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Experiencing God’s Love: What It Means to Know Him Personally
Having the Spirit of Christ is a requisite to experiencing God’s love. “You, however, are not in the realm of the flesh but are in the realm of the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, they do not belong to Christ”…
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God Sees Everything: Living with Purpose in His Presence
God sees everything: what is behind and what is ahead, all the threats, all the dangers. “What Hitler did not believe and what Stalin did not believe and what Mao did not believe and what the SS did not believe and what the Gestapo did not believe and what the NKVD did not believe and…
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Coming to Jesus: Don’t Wait to Give Him Your Heart
In like manner you are a sinner. You cannot atone for your past sins; you cannot change your heart and make yourself holy. But God promises to do all this for you through Christ. You believe that promise. You confess your sins and give yourself to God. You come to Jesus. You will to serve Him. Just…
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‘Works of Faith’ Versus ‘Works of the Law’ What the Bible Really Says About Gaining Righteousness
How would you define “faith”? Many say it is belief in an invisible God. Others go further, describing it as trust in God’s plan. Some simply quote the words of the apostle Paul: “faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen” (Hebrews 11:1). No matter how you define it,…
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Laodicea: Accepting Christ’s Evaluation and Call to Change
In Christ is life, original, unborrowed, underived. When Christ calls Himself the beginning of the creation of God, He isn’t saying that He was the first being God created and that He hadn’t existed before that time. The word “beginning” here simply means the “source” or the “origin: or the “chief cause.” Christ is saying…
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Ten Virgins: A Warning for Spiritual and Carnal Church Members
What does Jesus’ parable of the ten virgins show us in respect to the signs of Parousia and the spiritual and carnal church members? All ten were virgins All had pure biblical beliefs All had lamps All have the Bible All of them went to meet the bridegroom All of them looked forward to the…
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What Does It Mean to Be a Carnally Minded Christian? The Danger of a Divided Life
When it comes to “carnal mindedness,” the Bible is clear: the “carnally minded” walk toward death, while the “spiritually minded” walk toward life in Christ. “There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. . . . For those who live…
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Overcoming Challenges: Victory Through Christ’s Example
The last generation of Christians should focus on overcoming challenges in the same manner that Jesus Christ overcame. What did Christ overcome? First, He overcame the world. He told his disciples, “In the world, ye shall have tribulation but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.” John 16: 33. What did He mean?…
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Self Denial: When Self Dies and Christ Lives Within
The ultimate end of true Christianity is that the Christian rejoices in Christ and practices open self-denial, having no confidence in the flesh. “For we are the circumcision, who worship God in the Spirit, rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh” (Philippians 3:3). Have you ever wondered why God allows His…
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Divine Protection: God Shelters His People in the Final Crisis
God’s people flee to the wilderness as the “death decree” is passed. People know that the world is now completely taken over by demons and that the freedom-loving image of God is irrevocably defaced from those who have given themselves over to the system of church-state worship. The proclamation of the gospel can achieve no more for…
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Living Water: Life-Giving Grace from the Rock
Water is one of the most essential elements to life. It is an emblem of life. Without a proper supply of water both animals and plants soon cease to exist. The Israelites in the desert would soon have perished if water had not been provided for them. It was therefore life to them. Everybody who…
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Rapture: Delusion or Reality in Light of Bible Prophecy?
Many people have been taught that God’s church and His people will disappear, be “caught up” in a secret rapture, seven years before the loud, visible return of Jesus Christ (His second coming). According to this theory it’s a silent rapture first, then seven years of tribulation, then the second coming. Hypothetically, those who miss the rapture will have…
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Bread of Life Scripture: Finding Strength in God’s Word
What is the bread of life mentioned in Scripture? The Apostle Paul tells us that the children of Israel in the wilderness “did all eat the same spiritual meat” (1 Corinthians 10:4). The Lord promised to give them food saying, “Behold I will rain bread from heaven for you,” He “commanded the clouds from above and…
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Time of Trouble: End-Time Events and God’s Promise of Deliverance
As the mark of the beast is enforced, “there shall be a time of trouble such as never was since there was a nation, even to that time. And at that time your people shall be delivered, everyone who is found written in the book.” Jesus also warned of the same: “For then there will…
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Seven Last Plagues: God’s Final Judgments Before the End
As probation closes, the fierce “four winds” of violent human passion are let loose. The seven last plagues fall upon the world and plunge humanity into a state of “great tribulation”. The restraining work of the holy angels are ended. The influence of the Holy Spirit is withdrawn from earth. Satan has complete control. The political…
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Death Decree: A Final Test of Faith Before Christ’s Return
With Satan now presiding over a one-world system of false worship, God’s faithful people will come under the increased persecution as they boldly resist the union of church and state and declare that the reigning “Christ” is, in fact, the devil personating Christ. Finally, the false Christ will command and demand an extermination program—a death…
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Close of Probation: A Final Moment Before Christ’s Return
Once every decision is made, probation will close. The enforcement of the mark of the beast will draw a clear line between the true gospel of love and liberty, in contrast to the false gospel of fear and coercion. This global crisis of conscience will drive every living human being to a character-sealing decision. The…
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Satan’s Deception: The Impersonation of Christ in the End Times
As the crowning act of Satan’s deception, he will appear on earth claiming to be Christ. He will manifest himself in supernatural form, unlike any spectacle humans have ever witnessed. He will perform “miracles” and speak eloquently of peace, making the delusion almost overmastering. Then, as the world is hammered with calamities, the false Christ…
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God’s Character: How His Justice and Love Are Vindicated
Jesus came to our world to magnify, glorify, and vindicate God’s character. By His life, death, and resurrection He demonstrated that “God is love”, in the most beautiful sense imaginable, ruling out fear and force as motivations for worshipping God. Jesus proves that God’s favor cannot be merited or earned, by anything humans might do, for the simple…
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Mark of the Beast: Understanding Its Enforcement in the Last Days
The essence of God’s character is love. From this premise arises the sublime truth that God, while possessing all power, only desires love-motivated worship. God’s law is a law of liberty, not of force. Wherever the true gospel is known and received, there is liberty. The gospel, therefore, stands for the separation of church and state,…
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Sealing of God’s People: A Mark of Loyalty Before the End
As the loud cry and the latter rain exert their influence, the followers of Jesus become more and more deeply settled into the truth about God’s good character of love. They become immovable, with intelligent loyalty and trust toward God. As a result, they become impenetrable to Satan’s deceptions. This sealing of God’s people shows that the believers…
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What Is the Latter Rain in the Bible? Understanding God’s Final Outpouring of the Holy Spirit
The ancient kingdom of Israel and its surrounding territories looked forward to two vital rains each year. The “early rain” fell at sowing time, causing seed to germinate and welcoming a season of growth. The “latter rain” ripened the grain for the sickle, welcoming a season of preparation and harvest. These rains dictated the cycles…
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Calamities: Are Increasing Disasters a Sign of the End Times?
Jesus foretold that natural, economic, and military calamities will multiply and intensify, like a woman’s contractions in labor, leading up to the Parousia and the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. E.G. White indicates that the world will be catapulted to its end by means of a “sudden and unlooked for calamity” of either natural, economic, or…
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False Revivals: Discerning Truth from Deception in the Last Days
As the true gospel gains influence, Babylon loses credibility, and the earth becomes more and more enveloped in disaster, Satan will instigate false religious revivals. Getting “back to God” will be advanced as the solution to humanities woes, but on the premise of a false gospel or merit and appeasement. The false idea will be advanced that through revivals, God’s anger…