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Giving Our Bodies to God (Our Ears)

by Don Wright

For most people, listening does not come naturally.  It is a skill that is formed by determination and discipline.  Giving our ears to God by listening to the right things in the right way will benefit us greatly as we strive to be the best Christians we can be. James 1:19 (ESV) 19 Know this, […]

Giving Our Bodies to God (Our Tongues)

by Don Wright

James reminds us that the tongue is untamable. James 3:8 (KJV) 8 But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.  Very few things in this world are more powerful than words.  A few well-chosen words can almost instantly cheer us up, improve our outlook, and brighten our […]

Giving Our Bodies to God (Our Feet)

by Don Wright

1 Timothy 6:6-10 is a familiar passage in which Paul discusses the danger of the love of money.  A person who develops an obsession for money will most likely fall away from the faith.  As a result, he will inflict upon himself many sorrows (1 Timothy 6:10).  Paul’s advice to us is to run from […]

Giving Our Bodies to God (Our Eyes)

by Don Wright

Some Christians do not realize how important our bodies are to God.  After we die, at the appointed time of God, we will all experience a bodily resurrection.  Our lowly bodies will be transformed to be like our Lord’s glorious body (Philippians 3:21).  Speaking of the resurrection, Paul said that our bodies will be sown […]

Giving Our Bodies to God (Our Hands)

by Don Wright

Paul exhorts us to use our bodies, not as instruments of sin, but as instruments of righteousness (Romans 6:12-13).  One way we can do this is by using our hands to do the work of the Lord. Psalm 90:17 (ESV) 17  Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us and establish the […]

The Lord’s Church (What It Taught about Israel)

by Don Wright

There is a great misunderstanding of Israel today.  While this is true socially and politically, it is especially true religiously.  What was taught by the Lord’s church in the first century concerning physical Israel being the people of God?  We are not surprised that the Jews thought they were the people of God, even as […]

The Lord’s Church (What it taught about the kingdom of God)

by Don Wright

A part of the good news that Jesus preached when He was here on earth was that the kingdom of God was at hand. Matthew 4:17 (NKJV) 17 From that time Jesus began to preach and to say, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” This was the ongoing message of Christ throughout […]

The Lord’s Church (Revelation)

by Don Wright

In this series on the Lord’s church, we have seen that first-century Christians did not have the luxury of having the completed New Testament in written form, at least not during most of the century.  They survived without it because many possessed the miraculous measure of the Holy Spirit, which they received by the laying […]