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Keys to the Kingdom 2 choose

The first key that all believers receive is the key to choose. Oh yes, that’s Deut. 30:19, but there are others too.
Deut. 30:19 I call heaven and earth to witness this day against you that I have set before you life and death, the blessings and the curses; therefore choose life, that you and your [...]

Handling the Blood

In addition to the other jobs of the office, the Priest specifically handles the blood of the sacrifice. In the OT, of course, this was the blood offered as atonement for sin. The passages below carefully explains how this worked and how it has changed under the NT. I know it’s long, but these are [...]

Love is Not, Part 1

Sometimes we can learn a great deal about a thing by learning what it is not. That’s the basis of such fun childhood games as 20 questions. One asks particular questions such that a “no” answer with help shape in the person’s mind what the object might be by knowing what the object is not. [...]

Knowing God’s Will

Knowing God’s Will
The word “will” can mean “purpose.” It can also mean the power of conscious, deliberate action; the decision making part of our mind. Furthermore, it can be a written document describing the distribution of a person’s estate after death. God has a will (purpose) for us as a collective body of believers. Each [...]