January 2025 "Dearly Beloved" Articles
Dearly Beloved 01/31/25 The Greatest and the Least
The Greatest and the Least
Dearly beloved of God, do not take for granted what God so freely gave you in the new birth. You have something that others who came before you never had.
Matthew 11: 11
Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist: notwithstanding he that is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.
The Lord Jesus Christ said, “he that is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he [John the Baptist].
Beloved of God, after Jesus Christ was crucified, he died, and was buried, God raised him from the dead, and he ascended into heaven providing an entrance into the kingdom of heaven, which is the kingdom of God.
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Dearly Beloved 01/30/25 You Are a Child of God
You Are a Child of God
Dearly beloved of God, you are a child of God and God is now your Father.
You have gone from dead in sin to born again of the spirit from God and given spirit life, which will result in eternal life. That birth is of incorruptible seed.
God is now with you, and He is for you. You have access to the Father by the spirit. In fact, you are God's dwelling place by the spirit.
Have a wonderful day walking with God your Father to lead and to guide you, to care for you, to work in you to will and to do of His good pleasure, to hear and answer your prayers, to supply your every need through His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
You are beloved by the Father and highly favored in His sight. Have a wonderful day and go forth with peace in your heart.
Who knows, this could be the day that the Lord returns to gather us together. Whether or not it is, live as though it is.
You are God's best. You are a child of the One True and Living God. He has your back, so have confidence in Him and rejoice!
Dearly Beloved 01/25/24 Heirs of Salvation
Heirs of Salvation
Dearly beloved of God, those that confess the Lord Jesus with their mouth and believe in their heart that God raised him from the dead, shall be saved.
I Thessalonians 5: 8
But let us who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.
In Christ we are saved, and we have the hope of salvation. Hope is believing concerning future realities.
Hebrews 1:14 WTJ
Are they [the spirit messengers] not all attending spirits sent out for the sake of those who are to inherit salvation [deliverance]?
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Dearly Beloved 01/24/25 This is Christianity
This Is Christianity
Dearly beloved of God, God willed, purposed, determined, planned, and accomplished the purpose of the ages that He purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord.
We stand before God based on the accomplishments of Jesus Christ, not because of our works. All that we have now and in the coming ages is in Christ because of His accomplishments.
Dearly beloved of God, please hear this; all the treasures of wisdom and understanding are hidden in the mystery of God concerning Christ [Colossians 2: 1-3].
The riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles is Christ in you, the hope of glory [Colossians 1:27]!
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Dearly Beloved 01/22/25 Why Don't More Know?
Why Don’t More Know?
Dearly beloved of God, the great mystery is no longer a mystery from God’s perspective, although it remains unknown to many people today.
Romans 16:25 and 26
25 Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began,
26 But now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all nations for the obedience of faith:
The preaching of Jesus Christ according to the revelation of the mystery was given by God to His apostle, Paul.
This gospel, or good news, of God’s revelation of the mystery, which He had before hid in Himself, is the revelation of the grace of God given for our believing obedience.
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Dearly Beloved 01/20/25 What is the New Covenant?
What Is the New Covenant?
Dearly beloved of God, on social media I see that many Christians are blessed that the ten commandments were placed in a school or in their state house.
The ten commandments are wonderful, but we have far more in Christ than the law given to Moses.
Romans 10:4
For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.
God gave the law for Israel when they were natural people. This was the old covenant. Now in Christ we are now justified and righteous before God.
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Dearly Beloved 01/19/25 How Privileged We Are!
How Privileged We Are!
Dearly beloved of God, God is Spirit and His kingdom is a spiritual kingdom. By the exceeding greatness of His power, He raised Jesus from the dead, and He made him both Lord and Christ.
Forty days later Christ ascended into heaven, and God seated him at His right side in the heavenly realm. God made Christ the head of the Church, which is his body, and he filled every member of his body with all in all.
The Word of God says that it is “all in all.” God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, freely gives us all things with His beloved Son.
How much does the Father freely give us with His Son? He freely gives all things to all the members of his body.
