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How Old Are You 1 John 2:12-14

1 John 2:12-14 (NET) 12 I am writing to you, little children, that your sins have been forgiven because of his name. 13 I am writing to you, fathers, that you have known him who has been from the beginning. I am writing to you, young people, that you have conquered the evil one. 14 I have written to you, children, that you have known the Father. I have written to you, fathers, that you have known…

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Do You Love or Hate? 1 John 2:2-11

1 John 2:7-11 (NET) 7 Dear friends, I am not writing a new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you have had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word that you have already heard. 8 On the other hand, I am writing a new commandment to you which is true in him and in you, because the darkness is passing away and the true light is already shining. 9 The one who says he is in…

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Do You Keep His Commandments? 1 John 2:3-6

1 John 2:3-6 (NET) 3 Now by this we know that we have come to know God: if we keep his commandments. 4 The one who says “I have come to know God” and yet does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in such a person. 5 But whoever obeys his word, truly in this person the love of God has been perfected. By this we know that we are in him. The one who says he resides in God ought…

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Are You Confessing Your Sins? 1 John 1:8 through 2:2

1 John 1:8-10 (NET) 8 If we say we do not bear the guilt of sin, we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us. 9 But if we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous, forgiving us our sins and cleansing us from all unrighteousness. 10 If we say we have not sinned, we make him a liar and his word is not in us.

1 John 2:1-2 (NET) 1 (My little children, I am writing these things to you…

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Why Did They Suppress The Truth? Romans 1:18-25

Romans 1:18-25 (NET) 18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of people who suppress the truth by their unrighteousness, 19 because what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. 20 For since the creation of the world his invisible attributes – his eternal power and divine nature – have been clearly seen,…

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Have You Confessed Your Sins? 1 John 1:8-2:2

1 John 1:8-10 (NET) 8 If we say we do not bear the guilt of sin, we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us. 9 But if we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous, forgiving us our sins and cleansing us from all unrighteousness. 10 If we say we have not sinned, we make him a liar and his word is not in us.

1 John 2:1-2 (NET) 1 (My little children, I am writing these things to you…

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Have You Received God’s Righteousness? Romans 1:14-17

Romans 1:14-17 (NET) 14 I am a debtor both to the Greeks and to the barbarians, both to the wise and to the foolish. 15 Thus I am eager also to preach the gospel to you who are in Rome. 16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is God’s power for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. 17 For the righteousness of God is revealed in the gospel from faith to…

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Are You Walking In The Light? 1 John 1:5-7

1 John 1:5-7 (NET) 5 Now this is the gospel message we have heard from him and announce to you: God is light, and in him there is no darkness at all. 6 If we say we have fellowship with him and yet keep on walking in the darkness, we are lying and not practicing the truth. 7 But if we walk in the light as he himself is in the light, we have fellowship with one another and the blood of Jesus his…

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Do You Have Vision To Visit? Romans 1:8-13

Romans 1:8-13 (NET)

Do You Have Vision To Visit?

8 First of all, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is proclaimed throughout the whole world. 9 For God, whom I serve in my spirit by preaching the gospel of his Son, is my witness that I continually remember you 10 and I always ask in my prayers, if perhaps now at last I may succeed in visiting you according…

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Are You Partners With The Apostles? 1 John 1:1-4

Are You Partners With The Apostles?

1 John 1:1-4

1 John 1:1-4 (NET) 1 This is what we proclaim to you: what was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we have looked at and our hands have touched (concerning the word of life – 2 and the life was revealed, and we have seen and testify and announce to you the eternal life that was with the Father and was…

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Nimuel Chhatria India Missions Report - May - July 2018

Nimuel Chhatria India Missions Report – May – July 2018

Our dear prayer partners ,Loving greetings in the name of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ ,

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5,LIST OF PEOPLE SERVED ,Total 121 people professed to Jesus Christ ,

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Have You Kept The Kiss? 1 Thessalonians 5:25-28

1 Thessalonians 5:25-28 (NET) 25 Brothers and sisters, pray for us too. 26 Greet all the brothers and sisters with a holy kiss. 27 I call on you solemnly in the Lord to have this letter read to all the brothers and sisters. 28 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.

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Context: Paul’s final words for his first letter to the Thessalonians.

Phrases:

Brothers and sisters, pray for us too-

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New Testament 2 class at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary

New Testament 2 class at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary

Just finished my New Testament 2 class (Romans to Revelations) as part of the summer intensive program at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.  The intensive included a 40 hour class (8am to 5pm for one week), assignments to create two New Testament book outlines, 8 sermon plans, 600 pages of reading, and a 3 hour final exam.

I was impressed by my teacher, Brett Akright.  Anyone who has…

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Is God Making You Holy? 1 Thessalonians 5:23-24

1 Thessalonians 5:23-24 (NET)

23 Now may the God of peace himself make you completely holy and may your spirit and soul and body be kept entirely blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. 24 He who calls you is trustworthy, and he will in fact do this.

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Context: Paul is writing short lessons as he ends his first letter to the Thessalonians.

Phrases:

Now may the God of peace himself…

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Do you value Prophecies? 1 Thessalonians 5:20-22

1 Thessalonians 5:20-22

20 Do not treat prophecies with contempt.

21 But examine all things; hold fast to what is good.

22 Stay away from every form of evil.

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Context:

Paul is ending his letter with various short instructions.

Phrases:

Do not treat prophecies with contempt –

A) prophecies

• New Testament Prophecies are speech spoken by one with the gift of prophecy.

• Romans 12:6 (NET) And we…

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What is an Elder’s family like? 长老的家庭是什么样子的？ Titus 1:6 NET 提多书1:6 NET

Titus 1:6 NET

提多书1:6 NET

What is an Elder’s family like?

长老的家庭是什么样子的？

6 An elder must be blameless, the husband of one wife, with faithful children who cannot be charged with dissipation or rebellion.

长老需要具备的品质，首先他是無可指責的，只做一個婦人的丈夫，兒女是信徒，他们沒有被控告為放蕩或不服從。

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Context:

回顾

In the last verse, Paul told Titus that he left him in Crete to appoint Elders. Now Paul provides the qualifications for…

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What is God’s Will for Your Mouth? 1 Thessalonians 5:16-19

1 Thessalonians 5:16-19 (NET)

16 Always rejoice, 17 constantly pray, 18 in everything give thanks. For this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. 19 Do not extinguish the Spirit.

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Context:

Paul continues to list several brief instructions as he ends his first letter to the Thessalonians.

Phrases:

Always rejoice –

• Meaning to make it a practice to continually rejoice in all situations. Even…