Tag: Salvation
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Crown Prince and Princesses Serving the King of Kings
CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE “CROWNED PRINCES,CROWNED PRINCESSES SERVING THE KING OF KINGS”? OUTSTANDING, MIND-ILLUMINATING, HEART-INSPIRING WORDS FROM PAUL IN HEBREWS 2:14-3:1-14 THAT ALL “CHURCH-FOLK”& “ALL OUTSIDE OF CHRIST” MUST HEAR!! PAUL SAID: HEBREWS 2:14-18, “FORASMUCH THEN AS THE CHILDREN ARE PARTAKERS OF FLESH & BLOOD, CHRIST ALSO HIMSELF LIKEWISE TOOK PART OF THE SAME; THAT THROUGH DEATH…
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Fallen Humanity’s Failure or the Faithfulness of Compassionate God?
“FALLEN HUMANITY’S FAILURE OR THE FAITHFULNESS OF COMPASSIONATE GOD?” BY:J.FARRELL FISHER,APRIL 28-29 THE AMAZING “CREATION OF GOD” OF BOTH THE BEAUTIFUL WORLD,PLANETS,STARS,PLUS BIRTHING OF FLESHLY HUMANITY WITH “FREE WILL” TO CHOOSE WHETHER TO SERVE GOD OR NOT, IS TRULY, BOTH SAD AND GLAD – SAD, BECAUSE SOME “FREE-WILL MEN AND WOMEN” CHOSE THE PATH OF…
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Identifying True Disciples of Christ – Part 3
“IDENTIFYING TRUE DISCIPLES OF CHRIST” PART 3 (by J. Farrell Fisher, November 17-19, 2016) Are “true disciples of Christ” known by what church they attend or does the Holy Word of God express and interpret ‘true discipleship’ in a totally different manner or unveiling and revelation? Are “true disciples of Christ” mentally confused or the…
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Remaining Flawed or ‘Faithing the Finished Work’
“REMAINING FLAWED OR ‘FAITHING THE FINISHED WORK’”? BY:J.FARRELL FISHER,April 24, 2019 Sinners, willing to remain as they are, but pleased to ‘acknowledge’ Jesus Christ, profess ‘faith’, and join a ‘church’ ARE ‘flawed professing disciples’ asserting their ‘completion’ “in Christ”, when HE, the Resurrected, Reigning King of kings and Lord of lords, ‘knocked’, but wasn’t allowed…
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Dark Nights – Bright Lights
“DARK NIGHTS – BRIGHT LIGHTS” By J. Farrell Fisher – August 18, 2014 I’ll never forget a “dark night” event in my home when I was about eleven to twelve years of age. I HAD GONE TO BED EARLY BECAUSE MY MOTHER AND STEP-FATHER WERE HAVING A PARTY. It was late, late, past midnight, maybe…
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Fearing Satan or Fearing God?
“FEARING SATAN OR FEARING GOD?” You do understand that fallen men who live without “blood redemption” through Christ alone usually live without any fear of Satan because once he has domination over a life, most men live unassuming lives of the dangerous hold and orders by Satan, being totally oblivious to his schemes, strategies, and…
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Identifying True Disciples of Christ – Part 1
“IDENTIFYING TRUE DISCIPLES OF CHRIST!” A few questions to heighten your interest in the subject matter of this message: Have YOU been “turned aside” or are YOU “fixed” body, soul, and Spirit IN our Lord’s ‘unchangeableness’? Have you “drifted” or are YOU “established” or “being established” in Him? Are YOU “still asleep” or “fully awakened”…
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Death? The Door to Hell’s Worst or the Door to God’s Eternal Goodness?
