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Repentance is Required for Forgiveness

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In the last chapter of the Gospel of Luke, we see recorded the final words of Jesus before he ascended into heaven, beginning in V. 46, “And He said to them, Thus it is written that the Christ should suffer and rise again from the dead the third day; (V. 47) and that repentance for forgiveness of sins should be …

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I Had a Dream

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I (Pat) woke up startled from a dream about 3:00 a.m. on January 1, 2021.  I was in a large auditorium, along with many others, listening to a preacher bring forth God’s Word.  As he spoke the word boldly, people began to leave one by one until no one was left in the room except him and me.  We looked …

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The Law of Sowing & Reaping

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There is a spiritual law called the “Law of Sowing and Reaping” and it is summed up in the following verse: Galatians 6:7-8, “Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.  For he who sows to his flesh will of the flesh reap corruption, but he who sows to the …

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Disunity Caused by Gossip and Slander

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It’s as though Satan has sent forth an army of faultfinding demons against the church and they are just looking for bodies to be able to speak through and do the greatest amount of damage.  How can we continually preach “unity” without a careful examination of one of the greatest devices that causes disunity in the church?  It seems that …

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Is “Nice” a Fruit of the Spirit?

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The fruit of the [Holy] Spirit is listed for us in Galatians 5:22-23, “Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.”  But is “nice” a fruit of the Spirit?  Was Jesus always “nice?”  As we read His Word, sometimes we find He wasn’t nice at all―at least not by our standards. There are several different definitions of the …

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The Process of Sanctification

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For anyone who knows us well, they know that we (Vito and Pat) have been called to focus on, clarify, teach and preach on the subject of “Sanctification” for the last 25 years.  Some have actually told us to our faces that they are tired of hearing us speak on this subject!  But we brushed the criticism off and kept …

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What Lens are you Looking Through?

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When we have trouble seeing well, we make an appointment with an eye doctor.  He or she will “fit” us with the correct lens through which everything will become more clear and easier to distinguish.  But what about our spiritual lens?  It matters what lens you have fitted on your spiritual eyes because that lens filters everything as to how …

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The Power of the Blood

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On April 9, 2023 Christians all over the world celebrated Resurrection Day, a day we remember as the day our Savior rose from the grave.  Many of us have heard and sang the hymns about the power of Jesus’ shed blood, but do we truly believe there is “wonder-working power” in the blood?  Or has the very mention of the …

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Jealousies & Judgments

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Prov. 27:4 has this to say about jealousy, “Wrath is cruel and anger a torrent, but who is able to stand before jealousy?” The Bible tells us in Matt. 27:18 that even Jesus was “handed over [to be crucified] because of envy.”  Prior to that time, it seemed that every day after Jesus began His ministry here on Earth He …

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WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE FREE IN CHRIST?

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There are four qualifiers in knowing we are walking in the total freedom Jesus came to give us (Luke 4:18-19). We are free in Christ when we have: Let’s take a look at each of these.  First of all, we know we are free in Christ when we have nothing to hide.  Remember, the very first thing Adam and Eve …