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LET THIS MIND BE IN YOU

“Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus...” (Philippians 2:5).   This exhortation of St. Paul to the Philippian Church applies to all who call on the name of Jesus and claim Him as Lord and Savior.   It means that we are to think as Jesus thought and to follow His example of love and humility.     Paul continues by describing what makes the mind of Christ unique.   He writes, “Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: but made Himself of no reputation, and took upon Him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: and being found in fashion as a man, He humbled Himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.” (Philippians 2:6-8).   Christ, Who is the Light of the world, the Word of God made flesh, and the Creator of all things (see John 1:3), is also described by the writer of Hebrews as “…the brightness of His [God’s] glory, and the express image of His p...
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THE GREAT TRIBULATION

There isn’t any doubt that there has been much tribulation suffered by the Christian Church over the centuries.   From the time that Jesus rose from the dead and ascended into heaven in the sight of all His disciples, the world has persecuted the Church.   Before His departure, Jesus plainly told His followers, “In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.” (John 16:33).   He also told them, “Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord.  If they have persecuted Me, they will also persecute you...” (John 15:20).     Initially, it was the Jews who threatened the early Church, gradually stepping up the intensity of their persecution until they were imprisoning and martyring believers for the Gospel of Christ.   Before his conversion to the faith, Saul (who later became the Apostle Paul) received permission from the Jewish leadership in Jerusalem to round up Christians to...
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IF THE SON SHALL MAKE YOU FREE

"And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of My people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows; and I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians...Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto Me: and I have also seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them.  Come now therefore, and I will send thee unto Pharaoh, that thou mayest bring forth My people the children of Israel out of Egypt." (Exodus 3:7-10).   The eyes of the Lord are always upon the righteous, and His ears are ever open to hear their cry (Psalm 34:15; 1 Peter 3:12).   He sees our afflictions just as surely as He saw the afflictions of His people in Egypt; and He understands the burdens and sorrows that we carry because of the taskmasters that enslave us in this life, and in this world.   God wants us to be in this world, but not of this world.   Knowing that whoev...
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