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Sin’s Demolition Crew: Wrecking Your Life

June 21, 2023UncategorizedDemolition, devil, evil, Galatians, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, Hebrews, jesus, Jesus Christ, love, Matthew, new testament, Proverbs, Satan, Sin, sinned, sinner, sinners, sinsabarkley8

In our journey through life, we often encounter forces that can cause devastation and turmoil. One such destructive force is sin, which acts as a demolition crew set on tearing down the foundations of a fulfilled and righteous life. Scriptures provide us with profound insights into the consequences of sinful actions and the ways in which they can dismantle our lives. This article explores the dangers of sin and highlights key scriptural teachings that warn us of its destructive power.

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LIVING IN THE FREEDOM OF CHRIST

April 24, 2023Uncategorized1 Corinthains, 2 Corinthians, apostle paul, Christ, dead, death, died, freedom, Galatians, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, Hebrews, Holy Bible, jesus, Jesus Christ, King James Holy Bible, love, Matthew, new testament, Old Testament, Romansabarkley8

Living in the Freedom of Christ is a powerful and transformative experience for all who choose to follow Him. When we accept Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior, we are set free from the bondage of sin and death, and we are given a new life in Him. As the Apostle Paul wrote in Galatians 5:1, “It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.”

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BIBLE CUSTOMS & CURIOSITIES (EQUAL ACCESS TO GOD)

August 28, 2022Uncategorizedaccess, atone, atonement, bible customs and curiosities, bottom, certain, Christ, curiosities, customs, customs and curiosities, Equal, equal access to God, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, grace, Hebrews, Holy Bible, Holy Ghost, holy place, Holy Spirit, human sin, Jerusalem, jesus, Jesus Christ, jews, KJV, large curtain, love, Mark, Matthew, mercy, miraculous, new testament, offer sacrificies, Old Testament, people, sacrifices, separated, Sin, sinned, sinner, split, The Most Holy Place, twain, veilabarkley8

This veil, or curtain, separated the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place in the Jewish temple at Jerusalem. Only the high priest was allowed behind this curtain, and he could go into the Most Holy Place only once a year-on the Day of Atonement-to offer sacrifices to atone for the sins of the people (Lev 16:34).

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MANNERS & CUSTOMS OF THE BIBLE (THE LEGAL SYSTEM)

August 28, 2022Uncategorized10 Commandments, absolute truth, apodeictic law, Babylon, Christ, direct law, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, greeks, Hebrews, hittites, jail, jesus, Jesus Christ, Jewish, judicial, King, law, law is direct, legal code, legal system of the bible, manners and customs of the bible, Matthew, new testament, Old Testament, prisions, queen, rulers, Ten Commandments, the legal system, thou shall not killabarkley8

One of the remarkable institutions of Bible times was the Jewish legal system. It was quite different from anything that existed in any contemporary society of the time. There was no written law in Egypt at all, and the legal systems of Babylon and other nations were not documents to which judicial reference was made but rather were collections of the King’s judgment for the use of the people. Judgment was the action of the king who not only made the law but actually was the law.

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DEFINITION OF THE DAY (GOD PT 1)

June 1, 2022Uncategorized1 corinthians, 2 Corinthians, author, Christ, Christian, church confession, definition of the day, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, gracious, grounded, Hebrews, human, Human Speculation, image, jesus, Jesus Christ, John, knowledge of God, Matthew, new testament, Old Testament, personal creator, Psalm, redeemer, revelation, Romans, rooted, Scripture, wordabarkley8

Personal Creator and Lord of the universe; the Redeemer of His people; the ultimate author and principal subject of Scripture; and the object of the church’s confession, worship, and service.

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MANNERS AND CUSTOMS IN THE BIBLE (ANGELS UNAWEAR)

April 27, 2022Uncategorized1 Peter, 2 John, 2 peter, 3 John, Angels, angels unaware, Christ, Ezekiel, Gaalatians, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, Hebrews, hospitality, jeremiah, jesus, Jesus Christ, jews, love, manners and customs, Old Testament, philoxeniah, Zephaniahabarkley8

The Jews believed that God sometimes sent angels in disguise to test whether people were obeying the law of hospitality. They knew that this had happened to Abraham (Genesis 18:2-13) and to Gideon (Judges 6:17-22), and they believed therefore that the same thing might happen to them (Hebrews 13:2). This style of thinking gave rise to problems as well as opened the way for revelation. Many Jews thought that if they were in the house of God then they would be under God’s protection, and as a result tended to be careless in their daily living (Jeremiah 7:14). They did not realize that the glory of God had departed from the Temple and that it was no longer, therefore, the house of God (Ezekiel 11:23).

