that causes demons to bow, causes Satan to bow, things on the earth and things under the earth, and most importantly, causes people to be born again!
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One of the greatest things a congregation can do for their pastor is to pray for him. Pray that the Word and message that is inside of him will come forth clearly and that the hearts of the people will be open to receive it. When we pray for pastors or other ministers, we are actually asking God to bless us as well, because we will benefit from what is coming forth.
The boldness that Paul is referring to in this verse is the anointing. The anointing is directly related to prayer.
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By going to the cross, shedding His blood for us, taking our sins, our sicknesses, and the curse that was upon us, Jesus fulfilled the sacrificial requirements of the law. When Jesus said, “It is finished,” He meant both the law and the sacrifices. The shedding of His blood ended the requirement of the law to sacrifice the blood of bulls and goats for the sins of the people. Jesus was the sacrificial Lamb of God who became sin and shed His blood that we might become the righteousness of God in Him!
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Bible scholars often use these passages to substantiate their belief that the Bible contradicts itself.
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Where Satan is concerned, there are two dangerous extremes which we can fall into in the Christian life. One is to think too highly of him and to see him in everything we encounter and everyone we meet. The other is not to take him seriously at all and to disregard any knowledge of him or his kingdom. We are told twice in the New Testament that an understanding of Satan’s kingdom is essential to our spiritual success.
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A believer should have no fear of physical death. One of the reasons Jesus went to the cross and died for us was to redeem us from the fear of death: “…that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death that is, the devil; and deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.” (Hebrews 2:14, 15)
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Hebrews 2
vs. 1 “Therefore, we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard.”
This is comparing New Testament saints to the Old Testament saints. Old Testament believers had a good covenant, but we have a better covenant. The end of that verse says, “Lest at any time we should let them slip.” The actual meaning of this is, “lest anytime we should drift by them,” and it is a picture of someone in a boat that just happens to drift by the port. They missed their port, they missed the mooring.
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The ministry of angels has changed from the Old Testament to the New Testament. This is the theme of Hebrews, but especially the 12th chapter. We will compare the law under Moses and grace under Jesus Christ, Mount Sinai where the law was given, and Mount Zion which is so typical of the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ.
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Angels desire to look into the things we look into but they cannot understand it. In fact, more is said about angels in the New Testament than was ever mentioned in the Old. From the moment the New Testament begins in the book of Matthew, angels are on the scene. And throughout the Old Testament, they appeared from time to time, but more is said in the book of Matthew than just about all of the Old Testament combined about angels. Much less Mark, Luke, John, Acts, into the New Testament.
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Where Can Wisdom Be Found?
Many people are full of the “in Him” truths — full of righteousness, healing, salvation and authority truths — but they don’t take care of the things in their natural life. We do live in two worlds: natural and supernatural. We still have to live on the job, the righteousness of God still has to change the oil in the car, and the joint-heir with Jesus Christ still has to make dinner. The prosperity and protection truths are a reality, but we still need to have wisdom in the natural, everyday life. That’s where the book of Proverbs comes in – wisdom for the nitty-gritty existence. The greatest man of wisdom in the Word of God apart from Jesus Christ is Solomon, so we’re going to study his writings.
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The anointing with oil was very much a part of the Jewish culture. When Jesus talked to the disciples about anointing with oil, they were very familiar with the practice. Anointing with oil was found throughout the Old Testament but was not reserved for the sick.
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It is good to know that even though we are part of a large family, God has not forgotten us as individuals.
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Jesus has been raised from the dead eternally. He was given a resurrection body and now He is the Great Shepherd of the sheep. The One Who was raised from the dead is the One Who can supply all of our need.
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The Bible is generally silent on the time period when dinosaurs roamed the earth, however, there are several scriptures that may give us some insight. The flood of Noah’s day was actually the second flood that has come upon the earth. Both floods were sent as judgment from God
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The story is of the rich young ruler. He was like a lot of religious people today, proud and arrogant. Religious people are the hardest to witness to because of their pride. Jesus had his best results with people off the streets, publicans, and sinners. Publicans were tax collectors and sinners were prostitutes. His worst results came from religious people.
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n the last article, Jesus had been confronted by the rich young ruler who was looking to receive eternal life through his good deeds. Jesus quoted one commandment that this man couldn’t keep. It is the hinge of every other commandment. Every commandment rests upon this one. If you can keep this one, you can keep them all; but if you have broken this one, you have broken them all.
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Although Solomon never found the one true love of his life, he certainly was surrounded by many beautiful women (1000 wives and mistresses). Yet, he knew that godly women did exist, not only possessing outward beauty but inward beauty far greater, divine wisdom. His mother, Bathsheba, was one such woman. She was the object of chapter 31, the virtuous woman, whom he grew up to call blessed.
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There were two requirements of Jesus during His life on this earth and those two requirements apply to us in our lives as well. First, we are called by God to do His will and secondly, to complete His work.
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Many proverbs will make natural sense. It’s not difficult to understand them, but to get the wisdom out of them will take the interpretation. So we are going to depend on the Holy Spirit. Natural intellect will tell you these proverbs are true. Yes, it may be a simple proverb, but to get the real wisdom out of it will take the power of the Holy Spirit. So proverbs are more than just simple sayings.
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