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December 23rd

The bible reading today is in the final chapters of Hebrews...chapters 11, 12, and 13.

To this point in our reading, we heard the case that...

Jesus is better...and...that is what I'm going to tag Hebrews with...“Jesus is just magnanimously Better than everything else.

We read that Jesus was and is greater than Moses. Moses was a rescuer...rescuing Israel from Egyptian bondage. Moses was the lawgiver from Mt Sinai...Moses was the covenant agent for Israel with God...And Moses was the warrior prophet and chosen intercessor with God for God’s chosen ones...He led Israel through the wilderness and to the entrance of the promised land. Moses was a great man.

But Jesus is better!

Jesus rescues people, Jews, and Gentiles, from something much worse than Egyptian abuse. Jesus rescued and rescues sinners from the jaws of hell to the Kingdom of heaven.

Jesus did not give the law of sin and death. He, through his atoning death, gave a different law...the law of the Spirit of life...grace and truth and mercy!

Moses sat on a hillside and raised his staff during Joshua’s battle with the Amalekites in the wilderness journey to the land of promise. As long as Moses held his hands up Joshua prevailed.

Jesus stretched his arms and hands and feet on an old rugged cross. He chose the help of Roman spikes driven through his hands and feet to keep his arms raised. And for 6 hours he battled hell on a hillside called Calvary and won salvation to the fullest for his followers.

Yes, Moses was great, but Jesus was and is better.

“By faith, Abel offered to God a more acceptable sacrifice than his brother, Cain...And through his faith, though he died, he still speaks.”

‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭11:4‬

Abel’s worship of the Father was accepted by God...and though he died, he still speaks.

Jesus’ worship of the Father from the garden to the cross was accepted by the Father and proven so when he raised his son from the dead. And Jesus being alive still speaks.

Abel was commended by God. The resurrected Jesus ascended to God.

Abel was great...but Jesus was and is better.

“By faith, Enoch was taken up so that he should not see death...before he was taken he was commended as having pleased God.”

‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭11:5‬

Others commended Enoch for a faith that pleased God. Awesome.

But Jesus and the crowd at John’s baptism, heard the Father say from heaven...” this is my beloved son”...in whom I am well pleased.

Enoch was great in his faith toward God. But Jesus was loved by His great Father who took pleasure in him.

Jesus was and is better.

“By faith Noah, being warned by God concerning events as yet unseen, in reverent fear constructed an ark for the saving of his household. By this, he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.”

‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭11:7‬

Noah trusted God and built a great boat to save his household from the flood that God sent to judge a wicked godless world. Noah became an heir of the righteousness of God. Amazingly wonderful! What a husband and father for his family. Noah was great.

Jesus did not save his life from the righteous wrath of the Father upon sin and sinners. Jesus gave his life as a substitute for me and you who believe him. He took our sin on himself and put his righteousness upon us, making us the heir of God and heaven.

Yes, Noah was great, but Jesus was and is better. “

And what more shall I say? For time would fail me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets—of whom the world was not worthy...they did not receive all that was promised...God was going to provide something better...Jesus!

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December 22nd

The bible reading is in Hebrews chapters 7-10.

Jesus is better. Jesus is a better Priest than Aaron and his line of sons who became High Priests after him. Let us listen...

“And the lineage of Aaron indeed have been made priests...as God commanded Moses to bestow the High Priest office upon his brother Aaron and his sons after him. There were many in number...in the hundreds up until the time of Christ’s birth in Bethlehem...because by death they were hindered from continuing:

Just like Aaron died so did his sons...they were all mortal...“but he...”Jesus...“because he lives forever, his priesthood is forever unchangeable.”

Jesus was mortal and immortal in the same body...every bit man and every bit God...Jesus suffered and died on the cross in his mortality and was raised from the dead to live forever...never to die again...showing his immortality.

“Therefore he (Jesus) is able to save to the uttermost (even to the guttermost) them that draw near unto God through him,”

The priests in Aaron’s order could only present sacrifices to save in their short lifetimes. There was bound to be Israelites who mourned Aaron’s death because they were now without an intercessor between them and God...forever how long that may be.