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DEFINITIONS OF THE DAY (FIRST BORN PT 2 OF 2)

April 20, 2022UncategorizedBible dictionnary, bodily, Christ, Colossians, dead, definition, definitions of the day, die, died, Exodus, firstborn, firstborn from the dead, firstborn son, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, God's household, Grave, HCSB, Hebrews, jesus, Jesus Christ, lamb, Leviticus, Matthew, new testament, NIV, Old Testament, paul, priest, relationship, Romans, sheepabarkley8

The firstborn of an unclean animal had to be redeemed by an estimation of the priest, with the addition of one-fifth (Lev 27:27; Num 18:15). According to Exod. 13:13; 34:20, the firstborn of an ass was either ransomed by a sheep or lamb, or its neck had to be broken.

Figuratively, Israel was God’s “firstborn” (Exod 4:22; Jer 31:9) and enjoyed priority status. God compared His relationship to Israel with the relationship of a father and his firstborn son. Within Israel, the tribe of Levi represented the firstborn of the nation in its worship ceremony (Num 3:40-41; 8:18).

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DEFINITION OF THE DAY (FIRE)

September 27, 2021UncategorizedApocrypha, Christ, definition of the day, definitions of the day, english, esh, flame, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, greeks, heat, Hebrews, Isaac, jesus, Jesus Christ, Matthew, new testament, Old Testament, pur, rub, rubbing, sacrifice, striking flintabarkley8

The word “fire” in our English Bibles normally translates the Hebrew word esh in the Old Testament and the Greek word pur (the root from which such English term as “pyromaniac” and “pure” are derived) in the NT. Both terms signify the physical manifestations of burning heat:, light, and flame. Ancient peoples kindled fire either by rapidly rubbing dry pieces of wood together creating enough fiction to ignite dry vegetation or by striking flint rocks thus creating sparks (cp. 2 Macc 10:3). Normally, fires were maintained and perpetuated to avoid the need for kindling. Abraham, for example, apparently carried a torch with him on his way to sacrifice Isaac in order to prevent having to kindle one at the altar (Gen 22:6-7).

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DEFINITION OF THE DAY (FLESH AND SPIRIT)

September 17, 2021Uncategorized1 corinthians, 1 john, 2 Corinthians, 2 John, 3 John, attitudes, Christ, confidence, dead, death, definition, definitions, definitions of the day, definiton, devil, died, dispositions, evil, flesh, Flesh and Spirit, flesh vs spirit, flesh was created, fleshly manner, Galatians, gentleness, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, godly lifestyle, Goodness, Hebrews, Holy Ghost, Holy Spirit, jesus, Jesus Christ, kindness, law of sin, laws, license, living, love, lust of the flesh, Matthew, moral, new testament, Old Testament, patience, paul, peace, physical, physical bodies, power through christ, practice evil, presence, Romans, rule, Satan, self-gratification, signifies, Sin, sinner, sinners, sins, sleep, spirit, struggled, walk by Spiritabarkley8

Terms noticeably used in tandem in the NT to contrast diametrically opposed lifestyle. The term “flesh” is often ascribed the connotation of an ungodly lifestyle of selfishness and sensual self-gratification. The term “spirit” signifies the opposite characteristics. One who walks by the Spirit lives with a conspicuous God consciousness that directs his or her dispositions, attitudes, and actions.

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DEFINITION OF THE DAY (HEMORRHAGE)

September 8, 2021Uncategorizedbirth, birthing process, blood, blood flow, Christ, clean, definition, definitions of the day, flow, fountain of blood, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, greek, Hebrews, hermorrhage, Israel, Issue of blood, jesus, Jesus Christ, KJV, Leviticus, Mark, Matthew, Mosaic law, new testament, NKJV, Numbers, Old Testament, woman uncleanabarkley8

Heavy or uncontrollable bleeding the KJV translates the underlying Hebrew and Greek terms as “issue of blood” (Lev 12:7; Matt 9:20) or “fountain of blood” (Mark 5:29). Modern translations render these terms as hemorrhage, flow, or discharge of blood, Mosaic law said any discharge of blood, whether associated with the birthing process (Lev 12:7), with menstruation (Lev 15:19), or continued bleeding (Lev 15:25; Matt 9:20) rendered a woman unclean.

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