Posted by anointedplace on April 11, 2020 · 1 Comment
When we are asked the simple question about what the meaning of Easter is or why did Jesus Christ, Immanuel came and died? What have we been accustomed to reciting as our standard response? What do hear in every Sunday school report in every church, in every denomination, and at every opportunity? What is … Continue reading →
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Posted by anointedplace on December 29, 2011 · 6 Comments
1 Thessalonians 4:3 It is God’s will that you should be sanctified: Articles of Faith: Sanctification We believe that sanctification is the process by which according to the will of God, we are made partakers of his holiness, that it is a progressive work, that it is begun in regeneration, and that it is carried … Continue reading →
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Posted by anointedplace on October 19, 2011 · 1 Comment
We base so much of what we do towards God on what we want to do and what we are comfortable doing. More times than most all that we are willing to do for God in the form of worship is external gestures. We all try to create a place of worship and a “new thing” or “new way” of worship. We dress it up and call it pure because we have made it pure. We take out what we feel is tradition based on our own wisdom.
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Posted by anointedplace on September 14, 2011 · 5 Comments
We are either Pharaoh or Moses, leading people to death or life which one are you? Exodus 14:16-18 English Standard Version (ESV) 16 Lift up your staff, and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it, that the people of Israel may go through the sea on dry ground. 17And I will harden … Continue reading →
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Posted by anointedplace on May 28, 2010 · 1 Comment
So now we have Jesus Christ, who lived a life we could not live and He died a death we could not die. So now we have Christ righteousness added to us and atonement for our sins so we can do what Isaiah did, approach the throne as a royal priesthood (1 Peter, 1 Peter 2:1-12).
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Posted by anointedplace on December 29, 2009 · Leave a Comment
1 John 2:15-17 15Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.16For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of … Continue reading →
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