Rick Spinos's Blog

Begotten sons are not adopted children Begotten son or adopted child what exactly does it mean to be “born again”?  It is of extreme importance that we recognize the nature of the salvation that we have received.  Salvation is a work of regeneration, or in other words, we receive the very life of God. But as many […]

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How to overcome reproof and avoid divine disapproval The way that we respond to divine tests sent by God spares us of divine disapproval and determines the amount and quality of the development of our personality as well as our emotional nature and assimilated character. We have three options in how we respond to God’s […]

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Pride and shame, boasting and isolation The sins of pride and shame which lead to boasting or isolation have a devastatingly great potential to separate and divide Christians and destroy their fellowship. Believers plagued by these sins literally take the Lord’s Supper without discerning Christ’s body and for this reason as Paul said, many of […]

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Gratitude and prosperity and the poverty of ingratitude Ingratitude acts as a thermometer that measures our spiritual health. The lack of gratitude in our lives indicates the presence of areas of our heart that we have subjected to the evil one and have neglected to deal with responsibly. Gratitude is the quality that establishes the […]

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The danger of fleeing from God’s reproof Emotionally wounded people tend to run away from situations and responsibilities. Flight is one of the strongest temptations to those who find themselves in the state of reproof. Any situation of pain, whether physical, emotional or moral, invariably imposes the dynamic of flight response. The tendency is to […]

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Three signs of reproof God will never despise or discard a person that he has reproved; on the contrary, his greatest desire is to approve this person. It should be obvious that God is the one who most loves us and is willing to invest in our lives in any way necessary. The word reproof, […]

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To rightly divide the Word of truth we must have authority The manner in which Christ ministered God’s Word expressed a marked contrast with the manner that the religious leaders of his day taught the Scriptures. He taught with authority, they merely taught with precision, dead precision. Precision in the preaching and teaching of God’s […]

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How to deal with emotional fear and prevention The Bible teaches a principal that rules the attitude of fear and emotional prevention. In Proverbs 10:24 the psalmist said: The fear of the wicked will come upon him, And the desire of the righteous will be granted. We can define emotional fear as an exaggerated preventative behavior. This […]

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The spirit of prevention and the fear of correction Whenever we speak of tests, our natural tendency is to fear the necessary circumstances of dealing with the pain and trauma of our defeats, thus exposing the refuse and garbage of our soul that we would feel more comfortable hiding because of our fear of being […]

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Heavenly wisdom vs. earthly wisdom Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show by good conduct that his works are done in the meekness of wisdom. But if you have bitter envy and self-seeking in your hearts, do not boast and lie against the truth. This wisdom does not descend from above, but […]

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