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Obedience of the Dead

Luke 7:11-17  Now it happened, the day after, that He went into a city called Nain; and many of His disciples went with Him, and a large crowd. 12  And when He came near the gate of the city, behold, a dead man was being carried out, the only son of his mother; and she …

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For Those Left Behind

1 Thessalonians 4:15-17  For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who are asleep.  For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and …

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The Better Way

Judges 7:19-20  "So Gideon, and the hundred men that were with him, came unto the outside of the camp in the beginning of the middle watch; and they had but newly set the watch: and they blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers that were in their hands.  And the three companies blew the trumpets, …

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The Woodworker’s Shop

Jeremiah 18:1-3  "The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying, Arise, and go down to the potter's house, and there I will cause thee to hear my words.  Then I went down to the potter's house, and, behold, he wrought a work on the wheels." I dreamed I went to a woodworker's shop.  …

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What did you do with Jesus?

Romans 3:23  "For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God" Hebrews 9:27  "...it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment" I hear much today about the social gospel.  People are concerned with the trouble they see.  War, famine, disease, homelessness, hopelessness.  They want to help ease …

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