08
Aug '17
Examine Yourself
08
Aug '17
by Ronnie Hewitt
“Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves. Do you not realize that Christ Jesus is in you–unless, of course, you fail the test?” (2Corinthians 13:5)
Paul encouraged the Corinthian believers to examine themselves to see if they really were or not in Christ. Self-examination is an important and necessary task that all Christians should engage in. No knowledge is as important to believers as the certainty that they have eternal life. It is very important that we understand that it is possible for a Christian to become disqualified before God, if he ceases walking in the light (cf. 1John 1:5-7).
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31
Jul '17
Take Captive Every Thought
31
Jul '17
by Ronnie Hewitt
2Corinthians 10:3-5 “For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.”
Christian warfare involves bringing all our thoughts into alignment with Christ’s will; failure to do so will lead to immorality and spiritual death (Rom 6:16, 23; 8:13). I believe that we can use the following steps to bring our thought life under Christ’s lordship.
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10
Jul '17
Fruitful and Flourishing
10
Jul '17
Wisdom Hunter, 7/6/2017
“The righteous flourish like the palm tree, and grow like a cedar in Lebanon. They are planted in the house of the LORD; they flourish in the courts of our God. In old age, they still produce fruit.” (Psalm 92:12-14)
In the book of Genesis, we encounter God’s original plan for humanity. He lays out with utmost clarity the purpose and vocation of men and women within His created order. “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over every living thing that moves upon the earth” (Gen. 1:28). One way to tell the story of creation, fall, and redemption is through this lens of fruitfulness and flourishing.
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