Chris·ti·an·i·ty: The religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. Christians believe that Jesus Christ is the Messiah, sent by God. They believe that Jesus, by dying and rising from the dead, made up for the sin of Adam and thus redeemed the world, allowing all who believe in him to enter heaven. Christians rely on the Bible as the inspired word of God. Posts in this category pertain to social, political, philosophical, and moral issues regarding Christianity.
Posted 14 August 2006, back-dated.
Today´s reading:
OT: Ezra 7, Ezra 8:1-20
NT: I Corinthians 4
Ps: Psalm 30
Pr: Proverbs 20:28-30
Today´s notable verse:
Now it is required that those who have been given a trust must prove faithful.
I Corinthians 4:2 (NIV)
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Posted 14 August 2006, back-dated.
Today´s reading:
OT: Ezra 4:24, Ezra 5-6
NT: I Corinthians 3:5-23
Ps: Psalm 29
Pr: Proverbs 20:26-27
Today´s notable verse:
Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit lives in you?
I Corinthians 3:16 (NIV)
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Posted 14 August 2006, back-dated.
Today´s reading:
OT: Ezra 3, Ezra 4:1-23
NT: I Corinthians 2:6-16, I Corinthians 3:1-4
Ps: Psalm 28
Pr: Proverbs 20:24-25
Today´s notable verse:
15 The spiritual man makes judgments about all things, but he himself is not subject to any man’s judgment: 16 “For who has known the mind of the Lord that he may instruct him?” But we have the mind of Christ.
I Corinthians 2:15-16 (NIV)
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Posted 14 August 2006, back-dated.
Today´s reading:
OT: Ezra 1-2
NT: I Corinthians 1:18-31, I Corinthians 2:1-5
Ps: Psalm 27:7-14
Pr: Proverbs 20:22-23
Today´s notable verse:
For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and him crucified.
I Corinthians 2:2 (NIV)
How much better off the church today would be, if we took the same attitude and approach. Either we become prideful in the sophistication of our knowledge and understanding of theology, or else we become judgemental toward those who have a weaker faith, less understanding, or differing beliefs about matters that are entirely non-essential. I would much rather we focus ourselves on the one essential: Jesus Christ and Him cricified. Then, we truly could be united as one church – one body of believers.
I am still confident of this: I will see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.
Psalm 27:13 (NIV)
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Posted 14 August 2006, back-dated.
Today´s reading:
OT: II Chronicles 35-36
NT: I Corinthians 1:1-17
Ps: Psalm 27:1-6
Pr: Proverbs 20:20-21
Today´s notable verse:
One thing I ask of the LORD,
this is what I seek:
that I may dwell in the house of the LORD
all the days of my life,
to gaze upon the beauty of the LORD
and to seek him in his temple.Psalm 27:4 (NIV)
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Posted 14 August 2006, back-dated.
Today´s reading:
OT: II Chronicles 33:14-25, II Chronicles 34
NT: Romans 16:10-27
Ps: Psalm 26
Pr: Proverbs 20:19
Today´s notable verse:
Test me, O LORD, and try me, examine my heart and my mind;
Psalm 26:2 (NIV)
Applying this verse would equate to the graduate, or perhaps post-doc, coursework of Christianity. If I truly want to reveal everything in my life to the cleansing light of truth, I must be willing to open myself so completely to God. He knows everything, anyway; but when I ask Him to test, to try, and to examine me, He will be faithful in doing so. Anything that is unclean, impure, or contrary to God’s standard of holiness and perfection will be revealed. This process is a painful one, but either we subject ourselves to the refiner’s fire now, willingly, or we will be subjected to it later, unwillingly. The former is an act of humility, for which we will be exalted in the end; the latter is a result of pride, which will be humbled in the end.
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Posted 14 August 2006, back-dated.
Today´s reading:
OT: II Chronicles 32, II Chronicles 33:1-13
NT: Romans 15:23-33, Romans 16:1-9
Ps: Psalm 25:16-22
Pr: Proverbs 20:16-18
Today´s notable verse:
Food gained by fraud tastes sweet to a man, but he ends up with a mouth full of gravel.
Proverbs 20:17 (NIV)
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Posted 13 August 2006, back-dated.
Today´s reading:
OT: II Chronicles 30-31
NT: Romans 15:1-22
Ps: Psalm 25:1-25
Pr: Proverbs 20:13-15
Today´s notable verse:
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Romans 15:13 (NIV)
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Posted 13 August 2006, back-dated.
Today´s reading:
OT: II Chronicles 29
NT: Romans 14
Ps: Psalm 24
Pr: Proverbs 20:12
Today´s notable verse:
Let us therefore make every effort to do what leads to peace and to mutual edification.
Romans 14:19 (NIV)
You know, I think the former end is easy to visualize and to attempt to accomplish, but the latter often ends up overlooked. Paul’s passage here is about how we have freedom in Christ, but we must take every care to ensure that the exercise of that freedom is mutually edifying. We cannot fulfill the law to love our neighbor as ourselves if our actions do not yield mutually edifying results. If I seek only my own edification, then I am acting selfishly and not acting in love. Conversely, when I seek to act in order to edify another, then I am exemplifying Christ’s example of the greatest form of love: to lay down my life – my rights, my freedoms, etc. – for another.
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Posted 13 August 2006, back-dated.
Today´s reading:
OT: II Chronicles 26-28
NT: Romans 13
Ps: Psalm 23
Pr: Proverbs 20:11
Today´s notable verse:
Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for he who loves his fellowman has fulfilled the law.
Romans 13:8 (NIV)
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