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Dearly Beloved 01/18/25 Take the Hint
Take the Hint
Dearly beloved of God, we are so very privileged. God has given us His Word, and He stands behind every word that comes out of His mouth with His almighty power to perform it.
God our Father is able to help us, and He is more than willing to do so.
All the promises of God are yea, and amen; all of them. Whatever God says is true, and He is able and willing to perform what He says. We can take Him at His Word. He is trustworthy.
Whether we are speaking of salvation or our hope or answered prayer or deliverance in any category; once we know the Word of God, we can predict the outcome because we know the will of God.
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Dearly Beloved 01/17/25 Daddy, Daddy
Daddy, Daddy
Dearly beloved of God, the Lord Jesus Christ provided us with access to the Father. In fact, he provided us with access with confidence so that we can speak freely with the Father in whatever situation we may be facing.
Listen to what the Father has to say about talking with Him.
Ephesians 2: 18
For through him [Christ] we both have access to the Father by one Spirit.
Ephesians 3:12
In whom [Christ] we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him.
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Dearly Beloved 01/14/24 The Gifts and Calling of God are Without Repentance
The Gifts and Calling of God are Without Repentance
Dearly beloved of God, I thank God for His goodness to us in Christ Jesus. Our Administration of the Grace of God, the Administration of the Mystery, is different from any previous administration.
We have the accomplishments that the Lord Jesus Christ accomplished in his death, resurrection, ascension, and seating by God at His right hand in the heavenly realm.
The Father freely gives us all things with His Son.
We are members of the Church, which is body of Christ, and he fills each and every member with all in all.
We are complete in Christ; completely filled with all in all of us.
God our Father blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realm.
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Dearly Beloved 01/13/24 Our Glorious Expectation
Our Glorious Expectation
Dearly beloved of God, we have the victory over sin and death through our Lord Jesus Christ.
We rejoice in hope of the glory of God, which we will obtain when the Lord returns to gather us up to meet him in the air.
Romans 8:18-25 WTJ
18 (Therefore, I take into account that the sufferings of the present time are not comparable with the glory that is to be revealed to us.
19 In fact, the eager expectation of the creation waits for the revelation of the sons of God,
20 because the creation was subjected to futility, not voluntarily but by Him Who subjected it upon a hope
21 that the creation itself should also be freed from the bondage of corruption to the freedom of the glory of the children of God.
22 Thus we know that all the creation groans together and travails together [as in childbirth] until now.
23 Not only does it, but even we ourselves who have the first fruit, which is the spirit, groan within ourselves, waiting for [the inheritance of] sonship, that is, the redemption of our body.
24 In fact, we were saved [delivered] unto hope, but hope that is seen is not hope. Why would anyone hope for that which he sees?
25 On the other hand, if we hope for that which we do not see, then we wait for it with patience.)
God has given us a glorious future expectation in Christ. When will we receive “the inheritance of sonship, that is, the redemption of our bodies?”
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Dearly Beloved 01/12/24 Different Kinds of Care
Different Kinds of Care
Dearly beloved of God, God your Father cares for you.
I Peter 5:7
Casting all your care upon Him; for He careth for you.
The two English words, “care” and “careth” are translated from two different Greek words.
The first word “care” is the Greek word, “merimna” which is a noun, and it means, dividing or distracting the mind; then that which does so, as cares and concerns, anxious thoughts or anxiety, or troubles that distract the mind.
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Dearly Beloved 01/11/25 Communion 2 of 2
Communion [2 of 2]
Dearly beloved of God, when we partake of the memorial of communion, what are we celebrating?
The record of the first Passover is documented in Exodus 12.
Moses requested Pharaoh to let the children of Israel leave Egypt, but he repeatedly denied his requests, and a series of plagues came upon the land of Egypt.
In the tenth and final plague, the destroyer passed through Egypt and killed the firstborn of every Egyptian along with the firstborn of their beasts.
