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Tag Archives: Recovery Version
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John 10:11 I am the good Shepherd; the good Shepherd lays down His life for the sheep
Joseph, like Abel, was a shepherd (Genesis 37:2). This typifies the aspect of the constitution of Christ in the mature life that is the shep [...]
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Colossians 1:28 Whom we announce, admonishing every man and teaching every man in all wisdom that we may present every man full-grown in Christ
The Greek word rendered “full-grown” [Colossians 1:28] may also be translated “mature,” “complete,” or “perfect.” Paul’s m [...]
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Hebrews 5:13-14 But solid food is for the full-grown, who because of practice have their faculties exercised
Paul’s burden in the book of Hebrews was to bring the believers out of the “kindergarten” stage and to bring them on to maturity, to t [...]
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2 Peter 1:10 Therefore, brothers, be the more diligent to make your calling and selection firm
We Christians are destined to be kings in the Lord’s kingdom….It is impossible to be a king without…maturity. Even if the Lord [...]
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Philippians 4:13 I am able to do all things in Him who empowers me
Paul was a person in Christ (2 Cor. 12:2), and he desired to be found in Christ by others. Now he declared that he was able to do all things [...]
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Matthew 5:6 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied
God will sovereignly use persons, things, and events to empty us of everything that has filled us and to take away every preoccupation so th [...]
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John 10:10 I have come that they may have life and may have it abundantly
The last stage of transformation is maturity. Maturity means the fullness of life. When one is mature, he has no shortage of life. The more [...]
Revelation 2:26 And he who overcomes and he who keeps My works until the end, to him I will give authority over the nations
Actually, what we are privileged to enjoy in Christ is the foretaste of the blessings in the coming kingdom. The proper enjoyment of this fo [...]
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Hebrews 12:23 And to the church of the firstborn, who have been enrolled in the heavens
We Christians, born of God, are the firstfruits of His creatures (James 1:18) that He has reaped in His creation. In that sense we are the f [...]