CHAPTER THIRTEEN “DEATH? THE DOOR TO HELL’S WORST OR THE DOOR TO GOD’S ETERNAL GOODNESS?” IT WAS AN ANONYMOUS WRITER THAT YEARS AND YEARS AGO WROTE THE FOLLOWING: “SOME DAY THE BELL WILL SOUND, SOME DAY MY HEART WILL BOUND, AS WITH A SHOUT THAT SCHOOL IS OUT AND LESSONS DONE, I HOMEWARD RUN.” WHEN…
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GOD’S CALLING OF HEAVENLY VISIONS
“GOD’S CALLING OF HEAVENLY VISIONS!” BY: J.FARRELL FISHER, MAY 20-21,2019 HOW AWARE ARE “YOU” OF HEAVENLY VISIONS OR,YES,THE TESTIMONIES OF OTHERS OF VITAL MOMENTS WHEN THEY “KNEW” HOLY GOD WAS SPEAKING INTO THEIR LIVES? HIGHLY INTERESTING VERSES ARE FOUND IN ACTS 26 AS WE READ ABOUT PAUL SHARING WITH KING AGRIPPA! VERSES 13-23 SAYS: “AT…
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The Finished Work of Christ
“IT IS DONE – IT IS FINISHED” In John 17:1-5 Christ Jesus prayed to the Father, lifting up His eyes to heaven, and said: “Father, the hour has come. Glorify Your Son, that Your Son also may glorify You, as You have given Him authority over all flesh, that He should give eternal life to…
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Blind God? Or All-Seeing God?
“BLIND GOD? OR ALL-SEEING GOD?” By J.Farrell Fisher, April 5, 2017 There’s an interesting Verse of the Holy Word found in Genesis 15:12 that says, “Now when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and behold, horror and great darkness fell upon him;” but then Verse 13 says, “Then He (God)…
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Disciplined Students – Delighted Servants
“DISCIPLINED STUDENTS – DELIGHTED SERVANTS” By: J.Farrell Fisher, July 21-22, 2017 You are aware, I’m sure, of how the Jews in Jesus’ day were well-trained in Jewish traditions, yet the majority of Jews in Jesus day were the ones who participated in or ordered Jesus’ crucifixion! They “heard” the Word, learned certain “truths” about it,…
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God’s Calling to Remain Faithful
GOD’S CALLING TO REMAIN FAITHFUL By J. FARRELL FISHER Revelation 2:10, “Be faithful until death…” INTRODUCTION Revelation 2:10 is a powerful word by God’s “angel” or messenger when he said, “Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life.” Biblical faithfulness is not an option that one holds but a biblical…
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Living by Man’s Design or Living by the Master’s Demands?
“LIVING BY MAN’S DESIGN OR LIVING BY THE MASTER’S DEMANDS?” BY: J.FARRELL FISHER, SEPTEMBER 18, 2018 How awesome do you find the Holy Word of God ,or, are you, yes, deceived by “living according to a man’s design void of the Eternal Intent of Holy God for, yes, all men”? Come with me to James…
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Calvary the Cross – Calvary the Call
“CALVARY the CROSS – CALVARY the CALL” SEPT.11-SEPT. 12, 2017, by J.FARRELL FISHER In Genesis 1:26 the God-head had a sovereign meeting , God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit, and the Father said in Genesis 1:26, God speaking, “Let Us make man in our image, according to our likeness…”, but…
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Discovering Your Greatest Need
“DISCOVERING YOUR GREATEST NEED” By J. Farrell Fisher, July 9-11, 2017 Paul gives us holy, eternal, and life-changing truth when in 1 Corinthians 2:14 he wrote: “But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually…
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God’s Greatness, His Great Gifts to Men
“GOD’S GREATNESS,HIS GREAT GIFTS TO MEN!” BY:J.FARRELL FISHER,MAY 29-30,2019 IN ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING’S WRITING IN HER “RHYME OF THE DUCHESS MAY”, IN HER CONCLUSION (ST.11), SHE WROTE: “AND I SMILED TO THINK GOD’S GREATNESS FLOWED AROUND OUR INCOMPLETENESS, – ROUND OUR RESTLESSNESS, HIS REST.” THAT, MY FRIENDS, IS AN AWESOME DESCRIPTION OF GOD’S GREATNESS &…
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Militancy in Evangelism and Missions
“MILITANCY IN EVANGELISM AND MISSIONS?” By J.Farrell Fisher, July 19-22, 2017 The reason some pastors, churches, individual believers, or ‘denominations’, do not major on ‘militancy in evangelism or missions’ is that their ‘brand’ of church faith or a disciple’s personal calling exempts them from caring about a lost and dying world around them! Their faith,…
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Choosing God in Christ for His Graciousness and Kindness and Mercy!
