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Resources on The Power and Effects of Sin

Resources on The Power and Effects of Sin

Betrayed and Denied

John 13:18-28 18 “I am not referring to all of you; I know those I have chosen. But this is to fulfill this passage of Scripture: ‘He who shared my bread has turned against me.’ 19 “I am telling you now before it happens, so that when it does happen you will believe that I am who I am. 20 Very truly I tell you, whoever accepts anyone I send accepts me; and whoever accepts me accepts the one who sent me.” 21 After he had said this, Jesus was troubled…

A Crisis of Faith

Habakkuk 1:1-4 1 The prophecy that Habakkuk the prophet received. 2 How long, Lord, must I call for help,    but you do not listen?Or cry out to you, “Violence!”    but you do not save?3 Why do you make me look at injustice?    Why do you tolerate wrongdoing?Destruction and violence are before me;    there is strife, and conflict abounds.4 Therefore the law is paralyzed,    and justice never prevails.The wicked hem in the righteous,    so that justice is perverted. Scripture taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONALVERSION ®. NIV®. COPYRIGHT © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 byBiblica, Inc.®. Used by…

Father Wisdom’s Warning

Proverbs 1:8-19 8 Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction    and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.9 They are a garland to grace your head    and a chain to adorn your neck. 10 My son, if sinful men entice you,    do not give in to them.11 If they say, “Come along with us;    let’s lie in wait for innocent blood,    let’s ambush some harmless soul;12 let’s swallow them alive, like the grave,    and whole, like those who go down to the pit;13 we will get all sorts of valuable things    and fill our houses with plunder;14 cast lots with…

The Meaning of Christmas Pt.2

1 John 3:1-10 In 1 John chapter three, we find two additional reasons for the coming of Christ. First, he came to do away with sin. Second, he came to destroy the work of the Devil. John presses Christians to live in view of those purposes. We are to grow in ever-increasing degrees of obedience while we wait for Christ’s second coming. One evidence of our growth in Christlikeness will be our love for one another. To view the discussion…