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January 3, 2026January 3, 2026 admin CHARLES HODGE

REGARDING THE LORD JESUS CHRIST

—Charles Hodge “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in

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January 3, 2026January 3, 2026 admin JEREMIAH KNIGHT

THE CHURCH BEYOND THE WALLS

~Jeremiah Knight For many, faith has been reduced to attendance. A place is visited, songs are sung, a message is heard, and

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January 2, 2026January 2, 2026 admin Scott Henry

GENUINE LOVE

“Love one another fervently with a pure heart.”—1 Peter 1:22 THE GREATEST VIRTUE in the Christian life is love. The Apostle Paul

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January 1, 2026January 1, 2026 admin Scott Henry

TRUST IN THE LORD

“Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and

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December 31, 2025December 31, 2025 admin Scott Henry

MY FIRST DAY IN HELL

—J.M. Humphrey, 1912 “The rich man also died and was buried. In Hell, where he was in torment, he looked up and

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December 30, 2025December 30, 2025 admin Scott Henry

DEALING WITH THE TONGUE

“But no man can tame the tongue. It is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.”—James 3:8 ACCORDING TO SCRIPTURE, the tongue

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December 28, 2025December 28, 2025 admin Scott Henry

A CHRISTIAN’S SUNDAY AM PRAYER

My Father and My God, As I read Your Word, I am humbled by the magnificence of Your self-revelation.You are sovereign, holy,

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December 26, 2025 admin Scott Henry

DOERS OF THE WORD

“But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.”—James 1:22 IN OUR TEXT, James tells us that it’s not

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December 25, 2025December 25, 2025 admin Scott Henry

JEHOVAH IS SALVATION

“And you shall call His name JESUS, for He will save His people from their sins.”—Matthew 1:21 JESUS MEANS “Jehovah is salvation”

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December 24, 2025December 24, 2025 admin Paul Tripp

CHRISTMAS SHOULD BE BEAUTIFUL

—Paul David Tripp Christmas should be a beautiful, pleasurable time of year, but as we celebrate this season, we should always return

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THE MARK OF A TRUE DISCIPLE OF CHRIST (PART 2)

“If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, take up his cross and follow Me.”
—Matthew 16:24

In Matthew 16:21, Jesus said, "I have to go to Jerusalem to be killed and be raised the third day." But the disciples did not hear the words, “be raised the third day.” All they heard was "be killed." Then Peter took Jesus aside and began to rebuke Him, saying, "Far be it from You, Lord; this shall not happen to You!" But Jesus turned to Peter and said, “Get behind Me, Satan.” Jesus was not saying that Peter was Satan. Peter was just the instrument of Satan’s attack. Satan had been trying to turn Christ away from the cross since the first temptation in the wilderness. Jesus knew where this attack was coming from. Jesus then says at the end of vs. 23, "You are an offense to Me, for you are not mindful of the things of God, but the things of men." Peter was thinking the way of the world. He was thinking about the crown without the cross, glory without suffering, reward without the sacrifice.

And so, once again, Jesus teaches His disciples the principle of self-denial. The word "deny" in our text means to disown or renounce oneself. Jesus is teaching His disciples what it means to be in union with Him. In other words, to be a believer is to be spiritually united to Jesus Christ by true faith, and because of this union you now live a different life. You are a new creation in Christ (2 Cor. 5:17), born from above by the Spirit of God (John 3), a true branch engrafted into the vine (John 15). Simply put, you now belong to Christ and as a result you begin a life-long journey of forsaking your sinful passions and desires to follow Jesus. As a true disciple of Christ, you recognize you are not your own, but you belong to your faithful Savior Jesus Christ, who with His precious blood has fully satisfied for all your sins (Heidelberg Catechism, Q&A 1). “Do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? For you were bought at a price; therefore, glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God's” (1 Cor. 6:19-20). Does your life demonstrate that you are a true disciple of Jesus Christ? "If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, take up his cross and follow Me.”

Friday Devotional: March 6, 2026
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Pastor S. Henry
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