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PIONEERED BY JESUS INTO GOD'S FAMILY
Hebrews 2:10-13 In bringing many sons and daughters to glory, it was fitting that God, for whom and through whom everything exists, should make the pioneer of their salvation perfect through what he suffered. Both the one who makes people holy and those who are made holy are of the same family. So Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers and sisters. He says, “I will declare your name to my brothers and sisters; in the assembly I will sing your praises." And again, “I will
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HEART PURPOSE
1 Corinthians 4:4-5 My conscience is clear, but that does not make me innocent. It is the Lord who judges me. Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of the heart. At that time each will receive their praise from God. 1 Corinthians 4:4-5 Paul's message reminds us that it is very easy to fall into the trap of thinking that other people have the same thoughts and
Eddie Cox
Jul 303 min read
GUARD THE GOOD DEPOSIT
2 Timothy 1:14 Guard the good deposit that was entrusted to you— guard it with the help of the Holy Spirit who lives in us. 2 Timothy 1:14 We live in a world of keys, locks, alarms, and security systems. Paul's words shouldn't come as a surprise to us. We protect the things that are most valuable to us. What is more precious to us than the truth of God's saving grace in the gospel? Thankfully, God has pre-wired all of us with a security system to help protect that incredibly
Eddie Cox
Jul 293 min read
GOSPEL IMPORTANCE
1 Corinthians 15:1-4 Now, brothers and sisters, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which you received and on which you have taken your stand. By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain. For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Script
Eddie Cox
Jul 283 min read
GOD'S SHARPENED WORD
Hebrews 4:12-13 For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart. Nothing in all creation is hidden from God's sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of him to whom we must give account. Hebrews 4:12-13 God's Word is living power. The Word of God is living, because He is the living God Who breathes life into us
Eddie Cox
Jul 273 min read
GODLY RESPECT
1 Timothy 5:1-2 Do not rebuke an older man but encourage him as you would a father, younger men as brothers, older women as mothers, younger women as sisters, in all purity. 1 Timothy 5:1-2 As we begin to understand the grace and love of God that saved us, especially when we realize that Jesus demonstrated these to us when we were unworthy, then we must respond by treating others with gentleness and respect. Jesus didn't just die for us, He also died to save those around us.
Eddie Cox
Jul 263 min read
GODLY DISCIPLINE
Hebrews 12:4-7 In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood. And have you completely forgotten this word of encouragement that addresses you as a father addresses his son? It says, “My son, do not make light of the Lord's discipline, and do not lose heart when he rebukes you, because the Lord disciplines the one he loves, and he chastens everyone he accepts as his son." Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you
Eddie Cox
Jul 233 min read
GOD IS TRUE LOVE
1 Corinthians 13:3-7, 13 If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing. Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. And now
Eddie Cox
Jul 223 min read
GLORIFIED NOBODIES
1 Corinthians 1:26-31 Brothers and sisters, think of what you were when you were called. Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth. But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. God chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things-and the things that are notto nullify the things that are, so that no one may boast before him. It
Eddie Cox
Jul 213 min read
Offered Unto God As A Sacrifice
Romans 6:11-14 “In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus. Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its evil desires. Do not offer any part of yourself to sin as an instrument of wickedness, but rather offer yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer every part of yourself to him as an instrument of righteousness. For sin shall no longer be your master, because you are no
Eddie Cox
Jul 203 min read
Who You Follow Is Life Altering
Matthew 10:38-39 “Whoever does not take up their cross and follow me is not worthy of me. Whoever finds their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life for my sake will find it.” Matthew 10:38-39 NIV Far from being a decorative piece of jewelry, the cross in Jesus day was something hideous and shameful. Roman citizens weren't allowed to be crucified. Decent citizens weren't executed on a cross. Only the scum, riffraff, and hideous were humiliated and t
Eddie Cox
Jul 202 min read
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