A truly Christ-glorifying memorial for John MacArthur today. He will be greatly missed but his legacy lives on through over 3,000 sermons in 56 years of ministry.
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@StudyBibleFam
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New week, new endurance! 💪🔥 Love that lasts is love that keeps choosing, even when tired! 1 Cor 13:7 ❤️
What will you keep choosing this week? #StrongMarriage #August
What will you keep choosing this week? #StrongMarriage #August
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Private, sinful compromise will eventually demand a public bill.
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Atheists have morals. That's not the question.
The question is:
"If morality is subjective, what keeps today's 'wrong' from becoming tomorrow's 'right'?"
The question is:
"If morality is subjective, what keeps today's 'wrong' from becoming tomorrow's 'right'?"
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The devil loves it when Christians become lazy and quiet about their faith. The devil knows that an inactive Church poses no threat to his darkness.
Wake up and speak the truth of Jesus with bold courage, saints.
Wake up and speak the truth of Jesus with bold courage, saints.
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Nothing can save us from our sins but a crucified Savior.
Thomas Manton
Thomas Manton
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Four warning signs that you're in spiritual danger:
1. You love the praise of men.
2. You're holding on to secret sins.
3. You neglect regular prayer and Bible time.
4. You rarely go to church in person.
"Test yourselves to see if you are in the faith." (2 Corinthians 13:5)
1. You love the praise of men.
2. You're holding on to secret sins.
3. You neglect regular prayer and Bible time.
4. You rarely go to church in person.
"Test yourselves to see if you are in the faith." (2 Corinthians 13:5)
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“Use your precious time to share the gospel. Any other pursuit is chasing the wind. Eternity will prove that to be true.” —Ray Comfort
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Four biblical truths every person should know:
• God is holy and hates all sin
• Every person has failed God's standards
• Jesus died on the cross for sinners and rose again
• Salvation comes only through repentance and faith in Christ
• God is holy and hates all sin
• Every person has failed God's standards
• Jesus died on the cross for sinners and rose again
• Salvation comes only through repentance and faith in Christ
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August 25: Riddle Me This
#Devotional
Isaiah 50:1–51:23; Luke 20:1–40; Job 11:12–20
Jesus’ enemies regularly attempted to make Him look foolish or to disprove His authority. The absurd questions they concocted to discredit Him are rather amusing. The Sadducees posed one of the most preposterous questions about the resurrection of the dead and its relevance to divorce (Luke 20:27–33): If a woman has been married seven times, whose wife will she be when the dead are resurrected?
This scene is especially humorous in light of rabbis’ habit of playing mind games to outsmart (or “outwise”) one another and the Sadducees’ belief that resurrection does not exist. Jesus’ opponents thought they had rigged the game: Any answer to their riddle would be incorrect. It was an attempt to trap Jesus into agreeing that the resurrection of the dead is a myth. Jesus, however, offered an answer that put them in their place (Luke 20:34–40). His response made the Sadducees look even more foolish in light of larger biblical theology about marriage and divorce.
More than 500 years before this conversation, Isaiah remarked, “Thus says Yahweh: ‘Where is this divorce document of your mother’s divorce, with which I dismissed her? or to whom of my creditors did I sell you? Look! you were sold because of your sin, and your mother was dismissed because of your transgressions’ ” (Isa 50:1). The Sadducees—along with the entire nation of Israel—had already been condemned for not honoring marriage in life.
So often we are concerned with logistics or details when our energy should be spent on discerning God’s will for our lives and whether we are in that will. Like the Sadducees, we tell ourselves witty lies to get around doing the will of God. We somehow believe that if we can reason our way forward, we can justify our inactions. But as Jesus taught the Sadducees, in any game of riddles or reason, faith will always win.
What are you wrongly justifying or “witting” yourself out of doing?
