Monthly Archives: September 2010

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Jump Start # 184

Jump Start # 184  Matthew 7:23 “And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness.’”   We return to our passage from yesterday. Here the Lord reveals the shocking surprise that some will receive that they will not enter Heaven. They counted on it. They thought […]

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Jump Start # 183

Jump Start # 183  Matthew 7:21 “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of Heaven, but he who does the will of My Father who is in Heaven will enter.”   Entering Heaven—what a wonderful thought! Can you imagine! Have you ever thought about what it will look like? Have […]

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Jump Start # 182

Jump Start # 182 Matthew 7:13-14 “Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it. For the gate is small and the way narrow that leads to life and there are few who find it.”   The […]

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Jump Start # 180

Jump Start # 180  Matthew 7:12 “In everything, therefore, treat people the same way you want them to treat you, for this is the Law and the Prophets.”   This week, Jump Starts will take a look at Matthew 7, the third chapter of the Sermon on the Mount. We start with one of the […]

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Jump Start # 179

Jump Start # 179  Revelation 22:20 “He who testifies to these things says, ‘Yes, I am coming quickly.’ Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.”   This is one of the final sentences in not just the book of Revelation, but the entire Bible. Ending a book is as important as beginning a book. The Bible, as a […]