Author: Charles Blair
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What attitude should we have in trying to reach the lost?
We begin from the foundation that we all need to be saved by Jesus (Matt.5:3). The answer does not lie within us to remove sin (Jer. 10:23). When Jesus instructed about prayer, He said we are to forgive others as God has forgiven us (Matt. 6:12,14). Each of us should come to know that we…
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When Men Leave Reasoning
The old television show, “Dragnet” had the lead actor saying many times, “just the facts, just the facts”. Jury trials are conducted daily in our society as individuals try to reach the truth. In the spiritual realm men are saved by obeying the truth (I Peter 1:22). If there is truth then one must accept…
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God, The Lawgiver
As we come to the New Testament the idea of faithfulness is still what God expects. None of us go out and strive to build an ark simply because God does not require such today. We do not make yearly trips to Jerusalem in order to worship God because such is not required. What this…
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Matthew 5:6 “Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.”
The one who desires to become a Christian should be properly taught as to the blessings enjoyed and the responsibilities that must be accepted. The Christian is to seek the things above and set his affections on things there (Colossians 3:1,2). The deeper he studies in the Word of God the more he knows about…
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Expectations of God
God used the man Moses to instruct Israel about what He expected out of them. Moses would teach others and they in turn would give the expectations of God to the nation. Moses said that he had taught Israel statues and judgments to live by (Deut. 4:5). They were to use these teachings once they…
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Matthew 5:5 “Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.”
Those who believe in the Rapture teach that God failed to set up the kingdom and will establish it in our time. They choose to believe that the righteous people will inherit the earth. When men leave the Word of God and go about to establish their own righteousness, they will teach and reach false…
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Matthew 5:4 “Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.”
Jeremiah is called the weeping prophet for the attitude he manifested toward the people of God in Judah. He would warn them of their departures from God and the coming destruction of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar. He mourned for them because they would not turn from their sins. The idea of mourning or crying may cover…
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Hearing From God
Noah was a man who chose to live faithful to the principle of honoring his creator by living up to the image and likeness of God. As he so lived, at a given point in time, God spoke to this good man. God used this man in an effort of 120 years to warn his…
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Matthew 5:3 “Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.”
The person who is blessed to be humble is nicer to live around than someone caught up in the world of “me”. This, however,is not a verse dealing with any human who chooses to be humble in their dealings with their fellow man. The setting of these verses is Jesus explaining the kind of person…
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Are You Righteous?
The word righteous, like the word holiness, causes most people to become a little fearful. We tend to think in terms of sinless perfection and most people would answer, “no I am not righteous”. The confusion clears up when we return to God’s Word and allow Him to teach us by means of that Word.…