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Submission is a good or bad thing? The feminist movement made the women to feel shy for what, in biblical times, was considered honor. For instance, in the past, to have children was a blessing (see, for instance, how mourned Hannah in the Creator’s presence only for the privilege of becoming...

Why the Shulamite was praised as “terrible as an army with banners”. What is the importance of this to us? In Song 6:4,10, Shulamite was considered terrible as an army with banners. This sounds like antic to a woman. If it was an encomium to the husband, this would be very comprehensible, for...

What is the best church? Many people think that the Creator delights in seeing many believers meeting in one place to praise Him. Nonetheless, since the outset, the Creator designed that the men spread on the Earth and fill it. And Jesus confirmed this, enjoining the believers to go abroad...

What is the target of our ministry? Jesus is not interested in our achievements, but in the fruit of the Holy Spirit that we beget while we carry out His works. We were induced to believe that the end justifies the ways, but Jesus is the beginning, the end (Rev 22:13) and the Way (John 14:6)...

Do we yearn for being free to love Jesus and express this love? What we ought to desire is freedom to love Jesus and to express that love. But, how can we get that freedom? We need to get free of all thought, feeling, desire that occupy Jesus’ place in our heart. We need to ask to ourselves...

How to sort out the problems? All the things that take place here is a shadow of our spiritual situation in heaven. See, for instance, in the trial of Job (Job 1:6-12; 2:1-6; Dan 10:12,13; Zech 3:1-3). Therefore, we need to occupy the position that Jesus conquered for us in the heavenly...

Do ministry of praise exist? Many people, taking into consideration some excerpts of the Old Testament (without observing their context), ingress in the career of gospel singer supposing that, thus, they are praising and worshipping the Creator. Nonetheless, did you already observe the...

The tongue and our time of permanence. Many times, we let us to be caught for the same thing that the wicked fear. However, it is good to recall that the fear of man brings a snare to our soul (Prov 29:25): • “Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: *preserve my life from fear of the enemy*.”...

What are we seeking? Where is our focus? Most of the people look on normal to spend days, weeks, months, caring about only the things of these world. Nonetheless, see what Paul said: • Col 3:1-3 -> “If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on...

To whom will the Creator never despise? 1 – someone with a broken and contrite heart, that is to say, able to recognize their sin, repent and convert to Jesus: • Psa 51:17 -> “The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.”. 2 –...

How can we glorify the Creator? Let’s take the example of Job: • Job 1:7-11 -> “And the LORD said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it. And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou...

Breathe the truth. Make the truth the air that fills you, moves you, makes you exist (At 17:28). • “He who breathes truth shows forth righteousness, but a false witness deceit.” (Pro 12:17) One of the excerpts that I like very much to read is this: • “And the chief priests and the...

What is the captivity that Jesus took away? And how did He do this? (Part 3) Continuing the previous message… And how will we be dead to ourselves (and, thereby, to the law)? Staying in the body of Christ while Jesus engrafts His Word in us: • Rom 1:16 -> “For I am not ashamed of the...

What is the captivity that Jesus took away? And how did He do this? (Part 2) Continuing the previous message… While we are in the flesh, we don’t have the Holy Spirit, we don’t belong to Christ and, obviously, we aren’t saved from the sin and its consequences (including the second death (Rev...

What is the captivity that Jesus took away? And how did He do this? (Part 1) • Eph 4:8 -> “Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men.”. The captivity is the law: • Col 2:14 -> “Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was...

What does it mean the loss of the first love? • Rev 2:4 -> “Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love.”. Certainly, the problem with the believers of Ephesus wasn’t with Christ. After all, see all their qualities: • Rev 2:2,3 -> “I know thy works...

A man arrested for his faith appears in court. The judge threatens that if he does not renounce his faith, he will take everything he possesses from him. The man ‘raises his Banner (Christ)’ and says: ‘Then you need a long ladder, because everything I possess is stored in heaven. ’ (Mat...

Is there a problem in going out tonight with “the friends”? Many boys and girls can ask: “what kind of evil it can be to go out, just like Dinah (Gen 34:1-4), and have certain friendships? Well, see the case of Dinah: she went out only to see the women of the land. This seems innocent...

For more laborious that can be, plow your heart; otherwise you will follow vanities (Part 2). It comes the question: how caw we plow our heart? We need to exercise “empathy”. At first place, “empathy” is different from “sympathy”. “Sympathy” is that capacity of coping with people in a...

What does it mean “the gates of hell shall not prevail against it”? First of all, what is the role of a gate? To preclude people from coming in or out of some place. Therefore, the promise given here for us is that none of the servants of Ha-Satan (people or demons) will be able to hamper us of...