tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-94558382024-03-08T16:08:32.731-08:00His TouchOne day in one of the villages there was a man covered with leprosy. When he saw Jesus he fell down before him in prayer and said, "If you want to, you can cleanse me." Jesus put out his hand, touched him, and said, "I want to. Be clean." Then and there his skin was smooth, the leprosy gone. ~The Gospel of Lukedouloschristoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16754225178984428625noreply@blogger.comBlogger65125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9455838.post-61744764865113009282019-09-26T17:32:00.001-07:002019-09-26T17:32:49.009-07:00Are You Holy?<div style="text-align: center;">
Let us prove our reverence for God by consecrating ourselves to Him completely. 2 Cor. 7:1 </div>
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“Are you sanctified?” bellowed the animated preacher, pointing and sweeping his right hand in a grand gesture to the church. “Are you sure? Are you holy? If you have any doubts you better come down to the altar and pray your way through! God is not happy with any fence sitters tonight. He means business and you better mean business too. You got to be sanctified to make God happy and get a golden key to your heavenly mansion.”<br />
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Terrified and confused people flocked to the altar, crying and begging God for the elusive sanctification, fearing they might miss the golden key awaiting those who have achieved sanctification, as the sweat-drenched pastor walked to and fro among them, satisfied with the response to his fear-packed message. Contrary to his threats and confusing statements, God was not happy with him or his misguided sermon. Believers do not receive sanctification as a result of fear or condemnation.<br />
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This very emotional and dramatic pastor should rather have claimed, “Your faith has made you whole and you are all sanctified (made holy) by the Holy Spirit!”<br />
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Let’s see what God’s Word has to say about our sanctification/holiness.<br />
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Romans 6:19 I am speaking in human terms, because of your natural limitations. For just as you once presented your members as slaves to impurity and to lawlessness leading to more lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves to righteousness leading to sanctification.<br />
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1 Cor. I:30-31 God has united you with Christ Jesus. For our benefit God made him to be wisdom itself. Christ made us right with God; he made us pure and holy, and he freed us from sin. 31 Therefore, as the Scriptures say, “If you want to boast, boast only about the Lord.<br />
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1 Cor. 1:2 To the church of God which is at Corinth, to those who have been sanctified in Christ Jesus, saints by calling, with all who in every place call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours.<br />
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1 Cor. 6:11 Such were some of you; but you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God.<br />
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1 Thess. 5:23 Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you entirely; and may your spirit and soul and body be preserved complete, without blame at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.<br />
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2 Cor. 7:1 Because we have these promises, dear friends, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that can defile our body or spirit. And let us work toward complete holiness because we fear God.<br />
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1 Thess. 4:3 It is God’s will that you should be sanctified: that you should avoid sexual immorality.<br />
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2 Thess. 2:13 As for us, we can’t help but thank God for you, dear brothers and sisters loved by the Lord. We are always thankful that God chose you to be among the first to experience salvation—a salvation that came through the Spirit who makes you holy and through your belief in the truth.<br />
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Hebrews 10:10 For God’s will was for us to be made holy by the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ, once for all time.<br />
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Romans 15:16 I am a special messenger from Christ Jesus to you Gentiles. I bring you the Good News so that I might present you as an acceptable offering to God, made holy by the Holy Spirit. <br />
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Acts 26:18 I will rescue you from your own people and from the Gentiles. I am sending you to them 18 to open their eyes and turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me. <br />
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Sanctification is not something we can beg God for at a church altar. Sanctification is a gift from God as a result of our faith in Jesus Christ. Although a gift, God requires our involvement to make choices for purity and holiness. Even so, the Holy Spirit enables us to follow through on our Christ-like decisions.<br />
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douloschristoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16754225178984428625noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9455838.post-45548623350635277792018-11-23T08:28:00.001-08:002018-11-23T08:46:50.989-08:00Don't Tell Them Jesus Loves Them - Steve Camp<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/TvXAojrVehs" width="480"></iframe>douloschristoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16754225178984428625noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9455838.post-53889188776562002752018-10-24T06:50:00.001-07:002018-10-24T06:50:51.403-07:00Portland Community College - Sylvania Campus<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This building may be found in downtown Portland, near the corner of 3rd and Salmon Streets. It was built in the early 1900's. It seems builders took more time with details than today. </div>
