PEOPLE COME AND PEOPLE GO

In the book of Ecclesiastes, Solomon started with his conclusion–that life under the sun is meaningless. To illustrate that point, he then gave a poem about the endless cycles we see around us, starting in verse 4 with the endless cycle of life. Solomon wrote, “A generation goes and a generation comes, but the earth remains forever.”

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THE BIBLE IS TRUSTWORTHY

To really appreciate God’s Word and make it a priority in your life, you have to believe it is true. How do we know the Bible is God’s letter to us? For one thing, we know from what the Bible says about itself. In 2 Timothy 3:16, Paul wrote, “All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness.” 

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BAPTIZED OR FILLED?

What does it mean to be “filled with the Holy Spirit”? In the New Testament, this phrase is used in two distinct ways. Sometimes “filled with the Spirit” describes the baptism with the Holy Spirit–that initial experience at the time of salvation when the Holy Spirit indwells us, changes us, and connects us to the body of Christ.

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