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Dearly Beloved 01/10/25 What Are We to Remember? 1 of 2
What Are We to Remember? [1 of 2]
Dearly beloved of God, we are to receive communion in remembrance of the Lord Jesus Christ, and his accomplishments.
Matthew 26:26-28
26 And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body.
27 And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it;
28 For this is my blood of the new testament [diatheke: covenant], which is shed for many for the remission of sins.
The Lord Jesus took the cup and said, “For this is my blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.”
The wine symbolizes the blood Jesus shed to make the new covenant. As part of that new covenant people would receive the remission of sins.
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Dearly Beloved 01/09/25 We Ought to Obey God Rather Than Men
We Ought to Obey God Rather Than Men
Dearly beloved of God, we cannot do God’s job for Him no matter how sincere we may be.
God is the One that calls people, sends people to do His Will, and commissions a particular assignment that He wants completed.
Religion works just the opposite. A religionist decides what they will do according to their will and then they ask God to bless it as though it was the Will of God.
The Will of God is not determined by decisions made by people in their councils, committees or boards, or by personal desires; it comes from God Himself, and He expects His people to obey Him.
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Dearly Beloved 01/06/25 Unlimited Resources for Timely Help
Unlimited Resources for Timely Help
Dearly beloved of God, you are the lights of the world. We bear the light of God's Word to others.
You hold the truth of God’s Word, and you can speak it so that others can rejoice with you, and so that they may be comforted, and have the deliverance they need concerning life.
We face all kinds of difficulties in life, but in all of them we are more than conquerors through him that loved us [see Romans 8:37].
Challenges come in many forms; debilitating illness, financial misfortunes, crippling addictions, legal entanglements, a broken heart, loneliness, depression or with other overwhelming emotions, persecution by the slandering devil and his minions, or even death itself; but God is our sufficiency in all these challenges.
The Lord Jesus Christ provided us with access to the Father by the spirit we received in the new birth.
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Dearly Beloved 01/05/25 Wouldn't You Like to Know?
Wouldn’t You Like to Know?
Dearly beloved of God, wouldn't you like to know how a financial investment would turn out before you made it? That could be worth a fortune to you. That would be quite valuable, would it not?
How much more valuable would it be to know the end from the beginning? Wouldn't you like to know?
Genesis 3:15
And I [God] will put enmity between thee [the serpent] and the woman, and between thy seed and her Seed [Christ]; It [Christ] shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise His heel.
This is the first prophecy concerning the coming of the seed of the woman, Jesus Christ.
The promised seed of the woman has come, and the old serpent, the devil, bruised his heel by his death, but God raised him from the dead and he dies no more.
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Dearly Beloved 01/04/25 Your Prayers are Not in Vain
Your Prayers are Not in Vain
Dearly beloved of God, your prayers are not in vain. God hears your cries unto Him.
Proverbs 15:29
The LORD is far from the wicked: but He heareth the prayer of the righteous.
God hears our prayers; they are not in vain.
Psalm 34: 4
I sought the LORD, and He heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.
The LORD heard him and delivered him from all the things that made him afraid.
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Dearly Beloved 01/03/25 The Glorious Inheritance
The Glorious Inheritance
Dearly beloved of God, we do not have to fear death. We have the victory over death through our Lord Jesus Christ. Through him, we have the hope of salvation and an expectation of the inheritance.
Colossians 1: 12
Giving thanks unto the Father, Which hath made us meet [competent] to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:
We did not earn it; the Father made us competent to be partakers of the inheritance in Christ. He made us competent for a part in the share of the holy ones in the light.
Ephesians 1:13, 14
13 In whom [Christ] ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,
14 Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.
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Dearly Beloved 01/02/25 It is Extraordinary!
It is Extraordinary!
Dearly beloved of God, we have been blessed by God our Father with new things that have come with the new birth, and all of the new things are from God, plus there are many more new things coming our way!
We have an extraordinary calling in Christ Jesus.
II Timothy 1:9
Who [God] hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began [the time of the ages].
God called us with a holy calling, and His calling was not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus. God has truly shown us great grace.