<br />douloschristoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16754225178984428625noreply@blogger.com0SW 3rd Ave & SW Salmon St, Portland, OR 97204, USA45.5162543 -122.6766215999999819.9942198 -163.98521559999998 71.0382888 -81.368027599999976tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9455838.post-68477026254131512302018-09-12T16:25:00.000-07:002018-09-12T16:36:40.357-07:00Letter To A Friend<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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douloschristoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16754225178984428625noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9455838.post-81443756145988933032018-09-09T05:27:00.001-07:002018-09-09T05:27:30.825-07:00Annie Herring's song, "Flowers"<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/LsQUcgZTvBg" width="480"></iframe>douloschristoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16754225178984428625noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9455838.post-23993472775153462022018-08-23T12:39:00.001-07:002018-08-23T12:39:16.177-07:00'The Word' Pastor Isaac Wimberley in Kari Jobe Forever, with lyrics an...<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/AEUgg0d8g8Y" width="480"></iframe>douloschristoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16754225178984428625noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9455838.post-21651168026653240872018-02-21T09:59:00.000-08:002018-02-21T18:46:35.673-08:00No Fear!<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-size: small;">This future rodeo star has mastered the most important aspect of life,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">walking with assurance and no fear. Fear is as devastating as serious</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">"The Lord is my helper, I will have no fear!" Hebrews 13:6</span></div>
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My wife and I took a few days last fall to enjoy Sequim. </div>
<br />douloschristoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16754225178984428625noreply@blogger.com0Sequim, WA 98382, USA48.0795365 -123.1018437999999848.0371005 -123.18252479999998 48.121972500000005 -123.02116279999998tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9455838.post-84766019971261189442017-12-13T07:20:00.001-08:002017-12-13T07:20:48.968-08:00All My Hope Is In Jesus - Crowder<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="344" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/isxchQqj0MI" width="459"></iframe>douloschristoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16754225178984428625noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9455838.post-18384131037901832842017-09-13T10:43:00.001-07:002017-09-13T10:43:57.765-07:00Whitney Houston - I Look to You<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5Pze_mdbOK8" width="480"></iframe>douloschristoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16754225178984428625noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9455838.post-6240841827385527992017-06-20T15:58:00.001-07:002017-06-20T15:58:49.911-07:00Morro Rock Aerial Photograph<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Looking Northwest with Morro Rock in distance. City of Morro Bay also visible</span>douloschristoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16754225178984428625noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9455838.post-62440654960729654112017-06-20T15:42:00.001-07:002017-06-20T15:42:24.743-07:00Classic DeSoto 1940 Vintage<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Named after Spanish explorer, Hernando de Soto who led first European expedition deep into the territory of modern-day United States and the first European to cross the Mississippi River. Car is circa 1944.</span>douloschristoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16754225178984428625noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9455838.post-33261507773945037282016-12-08T17:39:00.000-08:002016-12-08T17:39:19.769-08:00What If It's True?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />douloschristoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16754225178984428625noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9455838.post-50882469006521397182016-11-23T14:59:00.001-08:002016-11-23T15:00:49.541-08:00Looking Up<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Opened in 1999, the original Stumptown Coffee at 45th and Division in Portland has perfected the art of finding, roasting and serving coffee from various locations in the world. For Stumptown, it isn't about profit margins but coffee taste. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stumptown_Coffee_Roasters">Stumptown</a> opens their doors daily with the express purpose of roasting and serving coffee drinks designed to satisfy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Fondamento; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Holy God, we worship You as Giver of new life. Blow through our lives, O </span><span style="font-family: Fondamento; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Spirit. Cleanse us of all contamination and impure thoughts; of lack of love, selfishness and intolerance.</span> </blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Fondamento; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Blow, O Spirit, through our country, its leaders and all its people. Work in a powerful way for reconciliation, tolerance and peace. Let the Father’s name be glorified, Christ’s attitude live in us, and let Your fruit, O Spirit, become visible in our lives.</span> </blockquote>
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douloschristoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16754225178984428625noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9455838.post-17191386527897407512016-06-20T18:32:00.000-07:002016-06-20T18:36:42.075-07:00An Apple A Day. . .<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">I believe in having delicious fruit as often as possible. Just like this apple! Well, slightly modified apple. But delicious just the same.</span>douloschristoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16754225178984428625noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9455838.post-84684554385283643342016-06-18T17:41:00.003-07:002016-06-18T17:43:33.253-07:00Is The Cross of Christ Foolish?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">"The message about Christ's death on the cross is nonsense to those who are being lost; but for us who are being saved, it is God's power." ~Apostle Paul in first letter to the Corinthians.</span>douloschristoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16754225178984428625noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9455838.post-50651513660282325882016-06-18T14:56:00.000-07:002016-06-18T14:56:23.601-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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After taking a series of photos of nearby Guadalupe, I couldn't resist this dramatic view of the Pismo Beach pier.</div>
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