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                    THE MARK OF SUFFERING 
In the real world of pain, how could one worship a God who was immune to it? I have entered many Buddhist temples in different Asian countries and stood respectfully before the statue of the Buddha, his legs crossed, arms folded, eyes closed, the ghost of a smile playing
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2002
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    MARKING THE TIME
Time has no divisions to mark its passage, there is never a thunder-storm or blare of trumpets to announce the beginning of a new month or year. 
Even when a new century begins it is only we
                    
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                    Contributed by Edwin Amundson on Jul 26, 2002
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    The Marks of a Witness
1. A witness must have a first-hand experience of Christ. Hearsay is not acceptable in a court of law, nor in the court of this world?s opinion. People will listen only to what we have personally seen and heard.
2. A witness must be able to express himself verbally. We may
                    
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                    MARKED AS A POSSESSION
Phillip Keller writes, "The day I bought my first 30 sheep, my neighbor and I sat on the dusty corral rails that enclosed the sheep pen and admired the choice, strong, well bred sheep that had just become mine. Turning to me, he handed me a large, sharp killing knife and
                    
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                    Contributed by Bruce Ball on Oct 9, 2012
                
                
                
                    In verse 15, it tells us what will happen to those people who do not accept the Evil One’s mark: 
“15 … and all who refuse to worship the image or take his mark will be killed.” 
I saw recently where Motorola has developed an all inclusive data chip that is no larger than a grain of rice.  It
                    
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                    BEARING THE MARK
Joseph Damien was a nineteenth-century missionary who ministered to people with leprosy on the island of Molokai, Hawaii. Those suffering grew to love him and revered the sacrificial life he lived out before them. 
One morning before Damien was to lead daily worship, he was
                    
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                    Contributed by Micah Fries on Apr 16, 2003
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Mark Dever, in his book, Nine Marks of a Healthy Church, says, “According to [Jonathan] Edwards, while all these things [loving the church, an increase in joy, etc.] may be evidences of true Christian growth, the only certain observable sign
                    
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                    Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Jan 7, 2006
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    ILLUSTRATION:  Mark Twain, not exactly a die-hard Christian, wrote these words: “Most people are bothered by those passages of Scripture they do not understand, but
                    
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                    Contributed by Michael Wiley on Jan 7, 2009
                
                
                
                    John 3:16
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Finished Shopping? What kind of gifts are you looking for? We look for gifts for Christmas that show our love for others. 
Joke; one man asked another, “what are you getting your wife?” “I’ll wrap myself.” “I’m not getting my wife much either.”
ILL Little Sammy Williams
                    
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                    Contributed by Rick George on Mar 19, 2009
                
                
                
                    "The distinguishing mark of saving faith is not perfection. The mark of faith is not that I never sin...The mark of faith is that I fight. I fight anything that dims my sight of Jesus as my glorious Savior. I fight anything that diminishes the fullness of the lordship of Jesus in my life. I fight
                    
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