| May 2008 |
| 05/01 |
Romans 13:13 |
To be drunk on the wine of Ephraim is self-absorption and self-intoxication. Why do we glorify and worship those that show the worldly manifestations of success? We even make them religious idols. Isaiah 28:1-13, 57:3-8, 50:4-11 Ezekiel 23:26-35 |
| 05/02 |
Romans 13:13-14 |
To ‘put on’ Christ is to flow into him, as in our baptism. The ‘new’ man is not an improved version of you. Galatians 3:19-29 Ephesians 4:17-24 Colossians 3:1-10 |
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| 05/05 |
Romans 14:1 |
All we do should be for the purpose of edifying without doubtful disputation. God’s purpose for the world is in the mystery of the bride. Luke 2:28-35, 5:21-22, 6:6, 9:41-44, 24:32-38 Hebrews 4:9-13, 5:6 Romans 1:20-22 |
| 05/06 |
Romans 14:1-3 |
If God accepts you, who are you not to accept another? Those weakest in the faith work the hardest to force conformity. Rather than the Holy Spirit they need converts to validate themselves. When you are investing in the outcome you are not living as unto the Lord.
1 Corinthians 10:12-24 |
| 05/07 |
Romans 14:3-8 |
To see God is to know that you can no longer seek to benefit yourself. No one can seduce you if you have no wants or ambitions. To the pure, all things are pure. Titus 1:15 1 Corinthians 10:33, 9:19-23 John 4:19-24 |
| 05/08 |
Romans 14:4-9 |
He is the God of the living and the dead. Time is not an issue with God. To leave another is spiritual murder. Who are you to judge another? You are not your business. There is no free will. What causes the desire to return to bondage? James 4:1-11 1 Corinthians 6:19, 15:50-58 Galatians 2:20-21, 4:8-11 1 Thessalonians 5:1-13 1 Peter 3:17-22, 4:1-6 |
| 05/09 |
Romans 14:11 |
God is in control. Nothing happens without him. He is not your personal provincial God. Every knee is bowing and every tongue is confessing that Jesus is Lord. Isaiah 45:1-25 |
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| 05/12 |
Romans 14:10 |
How often do you discount or dismiss another? We must live each day as if it were the judgment day. Matthew 25:31-33 Zephaniah 1:7-18, 2:1-3 Luke 18:10-14 |
| 05/13 |
Romans 14:13 |
What does it mean to be a stumbling block of offense? To introduce self-realization to those of faith is the attempt to cause them to stumble. Isaiah 8:13-15, 9:6 Matthew 18:1-6 Mark 9:42 Revelation 2:12 |
| 05/14 |
Romans 14:13 |
The Gospel that is pleasing to men is another Gospel and an abomination. The Gospel is good news only from the perspective of the Kingdom of God. The only legitimate use of media is to bring forth fruit necessary for repentance. John 15:18 Galatians 1:6 Luke 16:13-15 Matthew 11:11-17 1 Thessalonians 2:1-6 |
| 05/15 |
Romans 14:13 |
We are talking more on stumbling block. The great transgression is minimized in modern theology. We focus rather on code of conduct, behavior, outward appearances and ethics. God looks, only at your inner religion. Psalms 19:12-13 Genesis 3:1-14 Philippians 3:17-19 |
| 05/16 |
Romans 14:13 |
When you have entered the rest your works do not lead you, they follow you. Personal ambition and agenda has no place in the Kingdom of God. These things are but, spots on the garment, which is Christ. Revelation 18:21-24, 19:1-9, 12:7-12 Matthew 21:33-46, 22:1-14 |
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| 05/19 |
Romans 14:13 |
We’re talking more on the stumbling block. To offend another is to indulge them in their own self-seeking and self-justification rather than preaching the cross. We are to profess the worthlessness of all human effort. The stumbling block is self-realization. Matthew 21:33-46 John 20:19-33, 21:1-23 |
| 05/20 |
Romans 14:13 |
Do you do works in the name of God? When it leads to self-righteousness that is the source of the greatest
deception. We have no cloak for our sin, no excuse. Isaiah 57:1-10 Revelation 17:1-11 John 15:18-22 Psalms 19:1-14 |
| 05/21 |
Romans 14:14 |
The earth is full of his glory. There is nothing in the universe that is unholy to God except the human
mind. To the pure, everything is pure. Mark 7:1-23 1 Corinthians 10:23-31 Titus 1:15-16 |
| 05/22 |
Romans 14:14-15 |
What does it mean to eat things offered to idols? Anything that is perceived to sustains you or gives you worth, other than Christ, is an idol. Your response to people and situations will provide evidence of your
idolatry. 1 Corinthians 8:1-13 |
| 05/23 |
Romans 14:14-23 |
Anything that is not of faith is sin. How much of modern Christianity has become a stage play? |
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Romans 14:23 |
Christ has spoken and we have no cloak for our sin. The Old Testament serves as allegory and example for us. Time is the instrument of the evil one to deprive you of your inheritance. John 15:18-22 1 Corinthians 10:1 Jeremiah 1:1-10, 20:7-11 |
| 05/28 |
Romans 14:23 |
Everything depends on where you dwell. Are you of the world or of the kingdom? Luke 17:20-21 Deuteronomy 26:1-2 Revelation 12:7-9, 13:3-14 Matthew 24:4 Romans 16:16 Isaiah 51:1-6 |
| 05/29 |
Romans 8:5-25 |
We are going to spend more time on, time.
Walking in the flesh is, living by sensory perception.
Walking in the flesh is, walking in time rather than, the kingdom which is,
eternity. Romans 8:5-25
2 Corinthians 4:7-18
Hebrews 11:32-40, 12:1-2 |
| 05/30 |
Revelation 10:1-7 |
We are talking more about, time.
What gives space dimension is, time.
We are to worship in spirit and in truth.
Truth and spirit, is not bound in time.
If you are born again, your life is spiritual.
Revelation 10:1-7
1 Timothy 6:1-16
1 Corinthians 15:47 |
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| June 2008 |
| 06/02 |
Romans 15:1-4 |
The world is here to show you that, all you do is for your own benefit.
Why did Satan leave Christ for a season?
Luke 4:1-7 |
| 06/03 |
Romans 15:5 |
How is it possible for any group of people, to be of one mind?
We think this means; hang out with people just like you.
To be of one mind requires each to empty of self.
Self is loneliness and isolation, to empty, is peace and unity.
Philippians 2:1-10
Acts 4:1-33, 5:1-12 |
| 06/04 |
Romans 15:7-13 |
Jesus was sent to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
How did we gentiles get involved?
Matthew 15:21-28
2 Corinthians 1:20, 13:3-5
Isaiah 11:1-5 |
| 06/05 |
2 Samuel 22:1-31 |
John Rutledge fills in for Ole Anthony
Did David die on Pentecost?
Is repentance the answer to everything?
Crying out to the Lord is the only way out.
The only way to experience this large place is, to have a new identity.
If you see that, you are in God’s hands then, you see that your way is
perfect.
By letting go of yourself, your way is perfect. |
| 06/06 |
Matthew 16:23 |
John Rutledge fills in for Ole Anthony
It did not appear that way to the world but Christ was delivered and, he is
victorious.
So it is, with us.
Outward appearance, does not determine inner reality.
2 Samuel 22:27-51, 23:1-7
to dan: “petition the Lord?”, why do you feel you ought to do this?
If, all is perfect and, all is as it should be, what is the need to petition
the Lord?
we turn to the Lord in order to save our self
next topic
two items of john 3:16
why is there a different word for world?
From what or, who, are we saved.
If hell is the answer, why are we going to hell?
Because we have sinned?
No, because we are sin.
Thus, from what are we saved.
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| 06/09 |
Romans 11:33-36, 12:1-2 |
Reading the letters of Paul is like listening to a one sided conversation.
There is a relationship between the events of Acts and, the letters to the
churches.
The act of offering your self a living sacrifice is Holy.
Isaiah 26:11-13 |
| 06/10 |
2 Thessalonians 2:1-4 |
We are talking about Eschatology.
The three main views are: amillennialists, postmillennialists, and
premillennialists.
What do the three main views have in common?
Where do they diverge? |
| 06/11 |
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We are still talking about Eschatology, end times.
It is not us, that are raised after death.
It is a new creation, completely unlike this one.