“CHOOSING GOD IN CHRIST FOR HIS GRACIOUSNESS AND KINDNESS AND MERCY!” JUNE 24-25, 2018, by J.Farrell Fisher In Kurt Bruner’s book entitled “Inklings of God”, between his introduction and Chapter One, he recorded a statement of H.W. Webb-Peploe; it was: “Joy is not gush; joy is not jolliness. Joy is perfect acquiescence in God’s will…
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Embracing Darkness or Following “The Light”
“EMBRACING DARKNESS OR FOLLOWING “THE LIGHT”?” BY: J.FARRELL FISHER, JUNE 10-12, 2018 It is absolutely amazing to me that in our world, even as in the day of Adam and Eve, that men and women, just like them, embrace the “darkness” and cannot, in their minds, consider or give credit to Holy God for, not…
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HELL? HEAVEN? “MY WAY” OR “GOD’S WAY”?
HELL? HEAVEN? “MY WAY” OR “GOD’S WAY”? BY J.FARRELL FISHER, September 29, 2014 I found it so interesting as I was reading in Proverbs recently, chapter 15 and verse 9, when the wise man wrote: “The way of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord, but He loves him who follows righteousness.” The absence…
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Mindful Indulgence or ‘Mastered Independence’?
“MINDFUL INDULGENCE OR ‘MASTERED INDEPENDENCE’?” BY:J.FARRELL FISHER, DEC. 2-4, 2017 In Proverbs 23:4-5, 12, and 17-19, are extremely wise, necessary words for all men, but especially to true believers! It says, Verses 4-5, “Do not overwork to be rich; because of your own understanding, cease! Will you set your eyes on that which is not?…
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Christ-Given Amazing Grace or Fleshly-Grit?
“CHRIST-GIVEN AMAZING GRACE OR FLESHLY-GRIT?” By: J.FARRELL FISHER “Heirs of His grace, brought face to face, indwelt by His presence, an eternal, heavenly celebration, complete in Christ with nothing lacking, a ‘finished work’ of heavenly grace, blessed with His Spirit’s faithful backing!” (JFF). INTRODUCTION To say ‘it’s been easy to write a book on “Christ-given…
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Encountered by the Holy Spirit!
“ENCOUNTERED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT!” There is, according to Biblical Truth, God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit, the “Three in One”! In this writing, we’re going to be examining one’s “encounter with the Holy Spirit”! Let it be clearly known: no man has ever come to redemption in Christ apart…
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Hoping to Be Saved or I Have Been Saved?
“HOPING TO BE SAVED” OR “I HAVE BEEN SAVED”? By J.Farrell Fisher, March 20-22, 2017 It’s amazing to me that some interpret the Word of God as a possibility, not a reality! It’s amazing to me that some hear Jesus say, “Come to Me and I will give you rest”, but doubt that that is…
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Nutty Natures or New Minds?
“NUTTY NATURES OR NEW MINDS?” By: J.Farrell Fisher, Nov. 19-21, 2017 Interesting verses for your consideration in 1 Corinthians 15:44b-49 for Paul wrote saying: “…There is a natural body and there is a spiritual body. And so it is written, ‘The first man Adam became a living being.’ The last Adam (Jesus) became a life-giving…
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Competing Lifestyles or Consecration to Christ’s Lordship?
“COMPETING LIFESTYLES OR CONCECRATION TO CHRIST’S LORDSHIP?” J.FARRELL FISHER, JUNE 20-21,2019 LEVITICUS 11:44 IS SO VERY, VERY CLEAR & PLAIN. IT SAYS: “FOR I AM THE LORD YOUR GOD. YOU SHALL THEREFORE CONSECRATE YOURSELVES, & YOU SHALL BE HOLY; FOR I AM HOLY.” BUT IN OUR WORLD, OUR DAY & TIME, JUST AS IN THE…
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Exiled Humans or Evangelized Holy Ones?
“EXILED HUMANS OR EVANGELIZED HOLY ONES?” BY: J.FARRELL FISHER, NOV.13-15, 2017 Highly interesting, prophetic, liberating words in Psalm 68:17-20! The Word says: “The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of thousands; the Lord is among them as in Sinai, in the Holy place. You have ascended on high, You have led captivity captive;…
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How’s Your Faith?
