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Tears in Heaven

“and He shall wipe away every tear from their eyes;” Revelation 21:4 Tear – There is something extraordinary implied in this verse, something you may have never considered.  There will be tears in heaven. We have this tendency to think of heaven as a panacea, a place where everything is light and joy and peace…
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Divinely Soluble

“and He shall wipe away every tear from their eyes;” Revelation 21:4 Wipe Away – There are some things that only God can rub off.  Let that thought sit with you for a minute. When you think about heaven, what do you most look forward to?  Is it the dwelling place in the mansion?  Is…
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Blessings and Curses

“Then his wife said to him, “Do you still hold fast to your integrity?  Curse God and die!”” Job 2:9 Curse – You’re reading Job in Hebrew.  You come to this verse.  Something shocking happens.  The word translated “curse” is not qalal (which we saw yesterday).  It is barak and barak means “bless”.  This verse…
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The Tax Man

“freely you have received, freely give” Matthew 10:8 Freely – Money, sex and power.  The world’s great motivators.  Every one of them deeply spiritual.  But maybe you never thought about it like that.  Money is the most pervasive spiritual commodity in the world.  It is the single purest measure of submission and humility.  The testing…
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Worth What It Cost

“freely you have received, freely give” Matthew 10:8 Freely – Jesus spoke Aramaic, not Greek.  That means his thought patterns come from a Hebrew heritage, not a Greek worldview.  If we want to understand what Jesus had in mind, we need to search behind the Greek New Testament.  When we do, we see that “freely”…
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