"And when they shall say unto you, 'Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter:' should not a people seek unto their God? For the living to the dead? To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there …
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Wednesday Evening Bible Study 121411
GRACE: NOT BY MAN The Law and the Promises of God - Galations 3:21-29 Verse 21 - Since the gift of God is "by grace through faith" (Ephesians 2:8-10), what is the purpose of the law (v. 20)? Does the law nullify the promise? Is law and faith in competition? The purpose of the law …
Wednesday Bible Study 111611
GRACE: NOT BY MAN The Restraints of Law and Grace - Galations 3:15-20 Has anyone noticed that the law only restrains those who are friends of the law? Has anyone noticed that locks on the doors keep out only those who know what a locked door means? We know the restraints of the Law; but …
Wednesday Bible Study 101911
GRACE: NOT BY MAN Five Questions Paul Asked - Galations 3:1-6 The five questions asked by Paul was reflective of the disobedience of the Galation Christians. Questions are often asked to get one to think. The questions are rhetorical designed to cause one to think. The word "rhetoric" is "the art of oratory" or "the …
Wednesday Bible Study 091411
GRACE: NOT BY MAN Dead To The Law - Galations 2:15-19 Verse 15 - Peter had endeavored to keep the hearts of the Judaizers toward himself, thus, had acted in in contrary way to the gospel of Christ. He had given place and accredited the law as important toward salvation; nullifying grace; in the minds …
071711 Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law
"So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham. For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, 'Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.' But that …
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071511 If I perish, I perish
"Then Esther bade them return Mordecai this answer, 'Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according …
071211 And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people…
"And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people; (for he was above all the people;) and when he opened it, all the people stood up: and Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God. And all the people answered, Amen, Amen, with lifting up their hands: and they bowed their heads, and …
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062311 Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body…
'...That ye should obey it in the lusts thereof. Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God. For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under …
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Prayer Of The Month – 050111
"RESH. Consider mine affliction, and deliver me: for I do not forget Thy law. Plead my cause, and deliver me: quicken me according to Thy word. Salvation is far from the wicked: for they seek not Thy statutes. Great are Thy tender mercies, O LORD: quicken me according to Thy judgments. Many are my persecutors …
April 2011 Prayer
"KOPH. I cried with my whole heart; hear me, O LORD: I will keep Thy statutes. I cried unto Thee; save me, and I shall keep Thy testimonies. I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in Thy word. Mine eyes prevent the night watches, that I might meditate in Thy word. …
030511 I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil
"Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. Whosoever therefore shall break one …
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020311 …To make a difference between the unclean and the clean…
"Ye shall not make yourselves abominable with any creeping thing that creepeth, neither shall ye make yourselves unclean with them, that ye should be defiled thereby. For I am the LORD your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner …
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020111 …The fire shall ever be burning upon the altar…
"And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 'Command Aaron and his sons, saying, This is the law of the burnt offering: It is the burnt offering, because of the burning upon the altar all night unto the morning, and the fire of the altar shall be burning in it. And the priest shall put on …
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January 2011 Prayer of the Month
"AIN. I have done judgment and justice: leave me not to mine oppressors. Be surety for Thy servant for good: let not the proud oppress me. Mine eyes fail for Thy salvation, and for the word of Thy righteousness. Deal with Thy servant according unto Thy mercy, and teach me Thy statutes. I am Thy …