1 Thessalonians 4:13-17
1 Corinthians 15:35-57
Isaiah 29:1-13
2 Peter 3:10-14 |
| 06/12 |
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There are two ways to know, by experience, and by empathy.
Are you continuing with ‘him’, in his temptations or, do you still think it’s all up to you?
Do you respond instantly by spirit or, do you govern your self for your own
protection and self-gratification?
Hebrews 4:1-16
Luke 22:28
John 5:17-19, 5:30-31 |
| 06/13 |
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Are you continuing with him, in his temptations?
Satan does not tempt you to do wrong.
He tempts you to shift your point of view from God, to self.
It is the nature of self, to do wrong.
James 4:1-5
Romans 7:1-9
John 8:31-59 |
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Are you continuing with him, in his temptations? (Continue)
If Jesus fed five thousand, why not feed five million?
If he can raise one person from the dead, why not raise everyone?
Christ saw his purpose from the perspective of the kingdom not, from the
world of men.
John 6:28-66 |
| 06/17 |
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Continuing in his temptations.
Everyone shields himself or herself against something.
Some fear vulnerability, some fear inadequacy, some fear risk.
We must bear our reproach outside the camp.
If you seek first to protect your self and, seek first your own comfort, you
are minding earthly things.
Hebrews 13:5-13
Psalms 91:1-2 |
| 06/18 |
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Are you continuing with him, in his temptations? (Continue)
If he is your life, you are in the kingdom, now.
Christ is the light that is the light of all men.
John 1:1-12
Colossians 1:12-13
Romans 8:28-39 |
| 06/19 |
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What are your giants?
What is keeping you from the rest?
What is keeping you from self-abandonment?
Numbers 13:16-33 |
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| 06/24 |
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Until, Ole can see again, we are taking a break from Romans.
What is the difference between law and, grace?
Ole explains with a metaphor of swimming.
Those that can’t swim at all, the Gospel is like a life saving raft.
Those that swim a little will tire and again, the Gospel is the life saving
raft.
The expert swimmers will go a long time before they enter the raft.
Those that are still swimming will resent those that are on the raft.
It looks just to darn easy.
Matthew 11:25-30
John 4:21-26 |
| 06/25 |
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Can you give a true ‘testimony’ of Christ if, you are still the reference
point?
Christ was tested, as son of man, in every way that we are but only he
remained sinless.
Are you continuing with him, in his tests?
Luke 1:1-4, 2:41-52 |
| 06/26 |
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What happened during the quiet years of Christ?
These were the years between the age of 12 and, the age of 30.
What does it mean to, fill up the affliction lacking in the body?
Hebrews 4:7-16
Colossians 1:5-29 |
| 06/27 |
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We’ve been talking about the quiet years of Christ and, what it means to
fill up the affliction lacking in the body.
Where there is no peace, there is either guilt or idolatry.
His peace, which surpasses all understanding, is the gift of God, in Christ
Jesus.
Luke 2:8-14
1 Thessalonians 5:16-25
Philippians 4:4-7
Galatians 6:12:13 |
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We’re going to talk about ‘peace’, for a while.
The peace of God is available to you, now.
The only obstacle is, the human mind.
Isaiah 26:1-13
Psalms 139:7-12
Ezekiel 8:4-12 |
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| July 2008 |
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Until repentance is complete, the peace is still hidden from your eyes.
God is asking, ‘let’ this peace be in you.
This ‘peace’ comes in the person of Jesus Christ and, not by the world or,
your effort.
Luke 19:38-44
John 14:15-27
Romans 5:6 |
| 07/02 |
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We’re still talking about this mystery of ‘peace’.
Health is physical peace, Virtue is moral peace and, holiness is spiritual
peace.
We’ve been liberated from the bondage of the world but do we now try to
bring the world with us into the kingdom?
Haggai 1:1-15, 2:1-9
Micah 4:1-4 |
| 07/03 |
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We’re still talking about this mystery of ‘peace’.
The double-minded, will not see the peace of God.
It doesn’t come in installments and, it can’t be mixed with anything of the
world.
Love God and, have fun.
Numbers 6:22-27
Hosea 4:15-19, 10:1-2
3 John 1-2
Psalms 29:1-11 |
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| 07/07 |
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We’re still talking about this mystery of ‘peace’.
Without reconciliation to God, there can be no peace.
There can be no reconciliation as long as there is separation.
There is no peace, for the wicked one.
The wicked one is, self.
Acts 10:9-42
Isaiah 57:10-15, 28:8-13 |
| 07/08 |
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We’re still talking about this mystery of ‘peace’.
Lack of forgiveness, will take you away from peace.
In Christianity, to forgive, is a command, it’s not an option.
If, you have not forgiven from the heart, God will not forgive you.
Isn’t it time to deal with it, now?
Matthew 5:43-48
Deutoronomy 23:5
2 Corinthians 10:3-6 |
| 07/09 |
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We are continuing to talk about peace in the context of forgiveness.
The role of forgiveness is unique to Christianity.
Many claim to forgive, then they will have nothing to do with you.
What’s wrong with that picture?
James 4:1-3
Deuteronomy 13:1-10 |
| 07/10 |
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How much, you forgive another will never compare to, how much your heavenly
father has forgiven, you.
As long as you think there is some redeeming quality about you, forgiveness
will always be a struggle.
Matthew 18:21-35
Romans 3:10-20 |
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We are talking about death.
The Hebrew concept of death is, separation from God.
To name a thing is, to separate from it.
Who told you, you are naked?
Genesis 2:16-25, 3:1-11 |
| 07/16 |
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We are talking about debt and, it’s many forms.
Owe no man anything but, love one another without hypocrisy.
Neither, are you in debt to your self.
Job 22:21-29, 42:1-9
2 Corinthians 13:3-8 |
| 07/17 |
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We’re still talking about debt.
The heaviest form of debt is, religious debt.
The common factor in all religious debt is, cause-and-affect.
Revelation 18:1-7, 12:7-11, 13:11-12
2 Corinthians 6:13-17
Isaiah 52:1-15, 53:1-12, 54:1-17 |
| 07/18 |
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We’re talking now on, generational debt.
The generational debt is due to the fall.
We can trust God with our eternal salvation but we won’t trust him with the
next second.
What’s up with that?
What makes us so stupid?
Through you, only as the empty vessel, will Christ uniquely express
himself,
Genesis 3:14-17
Romans 8:20
Galatians 3:10-11
James 2:8-10
Romans 3:19-21
Exodus 34:1-9
Ephesians 1:15-23, 3:14-21 |
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We’ve been talking about debt but what does no debt, look like?
We are often, not conscious of the weighty nature of debt.
Our, state of debt, is revealed in our response to people and, situations.
Do everything in your power to get out of debt.
Mark 4, 8:27
Philippians 4:4
1 Thessalonians 4:13
Galatians 3:22 |
| 07/22 |
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Are we merchandizing the gospel?
What does 'dead to self' look like, how does it show itself in you?
Philippians 3:1 |
| 07/23 |
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We’re spending one more day on the topic of, debt.
Today, we are talking about, self-image debt.
Self-image, whether good or bad, is still bondage.
You need no self-image at all, you are free in Christ.
Isaiah 14:1-14
James 1:22-25 |
| 07/24 |
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We’re still talking about self-image debt.
We love self-awareness because then, we can justify all manner of rebellion.
Repentance is not an act; it’s a way of life.
Repentance is also impossible if you still think there is anything
redeemable about you.
1 John 3:1-3
1 Corinthians 13:9-13
Hebrews 2:8-9 |
| 07/25 |
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We’re talking about the debt of self-image and, shame.
Shame is a debt you can’t pay.
Christ took on your shame, in all its aspects.
Now, you can despise the shame, as he did.