#Devotional
Isaiah 50:1–51:23; Luke 20:1–40; Job 11:12–20
Jesus’ enemies regularly attempted to make Him look foolish or to disprove His authority. The absurd questions they concocted to discredit Him are rather amusing. The Sadducees posed one of the most preposterous questions about the resurrection of the dead and its relevance to divorce (Luke 20:27–33): If a woman has been married seven times, whose wife will she be when the dead are resurrected?
This scene is especially humorous in light of rabbis’ habit of playing mind games to outsmart (or “outwise”) one another and the Sadducees’ belief that resurrection does not exist. Jesus’ opponents thought they had rigged the game: Any answer to their riddle would be incorrect. It was an attempt to trap Jesus into agreeing that the resurrection of the dead is a myth. Jesus, however, offered an answer that put them in their place (Luke 20:34–40). His response made the Sadducees look even more foolish in light of larger biblical theology about marriage and divorce.
More than 500 years before this conversation, Isaiah remarked, “Thus says Yahweh: ‘Where is this divorce document of your mother’s divorce, with which I dismissed her? or to whom of my creditors did I sell you? Look! you were sold because of your sin, and your mother was dismissed because of your transgressions’ ” (Isa 50:1). The Sadducees—along with the entire nation of Israel—had already been condemned for not honoring marriage in life.
So often we are concerned with logistics or details when our energy should be spent on discerning God’s will for our lives and whether we are in that will. Like the Sadducees, we tell ourselves witty lies to get around doing the will of God. We somehow believe that if we can reason our way forward, we can justify our inactions. But as Jesus taught the Sadducees, in any game of riddles or reason, faith will always win.
What are you wrongly justifying or “witting” yourself out of doing?
August 25 - Christ’s Ultimate Power over Death
#LifeOfChrist
“When Jesus came into the official’s house, and saw the flute-players and the crowd in noisy disorder, He said, ‘Leave; for the girl has not died, but is asleep.’ And they began laughing at Him. But when the crowd had been sent out, He entered and took her by the hand, and the girl got up. This news spread throughout all that land” (Matthew 9:23–26).
Unlike those in the contemporary Western world, funerals in most ancient cultures, including the Jewish one of Jesus’ time, were not events with reverent music and quiet whispers. Instead funerals featured much loud wailing by professional mourners and dissonant music played by hired musicians. Because Jairus was the top leader of the local synagogue and a wealthy man, he probably hired a large number of mourners and musicians for his daughter’s funeral.
Jesus surprised and annoyed the mourners by telling them to leave, claiming that the girl was not dead but asleep (cf. John 11:11). That the people’s weeping turned so quickly to harsh, derisive laughter—the kind by those feeling superior to another—showed that their mourning was indeed an insincere, paid action devoid of genuine sorrow or any real faith that the Lord could raise Jairus’s daughter.
Mark’s account of this episode adds these details: Jesus “entered the room where the child was. Taking the child by the hand, He said to her, ‘Talitha kum!’ (which translated means, ‘Little girl, I say to you, get up!’). Immediately the girl got up and began to walk” (Mark 5:40c–42a). Christ easily could have resuscitated her by a mere word, but His intimate interaction displayed a healing compassion far more than what was minimally necessary. And it convincingly showed His power over every enemy of mankind, including “the final enemy” of death and hades (cf. Rev. 1:18).
Ask Yourself
We can always expect faith to be met by doubters and revilers, even among those in the church—sometimes especially by those in the church. What kind of an impact does this have on your willingness to believe? Are you ever the cold water on anyone else’s spiritual passion?
#LifeOfChrist
“When Jesus came into the official’s house, and saw the flute-players and the crowd in noisy disorder, He said, ‘Leave; for the girl has not died, but is asleep.’ And they began laughing at Him. But when the crowd had been sent out, He entered and took her by the hand, and the girl got up. This news spread throughout all that land” (Matthew 9:23–26).
Unlike those in the contemporary Western world, funerals in most ancient cultures, including the Jewish one of Jesus’ time, were not events with reverent music and quiet whispers. Instead funerals featured much loud wailing by professional mourners and dissonant music played by hired musicians. Because Jairus was the top leader of the local synagogue and a wealthy man, he probably hired a large number of mourners and musicians for his daughter’s funeral.
