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I FIND NO FAULT IN HIM

Pilate then went out again, and said to them, “Behold, I am bringing Him out to you, that you may know that I find no fault in Him.” - John 19:4 REFERENCE John 19:1-6   The obvious and disturbing question that comes to mind in this passage is, “Mr. Pilate, if you found no fault in Him, why did you embarrass Him and have Him publicly flogged mercilessly?” Was it to please the people or for political correctness? More importantly however, the Levitical law stipulated that the Passover Lamb (or sin offering) was to be brought to the priests for...
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DEMONSTRATING THE VICTORY OF JESUS

Having disarmed principalities and powers, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them in it.” Colossians 2:15   REFERENCE
 Colossians 2:13-15 Through Jesus’ death and resurrection, He broke every curse, stopped the unchecked reign of Satan over you, gave you all-authority, set you on a throne, gave you a scepter of authority and made you a light for the world… A light that lights men’s lives and which darkness cannot comprehend. Therefore, you must make it your aim to demonstrate the victory of Jesus in every area of your life. To demonstrate is “to clearly show the existence...
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I KNOW IT WAS THE CROSS

Then Israel stretched out his right hand and laid it on Ephraim’s head, who was the younger, and his left hand on Manasseh’s head, guiding his hands knowingly, for Manasseh was the firstborn. – Genesis 48:14   REFERENCE Genesis 48:9-19   Joseph here brings his sons for Jacob to bless them. And as a good father, he dutifully places the firstborn (Manasseh) under Jacob’s right hand and the second born (Ephraim), under his left hand to be blessed. He understood that by the position, age, qualification and person of Manasseh, he should receive certain blessings and certain rights…but God doesn’t...
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LOVE ALIVE

Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. - I John 4:11   REFERENCE I John 4:7-12   Many people are disillusioned by the word, ‘love,’ it is as though it is dead and buried. Many have been taken advantage of by people who claimed to love them, many have been heartbroken, abandoned and deserted by people who vowed to love them, and many use the word carelessly to manipulate and get what they want at a particular time. So several people have concluded that LOVE IS DEAD! However, Scripture makes us understand that love...
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THE POISON OF PARADISE: PRIDE

For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”~ Genesis 3:5   REFERENCE Genesis 3:1-6 Pride goes before a fall. It led to Satan’s fall and it played an active role in the fall of man in paradise. Satan (disguised as the serpent), knowing that he lost his place and prominence in the Angelic hierarchy in heaven through pride, understood that for man to lose his paradise, pride must be injected. He knew from experience, that when pride comes, a fall follows because...
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THE POISON OF PARADISE: DISCONTENTMENT

“So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate...” Genesis 3:6 REFERENCE Genesis 3:1-6 “Nature is content with little, grace with less, but lust with nothing. If the whole world were monopolized, avarice (greed) would thirst for more.” ~ Matthew Henry. Adam had it all. A good job, a good house with a lush garden, exotic pets, a big ranch with flowing streams and a good family; but one day, he ‘ate’ himself out of everything. How? The poison of discontentment!...
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THE GIFT OF DISCOMFORT

This poor man cried out, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles. Psalm 34:6 REFERENCE Psalm 34:1-10 You may be familiar with this proverbial phrase: “If life gives you lemons, make lemonades.” Life comes with its ups and downs, and its twists and turns. Sometimes we pass through untold hardship and unimaginable discomfort; all of which shouldn’t be strange to us because Jesus categorically told us about the troubles that come with living in this world (John 16:33). As humans, we would rather avoid discomfort – anything that makes us uneasy. However, if properly...
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WE SEE JESUS

For in that He put all in subjection under him, He left nothing that is not put under him. But now we do not yet see all things put under him. But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, for the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor… Hebrews 2:8-9 REFERENCE Hebrews 2:5-13 At creation, God put all things He created under man, but man through his grand rebellion against God, forfeited that honor, and as a result, we did not see everything being subject to him. In fact, he was mostly subjected to...
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AVOID EXTREMES

Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely; and may your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. I Thessalonians 5:23   REFERENCE I Thessalonians 5:23-24 Many people’s lives are characterized by extremes, but it is an unnatural way of living because it goes against God’s plan for us. Apostle Paul in his letter to the Thessalonians made it clear that God wants Christians to be fully preserved, fully sanctified and fully balanced in our spirits, souls and bodies. We must ensure that we are not so heavenly minded that we are of...
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GOD CARES

“When Jesus saw him lying there and knew that he already had been in that condition a long time, He said to him, “Do you want to be made well?”  John 5:6 REFERENCE John 5:1-9 It must have been a heartbreaking and gut-wrenching sight to see these many immobilized and infirm people in the same place at the same time. Despite their teeming population, the source of help and healing was limited and only one person could be helped at a time. Isn’t that a replica of life sometimes? So much need, yet so little to meet them, so much...
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