But Jesus is better...the better High Priest because...“He ever lives for us." That phrase, he ever lives for us, thrills my soul...it doesn't say that the one who went to extraordinary measures to save me from my sins lives for me until he doesn't...he died for me and now lives for me forever. Praise his name.

And in particular, Jesus ever lives...to make intercession for us who believe!.”

‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭7:23-25‬

O friends I got saved by Jesus on the cross...and I am forever being saved by his forever life! Awesome.

And the writer continues to make the case that Jesus is better by far always...“But when Christ appeared as a high priest of the good things that have come, A high priest with salvation power...then through the greater and more perfect tent ( not made with hands, that is, not of this creation).

Heaven’s perfect Temple...Jesus entered once for all into the holy places not by means of the blood of goats and calves but by means of his own blood, thus securing an eternal redemption.”

‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭9:11-12‬

Jesus...the High Priest that went into the holy of holies in Heaven...not to place animal sacrificed blood on the ark of the covenant for one more year of salvation for the believer...Jesus went in and placed his own sacrificial blood from the cross upon the ark of the covenant securing for those who believe Him as the one and only savior God an eternal redemption...an eternal life with God.

So awesome to my heart...Jesus was and is better...Let us trust him more friends.

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December 21st

The bible reading today is in Hebrews chapters 1-6.

60 years after the death burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ this letter to the believers on the western front of the spread of the gospel was received and accepted as worthy to be apart of the Biblical record.

The authorship of the letter is certainly God, but who he used to pen this scroll is still a mystery.

Many believe the author of Hebrews was Paul. Still, others thought it was Apollos. And still, others thought it was Clement of Rome, a disciple of Paul and Peter before their deaths. Imagine learning of Jesus at the feet of Peter and Paul. Well historians say that Clement, mentioned in Philippians, and who became the leader of the church in Rome, he was that person of that tutelage privilege.

So who penned Hebrews? I don't know. I want to lean toward Paul. All I really know for sure is that its message is from heaven for Jewish believers in Jesus, most likely in Rome.

The author writes...“Since we have a great high priest...The one who makes sacrifice for sinners...who has passed through the heavens, Not the Tabernacle...not the Temple made with human hands...but our high priest came from heaven...not an earthly high priest, but a heavenly one...Jesus, the Son of God, Not Aaron or any of the sons of Aaron...but Jesus, God the son, is our high priest who made the perfect sacrifice for our sins...So...let us hold fast our confession. Let us not be intimidated or made fearful and doubting...say it out loud...Jesus is Lord...our perfect high priest who makes the way for sinners to fellowship with God and worship Him...justified and sanctified unto God forever!

And we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, Our high priest was/is perfect...but he was and is human...and understands our temptations and our spiritual challenges in our flesh and blood. Who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin.

Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

Since we have a high priest who saves sinners like us through his perfect sacrifice, let us also be confident that he saves and “keeps” his own with abundant grace for every other need that we have on our journey from earth to heaven."

‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭4:14-16‬

Hebrews makes clear that there is but one who deserves our utmost devotion and the primary place in our lives...Jesus.

Hebrews proves that “Jesus is just better” than anything and everything we could ever desire.

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December 20th

The bible reading today is in the book of 1 Peter. Yes, all five chapters...but it’s worth the read.

The apostle Peter wrote to a group of disciples, Jews, and Gentiles, scattered through the northern mountain ranges of Asia...modern-day Turkey.

Peter wrote quite a lot about persecution aimed at Christians. By tradition, Peter spent his final years ministering in and around Rome. More than likely, Peter wrote his epistles from Rome just before Nero began all-out destruction of Christianity, including mass murdering of the followers of the way.

Peter wrote a message preparing the believers for suffering.

“For this is a gracious thing, when mindful of God...what is?...suffering unjustly just as the savior suffered for you and me without bitterness...that is a thing only accomplished by the grace of God...pray for it...

