January 2026 "Dearly Beloved" Articles
January 2026
Dearly Beloved 01/28/26 What a Great Time to be Alive
What a Great Time to be Alive
I documented everything I wrote with the scripture references so that you know where this information came from. It will also give you references for word studies.
Dearly beloved of God, if you look at the world it is a troubling time to be alive, but if you look at what God has accomplished in Christ, and given to us by His grace, it is a great time to be alive.
We are so privileged to live in this time in history, in the Administration of the Grace of God, the Administration of the Mystery [Ephesians 3:2, 9].
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Dearly Beloved 01/26/26 Mercy and Grace
Mercy and Grace
Dearly beloved of God, God our Father is merciful to those who are miserable. He has sympathy for us and is actively compassionate toward us. He has the desire to relieve our misery. He succors or helps us and bestows His benefits on us.
In the Tabernacle, and later in the Temple, the Mercy Seat, the lid or cover of the Ark of the Covenant, was the place where the expiation for sin was made once a year on the great Day of Atonement by the high priest of Israel.
He would sprinkle the blood of the sacrifice made for the atonement of Israel’s sins on the Mercy Seat. Think of the name that God gave it; it was called the Mercy Seat. [Hebrews 9:5].
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Dearly Beloved 01/25/26 God Made Himself Known
God Made Himself Known
Dearly beloved of God, since God is Spirit, and no one has seen God at any time. How then can we know Him and what He is like?
II Timothy 3:16
All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
The Scripture, the Word of God, makes God known. God is the Originator of the revealed Word of God. If people learn His Word, they can come to know Him and His goodness.
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Dearly Beloved 01/19/26 Things We All Need
Things We All Need
Dearly beloved of God, in Christ we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins according to the riches of His grace which He has abounded to us.
God cast our sins as far as the east from the west and He remembers them no more. Why would you want to remember your sins, or those of your brother? We’ve been forgiven!
God justified His children in Christ. He forgave our past sins in Christ. Jesus Christ was the last sacrifice for sins forever.
Knowing this, how many times should we forgive our brother who has wronged us? The Lord Jesus Christ said 70 times 7.
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Dearly Beloved 01/18/26 Abraham's Example of Believing
Abraham’s Example of Believing
Dearly beloved of God, each of us has a choice. We can take God at His Word and believe what He says, or we can deny that He exists and that He is not able and willing to fulfill His Word.
Hebrews 11:6 ESV
And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.
In this verse both the noun, faith, and the verb, believe, are used.
The noun “faith” is the Greek word “pistis.” Faith is the conviction which is based on hearing; a firmly relying confidence in what we hear from God [See Romans 10:17].
The verb form is “pisteuo,” to believe, to be persuaded; to trust and to have unswerving confidence in information received.
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Dearly Beloved 01/17/26 The Reliability of God's Word
The Reliability of God’s Word
Dearly beloved of God, the Word of God is reliable. It is certain. God Himself stands behind His Word. He guarantees it. The Word of God cannot be broken.
God is able and willing to perform every jot and tittle of His Word. He is the guarantor of every word that comes out of His mouth.
After the tempter came to Jesus in the wilderness, the Lord Jesus said, “It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God."
Jesus Christ believed that the Word of God was reliable and necessary.
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Dearly Beloved 01/14/26 Different Judgments
Different Judgments
Dearly beloved of God, we live in the period that God calls the Administration of the Grace of God, the Administration of the Mystery.
The Word of God and God’s Son, Jesus Christ, are the only connections between God and the natural man.
Without the Word of God people cannot know about salvation, and without the Son of God they cannot receive the salvation and redemption that He has accomplished.
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Dearly Beloved 01/12/26 Peace and More
Peace and More
Dearly beloved of God, with all the worldly information that hits us daily, at times it may be difficult to get your mind to believe the true reality in which we live.
John 16:33 ESV
“I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.”
As long as we live in this evil age, we will have tribulation, but rejoice, since the Lord Jesus Christ has given himself for us, in him we have peace.
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Dearly Beloved 01/11/26 The Certainty of Things to Come
The Certainty of Things to Come
Dearly beloved of God, the Christians hope is in Christ Jesus our Lord. All that God has promised that His Son will accomplish, he will accomplish.
Isaiah 42:9 ESV
Behold, the former things have come to pass, and new things I now declare; before they spring forth I tell you of them.
God has a perfect track record of accomplishing what He says He will do. He told us about the end from the beginning. What does He say will be done?
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Dearly Beloved 01/10/26 Justified
Justified
Dearly beloved of God, God is Just, and in His courtroom He judges according to the standard that He establishes, and He determined that He is the Justifier of the one who believes in the Lord Jesus Christ.
God, by judicial decree, He justifies, He frees that person from the sin of Adam and the condemnation of death that it brought upon mankind.
God absolves that person of guilt and declares him, in Christ and by his accomplishments, as righteous.
Romans 3:24
Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:
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Dearly Beloved 01/09/26 Who Has the Power for Salvation?
Who Has the Power for Salvation?
Dearly beloved of God, God informs in the gospel of God concerning His Son, Jesus Christ, that it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes in him.
God declared Jesus Christ as His Son with power by raising him out from among the dead. The resurrection from the dead set him apart from every other human being.
Every human being comes with an expiration date. Should the Lord tarry, God informs us that “it is appointed unto men once to die.”
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Dearly Beloved 01/08/26 The God Given Assurance
The God Given Assurance
Dearly beloved of God, there is a day coming that God’s justice will be carried out in this evil age.
Acts 17: 30, 31 NIV
30 In the past God overlooked such ignorance, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent.
31 For he has set a day when he will judge the world with justice by the man he has appointed. He has given proof of this to everyone by raising him from the dead.
What has God commanded all people to do? To repent. Repent means to change your mind.
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Dearly Beloved 01/06/26 New Things Have Come
New Things Have Come
Dearly beloved of God, "I was crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ lives in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by believing concerning the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me."
Beloved of God, it is Christ in you, the hope of glory! That is quite an announcement, and this announcement is by revelation from God.
God our Father now sees us in Christ.
II Corinthians 5:17 WTJ
17 Wherefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things passed away. Behold, new things have come,
18 and all [of the new things] are from God, Who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and Who gave us the ministry of reconciliation
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Dearly Beloved 01/03/26 Great Outlook this Year
Great Outlook this Year
Dearly beloved of God, believing comes by hearing, by hearing the Word of God. Believing effects God’s outcomes in our lives.
God committed Himself to perform His Word for those who believe Him. God is faithful to His Word, dearly beloved.
II Chronicles 16:9
The eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show Himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect [Hebrew: “shalem”: whole, complete, safe, at peace, wholeheartedly devoted to Him, whose heart is completely His, perfect] toward Him.
Beloved of God, we must not be talked into limiting the power of God in our lives this year.