~ Did You Get It Right? ~
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question: What is the first color
mentioned in the Bible?
answer: Green
“‘Also,
to every beast of the earth, to every bird of the air, and to everything that
creeps on the earth, in which there is life, I have given every green
herb for food;’ and it was so” (Genesis 1:30).
~ Robert
Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT
LIFE NOW blog.
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~ God Has A Heart ~
This
Series ~ This
series of posts looks at some of the many attributes of God. Generally, we move in alphabetical order.
Scripture ~ “Then the Lord saw that the wickedness
of man was great in the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his
heart was only evil continually. And the Lord was sorry that He had made man on
the earth, and He was grieved in His heart” (Genesis 6:5-7).
Comment ~ So
many attributes of God demonstrate that He possesses a tender heart of love,
compassion, forgiveness, and so forth.
~ Robert
Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT
LIFE NOW blog.
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~ Test Your Bible Knowledge ~
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question: What is the first color
mentioned in the Bible?
Please
provide your answer in the comments below!
The
answer will be provided in a future blog.
~ Robert
Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT
LIFE NOW blog.
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~ How Do You Compare? ~
Quote ~ “God assumed from the beginning
that the wise of the world would view Christians as fools… and He has not been
disappointed… If I have brought any
message today, it is this… Have the courage to have your wisdom regarded as
stupidity. Be fools for Christ. And have the courage to suffer the contempt
of the sophisticated world.” —U.S. Supreme Court Judge Antonin Scalia
(1936-2016)
“To be a fool in Biblical terms is not
to be dimwitted or lacking intelligence: it is to be immoral. As the fear of
God is the beginning of wisdom, so the denial of God is the height of
foolishness.” —R.C. Sproul
“There
are two ways to be fooled: one is to believe what isn’t true, the other is to
refuse to believe what is true.” —Soren Kierkegaard
Scripture ~ “For you
see your calling, brethren, that not many wise according to the flesh, not many
mighty, not many noble, are called. But God has chosen the foolish things of
the world to put to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of
the world to put to shame the things which are mighty; and the base things of
the world and the things which are despised God has chosen, and the things
which are not, to bring to nothing the things that are, that no flesh should
glory in His presence. But of Him you are in Christ Jesus, who became for us
wisdom from God — and righteousness and sanctification and redemption — that,
as it is written, ‘He who glories, let him glory in the Lord’” (1 Corinthians
1:26-31).
~ Robert
Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT
LIFE NOW blog.
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~ The Exaltation ~
Keep
In Mind ~
The Resurrection of Jesus Christ had two sides.
The Cross and the Resurrection were ONE EVENT.
The Resurrection and the Exaltation of Jesus were
ONE EVENT.
The exaltation of Jesus Christ and the outpouring of the Holy
Spirit was ONE EVENT.
Comments ~ The death, resurrection, exaltation, and the
outpouring of the Holy Spirit was ALL ONE EVENT. They should not be seen as separate.
The
birth, life, death, resurrection, and exaltation was for one ultimate
purpose—the outpouring of the Holy Spirit and the availability of salvation for
men and women.
Why
not experience Jesus today? It is not just a historical reality. It is a provision for opening our hearts and
receiving the living presence of God, the Holy Spirit, in, upon, and through
our daily lives.
~
Robert Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT
LIFE NOW blog.
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~ The Resurrection ~
Keep
In Mind ~
The Resurrection of Jesus Christ had two sides.
The Cross and the Resurrection were ONE EVENT.
The Resurrection and the Exaltation of Jesus were
ONE EVENT.
Check
out tomorrows post!
~
Robert Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT
LIFE NOW blog.
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~ The Cross ~
Keep In Mind ~ The Cross of Calvary had two sides.
The Cross had two sides—the one side where Jesus died and the other side where Jesus was resurrected.
The
Cross and the Resurrection were ONE EVENT.
Check
out tomorrows post!
~
Robert Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT
LIFE NOW blog.
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~ Decision Making Basics: Spiritual Test ~
Series
Note
~ This series looks at eight words that begin with the letter “S” which can
significantly help in Christian decision-making. So far, we have looked at 1) The Scripture Test, 2)
The Secrecy Test, 3) The Survey Test, and 4) The Spiritual Test.
Scripture ~ “For
do I now persuade men, or God? Or do I seek to please men? For if I still
pleased men, I would not be a bondservant of Christ” (Galatians 1:10).
Key Question ~ Am I seeking the approval of man or to please God?
“But Peter and the other apostles
answered and said: ‘We ought to obey God rather than men’” (Acts 5:29).
~ Robert
Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT
LIFE NOW blog.
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~ God Hears ~
This
Series ~ This
series of posts looks at some of the many attributes of God. Generally, we move in alphabetical order.
“Now this is
the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His
will, He hears us. And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask,
we know that we have the petitions that we have asked of Him” (1 John 5:14-15).
Additional
Scripture ~ “The Lord
is near to all who call on Him, to all who call on Him in truth” (Psalm 145:18 niv).
To
strengthen our prayers, we can use the model prayer Jesus provided for His
Disciples: And
it came to pass, that, as He was praying in a certain place, when He ceased,
one of His disciples said unto Him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught
His disciples. And He said unto them, ‘When ye pray, say, Our Father which art
in Heaven, hallowed be Thy name. Thy Kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in
Heaven, so in earth. Give us day by day our daily bread. And forgive us our
sins; for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not
into temptation; but deliver us from evil” (Luke 11:1-4 kjv).
“Then Jesus told His disciples a parable to show
them that they should always pray and not give up” (Luke 18:1).
~ Robert
Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT
LIFE NOW blog.
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~ God Explains ~
Introduction
~ “Abundant Life Now” previously provided
a list of Biblical of examples of fearing / reverencing God (217 posts). In this current series we look at Biblical
accounts that demonstrate that we can fully trust God. Initially we posted seven general reasons for
trusting God. We are currently looking
at passages from all 66 books of Scripture which demonstrate a reason for
trusting our Creator.
Scripture
~ “Thus says the Lord of hosts:
‘Consider your ways! Go up to the mountains and bring wood and build the
temple, that I may take pleasure in it and be glorified,’ says the Lord. ‘You looked for much, but indeed it came to
little; and when you brought it home, I blew it away. Why?’ says the Lord of
hosts. ‘Because of My house that is in ruins, while every one of you runs to
his own house. Therefore the heavens above you withhold the dew, and the earth
withholds its fruit. For I called for a drought on the land and the mountains,
on the grain and the new wine and the oil, on whatever the ground brings forth,
on men and livestock, and on all the labor of your hands’” (Haggai
1:7-11).
~ Robert Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT LIFE NOW blog.
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