What is that gracious thing? It’s when a believer endures sorrows while suffering unjustly.

For what credit is it if, when you sin and are beaten for it, you endure? But if when you do good and suffer for it you endure, this is a “gracious thing” in the sight of God.”

‭‭1 Peter‬ ‭2:19-20‬

Some have called this letter of Peter the “Job” of the new testament. Like Job, Peter, and the disciples that he sent the letter to would experience much suffering. They must see the hand of God in the suffering. God is up to something in the midst of unjust persecution. It would be a time for grace to be given by God to the humble sufferers.

For three years, Peter lived in close proximity to Jesus....as a member of the twelve apostles. He saw first hand what it looked like to live by grace in the midst of a hostile world. He saw Jesus berated and betrayed with false and hateful words. He saw Jesus denied by friends in His darkest hours. He saw Jesus threatened and beaten and crucified falsely.

Peter saw Jesus suffer physically and spiritually as he took on sin and satan and death. And he saw Jesus win by the grace of the Father. He saw Jesus win through sacrifice and forgiveness.

Peter knew what the Spirit was communicating to these who others called, exiles and aliens. Suffering was coming. But there was...The Way to endure and win...Jesus...who is indeed everything they/we need!

And Peter by the Spirit continues...“But even if you should suffer for righteousness’ sake, “you will be blessed”.

Think on this friends...The Holy Spirit through Peter was promising benefits from heaven to earth for any believer suffering for doing God’s will. So awesome!

Peter continues...Have no fear of the persecutors, nor be troubled, Be courageous in your hour of fear...

Moses told Joshua in Deuteronomy 31:6 “Be strong and courageous...and do fear what oppressors might do to you...for the Lord your God goes with you, never to leave you nor forsake you.” By the way...this verse was highlighted in my Grandson Warren’s bible and in his spiritual journal...it became our rallying cry as we said good by to him 6 years ago...and it’s the first word from God to us when life gets hard...Thank you, Warren.

And Peter continues..."But in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, In your hearts see Jesus and honor him in life and death...the one who makes both eternal Gain for us who believe. Always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; with gentleness and respect,”

‭‭1 Peter‬ ‭3:14-15‬

O Lord make us ready for every good work and witness...especially in our hours of darkness and suffering...may our testimonies be of you and your faithfulness to persevere with us!

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December 19th

The bible reading today is in the three chapters of Titus.

“To Titus, my true child in a common faith:"

No one is absolutely sure about the nature of Titus’ relationship with Paul. Most believe that he was converted to Christ during one of the missionary journeys of Paul. And that he served alongside of Paul on parts of his first missionary journey.

However, Paul calls Titus his “true child” in the faith. Perhaps Paul got to lead Titus to Christ in a one on one witnessing experience. I wouldn't doubt it.

It is obvious that Paul held Titus in great respect. Paul called him a friend and a fellow worker in the Gospel ministry. ‭‭Titus‬ ‭1:4‬

Paul chose his friend, a converted Gentile, as the disciple servant leader to help the churches that were planted in Crete.

“This is why I left you in Crete so that you might "put what remained into order”, and appoint elders in every town as I directed you—”

‭‭Titus‬ ‭1:5

What an important assignment Paul entrusted to Titus.

The churches were birthed from the missionary journeys of Paul. He had to have a great measure of joy and a sense of gratefulness to God for using him and his teams to be a part of something so awesome.

The Island was known for their one hundred towns. And they all had a church that needed encouragement, guidance, and Godly leadership. So Paul sent Titus...to oversee that process...how special!

And Paul gave Titus some instructions that would apply to him and all leaders in the churches...for instance

“as for you, teach what accords with sound doctrine.”

‭‭Titus‬ ‭2:1‬

“Titus, teach the truth of the word...every truth and every word. And keep doing it. You will lead best from your teaching of the word.”

