Tag: how to know
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How To Distinguish Between Our Thoughts and the Holy Spirit Speaking
I was scrolling through TikTok and found someone trying to answer how he knows the Holy Spirit is speaking rather than just misinterpreting his own thoughts as the words of the Spirit. After fumbling over his words to try to explain the difference, he claimed that the words of the Spirit were like thoughts, but…
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Look at Those Gluttons, Drunkards, and Hellians
Paul is writing to the local church at Corinth to admonish the congregation toward unity through maturity in the faith. He expounded on Christian liberty and pay for pastors. Now, he writes about the Christian as a voluntary slave even though he is free. Basic Christian servanthood means much for the way we treat others.…
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Immaturity in the Church
Paul desires to build maturity that leads to unity in the Corinthian church (1:10). He determines to know nothing but Christ and Christ crucified but speaks the depth of God’s wisdom to those who are mature (1-2). Paul believes the Corinthian church is in Christ (1:4-9), He also recognizes that her puffed-up knowledge leads to…
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Seeking First God’s Kingdom and Righteousness
We have been talking for the last few weeks about what it means to judge justly. Last week, we talked about the Great Exchange—the imputation of our sin to Christ and Christ’s righteousness to His people. The text today leads us to consider patriotism—not concerning any worldly kingdom but concerning the kingdom of Heaven. Since…
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Demonology 101
There are quite a few misconceptions about angels and demons in our current society. Most people will get their doctrine from popular television shows and movies. When we were doing ministry in Oklahoma City, we had a couple guys visit our church. They had style. I liked them. When we got to talking, I realized…
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Right, Wrong, and Gray: choose wisely
One of the things that really stands out in the book of Ruth is that we don’t get to witness God moving in a direct way. In virtually every other part of the narrative in Scripture (except for Esther and Song of Songs), God speaks directly and is moving in a very obvious and direct…
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How Can I Know If God Is Calling Me To Leadership?
When we started Joshua, we discovered a little about leadership in God’s kingdom on this earth. I wrote about the fact that God will make some people leaders or influencers in this world and He will not make others leaders specifically. We might remember that leaders and non-leaders (according to this world’s definition) have equal…