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   From: dr.who@biosphere.orb   
      
   All this by the Word of God.   
      
   1Pe 1:13-25   
      
   13 So roll up your sleeves, put your mind in gear, be totally ready to   
   receive the gift that's coming when Jesus arrives.   
      
   14 Don't lazily slip back into those old grooves of evil, doing just what you   
   feel like doing. You didn't know any better then; you do now.   
      
   15 As obedient children, let yourselves be pulled into a way of life shaped   
   by God's life, a life energetic and blazing with holiness.   
      
   16 God said, "I am holy; you be holy."   
      
   17 You call out to God for help and he helps—he's a good Father that way.   
   But don't forget, he's also a responsible Father, and won't let you get by   
   with sloppy living. Your life is a journey you must travel with a deep   
   consciousness of God.   
      
   18 It cost God plenty to get you out of that dead-end, empty-headed life you   
   grew up in.   
      
   19 He paid with Christ's sacred blood, you know. He died like an unblemished,   
   sacrificial lamb.   
      
   20 And this was no afterthought. Even though it has only lately—at the end   
   of the ages—become public knowledge, God always knew he was going to do   
   this for you.   
      
   21 It's because of this sacrificed Messiah, whom God then raised from the   
   dead and glorified, that you trust God, that you know you have a future in   
   God.   
      
   22 Now that you've cleaned up your lives by following the truth, love one   
   another as if your lives depended on it.   
      
   23 Your new life is not like your old life. Your old birth came from mortal   
   sperm; your new birth comes from God's living Word. Just think: a life   
   conceived by God himself!   
      
   24 That's why the prophet said, The old life is a grass life, its beauty as   
   short-lived as wildflowers; Grass dries up, flowers droop,   
      
   25 God's Word goes on and on forever. This is the Word that conceived the new   
   life in you.   
      
   Have faith in God, not any religion.   
      
   Any Church should point to Jesus as the author and finisher of our salvation.   
   They should never create bylaws.   
      
   Trust not any person who claims to know things that cannot be verified   
   written in scripture.   
      
   Receive Christ into your spirit through the Faith of God, and be filled with   
   and empowered by Gods Holy Spirit to live your life unto God; only the blood   
   of Jesus Christ can wash away our sins. V19   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)