Paul also wrote Titus to constantly remind the Pastors to say “yes” to whatever God brings their way...even before they know what it is. “Remind them...to be ready for “every” good work,”

‭‭Titus‬ ‭3:1‬

One Sunday after church, in Spring Texas, a woman who just started visiting our church came to ask me to pray for her family, a husband, and two sons...one in high school and another in college. Several months later her husband walked the aisle after my sermon to talk to me about Christ’s salvation. That day through a contrite spirit and slow tears, that man expressed a heart-felt desire to be saved...to believe Jesus and follow him with his whole heart. Some would call that a good work.

Later that week I made a follow-up visit on the new convert. Some would say that was a good work. The wife met me at the door to let me know that her husband got hung up at work and was going to be late. She asked if we could reschedule. I said sure and headed for my car.

Then I heard some laughter and loud teasing coming from the garage...the door was open and I saw 4-5 young fellows playing pool. They saw me. They invited me to play.

I could have excused myself. But I didn't. I wound up accepting their invitation and enjoying an hour and a half of pool with the guys. Some would say, even me, that the games of pool were me being ready to be polite.

But months afterward, three of those young men, including the two sons, bowed their hearts to Jesus and began to follow Him as their savior God. Some would say that those guys getting saved under my preaching was a good work.

But...knowing what I do now...the good work began in a garage playing pool.

Lord, keep making me/us ready for every good work...my answer is YES...whatever!

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December 18th

The bible reading today is the book of 1 Timothy...Paul’s first letter to his disciple from Lystra, young Timothy.

1 Timothy along with 2 Timothy and Titus make up Paul’s final letters...we call them the pastoral letters of Paul...offering practical pastoral counsel from the Holy Spirit...to these young pastors.

Paul had recruited young Timothy to accompany him on his second missionary journey alongside Silas. Timothy would be much-needed refreshment for Paul since his recent split with friend and partner, Barnabas. Maybe Paul learned something from Barnabas’ heart for training young John Mark.

The book of Acts ends with Paul sitting in prison awaiting an audience with Caesar Nero. Paul was expecting to be released. Perhaps he was. And from there, perhaps Paul took a fourth missionary journey. Perhaps this was when he visited Ephesus again...placing Timothy over the church there. And then Paul winds up back in a Roman cell awaiting his death. And this would be where the aged Paul wrote Timothy and Titus pastoral letters. Just my accumulative info on when Paul died.

Why is 1 Timothy so important? Perhaps it is because it is the most complete instruction on pastoral leadership for the church in our New Testaments.

We read where Paul by the Spirit made it clear that order for worship and living was essential for a healthy church. He gave instruction on the qualifications and duties of elders and deacons.

Paul was trying to help Timothy to understand the importance of the purity of heart and life for leaders in the church. And he was also giving guidelines for the gatherings that Timothy would oversee.

Paul knew that Timothy’s youth would be a blessing and a curse for his pastoral ministry. Let us listen to Paul’s encouragement.

“Let no one despise you for your youth, but set the believers an example in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.”

‭‭1 Timothy‬ ‭4:12‬

Paul knew that Timothy would need the energy of the young to lead the fast-growing church. But he also knew that his example of godliness would come in handy when older brethren questioned his motives.

Paul knew that Timothy was young in the faith. Paul knew that Timothy would be tempted to discouragements and despair in the midst of his ministry. So Paul admonished the young spiritual leader...two times in the same letter...to stay the course...endure to the end.

“This charge I entrust to you, Timothy, my child, in accordance with the prophecies previously made about you, that by them you may wage the good warfare,”

‭‭1 Timothy‬ ‭1:18‬

This ministry would be one battle after another...but remember the gifts you've received from the Spirit and use them!

“Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called and about which you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.”

‭‭1 Timothy‬ ‭6:12‬

Fight Timothy...fight the good and courageous and honorable fight...even unto death for the sake of the gospel that is the power of God unto salvation!

Go for it Timothy...perseverance will be hard and costly...but remember that your own salvation came to you at a high price! March On....another favorite hymn...

“Then let our songs abound and every tear be dry...we’re marching through Immanuel’s ground, we’re marching through Immanuel's ground, To fairer worlds on high to fairer worlds on high.”

