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In the Bible, darkness is a powerful metaphor that carries both physical and spiritual significance. Let’s explore its various meanings:
Physical Darkness:
Genesis 1:4: God separated light from darkness during the creation of the world. Darkness represents the absence of light,
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Contributed by Pat Cook on May 16, 2005
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The Wesleyan Bible Commentary puts it this way: “The eternal one, caught in a moment of time. The Omnipresence corralled in a cave manger. The Omnipotent cradled in a helpless infant who could not even raise His head from the straw. The Omniscience confined in a baby who would not say a word. The
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Contributed by Pat Cook on May 16, 2005
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The Bible is full of real and imperfect people. Noah was a drunk; Abraham was too old and a liar; Sarah laughed at God’s promises; Isaac was a daydreamer; Jacob was a liar; Leah was ugly. Joseph was abused; Moses had a stuttering problem and a short fuse; Miriam was a gossip; Gideon was afraid;
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Contributed by Timothy Smith on Jun 4, 2005
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One of the truths of the Bible given over and over again is you can never be good enough on your own to earn heaven. Because once you sin one time, you can’t brag to a perfect God how good you are. I mean, you don’t impress the engineers of Boeing with the airplane that you made from paper. You
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Contributed by Timothy Smith on Sep 3, 2005
The Bible teaches that God is awesome, He is higher, greater and majestic than we can ever imagine. In fact no one can even look upon God and live.
Why, even Indiana Jones understood that. When his arch enemy and Nazi,Rene Belloq, not only finds the sacred Ark of the Covenant, which in the
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2005
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The Bible is like a telescope. If a man looks through his telescope he sees worlds beyond; but if he looks at his telescope, he does not see anything but that. The Bible is a thing to be looked through to see that which is beyond; but
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2005
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One of the most dramatic examples of the Bible’s divine ability to transform men and women involved the famous mutiny on the “Bounty.” Following their rebellion against the notorious Captain Bligh, nine mutineers, along with the Tahatian men and women who accompanied them, found their way to
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 5, 2006
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Bible Reading Improves Quality Of Life: For many believers this is an understatement of the obvious. However, for the general American population it’s big news. A recent Tyndale House study of randomly selected adult Americans revealed: 90% of frequent Bible readers say they feel at peace all
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