We're one, but we're not the same
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For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office: So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another. Romans 12:4-5 KJV
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Have you come here for forgiveness?
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And the power of the Lord was with Jesus to heal the sick. Some men came carrying a paralyzed man on a mat... When Jesus saw their faith, he said, "Friend, your sins are forgiven." Luke 5:17-20 NIV
Jesus: "This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins." Matthew 26:28 NIV |
Have you come to raise the dead?
Have you come here to play Jesus to the lepers in your head? |
Jesus: "Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out demons. Freely you received, freely give." Matthew 10:8 NASB
Jesus: “This sickness will not end in death. No, it is... so that God’s Son may be glorified through it.” John 11:4 NIV On his arrival, Jesus found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb for four days.... Martha answered, “I know he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.” Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die; and whoever lives by believing in me will never die. Do you believe this?”.... So they took away the stone.... Jesus called in a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!” The dead man came out, his hands and feet wrapped with strips of linen, and a cloth around his face. Jesus said to them, “Take off the grave clothes and let him go.” John 11:17-44 NIV And a leper came to Jesus, beseeching Him and falling on his knees before Him, and saying, “If You are willing, You can make me clean.” Mark 1:40 NASB see also Matthew 8:2 & Luke 5:12 |
You say love is a temple
Love the higher law Love is a temple Love the higher law |
Within your temple, O God, we meditate on your unfailing love. Psalm 48:9 NIV
I will bow down toward your holy temple and will praise your name for your unfailing love and your faithfulness. Psalm 138:2 NIV Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s spirit dwells in your midst? 1 Corinthians 3:16 NIV |
You ask me to enter
But then you make me crawl |
Jesus: "Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in people's faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let those enter who are trying to." Matthew 23:13 NIV
Jesus: "Knock and the door will be opened to you..." Matthew 7:7 NIV Jesus: "To the one who knocks, the door will be open." Matthew 7:8 NIV |
Sisters, brothers...
We get to carry each other |
Brothers and sisters.... Carry each other's burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ. Galatians 6:1-2 NIV
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