HOW’S YOUR FAITH? By J.Farrell Fisher AUGUST 20, 2014 It’s, yes, astounding to me that as I read Spurgeon for his pastoral insights and phenomenal handling of God’s Word, I come across statements that birth a new direction of preparation in preaching or teaching God’s Word. He said, [Spurgeon’s Sermons, Memorial Library, Vol.19, p.274], “The…
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Recognizing Jesus or Receiving Him?
“RECOGNIZING JESUS OR RECEIVING HIM?” By J.Farrell Fisher, May 25-26, 2017
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A Dalliance with Sin or Destiny
A DALLIANCE WITH SIN OR DESTINY WITH “THE SAVIOR”? BY: J.FARRELL FISHER, JUNE 5-6, 2019 IT MIGHT BE EASIER TO SAY, ‘DANCING WITH SIN’ WHICH ALL MEN HAVE DONE & SOME STILL DO, “OR”, A “DALLIANCE WITH SIN” WHICH SOME ‘CHOOSE’ TO CALL IT WITH THE WORD ‘DALLIANCE’ IN “THE RANDOM HOUSE COLLEGE DICTIONARY” OF…
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A Year’s Enlightenment for Pastors, Teachers, and Disciples
“A YEAR’S ENLIGHTMENT FOR PASTORS, TEACHERS, AND DISCIPLES” BY: J.FARRELL FISHER April-May, 2017 INTRODUCTION At 80 years of age, I look back over 60 years of pastoring, teaching, evangelizing, spending 25 years after pastoring traveling primarily across India, but other nations as well, inspired and led by God in sharing the Word. I’ve been so…
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BEST EFFORTS OR BORN AGAIN?
“BEST EFFORTS OR BORN AGAIN?” By J.Farrell Fisher, August 13-15, 2017 “Best efforts” are the personal noose around one’s neck if he/she thinks that is a good substitute of being “born again” by the Spirit of God through true repentance and inheriting the “True Life” in Christ alone! “Best efforts” relate to self-determination in proving…
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Sure Tests for Blood-redeemed Lives ‘In Christ’!
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN “SURE TESTS FOR BLOOD-REDEEMED LIVES ‘IN CHRIST’! SEVERAL VERSES TO LAY THE FOUNDATION FOR THIS MESSAGE ARE FOUND, FIRST, IN LUKE 10:38, WHERE THE CONVERTED PHYSICIAN SAID, “HOW GOD ANOINTED JESUS OF NAZARETH WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT AND WITH POWER, WHO WENT ABOUT DOING GOOD AND HEALING ALL WHO WERE OPPRESSED BY THE…
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Victims or Victors? Adaptable Churches or Apostolic Assemblies?
“VICTIMS OR VICTORS? ADAPTABLE CHURCHES OR APOSTOLIC ASSEMBLIES?” Did Jesus come to heighten your darkness or to bring you “Light”? Did Jesus come to improve your darkened conscience or to transform you into the fullness of the blessing of His gospel or His “good news”? Did Jesus come to adapt ‘religious people to a little…
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Zealous Self-Desires or Sovereign Pricelessness of God’s Grace?
“ZEALOUS SELF-DESIRES OR SOVEREIGN PRICELESSNESS OF GOD’S GRACE?” J.FARRELL FISHER, MAY 31,2019 HOW AWARE ARE YOU OF, YES, THE DANGER OF “ZEALOUS SELF-DESIRES”? THOSE SATAN-INSPIRED & FALLEN-NATURE ‘DISEASES’ HAVE ALWAYS BEEN COMMON & ACCEPTABLE, EVEN BY ADAM & EVE THO’ EMBARASSED WHEN THEY REALIZED THEIR ‘NAKEDNESS’; GENESIS 3:7 SAYS, “AND THE EYES OF THEM BOTH…
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TALL in the Body and Mind, But Tainted in the Heart
“TALL IN THE BODY & MIND, BUT TAINTED IN THE HEART!” BY:J.FARRELL FISHER, MAY 26,2019 A VERY SIGNIFICANT WORD OF GOD IS FOUND IN 1 SAMUEL 16:7 WHEN THE LORD SAID TO SAMUEL ABOUT ‘MOURNING FOR SAUL’, “LOOK NOT ON HIS COUNTENANCE, OR ON THE HEIGHT OF HIS STATURE; BECAUSE I HAVE REFUSED HIM: FOR…
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Void of the Word of God
VOID OF THE WORD OF GOD OR VICTORY THROUGH THE WORD OF GOD? By J.Farrell Fisher September 30, 2014 Hebrews 4:12, “For the Word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword..” Have you ever considered that you as a believer are to be guided by God’s Holy Word? Being united…
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Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow?
