Hidden Treasures

“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come:[a] The old has gone, the new is here!” (2 Cor. 5:17). The physical death and resurrection of Jesus Christ become a metaphor of what is supposed to happen within us while we are still on this earth. A resurrection implies that there is a …

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The rest that Christ spoke of in Matthew 11:28 became available for us at Pentecost. It is the peace that passes all understanding that we get when we unconditionally trust in Christ (see 1 Pet. 5:5-7 and Phil. 4:5-7). This had to wait until Pentecost because it is a part of the Spirit of Christ …

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“The servant of the Lord must not quarrel, but must be gentle toward all people, able to teach, patient, in gentleness instructing those in opposition. Perhaps God will grant them repentance to know the truth, and they may escape from the snare of the devil, after being captured by him to do his will” (2 …

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I have been puzzled about the subject of inner healing for some time. When I came to the Lord years ago, my primary reason was to get inner peace. Everything that I saw in the Bible pointed to being anxious for nothing and casting all of my care on the Lord in order to arrive …

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“Truly, truly I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains alone. But if it dies, it bears much fruit. He who loves his life will lose it. And he who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life” (John 12:24-25). The physical …

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“The servant of the Lord must not quarrel, but must be gentle toward all people, able to teach, patient, in gentleness instructing those in opposition. Perhaps God will grant them repentance to know the truth, and they may escape from the snare of the devil, after being captured by him to do his will” (2 …

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Don’t be surprised if a worldwide revival doesn’t happen before the return of Christ. I see no biblical basis for this expectation unless you are referring to the revival that happens after His return. This is the only one that seems to have a lot of biblical backing. If things don’t appear to be going …

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We tend to separate God’s love for us from His Spirit and grace that give us power. There is the general love of God for all humanity that is spoken of in John 3:16. God made His Son available to all of humanity, but the individual person needs to have faith in the Son in …

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We tend to think revival is something God drops on us without our participation and then we just enjoy the feeling. Instead, it follows the same principle as individual repentance. It is individual repentance. God draws us to His Son, but we have to make the first conscious move toward God before He will draw …

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Agape love is often defined as what we do for others, as if it can only exist in relation to others on the horizontal level. This is only partially true. The truth is, we received it on the vertical level. The capacity to have this love for others comes from God. In the Bible, it …

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I may not be using these words in exactly the same way that a Buddhist or a Hindu would use them; but there are parallels and differences between non-Biblical spiritualities and Christianity in this regard. There are no unanimous definitions even among the non-Christians. Generally, enlightenment or nirvana is a place where suffering, stress, and dissatisfaction have come …

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Nowadays, when people say that they believe in God, you can’t always assume that it is the Biblical God. For example, when a person goes on to say that we are all born with God and that we just need to go inward to find Him, this assumes an unbiblical view of God that there is …

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