How and When to Establish a Christian Nation: Part 6

I have tried to show the basic difference between a Christian Nation and the Kingdom of God in order that you might know how best to expend your energy. While I certainly would li……
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First John, chapter 4, part 2

The first three verses in 1 John 4 speak of spirits that are either of Christ or of antichrist. In other words the origin of the antichrist spirit goes back to the first sin, when……
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First John, chapter 4, part 3

1 John 4:7, 8 says, 7 Beloved, let us love [agapao] one another, for love [agape] is from God; and everyone who loves is born [gennao, “begotten”] of God and knows God. 8 The on……
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First John, chapter 4, part 4

1 John 4:12-14 says, 12 No one has seen God at any time; if we love one another, God abides in us, and His love is perfected in us. 13 By this we know that we abide in Him and……
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First John, chapter 5, part 1

At the end of 1 John 4, the apostle makes it clear that being a son of God is evidenced, not by race or even by religion but by one’s heart of love. The purpose of sonship, after ……
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First John chapter 5, part 2

The next few verses contain an addition from the 15th or 16th century and were not part of John’s original text. This addition is found at the end of 1 John 5:7 and the beginning ……
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Hosea, prophet of mercy—chapter 31, The fruit of misused blessings

Hosea 10:1 says, 1 Israel is a luxuriant [baqaq, “empty, void”] vine; he produces fruit for himself. The more his fruit, the more altars he made; the richer his land, the bett……
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Hosea, prophet of mercy—chapter 32, Judgment upon the altars of Beth-aven

Hosea 10:5, 6 says, 5 The inhabitants of Samaria will fear [gur] for the calf of Beth-aven. Indeed, its people will mourn for it, and its idolatrous priests [kamarim, “black rob……
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Hosea, prophet of mercy—chapter 33, Sowing and reaping

Hosea 10:11 says, 11 And Ephraim is a trained heifer that loves to thresh, but I will come over her fair neck with a yoke; I will harness Ephraim, Judah will plow, Jacob will ha……
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Hosea, prophet of mercy—chapter 34, Out of Egypt

Hosea 11:1 says, 1 When Israel was a youth, I loved him and out of Egypt I called My son. The prophet now appeals to Israel/Ephraim by showing the history of God’s love, comp……
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