“YESTERDAY, TODAY, TOMORROW?” I really am not sure how to begin this, I pray, a biblical study on man’s or one’s search for meaning to their ‘existence’, if that, to them, is all they sense about their earthly presence or ‘fleshly’ pilgrimage. One thing I’m sure of: most men without God are out to find…
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Vain Imaginations or Authentic, Born-Again Disciples of Christ?
“VAIN IMAGINATIONS OR AUTHENTIC, BORN-AGAIN DISCIPLES OF CHRIST?” I want to lay the foundation for this chapter in Romans 1:16-24! Paul wrote: “For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for IT IS THE POWER OF GOD TO SALVATION FOR EVERYONE WHO BELIEVES (trusts in, relies upon, and adheres to!), for the Jew…
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Strangers in a ‘God-Blessed Land’ or Citizens of His Eternal Kingdom?
“STRANGERS IN A ‘GOD-BLESSED LAND’ OR “CITIZENS OF HIS ETERNAL KINGDOM”?” J.FARRELL FISHER, MAY 4-5,2019 IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS, IT’S BEEN AMAZING TO ME AT GOD’S INSPIRATION IN ME IN WRITING, I PRAY, BLESSED TEACHINGS THAT WILL TEACH & REACH MANY FOR TRUE SALVATION IN THE SAVIOR’S NAME BY CONVICTION, CONVERSION, CONSECRATION, AND THEN,COMMISSIONING…
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VICTIMIZED LIVING OR A VICTORIOUS LIFE?
CHAPTER NINE “VICTIMIZED LIVING OR A VICTORIOUS LIFE?” The Random House Collegiate Dictionary, Revised Edition, 1975, by Random House, Inc., says ‘victimized’ means, “to make a victim of, to dupe, swindle, or cheat; to slay as or like a sacrificial victim.” And “victimized living by the masses of unbelievers in Christ’s Blood Atonement” live, yes,…
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The ‘Acts’ of True Disciples of Christ!
“THE ‘ACTS’ OF TRUE DISCIPLES OF CHRIST!” BY: J.FARRELL FISHER, JULY 11-13, 2018 There’s no doubt if one “lives” in, through, by “The Word of God”, that he/she would be familiar with the fifth book of the New Testament that is referred to by many as the “Acts of the Apostles”, although faithful Bible students…
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When the Worlds of Darkness and Light Collide!
“WHEN THE WORLDS OF DARKNESS AND LIGHT COLLIDE!” By James F. Fisher, June 25-27, 2017 It is so good and gracious that God inspired Psalm 103:19 saying, “The Lord has established His throne in heaven, and His kingdom rules over all.” And that “reign of the Lord God” is over the kingdom of Satan and…
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The Fullness of Christ’s Indwelling Presence!
“THE FULLNESS OF CHRIST’S INDWELLING PRESENCE!” By: J.Farrell Fisher, June 26-28, 2018 Sometimes have you ever wondered if the mass numbers of ‘professing Christians’ have truly experienced, invited, understood, welcomed and celebrated the Christ’s “Indwelling Presence”? John was very clear when in John 1:16 he wrote: “And of His fullness have all we received, and…
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The God Who Makes the Difference!
“THE GOD WHO MAKES THE DIFFERENCE!” By: J.Farrell Fisher, Sept.20-22, 2017 You are aware that in the early days of human existence, physically breathing because of the grace of God, that much of fallen humanity ‘bowed’ before idols of theirs’ and Satan’s manufacturing, because Satan for sure didn’t want to see his ‘captives’ turning to…
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The ‘Acts’ of True Disciples of Christ!
“THE ‘ACTS’ OF TRUE DISCIPLES OF CHRIST!” BY: J.FARRELL FISHER, JULY 11-13, 2018 There’s no doubt if one “lives” in, through, by “The Word of God”, that he/she would be familiar with the fifth book of the New Testament that is referred to by many as the “Acts of the Apostles”, although faithful Bible students…