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We continue to look at how the false teachers were seeking to draw the believers of the Colossians church away from the truth found in Jesus and His word. Satan does not care what false teaching a believer get lured into. Satan simply wants to see all believers drawn away from Jesus and His word. In this case, the false teachers were trying to draw them into circumcision as a means of reaching a higher level of spirituality. 

Paul continues to remind them that they are complete in Christ. No born-again believer lacks in the least. We are all complete in Christ the second we are justified by the finished work of Jesus.

May we all continue to stand strong in Jesus and His word against the many false teachers of our day. May we always know that we are complete in Christ. 

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As we continue in our study of the book of Micah, we encounter a verse that describes three-character traits of a believer strongly rooted in their relationship with God. They are three traits that all of us as believers should be known for. 

What God desires for all his children is that we would be just, love mercy and walk humbly with God. These traits, easily seen by all, are the marks of a true believer. They identify the person who has a deep and abiding relationship with Jesus. They identify a person filled with and walking in the power of the Holy Spirit.

Is that what others see when they look at us?

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This week we had to cancel our study in Colossians due to the storm of the century. In light of this, I wanted to take a moment and share a word of encouragement and challenge for 2026. We are certainly living in perilous times. The return of Christ is at hand now more than ever. Pressure is rising from every angle. 

So with this in mind, I thought it would be good to offer both encouragement and a challenge for the remnant of God in these last of the last days.

Maranatha

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In this study, Micah first addresses the leaders. These were men who have chosen to completely ignore the word of God. The love what God hates, and they hate what God loves. God calls for a society to be ruled by justice, yet the defiantly rule by injustice. Micah compares them to cannibals. 

He then addresses the false prophets who are injecting the people with venom. The evil leaders wanted religion in their government, but not God. These false prophets readily answered the call. 

A time would come when the consequences for their actions would be realized. They will try to call out to God but God will not hear them. Such is the outcome for those who have defiantly and continuously crossed the line of disobedience

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Paul has shown us what true Christian maturity is. He has told us why it is so critical to be mature in Christ. And he has told us how to live in true Christian maturity. Now he will come back to warning us of the grave dangers that all believers will face. 

Many don't like to hear the hard message that comes with severe warnings. Yet they are necessary. As believers, we enter the battlefield the instant we are born again. We must be thoroughly warned and continuously maturing in Christ. As it has been said before, the Christian life is a battleground not a playground. 

The key to fighting this battle is to recognize always that we are complete in Christ. We fight this battle through knowing God's word and living in obedience to His word. As we obey God's word we then will abide in Christ. 

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We now begin a study in the book of Micah. Micah had a tough message of judgment to deliver. This message of judgment was well deserved, yet he took no pleasure in the delivering it. On the contrary, he was devasted.

The world today stands on the precipice of the judgement of God. It is a deserved judgment. What is our response in the face of this certain judgment that will soon be poured out? Is our heart broken for this Christ rejecting world?

There is much that we can learn from Micah. May we all have a heart that breaks for those who will soon stand before the LORD in judgment.

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Paul has shown us what Christian maturity looks like. He has explained to us why it is so important for believers to be mature in Christ. And finally, he has told us how we are to live in Christian maturity. So, the question now begs, how do we measure up to what Paul has taught us?

As the return of Christ hastens, spiritual deception is rising and spreading everywhere. We will never be able to stand against this vast deception that has infiltrated so much of the church if we are not mature in Christ. Furthermore, an immature believer is of no use to the body of Christ. 

So, how do we measure up? Are we mature in Christ? If not, why? If so, then steadfastly continue to abide in Christ and live in uncompromising obedience to Jesus and His word. 

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We now conclude our study in the book of Jonah. He is a character through whom much can be learned. He was a reluctant prophet of God. Jonah was disobedient to a clear direct command from God simply because he hated the people that God was sending him to. Although corrected through severe chastisement, he still did not have God's heart for the lost.  

It is easy to be critical of Jonah, yet we are all capable of acting exactly like Jonah. A quote from Warren Wiersbe says it best. "When reputation is more important than character and pleasing ourselves and our friends is more important than pleasing God, than we are in danger of becoming like Jonah and living to defend our prejudices instead of fulfilling our spiritual responsibilities." 

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One thing we see in this study is the importance of maturing in Christ. It is important the pastor, the shepherd to preach Jesus and to warn and instruct all believers according to God's word in order for them to mature. It is also important that the believer have a strong desire to be mature in Christ.

As the return of Christ hastens, the need for true Christian maturity can never be overstated. With all the evil so rapidly rising all around us, only the mature Christian will be prepared for what is to come.

We must abide in Christ. We must spend time in God's word. We must know God's word, and we must live in obedience to His word always. The believer who does this will be on solid ground in Christ. 

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We now begin a study in the book of Jonah. When we come to this little book, most think of Jonah and the whale. How amazing that a man could be swallowed by a whale and then three days later be vomited out on to dry land alive. But Jonah is about much more than a whale.

In Jonah we will see the love of God for all of humanity. God was sending Jonah to the worst people imaginable. Their actions were horrific at best and yet God loved them. He commanded Jonah to go to them.

We will also see the sovereignty of God on full display as Jonah's disobedience and attitude are corrected. God had control over the storm. He had control over the whale. And He had control over Jonah's life.

 Finally, we will learn the horror of indifference. How we are all capable of indifference towards a lost and dying world.

A book filled with great lessons for us all. 

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