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Light of the World

"You are the light of the world," He unhesitatingly said. Your task is to speak the word Reversing darkness and death. Words are lamps, words are light They bring healing, they give sight. In a world of ideas, dark and dead The breath of the Spirit is the light of life. In a life so wrecked by sin's evil web The word of the Spirit is the Healer's knife. The word is in your mouth, so let it out In speaking and writing, say it loud! Words are lamps, words are light They bring healing, they give sight.

The 4 Pillars of Faith

Rev 2:4-5 NHEB 4 But I have this against you, that you left your first love. 5 Remember therefore from where you have fallen, and repent and do the first works; or else I am coming to you, and will move your lampstand out of its place, unless you repent.  _______________________________________________ Evidence and intellectual assent alone is not faith. Passion and zeal alone is not faith. Faithfulness alone is not faith. Diligent labor alone is not faith. Faith requires all.  TRUTH.(1Tim.2:7; Jn.8:32) - Cognition LOVE (Gal.5:6; I Pet.1:8) - Affection PATIENCE (Heb.6:12; James 1:4) - Duration WORKS (James 2:17) - Action Faith without truth is blind Faith without love is heartless Faith without patience is weak Faith without works is dead Believing is knowing Believing is loving Believing is staying Believing is doing Faith is consistent both logically and temporally (in thought and through time).  Doubt is fearful, fluctuating, failing, faithless. Blessed are those w...

The centrality of faith: resurrection

And if Christ is not risen, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins! I Corinthians 15:17 NKJV The Bible records the testimonies of those who saw Christ alive and proclaimed alive not only by angels but by Himself along with what they perceived as "irrefutable proofs" which included not only His consuming broiled fish and honeycomb (Lk 24.42,43) but also His unveiling of the OT prophecies regarding His death and resurrection. The resurrection of Christ is proof of the annulment of curse and the defeat of death serving as the guarantee of the blessed hope. The evidences were and are extremely extraordinary since the miracle was extraordinary. These included the rolled stone and pronouncements by dazzling angels, the several appearances of t Christ with physical contact and traces (fish eaten = physical data), His group teaching, ascension and further announcements by angels. In addition, the pouring of the Spirit on Pentecost todayand confirming signs and miracles atte...