Galatians 5:26
Mark 15:1-34 |
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Romans 3:10
Isaiah 59 |
The most pernicious lie is that you are getting better. |
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Leaven is the engine of the world because you see need and lack. The unleaven is the body of Christ from which a believer receives his sustenance. The mystery of God, when filtered through the mind, becomes distorted because self-interest becomes the focus. |
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The feast of first fruits. Everything is opposite to what the world and your mind thinks is right: Death is life, captivity is freedom, and the cross is the tree of life. |
| F 05/09 |
Ester 6
Ezekiel 4 |
Many of the major events in scripture occur during the counting of the omer. |
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Hebrews 1
John 16 |
Counting of the omer. Fleeing the revelation of Christ because we still want the illusion of being in control. God's own arm got him the victory, we lost. |
| T 05/13 |
Matthew 24
Luke 17:20
2 Peter 3
1 John 4 |
The kingdom comes not by observation. The kingdom of God is in you. |
| W 05/14 |
Hebrews 10:14 |
Knowing the danger you are in. Knowing that you have been made perfect by one offering. |
| T 05/15 |
Ezekiel 1:3 |
You don't think about it, you act in his name and thereby depend on him. |
| F 05/16 |
Ezekiel 1:22 |
To rely on your mind is to be a slave to the natural processes, including judgment. When God is the source of your next thought, you just act. |
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Exodus 18:25
Acts 1
Acts 4 |
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How often your own sustenance comes from the things of the world rather than God. Believing that gain is godliness. |
| T 05/27 |
2 Corinthians 3-4
2 Corinthians 6
1 Corinthians 4:8 |
How a believer responds to loss is a sign of whether he believes that gain is godliness. |
| W 05/28 |
Romans 3 |
When you know the law you will know that you are the chief of sinners. |
| T 05/29 |
1 Timothy 6
2 Timothy 3 |
Godliness is to know that He is working in you and that all is as it should be. Ungodliness is to believe that it is up to you to decide, plan, do, or fix something. |
| F 05/30 |
1 Timothy 6
Philippians 4:10
Hebrews 13
3 John 1 |
Godliness has nothing to do with worldly gain. Contentment is the permanent awareness that all is perfect and is at it should be. |
| June 2003 |
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Matthew 22:37
Micah 6 |
If you love God with all your heart, soul, and mind, then there is nothing left. The subtlety that beguiled Eve was that she needed something other than what God provided. |
| T 06/03 |
1 Corinthians 10 |
The whole purpose of time and space is to threaten your idolatry. |
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Idolatry will occur when things are not happening when and how you think they should. Believing that the Lord has abandoned you is the first step to idolatry. Waiting is the expression of your love for God. |
| T 06/05 |
Deuteronomy 18 |
What the human race lost at the fall. Witchcraft is what we do every day. |
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One outcome of the fall is wanting to know what's next. Satan will have you believe in the bloodless self-redemption where you don't have to die. |
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Matthew 6:22
Matthew 7:21
James 1:8
James 4
Jeremiah 2:33
Job 11
Psalm 12 |
A believer never has to make a decision. If there are options, you wait. |
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God does not love the human race. His love is centered on his son and his bride. Where does that leave you? Christ in you, the hope of glory. |
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More on the basics of being a believer. |
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John 3:16
1 John 2:15
1 John 3:16
Romans 5:8
Romans 8:5
Isaiah 40:15 |
Understanding the love of God. |
| T 06/24 |
Luke 24:13- |
The disciples did not recognize Jesus after the resurrection. Later their eyes were opened. |
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1 Corinthians 12
1 John 4 |
When you give importance to anything but God, you've been led away to the dumb idol. A gentile has to have idols. |
| F 06/27 |
Genesis 3:14
Genesis 49:9
Numbers 21:5
John 3:11
Deuteronomy 18
Psalms 16 |
Evidence of the mystery of Christ throughout the Old Testament. False hope will choke out the true hope, which is Christ in you. |
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Isaiah 7:14, 9:2, 11, 49, 52:13, 59:10, 61, 62:11 |
Examples of how the Old Testament testifies only of Christ. It's all the same story. The human race failed and God's own arm got Him the victory. |
| July 2003 |
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Isaiah 53
2 Corinthians 2:14 |
The Old Testament is about the revelation of Christ. To be lukewarm is to be a chameleon, adjusting yourself to accommodate the world of men. |
| W 07/02 |
Jeremiah 23:5-
Romans 2:28
Acts 26
Acts 28:30 |
Your witness is only of Jesus and where he appears to you. |
| T 07/03 |
Revelation 12:7
John 14:27
Matthew 5:38
Matthew 10 |
Resist not evil and resist the devil. What you resist you affirm and grant it power. The bondage of the fear of death comes from associating self with the physical body. This is the false self. The real self is spirit. |
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Ezekiel 36
Job 42 |
The real land of God is you. |
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Daniel 2:24
2 Chronicles 7
2 Chronicles 36:21
Jeremiah 26:4
Daniel 9 |
Daniel 9 is often used to justify dispensation, but they forget Daniel 2. After the stone there are no more kingdoms or nations. |
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Daniel 9:20
Matthew 24:15
2 Thessalonians 2 |
More on the Old Testament revelation of Christ. The mystery of God is revealed only in your supplication - putting your head in the jaws of the lion. It starts with seeing the abomination of desolation. |
| T 07/15 |
Daniel 9:24
John 19:30
Hebrews 10:9
Revelation 21 |
The 70 weeks. "It is finished." Contentment is knowing this truth. |
| W 07/16 |
Matthew 6:7-13
1 John 4:1 |
How do we view the many diverse translations of the Bible into English? Has the written word been so watered down as to lose its meaning? |
| T 07/17 |
Ecclesiastes1:1 |
Taking the Lord's name in vain does not mean cussing. The real meaning has to do with idolatry. Repentance is a way of life, not a single act. It's knowing that you don't deserve your next meal or even your next breath. |
| F 07/18 |
John1:1-13 |
He who takes the Lord's name in vain will not be guiltless. To associate God's name with that which is corruptible is taking it in vain. |
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1 Corinthians 10:1 |
Survival of the fittest is the driving principle of the world. Therefore, seeking to be the fittest locks you into the way of the world. This is in opposition to the way of the Spirit. |
| T 07/22 |
John 1 |
Receiving the fullness of Christ depends not on time but on obedience and faith. There are phases to the spiritual journey - the world, the wilderness, the promised land, and the New Jerusalem. Ultimately you must abandon self because you cannot see God and live. |
| W 07/23 |
Psalms 19
Hebrews 2:8 |
All is under his authority. How can anything be out of place? When you see what appears wrong, it is an opportunity to see Christ. |
| T 07/24 |
Ezekiel 8:7 |
The great transgression. Mind-talk, the survival mechanism for fighting abandonment. |
| F 07/25 |
Hebrews 9:11-
Ezekiel 8:11
Ephesians 3:14 |
The nature of the human race. Even our so-called conscience is the accumulation of personality and culture. |
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Ecclesiastes 3 |
The theology of glory vs. the theology of the cross. The theology of the cross opposes all that the world considers important. In the theology of the cross, suffering is not strange. |
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We may believe we are born to greatness but we are born to die. Only Christ is born to greatness. We can only partake in the inheritance through him. The singular purpose of the cross is to make men conformable to Christ. Free will is just a wonderful deception. |
| W 07/30 |
John 5:33- |
There is no cure for what you are. You can only leave it behind. That is the theology of the cross. |
| T 07/31 |
2 Timothy 4 |
We want to believe that we are improving. That shot of glory from a religious conferences and revival doesn't work and it doesn't last. |
| August 2003 |
| F 08/01 |
Genesis 2:16
Genesis 3:1- |
To be an observer is to be a coward. Just be. |
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| M 08/04 |
Philippians 3:7
2 Peter 3 |
What is a gain to me is a loss to Christ. In the world, loss has no merit. But in order to enter the kingdom of God, all that did not originate from heaven must be discarded. |
| T 08/05 |
Deuteronomy 27:26
Galatians 3
Romans 4 |
The curse of the fall. How-to can't mix with grace. |
| W 08/06 |
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The will of God for you is Jesus Christ. But to live as Christ requires your death. |
| T 08/07 |
1 Corinthians 10
Numbers 9:15 |
Adam was perfect in mind and body and Eve was even better. What did we lose as a result of the curse? |
| F 08/08 |
John 21:21
Isaiah 8 |
A look the history of man's relationship to God. |
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| M 08/11 |
2 Corinthians 4 |
