Topic:Behind Divisions I appeal to you, brothers and sisters, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree with one another in what you say and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfectly united in mind and thought. 1 Corinthians 1:10 …
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Topic:Called Into Fellowship God is faithful, who has called you into fellowship with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. 1 Corinthians 1:9 This is the key verse of First Corinthians. The rest of the letter revolves around it. It is a statement that God had called them to a very …
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Topic:How To Love God? Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Romans 8:35a How do you love God? You love him by answering this question. Who or what is going to separate us from the love of Christ? Is there any force, anywhere, that can come between you …
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Topic:Who Condemns You Now? Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies. Who then is the one who condemns? No one. Christ Jesus who died — more than that, who was raised to life — is at the right hand of God …
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Topic:From Eternity to Eternity For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the likeness of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified. Romans 8:29-30 …
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Topic:All Things In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans. And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for …
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Topic:Our Present Sufferings I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us. Romans 8:18 The theme of that verse and the next nine verses is that incomparable glory lies ahead — glory beyond description, greater than anything you can compare …
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Topic:Assurance And by him we cry, “Abba, Father.” The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children. Romans 8:15b-16 What Paul describes here is our deepest level of assurance. Beyond the emotions, beyond the feelings, is a deep conviction that is born of the Spirit of God …
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Topic:Children of God For those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God. The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. Romans 8:14-15 We are all …
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Topic:The Spirit and the Body But if Christ is in you, then even though your body is subject to death because of sin, the Spirit gives life because of righteousness. And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ …
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