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December 17th

The bible reading today is in the four-chapter letter of Paul to the church at Philippi...probably the last of the four prison epistles written during his first imprisonment in Rome.

The Prison Epistles from Rome..? Philemon was a letter to a personal friend in the church of Colossae...concerning victory that comes through forgiveness.

Colossians was a letter to a church that dealt with the divinity of Christ that had been denied by some teachers in that church.

Ephesians was a formal letter to the church at Ephesus dealing with the doctrines and applications of such doctrines in the daily disciple life of doing church together as the Holy Spirit-filled body of Christ.

And now Philippians...A brother in the Lord from the church in Philippi, Epaphroditus, came to Rome to see Paul. He was delivering a financial love offering from the church. Paul’s heart was lifted and the joy of the Lord became his renewed strength for carrying on while in the custody of Rome.

Paul’s letter was a thank you to the church for their timely gift. He wanted to encourage them as they encouraged him. He wanted to give them something that would make their hearts glad forever. And he did.

Now for some of my favorite texts in this letter of joy.

“And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.”

‭‭Philippians‬ ‭1:6‬

Paul wanted his good friends to know beyond a doubt that the salvation that God began in them through the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus would be completed...by Him, not by them...talk about good news and some.

Phil. 1:6 was one of the first 60 bible verses that I memorized right after I got saved 50+ years ago.

I had grown into manhood believing as my family believed...Jesus may have begun my salvation process at the cross, but I had the responsibility of completing it with my faithfulness to God in my daily life.

I was always messing up. I was always sinning. I was so far from being faithful to God. Therefore I had grave doubts that I would wind up in heaven one day. And that led me to simply dismiss myself from all conversations about God and salvation.

Then at age 19, I began to follow Jesus, trusting in Him alone for my salvation. And then to run across this verse in my bible reading was confirming to my soul...”He which began a good work of salvation in me would be the one who would complete it. Now that is something and someone to rejoice in!

Next...“For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.”

‭‭Philippians‬ ‭1:21‬

Paul shared his own testimony of life and death. Both of those can be complicated for any believer in Jesus. So Paul, by the Spirit, brought life and death to their common denominators.

Life...including all of its parts...including personal discipleship...marriage relationship...family interaction, jobs, education, friends, etc...

All of that Is Christ...plain and simple.

And death? Well....It is GAIN!

It may be mixed with loss for the loved ones left behind...but for the Christian who has departed? It is GAIN. Thanks for sharing Paul...You and Jesus...us and Jesus too.

So...Even when I feel so weak...when I feel so incapable...when I feel so inadequate...I remember and I believe...“I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.”

‭‭Philippians‬ ‭4:13‬

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December 16th

The bible reading today is Paul’s letter to the church at Ephesus.

For a brief time at the end of his second missionary journey and for over two years during his third missionary journey, Paul ministered the gospel in Ephesus.

Paul wrote this letter about the same time as the letters to Colossae, Philemon, and Philippians...60-61 AD...making them the 4 prison epistles in our New Testaments.

While Galatians and 2 Corinthians abound in personal bits of Paul’s life, the good and the stressful, Ephesians is on the opposite end of the spectrum. The letter to the Ephesian church is quite formal.

Paul addressed a particular problem in Galatians and how to deal with the trend toward legalism. In Ephesians, Paul addressed what it meant to be a Christian, regardless of what the problems were in and around the church. Paul dealt with core convictions and the practical living out of those basic beliefs no matter what.

So what was the big idea in Ephesians? God creating a holy community by his grace through the death burial and resurrection of His son, Jesus, and blessing them with that same grace to live well for God’s honor.

“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places,"

Wow...a fact...one to base our life and faith upon...The Ephesian friends in Christ were blessed by God...

HOW?...with “every spiritual blessing” in heaven.

O come on....could that be true? Could that be true for us in Christ?...for us in the church today?

YES!

