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Matthew 1:22-23

All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: “The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel” (which means “God with us”). The story of Jesus confronts … Continue reading

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Luke 1:26-28

In the sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. The … Continue reading

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Luke 1:11-13

Then an angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing at the right side of the altar of incense. When Zechariah saw him, he was startled and was gripped with fear. But the angel said to him: “Do not be … Continue reading

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Hebrews 6:18

God did this so that, by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope set before us may be greatly encouraged. When our lives seem to … Continue reading

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Matthew 24:35

Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away. Think about this: everything that you see around you will pass away, but the promises of God will last forever. When the Assyrians were at the height … Continue reading

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1 Timothy 5:18

For Scripture says, “Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain,” and “The worker deserves his wages.” There is a great need to release men and women to minister the gospel throughout the world. How can … Continue reading

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Romans 7:6

But now, by dying to what once bound us, we have been released from the law so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit, and not in the old way of the written code. This was radical … Continue reading

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Colossians 1:22-23

But now he has reconciled you by Christ’s physical body through death to present you holy in his sight, without blemish and free from accusation— if you continue in your faith, established and firm, and do not move from the … Continue reading

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1 Corinthians 1:30

It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God—that is, our righteousness, holiness and redemption. There has been a barrier between God and man since Adam and Eve’s rebellion in … Continue reading

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2 Corinthians 5:21

God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. The ramifications of this Scripture are stunning—God put our sins upon Christ before we ever committed them! … Continue reading

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