FIRST THESSALONIANS

(From the Daily Drop of Water Series)

by Rev. Jerry L Holcomb

CHAPTER ONE

(1Th 1:2) “We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers; (3)  Remembering without ceasing your work of faith,….”  Faith is believing what God has said and acting upon it. It is therefore when one works in reaction to wanting to please Him that the Lord blesses. Such a person has faith that the Lord will bless their labors, for they are for Him and not for self.  

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THE BOOK OF TITUS

(From the Daily Drop of Water Series)

by Rev. Jerry L Holcomb

(Tit 1:1)  “Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God’s elect,….”  As you continue to read, you will find that Paul is including himself in the words, “according to the faith of God’s elect…..” The elect are the privileged to be saved. They are those known unto God before the foundation of the world (1 Peter 1:2). As Israel is chosen as a nation, those who repent and are saved are the chosen (elect) to be God’s temple in this present age (dispensation). 

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THE BOOK OF EPHESIANS

CHAPTER ONE

(Eph 1:3) “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:”  There are two ways of looking at this passage – both doctrinally correct.  First, the source of all spiritual blessings are through Jesus Who sits in the heavens at this very moment. The second is that these blessings are all ours now awaiting us, as in the mind of God that we are already there, (Eph 2:6) “And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:” Either way they are ours!

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THE BOOK OF PHILIPPIANS

CHAPTER ONE

(Php 1:1) “Paul and Timotheus, the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons:”  A servant is one who serves at the beck and call of their Lord, their Master. Few have a true servant’s heart. We are willing and glad to be called a Child of God, one of the Redeemed, Members of Such and Such Church, etc.. But are we servants? This is certainly something I must consider before my Lord. “Do I serve Your at Your beck and call.”  

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