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The Word of God
Today we think of a word as a string of characters written or printed on paper or some other medium. The ancient Greeks, however, understood their expression for word much differently than we do now. Their understanding was much fuller than. . .
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There are many examples of Jesus the Christ in the Old Testament. Several are listed here. The Bible tells us in the New Testament that there are many things recorded in the Old Testament that were to be examples for us. For example, the Israelites displeased God in the Wilderness. . .
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Picture: Christian Before the Cross Should Obeying the Law Be a Burden?
Obeying the law is not a requirement for salvation. Nevertheless, the keeping of God's commandments is a good work. Furthermore, Christians should strive to do good works. Thus obeying the law should not be a burden for Christians. In the old pharisaical system of hundreds of minute laws, obedience to them was a burden. It was such a burden that...


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We are not subject to those ordinances that tell us what to eat, what to taste, and what to touch or not to touch. For example, people under the Old Covenant would become unclean if they touched a dead body or a person with a disease. Those ordinances were nailed to the cross, thus we are not subject to them...


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Have you ever been discouraged when reading the book of Revelation? Have you set it down in exasperation exclaiming, "I just can't understand this"? Do you wish there was an easy way to put the book of Revelation into perspective? Well now there is. There is a article that breaks down the Revelation into understandable "chunks". Read it here...


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…And all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags —Isaiah 64:6. Let me use an illustration that will bring home what God thinks of the righteous acts of men. Suppose there is a jewelry store owned by someone near and dear to you. The owner loves you so much that he mortgages his whole estate to buy a jewel just for you ...


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שאלו שלום ירושלים
—Psalm 122:6a (Pray for the peace of Jerusalem) *

 Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path." Psalm 119:105
"The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever." Psalm 12:6-7


 

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    * Or, as the Masoretic text spells it, ירושלם (Yerushalam instead of   ירושלים, Yerushalayim, which is the plural form)
    * שאלו שלום ירושלים is transliterated "shaalu shalom yerushalaim".