That means that we don't have to wait until we get to heaven to know and fellowship and work with the God of heaven. We don't have to wait till heaven to be benefited by heavenly dwellers...God the Father, God the Son, God the Spirit, angel beings, and angel armies at our prayer and call...And...saints already in heaven interceding for us (Revelation 6:10)... “

And Paul writing...“For this reason, I bow my knees before the Father, from whom “every family” in “heaven and “on earth” is named,

‭‭Ephesians‬ ‭3:14-16‬ ‭

Every family “in heaven”...adding their prayers to the intercession of Jesus from heaven too (Romans 8:34) for every family on earth named by God...

What a blessing that is....that is ours in Christ... in his church...“even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world,”

God named us and chose us to be with him and in him and he in us from before the beginning of time. Strictly an act of mercy and grace from God toward us...giving us faith to believe.

Another spiritual blessing from heaven that we don't have to wait till heaven to enjoy...“that we should be holy and blameless before him”....set apart unto him forever...from earth to heaven.

‭‭Ephesians‬ ‭1:3-6‬

Can the blessings that belong to us in Christ be too good? Too good to be true?

We may feel like that sometimes...But they are not too good to embrace with all the spiritual faith and confidence God gives us...and then live there in grateful praise and spiritual power to the glory of God and the building up of the church.

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December 15th

The bible reading today is in the letters Paul sent to a friend named Philemon, and the church in Colossae.

Paul was in his first Roman imprisonment, around 60AD when he wrote these letters.

He asked his friend, Tychicus, to deliver the letters for him and take a newly converted slave named Onesimus with him.

Onesimus belongs to Philemon’s letter. Onesimus was a runaway slave from Colossae. He made his way to Rome to get lost in the big city and start a new life. There he met Paul and Jesus. His life would never be the same. He did indeed start a new life...a life on mission with Jesus.

Question: What about his runaway slave status? Paul told Onesimus that he needed to go back to his master and ask for forgiveness. And trust God with the results.

Maybe God would work in the heart of Philemon and Philemon would send him back to Rome to serve the purpose of God as a new brother in Christ, there with Paul.

And what was the message to Philemon? “Forgive Onesimus and treat him as a brother in the Lord...and if Onesimus owes you anything, put it on my account, I'll cover it later. And if you could, please send Onesimus back to me. He could serve me and Christ in your absence.

Paul is best known for his letters to the churches. But he had more than a passing interest in the individual believer...especially those who came to Christ under his ministry. Philemon was one such brother.

Paul called him, “my fellow worker in the gospel”...friends in the faith for sure...but Paul spoke straight with his friend...” as Christ forgave you, you must forgive the debt Onesimus owes you.”

Thank’s Lord for this personal snapshot of what forgiveness looks like. May we never forget it!

On to the Colossian letter...A brother named Epaphras, probably the pastor of the church in Colossae, made his way to Rome to visit his mentor, the Apostle Paul.

Epaphras was probably converted to Christ in Ephesus during Paul’s 3rd missionary journey. He knew that if anyone could shed some light on the church’s struggles in Colossae, it would be Paul.

Epaphras told Paul that there were some “so-called” Christians in Colossae, teaching that Jesus was not God. After Epaphras’ visit, Paul penned a letter to the church regarding the false teachers.

“Make no mistake, Jesus is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him. And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together.”

‭‭Colossians‬ ‭1:15-17‬

Paul made it clear once more that Jesus was God the Creator...he made it all and he holds all things together “For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell,”

‭‭Colossians‬ ‭1:19‬

I don't think the Spirit could have made it any clearer to the church. “Jesus was and is the Fullness of God!”

So church, you must get rid of the teachers who deny the divinity of Christ. Can they hang around? No! Church discipline applies here unless they repent. And even then they would have to prove themselves faithful for years before another teaching opportunity is given them.

“And you church, you who once were alienated and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds, he, Jesus, has now reconciled in his body of flesh by his death, in order to present you holy and blameless and above reproach before the Father...”

‭‭Colossians‬ ‭1:21-22‬ ‭

Jesus was and is the God of Creation and the God of Salvation...Praise Him...Worship Him...and let us take the stand as witnesses unto his Devine Lordship!

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