The mind and the senses are not made to see spirit, yet it is the overriding reality. |
| T 08/12 |
Psalm 39
Isaiah 54 |
"To live is Christ and to die is gain" precludes the idea of zero. |
| W 08/13 |
Jude 1:10 |
What is ungodliness? Not knowing that the sacrifice of the Son of God is sufficient for all and for all time. |
| T 08/14 |
Philippians 4:4 |
What does it mean to be born again? Most think that accepting Jesus as their personal savior makes them a better person, that they have now gained something and are now improved. To be born again means you are dead. You are not changed or improved, you are a totally new creature. |
| F 08/15 |
Matthew 11
Psalm 116:8
Mark 11:23 |
Why is His yoke easy and His burden light? Because He has finished the work and there is nothing for you to do. |
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| M 08/18 |
2 Chronicles 7:11
Daniel 9:20 |
The temple of God is us. Can you, for the first time in your life, remove yourself from the picture? |
| T 08/19 |
Psalm 119
Isaiah 54
Exodus |
The born again phenomenon. Truth is the sustained consciousness of error. Stillness is a thing of the soul in which there is no internal disturbance. |
| W 08/20 |
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Man continued to fail in the attainment of holiness. In the end, only Christ, the begotten Son of God achieved holiness. Now we have life only through Him. |
| T 08/21 |
Philippians 1 |
God will not force you or overpower you in order to have fellowship with you. You must abandon yourself. |
| F 08/22 |
Philippians 1:18-
Philippians 2:1- |
Even the worst circumstances, according to the world, can be a testimony to the power of God. Let this mind be in you that was in Christ. |
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| M 08/25 |
Philippians 2:1-9 |
Why did He empty Himself? His response is always dependence on the father. Let this mind be in you. |
| T 08/26 |
Ephesians 6 |
Is there murmuring and complaining as you go through life, or are you working out your salvation with fear and trembling? |
| W 08/27 |
Ephesians 6:11
Isaiah 32:13 |
The whole armor of God must be put on. The warfare is not outside, it is internal. Christ did not respond the way we do to the world around us. |
| T 08/28 |
Philippians 2:12 |
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| F 08/29 |
Philippians 3 |
The world is driven by cause-and-affect, which is the enemy of grace. |
| September 2003 |
| T 09/02 |
Philippians 3:7 |
Being made conformable to his death. Prophesying. Exhortation. |
| W 09/03 |
Philippians 3
Romans 11:32-12:2 |
Your ideas are attempts to flee the revelation of Christ. Once you've made yourself a living sacrifice you are God's business. |
| T 09/04 |
Philippians 3:10-15
1 Peter 1:3
Hebrews 2:8 |
The nature of resignation. Being ready at any time for the unexpected grace. Seeing that all things are put under him. |
| F 09/05 |
Philippians 3:12-
2 Timothy 4:1
Colossians 1:19 |
What does it mean to fill up the affliction lacking in the body of Christ? |
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| M 09/08 |
Philippians 3:18
Romans 10:6
Romans 5:10 |
Even by the enemies of the cross, Christ is preached. You must know that Christ is in you. |
| T 09/09 |
I Corinthians 13 |
We cannot make love just another commandment. Love will remove all self-justification. There is no wiggle room. |
| W 09/10 |
Philippians 4:4 |
To have the mind of Christ is to return to the place of joy. What are you allowing to rob you of that joy? Do you see only the perfection in all things? |
| T 09/11 |
Philippians 4:11 |
Contentment is the state of being that comes of faith. Through prayer and supplication comes the peace of God. |
| F 09/12 |
Colossians 1 |
The gospel is preached to the whole world; it's the same everywhere. The meaning of "faithful." |
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| M 09/15 |
Colossians 1:3- |
The truth of the Gospel is preached to the entire world. There is nothing left for you to do. When you abide in Christ, you can't make a mistake. |
| T 09/16 |
Colossians 1:9
1 Thessalonians 4:1 |
You are sanctified by presenting yourself as a living sacrifice. Fornication is going anywhere else except to God for anything. Abstaining from fornication is how you honor the Father. |
| W 09/17 |
Colossians 1:12
Luke 22:47
Ephesians 6:10 |
We are delivered from the tyranny of darkness into the place of his love, which is in Jesus Christ. The tyranny of darkness is manifested in self-seeking. The hour of tyranny ended at the cross. |
| T 09/18 |
Colossians 1:14 |
Returning to the kingdom of tyranny, the slave market. What a man thinks in his heart, so he is. |
| F 09/19 |
Colossians 1:16
1 Corinthians 14 |
God did not reconcile to Himself your mind. Your mind is still Satan's playground. Trying to become something, to create your self, is the essence of sin. |
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| M 09/22 |
Colossians 1:22
Titus 1:15
1 Corinthians 6:9-
Hebrews 9:13
Hebrews 10:23
Hebrews 6:1 |
Only when Christ is your life, your identity, can you be pure. |
| T 09/23 |
Colossians 1:20-23
Hebrews 11:7 |
You are born again in His perfection, after which there is only repentance. You may return to the kingdom of darkness or you may remain in Christ. |
| W 09/24 |
Colossians 1:23 |
The yoke of Christ is easy and his burden light. Freedom from the tyranny of self is the source of joy. |
| T 09/25 |
Colossians 1:26
Colossians 2:1 |
In Christ there is rest, peace, and joy. Out of Christ, there is striving, strife, and anxiety. |
| F 09/26 |
Colossians 2:1-7 |
The body of Christ is knitted together in love by compassion. You have to participate in the body; there are no observers. |
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| M 09/29 |
Colossians 2:7-11 |
There is no progression of spiritual growth. We are complete in Christ. We are buried with him in baptism. |
| T 09/30 |
Colossians 2:8-11 |
Everything that can be known of God is permanently at home in Christ. You are complete for His purpose, not for your purposes. |
| October 2003 |
| W 10/01 |
Colossians 2:14
Matthew 22:1-14
Ephesians 5:20 |
Knowing that you are forgiven by the blood of Christ, you forgive yourself. The quickest way to become a spot on the garment is to not be vulnerable, to hide. When you keep things inside, you are sitting in judgment. |
| T 10/02 |
Colossians 2:14 |
We are buried with him in baptism and we are resurrected with him. Being risen with him is the only safe place to be. |
| F 10/03 |
Colossians 2:14-15
1 Corinthians 15:45-58 |
Our debt is paid, once and for all. If you take it upon yourself, your debt is overwhelming. Christ has triumphed over all. Now we rest in him. |
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| M 10/06 |
Colossians 2:15-19 |
How did Christ triumph openly? He never listened to his mind. |
| T 10/07 |
Colossians 2:16-23 |
Do we receive our nourishment from the head of the body, which is Christ? Are we knitted together as a body? Does our sustenance originate of Christ? |
| W 10/08 |
Colossians 3:1 |
Hypocrisy is to be different outside from what you are inside. Hypocrisy is your natural state and it is taught by the world's system. You deal with it in the body by complete vulnerability, no matter the cost. |
| T 10/09 |
Revelation 13:1
Colossians 3:1-3 |
Satan's job is to get you to believe in you. The essence of sin is self-seeking. Set your affections on things above. |
| F 10/10 |
Colossians 3:3 |
The book of Colossians. You will seek what you place your affections on - this message is repeated again and again in scripture. |
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| M 10/13 |
Colossians 3:3-8 |
How much of your thoughts are dedicated to things of this world? It is what the scripture calls filthy communication.
You are the temple of God. Would you bring those things into the temple?
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| T 10/14 |
Colossians 3:8-15 |
The basic principles in Colossians. Forgiveness is your business; reconciliation is God's business. |
| W 10/15 |
Colossians 3:16 |
You've got to say what's there. The gift of the Spirit is to be used, otherwise you will lose it. Are you ready to just be rather than trying to be? Faith is you dying and Him living. Anything else is just a mind game. |
| T 10/16 |
Colossians 3:18 |
The marriage is designed to typify the relationship between Christ and the church. A marriage based on need, rather than the mystery of God, will fail. |
| F 10/17 |
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Preparations for a wedding - The man offers security, the woman offers fidelity. |
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| M 10/20 |
Colossians 4:1 |
You don't have your own agenda; your boss doesn't have his own agenda. You work in faith, which works by love. |
| T 10/21 |
Colossians 4:1-3 |
Is your speech seasoned with salt? The saints, apostles, the disciples - they're just ordinary people like you and me.
This concludes the book of Colossians. |
| W 10/22 |
Galatians 2:16-20 |
The essence of Christianity says that we must fail at everything before we see the truth. We begin with faith in Christ; we are justified by the faith of Christ, giving no thought for ourselves. This is the definition of freedom, joy, and peace. |
| T 10/23 |
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The first consecration of Abraham: he left the land of is fathers. The Spirit of God moves on you. You see the emptiness and futility of life, you find out that the earth is not your home, that you are no longer fit. You are fed up.
