By CGI New York | March 9, 2018 | Category CHRISTIAN LIVING IN MODERN TIMES, Holy Days
The prefiguring of the plan of salvation began when God sent ten plagues on Egypt to force the authorities into letting the people of Israel go. The last and tenth plague was death of every firstborn in Egypt. Not one Israelite was harmed the night the tenth plague struck. God gave specific instructions to the […]
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By CGI New York | March 9, 2018 | Category CHRISTIAN LIVING IN MODERN TIMES, Holy Days
The Days of Unleavened Bread When God brought the Israelites out of Egypt, His intent was to make them a model nation. He wanted them to be a light to the world, so He gave them specific statutes and judgments, and warned Israel to follow His instructions. God’s instructions to Israel included a series of […]
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By CGI New York | March 9, 2018 | Category CHRISTIAN LIVING IN MODERN TIMES, Holy Days
Jesus Christ paid this death penalty for us. God our Father loved the whole world so much He was willing to allow the life of His own son to be sacrificed to pay the debt that no one was capable of paying and still live (John 3:16). God’s Holy character is so consistent there could […]
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By CGI New York | March 7, 2018 | Category CHRISTIAN LIVING IN MODERN TIMES, Holy Days
Unquestionably, Jesus Christ was a Jewish Passover observing individual. He never kept an Easter in His life! How then, did the day He both observed and instituted for the sacrificial emblems of His body and blood change from Passover to Easter? Who did it and how was it done? Church history is a fascinating story. […]
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By CGI New York | March 7, 2018 | Category CHRISTIAN LIVING IN MODERN TIMES, Holy Days
There was only one original Passover. There will never be another like it. The Old Testament Passover typified the need for a Savior.This original Passover immediately preceded the Exodus of Moses and the children of Israel out of Egypt, the land of sin (Hebrews 11:23-29).God commenced His work of freeing Israel by pouring out His […]
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By CGI New York | March 6, 2018 | Category CHRISTIAN LIVING IN MODERN TIMES, Holy Days
1. I noticed that this year the Jewish Passover was on a different day than the Passover we celebrated. What is the difference in the dates, and is it significant? The Church of God International (CGI) and many other Church of God groups celebrate the Lord’s Passover or Lord’s Supper the night before the Jewish […]
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By CGI New York | March 6, 2018 | Category CHRISTIAN LIVING IN MODERN TIMES
The New Church Lady Blog I was reading Proverbs recently and this segment just floors me. Proverbs 1:10-18 [CSB] My son, if sinners entice you, don’t be persuaded. If they say, Come with us! Let’s set an ambush and kill someone. Let’s attack some innocent person just for fun! “Let’s swallow them alive, like Sheol, […]
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By CGI New York | February 23, 2018 | Category KNOWLEDGE OF GOD/FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT
The New Church Lady Blog I’m facilitating a new women’s Bible group. We are doing the Tony Evans study titled Kingdom Woman. In the opening video of this series, Evans goes into great detail about the value of each woman to God, no matter what they have been through in life, using the analogy of […]
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By CGI New York | February 23, 2018 | Category KNOWLEDGE OF GOD/FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT
Do you have a tendency to pray more for yourself than for others? I know I do, and sometimes I wonder if I have my prayer priorities out of order. Now, I don’t think it is wrong to pray for ourselves as long as it doesn’t cause us to focus more on ourselves rather than […]
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By CGI New York | February 23, 2018 | Category CHRISTIAN LIVING IN MODERN TIMES
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