Stop 11 Road Church of Christ

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  • A Time of Thanksgiving

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    Jarrod Lemon
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    A day set by our forefathers was selected for November to be a day of Thanksgiving. It was to be a time in which all Americans were to pause and thank God for the blessings bestowed on our nation. Many Novembers have come and gone and we have witnessed a change in attitude for what…

  • Amram And Jochebed

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    Jarrod Lemon
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    The Bible has so many accounts of people who acted in faith. They heard from God, believed and then acted on what God had commanded. The eleventh chapter of Hebrews lists some of those. If we are familiar with their names perhaps also their acts of faith is likewise known to us. Men like Noah…

  • One Last View of What Isaiah Saw

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    Jarrod Lemon
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    Isaiah saw a Messiah who would judge among the nations. As we have already concluded, this did not mean every nation but rather individuals in all nations. Who then would the Messiah (Jesus the Christ) judge? We know that Jesus has been given all authority in heaven and on earth (Matt. 28:18). Do all men…

  • More of What Isaiah Saw

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    Jarrod Lemon
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    Isaiah had seen in chapter two the exalting or lifting up of the Lord’s house. His vision from God saw that the lifting up of the Lord’s house would have the effect of all nations flowing unto it. The meaning could have one of two possible conclusions. One is that all nations would be obedient…

  • What Isaiah Saw

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    Jarrod Lemon
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    What Isaiah wrote about was what came from God. He therefore wrote what God showed him so all future readers of the Bible would develop a trust in God. There was at one time a growing concern on the part of Israel concerning false prophets. In Deuteronomy 18, Moses had revealed that there was coming…

  • Judgment To Come

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    Jarrod Lemon
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    The man, Amos was called by God to go and speak to the northern tribe of Israel. The opening chapters deal with the coming judgment by God for the conduct of various nations. All those cited were those connected to Israel or Judah. The judgment of God would fall on these nations because of their…

  • What Did Jesus Look Like?

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    Jarrod Lemon
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    Thanks to Hollywood and various artist of one kind or another the world has an idea of what Jesus looked like. That is all that it is for no man knows what Jesus really looked like. Movies and or books try to show Jesus by some man’s concept of what he thought Jesus would have…

  • A Promise Long Forgotten

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    Jarrod Lemon
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    The integrity of God rest on the foundation that God cannot lie (Titus 1:2). The voice or testimony of two witnesses should in most cases verify the truth. The writer of Hebrews explains how it is that God cannot lie. One is the oath that God made and the second is God Himself. By these…

  • Men of War, Fit for Battle

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    Jarrod Lemon
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    The book of 1 Chronicles opens up by tracing the family lines of the Israelites. Chapter ten concerns the death of Saul, the first king of Israel. Chapter eleven is about David becoming king and capturing Jerusalem for his base of operations. Beginning in verse 10 of chapter eleven there is a list of David’s…

  • Is God The Standard?

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    Jarrod Lemon
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    Is it wrong to take something that does not belong to you? If man came from the animals, then what is the nucleus for the idea that stealing is wrong? Where in the animal world does one find an animal regretting his decision? Since such things do not exist, how then does man assert that…