Jesus surprised and annoyed the mourners by telling them to leave, claiming that the girl was not dead but asleep (cf. John 11:11). That the people’s weeping turned so quickly to harsh, derisive laughter—the kind by those feeling superior to another—showed that their mourning was indeed an insincere, paid action devoid of genuine sorrow or any real faith that the Lord could raise Jairus’s daughter.
Mark’s account of this episode adds these details: Jesus “entered the room where the child was. Taking the child by the hand, He said to her, ‘Talitha kum!’ (which translated means, ‘Little girl, I say to you, get up!’). Immediately the girl got up and began to walk” (Mark 5:40c–42a). Christ easily could have resuscitated her by a mere word, but His intimate interaction displayed a healing compassion far more than what was minimally necessary. And it convincingly showed His power over every enemy of mankind, including “the final enemy” of death and hades (cf. Rev. 1:18).
Ask Yourself
We can always expect faith to be met by doubters and revilers, even among those in the church—sometimes especially by those in the church. What kind of an impact does this have on your willingness to believe? Are you ever the cold water on anyone else’s spiritual passion?
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DAY 25: How does Paul address the issue of divorce for the Corinthian church?
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Reading for Today: Job 41:1–42:17 Psalm 101:5-8 Proverbs 23:31-35 1 Corinthians 7:1-19 Notes: Job 41:1 Leviathan. This term appears in 4 other Old Testament texts (Job 3:8; Pss. 74:14; 104:26; Is. 27:1). In each case Leviathan refers to some mighty creature…
Five quick ways to strengthen your marriage:
1. Pray together.
2. Listen without preparing your defense.
3. Speak well of your spouse in public.
4. Deal with conflict before bitterness grows.
5. Serve each other when you do not feel like it.
A strong marriage is built through daily faithfulness, humility, forgiveness, and love.
1. Pray together.
2. Listen without preparing your defense.
3. Speak well of your spouse in public.
4. Deal with conflict before bitterness grows.
5. Serve each other when you do not feel like it.
A strong marriage is built through daily faithfulness, humility, forgiveness, and love.
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A man can build a career, grow a bank account, earn respect, and still fail at what matters most if he neglects his wife, his children, his church, and his walk with Christ.
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You cannot cherish your favorite sin and cherish Christ with the same heart. One will eventually push out the other.
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Good morning,
1.) God is still on His throne.
2.) Jesus Christ is still saving sinners.
3.) Light is still shining in the darkness.
1.) God is still on His throne.
2.) Jesus Christ is still saving sinners.
3.) Light is still shining in the darkness.
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WEEK 4 — Legacy
Dear Daughter,
Noah built for a flood no one else believed was coming. His obedience outlasted the mockery.
Keep building your marriage on convictions others don't understand yet — prayer, purity, patience. The rain always comes eventually.
What you build in private becomes what survives in public.
'By faith Noah… built an ark to save his household' (Heb 11:7).
What are you building now that only future storms will justify?
#DearDaughter #BuildAheadOfTheFlood #StrongMarriage
Dear Daughter,
Noah built for a flood no one else believed was coming. His obedience outlasted the mockery.
Keep building your marriage on convictions others don't understand yet — prayer, purity, patience. The rain always comes eventually.
What you build in private becomes what survives in public.
'By faith Noah… built an ark to save his household' (Heb 11:7).
What are you building now that only future storms will justify?
#DearDaughter #BuildAheadOfTheFlood #StrongMarriage
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It is easy to love people who agree with you.
Jesus calls us to love people who don't.
Anyone can love a friend. But Christ commands us to love our enemies.
Jesus calls us to love people who don't.
Anyone can love a friend. But Christ commands us to love our enemies.
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Humility keeps a marriage strong! 🙇❤️ Value your spouse above yourself today! Phil 2:3 💞
Where can you put them first today? #StrongMarriage #August
Where can you put them first today? #StrongMarriage #August
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