Daily Bible Teaching

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2 Corinthians 1:17 “Therefore, when I was planning this, did I do it lightly? Or the things I plan, do I plan according to the flesh, that with me there should be Yes, Yes, and No, No?” The second example that we will look at of being led by the Holy Spirit, is the apostle Paul. Paul never did anything unless he was led by the Holy Spirit. When he wrote to the church in Corinth as quoted in the passage above, he told them that his plans were never done in the f

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Hebrews 10:5 “Therefore, when He came into the world, He said: "Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but a body You have prepared for Me.” In this section we will look at examples in scripture of those who have chosen to walk in God’s perfect will for their lives. Our first example which we will discuss is the Lord Jesus, for He is the ultimate example of one who sought God’s perfect will for His life and then walked in it. Someone will say that we can’t look at Jesu

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Psalms 127:1 “Unless the Lord builds the house, they labour in vain who build it.” There is also an eternal price to be paid for walking in God’s permissible will. All believers will stand before the Lord Jesus on their day of judgement to give an account of their lives (Romans 14:12). The Lord can only place His stamp of approval (so to speak) on those works which He has pre-ordained should be done in our lives, for it is only those works in which He is a co-labourer toge

Hebrews 12:9-11 “Furthermore, we have had human fathers who corrected us, and we paid them respect. Shall we not much more readily be in subjection to the Father of spirits and live? (10) For they indeed for a few days chastened us as seemed best to them, but He for our profit, that we may be partakers of His holiness. (11) Now no chastening seems to be joyful for the present, but painful; nevertheless, afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who

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Romans 12:2 “And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.” As we have already seen, the above quoted passage of scripture reveals to us that there is such a thing as the perfect will of God. God the Father has pre-ordained that each of His children should walk in His perfect will for their lives. However it is up to us as an act of our free will, to seek

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Romans 12:2 “And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.” In the above quoted passage of scripture, the Holy Spirit speaks of God’s acceptable will and His perfect will. The word translated “acceptable”, also carries the meaning “permissible”. In other words our Lord Jesus has His permissible will for our lives, and He has His perfect will for our lives.

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2 Corinthians 2:10-11 “Now whom you forgive anything, I also forgive. For if indeed I have forgiven anything, I have forgiven that one for your sakes in the presence of Christ, (11) lest Satan should take advantage of us; for we are not ignorant of his devices.” Unforgiveness is an effective device used by Satan to gain advantage over believers. Satan uses unforgiveness as a weapon against believers because he knows that this is a very effective way for him to hinder a Chri

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Matthew 18:34-35 “And his master was angry, and delivered him to the torturers until he should pay all that was due to him. (35) "So, My heavenly Father also will do to you if each of you, from his heart, does not forgive his brother his trespasses.” The second negative consequence of unforgiveness is that it opens the door for torment in the believer’s life. Our Lord Jesus revealed that truth to us in the above quoted passage of scripture. Another translation of the word

Matthew 18:32-33 “Then his master, after he had called him, said to him, 'You wicked servant! I forgave you all that debt because you begged me. (33) Should you not also have had compassion on your fellow servant, just as I had pity on you?'” As revealed by the Lord Jesus in the above quoted parable, there can be no doubt that heaven does not view unforgiveness favourably. So now that we have looked at how forgiveness operates, we can more clearly understand how believer

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Matthew 6:12-15 “And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. … (14) "For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. (15) But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.” Mark 11:25-26 “And whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him that your Father in heaven may also forgive you your trespasses. (26) But if you do not forgive, neither will

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Hebrews 8:12 “For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no more.” Forgiveness goes hand in hand with forgetting. One cannot forgive from the heart, but refuse to forget the offence suffered. When God forgives us our sins, He chooses to no longer remember them as an act of His will, for notice in the above quoted passage of scripture that God the Father says “I will” remember their sins no more. Philippians 4:8

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John 20:22-23 “And when He had said this, He breathed on them, and said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit. (23) If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained.” Nevertheless, scripture does teach us that there are times when we do not forgive brethren, and we hold the person accountable for their sin. In the above quoted passage of scripture we see that our Lord Jesus gave authority to His church to withhold forgiv