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#72: Sinning Willfully

Hebrews 10:26-31 The Message (MSG) If we give up and turn our backs on all we’ve learned, all we’ve been given, all the truth we now know, we repudiate Christ’s sacrifice and are left on our own to face the Judgment— and a mighty fierce judgment it will be! If the penalty for breaking the law of Moses is physical death, what do you think will happen if you turn on God’s Son, spit on the sacrifice that made you whole, and insult this most gracious Spirit? This is no light matter. God has warned us that he’ll hold us to account and make us pay. He was quite explicit: “Vengeance is mine, and I won’t overlook a thing” and “God will judge his people.” Nobody’s getting by with anything, believe me. Hebrews 10:26-31 New International Version (NIV) If we deliberately keep on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no sacrifice for sins is left, but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume the enemies of God. Anyone who rejected the law o

#71: A Tale of Two Donkeys

..."Go to the village there ahead of you; as you go in, you will find a colt tied up that has never been ridden. Untie it and bring it here. If someone asks you why you are untying it, tell him that the Master needs it." Luke 19:30-31 We all know the story of the two donkeys that goes thus: Two donkeys were walking in Jerusalem when one donkey said to the other, "just yesterday I was here carrying Jesus and the people were singing and shouting and throwing their clothes for me to walk on, and today they don't even recognize me". The other donkey replied "that is how it is my friend, without Jesus you are nothing". What we do not know about this story is the choice of donkey that Jesus decided to use in His triumphant entry. 2 publications ago we were looking at whom the LORD uses as His instruments on earth and today we will be looking at very special vessels. Even though God can use anyone to do his bidding, he takes pleasure in using the col

#70: HYMN: God give us Christian Homes

1 God give us Christian homes! Homes where the Bible is loved and taught, Homes where the Master's will is sought, Homes crowned with beauty Your love has wrought; God give us Christian homes; God give us Christian homes! 2 God give us Christian homes! Homes where the father is true and strong, Homes that are free from the blight of wrong, Homes that are joyous with love and song; God give us Christian homes; God give us Christian homes! 3 God give us Christian homes! Homes where the mother, in caring quest, Strives to show others Your way is best, Homes where the Lord is an honored guest; God give us Christian homes; God give us Christian homes! 4 God give us Christian homes! Homes where the children are led to know Christ in His beauty who loves them so, Homes where the altar fires burn and glow; God give us Christian homes; God give us Christian homes!