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| F 10/24 |
Galatians 3:1-10
Genesis 3:11-19 |
Abraham completely understood the curse. Then he saw Christ's day and was glad. |
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| M 10/27 |
Luke 14:25-26 |
Abraham's second consecration: Leaving his family. The leaving of your family is spiritual, but its real and it has real consequences. |
| T 10/28 |
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Self-realization, self-protection and self-fulfillment are the mortal enemy of the cross of Christ. To have zeal is to hate with perfect hatred anything that keeps you away from the total and complete abandonment of self. |
| W 10/29 |
Matthew 18:1-6 |
Except you be converted, and become as little children, you shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. There can't be any conversion if you are still in the picture. |
| T 10/30 |
Isaiah 53 |
All of the consecrations of Abraham were to protect the seed. You must also protect the seed. You protect it by revealing it. |
| F 10/31 |
Matthew 21
Isaiah 51 & 52 |
The gospel is about Christ in you, the hope of glory, and His Revelation is all that matters. God's love is centered in Christ. The best you can be is a broken vessel. |
| November 2003 |
| M 11/03 |
Galatians 5 |
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| T 11/04 |
Matthew 18:3 |
Becoming as a little child is the opposite of what we think we should do. |
| W 11/05 |
Acts 7 |
Before God's appearing, Abraham saw the end of himself and the emptiness and futility of all that was considered important. |
| T 11/06 |
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The Holy Spirit is doing one thing in the world. He is revealing Christ. |
| F 11/07 |
I Corinthians 1:17-18 |
Sanctification. Transparency. |
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| M 11/10 |
Ephesians 4:13-15 |
Abraham saw that truth cannot be anything that changes with time. Only by emptying oneself can someone speak the truth. |
| T 11/11 |
Ecclesiastes 3 |
God has wrought all our works in us. He has made everything beautiful in his time. |
| W 11/12 |
Titus 2:11-3:10
I John 1:1-8
Galatians 4:19- |
Eternal life is not subject to time. When Abraham saw this he left everything. |
| T 11/13 |
Luke 22:28-32 |
You don't have a test. Everything that is happening to you is really happening to Christ in you. |
| F 11/14 |
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The biggest problem man has is finding what it means to live by faith. |
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| M 11/17 |
Colossians
3 Hebrews 2 |
Christ is all and in all. |
| T 11/18 |
Psalm 138 |
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| W 11/19 |
Hebrews 4:14-16 |
Everything that God is doing in and through us is the opposite from the way we are wired. |
| T 11/20 |
Luke 22:28-32
John 6:47-71 |
Satan has desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat. Are you going to continue with Him in His temptations, or do you still think there is something going on with you? |
| F 11/21 |
Hebrews 4:12-16
Revelation 19:11-13 |
The Word of God |
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| M 11/24 |
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Michael's rebelliousness |
| T 11/25 |
Isaiah 64:1-4
I Corinthians 2:3-9 |
What it means to wait on God. |
| W 11/26 |
Isaiah 40
Psalm 38 |
Wait only on Him. Be thankful for your poverty and need. |
| December 2003 |
| M 12/01 |
Daniel 5 |
You have been weighed in the balance and have been found totally lacking. |
| T 12/02 |
Luke 4:17-21
II Corinthians 12:1-9 |
The gospel is to the poor, broken failures. Those are the only ones who can hear. |
| W 12/03 |
Genesis 13
II Corinthians 6:3-10 |
Third consecration of Abraham: he left all of his possessions. |
| T 12/04 |
Galatians 3
Luke 8 |
The Bible's purpose is to show you that you are a stupid failure that can do nothing. It's not a handbook. |
| F 12/05 |
Genesis 15 |
Abraham's horror of great darkness. |
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| M 12/08 |
Genesis 15:12-16 |
In the horror of great darkness, Abraham saw Christ's day and was glad. |
| T 12/09 |
Romans 7 |
One way to be deceived is to focus on doing what you think is good. |
| W 12/10 |
Isaiah 58 & 59 |
Abraham saw his own hopelessness and apprehended the meaning of sin. All your way is the way of iniquity. The seed of the Lord is now your life. The Sabbath rest. |
| T 12/11 |
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(PG-13) Every person is a "truth seeker" but you don't keep pushing, you sell out for something tangible to worship. It's time that you got real. The last thing we need is more religious bullshit. |
| F 12/12 |
Galatians 4:19-31 |
Every single time you want a "how to" you are desiring to be under the law. |
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| M 12/15 |
Galatians 4:19-21
Romans 3:10-20 |
The purpose of the law. |
| T 12/16 |
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| W 12/17 |
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| T 12/18 |
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| F 12/19 |
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| M 12/22 |
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| T 12/23 |
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| W 12/24 |
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| M 12/29 |
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| T 12/30 |
I Timothy 6:10
I Corinthians 15 |
Fall into the ground like the pecan, thou fool. He alone has immortality. |
| W 12/31 |
Mark 4 |
No effort. Our attempts to help only hinder. |
| January 2004 |
| M 01/05 |
II Peter 1:1 |
"Servant" |
| T 01/06 |
II Peter 1:1 |
"Peter" |
| W 01/07 |
II Peter 1:2 |
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| T 01/08 |
Psalm 139 |
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| F 01/09 |
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| M 01/12 |
II Peter 1:2-4 |
"Peace." Walk away from the dung. |
| T 01/13 |
II Peter 1:4-8 |
Do you have the guts to live the christian life, or are you going to live in your aloneness? |
| W 01/14 |
II Peter 1:4-19 |
Stop the insanity. |
| T 01/15 |
II Peter 1 |
Tent for a night. |
| F 01/16 |
II Peter 2 |
What is heresy? |
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| M 01/19 |
II Peter 2 |
Leaving self behind. |
| T 01/20 |
II Peter 2 |
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| W 01/21 |
II Peter 2:4 |
Locked in time vs. free in eternity. |
| T 01/22 |
II Peter 2:8-8
I Timothy 6:6 |
Being in a position where God has to provide. |
| F 01/23 |
Jude |
Background on the book of Jude. Sorry about all the coughing. |
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| M 01/26 |
II Peter 2:9-10
Romans 13:1-4 |
The meaning of whining. |
| T 01/27 |
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Forgiveness. Dying to self. Gossip. |
| W 01/28 |
II Peter 2:10 |
Ronnie's Mother |
| T 01/29 |
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| F 01/30 |
II Peter 2:15-22 |
Wells without water. The true vomit. Digging around in the dirt. |
| February 2004 |
| T 02/03 |
II Peter 3:1
Philippians 2:5 |
The mind of Christ. Harry's question about correcting behavior. |
| W 02/04 |
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| T 02/05 |
Revelation 19 |
The illusion of time. The view from the desert. |
| F 02/06 |
II Peter 3:9-10
I Thessalonians 4:13-5:6
Revelation 12:7, 3:1-6
Revelation 16:8-15 |
Thief in the night. Longsuffering. |
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| M 02/09 |
Jude 1:1 |
Spiritual family vs. natural family. |
| T 02/10 |
Jude 1:2 |
Mercy and grace vs. guilt and misery |
| W 02/11 |
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| T 02/12 |
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| F 02/13 |
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| M 02/16 |
John 3
I Peter 1:22
John 8:19
John 17:4
Romans 13:1 |
In the world but not of the world. The purpose of the world is antagonism. |
| T 02/17 |
Obeying civil laws. The law of love. |
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| W 02/18 |
