Category Archives: practicing righteousness

The Defiled Man (12)

Posted on February 5, 2010 by

What is it that defiles a man?  Asked another way, what makes a man unclean?  We have seen recently that the parable of Jesus washing his disciples’ feet means that he washes us by his word.  “All of you are … Continue reading →

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Let the Dead Bury the Dead (11)

Posted on February 1, 2010 by

We have to come up from here, out of this place of death, in which we live and move.  For where do we really have our being?  Is it not already established in the Kingdom?  Yes, but he who sets his hand … Continue reading →

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Knowing God’s Ways (8)

Posted on January 28, 2010 by

Why is it so important to wash oneself with God’s Word?  Because only then can we learn and know God’s ways.  This explains the fundamental reason why God gave us a written Bible.  The Bible witnesses his truth, his ways.  Has … Continue reading →

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The Salvation of the Soul (5)

Posted on January 15, 2010 by

As one progresses in Christianity he or she must ultimately come to understand that the salvation of the soul is NOT the same thing as the salvation of the spirit.  The two salvations are related in that one cannot begin to … Continue reading →

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The Washing of Water by the Word (4)

Posted on January 13, 2010 by

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word, That he might present it to himself a glorious … Continue reading →

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Taking the Land

Posted on December 21, 2009 by

THE TWO WITNESSES (5) After the death of Moses the servant of the Lord, the Lord said to Joshua the son of Nun, Moses’ assistant,  [2] “Moses my servant is dead. Now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, you and … Continue reading →

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My Kingdom is Not of this World

Posted on December 10, 2009 by

Jesus spoke many words that we have not understood, nor applied to our lives.  I personally am always challenged by his statement to Pilate, “My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants … Continue reading →

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Day of Atonement

Posted on September 25, 2009 by

This coming Monday, September 28, is the Day of Atonement.  Like all Hebrew days, it actually begins the previous day at sunset and ends Monday at sunset.  The feast is explained in Leviticus: And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,  … Continue reading →

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That the Word of God be not Blasphemed

Posted on August 22, 2009 by

Yesterday we considered the “pattern” that God has established in our approach to Him.  One of the passages that we looked at was from Titus.  Let’s look at that again: But you speak the things which become sound doctrine: That … Continue reading →

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According to the Pattern

Posted on August 21, 2009 by

God instructed Moses very particularly with respect to building the Old Testament tabernacle of worship.  He said,  “According to all that I show you, after the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all the furnishings of it, even … Continue reading →

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