Category archives: Studies
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Example #7 - Samson and His Philistine Wife
Only five chapters later we find the second blatant, straightforward statement in the book of Judges revealing to us that evil is "of the Lord."
Jdg 13 is the story of Samson's parents and the birth of Samson. Samson's father was a man of the tribe of Dan.... [read more]
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Example #6 - Abimelech and the Men of Shechem
Another story revealing just how much free will man has is the story of Abimelech, the son of Gideon. Gideon himself, as with all men, was the work of the Potter's sovereign hand. Gideon did not choose to conquer the Midianites. God chose Gideon and as a... [read more]
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Example #5 - Pharaoh's Heart is Hardened
While the churches of Babylon would have us believe that the Pharaoh who withstood Moses was simply an extremely stubborn man, the scriptures lead us to believe the exact opposite. While Moses was still in Midian, before he ever returned to Egypt,…the ... [read more]
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Example #4 - Joseph and His Brothers
Why are "our works" and "our righteousnesses" so despised by God? God Himself calls them "righteousnesses" (Isa 64:6). He does not say our iniquities are as filthy rags. Is it nothing more than taking credit for what HE has done in either "drawing" us to Him or "... [read more]
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17 years ago
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The Law of Moses versus the Law of the Spirit
How The New Covenant Differs from the Old
[Posted May 3, 2009]
The Law of Moses Versus The Law of The Spirit - Part 1
[Updated November 25, 2023]
Introduction
It was the night of His apprehension by the Jews that Christ revealed to us that His orig... [read more]
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17 years ago
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Audio Links
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[audio:http://iswasandwillbe.com/audio/FloweryBranch/Book_of_Revelation/Revelation_4_4_5_Sea_of_Glass_P2.mp3]
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17 years ago
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Example #3 - Jacob and Esau
Isaac was Abraham's second son, the child of promise, born after both Abraham and Sarah were past the age of being able to bear children. Abraham's first son was begotten in a natural manner. Abraham had married Sarah's handmaid Hagar, and Ishmael was born of this union.
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Example #2 - The Trials [ Temptations] of Job
Most of us are aware that Job was a man of great patience. In one day Job lost all his oxen, asses, camels, sheep and all but one of the servants that cared for each group, and finally all his sons and daughters died in the home of the eldest with only o... [read more]
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Example #1 - The Tempting of Mankind (Adam and Eve)
The first example is the pattern for all of God's sovereign actions concerning the tempting of man. God's sovereignty had Christ slain for Adam's transgression before Adam was ever created: "Who hath saved us and called us with an holy calling, not... [read more]
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17 years ago
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Audio Links
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[audio:http://iswasandwillbe.com/audio/FloweryBranch/Book_of_Revelation/Revelation_4_4_6_P1.mp3]
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17 years ago
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You might answer 'right here in this passage Paul says this is for our admonition.' Then you would probably ask, why are we given admonitions if we don't have freedom of choice? Does not James teach us "Let no man say…I am tempted of God…but every man is tempted when he is drawn away o... [read more]
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"The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to usward, not willing that ANY should perish but that ALL should come to repentance" (2Pe 3:9).
Indeed we must all choose day by day to pick the good and reject the evil. But it seems that the God of th... [read more]
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