Jude 4-8 |
Dreamers. Ideas. The meaning of "Jesus is Lord." |
| T 02/19 |
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Q and A day. |
| F 02/20 |
Jude 8-9 |
Railing accusations. |
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| M 02/23 |
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| T 02/24 |
Jude 10-11 |
The way of Cain. |
| W 02/25 |
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| T 02/26 |
Matthew 23:15
Mark 7:14 |
You are the one who tortured Christ. |
| F 02/27 |
Luke 2:1-14
Numbers 6:22 |
Peace |
| March 2004 |
| 03/02 |
Jude 10-12 |
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| 03/03 |
Jude 12,13
I Corinthians 13 |
Raging waves, wandering stars. |
| 03/04 |
Jude 13-17 |
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| 03/05 |
Jude 17-19 |
Mockers. Going Crazy in your mind. |
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| 03/08 |
Jude 17-23
I John 3:16
Luke 23:39-46
James 3:8-18 |
Walk in the Spirit. |
| 03/09 |
Jude 19
II Corinthians 13:3-5
I Corinthians 4:1-5 |
How do you know Jesus Christ is in you? |
| 03/10 |
Romans 7:18 |
Spirit vs. sensual. Rebellion. What is going to cause you to leave peace today? |
| 03/11 |
Jude 17
Haggai 1:3-14
Romans 4
Isaiah 40:27 |
"Sensual". Prayer is desire for God. |
| 03/12 |
Jude 20
Jeremiah 1:4-10 |
"Beloved" |
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| 03/15 |
Jude 20
Galatians 2:16
Galatians 3:9
Romans 8 |
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| 03/16 |
Jude
Hebrews 2:8 |
Tim LaHaye is an idiot. |
| 03/17 |
Jude 20
Philippians 4:4 |
The key sacrament of communion is to remind you from where comes your essential sustenance. |
| 03/18 |
1 Corinthians 12:8- |
The gifts of the Spirit. Tongues. A gift of the spirit if: cannot be held onto, does not depend on external conditions or devices, does not focus attention on your self, doesn't violate your will. |
| 03/19 |
Luke 4:16-18
I Corinthians 12:1-2 |
The gospel's foundation is Jesus Christ. If it's about self, it is a false foundation. |
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| 03/22 |
I Corinthians 12
II Corinthians 3:15-4:6 |
No idols are good ones. |
| 03/23 |
I Corinthians 12:2
I Thessalonians 2:1-4 |
Calling Jesus accursed vs. calling Him Lord. |
| 03/24 |
I Corinthians 12:3
I Corinthians 6:15-20
II Corinthians 6:14-18 |
Spiritual gifts are not for self-realization. |
| 03/25 |
I Corinthians 12 |
Making decisions vs. no options |
| 03/26 |
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| 03/29 |
I Corinthians 12:4
Galatians 5:16 |
Spiritual gifts. |
| 03/30 |
I Corinthians 12:8 |
Wisdom |
| 03/31 |
John 6:27-29
John 5:30 |
Time and eternity. |
| April 2004 |
| 04/01 |
John 5:16 |
The Sabbath. |
| 04/02 |
John 17
John 4:34
II Thessalonians 2:1 |
Speaking what's there. Gossip. |
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| 04/05 |
John 5:17-
Isaiah 28:8
John 6:27-
John 8 |
To operate as a believer means to abandon rational thought, procedures, and agendas because you now have a new source of guidance and information. |
| 04/06 |
John 5:17-22
John 5:30-32
John 6:28
Isaiah 38:8
John 8:25 |
How believers operate. |
| 04/07 |
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| 04/08 |
John 3
Luke 16 |
There is no greater deception than that being in Christ is a benefit to us. Do you want to partake in the new creation? Leave you behind. |
| 04/09 |
Leviticus 23
Romans 4:3
Hebrews 4
I John 4
Ezekiel 8:7 |
Passover |
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| S 04/11 |
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Melito of Sardis Homily |
| 04/12 |
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Passover |
| 04/13 |
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Passover |
| 04/14 |
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God is in control. |
| 04/15 |
Luke 24 |
The counting of the omer. |
| 04/16 |
Luke 24
Leviticus 23:14
Luke 24:25
Acts 1 |
Counting of the Omer. |
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| 04/19 |
John 20, 21
Matthew 13 |
Still counting of the Omer. |
| 04/20 |
Hebrews 5 |
Christ did not do man any good / The tests of the human race… |
| 04/21 |
Matthew 21:33
I Peter 1:14, 23 |
A guy named Cerinthus. |
| 04/22 |
Ephesians 1:15-23 |
Something going on with you? Openness and confession. |
| 04/23 |
Romans 5
John 14:15 |
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| 04/26 |
I Corinthians 12:7-11
Luke 14:7, 6
Proverbs 25:6-7
I Kings 4 |
Spiritual Gifts |
| 04/27 |
I Corinthians 1:17
Matthew 22 |
Wisdom |
| 04/29 |
Luke 22:7
I Kings 3:16-28
Matthew 2:13
Acts 26:12 |
More on wisdom |
| 04/30 |
John 2, 4 |
Man's wisdom. Relics of the past. |
| May 2004 |
| 05/03 |
I Corinthians 12:8
John 7:11
I John 2:18 |
Knowledge |
| 05/04 |
I Corinthians 12
Colossians 1:24 |
The mystery: Christ in you, the hope of glory. |
| 05/05 |
I Corinthians 12:8,27
Revelation 12 |
The cross |
| 05/06 |
Matthew 3 |
The gift of knowledge: seeing as Christ sees. |
| 05/07 |
Matthew 3, 11
Revelation 11 |
The ultimate word of knowledge: The axe is laid to the root of the trees. |
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| 05/10 |
Revelation 11
Romans 3:10
Galatians 2:19 |
More about knowledge. |
| 05/11 |
Ephesians 3, 4:11, 2:18
Galatians 5
I Corinthians 12:8, 14:1 |
The importance of prophesy - bubbling forth instead of damming up |
| 05/12 |
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| 05/13 |
I Corinthians 12:8 |
The Gift of Faith |
| 05/14 |
Romans 15:18
II Corinthians 1:18 |
Faith |
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| 05/17 |
Acts 4:10, 25
Philippians 3
I Corinthians 12:8
Romans 3:19 |
Faith and boldness |
| 05/18 |
Acts 4:23-31 |
Being 'with one accord' -- John Rutledge |
| 05/19 |
Matthew 17:19
Mark 11:20 |
Faith like a mustard seed. Forgiveness. |
| 05/20 |
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| 05/21 |
I John 5 |
Do you believe Jesus is the Christ? |
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| 05/24 |
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The gift of faith. Self-awareness, the fruit of the fall, is eliminated by faith. |
| 05/25 |
I John 1:5-10
I John 3:4-12
Luke 17:6 |
As regards the gift of faith. |
| 05/26 |
Ephesians 3 |
Humility is the acceptance, with gratitude, of all things internal or external that come into your life. Humility is the most powerful force in the universe. |
| 05/27 |
Ezekiel 8:6
Psalm 139 |
The gift of faith is the ability to shift from your consciousness to his no matter what is before you. |
| 05/28 |
I John 2:9-14 |
The gift of faith as regards little children, adolescents, young men, fathers. |
| June 2004 |
| 06/01 |
Genesis 2:16 |
Faith vs. naming things. Humility. |
| 06/02 |
Galatians 1:3
Colossians 1:9
Romans 8:20
Galatians 6:12 |
Flesh and Spirit |
| 06/03 |
Daniel 2:42, 7:13 |
The gift of faith and the Lord's prayer. |
| 06/04 |
Galatians 6:14-16
Galatians 2:20-3:2
Romans 10:6
Colossians 1:3 |
If you're still trying to improve yourself or add something to you, it can't happen. Without your death you will not follow after Him. You'll just try to use the mystery of God for your own self-realization. |
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| 06/07 |
Galatians 5:1-16
Galatians 6:7 |
More on the gift of faith. |
| 06/08 |
Isaiah 32 and 40
Ezekiel 36:16 |
The quietness and assurance that it is finished |
| 06/09 |
Acts 2 |
Zeal |
| 06/10 |
Acts 2
Joel 2:28
Hebrews 8
II Thessalonians 2
II Timothy 6:13
II Timothy 3 & 4 |
The last day. |
| 06/11 |
Hebrew 8
2 Corinthians 15:5
1 Peter 1 |
You start the process by believing in him but end up living by the faith of him. Faith is common; it is the test of faith that is precious. |
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| 06/14 |
Hebrews 13:8
Luke 22:24
John 8:31 |
Bearing His reproach outside the camp. |
| 06/15 |
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Gary asks the question - What sticks in these Bible studies? |
| 06/16 |
Mark 7:14 |
Still on the gift of faith. Prophesy - saying what is there, not judging what to say. |
| 06/17 |
Genesis 6
Genesis 8:20-
Job 14
