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Shootout at the Spring
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Continue reading →: Shootout at the SpringShootout at the Spring Episode Twenty-two Marshal Pennington could not see Bill Pearson in the darkness, but he could hear him. It was tough to listen to. No doubt the wound was festering and the pain numbing. There was nothing he nor anyone else could do. They were exposed to…
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Continue reading →: Comments on PhilippiansChapter 3, Verse 16 “Only let us hold true to what we have attained.” As things come up seek God’s direction but as to what we have already learned, hold on to it. No new gospel is needed or wanted. The Philippians’ walk, under Paul’s teaching and the Holy Spirit’s guidance…
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Work of the Spirit
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Continue reading →: Work of the SpiritWork of the Spirit When you rise from the water of baptism, a new creation in Christ, you are born into a kind of warfare like you have never known. Peter says you have an adversary who is like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. The Devil and…
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Continue reading →: Comments on PhilippiansChapter 3, Verse 15 “Let those of us who are mature think this way, and if in anything you think otherwise, God will reveal that also to you.” Paul’s statement is a second plural imperative. It’s not all of you, it’s those of us. He sets the way as a mature…
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Continue reading →: Comments on PhilippiansChapter 3, Verse 14 “…I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.” Paul’s repeated claim of pressing on toward the goal tells us that he did not view his salvation to be a done deal. Not that Christ would back down…
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Shootout at the Spring
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Continue reading →: Shootout at the SpringShootout at the Spring Episode Twenty-one Marshal Pennington addressed the group of men lying in the grass beneath the trees, “There will be no fires lit. I encourage every one of you to secure what food you can. There may be some jerky left at our fire, and we are…
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Continue reading →: Comments on PhilippiansChapter 3, Verse 13 “Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead,” Paul is at once disclaiming having achieved his goal of being one with Christ and His resurrection and yet…
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Living With the Spirit
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Continue reading →: Living With the SpiritLiving With the Holy Spirit Suppose you received a notice that the president of the United States of America was coming to your house in the next few days. In addition, the President desires to stay a few days with you. Would you leave everything as it was inside and…
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Continue reading →: Comments on PhilippiansChapter 3, Verse 12 “Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own.” Paul has the resurrection in his viewer but he knows he has to walk the pathway to get…
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Continue reading →: Comments on PhilippiansChapter 3, Verse 11 “…that by any means possible I may attain the resurrection from the dead.” Is Paul questioning his chances of resurrection from the dead? I think not. More likely he is expressing his desire to win through whatever plan God has ahead of him. He is sure of…
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