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What Is Not

All things are lawful to me, but not all things are profitable.  1 Corinthians 6:12 Lawful – How we long for the removal of all requirements over our lives!  We want to be free!  What we mean, of course, is that we want to do whatever we want to do whenever we feel like doing…
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The Calling

Then I urge you, be imitators of me 1 Corinthians 4:16 Then – Paul calls us to follow his example because he follows the example of Jesus.  We know that this is the divine pattern of the Christian life – follow the leader.  But what we often overlook is the description that Paul provides of…
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What Lies Behind

Abraham built the altar there and arranged the wood, and bound his son Isaac and laid him on the altar Genesis 22:9 Bound – There is a deep connection between the binding of Isaac and Yeshua.  There is a deep connection between the sacrifice of father Abraham and the Father.  There is a deep connection…
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Age of Consent

Abraham built the altar there and arranged the wood, and bound his son Isaac and laid him on the altar Genesis 22:9 Bound – According to Jewish tradition, Isaac was a young man of marriageable age (approximately 36) when his father Abraham took him to be sacrificed.  Erase the idea of Isaac as the innocent…
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Cast Your Eyes Upon

Then Abraham raised his eyes and looked, and behold, behind him a ram caught in the thicket by his horns; Genesis 22:13 Behind – If you’re reading this verse in English, you may discover two curious things.  The first is here in the NASB with the addition of the word “him.”  The second curiosity is…
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