Psalm 51
Isaiah 57 |
The fundamental problem is that we don't believe we are fallen. We still believe we hold the solution. |
| 06/18 |
Hebrews 10:35
Micah 6:6 |
Faith |
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| 06/21 |
Isaiah 57:10
Genesis 1:1
I Corinthians 15:42 |
The gift of faith requires your emptiness. |
| 06/22 |
Luke 4:5
Acts 17:1 & 7
I Thessalonians |
Emptiness, self-abandonment and the gift of faith. |
| 06/23 |
Matthew 16:13
Isaiah 57:1
Matthew 24:23
II Corinthians 3:14
II Corinthians 2:14 |
Gift of faith: Christ, the anointing. |
| 06/24 |
Hebrews 11
Judges 1
I Peter 1:6 |
Hope. Christ is the ONLY living Hope. |
| 06/25 |
Job 6:16
Psalm 16:7
Psalm 31:21
Psalm 33:13
Psalm 78:5
Psalm 119:81,114,145
Psalm 130:6 |
The word "hope," as defined in the English language, does not exist in the Old Testament. In the New Testament, it refers explicitly to Jesus Christ. Hope is confidence, trust or refuge. Anything else is idolatry. |
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| 06/28 |
Jeremiah 17
Joel 3:16
Isaiah 64:1
I Corinthians 2 & 13
Judges 1
Romans 5 |
Hope, faith, and waiting on Him. |
| 06/29 |
Mark 1:14
Luke 17:20
1 Peter 1:3
Philippians 1:15
2 Corinthians 3 |
More on faith and its relationship to hope. The time is at hand, it is finished. |
| 06/30 |
Ephesians 1:1-23
Ephesians 2:5 |
The destruction of idolatry, personal desires, and hopes. |
| July 2004 |
| 07/01 |
Colossians 1
I John 2:28
Hebrews 6:13
Hebrews 7:13
Hebrews 10 & 11 |
Christ is the only Hope that doesn't disappoint. |
| 07/02 |
Hebrews 11
Isaiah 63 |
Hope is the enemy of faith when hope is about your plans, ideas and agenda for the future. |
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| 07/06 |
Acts 28:16
Jeremiah 14 & 17 |
Christ, the Hope of Israel. |
| 07/07 |
Ecclesiastes 3:10
Matthew 23:27
II Chronicles 24:17 |
Travail that never ends. The seething blood. |
| 07/08 |
Genesis 10:15
Joshua 18:21
II Samuel 5 |
The Jebusites |
| 07/09 |
Zechariah 10
Habakkuk 2:18
Jeremiah 10
Jeremiah 1:8 |
Word study of 'bus' |
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| 07/12 |
Ecclesiastes 3:10
Romans 5
I Corinthians 10
Judges 1
Isaiah 57
Exodus 34:10 |
Only true Hope - the resurrection of Christ in you. |
| 07/13 |
Joshua 15:63
Judges 3
I Chronicles 21:18 |
Jebusites. Hope. |
| 07/14 |
Psalm 31:19
Psalm 33:10
Psalm 39 |
Hope |
| 07/15 |
Mark 1:14
Daniel 2:42
Daniel 9:20-24
Hebrews 12 |
Christ's message: This is the age of messiah; time is fulfilled. |
| 07/16 |
Matthew 11
Galatians 3:19 |
Time is fulfilled. |
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| 07/19 |
1 Peter 1:3
Titus 2 |
The gift of faith permits you to see that you have been invaded from beyond. |
| 07/20 |
Colossians 1:19 |
The signal for repentance. |
| 07/21 |
Revelation 12:7
Isaiah 32:13 |
"Wondering after the beast." |
| 07/22 |
II Corinthians 5:13
Romans 5:10
Matthew 21:33
Romans 4 |
The gift of faith cannot be apprehended by our flesh. |
| 07/23 |
John 14:27
Ruth 4
Romans 14:17
Isaiah 57 |
Happiness vs. joy. |
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| 07/26 |
Romans 5:17
Isaiah 8:13
Isaiah 29 |
Baptism. The peace of "it is finished." |
| 07/27 |
I Chronicles 10
Hebrews 10:19 |
Who do you believe? David or the Jebusites? |
| 07/28 |
Ephesians 3:14
Isaiah 55 |
One person completely yielded to God is the most powerful force on the face of the earth. If you still want something, go do it until you discover the futility. |
| 07/29 |
1 Peter 1
Numbers 9:15 |
You are garrisoned by the power of God through the gift of faith. You can't live in both the world of your mind and the world of faith. If in doubt or in fear, wait, rest, do nothing. If you sell out, you have opened the gates to the enemy. |
| 07/30 |
I Corinthians 12
Matthew 3:5
I Corinthians 12 |
Word of wisdom / word of knowledge |
| August 2004 |
| 08/02 |
2 Corinthians 1:18
Acts 18:24
1 John 2:9 |
When considering the gifts of the spirit, the predicate is - are you in him? |
| 08/03 |
I Corinthians 12:7
Deuteronomy 32:39
Isaiah 19:19
Matthew 13:10
Luke 4 |
The gifts of healing. |
| 08/04 |
John 12:36
Matthew 13 |
The gifts of the spirit cannot be placed on the flesh. Healing. |
| 08/05 |
Isaiah 53:4
Matthew 5
Leviticus 11:44
II Peter 3:9 |
Healed means perfect , whole, complete, lacking nothing. |
| 08/06 |
Disciple's Prayer |
Jesus didn't heal everyone. |
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| 08/09 |
Luke 4:16
Hebrews 2:15 |
Fear. Shame. The teenage years. |
| 08/10 |
I Corinthians 12
Mark 1:21
I John 5 |
3 kinds of healing |
| 08/11 |
Mark 16:17-18
Luke 1:1-4 |
Saying what's there. |
| 08/12 |
James 5
John 5:39 |
Psychosomatic conditions vs. creative healing miracles. 3 Greek words for healing. |
| 08/13 |
Genesis 20
Exodus 15:22 |
Blessed (rafa) means 'not subject to the fates'. |
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| 08/16 |
Ezekiel 13:3-16
Jeremiah 6:14
Matthew 11 |
Healing. Peace. The evil of "healing the wound slightly". |
| 08/17 |
Numbers 12 |
Leprosy. Exalting oneself. The waters of purification. |
| 08/18 |
Exodus 4:2
Leviticus 13:9 |
Work vs. Debt. Cleansing the temple requires constant repentance. |
| 08/19 |
Genesis 12:1,2,3
Genesis 3:14 |
God's promise is to the seed and not to the human race. More on leprosy. |
| 08/20 |
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| 08/23 |
II Kings 5:1-4
Luke 4:23
Ephesians 5:11
II Corinthians 10:3
II Thessalonians 2 |
Naaman as the type of Christ. The significance of leprosy of the forehead in scripture. |
| 08/24 |
1 Samuel 17
Joshua 24:13
1 Corinthians 10 |
We all have giants that we fear in our mind, which are the problems that we can't solve. It is Christ in you that can cut off the head of your giants. |
| 08/25 |
Revelation 6 |
How many horses have you let out? |
| 08/26 |
James 1:12
Ezekiel 9 |
Lust brings forth the leprosy of the forehead. Doing of the word does not mean going forth in your own course of action. |
| 08/27 |
Revelation 6 |
The body of Christ is eternal, no regard to time. Until, in you, the seventh angel stands and proclaims "there is time no longer" you can't understand the Bible. |
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| 08/30 |
Revelation 6:1
James 1:12
Revelation 4 |
The 4 Horses |
| 08/31 |
Revelation 13
Daniel 7
Revelation 12 |
The Antichrist |
| September 2004 |
| 09/01 |
Revelation 12:7
John 3 |
The gift of God is eternal life - life without regard to time. |
| 09/02 |
Revelation 6
Isaiah 32:13 |
The fifth seal. The real self is under the altar, protected from the universe of time and space. |
| 09/03 |
Revelation 6
Ezekiel 9
Hebrews 12:12 |
The sixth seal. Experiencing the shaking of your reality. |
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| 09/07 |
Galatians 5:29 |
Loving your neighbor as your self. If you're living in Christ it comes naturally. |
| 09/08 |
Galatians 5:14 |
There is no compatibility between the spirit and the flesh. One is suppressing the other. |
| 09/09 |
Psalm 34
Isaiah 65:17-25 |
Tale bearing is the spreading of leprosy. Three are affected by tale bearing: the one spoken of, the listener and the speaker. |
| 09/10 |
John 3:14
Numbers 21 |
The snake is doomed to eat dust. There is no way out. |
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| 09/13 |
Matthew 6:19
Matthew 7
Ephesians 4:22,29
Jude 10
Revelation 19
1 Timothy 6:8
2 Corinthians 2:14 |
Corrupt means 'subject to decay or rust.' Can anything that comes forth from the human mind not be corrupt? |
| 09/14 |
1 Peter 1 |
All that is natural is corruptible. We must be about that which is incorruptible. |
| 09/15 |
Matthew 11
Jeremiah 6:13
2 Peter 3 |
Nothing can take you from Christ but your mind. |
| 09/16 |
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| 09/17 |
1 Corinthians 8
2 Corinthians 13:5
Galatians 6
1 Timothy 6 |
The moment you think you are right you've left spirit and entered judgment. The only answer is - you are dead and Christ is alive. |
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| 09/20 |
Psalm 27 |
Being at rest, on the mercy seat, under the wings of the cherubim. Do you have the courage to confess when you've left it? |
| 09/21 |
Revelation 6
Hebrews 12 |
The shaking is always going on and you are constantly seeking refuge from it. |
| 09/22 |
Zephaniah 1:14
Revelation 6:12 |
The shaking has to happen in you. When it happens, are you going to run and hide in your mountains? |
| 09/23 |
Revelation 6:16 |
Your self-seeking mind is the only enemy of God. If you want to be a disciple, prepare to go to war with your mind. |
| 09/24 |
Revelation 7 |
All the world is wondering after the beast. |
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| 09/27 |
Matthew 3:13
Daniel 9:23 |
You enter the kingdom by no longer being a debtor to the flesh. The kingdom of heaven is here and now. |
| 09/28 |
Matthew 4
Numbers 9:15 |
A cloud of doubt means that you rest and wait on him. It is not up to you to do something. It's up to him. Rest in that peace. Obligation to do something robs you of the joy of love. |
| 09/29 |
Acts 1:6
1 Thessalonians 4:13
2 Peter 3:7 |
Do you have a template over your religious life, a prejudice by which you filter your Christianity? |
| 09/30 |
John 15
1 John 4 |
The allegory of the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. There is nothing in the world that deserves your attention. All you do is be. The vine and the husbandmen are in control. |
| October 2004 |
| 10/01 |
2 Corinthians 4:7 |
You have to push the limits of your ambitions, thoughts and ideas to see that they are vanity. |
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| 10/04 |
Philippians 4 |
If there is something that you feel you must do, go quickly and do it. The sooner you discover the futility and emptiness, the better. Can you, instead, learn from the experiences of your brothers? Either he is the vine and you are the branch or you are your own God. |
| 10/05 |
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The most despised thing in your mind is weakness, dependency. To your mind, the cross is still the symbol of shame. Can you glory in affliction? Anxiety and depression are signals that you are trying to carry the burdens that are for His shoulders. |
| 10/06 |
Ephesians 3 |
Why is everything spiritual diametrically opposite to the tendencies of the human mind? Why did God make it this way? You can't go at it alone because at some point you will be deceived and will need exhortation from others. The only place of the spirit is in the now. |
| 10/07 |
Psalm 92 |
The palm tree, because of its extraordinary and unique characteristics, is the symbol of Messiah. The pomegranate is another important symbol. |
| 10/08 |
Ecclesiastes 5 |
Repentance is the way to stop the voices in your mind. |
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| 10/11 |
John 10 |
The four basic needs. The meaning of the feasts. The meaning of the sheepfold. |
| 10/12 |
Ecclesiastes 1 |
Let's review Ecclesiastes, just the basics. |
| 10/14 |
Ecclesiastes 1:12 |
Vexation of spirit is chasing after the wind. |
| 10/15 |
Ecclesiastes 1:14
Galatians 3:22 |
Are you consumed by what your eyes desire? How long will it be until you know it is all empty and meaningless? |
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| 10/18 |
Ecclesiastes 3 |
There is a time for everything. But when you pick up the cross the time for everything else is over. |
| 10/19 |
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What is in the 'name' of God? What does it mean to pray in the 'name' of Jesus? |
| 10/21 |
Ecclesiastes 3:11
Exodus 3:11 |
The 'I am' can have no modifiers from our standpoint; he cannot be named. Are you in awe of his name or do you apply his name to your flesh which is corruptible? |
| 10/22 |
Mark 9:36
Matthew 10:16 |
You cannot be 'in his name' unless you mortify the flesh. |
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| 10/25 |
1 John 5
Hebrews 1
Galatians 4
1 John 4 |
To be in his name is to be in his character, in his nature. |
| 10/26 |
Matthew 10:38
John 14:19
Romans 5:6
1 John 4 |
Being in his name. |
| 10/28 |
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| 10/29 |
Proverbs 31
Ecclesiastes 3:15
Ecclesiastes 12:9
Psalm 139:7 |
The fear of God is the beginning of true wisdom. To take upon yourself the act of fulfilling the law is to become a hypocrite. Only one is able to do this and it isn't you. |
| November 2004 |
| 11/01 |
Ecclesiastes 3:15 |
When you are threatened with exposure, you will react defensively and offensively. This is how you know self is still there. |
| 11/02 |
Ecclesiastes 3:16
1 Peter 4 |
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| 11/03 |
Romans 2:25
Ecclesiastes 3:18
2 Peter 2:8
Isaiah 64 |
Circumcision in the Old Testament is what baptism is now. Without the circumcision that comes of Christ we are only beasts made from the dust. |
| 11/04 |
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| 11/05 |
Ecclesiastes 3:20
Hebrews 5:8
Hebrews 7:3
1 Peter 1:22
1 Peter 1:3 |
God's own seed got him the victory. Everything else failed. |
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| 11/08 |
Matthew 13
Galatians 1:6 |
An offense, a snare, will move you towards self-seeking and away from self-abandonment. |
| 11/09 |
Galatians 2:11 |
We always want to know ahead of time what to do about a situation. This is the opposite of having the faith of Christ. |
| 11/10 |
Ecclesiastes 4:7
Genesis 3
Genesis 11:3 |
Our modern culture emphasizes ideas and imagination, which only lead to aloneness. Scripture tells us that it is not good for man to be alone. |
| 11/11 |
Deuteronomy 17
Matthew 18 |
In the works of your own imagination you are only one witness, and this is unreliable and illegal. Without another witness you alone in your own little closet, not even aware of all the creations of your own mind. |
| 11/12 |
Ecclesiastes 4:13 |
Self-seeking is covering the real gold, and the spirit will hammer away at you until it shines through. You can't do it alone. |
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| 11/15 |
Ecclesiastes 4:14 |
Planning ahead is putting God where he is not. He is in the here and now. |
| 11/16 |
Ecclesiastes 5 |
Who is the fool? The only way that the voices can be silenced is to know that they are lies. If you cannot bring shame to the voices yourself, then the brethren must. |
| 11/17 |
Ecclesiastes 5:3-8 |
The way we flee from the emptiness. It is what drives the world. Can you exist without something to do? |
| 11/18 |
Ecclesiastes 5:7 |
The only way to stop the mind talk is to know that it cannot stand against "It is finished." |
| 11/19 |
Ecclesiastes 5:7
Job 1:19
Psalm 49
1 Timothy 6:3
1 John 2:12
Isaiah 32:13 |
Fear of the Lord begins when you know that all in the world is illusion. To be content, without regard to the world, is the ultimate test of the fear of God. |
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| 11/22 |
Ecclesiastes 5:8 |
What happens when you undertake a cause? The cause becomes your food. This is a form of walking according to the course of this world. |
| 11/23 |
Ecclesiastes 5:8
Ecclesiastes 6:1
1 Corinthians 5:9
Hosea 14 |
What is fraudulent must be exposed without regard to consequences. |
| 11/24 |
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Marriage. Personal relationships. The communty. |
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| 11/29 |
2 Corinthians 13:4 |
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| 11/30 |
Mark 19
Romans 8:20
Titus 2:11 |
Regeneration is the seed of Christ manifested in you. We've been translated into the kingdom and it has nothing to do with this world. The issue of the flesh has been settled; it is no longer to be tested because it is finished. |
| December 2004 |
| 12/01 |
John 19:28
Galatians 1:9-
John 2:23-3:1-
Ezekiel 37 |
The mystery of regeneration, continued.
For regeneration, you must be born again. He has already translated us.
"We're not waiting for some yo yo rapture thing, it's already happened" |
| 12/02 |
Genesis 1:26
2 Corinthians 13:5 |
Regeneration, continued.
"Faith is living your life in his likeness instead of his image." More on the issue "Jesus loves you?" And, why don't scholars and other people have the same point of view? |
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